"Then what are we waiting for? We can march into the Land of Earth right now!" a Cloud Shinobi said impatiently.
The Third Raikage frowned. "We can advance, but we must not split our forces, in case the Rock Shinobi take the opportunity to launch a surprise attack."
In truth, guarding against a surprise attack from the Rock Shinobi was only a secondary concern. The Raikage's greatest fear was that if the entire ninja army split up, the damage inflicted on the Land of Earth would be far too great.
Everyone knew what kind of impact small groups of roaming enemy soldiers could have on ordinary civilians, especially when those soldiers were ninja with extraordinary powers.
If the Land of Earth were truly driven into ruin, Ōnoki might very well throw caution to the wind and use his trump card to perish together with the Cloud Shinobi.
"Understood!" Though the subordinate ninja did not know much, they all had great faith in the Third Raikage and immediately agreed.
After driving the Four-Tails Jinchuriki berserk, Sarutobi Toru left the Rock Shinobi camp at once. He had no desire to foolishly remain there, admire his own "masterpiece," and leave evidence behind when discovered.
Fortunately, after the battle ended, the Rock Shinobi had suffered devastating losses. Ōnoki had no interest in investigating why the Five-Tails Jinchuriki had gone berserk. After leaving two ninja behind to inspect the area and finding no clues, he hastily withdrew.
Sarutobi Toru was highly confident that the Cloud Shinobi and Rock Shinobi would continue fighting. After all, he had economists specifically calculate how much money would be needed to fill the hole left by the economic collapse of the Land of Lightning. It was an astronomical sum that the entire Land of Earth would never be willing to