Declaration of War Against Sunagakure

"This is impossible!"

Sure enough,

upon hearing Tobirama Senju say that, Ebizo slammed the table and rose to his feet.

The five Sand ninja seated beside him also wore extremely grim expressions.

Ebizo looked at Tobirama Senju, clenching his nearly toothless mouth shut.

"Sunagakure will never agree to this condition! The One-Tail Jinchūriki is an important strategic deterrent for Sunagakure."

"I still remember that, at the first Five Kage Summit, it was your elder brother, Hashirama Senju, who personally distributed the Tailed Beasts among the ninja villages."

"Could it be that the Second Hokage now wishes to defy the decision made by the First Hokage?!"

"Heh~" Tobirama Senju chuckled softly.

This Ebizo actually wanted to use Hashirama Senju to pressure him.

"I have only this one demand. Other than that, Konoha will not accept Sunagakure's plea for peace in any form!"

Tobirama Senju's attitude was incomparably resolute.

His goal was to gather all nine Tailed Beasts. Not just Sunagakure's—every other Tailed Beast in the ninja world would eventually become his as well!

The entire meeting room fell utterly silent, and everyone's breathing could be heard clearly.

The Sand ninja had never expected Tobirama Senju's target to be their Tailed Beast.

After a moment of silence,

with a swish, Ebizo abruptly straightened up.

He took a deep breath. His expression shifted unpredictably, and even his voice became shrill:

"Hokage, conditions like yours are not meant for peaceful negotiations with Sunagakure. You are making things difficult for us!"

"Or rather..."

"You never intended to accept our peace talks in the first place?!"

As Ebizo's words fell,

a smile appeared on Tobirama Senju's face.

Have you finally realized it?

That was right. That was exactly what he intended.

Ebizo glared fixedly at Tobirama Senju, his eyes seeming to shoot out rays of light.

If looks could kill, Tobirama Senju would have been killed ten thousand times over.

When he saw the faintly amused expression on Tobirama Senju's face, he understood completely.

The Second Hokage's purpose was to seize Sunagakure's Tailed Beast.

Ebizo even suspected that Tobirama Senju was not the only one who wanted war. By making such excessive demands, Tobirama Senju wanted to provoke the Sand ninja into giving him an excuse to send troops against them.

With these thoughts flashing through his mind, Ebizo no longer appeared anxious. In a low voice, he finally said:

"Tobirama Senju, will you only be satisfied once Konoha and Sunagakure go to war?"

The moment those words were spoken,

Shikaku Nara's eyes widened.

War... that was not something to be tossed around lightly. Though he wanted to urge Tobirama Senju to calm down, seeing the determined look on Tobirama Senju's face, Shikaku Nara swallowed the words that had reached his lips.

Yet Tobirama Senju did not care in the slightest.

Gathering the Tailed Beasts was a system mission. Since the system had not triggered a mission asking him to fuse the Ten-Tails, he would not kill Gaara; he would merely keep him in Konoha.

As for going to war with Sunagakure, that was to verify an idea in his mind. Would doing this trigger a new system mission and allow him to obtain even more abilities?

If it could not be triggered, then his previous analysis would have been nothing but nonsense.

But if it truly could be confirmed, then Tobirama would know which path to take in the future.

Even without missions, unifying the entire ninja world would still be his goal.

Perhaps he would also have to seal Kaguya Ōtsutsuki and strike back against an alien invasion.

Putting away his thoughts, Tobirama Senju glanced at Ebizo and the others, about to say something.

At that moment, Tobirama Senju's expression jolted, but it quickly returned to calm.

Because within his mind, the system that had remained silent all this time truly issued a new mission.

Name: Tobirama Senju

Strength: Super Kage

Status: Impure World Reincarnation

Mission: Gather the Tailed Beasts (In Progress)

Lead Konoha Ninja Village to completely crush Sunagakure on the frontal battlefield

Reward: Mental energy doubled, natural energy doubled

After receiving the new information, Tobirama Senju beamed with delight.

While Tobirama Senju had been thinking, Ebizo on the other side was nearly about to explode. He could not understand why, upon hearing that war was about to begin, Tobirama Senju instead looked as though he was about to laugh.

Could he really be that confident of victory?

"Tobirama Senju, if you insist on keeping Sunagakure's Jinchuriki, then Sunagakure and Konoha can only go to war!"

As Ebizo spoke those words, he was already planning to discuss matters with his sister after returning to the village, join forces with Ōnoki, and immediately launch a surprise attack on Konoha.

He refused to believe that after Konoha had gone through a series of events, it could still possess the strength to fight one against three as it had during the Third Shinobi World War.

"Then let's go to war."

After hearing that, Tobirama Senju spoke calmly.

Then, before Ebizo and the other five could react, Tobirama Senju shouted toward the door,

"Move! Take them down!"

When two nations went to war, the envoys were the first to be executed!