These questions left Jiraiya feeling completely confused.
"The Land of Demons is truly dangerous."
Rasa felt fortunate for having established cooperation with Konoha in advance.
A renowned name casts a long shadow. Although he had never come into contact with the Immortal Technique, he knew it was a power superior to the Chakra System.
Combining with the powerful strength displayed by the girl in the witch's attire last night, who was able to block a large number of explosive tags, was something ordinary ninjas could never achieve.
Even within Hidden Sand, very few ninjas could achieve that level.
"That's precisely why we should stop their ambition to start a war. Otherwise, it might trigger the Fourth Great Ninja War."
If that were to happen, too many innocents would be sacrificed in this battle.
Clearly, the Land of Demons, which has become the Commercial Country of the Ninja Realm, and still enjoys the status of a Neutral Country, does not need to resort to such extreme means as war to gain benefits.
He believed that the people and high-ranking officials of the Land of Demons, along with that naive witch, were deceived by some conspirators to engage in such extreme actions.
No matter whose fault caused this, he could not accept war as the means to resolve it.
Rasa nodded, truth be told, if the Land of Demons were willing to negotiate with the Land of Wind now and concede some benefits, such as favorable commercial policies, as compensation for their attack on the Land of Wind, he wouldn't reject peace talks from the Land of Demons.
Even though it now seemed like the Land of Demons had the upper hand, in the end, it would surely be Hidden Sand that claimed victory.
Rasa was being cautious not out of fear of the Land of Demons' strength, but to minimize the war damage.
"What's the plan now, Kazekage-sama?"
Jiraiya asked.
"Since the Land of Demons can turn both the sky and underground into their firepower zones, how about we use their strategy against them?"
Rasa smiled meaningfully, seemingly having thought of a strategy to defeat the enemy.
"Use their strategy against them?"
Rasa ordered a map of the Land of Wind to be brought over, which had all the regions of the Land of Wind marked on it.
He pointed to the northwest region of the Land of Wind and said, "This is where the Land of Demons has established a base in the northwest of the Land of Wind. They seem to intend to stay long-term in the Land of Wind, making me suspect that their purpose is to capture the northwest region of the Land of Wind, launching this war for that very reason."
Jiraiya pondered and then frowned.
Indeed, as Rasa said, if there weren't plans for a long-term stay, there would be no need for the Land of Demons to establish such a formidable military fortress in the northwest of the Land of Wind.
Jiraiya also began to suspect that the audacious establishment of a military base in the northwest resembled the Land of Demons treating it as their territory.
This inevitably led Jiraiya to ponder the purpose of the Land of Demons starting this war, considering their excuse for the Land of Wind's loans might just be a ruse, and that if not for this excuse, they might have found another reason to attack the Land of Wind.
Their objective was to acquire the northwest region of the Land of Wind.
With that, many previously inexplicable aspects could be explained.
"Since they wish for the northwest region of the Land of Wind so much, let's give it to them. Extend the battlefield to let them penetrate deeper into the northwest region. Then dispatch our forces to tear apart their rear front line in segments, trapping them in a cage and keeping them in the Land of Wind for good."
Rasa stated resolutely.
Comparatively, he wasn't concerned with the rest of the ninja from the Land of Demons, even their so-called aerial forces weren't invincible.
Even if the rest of the ninjas from the Land of Demons escaped, the main general of the ninja squad absolutely must not.
The combat power of high-level ninjas on the battlefield is terrifying, like a meat grinder.
Especially ninjas at the level of the Five Kage.
According to the vital intelligence Jiraiya provided, along with past predictions, there's no doubt that Uchiha Ruri, like Hyuga Ayane, while not one of the Five Kage, possesses strength equal to or exceeding them.
But, regarding Chiba Hakushi, due to a serious lack of intelligence, it was still unclear whether he was a ninja at the Five Kage level.
However, a man who could stay with those two terrifying women couldn't possibly be just a simple ninja.
Therefore, in Rasa's view, the significance of decapitation outweighs that of annihilating the ninja squad from the Land of Demons in this war.
Two... or perhaps three entities with combat ability equaling the Five Kage pose a significant threat to both Hidden Sand and Konoha.
If they don't seize this opportunity to eliminate them, it will be impossible to find a chance to strike at them in the future.
After hearing Rasa's insights, before Jiraiya could speak, Sarutobi Ryu questioned, "Um, Kazekage-sama, by extending the battlefield, won't the Land of Demons easily fall for it? If the maneuver is too conspicuous, it might alert them."
While Rasa's approach was indeed a good one, Sarutobi Ryu saw many issues that needed addressing within it.
One of them was making the surrender of the northwest region too blatant, which could alarm the Land of Demons and cause them to avoid falling into the trap, wasting effort and spending substantial time and resources in vain.