"An envoy from Kumogakure Village?"
Wuye found it a little strange.
By the timing, the Kumogakure envoy incident from the original timeline should indeed have happened around now.
But logically, that did not seem right. After all, this world had already changed dramatically under his influence.
In the original timeline, Konoha and Kumogakure Village had fought several more wars after the Third Shinobi World War and remained locked in a long-standing rivalry.
It was not until the Uchiha Clan gradually spiraled out of control and internal conflicts intensified that the reinstated Third Hokage sought peace, reaching an agreement by yielding benefits.
It was under those circumstances that Kumogakure demanded Konoha hand over Hyuga Hiashi, and the higher-ups tacitly allowed Hyuga Hizashi to die in his place—an absurd affair.
But all that had happened in the original world. The shinobi world was different now.
After the Third Shinobi World War, the shinobi world had maintained relative peace.
Even Kumogakure Village, the most warlike of them all, had not casually provoked Konoha. First, Konoha had spent the past few years embracing all comers and taking in large numbers of shinobi; second, there was Wuye himself.
The Fourth Hokage, who had earned the greatest fame during the Third Shinobi World War, was now the most powerful Kage in the shinobi world.
Why had Kumogakure Village sent an envoy under such circumstances?
Come to think of it, today also happened to be Hinata and Hanabi's third birthday.
"What are they here for?" Wuye asked.
Nara Shikaku organized his thoughts before slowly explaining, "It's like this..."
"Over the past few years, we've heavily infiltrated the smaller neighboring countries. With the Land of Rain as a precedent, those countries have actively approached us as well, and we've gradually signed quite a few treaties. Only one small