Noticing Xiu's gaze, Tsunade clenched her fists. "I do! Spit it out!"
"Sunagakure might try something during these Chunin Ninja Exams, though I'm not entirely sure. You could have the Anbu look into it."
Xiu spread his hands. With the Konoha F4 honorably booted out of office and the Uchiha never massacred, he, a transmigrator, had already elbowed the original plot clean off course. So he wasn't sure whether Orochimaru would launch the Konoha Crush Plan.
In his previous life, some people online had claimed that Orochimaru attacked Konoha to give Hiruzen Sarutobi a dignified death and get Konoha's rotting windmill turning again.
Xiu didn't know whether that was true, but he was certain of one thing: Sunagakure definitely wasn't behaving itself.
In the original story, aside from being thoroughly duped by Orochimaru, the biggest reason Sunagakure attacked Konoha was poverty.
The Daimyo's Court refused to provide funding, forcing the Fourth Kazekage to pan for gold to support the village.
So those lousy outsiders could only come begging at Konoha's door. After all, the Third Hokage had been in power in the original story, and he had won wars without demanding reparations several times.
Since losing wouldn't cost them anything, Sunagakure naturally saw no reason to hold back.
"Sunagakure? Got it."
Tsunade nodded and seriously considered the possibility.
Actually, it was pretty likely.
Sunagakure had started the Third Shinobi World War, claiming that its village leader had disappeared and that Konoha was suspected of being responsible. It had declared war on Konoha without another word.
Even now, Tsunade couldn't understand what had led them to think Konoha was responsible. If Konoha had that kind of ability, wouldn't it have been better used on the Third Raikage? Who did the Third Kazekage think he was?
Only later, through intelligence sent back