"It had already entered a state of war readiness? The timing was well chosen. It seemed Itachi truly had the potential to become Hokage."
Hyuga Kagami casually set down the communication scroll Itachi had sent.
Because they had privately been in contact with Obito, both Hyuga Kagami and Itachi were more certain than anyone else that Akatsuki would be taking action soon!
However, they could not conveniently explain the source of this intelligence to others.
As it happened, Akatsuki had targeted the daimyo, striking directly at the weak point of the major ninja villages. Itachi keenly noticed this and proposed at the meeting that every ninja village enter a state of war readiness. With various factors pushing the matter along, he had barely needed to say anything before all the Kage present agreed.
That alone showed that Itachi had begun learning to consider matters from the perspective of a Hokage and to push proposals beneficial to the village at the Five Kage Summit.
As for Itachi's request for instructions at the end of the communication scroll regarding how to protect the daimyo, Hyuga Kagami did not care much about it. He had no intention of devoting his limited energy to something as irrelevant to him as protecting the daimyo, so he gave Itachi no advice and instead decided to grant him full authority over the matter.
After sending his reply, Hyuga Kagami rubbed his temples and closed his eyes to rest.
Without a doubt, everything Akatsuki was doing at this stage was a test. Therefore, he had no intention of throwing himself into disorder and letting Akatsuki lead him around by the nose. Instead, he continued steadily advancing his Kekkei Mōra Project.
He was certain that Akatsuki would soon reveal its true intentions, and that would be the time for