Teasing Temari!

So Sunagakure decided to take control of the most important part—the logistics.

The other Ninja Villages' leaders discussed it and ultimately agreed.

There were several reasonable reasons for this.

First, the unique characteristics of Sand Ninjas meant they were destined to have little ability to restrain Tailed Beasts.

Sunagakure's two major specialties were Poison and Puppets. They worked well against people, but were completely useless against Tailed Beasts. Assigning Sand Ninjas to logistics could be considered making the best use of their abilities.

Second, Sunagakure's national power was too weak. Not only had it lost the One-Tail not long ago, and it had yet to revive, but its economy also ranked at the bottom among the Five Great Shinobi Villages.

The other Ninja Villages were all afraid that once the war began, Sunagakure would be crushed outright.

A barely perceptible smile appeared at the corner of Baki's mouth. As the saying went, before the troops moved, provisions had to move first.

As long as Sunagakure controlled logistics, then in the great battle to come—

The advantage is ours!

In the end, the various combat responsibilities were assigned as well.

The Vanguard would consist of troops dispatched by each Ninja Village in proportions corresponding to their national strength. The Vanguard's commander would be Mifune of the neutral Land of Iron.

The various Ninja Villages were also assigned their respective duties in other areas. Everything proceeded extremely smoothly.

Just then, Aogetsu Hyuga's back, which had been resting against a pillar, suddenly shifted forward slightly. "Finally, it's here..."

Naruto and the others were filled with question marks. What had arrived?

But the scene that followed soon gave them their answer.

Rumble!!!

A tremendous roar rang out, and the huge conference room trembled.

Everyone looked up. Countless fragments of stone fell from the