It could be said that they had been considerate to the extreme.
Giving away a little intelligence was no loss for Sunagakure.
As long as Hanzō was tempted and tied down part of Konoha's fighting force, Sunagakure would come out ahead.
As for how fiercely Amegakure and Konoha slaughtered each other in the end, that had absolutely nothing to do with Sunagakure.
Chiyo and the Third Kazekage wished for nothing more than Amegakure and Konoha to fight to the bitter end.
Best if they fought until one side died.
Only then would the situation be more favorable to Sunagakure.
Fight to the death or accept defeat—this was the difficult choice Hanzō had to make.
Put nicely, it was accepting defeat. Put bluntly, it was raising his hands in surrender and announcing to the world that Amegakure had lost, that Hanzō had failed.
Could he accept failure?
Surrender sounded far too unpleasant. Even Hanzō himself did not want to face those two words that stabbed straight into his heart, so calling it failure was more appropriate.
But was he willing to accept failure?
Of course he was not.
Unfortunately, the situation was no longer his to choose. With the full-scale war between Konoha and Sunagakure erupting, the personnel on the Land of Rain battlefield were gradually being withdrawn, while losses continued to mount.
If the stalemate continued for too long, neither side would come out well.
Yet Konoha had persisted in the stalemate because it wanted to seize the glory of victory, no matter the sacrifices required.
The issue now was not whether Hanzō wanted to fight Konoha to the bitter end. Konoha was determined to fight him to the bitter end.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you must be very pleased with yourself."
Looking toward Konoha, Hanzō clenched his fists unwillingly. The scroll