As the meeting went on, it turned into a lesson in Yanbai's Underworld Tactics.
Tobirama Senju scribbled furiously, occasionally raising questions.
Toshio Hyuga held himself to the dignity of a noble and was too embarrassed to join such an underhanded discussion, so he could only listen.
Rokuhiro Nara occasionally let his imagination roam and offered constructive suggestions for the plans.
Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha both remained silent.
If Yanbai put these plans into action, there would be no need for a Five Kage Summit at all.
From the outset, Yanbai had never intended to confront those shinobi villages head-on. Once he controlled their financial backers, he would have a stranglehold on their economic lifelines.
With neither money nor sufficient strength, the other nations' shinobi villages would have to keep their tails between their legs.
How could a war break out so easily under those circumstances?
If anyone dared suggest achieving peace by distributing the tailed beasts again, Yanbai would certainly give him a thorough "correction."
Still, since they were all shinobi villages of the great nations, they should communicate when necessary.
Yanbai suggested taking the other nations' shinobi villages' strength and their nations' resources into account, then duping them into selling all sorts of important natural resources they did not know how to use at bargain prices.
The meeting did not end until dawn was nearly upon them.
Afterward, everyone went home to rest. In just a few more hours, it would be time for work again.
Yanbai had been quite busy when he first became director of Konoha Hospital, but later, he dragged several of his "disciples" into a genjutsu and forced them to learn vast amounts of medical knowledge in a short time.
Then Yanbai appointed those "disciples" deputy directors and went back home to play with