While Uchiha Yan was issuing missions, Kirigakure also received intelligence from the other major ninja villages.
Looking at the intelligence from Sunagakure on her desk, Mei Terumi was already certain that Uchiha Yan had never intended to unify the Land of Water. He wanted to unify the Land of Fire.
His only purpose in doing this was to keep the Land of Water from intervening and stopping him from unifying the Land of Fire.
"Underhanded! He wants to unify the Land of Fire himself, yet won't let the Land of Water unify. This is outrageous.
"Kisame, send the Anbu into the Land of Fire. Have them ready to sabotage Konoha's plans to unify the Land of Fire at any moment."
"I'm afraid we can't!"
Mangetsu handed over the letter in his hand. "Lady Mizukage, word came from Senior Yae. Merchants from the Land of Fire and the Land of Water are in Konoha discussing the construction of factories.
"And Konoha ninja have scattered throughout the Land of Water under the pretext of protecting factories. We need to guard against them, so we don't have much strength to spare."
"Shameless bastard! Did I agree to this? Does he think I won't openly break with Konoha?"
Mangetsu spoke gravely. "We can only guard against Kakashi and the others for now. If Kirigakure sends large numbers into the Land of Fire, Uchiha Yan might directly order Kakashi and the others to strike at the Land of Water."
"What does Kumogakure say?"
"We received word that the Raikage met Uchiha Yan in Nange Town a while ago. Presumably, they struck a deal.
"The only village we can cooperate with is Iwagakure, but Konoha hasn't sent anyone to contact them. Presumably, they've already found a way to deal with Iwagakure."
"Contact them and see."
Mei