"I doubt we'll get much rest," Minato said, arms crossed, his expression serious.
"I just heard some intel. Because of the situation on the Land of Rivers front, the village is struggling to send more reinforcements to the Rain Country. Our forces are stretched thin everywhere."
"In the coming days, the fighting is only going to get more intense."
"Thank goodness the Sand, Stone, and Rain Villages are all fighting their own battles. If they joined forces, we'd be in serious trouble," Nawaki added, his complaints forgotten as he shared his analysis.
The two of them discussed the situation, eventually pulling Xin who was pondering what to have for dinner-into the conversation.
Xin, exasperated, finally spoke up.
"Regardless of how things play out, Konoha will eventually negotiate with the Rain Village and put an end to this pointless war."
"No way," Nawaki and Minato said, startled. Konoha had been the one to strike first.
If they were forced into peace talks without winning, it would be a huge blow to Konoha's reputation.
"Why not?" Xin asked, amused. "You don't actually think that negotiating means Konoha has lost, do you?"
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"What, isn't that the case?" Nawaki asked, feeling a bit lost in Xin's explanation.
Minato nodded in agreement.
Xin nudged Minato over, making room for himself between the two. He picked up a stick and started drawing circles in the dirt.
"This is the Rain Country battlefield. Here's the area each of the four forces currently occupies. We, Konoha, are here. Over here is the Sand Village, and here's the Rain Village. The Rain Village holds the largest territory, but it's basically a four-way free-for-all. No alliances -everyone's an enemy unless they're one of your own."
"But have you thought about this?"
"Even if the Rain Village's military strength has grown quickly, it's still just a small, poor country. They're only trying to catch up to the five great ninja villages. And what about everything else? All their money's going into their military-"
"Don't they need to eat?"
"Don't they need new weapons?"
"Have you noticed how expensive supplies and weapons are right now?"
"The Rain Village is fighting everyone, and they're starting to hit a wall."
Constant losses in manpower, skyrocketing supply costs Xin was sure these were giving Hanzo a serious headache.
As long as the fighting continued in this stalemate, it wouldn't be long before the Rain Village was the first to collapse.
When that time came, Konoha wouldn't need to seek out negotiations-Hanzo would come to them.
That's why, after defeating Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Jiraiya, and giving them the title of the "Legendary Sannin," Hanzo had really been signaling the start of peace talks.
If he hadn't been thinking about negotiations, Xin would never believe that Hanzo, after defeating the three, would let them go when they had no strength left to resist. The so-called "Legendary Sannin" title was more a mark of shame than honor to them.
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