After Yamanaka Fū moved in so close, Mirai still felt very happy. That guy was always ruthless and could joke around without getting angry. Mirai often traded barbs with him, and life felt much more interesting because of it.
Unlike the cheerful Mirai, Raikage A had been in a state of anxiety lately. He had received news of Mirai's failed assassination attempt long ago. After all, the Hasegawa Brothers had made such a commotion that it was hard for him not to hear about it.
However, before Raikage A could become enraged over this, bad news kept arriving from the front lines. Although Konoha's harassment of the supply lines had lasted only a short time, it had caused the Cloud Ninja considerable losses. The long supply lines had too many vulnerabilities, making it nearly impossible to defend them perfectly.
Raikage A knew this was Konoha's retaliation, but faced with Konoha's retreat at this point, he had no choice but to do nothing. Although Konoha had now stopped harassing the supply lines, it was like a sword hanging over their heads, liable to appear again in the future.
The Cloud Ninja had no choice but to devote a great deal of manpower and resources to guarding against Konoha's attacks on their supply lines. But the supply lines were too long, and the wartime expenditures of the Land of Lightning had reached unprecedented levels.
Still, unwilling to admit defeat in this regard, the Land of Lightning and Raikage A were prepared to grit their teeth and hold on. They hoped to force Konoha into compromise, then obtain some land and war reparations from the Land of Fire to console themselves and make up for their losses.
The peaceful days passed quickly. It was September of Year 49, and Ono was nearly a