After several days of preparation, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally finished dealing with everything that needed his attention and reported the matter to the Land of Fire Daimyō through the Anbu.
Xia Yan cooperated fully with Hiruzen Sarutobi on this, sending Snow Eagle, Senju Yo, out personally. He also obtained the relevant information.
"Only Hiruzen Sarutobi and I will be going, and we won't be taking any main roads. This old man really is keeping a low profile and being careful."
Reading the intelligence in his hands, Xia Yan nodded slightly. That was a good thing. Being too conspicuous was not always wise.
Although what he did afterward would undoubtedly be extremely conspicuous, keeping a low profile was necessary before everything erupted in full.
Only then could they avoid alerting anyone. After all, the Daimyō had always wanted to regain control of the Land of Fire, rather than merely serve as Konoha's purse!
To some extent, the Twelve Guardian Ninja existed as preparation for breaking free of Konoha's control.
Even though the Hokage treated the Daimyō very respectfully now, the Daimyō knew perfectly well that, beneath the surface, he was not taken seriously at all.
"Could the Daimyō actually have been involved behind the scenes in collecting Nine-Tails chakra?"
Xia Yan speculated inwardly, but it was only a passing thought. He did not care what the answer was!
The Daimyō was indeed the nominal ruler of the Land of Fire, but unfortunately, he could not control the enormous army that was Konoha.
Ultimately, the Shinobi World belonged to shinobi. Without control of that enormous shinobi army, any number of ordinary soldiers was effectively useless.
Thus, he could break free of Konoha's control, then begin restricting its economic development or take control of the village's economic lifelines.
Finally, once everything was ready, he