Utatane Koharu sighed. "Thank goodness we pushed Orochimaru out to take the blame back then. Otherwise, we might be facing all four nations joining forces against our Land of Fire right now."
For the Shisui Uchiha affair, Danzo had originally considered two options.
One was to pin the blame on Orochimaru, which was what they had ultimately done.
The other was to frame the Land of Wind.
Looking at the war now, the Elders Council, Hiruzen Sarutobi included, all privately counted themselves lucky.
Making Orochimaru the scapegoat back then really had been the right decision.
Otherwise, the Land of Fire would not only have lost the Land of Wind as an ally, but also turned it into an enemy.
Instead of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind fighting the Lands of Lightning, Earth, and Water,
it would have been the Land of Fire fighting the Lands of Wind, Lightning, Earth, and Water alone.
After their brief relief, the four members of the Elders Council began considering the business at hand.
Although things had not deteriorated into the desperate situation of one nation fighting four, the current situation was hardly easy.
Iwagakure and Kirigakure had both begun mobilizing.
With what little fighting strength Konoha currently had left, they could not possibly hold out. Reinforcements had to be sent.
Especially to the southeastern coast.
Previously, the Uzumaki Clan had stood between the Lands of Fire and Water, serving as a natural barrier.
But now the Land of Whirlpools was gone.
Once Kirigakure crossed the sea, they could step directly onto the Land of Fire's territory.
"Who in the village can still be deployed to the front?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi swept his gaze over the other three and asked.
"...The major clans have all gone to the front. Apart from the