After a while, Tobirama spoke again, his tone calmer than before, even with a hint of the almost cold precision unique to a strategist:
"Actually, just like what Naruto and Kid said themselves.
The war of unification serves the present generation and will benefit the future.
Trading temporary severe pain for long-term stability in future generations is a deal worth doing in the long run."
He stopped writing, raised his head, and looked sharply at Hashirama, who was still wandering Beyond the Heavens:
"But, let me say..."
Tobirama paused slightly, and the corner of his mouth raised an almost "radical" arc that was inconsistent with his usual serious image.
"Naruto Kid is still too kind, or in other words, too 'rule-based'."
"Mercy?"
Hashirama was stunned for a moment, then came to his senses.
Naruto, who wanted to stir up Fourth Shinobi World War, turned out to be "kind" in the words of his younger brother?
"That's right."
Tobirama affirmed:
"When he talked to us before, he said that each attack would give at least four hours for the other side to evacuate civilians, and he also planned to 'declare war' on Land of Iron at Five Kage Summit...
Although these steps have considerations such as maintaining morality, dividing the enemy, and reducing unnecessary civilian casualties, they also give the enemy time to react and unite.
It will also bring financial pressure to Konoha, but his choice is right. People are valuable where they are."
Tobirama said, got up and left his seat, and walked to Hokage's Office's wall with the huge Shinobi World map hanging on it.
He did not look at the original standard map on the wall, but went straight to the filing cabinet nearby, and carefully took out another volume of leather map that was obviously thicker and had some wear on the corners from a locked drawer.
He unfolded it and covered it on top of the original map.
Hashirama's eyes followed. This new map was densely covered with arrows, labels, symbols and small words of various colors.
Red Eyes's offensive route, Blue Eyes's containment and blocking points, the green logistics supply line, and Yellow Eyes's important strategic nodes.
The enemy's troop strength is estimated, and there is even an analysis summary of the character weaknesses and internal conflicts of important figures in each country marked with special symbols!
This is like an extremely detailed strategic offensive plan draft that takes into account a variety of variables to annex the entire Shinobi World.
Moreover, looking at the ink mark and annotation style is definitely not a day's work. It is obvious that Tobirama has already thought deeply about this and made secret deductions!
"Brother, look."
Tobirama's finger first clicked on the Sunagakure position of Land of Wind, which was highlighted with a conspicuous red circle.
"If you ask me, what we should do most is not to slowly fight Kusagakure, nor to wait for Five Kage Summit."
Tobirama's tone was decisive.
"We should take advantage of the precious window period when the other Four Great Nationss have not reacted at all and have not even confirmed the authenticity of the intelligence. We should concentrate our absolute superior strength and destroy one or two big Shinobi Villages with lightning speed!"
"And the primary target is right here, Sunagakure!"
His fingertips tapped heavily on the map.
"There are three reasons: First, Fourth Kazekage Rasa recently passed away, the internal power transfer within Sunagakure was unstable, and people were panicked.
Second, Sunagakure had just suffered heavy losses in the recent Chunin Ninja Exams joint invasion of Konoha, and its strength and morale were at a low ebb.
Third, the Land of Wind environment is harsh, resources are relatively scarce, and strategic depth is limited. They live in a Canyon in order to prevent sandstorms from attacking the villages.
Whether it's Naruto's Ninjutsu or big brother's Wood Release, they can easily destroy Sunagakure. If that doesn't work, I can prepare a little longer to drown them with Water Release."
His finger drew a sharp Red Eyes arrow on the map, from Land of Fire to the hinterland of Land of Wind: "And we can definitely work together to Naruto, you, and I are the core, supplemented by the elite Konoha. Sunagakure was completely defeated before Sunagakure even had time to send an effective request for help to its allies.
Kazekage is dead and lacks high-end combat power. One-Tail's Jinchūriki is young and unstable. The success rate of this battle is extremely high!"
"After killing Sunagakure..."
Tobirama's fingers moved towards Iwagakure of Land of Earth without hesitation.
"We immediately turned around and our troops were pointed directly here.
Iwagakure Nowadays, the phenomenon of insecurity is extremely serious.
Although Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki inherits the huge threat from Dust Release, Iwagakure's backbone is seriously broken, and New Generation lacks the people to carry it."
He marked several points on the map. "Iwagakure's defense is strong, but not invulnerable.
At that time, Minato or I can use high-speed maneuvers and long-range containment tactics such as Flying Thunder God or Water Release to be responsible for entangling or even forcing Ōnoki back, making him unable to effectively support and command the overall situation.
As long as Ōnoki is temporarily restrained, Iwagakure, who has lost the supreme commander and Strongest's combat power, will have nothing to fear under the frontal attack by Naruto, big brother, and the main force of Konoha!"
"Once you successfully defeat the two Shinobi Village, Sunagakure and Iwagakure."
Tobirama glanced at Kumogakure of Land of Lightning and Kirigakure of Land of Water on the map, and his tone was full of confidence.
"The remaining Kumogakure and Kirigakure, even if they choose to form an alliance immediately after getting the news, or even recruit all the Small Country they can, they will definitely no longer be our Konoha opponents!"
He turned around and faced Hashirama.
"Brother, this is the most efficient and economical approach. We must defeat them one by one and not give our opponents a chance to unite and breathe."
"This will not only minimize the Ninja casualties of Konoha, but also ensure that the Ninja casualties of other countries are reduced to the greatest extent."
Tobirama emphasized. "What we need to do is to use thunderous means to destroy their core of resistance and will, force them to surrender and accept the new order led by Konoha, rather than engage in a long and cruel war of attrition, let alone drive them out."
"Those who surrender can gain living space and even development opportunities under the new order; those who resist will suffer destruction.
Clear rules and strong enforcement power are the right way to quickly end the chaos and reduce overall casualties."
"In contrast, Naruto's plan to fight Kusagakure first and then declare war with Five Kage Summit... Although full of momentum, it does give the big powers more time to prepare and may also prompt them to unite in advance.
From a purely strategic efficiency perspective, that's a bit merciful."
Hashirama looked at his brother in confusion.
Is this still the Tobirama I knew before?
"Tobirama, tell me, were you thinking about this when Impure World Reincarnation came out?"
Tobirama had no intention of hiding it and nodded calmly.
"Brother, when I was in charge of Konoha and established the Ninja Academy and ANBU systems, this idea has appeared in my strategic deductions more than once."
He turned around and looked at the densely marked map again, his fingers gently brushing over the symbols representing major Shinobi Village, his eyes deep:
"I witnessed with my own eyes how at the end of Warring States Period, the major ninja clans gradually formed an aggregate with Shinobi Village as a unit during the fighting.
I also participated in the establishment of Konoha, and I fully understand the huge advantages brought by integrating distributed forces.
Then, a natural logical extension is that integration at the 'national' level can bring greater strength and relative peace than the 'family' level.
So, will the further integration of 'Ninja' form a unique 'Ninja Union' covering the entire Shinobi World, will it be able to bring about the ultimate and wider peace and peak of power?"
"It's a pity that you were no longer here at that time."
Tobirama continued, "Konoha was founded, and you and I are at our peak. Although Madara Uchiha is extreme, his power is also superb.
Unfortunately, at that time, because of Izuna, Itama, Kawarama, and the feud between the two families, we had different opinions.
If the three of us are truly of the same mind, coupled with Konoha's accumulated foundation, it is not impossible to defeat Shinobi World.
Perhaps, if we were determined to unify Shinobi World at that time, there would be no subsequent Shinobi World war."