Kazekage's Office, Sunagakure, Land of Wind.
After reviewing the supply inventory, the Third Kazekage leaned back wearily in his chair and gently pinched the bridge of his nose.
Ever since the war began, the number of documents he had to read every day had far exceeded normal.
Most of these documents concerned the protracted stalemate on the Land of Rain battlefield, the need for massive supply shipments, and how to reasonably allocate Sunagakure's limited reserves. It had kept him utterly overwhelmed.
The only thing that had pleased him in recent days was Chiyo's successful effort to persuade the daimyos of the Land of Wind to fully support the front lines.
"Sigh, if only we could settle the Land of Rain battlefield in one stroke and secure victory for Sunagakure."
As the Third Kazekage spoke, a figure surfaced in his mind, along with some dangerous thoughts.
That figure was Bunpuku, the One-Tail's jinchuriki.
However, he quickly dismissed the idea. He knew full well that if Sunagakure deployed its jinchuriki in the war, Konoha would undoubtedly send out the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki to counter them.
Rather than fearing the Nine-Tails itself, the Third Kazekage feared Uzumaki Mito, its jinchuriki.
Uzumaki Mito had served as the Nine-Tails' jinchuriki for so many years without showing any signs of losing control, leading the upper ranks of villages that possessed tailed beasts to wonder whether she had tamed the Nine-Tails.
In their eyes, the more tails a tailed beast had, the greater its chakra reserves. The Nine-Tails had to be the strongest.
Then, did Uzumaki Mito, who had tamed the Nine-Tails, have direct access to its power?
They could not guess, nor did they dare to.
Thus, nations that possessed tailed beasts generally did not deploy them in war. Once tailed beasts entered the fray, the nature