Tsunade's Unconditional Trust!

"They really loved wasting effort. Since the two of you were speeding up the arrival of war, what else could I say?"

After leaving the Hokage Office Building, Hikaru looked back toward the meeting room and shook his head slightly. If things had been allowed to develop naturally at this point, Konoha and Sunagakure might still have had some room to maneuver. Normally, the two sides would have exchanged barbs, trading insults back and forth.

But once the Daimyo became involved, the nature of it changed. Yet the Third Hokage was still willing to do this. He was not afraid of war, but he did not want it to break out.

However, some things could not be achieved just because you wanted them to be. Looking at the Naruto World as a whole, the Ninja Wars had basically erupted after the major villages had continuously strengthened themselves. And what were they fighting for?

It all came down to one word: benefits. Konoha wanted to develop peacefully, but would the other villages really allow Konoha to get its wish?

Konoha occupied the richest and most prosperous region in the entire world, yet it wanted to develop in peace. What was that supposed to mean?

The more abundant the resources, the faster a village's overall strength would rise. That was the current difference between Konoha and the other villages. Konoha did not need to start wars to plunder resources; it only needed to develop steadily. But the other villages were different. If everyone developed this way, the gap between them and Konoha would only grow wider and wider. They would be left further and further behind, with no choice but to eat Konoha's dust.

Konoha had abundant resources and could develop peacefully without launching wars to seize more. The other villages could