Intelligence from the Major Shinobi Villages

Upon hearing Manato's words, Qingcheng said with a serious expression, "The village is in dire need of rebuilding, and someone has to step up and shoulder the burden. Where the Konoha dance, the fire will never die. It's perfectly reasonable for the Hokage to be a little tired."

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato's face was filled with admiration, and he said respectfully, "Fifth Hokage, this is the intelligence I've compiled. Please take it back and review it."

Qingcheng received the intelligence letter. The first piece of information was about Hidden Cloud Village. The Fourth Raikage had launched the Hidden Cloud Collapse Plan in Hidden Cloud Village, extorting money from the Hidden Cloud Village at great expense. Three ninja clans had already defected because they couldn't withstand the extortion, and were all killed by the Hidden Cloud Village's Anbu Ninja.

Looking at the intelligence report, Qingcheng said excitedly, "He borrowed from Hiruzen Sarutobi? It's practically a direct copy of Konoha Beautification Plan, only the Fourth Raikage changed the name to 'Hidden Cloud Village Strengthening Plan'!"

Qingcheng burst into laughter, excitedly saying, "The spy from Hidden Cloud Village passed on something wonderful to the Fourth Raikage. Otherwise, with his intellect, he definitely couldn't have come up with such a perfect plan."

Torishi Manato expressed his utter disgust towards the Raikage, saying with utter disdain, "Fifth Hokage, this Mountain Barbarians is nothing short of a bandit leader. He steals everything in the Shinobi World —clan Ninjutsu, Kekkei Genkai —anything useful, the Fourth Raikage just takes it all from Hidden Cloud Village without ever carrying a shred of decency. It's nothing short of banditry."

Qingcheng nodded and said seriously, "Minister Manato, you don't need to be angry. When the Ninja World War starts next time, we'll go to the Land of Lightning to rob it and bring all the women of the Land of Lightning to Konoha. Which female ninja do you fancy? I'll take care of it and make her your concubine. What do you think?"

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato's face lit up with excitement, and he said happily, "Forget about the female ninjas, I think the mountain Mountain Barbarians' beef cattle are quite delicious. If possible, let's steal a few more!"

Qingcheng nodded directly and said with a serious face, "Minister Manato is right. The cattle raised by these Mountain Barbarians are indeed very delicious. I ate some beef last time, and it was very tender. The beef balls made from it are so juicy."

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato looked on with envy and said expectantly, "I really hope that day comes soon."

Qingcheng then looked at the intelligence report on Hidden Stone Village. It stated that Ōnoki's apprentice, Deidara, had destroyed several buildings while training with Explosive Clay and was subsequently placed in the back mountains, far from Ōnoki Hidden Stone Village.

Qingcheng smiled again and said, "This artistic youth is quite good. At least he knows to choose expensive buildings to bomb, so as to increase his fame and give the already impoverished Hidden Stone Village an opportunity to suffer even more."

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato said with a serious expression, "I suspect that Deidara is a spy for Hidden Cloud Village, but I can't find any evidence. However, considering that he blew up four buildings in a month, he has indeed caused considerable economic losses to Hidden Stone Village."

Qingcheng saw news of the Hidden Sand Village again: Kakuzu attacked the Hidden Sand Village building, killing a large number of Hidden Sand Village Anbu Ninjas and unleashing a powerful Fire Release Ninjutsu that burned more than half of the Hidden Sand Village's buildings down.

Then, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, along with the elders of Hidden Sand Village, attacked and destroyed Kakuzu's clone. However, Kakuzu was impossible to kill and, ultimately, was no match for the Fourth Kazekage, so he left Hidden Sand Village.

Qingcheng said excitedly, "Not bad, not bad, everyone is back to the same starting line, especially the Hidden Sand Village. Their overall strength was already weak, and then Kakuzu did this to them, which gave them an opportunity to make matters worse."

Upon hearing the Fifth Hokage's words, Torishi Manato respectfully replied, "Reporting to the Fifth Hokage, all the spies I sent to Hidden Mist Village have lost contact."

Qingcheng nodded directly and said with a serious expression, "There's no need to send any more spies to Hidden Mist Village. Most of the Kirigakure Ninjas there with any strength have defected. That Bloody Mist Village Plan was too successful. They'll probably be wiped out soon. We can remove them from the list of the Five Great Shinobi Villages. Isn't sending those spies a waste of their talent?"

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato asked with a shocked expression, "Fifth Hokage, is that Bloody Mist Village Plan really that terrifying?"

Qingcheng immediately retorted, "Go to the Root Base and take a look. That idiot Danzo also copied the Hidden Mist Village and created a Bloody Mist Village training program. Out of a hundred Root trainees, only fifty survive, and then they're forced to fight each other. Only those who survive become Root ninjas. Do you think this program is something from the Mortal Realm?"

Torishi Manato, looking shocked and furious, said, "So Danzo, that bastard, was a spy from another ninja village. I understand now. No wonder he did so many bad things in Konoha; he was a spy from the very beginning."

Qingcheng nodded directly and said with a serious expression, "That's right, Danzo is a spy for other ninja villages. Otherwise, he wouldn't have led the troops of other ninja villages and helped them invade Konoha."

Just then, Shouhon Yihan came directly to the Hokage's Office and said respectfully, "Reporting to the Fifth Hokage, our Police Force has dug up Obito's grandmother's body, but unfortunately, it's all bones now, so we can't desecrate it."

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato was shocked again, thinking to himself, "Why are they digging up Obito Otozumi's grave and even whipping her corpse?"

Qingcheng spoke directly, "Minister Manato, you can go now! I need to discuss the guidelines and policies with Minister Zhang. This plan is not ready to be announced yet."

Upon hearing this, Torishi Manato replied respectfully, "Your subordinate understands." After saying this, Minister Manato knelt on one knee, bowed, and left the office.

Qingcheng then spoke up, "Shouhon Yihan, how did you ultimately handle it?"

Upon hearing the Fifth Hokage's words, Shouhon Yihan respectfully replied, "We took out the grinder and Obito all of Obito's grandmother's ashes into the toilets of Konoha."

Qingcheng then said with a serious expression, "Did you take any pictures? Next time I'll show that beast what happened; I even tore his grandmother apart."

Shouhon Yihan nodded directly, then said with a fawning expression, "Yes, yes, yes, we took pictures of everything from the moment we started dismantling the tombstone, and they're all high-definition. Would you like to take a look, Lord Hokage?"

Qingcheng shook his head, looking disgusted, and said, "I'll keep this for now. When this beast shows up, I'm going to give him a good beating. Even though he's heartless and a cold-blooded animal, I'll still let him know that the consequence of offending me is that his whole family will die."