"It looks like Kumogakure and Iwagakure suffered considerable losses this time, too..."
Inside the Hokage's office in Konohagakure...
Minato Namikaze looked with some surprise at the further increase in mission commissions and murmured with a smile.
It was all thanks to his fine student.
If Ning Feng had not defeated that army of over ten thousand ninja in the battle at Kirigakure, Konoha could not have flourished so much over the past few days.
Kumogakure and Iwagakure were already showing signs of decline. As long as Konoha seized this opportunity to split the resources that had originally belonged to them with Amegakure...
They would have to pay a greater price to take them back later...
The shinobi world's resources were limited.
That was why the Five Great Nations strictly controlled emerging powers in the shinobi world.
If Amegakure had not been under Uchiha Minato's management...
Minato Namikaze would never have agreed to let a ninja village expand unchecked at the junction of three nations and seize his resources.
And now...
Amegakure had indirectly taken Kirigakure's place and seized considerable resources from Kumogakure and Iwagakure...
Konoha had actually already received returns from Uchiha Minato far exceeding what it had invested.
"It looks like things went smoothly for Minato this time..."
Kakashi Hatake narrowed his eyes slightly, a faint smile appearing on his face beneath his mask.
He had never expected that his junior fellow student could now take on a major ninja village alone.
"But... Minato went a little too far this time."
Minato Namikaze frowned, his pale blue eyes filled with worry.
After all, there had been friction between the Five Great Shinobi Villages, as well as quite a few wars.
But now this involved the destruction of a major ninja village, along with the deaths of thousands of elite