Dodai and the other four did not pause at all, heading straight back to the shinobi army camp. Dodai frowned as he looked at the two large scrolls and the young girl glaring fiercely at someone.
Because of that brat's tinkering, although they had gained enormous benefits, it had also caused many variables in the plan.
"Lord Dodai need not worry. With these foundations and this girl, the Uzumaki Clan Head will inevitably lean even more toward our Kumogakure."
Tamura Hiroshi consoled him, having gone through careful deliberation before meddling.
"Despicable baddie!"
Uzumaki Kushina opposite them grew even angrier, cursing someone as despicable.
Grandfather had previously said she could go to Konoha to see her great-aunt, yet who would have thought they came to Kumogakure's shinobi army side instead. Obviously, both she and Grandfather had been tricked by that despicable baddie.
Tamura Hiroshi's expression sank at the girl's curses, and he immediately looked behind the girl with a look of horror, exclaiming aloud, "Uzumaki Clan Head, why are you here?"
"Grandfather!"
Uzumaki Kushina instinctively turned her head back, a trace of joy appearing on her face as well. Grandfather had truly come to pick her up.
Yet this turn revealed nothing behind her. Before she could figure out what was going on, the back of her neck ached once more, and her consciousness plunged into darkness.
"I hate it most when people curse me!"
Tamura Hiroshi let out a cold snort as he knocked the girl down, inwardly marveling at the unreasonable nature of the Uzumaki clan's chakra quantity.
Although this lass was only ten years old, the chakra quantity she could erupt with was even more massive than Dodai's. Under such chakra, her strength could be imagined, and he could only use a ruse to take her down.
Dodai and Yozuki A's facial muscles twitched simultaneously as they looked at Tamura Hiroshi, who still had to resort to trickery to capture someone else's little girl.
Fukai covered his face, truly wishing not to acknowledge that this was his student.
"Now, all of you think about how to sort this out."
Dodai rubbed his temples. The variables were too great, and he could not adjust on the spot.
Regarding this, Fukai and Yozuki A did not know what to say. They were pure combat shinobi, and such brain-using matters did not suit them.
Dodai held no hope for the two of them either, his gaze falling upon Tamura Hiroshi.
This brat had many sly ideas and should be able to provide some inspiration.
Seeing Dodai look over, Tamura Hiroshi spoke calmly, "Just sort it out according to the previous plan. All three great shinobi villages have already shown malice toward us, so we should prioritize wiping one out, and the most suitable one is Kirigakure.
However, according to the internal situation of Kirigakure that Lord Dodai told me about before, the Third Mizukage's faction and the ninja clan faction are growing increasingly opposed. We can take the opportunity to intensify their conflicts.
We can even find the personnel arranged by the Third Mizukage within this shinobi army, send them back, and present sealing techniques capable of perfectly sealing the Three-Tails and Six-Tails to bolster the Third Mizukage faction's influence, letting them wipe out Kirigakure's ninja clan faction.
We will take the opportunity to receive some younger ninja clan members, integrating their kekkei genkai and secret techniques into our Kumogakure.
We can even deliberately leave behind some women from Kirigakure's shinobi army in this war, carry them back, and arrange them for the single shinobi still in the village. As long as they give birth to children, coupled with the hatred of Kirigakure wiping out their clans, they should be able to integrate into the village.
Moreover, several ninja clans of Kirigakure are very suitable for our Kumogakure. For instance, the Kaguya clan. If Big Brother A can carry back a Kaguya clan female shinobi and thereby give birth to a child,
relying on the Kaguya clan's Shikotsumyaku kekkei genkai without any secret medicine assistance, they can cultivate the Yozuki clan's heirloom hand blade purely through their own cultivation, or even surpass it."
At the end, Tamura Hiroshi nodded toward Yozuki A. Ever since he decided to use Kumogakure as his base, he had harbored many thoughts, especially by combining those Naruto fanfictions he had read in his past life, where many of the inner brain-children could be borrowed for reference.
For example, having Kimimaro Kaguya cultivate the Eight Inner Gates; with his bone strength, he would certainly be able to withstand the explosive force of Night Guy without his bones shattering.
If he could cultivate the Lightning Release Armor and Hell Stab, he would definitely become fiercely unstoppable.
Right now, Kimimaro Kaguya had not yet been born, but the Kaguya clan could be integrated into the Yozuki clan. There was no need to obtain the complete Shikotsumyaku, as long as it could enhance bone and physical strength.
Furthermore, the Kaguya clan itself possessed considerable self-healing abilities, which, when paired with the Yozuki clan's secret techniques, would be like adding wings to a tiger.
If the Eight Inner Gates were added on top of that, they would even have a fight against Madara Uchiha and Hashirama Senju.
"Me?"
Yozuki A was stunned, not expecting the matter to touch upon himself.
"For the future of the Yozuki clan and the village, Big Brother A, you must make a choice. This is an awareness you must possess.
Of course, if you can persuade Third Teacher to marry a Kaguya clan female shinobi and give birth to a little junior brother, that works too."
Tamura Hiroshi advised earnestly and seriously; this was definitely a good thing.
"I'll do it myself!"
Yozuki A opened his mouth, but ultimately did not dare utter the words of persuading his old man to take a concubine. Otherwise, without his old man needing to make a move, his mother would definitely be the first to hack him to pieces upon his return.
He could only step up himself, hoping to find someone who wasn't ugly.
"That's a train of thought!"
Glancing sideways at the youth, Dodai concurred with this train of thought.
If they merely captured those female shinobi in Kirigakure's shinobi army, even if they carried them back to marry and have children, those women might not necessarily submit to their Kumogakure.
A shinobi's willpower was not so easily shaken.
Yet if the Third Mizukage's faction wiped out the hostile ninja clans in the village, it would be equivalent to severing those people's bonds with Kirigakure. Coupled with the reinforcement of marriage and children, there was a very high probability they would give their hearts to the village.
However, this matter still required much deliberation and refinement, as well as awaiting the Third's arrival to make a decision.
"Aren't you afraid the Uzumaki Clan Head will come looking for trouble with you afterward?"
Immediately afterward, looking back at the young girl who had been knocked out cold, Dodai could imagine the Uzumaki Clan Head's current fury, likely wishing to tear this brat apart alive.
"What more can he do once the rice is cooked into porridge? Besides, to come looking for trouble with me, he has to survive this time first. I have a lot of confidence in Konoha."
Tamura Hiroshi truly did not care, especially after confirming that the youth accompanying Sarutobi Shinnosuke on his mission to Uzushio Hidden Village was most likely Aburame Shikuroo, which made him even more certain that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Lord Danzo had no intention of letting the Uzumaki clan survive.
There was a reason why the future Torune Aburame could be regarded as a trump card by Shimura Danzō; he was a strategic, terrifying existence.
Those nano-sized venomous insects were too covert, too fatal, and extremely difficult to detect. Once deployed in advance, and coupled with a wartime state, they were even harder to notice and counter, making it difficult for the Uzumaki clan to even leave behind intact corpses.
"Konoha is no small variable. I wonder how much force Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō will dispatch."
Dodai looked forward to this. From this perspective, their objectives overlapped with those of the Third's faction.
The strategy to conquer the Uzumaki clan was itself plotted on the foundation of the actions taken by the Third and his associates. The more intense the Third's faction's murderous intent toward the Uzumaki clan, the better, as only then could the Uzumaki clan's attachments to Konoha be severed.
Then, once the First Hokage's wife passed away, the Uzumaki clan could completely belong to their Kumogakure.
Thinking of Sarutobi Shinnosuke, whom he had encountered earlier, and the other's deep murderous intent toward him, Tamura Hiroshi spoke up, "And that Son of the Hokage, Sarutobi Shinnosuke. I remember Lord Dodai saying that the Third's taijutsu mainly relies on the Summoning Beast Monkey King Enma. That Son of the Hokage should have also signed the Monkey Clan's summoning contract.
If we capture him, we can definitely interrogate him about Konoha's many secret and ninjutsu techniques, or even the forbidden jutsus on the Scroll of Seals, especially the Sarutobi clan's Great Fireball Technique.
Then we can control him to summon Monkey King Enma for Third Teacher to suppress, and ask the experts of the Uzumaki clan to help seal the summoning contract to prevent Monkey King from running away.
Next, with the help of Monkey King, we can obtain the Monkey Clan's summoning contract, reverse-summon Third Teacher to the Monkey Clan's territory to wipe them out, which will definitely greatly weaken the Third and the Sarutobi clan's strength.
It seems the Third's Enma also possesses an indestructible golden body; this has high research value, and its corpse after research should also be able to be made into medicine..."
Hearing these words, the three people present all twitched their eyelids. Too vicious!
Yet I like it, let's do it just like that.
Dodai sighed with emotion; truly deserving of being the talent cultivated by Shimura Danzō, vicious and devious enough!
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