Regarding the threatening letter, Tsunade did not want to pay it any further attention.
If the other side truly dared to start a war, Konoha would make them pay the price.
These past few days, one matter after another had cropped up, leaving Tsunade so busy that she had barely rested.
Shimura Danzō, who had defected from the village, had been designated an "S-rank criminal," yet there had not been a single clue about him these past few days.
For safety reasons, Tsunade ordered that no Genin were allowed to leave the village on missions.
Even missions that required ninja to go out were cut back or postponed.
The current Konoha was no longer what it once had been. Whether it was construction or defense, they were desperately short on manpower, not to mention the malicious forces watching them like hawks.
At nightfall, the utterly exhausted Tsunade fell asleep slumped over her desk.
As her assistant, Shizune draped a coat over Tsunade and specifically instructed everyone to let Tsunade rest properly unless something important came up.
However, Tsunade had barely dozed for fifteen minutes before an urgent report arrived.
"Lady Tsunade, unidentified ninja have entered territory under our village's jurisdiction and seriously injured several patrolling ninja," an ANBU reported gravely.
"What?" Tsunade rose to her feet at once. "Have you identified them?"
"They were not wearing forehead protectors, and all of them had their faces covered, so we cannot confirm their identities. However, judging by the ninjutsu and techniques they used, they should be ninja from the Lightning Country," the ANBU hurriedly replied.
Ninja from the Lightning Country were skilled in swordsmanship and Lightning Release, and Nintaijutsu was especially common among them, making them easy to identify in battle.
"These damn bastards, do they really think Konoha has no one