As Jin lay in his rocking chair, muttering nonsense, a figure hurried over from the side.
Nara Shikaku.
He held a message in his hand and respectfully reported,
"Lord Jin, the Kazekage has agreed to an alliance. He'll arrive in the Leaf in five days."
"Oh? He's finally here." Jin stretched his arm and slowly rose from the rocking chair.
His eyes shone brightly.
Because of him, the Kazekage's visit to the Leaf had been moved up.
In other words, the Konoha Crush plan had been moved up.
"I wonder if it'll be the Fourth Kazekage this time... or Orochimaru... or maybe both?"
After pondering for a moment, he smiled and waved a hand.
"It's fine. Just handle things as usual. We're only the Konoha Finance Committee. Hosting foreign guests is naturally the job of the Hokage in name only."
The Hokage in name only.
At those words, Nara Shikaku's brows twitched.
Then he nodded and withdrew.
Yugito, standing nearby, seemed to freeze when she heard that.
She even stopped breathing fire.
Sizzle, sizzle.
Only when a sharp pain returned to her neck did she snap back to her senses.
She looked toward the distance, an unusual hesitation in her eyes.
Three minutes later, she finally pushed down her doubts and spoke softly.
"Um... the Raikage and that old Tsuchikage seemed to be plotting something a few days ago..."
"Oh?" Hearing that, Jin couldn't help glancing at Yugito.
He was surprised.
Who would've thought that this proud little wildcat would change her mind and turn to the right side?!
He nodded, unsurprised.
After all...
When the two of them had been plotting, he'd been right there, watching with his "Weak Presence" trait and enjoying the show...
Or rather, Jin had deliberately let them send out that information.
If the Kazekage