A Grand Gesture

No one ultimately objected to Shimura Danzō's proposal. In the end, the Third Hokage decided to have Uchiha Yue lead a force to the border and intimidate Kirigakure of the Land of Water.

However, Uchiha Yue, who was far away at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind, still knew nothing about Shimura Danzō's proposal in the Hokage Office.

If Uchiha Yue had known about Shimura Danzō's proposal at that moment, he would definitely have given him a thumbs-up and praised it as a fine scheme.

Because Shimura Danzō had devised a plan to kill two birds with one stone. What he truly wanted was not for Uchiha Yue to merely deter Kirigakure there, but for Uchiha Yue and Kirigakure's ninja to clash on the border battlefield. Moreover, the bigger a stir Uchiha Yue caused in Kirigakure, the happier Shimura Danzō would be back in Konoha.

After all, if Uchiha Yue truly went to war with Kirigakure, it would be Uchiha Yue and Kirigakure whose strength was depleted.

Konoha, on the other hand, could simply sit back and reap the rewards without suffering the slightest loss.

Even if Uchiha Yue died at the Land of Water's border, Konoha's people would have no grounds to fault the higher-ups.

Who told Uchiha Yue to overestimate himself and take on mighty Kirigakure?

Once Shimura Danzō had devised such a two-birds-with-one-stone scheme, he no longer felt that Uchiha Yue posed any threat. Even if Uchiha Yue truly made a name for himself at the Land of Water's border, Shimura Danzō did not consider it a problem. In his view, Kirigakure had been invincible ever since that person began operating behind the scenes. No matter how arrogant Uchiha Yue was, before that person, he was nothing more than a clown