"In my view, the best approach would be to intercept them as soon as they enter the Land of Fire. I believe the ninja from those villages have already recognized the situation and won't have much appetite for a fight."
"Perhaps we only need to send the ninja Konoha has brought under its control to keep their ninja occupied. Then the Konoha ninja can concentrate on attacking White Zetsu, while our other elite forces surround Uchiha Madara-"
Uchiha Shūichi shook his head outright and said calmly, "Your plan is a little too complicated!"
Nara Shikaku immediately fell silent. In truth, he thought his plan was already as straightforward and brutal as it could possibly be. Their opponents were simply too weak to warrant any complicated schemes.
Still, it seemed this Uchiha clan leader had another idea, so he might as well let him try.
Uchiha Xiuyi had secretly controlled Konoha for quite a few years. Nara Shikaku was a clever man, too, and had picked up on clues in many places. He knew that the Uchiha Clan leader before him was the person whose word carried the most weight in Konoha now, so naturally, he wouldn't object.
"Shūichi, do you have another approach?"
Hearing Uchiha Shūichi's words, Tsunade immediately asked him. Uchiha Shūichi propped his chin on his hands and said calmly, "Back when Naruto and Sasuke went to investigate the Land of Waves, I captured an Iwagakure pris-
oner named Deidara. I'm sure you're all aware of him!"
"Deidara? I've heard that name. I think he was a member of that Akatsuki Organization."
"Iwagakure's explosion brat-I heard his ninjutsu was pretty destructive."
The ninja present exchanged glances and nodded. Deidara was a fairly famous ninja, and more importantly, he had been a core member of the Akatsuki Organization. For