"Well, let him try to keep it out," Danzo scoffed. He had long since been fed up with the daimyo. If it weren't for that old fool, Sakumo Hatake wouldn't have had even a chance at the Hokage position.
"If he doesn't want the flames of war in his domain, how does he expect us to fight it? Does the Land of Fire have a fleet of warships at the ready for us? If not, then he should stay out of it," Danzo snapped.
The Third Hokage sighed, exasperated. He knew Danzo had a long-standing grudge against the daimyo, but he hadn't expected him to speak so irresponsibly.
"This isn't practical," Tsunade said, shaking her head as she looked at the map.
Fighting against the Hidden Mist Village was far more troublesome than fighting against the Hidden Sand Village.
With the Sand Village, the battle could simply take place in the Land of Rivers. But against the Mist Village...
An endless ocean - how do you even fight there?
Currently, Konoha's main forces were stationed in the former location of Uzushiogakure. Meanwhile, the Mist Village kept sending forces to harass them at sea without launching a full-scale attack.
They were clearly taking advantage of Konoha's limited number of warships.
As much as it was frustrating, Tsunade had to admit that Yagura, that brat, was capable.
The lack of sufficient warships meant that Konoha found it challenging to engage the Mist Village at sea. Without naval support, any skirmish would inherently favor the Mist Village. Mist shinobi would love nothing more than for Konoha ninjas to take the fight to the open sea. The most frustrating part was that on the vast ocean, the Mist Village could attack from any direction.
Konoha had positioned its forces in Uzushiogakure?
Fine. The Mist could attack from the direction of the Land of Craftsmen.
Or they could even take a longer route and attack from the direction of the Land of Rivers.
How could Konoha possibly defend against that?
The Mist Village had the advantage of the sea, meaning they could launch attacks from multiple directions while Konoha could only try to predict their moves.
To add to the problem, since declaring war, the Mist had been destroying ships everywhere, making sure Konoha couldn't gain the upper hand at sea.
The message was clear: Konoha should just prepare to get hit, and the Mist would strike from every possible direction.
"The Mist Village has the upper hand at sea. They can attack from anywhere, while Konoha struggles to defend. Even if we wanted to move the battlefield to the Land of Bears, the Mist Village wouldn't agree," Tsunade pointed out.