"Hahaha, Danzo, have you forgotten that the peace treaty among the Five Great Shinobi Nations was personally established by the First?" Utatane Koharu said mockingly, as if Danzo were an ignorant child.
Seeing this, Mitokado Homura helplessly shook his head as well and sighed. "Danzo, this is only a warning from the Land of Lightning. If you rashly launch an attack under these circumstances, setting aside the fact that we know nothing about the Land of Lightning's terrain and cannot guarantee a decisive victory, we might even get dragged into a prolonged war and be unable to extricate ourselves!"
"Moreover, attacking the Land of Lightning would be equivalent to actively tearing up the peace treaty we signed ourselves. Not only would we be condemned by every nation, but it would also provoke the hostility of all countries in the Ninja World. By then, the Land of Water, the Land of Wind, and the Land of Earth would certainly strike at the same time! Konoha would end up surrounded on all sides!"
Danzo's face immediately flushed upon hearing this. Somewhat embarrassed and enraged, he retorted, "But even if we do nothing, those people will launch a war sooner or later!"
"By then, we'll only be passively taking blows. And perhaps the attacking enemy won't be just the Land of Lightning, but a joint assault by several nations' shinobi villages. Given how wary those villages are of Konoha Shinobi Village, that possibility is very likely!"
"By then, the besieged Konoha will surely suffer devastating losses! Once they have made sufficient preparations and fight their way into the Land of Fire, it won't simply be a matter of severe losses. We'll have to put out fires everywhere within the country, and we may not even be able to answer to the Land of