Feint to Destroy Guo

After Nawaki's reminder, all the high-ranking officials present instantly broadened their thinking. It was actually an easy issue to think of, but nearly the entire Shinobi World had been constrained by conventional thinking. They had habitually assumed that if Konoha attacked the Land of Lightning, it had to do so from the mainland, overlooking the sea route. Because seafaring in this world was extremely underdeveloped, shinobi marching at sea were far slower than they were when leaping and running across land. Thus, aside from the Land of Water, which was surrounded by the sea, almost no country would choose to launch an attack across the ocean.

But for Konoha, which possessed Tianxing Fortress, it could easily cross the vast sea at high speed, bypass Kumogakure's defenses, and strike directly at their homeland!

At that moment, everyone looked at Nawaki with excitement, as though victory were already within their grasp.

Jiraiya, who had remained silent all this time, could not help smacking his forehead in regret. "How did I not think of something so simple?"

Ignoring his belated realization, Tsunade looked at Nawaki excitedly. "No wonder you allowed the Cloud Ninja to return to the border and set up their defenses. It seems you had planned everything long ago. So, are we going to board Tianxing Fortress and cross the sea directly into the Land of Lightning?"

"No, no. Before that, there is something very important we need to do. And this time, I do not intend to use Tianxing Fortress. The West Forest and West River regions border the Land of Wind and the Land of Water, and their forces are currently depleted. Tianxing Fortress needs to remain there as a deterrent," Nawaki said, shaking his head.

Everyone was somewhat surprised by Nawaki's explanation. Dan Katō glanced at Tsunade, whose