Preparing for Trouble Is Never Wrong!

At most, they would get a few scraps, and even then they would have to watch the other villages' moods. Though all were among the Five Great Shinobi Villages, Sunagakure was truly somewhat weak compared to the others.

The weak would be bullied—this was an eternal truth. Only by becoming strong, only when one's fist was hard enough, would one have the right to speak. No matter the world, position, or perspective, weakness was a sin!!!

"Previously, Sunagakure had roughly eight thousand shinobi on the battlefield. How many did we Konoha have here at the time?"

Seeing that Hatake Sakumo had been left somewhat dazed by him, Hikaru stopped speaking in riddles and asked with a smile.

Hatake Sakumo furrowed his brow, thought for a moment, and replied, "More than five thousand. To be precise, five thousand. Excluding some logistics and medical personnel, we had about four thousand combatants."

"Correct, four thousand." Hikaru continued, "Then do you think Sunagakure could defeat us?"

"Impossible!!!!"

Hatake Sakumo answered seriously without even thinking. There was no need to think or compare; anyone who believed otherwise had to have something wrong with their head.

Although Konoha did not hold the advantage in numbers, they should not forget that Konoha was stronger both overall and individually!!!

Whether it was the top-tier Kage-level experts or the rank-and-file shinobi below, they were all stronger than Sunagakure's. Sunagakure might have nearly twice Konoha's numbers, but if they truly fought, they would absolutely not be Konoha's match. Especially under Hikaru's command, with Hatake Sakumo, Jiraiya, and Tsunade constantly providing support, taking the field, and leading attacks, winning would be far too difficult.

Calling him the Unbeatable War God was nonsense. Everyone suffered defeat sometimes. It was simply that Hikaru never acted rashly when he needed to be steady, and