In truth, Ōnoki wanted to, but aside from worrying that Iwagakure would be severely depleted and attacked by the other three villages while weakened, what worried him most was the consequence Ronglin had just mentioned.
He did not dare turn the Land of Earth into a place filled with refugees and Rogue Ninjas wreaking havoc everywhere. If that really happened, the Land of Earth's Daimyo would probably want to kill him at once.
Even though, in the end, the Land of Fire might become the most miserable country.
Because of Konoha's prosperity, it had become an attractive place in everyone else's eyes. Compared to the other three great countries, the Land of Fire was undoubtedly the more suitable choice for those refugees. If it came to that, even Ronglin could only stare helplessly unless he killed them all.
"Then all we can do is sit here and watch those monkeys jump around?"
Rasa had a headache as well, but at the same time, he felt relieved. The ninja gathered by those small countries' ninja villages were not near the Land of Wind, and the Land of Wind's harsh environment made travel difficult even for ninja. It was utterly unsuitable for ordinary people to live in.
He could basically rest easy. He did not need to worry that one day, huge numbers of refugees and Rogue Ninjas would flood into his territory.
The ones who truly needed to worry were the Land of Fire and the Land of Earth. The Land of Lightning was farther away, and with its natural barriers, stopping those refugees and Rogue Ninjas would be easy.
But Konoha and the Land of Earth could not do that, especially Konoha. The territories on three sides were practically surrounded by those small countries. Once such consequences occurred, the Land