It was the sixth day of the standoff with Ōnoki.
His clone continued chatting with Ōnoki while Genma studied the Flying Thunder God Technique in his cabin, planning to give the old man a nasty surprise once he finished it and found an opportunity.
But before he could complete the technique, unexpected developments and pleasant surprises arrived.
Opening the [Setting Collection], Genma took a close look and discovered that his setting value had suddenly shot up by 50 points.
"What happened?"
Genma's eyelid twitched, and he quickly checked the log.
Well, well. Hanzo and Iwagakure had agreed to cooperate. They had called a ceasefire and formed an alliance!
But why had that given him 50 points all at once?
He looked farther down and found another entry.
Rasa had become the Fourth Kazekage and decided to negotiate peace with Kirigakure while advancing into the Land of Rivers.
There was more.
Yahiko had proposed peace talks to Hanzo and gained the support of many people within Amegakure.
Reading that last entry, Genma couldn't help shaking his head. "Such a hot-blooded kid!"
The course of the Ninja World War kept shifting, but none of those changes were worth as much as Yahiko and his companions' movements.
"If Iwagakure is cooperating with Amegakure now, that means they've betrayed their friend, Kusagakure."
"No, they've sold Kusagakure out!"
Genma sighed. It took only a moment's thought for him to see through Iwagakure's objective.
They wanted to march through the Land of Grass and attack the Land of Fire!
Was the Battle of Kannabi Bridge still unavoidable?
That would depend on whether Uchiha Madara had already set his sights on Uchiha Obito.
He had given Kakashi and the others Summoning Talismans long ago. If it still happened... perhaps there would be a surprise.
Setting his many