[Land of Woods, Hannya Corps. They appeared in chapter 456 of the manga and fought Kakashi and the others in the anime.]
Obito propped up his chin and muttered under his breath.
"Hmm. I thought this happened next year..."
"The Land of Lightning thought Konoha was weak, so it sent a diplomatic mission under the pretense of peace talks. What it really wanted was to take advantage of the situation and seize the Hyuga Main Family's Byakugan."
Obito thought back carefully.
His memory was right.
He murmured thoughtfully,
"So did my influence make this happen early?"
Because of him,
Konoha had never suffered the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
It was much stronger than the Konoha he remembered.
Obito speculated to himself.
Did the Land of Lightning see how strong Konoha was and genuinely want peace talks with the Land of Fire?
Or did it send people here to stir up trouble because it didn't want to sit back and watch Konoha grow?
Hmm... hard to say.
After thinking it over,
Obito decided to stop worrying about it.
There were plenty of things about Naruto that made no sense.
Like who had named the Third the strongest Naruto with a straight face.
Or whether Kakashi's Lightning Release: Chidori produced direct or alternating current.
How long could it keep a 10-watt light bulb lit?
And what was the difference in rotational speed between the center and outer edge of the Rasengan?
Then there was when Rin's period came each month...
Ahem. He actually had a rough idea about that one.
Obito reined in his wandering thoughts.
He turned to the colleague beside him and asked,
"By the way, who's handling the Land of Lightning's diplomatic mission?"
The Anbu Ninja thought for a moment, then said,
"Probably Fox, who reports directly to the Fourth Hokage."