Bieshu Feifan stood up and walked over,
pointed at the map of the Shinobi World held by two Anbu, and began to speak.
"Monkey has already made the current situation in the Shinobi World very clear.
Now I'll explain my response plan.
But before that, we must first establish an overall objective,
which is to protect the Land of Fire.
Does anyone disagree with that?"
At this, Bieshu Feifan looked around. No one objected.
Bieshu Feifan nodded and continued.
"Good. We're still united.
Monkey just said that another Shinobi World War is probably unavoidable.
Then think back to the previous two Shinobi World Wars. Wasn't Konoha always attacked from all sides?
In light of that, I propose the following military arrangements.
First, send a letter to the Land of Earth.
Use the conflict between Iwagakure and Kumogakure to keep Iwagakure in check for now.
Second, against Kirigakure, which has recently been landing on our shores and harassing us repeatedly, I recommend defensive tactics.
Here's my reasoning: Kirigakure is isolated overseas and would be difficult to take down quickly.
If we station too many troops on the east coast, they can easily wear us down by making us chase them around.
And if Kirigakure wants to attack Konoha, they'll also have to land their forces.
They pose less of a threat than our neighbors on land.
Third, I recommend focusing our defenses on Kumogakure and Sunagakure.
Let me elaborate on that.
First, Kumogakure is still at war with Iwagakure right now and can't commit its full strength against us.
On that front, I recommend focusing on defense and counterattacks.
Our primary target should be Sunagakure first.
Here's my reasoning: Sunagakure is the poorest and the most desperate to put food on the table.
Sunagakure is also the weakest.
Their Kage has