The next morning.
Land of Wind, Sunagakure.
The sun shone brightly.
Sunagakure's location was right in the middle of an endless desert.
Due to natural geographical disadvantages, coupled with the Land of Wind's Daimyo continuously cutting and reducing funds for Shinobi,
This village always exuded a desolate and primitive atmosphere.
Commonly known as... poor.
But in fact,
Before the Fourth Kazekage Rasa took office, Sunagakure was far poorer than it is now.
If it weren't for Rasa using his powerful Gold Dust ability to continuously pan for gold in the desert to maintain Sunagakure's finances,
Sunagakure's economic system likely would have collapsed long ago.
However, even so, the desolate environment of the desert still made the Shinobi's lives unbearable.
Therefore, regardless of which Kazekage generation,
Naturally, they all hoped to expand their territory, thereby obtaining a better location as a base for Sunagakure.
But unfortunately, most Kazekage in history had basically failed.
Today,
Rasa, looking at the intelligence report delivered to him, immediately became excited.
"The leader of Amegakure, that Hanzo of the Salamander, is dead?!"
"And Konoha's Uchiha Clan has also been annihilated?!"
These two pieces of news were like thunderbolts, directly reaching the ears of everyone present.
Everyone was shocked.
But after the shock came immediate surprise!
A high-ranking advisor immediately stood up, looked at Rasa, and said excitedly:
"A great opportunity!!"
"We've finally waited for our great opportunity!"
"In the past, due to our narrow defeat to Konoha in the Shinobi World War, we were forced to sign a treaty, but our Suna has almost become their vassal village!"
"But now, we finally have the chance to escape this predicament!"
"Kazekage-sama!"
"Please immediately order the conquest of Amegakure and expand our territory!"
"Once this conquest succeeds, perhaps... it will be the beginning of Sunagakure's rise!"
"In the future, Suna will never have to bow to Konoha again!"
This high-ranking advisor spoke with great excitement.
"!!"
As the words fell, the others around immediately began to echo, speaking one after another:
"That's right! In the past, Konoha always prevented us from reaching into Amegakure, but now, they won't have the energy to care!"
"Indeed! If the Uchiha Clan is truly annihilated, Konoha's strength must have hit a low point and can no longer be an obstacle!"
"With Hanzo of the Salamander dead, Amegakure is nothing to fear!"
"Kazekage-sama, please issue the order quickly!"
These old advisors, their aged faces flushed, eyes gleaming.
They were like people finding a life-saving water source in the desert, quickly beginning to offer advice.
After all, that was Amegakure!
Its geographical location simultaneously bordered three of the Five Great Nations, Earth, Wind, and Fire, making it a pivotal strategic location!
Once captured, the benefits for Suna would be countless and without a single drawback!
Since they now had this confidential intelligence, there was fundamentally no reason not to try!
After hearing everyone's words,
Rasa's heart naturally began to stir.
He was no fool.
Now that Konoha had finally entered a low point in strength, if he didn't take this opportunity to rise, was he supposed to be Konoha's dog forever?
Of course not!
It's just...
The authenticity of this intelligence still needed careful verification.
After all, if it turned out the Uchiha hadn't been annihilated at all, that would be quite embarrassing...
After pondering and deliberating for a long time,
Rasa finally made up his mind, raised his head, and said solemnly:
"Notify all Anbu's members to assemble immediately!"
"We must confirm the complete authenticity of these two pieces of intelligence in the shortest possible time!"
"Once confirmed,"
"We can directly... launch a war against Amegakure!"