This excuse was far too minor. Wouldn't launching a surprise attack on a border camp and causing heavy casualties make for a better excuse?
How petty!
"Good news and bad news. The good news is that Iwagakure has dispatched thirteen Steel Release ninja. Their leader is a man named Iron Fang, known as the Wall of Sighs. He is a ninja beyond jonin level and once withstood the rampaging Five-Tails jinchuriki head-on."
Orochimaru spoke of the intelligence from Iwagakure. The target they had lured in was arriving.
"Wall of Sighs!"
Yang Hao was startled. That title was badass—enough to rival his own title, the Konoha Dance King.
"What's the bad news?"
"Your existence has caught the Third Tsuchikage's attention. He may come personally, and he has also brought Iwagakure's demolition unit."
As he revealed the bad news, Orochimaru had not expected that man to come in person.
"If the Third Tsuchikage comes, wouldn't Iwagakure itself be left vulnerable?"
An idea came to Yang Hao. Since the Third Tsuchikage was deploying, they could pay Iwagakure a visit.
"Iwagakure's situation differs from Sunagakure's. It has many defensive fortifications, and its two tailed-beast jinchuriki are relatively stable.
"Moreover, Iwagakure participated in the attack on the Uzumaki Clan back then and obtained quite a few sealing arts and barrier techniques. It would be difficult to take it quickly."
Orochimaru shook his head in rejection. Iwagakure was the hardest of the Five Great Ninja Villages to breach.
Their previous raid on Sunagakure had succeeded mainly because the One-Tail had drawn everyone's attention. There would be no such opportunity in Iwagakure.
"What if we only take corpses? For example, parts of the Second Tsuchikage's corpse."
Yang Hao revealed his true objective. He knew Iwagakure would not be easy to loot, but its cemetery was something they