Given Nara Shikaku's personality, if he disagreed, he absolutely would not press the matter further.
Instead, he would give a reasonable excuse, like, "Sorry, ma'am, but the food here really isn't as good as it is at home," or, "I'm terribly sorry, Mr. So-and-So, but he really is better than you"...
But Nara Shikaku had not made an excuse.
He had followed him through the front door. If he did not seize this chance and go all in, how could he justify it?
"Or do you have more precise information?"
Nara Shikaku cautiously asked, "Or perhaps you still keep an eye on Konoha?"
If the other ninja villages truly attacked Konoha again, then Konoha definitely would not be a place they could stay.
Loyalty was loyalty, but they could not just sit around and wait to die!
At most, he could warn Hiruzen Sarutobi before leaving.
"Actually, it's nothing. I don't pay much attention to Konoha either."
"Putting everything else aside, apart from the Sarutobi Clan, haven't most of Konoha's major clans basically left already?"
Uchiha Akira took a sip of tea.
"Now, only the Hayate Clan, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, the Sarutobi Clan, and the Inuzuka Clan remain. There are... 4,729 ninja left."
He rattled it off as though it were nothing.
Like he was counting the trees in his own backyard.
And he said he did not pay attention?!
He even knew exactly how many ninja were left!
Nara Shikaku felt numb. Sure enough, Uchiha Akira had spies in Konoha, and their status was damn high!
"But what does that have to do with Konoha being destroyed?"
Nara Shikaku took a deep breath and tried hard to remain calm.
"Konoha's high-end combat power has not suffered major losses. Given time to replenish its ranks, it may not be impossible