As the commander, Dodai could clearly see the true intent behind this attack. Whether Kumogakure could withstand the Akatsuki's assault or not, Kumogakure would be the biggest loser in this war.
The village's prestige would suffer a tremendous blow, its ninja would suffer heavy casualties, and its mission volume would fall to a historic low.
This would create a vicious cycle. The only way out would be to pray that the number of ninja deaths remained within bearable limits. After the war ended, they could rely on low-priced missions to tide the village over until its younger generation grew up.
Even if others saw it as cowardly, they could use the terrain within the village to wage a mobile war against the enemy.
That was still far better than being crushed on the frontal battlefield and completely reduced to dust in history.
Unfortunately, Dodai had still underestimated Uchiha Yū's determination to take Kumogakure!
Several days earlier, the Land of Lightning had already been hit by a sizable financial crisis. Nobles across the regions were too busy looking after themselves to provide Kumogakure with money or food.
Under this double blow, only Dodai, as one of the higher-ups, understood that this crisis had been premeditated. He let out a soft sigh.
The first battlefield between the two sides lay in the canyon before them. As a nation of overlapping mountain ranges, Kumogakure had been built atop the peaks. Attacking from below brought terrifying pressure, so Uchiha Yū did not employ conventional methods.
"I never thought you'd be this ruthless. You really want to wipe Kumogakure out completely."
Even if the enemy gathered all their ninja together, the terrain was too uneven and the area too vast for them to cover every location.
Moreover, after the great war and the Akatsuki's continued