Tense meetings were once again taking place simultaneously across the Five Great Nations.
Ōnoki, A, Rasa, Mei Terumi, and Tsunade.
In their respective villages, the five summoned the high command, Jonin, various departments, and clan leaders to hold meetings for their villages.
First was the composition of the expedition teams.
The teams would consist of Sensor Ninjas, scouting ninjas, Medical Ninjas, and a small number of primary combatants.
There was no problem with this arrangement.
Next, the villages began to disagree over how to respond to Hyuga Sho's potential actions.
Ōnoki was considering how to strengthen the village through elite forces and effective governance.
Kumogakure was considering the development of technology and Ninja Science.
Kirigakure was considering ways to repair its relationship with the daimyo and obtain more money to restore the village's strength.
Sunagakure was preparing to select guards for the daimyo, to prevent him from dying suddenly again.
And Konoha...
Tsunade had decided to select the next Hokage candidate.
Usually speaking,
the Hokage Election had two steps.
1. The daimyo's approval.
2. A vote passed by the Jonin Squad.
The daimyo was useless now.
Because when violence could decide everything, and they needed to deal with Dongli and the Xuanhuan forces,
they had to choose the strongest ninja to become the Kage of a village.
Otherwise, if someone poked them to death with one finger, how were they supposed to play?
So...
Konoha's power rankings began.
At present,
Konoha possessed powerful fighters such as Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hatake Sakumo, the elderly Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Fugaku, and Uchiha Izumi.
Considering that the villain might really be Hyuga Sho,
and that some people might be unable to bring themselves to attack him,
Uchiha Izumi was directly eliminated from consideration.
Considering that people like Jiraiya could not defeat Hyuga Sho, they were