Sunagakure.
After reviewing the plea for help letter from the Land of Lightning and discussing it with the two elders, the Third Kazekage agreed to the Land of Lightning's request for aid and prepared to send troops.
Compared to Ōnoki, who had seen the strength of Sarutobi Toru and Uchiha Madara and truly understood Konoha Village, Sunagakure's understanding of Konoha High Command's combat power was far more superficial.
After all, during the last Shinobi World War, they had barely encountered any true experts before Konoha Village had already beaten them flat.
Only during last month's mission in the Land of Demons had Rasa and the others witnessed Sarutobi Toru's strength.
Still, even if their understanding of Konoha High Command's strength was shallow, Sunagakure had a clear grasp of Konoha's overall power.
Before the Second Shinobi War, Konoha's foundational strength had already allowed it to contend against two ninja villages while retaining a certain advantage.
After the Second Shinobi War, Konoha Village developed tremendously. Coupled with the blood it drew from the Land of Lightning and the Land of Wind through treaties, even if the Four Great Ninja Villages cooperated wholeheartedly and besieged Konoha together, they still could not claim with certainty that victory was assured.
That was only in terms of foundational strength. In terms of top-level power, Konoha Village was no weaker than the Four Great Ninja Villages combined. Sunagakure still did not know that Sarutobi Toru and Tsunade had already surpassed ordinary Kage-level shinobi. Even so, if the other ninja villages joined forces, they could only be said to be somewhat stronger than Konoha Village at the top level, without any qualitative gap.
For that very reason, Sunagakure now harbored a certain fear of Konoha. If Konoha's strength continued to grow, and it truly gained the power to