The Third Kazekage rarely smiled, but this somewhat stiff smile was filled with mockery.
He was laughing at Yagura for overestimating himself.
"Yagura thinks Kumogakure won't escalate the war, but he underestimated that old man, the Third Raikage, and his ruthlessness. He keeps thinking that once most of the ships are destroyed, the war between both sides will end. Unfortunately, the Third Raikage won't give up so easily."
Yagura was being a little too presumptuous, always assuming that others would think the same way he did.
But he had forgotten one thing: Ōnoki and the Third Raikage were both the kind of people easily driven by emotion.
One was stubborn, while the other was domineering.
Those personalities had long become habits and would not change easily. Even when handling matters, they were prone to being influenced by their emotions.
Under normal circumstances, Yagura's reasoning was not wrong. Once both sides had lost most of their ships, the naval war would certainly stop, because there would be little point in continuing.
Yagura had learned that way of thinking from his teacher, the Third Mizukage.
Unfortunately, he had overlooked one thing: once the Third Raikage got worked up, he did not care whether there was any value in it or whether the war had any meaning. In short, I'm going to crush you no matter what!
Otherwise, he would not be able to vent the anger in his heart.
A war might not begin, but once it did, it would not end so easily.
Jingyi smiled. "Small-scale attacks on the homeland might not cause much damage, but their impact is enormous. To sum it up: the damage isn't great, but it's pretty humiliating."
Kumogakure's ninja squads kept infiltrating the many islands of the Land of Water. They had not killed many people