One could imagine Kirigakure's awkward position in the future. The other major ninja villages would not give them the time of day, while standing with the Small Nations Alliance would make them stick out like a sore thumb. It simply would not feel right. If the war were lost, even the Small Nations Alliance might choose to abandon Kirigakure.
Not only would they abandon Kirigakure, they might even place all the blame on them.
People were like that. As long as there were benefits, they were allies. But if there were no benefits and they suffered because of it, then you became the sinner. If not for you, would we have ended up like this?
When the time came, there would definitely be plenty of bitter arguments between the small nations and Kirigakure.
In truth, Kirigakure's actions were also something the other major ninja villages could not understand.
They could not understand why Kirigakure, which had always looked down on the small nations, would lower itself to mingle with them.
Kirigakure had always been the proud, standoffish type. That much was obvious from its dealings with the other villages.
Unfortunately, the impossible had happened, shattering many people's expectations. This outcome had gone beyond what most people had imagined.
Even most of Kirigakure's own people were utterly baffled. They could not understand how their village had gotten mixed up with a rabble like this. Getting involved was one thing, but why would they court and support them?
Was that not the same as openly challenging all the other major ninja villages?
Even more baffling was that they had issued notices to the other villages as the ringleader, and had now even joined the war between the Four Great Ninja Villages and the Small Nations Alliance.
Even an idiot could see that