Jingyi did not want to play games with the Third Hokage, and the Anbu could not withdraw first.
Otherwise, once they withdrew, what if he kept making excuses about not being able to gather the equipment? Who would Jingyi go to for justice then?
So they should be straightforward. Once the equipment was gathered and delivered, Jingyi would have the Anbu withdraw.
This was the bottom line. There was no room for negotiation.
Could the Logistics Department gather over two hundred sets of equipment?
It definitely could.
Konoha's reserves were right there. It was not that they could not gather them, but that the Third Hokage was unwilling to hand them over to Jingyi.
If the Anbu had not made such a huge mess, the Third Hokage truly would not have wanted to take out this batch of equipment.
The Third Hokage hoped the Anbu would withdraw first, but this time, Jingyi absolutely refused to agree.
"That won't work. Once the Anbu withdraw, if I don't get the equipment, who am I supposed to go after?"
"Have the Anbu come back and do this all over again?"
"..."
Come on!!
The entire Anbu Operations Department had mobilized to surround the Shimura Clan Compound, scaring the Shimura Clan half to death. If it happened again, how were they supposed to live?
Forget anything else—people from the Shimura Clan would definitely storm the Hokage Office to make a scene.
They did not dare clash directly with the Anbu, but they could make a scene at the Hokage Office.
After all, they were the Hokage's loyal lackeys.
If they suffered such a grievance and did not go to the Hokage to raise hell, where else could they seek justice?
"I will have someone gather the equipment as quickly as possible."
After leaving those