Meanwhile, in Kirigakure...
They faced the same predicament as Sunagakure: the Land of Water had also demanded that they end their alliance with Konoha.
Until Konoha stopped waging war on other countries.
Otherwise, they would have to go to war with Konoha.
The Daimyo had also worded his demand in extremely harsh terms, declaring that if Kirigakure did not do as he said...
Then the Land of Water would no longer supply Kirigakure with resources.
Faced with this blatant threat, the village's senior Mist Ninja had all gathered together, exchanging troubled looks.
Clearly, this was a difficult choice for them as well.
On the one hand, if Kirigakure wanted to recover now, it needed to rely not only on Konoha, but also on the Land of Water.
After all, without the support of its own great nation, Kirigakure would have collapsed long ago.
Even during the blood mist policy, the Land of Water had never actually cut off Kirigakure's resources.
After all, the explanation given to outsiders at the time was that it would strengthen the Mist Ninja.
That was supposedly why their selection standards were so brutal.
As for the internal strife in the village, that was Kirigakure's own affair.
So the Land of Water had not interfered at all.
It had simply continued supplying the same resources as before.
But things were different now.
After all, the Land of Fire's current actions were extremely dangerous.
It was even refusing to heed their demands anymore.
To the other Daimyo, that meant things absolutely could not continue as they had before!
Konoha's ideology was far too dangerous.
In the past, they had been the ones who started wars.
Konoha was supposed to just take the blows, so what did it mean by starting a war itself now?!
Naturally, the Land