"It's not a rejection. Daimyo said he would give a reply after discussing it with other Nations Daimyo."
Ninja, who was responsible for communicating with Land of Water Daimyo, looked at Mei Terumi's incredulous and angry face and informed Land of Water Daimyo's meaning tactfully.
The new generation who experienced Bloody Mist Village and Kirigakure suffered heavy losses. At the same time, they also lost the trust of Land of Water Daimyo.
Although Kirigakure has ended Bloody Mist Village, it is not so simple for Daimyo to just write off everything before.
"Oh, let's do this first."
After a complete recovery, Mei Terumi sat helplessly in Mizukage's position.
Now she can only hope that the communication between other villages and Daimyo goes smoothly, otherwise, Kirigakure will definitely not get assistance from Land of Water.
"Daimyo agree?"
Sunagakure, Baki, who was responsible for communicating with Daimyo of the Land of Wind, returned to Sunagakure with instructions from Daimyo of the Land of Wind.
Kankuro rushed up first and took the letter.
"Agreed. Originally Daimyo was still a little hesitant, but when he heard that Uchiha Itachi would be Allied Forces Commander-in-Chief, he immediately signed the letter allocating supplies."
Baki was half helpless and half pleased to report the results of his trip. Although Daimyo of the Land of Wind did not refuse Sunagakure's request to fight, it was obvious that he was looking at Allied Countries Konoha's face.
This is not good news for Sunagakure.
"Baki, do you think the people of Sunagakure are living well now?"
Gaara did not look at the instructions given by Daimyo of the Land of Wind. He stood in Kazekage's Office and looked outside the house. Outside the house was the peaceful and lively life of the Sunagakure people.
"Except for the attack of Akatsuki, the past three years were the days when Sunagakure had the most abundant supplies and Ninja had the lowest death rate."
Baki followed Gaara's line of sight and looked out of the house. As a veteran who had experienced Third Shinobi World War and had seen Fourth Kazekage, Jōnin had a splitting headache due to Daimyo of the Land of Wind's budget cuts.
Baki truthfully stated his feelings. He understood that Fifth Kazekage should have noticed the trace of reluctance buried in his tone.
"I know what you are thinking. Fifth Hokage is kind and generous. The current top management of Land of Fire also has a close relationship with Fifth Hokage. Now Konoha has enough Resources, we Sunagakure can drink soup in the back, but what will we do if one day Hokage changes and Konoha no longer shares resource tasks with us?"
If a person has no long-term worries, he must have immediate worries.
As Kazekage, although currently Sunagakure is living a better life relying on Konoha, Gaara has actually been thinking about ways to make Sunagakure live a better life.
After all, you can't tie the lives of an entire village to the kindness of other village leaders.
"Fourth Shinobi World War is our Sunagakure opportunity."
In front of Kankuro, Temari, Baki and Ebizo, Gaara expressed his thoughts.
"Due to the lack of supplies and manpower, Kirigakure, Kumogakure and Iwagakure have actually never taken Sunagakure seriously. Excluding the Fifth Hokage period, the reason why Konoha formed an alliance with us at other times was forced by the situation, so we can only deal with Konoha."
Although what Gaara said was true, Kankuro Kazuma still frowned when he heard that other villages did not take Sunagakure seriously.
It's obviously a little uncomfortable for them to admit this.
"But Fourth Shinobi World War is different."
Like a true leader, Gaara put his hands on the table and looked at Baki and others.
"Fourth Shinobi World War is the first Five Great Ninja Villages alliance in history. We are dealing with the same enemy. As long as we can show our value in this war, we will open the door to communicate with other villages."
Temari looked at Gaara talking in front of everyone and smiled happily.
The taciturn child at the beginning has really grown up.
His strength and vision are far stronger than his sister.
"Do you mean to take advantage of Fourth Shinobi World War's opportunity to form alliances with other villages? What about Konoha?"
After understanding what Gaara meant, Kankuro asked his question in confusion. In response, Temari pointed directly at his head.
"Tenten plays with Puppet, and you will turn yourself into a fool!"
"Allying with other villages does not mean betraying Konoha. Fifth Hokage is kind and kind. Judging from his past behavior, he will not care about our Sunagakure forming alliances with other villages as long as it does not harm Konoha's interests."
Finally, Baki, who understood the meaning of Gaara, stepped forward to explain Kankuro's confusion.
"I understand what Kazekage means! Fourth Shinobi World War is indeed an opportunity for us, and even an opportunity for the entire Shinobi World!"
Baki, who was originally depressed because Daimyo of the Land of Wind ignored Sunagakure and only paid attention to Konoha, really cheered up at this time.
"In the most ideal situation, by facing a common enemy, Five Great Nations and Ninja Village can put aside their past grudges and realize an alliance together. In this way, even if Five Great Nations If Daimyo wants to start a war again, we Ninja Village can also prevent it by ventilating in advance. In the worst case, we should try our best to give ourselves an extra escape route, so that even if Konoha changes its policy, we will not hang ourselves on a rope!"
After listening to Baki's words, Kankuro suddenly realized.
"I always feel like it's not moral to do this? After all, I feel that Konoha is very good to us. Does this mean we're riding a donkey to find a horse?"
"Kankuro, have you ever thought about the situation that Sunagakure will be in if Konoha no longer distributes supplies to us and Daimyo of the Land of Wind completely falls back to Konoha?"
At the moment, Konoha definitely owes a debt of gratitude to Sunagakure, but the exchanges between villages cannot be calculated in terms of gratitude.
Gaara can hand over his life to Fifth Hokage and Konoha, but he cannot hand over the lives of all Sunagakure people to others.
It doesn't matter what's right or wrong or kindness. As the leader who shoulders the responsibility of the entire village, Gaara must and can only make the most rational decision for the village.
When it comes to extreme situations, for the sake of the people in the village, as a shadow, you have to have the consciousness to abandon everything.
Faced with Baki's rhetorical question, Kankuro also fell silent.
As a senior executive of Sunagakure, only then did Kankuro understand the heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
"It seems that our Daimyo can't wait until Sasuke Uchiha becomes his guard."
In the mansion of Land of Fire and Shinhiko Kōzuki, Shinhiko Kōzuki, who received the secret letter from Hokage Madara, looked at the letter and smiled slightly at his enemy Uesugi Genshin in the court.