The Great Ninja Villages' Next Moves and the New Balance of the Ninja World

Uchiha Jobu extracted most of the chakra from the Sunagakure and Kumogakure ninja and refined it into low-grade pills. Then he waved a hand in disgust, as though looking at garbage. "Take them away. Keep them alive and use them for another batch every so often."

Uchiha Tekka respectfully ordered the prisoners taken away.

Uchiha Inabi said, "Lord Jobu, the situation in the Ninja World has taken an unexpected turn. Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure attacked the Uchiha. Even if Konoha refused to help us, it shouldn't have stood by and done nothing."

"But according to our intelligence, Konoha hasn't made a move. Sunagakure, on the other hand, did something strange. It invaded the Land of Rain, only to be driven back by a mercenary group called the Akatsuki. Its forces never even saw Demigod Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure."

Jobu gave a cold laugh. Mercenary group? Sunagakure had been beaten by the hidden power pulling the strings in the Ninja World. Its luck was simply rotten. Had it attacked another country, the Akatsuki would never have intervened.

At this rate, Sunagakure hardly deserved to remain one of the Five Great Ninja Villages. It couldn't even withstand the Akatsuki, whose fighting strength was still incomplete.

After a moment's thought, Jobu said, "Bring Fugaku and Setsuna here. Tell them I have a mission."

Fugaku Uchiha and Uchiha Setsuna arrived soon after, one following the other. Both had reached the level of the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan. Their ocular power would no longer be exhausted by battle, though its upper limit was fixed, making it difficult for them to awaken the Complete Body Susanoo.

After all, not every Uchiha could be Uchiha Madara. Nor could just anyone be Sasuke.

Everyone had limits to their potential and their chakra reserves.

Fugaku, for example, could summon