"So, next, Yugito Nii, you'll stay in Konoha for a while."
A spoke haltingly, as though every word he uttered caused him immense pain.
Why?
Wasn't this basically sending his own child to his sworn enemy's home?!
And his sworn enemy's kid even had designs on his own child!
But there really wasn't a better option right now.
Kumogakure would definitely be attacked. It was only a matter of time.
If the enemy needed to prepare, they had three or four days.
If the enemy didn't need to prepare, they might already be in Kumogakure.
Although they had just barely managed to count that last battle as a victory, A knew perfectly well that the enemy hadn't used any of their Tailed Beast forces yet.
Including the two Iwagakure had lost, they now had four Tailed Beasts.
Even without an army, bringing those four Tailed Beasts to Kumogakure and having each fire a Tailed Beast Bomb would be enough to wipe the village out.
That was the deterrent power of weapons of mass destruction.
Although his little brother, B, was still in the village and could put up a fight.
Even he couldn't withstand their concentrated fire.
There weren't many fighting forces they could muster right now. Over in Iwagakure, Ōnoki needed time to deal with his village's affairs.
Rasa and Mei Terumi could recover some of their fighting strength after a little rest.
So... had Konoha ended up being their biggest source of support after all?
"Huh? Lord Raikage, what about the village?!"
Summoned into the conference room, which now had considerably fewer people, Yugito Nii cried out as she looked at A, who had addressed her.
Although she did want to visit Konoha and see what her friend's home was like.
That didn't mean she didn't love her