Though everyone had been fired up by Wuye's speech and could hardly wait to charge onto the battlefield, a unification war that had been planned for so long could not simply begin at a moment's notice.
Wuye had no intention of making the Land of Fire the side to provoke the conflict.
Even if the outcome would be no different, being forced to retaliate and taking the initiative to attack would have vastly different effects on winning people's hearts after the war.
He was already considering how to govern after unification...
"Kakashi, how have you been lately?"
One moment, Wuye had been Konoha's supreme leader; the next, he had hooked an arm around Kakashi's shoulders and dragged him into a corner. "After that encounter with Teacher Orochimaru, how long were you bedridden this time?"
Kakashi rolled his dead-fish eye. "A month."
"As expected of you!"
Wuye praised him sincerely, and Kakashi's face beneath his mask darkened slightly.
"Come on, there's something I need your help with."
Wuye steered him toward the Anbu prison. "This is your and your father's territory. Help me find a criminal guilty of the worst crimes. Preferably a woman."
Kakashi shot him a wary glance. "What are you planning to do? We may use torture, but we can't let you seek thrills like this..."
Bang!
Wuye smacked him on the forehead without mercy. "What nonsense are you thinking? I can barely manage my time dealing with the few at home every day. Where would I find the interest to go looking for something on the side?"
Kakashi nodded. "That's what I thought. No prisoner could possibly compare to the mistresses..."
Bang!
Wuye smacked his forehead again. "How dare you put Kushina and the others on the same level as prisoners? Be careful, or Kushina will twist