"Shikaku, what are we supposed to do?"
The Third Hokage had a terrible headache over the situation and could only rely on Shikaku, his strategist.
But even Shikaku had his limits.
The plans they had come up with after discussing things for two days and two nights...
Had failed on all three fronts.
What else was there to say?
He was out of ideas, too. They might as well surrender.
He could already picture Konoha falling apart in the future.
Shikaku sighed. "How about we start deploying defenses along the borders with Iwagakure and Sunagakure?"
The moment Shikaku said that, the Third Hokage knew he really was out of ideas.
The Third Hokage sighed quietly, too. "All right. That's our only option. I'll keep trying with Iwagakure."
The Third Hokage kept lowering his standards.
Even though they were the victors, he was willing to forgo reparations from Iwagakure as long as both sides signed a peace treaty.
But under the circumstances, that probably wasn't realistic. Ōnoki was far too crafty.
Even if they signed a treaty, Ōnoki would definitely be the first to stab them in the back once war broke out!
The major nations of the shinobi world all had abysmal trustworthiness scores.
Even added together, their scores wouldn't qualify them to unlock a rental bike.
School had been in session for several days, and Gua had heard a little about what was happening outside.
The Land of Earth kept changing its tune, the Land of Rain had captured Sunagakure's One-Tail,
Kumogakure was getting restless and apparently wanted the Byakugan again, or something along those lines.
In short, everything was a complete mess.
Whenever Gua went to the Hokage Office to study the Flying Thunder God lately, he practically kept his ears pricked the entire time.
He couldn't