Night.
Tobirama Senju was not the only one unable to sleep that night.
Capital of the Land of Fire.
"Your Highness, the Grand Elder is already outside..."
"Then let him in."
With a somewhat hoarse voice, the Land of Fire Elder entered the study.
The moment he entered, the Land of Fire Elder saw the Feudal Lord of the Land of Fire standing with his back to the doors, his slightly sunken eyes fixed on the window as though some thought had entangled him.
Not long after Tobirama Senju left the Capital of the Land of Fire,
Uchiha Makoto's plan began. This operation swept across that one-fifth of the Land of Fire with unstoppable momentum.
From powerful figures of immense influence to street thugs and scoundrels lurking in alleys, all of them were targets of this purge.
From top to bottom, the ninjas of Akatsuki Ninja Village conducted a sweep with no blind spots.
In that brief period, heads rolled throughout that one-fifth of the territory. The bloodshed that erupted completely shook the Land of Fire
and both the Imperial Court and the public.
Moreover, even though Uchiha Makoto had proactively limited the scope of the plan and had not allowed ninjas to enforce the law across borders, the remaining four-fifths of the Land of Fire, beyond Akatsuki Ninja Village's sphere of influence, suffered an enormous impact as well.
In those remote towns and villages controlled by the Land of Fire, displaced people and tenant farmers who had suffered oppression began to stir after hearing of the changes within Akatsuki Ninja Village's jurisdiction.
Granted, without Akatsuki Ninja Village backing them, the local nobles had mobilized troops for bloody suppression and achieved temporary peace. Yet the aftershocks unleashed by this movement could not be quelled.
This was something that had never