Because of Yanbai, the first Five Kage Summit intended to give away the tailed beasts had been derailed for the time being.
Even if Hashirama Senju still had that idea.
Things could no longer proceed exactly as fate had originally intended.
Because Hashirama Senju... could not beat Yanbai.
Everything Hashirama Senju knew, Yanbai knew too;
Everything Hashirama Senju did not know, Yanbai also knew.
Yanbai was a combination of Hashirama Senju, Madara Uchiha, and Tobirama Senju.
So when Yanbai firmly refused to let Hashirama Senju give away the tailed beasts, Hashirama had no choice but to abandon the idea for now, out of consideration for both strength and family ties.
"A plan to keep them in check long-term?" Hashirama Senju frowned.
Yanbai took out a storage scroll he had prepared long ago and released its seal, producing several documents for everyone to read.
They detailed the situations in the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Water. They covered not only the clans within their shinobi villages, but also each country's daimyo.
The Senju brothers, who had spent years with Yanbai, did not find these documents surprising. Nor did Madara Uchiha, who was close to him.
Toshio Hyuga and Rokuhiro Nara, however, felt heavy-hearted.
The Princess's ambitions were plain to see, but realizing them would not be easy.
At present, Konoha was still dependent on the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, at least on the surface. If they wanted to expand their territory, they could not bypass the daimyo and simply invade other countries.
The various countries' daimyo and nobles controlled more than ninety percent of the world's wealth and enjoyed a certain degree of prestige.
Ninja were still few compared with ordinary people. On top of that, during the Warring