With the camp staying put, intelligence from the front line could not be relayed back immediately, nor could news from the camp reach the front line in time.
Not only was this troublesome, it could also trigger a whole series of problems.
The best way to solve them was to move the camp forward.
Relocating a camp sounded easy, but it was difficult in practice. Even if Sunagakure was unlikely to counterattack into the Land of Rivers anytime soon, building a new camp would still take time.
The various departments in the camp also needed to be transferred over gradually.
All of these matters fell onto Orochimaru's shoulders.
After the battle, the busy Orochimaru did not forget to publicize the achievements of this war. While reporting them to the village, he also notified the Daimyo's Court.
Sunagakure was no exception.
Though they had suffered a defeat, Chiyo still needed to contact the Third Kazekage. As for whether to contact the Daimyo's Court, that depended on the Third Kazekage's decision.
In the Land of Bears, the Third Kazekage, who had chased the enemy to the point of nearly crossing into the country, was utterly dumbfounded.
If the scroll had not borne the village's encrypted code, if its contents had not been written in Chiyo's handwriting and stamped with her seal, the Third Kazekage would have suspected the enemy of releasing smoke bombs to deliberately disrupt his plans.
They had lost?
The village had suffered a defeat just like that, without rhyme or reason?
Was Chiyo too incompetent, or was the enemy simply too powerful?
For two years, Konoha and Sunagakure had remained locked in a stalemate. Then, out of nowhere, they suffered a crushing defeat. How was the Third Kazekage supposed to accept that?
He had wanted to keep pursuing them