To Uchiha Yuu at this stage, war between ninja was merely a slightly troublesome matter. Konoha and Kirigakure's defeat was inevitable. The only things before him were annexing them both and devising a plan against Iwagakure during the Fourth Shinobi World War, bringing that village under his control.
Once those two plans were complete, Uchiha Yuu could seize the Tailed Beasts and revive the Ten-Tails.
It was easy to imagine that the coming war would only grow larger and larger. Only by completely unifying the entire Shinobi World and suppressing every will could he turn his attention to the outer reaches. That was where the true war concerning every living being in the Shinobi World lay.
"The appetizer you speak of would be a disaster to everyone else. Still, we both know your plan. No enemy can withstand the power of science when facing a group of scientists."
Orochimaru's words brimmed with confidence, reflecting his grasp of the future. Uchiha Yuu's strength lay in his individual power, and Orochimaru acknowledged that ninjutsu existed for a reason. But technology was an eternal subject.
Where ninjutsu could not achieve something, technology could. In their hands, the boundary between life and death became blurred. Orochimaru had already developed cloning technology. The specimen before them was a war behemoth cultivated from this monster's genes, combined with the genes of other known powerful creatures.
Orochimaru had also made partial breakthroughs in the study of souls and could perform soul transference.
"You're right. Technology is an eternal subject. It can strengthen our overall power."
Dawn Hidden Village had now entered the industrial age. It was not merely the establishment of factories, but the emergence of a whole range of modern goods.
When it came to transportation, most places still relied on manpower or animals. Yet thunder