Undercurrents and Analysis

"Well, this is really..."

For a moment, Qian did not know what to say.

Thinking back, after Takigakure had lost the Seven-Tails, they had not caused much of a commotion, had they?

Still, thinking about it, that made sense. When he had made a move against the Seven-Tails, the Third Great Ninja War had only just ended not long before. No one wanted to trigger the Fourth Ninja World War, especially not a small shinobi village like Takigakure.

During the Third Great Ninja War, the reason the Land of Waterfalls had not become a central battlefield was, first, naturally because the Land of Waterfalls had unusual terrain and was unsuitable as a battlefield for large-scale combat.

Second, it was because Takigakure had a Tailed Beast as a deterrent.

When the benefits and risks did not match, naturally no major shinobi village invaded them. At most, they only borrowed a route through.

But if the Fourth Ninja World War were triggered by them, then one of the battlefields would inevitably be in the Land of Waterfalls.

Just like the Rain Country and Amegakure during the Second Great Ninja War, this was the tacit understanding of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. They would not allow small shinobi villages to grow strong, nor would they allow them to defy their will.

As for the so-called terrain restrictions...

That was only because the major shinobi villages had not made up their minds. Once they truly decided to start a war in the Land of Waterfalls, then the so-called terrain would not matter at all.

Ninja were not ordinary people. Their adaptability and endurance toward the environment were far beyond what ordinary people could compare to.

So it was perfectly normal for the Land of Waterfalls to be reduced to a battlefield.

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