With the Land of Wind taking the lead, the Daimyo of the Land of Water immediately followed suit, announcing that his country would also abolish its shinobi village.
After all, the existence of Kirigakure had always displeased the Daimyo of the Land of Water. First, there were its previous Mizukage, nearly all of whom had paid him, their daimyo, no heed. That had infuriated him.
Then there was their policy: the Bloody Mist Village.
Although he did not treat ninja as human beings, that policy treated them as even less human, which left him deeply dissatisfied as their daimyo.
Faced with the daimyo abolishing their villages, the people of Sunagakure and Kirigakure were caught in a bind, but there was nothing they could do about it.
Had this happened before, when their Kage and main forces were still around, they would certainly have argued things out with the daimyo.
Unfortunately, the past was the past, and the present was the present.
"Mr. President."
Inside the President's Residence, Shinada of the Salamander knocked on the door to Tetsuya's study.
"Come in."
Inside the study, Tetsuya was discussing matters concerning the Akatsuki with Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan.
As far as Tetsuya was concerned, the matter of Obito had now been settled.
The Akatsuki had successfully purged the poison from its ranks. Without Obito and Black Zetsu, it had returned to the organization it had been in its purest days.
That being the case, it was time for the Akatsuki to become active again.
Upon seeing Nagato and the other two, Shinada of the Salamander nodded to them in greeting.
"Mr. President, our agents in the various countries have sent back new intelligence."
"Go ahead."
"Yes, sir!"
Shinada of the Salamander acknowledged the order, then began reporting the latest intelligence.
"The daimyo of