Looking back at the Second Shinobi World War and the Third Shinobi World War...
Konoha had clearly emerged victorious, yet it had still failed to make the other four villages pay for anything. It had even permanently lost an ally—the Land of Whirlpools.
Looking at it that way, Sarutobi Hiruzen had been truly pathetic during his time in power.
Xingzhuo curled his lip in disdain.
Those who kill will be killed.
With him here, every village that wanted to invade the Land of Fire and attack Konoha would pay in blood!
As he thought about this, he looked at Hyuga Kenshi, who had remained silent the whole time, and asked:
"Kenshi, what do you think?"
Hyuga Kenshi glanced at Nara Airi, then pointed to a spot on the sand table.
"I agree with Airi. After taking three consecutive losses, Sunagakure will most likely choose to go all in."
"They'll probably attack at the first blast zone. I expect they've already started preparing. The decisive battle is coming soon."
Looking at the place Hyuga Kenshi was pointing to, Xingzhuo closed his eyes and pictured the decisive battle.
For this deployment, confident in his own strength, he hadn't asked for many troops.
Konoha's thousand-man force in the Land of Rivers had only eighty Jonin. The rest were Chunin and elite Chunin.
Although his three attacks had dealt Sunagakure a heavy blow, the enemy still outnumbered them several times over.
Thinking of this, he asked Kenshi:
"What about Yun Fei? Does the reconnaissance unit have any new intelligence? How many Sand Shinobi are there now?"
Hyuga Kenshi answered immediately:
"Yun Fei took a team to scout the enemy. He sent back a report half an hour ago, though. Sunagakure's main force pulled back one or two hundred men, including Shamon."
"They should still