"Yes, yes, you're right."
News of Kirigakure's attack soon reached the Great Shinobi Villages.
Tsunade said there was no need to panic. Kumogakure hadn't suffered much damage.
And what could Shizune say?
She couldn't say anything.
Still, she let Tsunade have her way. After all, Tsunade loved gambling, and she had barely visited any casinos over the past few years.
She might as well let her go this time.
Besides, a million ryo wasn't that much.
Who knew what the Genin who ran themselves ragged for a few thousand ryo would think if they heard that?
Since the Hidden Leaf Village hadn't sent a team to the Land of Water, its information wasn't as accurate as that obtained by the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind.
They had decent information about Kirigakure, but little news from Kumogakure's side.
After all, they had no spies planted in Kumogakure's advance force.
In truth, Kumogakure hadn't just lost a valuable Oni Person. Kirigakure had destroyed most of the base they had only just begun to build.
In other words, all their work over the past few days had been for nothing.
The commander of Kumogakure's force was so furious that he nearly lost control and went after those despicable Kirigakure ninja.
In the end, he held himself back. He was responsible for the more than three hundred people still alive.
All they could do was tighten security and continue building the base.
In theory, having four Oni Persons guard the four directions was the safest approach.
But what Kumogakure hadn't expected was that Kirigakure would attack again so soon after its first raid, despite knowing that they still had four Oni Persons.
And this attack was fiercer than the last.
Along with a thousand ninja, they had brought six Oni Persons.