Tanuki Treasure could only bring two people inside, but that was fine.
Even if all three of them could get in, they would still leave someone outside—the most important thing on a mission was caution.
Now they did not even need to consider who to leave behind. It could only be Minato.
That was what he got for having poor chakra control!
"Right, then I'll stay outside and back you up..." Minato paused, then looked seriously at Akaseki and Ranwu. "What will you do once you're inside?"
His attitude made his meaning clear to both Akaseki and Ranwu.
They could not settle exactly how to adapt to the situation in advance, but what they needed to decide now was...
"Kill them! If they only send Chunin inside, Ranwu and I will ambush them and take them out. If a Jonin comes in, we'll grab the ore and leave them the Explosive Tags!" Akaseki said firmly.
Exactly. What they had to decide now was how far they were willing to go.
If these were rogue ninja, there would be nothing to consider.
If this were like the earlier incident with Kumogakure, there would be nothing to consider either. After all, those ninja had infiltrated their village, abducted Kushina Uzumaki, and were not even wearing forehead protectors. Killing them was no great concern; Kumogakure itself would never acknowledge them.
But now they were in territory that had originally belonged to Kirigakure, and their opponents were wearing Hidden Mist Village forehead protectors. This involved war and peace between ninja villages.
"No. We still don't know what's happening in Kirigakure. Have you forgotten what Teacher Jiraiya said? Sunagakure was already itching to move against us, and now Kumogakure is ready to betray our alliance at any moment and tear a chunk out of us.