"Damn that Daimyo! Is he really planning to fight a civil war with Konoha first?!"
Danzo roared furiously in Konoha's Hokage office.
Konoha's situation was far from promising.
Although over a year of recuperation had greatly replenished their ranks, a lack of funding meant many newly graduated ninja could not even obtain adequate weapons and equipment. Their battlefield casualty rate was extremely high!
Yet under these circumstances, the Daimyo's Palace had poured almost its entire budget into the Quinque User units, without caring whether Konoha lived or died.
Just as Danzo was furiously cursing eighteen generations of the Daimyo's ancestors, a Root ninja appeared in the office.
"Lord Danzo, according to reports from our informants in the Land of Wind, Sunagakure is very likely to launch another war against Konoha. Their secret techniques have also made enormous progress, allowing them to produce large numbers of war creatures!"
Danzo was not surprised by this intelligence at all.
The Land of Fire was rich in resources. Those damned desert dwellers from the Land of Wind would certainly make it their primary target.
Especially since Rasa, after taking sole control of the government, had begun breeding those bizarre creatures in a frenzy. They were not only numerous but possessed considerable defensive and offensive power. They were practically born for large-scale warfare!
Now that they had built up their strength, launching another invasion of the Land of Fire was hardly unexpected.
Looking at the map of the Land of Fire, the adviser Utatane Koharu, who sat nearby, spoke.
"Danzo, since the Daimyo's Palace refuses to support us, why don't we withdraw our ninja forces from the border and let the Land of Wind march straight into the heartland? Let's see whether the Daimyo can still sit comfortably then!"
Mitokado Homura agreed with the idea.