Just a few days after Aizen and the others met with Ōnoki, the Tsuchikage...
A shocking piece of news once again swept through the Ninja World, causing an uproar.
Sunagakure had actually declared war on Konoha, citing the Third Kazekage's disappearance as its reason and demanding that Konoha reveal his whereabouts.
There was no doubt that Konoha would reject such an absurd claim. Even the other great nations should have opposed this reckless move to reignite a war.
Yet for some reason, neither the Land of Lightning nor the Land of Water offered any comment. They seemed content to watch from the sidelines, tacitly approving Sunagakure's actions.
What truly doubled the pressure on Konoha was that Iwagakure, which had been eyeing them hungrily ever since their last clash, announced its full support for its ally Sunagakure at this very moment.
They demanded that Konoha reveal the Third Kazekage's whereabouts.
Although Sunagakure had produced a series of pieces of evidence pointing to Konoha after the Third Kazekage's disappearance, anyone with sense knew it was nothing more than an excuse.
No one would care whether the evidence was genuine. Since Sunagakure had already decided to use the Kazekage's disappearance to target Konoha, refuting the evidence would be pointless.
At this point, the only thing Konoha could do was take a firm stance and deter the unholy alliance of Sunagakure and Iwagakure.
In Konoha, within the Land of Fire.
"Bang!"
A heavy slap against a desk suddenly rang out from the Hokage Building at the heart of Konoha!
"This is outrageous!"
"How dare they threaten Konoha over something they made up!"
"Those two villages, Sunagakure and Iwagakure, are clearly up to no good. I can feel their greed even through this letter!"
Inside the office, Mitokado Homura, wearing a pair of glasses, angrily