Chapter 417: Is the Cloud Ninja Village after the dried fish?

"No."

Seeing that Chiyo misunderstood his meaning, the Third Kazekage explained: "What I want to say is...what does the Cloud Ninja Village want?"

As we all know, except for some special cases, wars are mostly launched for the sake of interests.

For example, the Sand Village started a war, why?

Isn't it just for the rich resources of the Fire Nation?

Occupying the rich land of the Fire Country and using the rich resources of the Fire Country to support the Sand Village, it is like a snowball that is getting bigger and bigger.

Although the war was lost, the purpose of the Sand Village has always been clear, which is to go for the resources of the Fire Country.

But what about the Cloud Ninja Village?

Why did they start a war? What resources does the Mist Village have that are worth starting a war for?

It's not like they would just try to steal the dried fish from the Mist Village.

The geographical environment of the Mist Village is special. It is shrouded in thick fog all year round. The environment of the whole country is humid, and it is not easy to dry some small fish. You, the Cloud Village, don't need to make such a big fuss.

There is such a vast ocean under your control, if you want to get dried fish you have to catch them yourself.

“This…” Chiyo was stunned for a moment.

Yeah, what does the Cloud Ninja Village want?

Does the Mist Village have the resources they need?

If not, what is the point of this war?

There's no need to fight over the sea routes. Even though the Cloud Village occupies fewer sea routes than the Mist Village, the commercial economy of the Cloud Village is at least ten blocks ahead of the Mist Village. There's no need to fight over these.

It can't be that it's really for the dried fish, right?

It’s not that the Third Kazekage and Chiyo like to fantasize, but the specialty of the Mist Village always reminds people of dried fish.

Just like the various trees of Konoha, the sand of Sand Village, the highland beef and specialty wine of Cloud Village, the most popular and well-known thing in the ninja world of Mist Village is dried fish...

The Third Kazekage raised his hand, rubbed his stubbled chin with his fingers, and said suspiciously:

"When starting a war, if there is no benefit to be gained, both sides should take the initiative. The problem is, Yagura of the Mist Village has just become the Mizukage. He won't start a war in secret, right?"

How stupid must one be to start a war right after becoming the village leader?

I would like to highlight a guy named Luo Sha here because that's what he did.

The result was the same as his teacher. He was severely beaten up by Konoha, ran back to the Sand Village in shame, and became a half-brother of Konoha again.

"Unless Yagura wants to clean out some people and forces in the village." Chiyo also realized that things would not be that simple.

This war is definitely not just driven by the Cloud Village. There should also be movement in the Mist Village, which means that everyone is heading towards war. But it is too strange for Yagura to start a war right after becoming the Mizukage. There must be a purpose. The purpose of a war on the battlefield is to eliminate people or forces that pose a threat to oneself.

"Probably."

The Sandaime Kazekage thought Chiyo's words made sense.

Because of their special geographical location, even if a war breaks out, the scale of the war between the Cloud Village and the Mist Village will be limited. It will be difficult for the Mist Village to send a large number of ninjas to attack the Cloud Village, and vice versa.

On land, the worst that can happen is that the battle line will be lengthened a bit, testing logistics. But on the vast ocean, lengthening the battle line is not a test of logistics, it is actually making things difficult for people.

Moreover, ninjas must rely on ships to fight.

You can fight on the water, and you can walk on the water for short distances, but in such a vast ocean, how many people can walk to the other side by walking on the water?

If they really did this, most of the ninja army would probably be drowned on the way before they even reached their destination.

This is also one of the reasons why Yagura is fearless, because he knows very well that the geographical location of the Water Country limits the enemy's military strength, making it difficult for the Cloud Ninja Village to directly attack the Water Country's mainland.

The available forces of both sides will be limited to a certain number.

Transporting troops and supplies is a big problem.

"When neither side can send out too many people, the threat posed by the Iwagakure to the Kumogakure is greater than that posed by the Mist Village." The Third Kazekage took out a map of the Ninja World and examined it carefully.

Compared to the Mist Village, if the Rock Village wants to attack the Cloud Village, it can go through the sea or by land.

Considering that the Iwagakure does not have many ships, an attack from land is more likely.

"Chiyo, do you think Oonoki will declare war on the Kumogakure?"

The Third Kazekage suddenly asked this question.

Chiyo was silent for a moment, then gritted his teeth and said:

"meeting!!!"

She knew Ohnoki very well. Ohnoki's hatred for the Cloud Village had reached an extreme level. As long as he was given a chance, he would definitely start a war.

“Hehehe…”

Hearing this, the Third Kazekage suddenly laughed: "It seems that the village's recovery speed has increased a lot."

If Ōnoki would start a war, it would mean that the Third Raikage would need to spend a large amount of money and resources to support Konoha and Sand Village, and let them send a ninja unit to block the Iwagakure. He could not only hold back the Iwagakure, but at least he would have to hold back a part of the Iwagakure's troops.

Furthermore, with allies behind them, the Cloud Ninja Village would not be caught in a two-front war, which would become increasingly difficult.

Although the Third Raikage is arrogant and confident in himself and the Cloud Village, he is not stupid and will definitely use any advantage he can.

Therefore, the choice between Konoha and Sand Village becomes particularly critical.

Fortunately, Konoha is an open ally of the Cloud Village, but the Sand Village is not, so the Cloud Village needs to pay a considerable price to get them to send reinforcements.

There is a saying that goes, the monarch of my monarch is not my monarch. By the same token, the ally of my ally may not be my ally.

Konoha and the Kumogakure are allies, but not the Sandgakure.

The Sand Village is just a half-hearted ally of Konoha.

This kind of relationship is actually not as solid as the alliance with the Cloud Village.

"What if the Iwagakure also tries to win us over?"

Chiyo was curious whether Oonoki would try to win them over in advance.

The Third Kazekage shook his head and said, "No, the stubborn old man Ohnoki will not change his mind easily, not to mention that the situation of the Iwagakure is not much better than ours."

Given the dire financial situation of the Iwagakure, you still want to win them over?

Dreaming.

Only the Cloud Ninja Village has the courage to do this.

Ōnoki should have a meeting with Yagura, as the Kirigakure is the best target to win over.

The Third Kazekage was not wrong in his guess, Yagura and Ōnoki did have a meeting. The difference was that last time it was Ōnoki who took the initiative, but this time it was the Mist Village that took the initiative.

Same place, same time.

But this time, Ohnoki came a little late. He did it on purpose, deliberately making Yagura wait for him a little longer.