When they learned that the Daimyo intended to cut off all supplies to the villages, many Ninja in the Five Great Shinobi Villages panicked.
Ninja did not produce their own goods, and most worked for the nobility.
If the Daimyo refused to provide resources, it meant they would have no missions to take on. Not only that, but the supplies and money they received as annual subsidies would also disappear.
For precisely that reason, all Five Great Shinobi Villages fractured.
A third of their Ninja abandoned their villages and joined the Daimyo's Residence.
The Daimyo had never expected this unexpected bonus...
After all... getting Ninja to become their lackeys was no easy feat.
Even the Daimyo of the Land of Fire had only hired twelve guardian Ninja back then, and their service had come with a time limit...
Now, cutting off the villages' resources had sent a flood of Ninja flocking to them. This meant the Daimyo could form Ninja forces that belonged entirely to themselves.
Had they known it would have this effect, the Daimyo would have cut off the villages' resources long ago.
Meanwhile.
After the split, the Kage of the Five Great Shinobi Villages gathered together.
"Minato Namikaze! You should know about the plan. What do you think?"
Raikage A looked at Minato Namikaze, who sat at the head of the table, and asked.
Minato Namikaze shook his head lightly. "I'm not sure either. All I know is that the main architects of this plan are Madara Uchiha and Lord First Hokage."
"I still trust the First. I believe he won't carry out a large-scale slaughter, but Madara Uchiha..."
The mention of Madara Uchiha's BOSS plan left Minato Namikaze feeling rather frustrated.
He had thought that once the First and the others went over there, they