"Knowing full well that I'll destroy the shinobi world, why give me this? Is your Hokage an idiot?"
"Once you finish reading it, you'll understand that whether the shinobi world is destroyed has nothing whatsoever to do with war. Even if humanity goes extinct, war won't."
After watching the two leave, Uchiha Yan stood and looked out the window. He felt this was an opportunity-an opportunity to kill Orochimaru.
Kaguya Kimimaro, Otsutsuki Toneri's blood-those were already in place. All that remained was the Byakugan.
Orochimaru already has one Byakugan. To improve his chances of success, he'll definitely have to get the other one, or another pair.
Dodai or Hinata? Or will he go after both? With Impure World Reincarnation, Orochimaru has nothing to fear from any ninja village except when attacking Konoha.
After pondering for a while, Uchiha Yan decided to set traps around both Dodai and Hinata.
After inscribing his chakra into sealing scrolls, Uchiha Yan summoned the Anbu.
"Give these two scrolls to Hinata and Dodai. Just tell them they're from me."
"Yes!"
With that done, Uchiha Yan returned to his administrative work. Kakashi had already left for the Land of Water, and he believed Kirigakure would find out before long.
He needed to draw up a plan for cooperation with Kirigakure as soon as possible, forcing the village to think twice before offending Konoha regardless of the consequences.
Just as Uchiha Yan had expected, shortly after Kakashi and the others entered the Land of Water to help the Satō Clan, Mei Terumi received the intelligence.
"Who else is there besides Kakashi?"
"Elite members of the Uchiha and Hyūga clans. They're all stationed within the territory under the Satō Clan's jurisdiction."
At that, Mei Terumi rubbed her brow. "Uchiha Yan is dead set on unifying the shinobi world.