The answer was self-evident. After the Konoha Crush Plan, Otogakure and the Land of Fields, which had funded its establishment, had been completely wiped out. That small country had already been reduced to ruins, so there was naturally no need to issue any evacuation notice.
With Tsunade having returned to Konoha early and become the Fifth Hokage ahead of time, and with the many Mysterious Clones Wu Yu had created—including Left Mysterious Minato—Konoha's losses were far less devastating than in the original timeline.
Even so, Konoha could not simply swallow its anger after being attacked on its own turf. If Tsunade, as Hokage, failed to respond, the ninja and civilians below would inevitably harbor grievances.
Wu Yu recalled that Tsunade had indeed seemed rather busy for a time. She had probably been arranging ninja forces to join with Sunagakure in a surprise attack on the Land of Fields, razing the newly established Otogakure.
It had not been as difficult as it sounded. Orochimaru himself had needed to lie low and recuperate after taking the Third's body. As for his powerful Four and Five Sound Ninja subordinates, they had long since fallen into Konoha's hands. Faced with the joint surprise assault of Konoha and Sunagakure's Anbu squads, Otogakure had no ability to resist.
Itachi Uchiha had slaughtered his way through the Uchiha Clan. Konoha and Sunagakure's two elite squads likely needed only one night to destroy this tiny village, far smaller in scale than a major nation's ninja village.
Konoha and Sunagakure had acted not only for revenge, but also to make an example of them. Wu Yu guessed that they might not have exterminated everyone during that operation; allowing some Otogakure ninja to escape and spread the news would have been more cost-effective.
After greeting the two Konoha and Sunagakure