After this incident, the relationship between the Land of Wind and the Land of Earth had fallen to freezing point. If they had not been wary of Konoha Village's strength at the time, Sunagakure would have already sent troops against Iwagakure.
Now that Sunagakure's ambition to overthrow Konoha had completely collapsed, and it had been extorted by Konoha Village for vast resources and mission shares, wasn't the best way to make up for it to attack the Land of Earth?
They had spent half a year gathering military supplies. Wouldn't it be a complete waste not to use them?
Sarutobi Toru dared to guarantee that once the Land of Lightning and the Land of Earth went to war, the Land of Wind would definitely jump in and kick them while they were down.
This was the bitter consequence of Ōnoki being far too untrustworthy.
Of course, for Konoha, the most important matter now was the negotiations with the Cloud Shinobi and Mist Ninja. Any changes to the situation in the Shinobi World would have to wait until this first half of the war against Konoha came to an end.
The negotiations between Konoha and Kumogakure proceeded swiftly. The Third Raikage clearly sensed that the Land of Lightning's economy could not hold out much longer, so as long as Konoha's demands were not too excessive, he agreed to them all without hesitation.
Hatake Sakumo was also a straightforward man. Thus, after Kumogakure agreed to pay a massive sum in compensation and return Hiruko, the war between the two sides quickly ended. Even the shinobi forces the two nations had stationed in the Land of Frost soon went home, each returning to where they belonged.
Kirigakure, on the other hand, had been wiped out completely. With the sea between them making communication