Human joys and sorrows are not shared. Poor Jingcun clan chief was being played without even realizing it. His words were "unintentionally" revealed by another clan chief when he invited him to dinner, but little did he know that Jingcun had taken them to heart!
But now people avoid him like the plague, their eyes filled with mockery. The village chief sighed, feeling as if he had aged 30 or 40 years in an instant, his former glory gone.
Inside the meeting hall, the other families were all smiles. With three Gundams charging ahead, it would be difficult to lose! As for casualties, which family didn't suffer casualties during wartime?
Nara Rokumei raised his hand. "If the Vice Lord Hokage goes to war, who will defend Sunagakure? Who will protect the village's safety?"
Uchiha Kō's lips curled into a smile. "So you finally asked that question!" He immediately replied, "The one who was guarding against the people of Sunagakure was Senju Hashirama. That's right, the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama, as you're thinking of!"
Immediately afterwards Hashirama emerged from behind, exclaiming, "Oh my, I didn't expect to meet everyone like this! Haha!"
As this hearty laugh rang out, the crowd fell silent at first, then erupted in excitement.
"First Hokage Sama"
"It's the First Hokage!"
"Uchiha and Senju Hashirama, my god, is Konoha going to unify the Ninja World?!"
"Lord Hashirama is alive! And what about Lord Tobirama?" As if hearing the people's cries, the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju, walked out from backstage.
Uchiha Kō then seized the opportunity to say, "The Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, is responsible for protecting the safety of Konoha. I hope all clan leaders and families will cooperate actively!"
After speaking, Uchiha Kō looked at Senju Tobirama Uchiha Kō, Senju Tobirama and then looked at everyone, saying, "Don't worry, everyone, I'll take care of Konoha's defenses during this time!" These words immediately boosted morale.
Even Hyuga Akasei couldn't hide his smugness at this moment. What kind of god-like lineup was this? Four Super Kage facing the enemy, and a forbidden technique master guarding the base.
As a result, all the major clans eagerly signed up for this battle. The Hyuga Clan 500 ninjas, the Ino-Shika-Cho sent a total of 500, Aburame Clan sent 100... It should be noted that the quality of the ninjas from these clans was far superior to that of the other clans!
It was precisely because of this troop mobilization by various families that commoners and small families realized the gap between them!
When others can produce five hundred ninjas, we can only produce thirty or forty at most.
The final count showed that there were approximately 14,000 ninjas in this war, which was less than half of Konoha's military strength.
Seeing this, Uchiha Kō smiled slightly. "Then, begin troop deployment."
"Two thousand men will follow me to attack the Land of Water, five thousand men will follow Izuna to attack the Land of Lightning, Uchiha will guard the border of the Land of Earth alone, Senju Hashirama will guard the border of the Land of Wind! The remaining seven thousand men will be at the command of the Second Hokage!" Uchiha Kō made the final decision.
It wasn't that he deliberately withheld the gifts from Uchiha and Senju Hashirama; it was pre-arranged.
Uchiha meant that since there were already few people in the army, he shouldn't let the underlings share his credit.
Senju Hashirama felt that with him around, Sunagakure would not dare to act rashly!
The two men were essentially saying the same thing, "I can destroy/destroy a country all by myself." Although it sounded a bit arrogant, they were telling the truth!
The clan chiefs had no objections to this assignment; whether it was an assignment to other areas or to stay within the village, it was an opportunity for their families to gain prestige.
After the arrangements were made, the meeting adjourned. Uchiha Kō decreed that the army would be assembled the next morning for the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition!
Uchiha Kō did not go to the Senju Clan Compound today, but instead led Madara and Izuna back to the clan's territory. At this moment, all the ninjas in the clan's territory looked at the three of them.
Uchiha Kō said calmly, "We will go on the expedition tomorrow. Everyone must obey orders!"
"Yes!" the Uchiha ninja shouted in unison, fearless of death!
Immediately afterwards, Uchiha Kō led his grandfathers to his house. He got up, brewed a pot of tea, poured out two cups, and handed them to the two men.
The two men took the bottle and only sipped it, then looked at Uchiha Kō, especially Izuna, "Grandson, isn't two thousand men too few?"
Uchiha Kō shook his head. "The Land of Water, Kirigakure has two Tailed Beasts: the Isobu and the Six-Tails Saiken."
"As far as I know, we've already captured the Isobu, but they still have the Six-Tails Saiken. I heard that Saiken has already been sealed inside someone's body!"
"But here's the problem: why didn't they announce that they had Six-Tails Jinchuriki? In the end, I had my spies dig deeper into the Saiken's information."
Uchiha Kō then took out a scroll, unfolded it, and it recorded that Utakata Utakata, suspecting that his master wanted to take his life, killed his master in retaliation and became missing-nin two days ago.
How could Kirigakure possibly let the outside world know about such a disgraceful matter? However, nothing stays hidden forever, and Uchiha Kō managed to catch on to the news.
"In other words, the Kirigakure in the Land of Water I'm facing doesn't have any Jinchūriki, only the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, and some families from the Kirigakure. Therefore, two thousand soldiers are enough!" Uchiha Kō said.
Uchiha Izuna nodded. "So, did Kumogakure use so many sacrifices because of the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki?"
Uchiha Kō shook his head. "It's because the Third Raikage A of Kumogakure, A, is known as a human-shaped Tailed Beast, and Killer B, the Eight-Tails, is providing support. That's why he brought 5,000 men. Grandpa can distribute them as he sees fit."
Uchiha Izuna nodded. Looking at it this way, it seemed he was under the most pressure! He really needed to be on his guard!
As for Uchiha, he was rather bored. Making him guard Ōnoki was like bullying a child. That kid's will had problems before; what if a fight broke out and his resolve collapsed?
However, he still didn't speak, because Uchiha Kō had already made excellent arrangements, and all he needed to do was carry them out.
Seeing that both of his grandfathers supported him, Uchiha Kō's lips curled up. He looked toward Kirigakure with a fierce glint in his eyes, which was also filled with greed.
"Utakata, I hope to meet you. I'll take your Tailed Beast then!" Although Uchiha Kō was annoyed by Kirigakure's troubles, this also gave him a legitimate reason to seize the Saiken!
Lying on a tree in a forest near Kirigakure, he raised his hand and looked at the starry sky through his fingers, feeling a sudden sense of desolation.
As a child, he was tormented by the Saiken. When he grew up, his master said he would help him get rid of it by taking the Saiken out of his body. But he wasn't stupid. He had also heard that removing Tailed Beast would cause the Jinchūriki to die!
He didn't want to die; he hadn't lived enough! So he had no choice but to ask his master to die instead!
Suddenly he grinned. "Perhaps in the eyes of the world, I am someone who was born into poverty, murdered his master, and betrayed his village. But they will never know that I just wanted to live!"
Just then, he shuddered, feeling as if he were being watched by something terrifying. He got up and looked around, but found no one there.
My mood has been unstable these past couple of days, I need to go to sleep!