Konoha.
When Hyuga Sho spent an entire day using Shadow Flash to hurry back.
The Konoha he saw had nearly been reduced to half a ruin.
Five Great Ninja Villages.
Konoha was the only village that had not been affected at its core by the war, yet it was still mostly destroyed during the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
From this point of view...
"Konoha is weak."
Hyuga Sho thought.
Why did he say that?
Back then, during the month he spent undercover in Kumogakure.
Hyuga Sho had learned many things.
That included the fact that the Third Raikage had subdued the Eight-Tails: Gyuki many times.
There was even the incident where the Third Raikage fought the Eight-Tails with his bare hands, until both of them collapsed from exhaustion.
The Eight-Tails had a violent temper.
It had rampaged many times before.
Kumogakure had paid the price with the deaths of dozens of ninjas.
But...
The Eight-Tails' rampages had never affected Kumogakure itself.
Every time, Kumogakure had been able to subdue it with minimal losses.
From this point of view, the Third Raikage's rule had been competent.
What about the Two-Tails?
The Two-Tails had a much gentler temper than the Eight-Tails. Besides, Yugito Nii... as well as the successive Jinchuriki, had all been capable.
There had never been any major mishaps.
Of course, after the Eight-Tails was sealed inside Killer B, it had also remained stable for many years and never rampaged again.
In contrast, Konoha.
The Nine-Tails moved once, and it caused such severe losses...
If the Nine-Tails rampaged twice, or three times.
Would Konoha simply be erased from the map of the Shinobi World, ceasing to exist altogether?
"Weak..."
Hyuga Sho shook his head.
Once again, he found himself questioning Konoha's military strength.
The first time...
It was when Konoha had been