In the past, at least it had always been the other nations that upset this balance.
After all, Konoha had the Land of Fire behind it, with money and resources to spare.
So which of the neighboring ninja villages and nations didn't want to tear a chunk of flesh off Konoha?!
Besides, this was a tacit understanding maintained by the major nations.
But Konoha's current situation was completely different from before.
The other Daimyo had sent notices to the Land of Fire Daimyo.
But they had accomplished nothing.
Now it was those Daimyo who were panicking.
And so, every one of them turned to the villages under their authority.
If they didn't stop Konoha's reckless actions now...
Who knew what would happen afterward?
Kumogakure had clearly received word as well.
That was exactly why A was furious at that moment. As far as he was concerned, this was almost too much to bear.
These bastards couldn't solve the problem themselves.
So they dumped it on him.
And demanded that he deal with Konoha.
How was he supposed to do that?!
Was he supposed to go straight to Konoha and tell them to stop?!
As if they would listen!
In A's view, there was only one way to stop this from happening now.
Declare war on Konoha.
After all, strictly speaking, some of those smaller nations did favor Kumogakure.
So they would have grounds to intervene.
But if he really had the confidence to fight Konoha, A would have declared war long ago.
Why would he have waited until now?!
Who didn't understand the current situation?!
Unless they went to war with Konoha and took the cost of that war onto themselves...
There was basically no way to make Konoha stop fighting.
But if fighting were an option, they would have