Can Super Intelligence Beat Super Strength?

Konoha, Year 10.

The Hokage Building had returned to its former bustle, and was even busier than before.

The moment Toji arrived at his office, he received the feedback on the intelligence-gathering tasks assigned before the New Year. The intelligence was more or less what he had expected; it was all exactly what he had wanted Konoha to find.

They had made so many dumplings just for this little dish of vinegar. The field intelligence officers of Konoha had really worked hard.

"Good work."

Toji gathered up the intelligence reports and went to deliver his report.

Inside the Hokage Office.

"Hashirama, Tobirama."

"Toji, you're here. Sit." Once Toji had taken his seat, Hashirama asked, "Tobirama just gave me the organized coordinates of the Tailed Beasts. How is the allocation plan on your end coming along?"

"The general framework has been finalized. All that remains is the pricing."

"Good! Let me see it."

The plan, prepared in duplicate, was handed to the two brothers.

The Tailed Beasts had not even been captured yet, and they were already planning how much to sell them for. Only Hashirama had the nerve to make such plans.

Tobirama accepted the intelligence report without looking at it too closely, since he had compiled it himself.

What mattered was the Hokage's opinion.

As Hashirama Senju looked over the scroll in his hands, he could not help clicking his tongue in amazement. "Liberation Drum? Sound Release Secret Technique? The Shinobi World truly has no shortage of strange things. I'd never even heard of this Akatsuki Ninja Village in the Land of Rice Fields before."

"Akatsuki Ninja Village was only officially established before the New Year," Tobirama said. "Apparently, the daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields even hosted a banquet for the entire city to celebrate."

When he