The people of the Hidden Sand were frustrated, but they had no choice. Orders were orders, and so they continued sending what little resources they had to the Hidden Rain.
Fortunately, this time Hanzō didn't play games with Chiyo, he did launch another round of attacks. However, the intensity of the conflict was nowhere near what Chiyo had hoped for. Instead of a grand showdown, the fighting had returned to small-scale skirmishes.
Chiyo was so enraged she could grind her teeth to dust, but there was little she could do about Hanzō.
He had, after all, reignited the war, even if it wasn't to the scale she had wanted. Without any concrete agreement, Chiyo had no grounds to complain.
After resting for two days at the camp, Tsunade took Xin and Uzumaki Nami back to Konoha.
Tsunade's reason for returning was clear to Danzo, but he wasn't concerned.
With Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado backing him up, Tsunade would find it nearly impossible to convince the Third Hokage to initiate peace talks with the Hidden Rain.
Danzo had no reason to worry about suddenly being handed the task of negotiations-it wasn't going to happen.
At the moment, Danzo was more focused on keeping tabs on the Hidden Grass Village.
After Xin's team returned, Minato had given his report. Danzo hadn't labeled the mission a failure, even recording it as a success.
But suspicion still gnawed at him. Danzo didn't trust the people of the Hidden Grass Village, so he immediately sent out Anbu and Root operatives to investigate and gather intelligence.
Thanks to the efforts of the Anbu and Root, the secret of the Hidden Grass Village was uncovered and soon found its way onto Danzo's desk.
"The Uzumaki clan!" Danzo growled, slamming his hand on the desk, his expression darkening.
It wasn't that Danzo particularly cared about a few members of the Uzumaki clan. After all, when he learned that Xin's team had brought back Uzumaki Nami, he barely reacted.
To him, and to Konoha, it didn't really matter whether there were more or fewer Uzumaki around.
What truly infuriated Danzo was the attitude of the Hidden Grass Village
You asked for our help, I sent people to support you, and yet none of your villagers even bothered to show their faces.
That's bad enough, but now you're hiding the Uzumaki from us, afraid we'll take them back to Konoha?
Even the Hidden Stone knew about this, and yet Konoha was left in the dark? Is this how an ally behaves?
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