Never mind how far the journey was-they would not even get past the Hidden Leaf Village.
The Hidden Leaf Village would never allow large numbers of ninja from those two Shinobi Villages into the Land of Fire.
Faced with Kumogakure's request for an alliance, the Hidden Leaf Village did not agree immediately. Instead, they temporarily lodged the ninja Kumogakure had sent in the village.
They told him they would give him an answer in two days.
The Kumogakure Envoy made no move. Something as important as an alliance would surely require discussion among the Konoha High Command.
He could wait.
But he could never have imagined that the Konoha High Command's meeting was not about whether to ally with Kumogakure, but about how to attack Kumogakure and Kirigakure.
That was right. Kumogakure and Kirigakure had both suffered heavy losses, making this the perfect opportunity to take down both Shinobi Villages!
The decisions to attack the Land of Lightning and the Land of Water had been made long ago. What remained undecided was who would attack those two countries!
Kumogakure and Kirigakure were both weakened now. Against the Konoha Ninja, the two Shinobi Villages would have almost no ability to resist.
This was practically free credit for the taking. Only a fool would not fight for it.
Inside the meeting room, the clan heads argued so fiercely that they were nearly climbing onto the table.
If the meeting room had not been so well soundproofed, their voices would have carried all the way to the streets.
As the Sannin's students, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura naturally attended the meeting as well.
Naruto and Sasuke sat beside Jiraiya, while Sakura sat beside Tsunade. Next to Sakura, Shizune stroked the pet pig in her arms.
Naruto seemed a little down, unlike his usual endlessly