Utatane Koharu: Stop Here? Absolutely Not

Fortunately, the Third Raikage's questioning did not succeed, because Konoha had already sent word that the village was selecting ninja for deployment. Within a few days, the ninja army would be able to leave Konoha and head for the front lines.

Only after receiving Konoha's message did the Third Raikage finally relax.

Kumogakure could hold on under the current circumstances, but fighting two enemies at once for too long would be detrimental to Kumogakure.

Kumogakure's primary enemy at the moment was still Iwagakure.

As for Kirigakure, the number of warships limited how many people either side could deploy. Fighting at sea also came with many restrictions, so the war between Kirigakure and Kumogakure had remained lukewarm.

The two sides continued to fight, but there were no signs of the scale expanding.

This stable situation was exactly what the Third Raikage wanted. As long as Kirigakure could not stir up much trouble, he could focus on dealing with that old bastard Ōnoki.

Compared with Kirigakure's small force drifting around at sea, Iwagakure was the truly lethal threat.

Transporting supplies by sea was difficult, making it hard to expand the scale of battle. On land, however, things were different.

Troops and supplies could be sent continuously from Iwagakure to the front lines.

"I hope Konoha and Sunagakure can bring some good news."

The Third Raikage did not expect Konoha and Sunagakure to risk their lives against Iwagakure. As long as they could tie down part of Iwagakure's forces, they would be a tremendous help.

Even though they were allies with Konoha, and even though he had provided Konoha with money and supplies, the Third Raikage had no way to demand that Konoha fight Iwagakure to the death.

Sunagakure was even less likely to do so. Without Konoha acting as a link, even