Chapter 757: Fifth Hokage!
"Why don't we just attack Sunagakure and make them pay the consequences of attacking Konoha?"
Fujin's question silenced the room in an instant. Without exception, every single council member stared at him. None of them expected him to say such a thing.
Shikaku sighed internally, 'This boy… He'll be at peace only when I have worked to death. I should have forced Jiraiya to attend the meeting…'
Hiromasa chuckled internally and thought, 'Considering how terrifying his power is, I forgot that he's still just a child. As always, youngsters are hot-headed. Regardless, this is a good opportunity to guide him. It'd be a shame if he ended up following Danzo's footsteps.'
At the same time, Koharu wondered, 'Why are he and Danzo at odds? He's more similar to Danzo than to Hiruzen. Is this why Hiruzen guided him so much?'
Homura broke the silence and answered, "Fujin, a war is easy to start but very difficult to end. Once you ride the tiger, you can't get off easily. If Hiruzen was here, he'd have said the same.
Sunagakure isn't a place that can be attacked on a whim. The Land of Wind is full of deserts. It is very easy to defend and extremely difficult to attack. The desert won't provide us with any resting spots. We'll be out in the open while the Suna ninjas lay traps on our routes. They'll set countless ambushes to attack us.
Even though the ambushers will die, it'll slowly but steadily slow down our forces and erode our morale. Combined with the frequent sandstorms in the desert, we'll lose a large number of ninjas despite the absence of rank S ninjas in Sunagakure.
Hence, attacking Sunagakure is very unwise. If we make one bad move, we can change our overwhelming victory into a disastrous defeat."