On hearing that Karatachi Yagura had become the Three-Tails' jinchuriki, Akaseki immediately understood why the Mizukage was in such a hurry...
Compared with Akaseki, Ranwu was clearly slower to catch on. She was still wondering why, if they had already succeeded with one, they needed help with the other.
Ranwu still hadn't quite understood, but Sarutobi had already nodded. "Exactly. So this time, you'll very likely face Mist Ninja from Karatachi Xuancang's faction. And... apparently, they're also working with the Sand Ninja!"
"Sand Ninja? Those sand-brained idiots have time for this?" Akaseki was taken aback.
"Well... the western Land of Wind is actually closer to Kirigakure," Sarutobi said pointedly.
The Land of Wind was simply too vast.
Konoha generally ignored affairs in the western Land of Wind. It wasn't even drawn on their maps-in reality, the vast deserts in the western part of the continent theoretically belonged to the Land of Wind, but they were simply beyond Konoha's reach. Even Sunagakure was in the eastern Land of Wind.
For the Land of Water, however, the "map" looked entirely different.
To the west lay the vast Land of Fire, but with Konoha so powerful, they had no chance there. To the east lay the impoverished yet weak Sunagakure and Land of Wind... especially now, when they were growing weaker by the day!
At this point, those sand-brained idiots probably weren't meddling in the Land of Water's affairs by choice. If they stood back and did nothing, whichever faction of Mist Ninja won would tear a chunk out of the Land of Wind afterward.
Although the western Land of Wind was barren, its west coast was fairly decent...
Especially now that the eastern Land of Wind had fallen entirely into Konoha's hands. If the Hidden Mist Village tore away the western coast