Chapter 96: Konoha’s Divine Maneuver
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"Hahahaha! Lord Tsuchikage, you're so generous! You've helped me, Jinghang, so much. I can't thank you enough! From now on, consider us friends!"
Jinghang enthusiastically shook hands with the middle-aged man in front of him, who was wearing a gray conical hat. His grin stretched so wide it nearly reached his ears.
"Hic! ...No, no... hic! We're neighboring villages... sharing honor and disgrace... it's only right, only right," Lord Tsuchikage replied, his face flushed red as he hiccupped from drinking.
The Land of Stone, a small country sandwiched between the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind, was where Jinghang had come personally for negotiations. His goals were twofold: to secure passage for his army and to establish a temporary logistics base here.
This marked Jinghang's first large-scale external campaign since taking over as Kazekage—a battle to establish dominance that could only end in victory, not defeat. Thus, he approached everything with extreme caution.
An army of 10,000 ninja needed food, water, and weapons. When Konoha had fought against him, they had cut off his supplies, a tactic he was all too familiar with. Now, as he prepared for an expedition into foreign lands, he had to be wary of the same strategy being used against him. Any mishap in logistics could not only ruin the results of his years of careful planning but might even spell doom for the entire foundation of Sunagakure.