Hearing that Izuna was planning to leave the clan territory for a while, Madara was naturally worried—but not about Izuna's safety.
With Izuna's current strength, he might not be invincible across the land, but if he wanted to leave, Madara believed no one could stop him.
The main concern was this: once the Sarutobi and Shimura Clans went to war with the Four Clans of the northwest, and Madara led troops in to intervene, who would manage the clan?
Izuna said it was no problem. He would leave a Shadow Clone within the clan, just like the method Naruto Uzumaki would use after becoming Hokage in the future.
As long as the original body did not suffer severe damage or completely exhaust its Chakra, the Shadow Clone would not disappear.
Besides, he did not intend to be gone for long this time. The Shadow Clone should be enough.
Meanwhile, both the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan had dispatched reconnaissance ninjas to secretly monitor Keizou Shimura's group.
Once the other party entered the northwestern plains, however, they stopped tracking them. The terrain there was a vast gorge plain, open and boundless, with nowhere to hide.
Keizou Shimura was, after all, a Kage-level powerhouse. Unless he had the brains of a pig, there was no way he would fail to notice someone following him under such conditions.
Still, by following them this far, the clans could more or less guess where Keizou Shimura was headed.
Including Keizou Shimura himself, the group numbered thirty-one. At this moment, an elite Shimura Chunin said, "Clan Head, we're about to enter Liang Town."
Keizou Shimura nodded with a dark expression, not uttering a single word.
Anyone who was not blind could see just how terrible his mood was.
In truth, Keizou Shimura's foul mood