Most of Konoha's higher-ups understood the reasoning Nawaki had laid out. If unifying the Shinobi World had truly been that easy, they would never have agreed to peace talks in the first place. Thus, the looks they gave Danzo were full of mockery. It seemed the leader of Root really was lousy when it came to strategy.
Danzo sensed the strange looks from those around him and felt a burst of humiliation and anger. Fortunately, he had grown used to being ridiculed by Nawaki, so he merely nodded expressionlessly, as though he did not care at all.
Koharu smiled and said, "Then does Lord Nawaki mean that we should declare war directly on Kirigakure while maintaining our current relations with the other nations? Or should we simply attack without declaring war?"
"No, no, no!" Nawaki shook his head repeatedly. "Diplomatic propaganda is still necessary! Konoha has always acted with just cause. This time, Kirigakure has clearly betrayed its word, and we must expose their conspiracy to the entire Shinobi World! At the same time, we must demand answers from the other three Great Shinobi Villages. They participated in these peace talks as well, so now that this has happened, they must give Konoha an explanation."
"But... wouldn't that possibly drive the other three Great Shinobi Villages to Kirigakure's side? And Kirigakure might even turn around and accuse us instead," Koharu said with a frown.
"If we use war as a threat, the other three Great Shinobi Villages likely won't dare go to war with us! We can destroy more than just Kirigakure. The other villages would merely be more troublesome, that's all! With our current strength, we can afford to be more forceful!" Nawaki said coldly.
The other Konoha higher-ups secretly frowned. They felt this was somewhat risky. If they