"Hey, you two, if you really want to look out for me, hurry up and unify the Shinobi World."
Orochimaru looked at the two village leaders with nothing better to do. Speechless as he was, he also took the opportunity over drinks to voice his thoughts.
"Huh? Unify the Shinobi World?" Tsunade was thoroughly shocked by what Orochimaru had just said.
"Mm-hmm. You should know that the danger facing the Shinobi World now comes from the stars. Kaguya said that after a thousand years, the other Ōtsutsuki in this star system would come to check on the God Tree's growth."
Orochimaru spoke to Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"Although we don't know exactly how powerful they are, the fragmented Shinobi World as it stands now definitely can't contend with them."
Well, in truth, Tobirama and Orochimaru believed Konoha alone would be enough to fight the Ōtsutsuki.
The main issue was that the other villages were sometimes really good at dragging everyone down.
"But we couldn't justify that to the daimyo."
Tsunade understood Orochimaru's thinking. If it was just a matter of annexing small villages, Konoha's current size was more than sufficient.
The Land of Fire's daimyo wouldn't have anything to say about it, either.
But if they wanted to unify the Shinobi World, the daimyo would have objections.
Although the daimyo of the Five Great Nations were nominally opposed to each other, they were actually all related.
Would you believe that even while the major villages were at war, they could still get together to play cards for fun?
"They're only daimyo. Konoha doesn't need the daimyo now. The daimyo need Konoha."
Orochimaru's perspective was broader than Tsunade's and Jiraiya's. After all, he was also the founder of Otogakure, and he had a fairly clear understanding of the daimyo's role.
"Besides, annexation