the next day
"From now on, you will be the supreme commander here. Contact me through this little snake if you need anything!"
Orochimaru handed a small snake to his trusted aide.
"Yes, Lord Orochimaru!"
The trusted confidant respectfully accepted the small snake and bowed.
"Let's go, let's hurt them badly, so that we can go all out in the war against Iwagakure."
Orochimaru's expression was cold and sinister.
"You..."
Tsunade looked at Orochimaru with some surprise; she had a feeling that Orochimaru was a little different.
But she couldn't quite put her finger on what was different.
"Let's go first, I'll explain to you slowly."
Orochimaru got up and hurried on his way, followed closely by Tsunade and Dan Katō.
I have implanted your cells into my body.
Orochimaru said calmly.
"You implanted my cells into your body???"
Tsunade stared at Orochimaru in disbelief.
She had considered that the other party might use her cells for research, but she never imagined that they would implant her cells into her body!
Do you know about... Impure World Reincarnation )?
Orochimaru turned to look at Tsunade.
Three days later
Iwagakure
"I haven't had time to spend with Nanako lately. I'm such a bad husband."
Didaze looked down at Iwagakure and sighed.
"But once we destroy Konoha, I can spend the next few years spending quality time with Nanako."
Didaze looked down at Iwagakure, a surge of ambition welling up within him.
Tsuchikage Office
"You're requesting to convene a high-level meeting? What do you want to do?"
Ōnoki frowned as he looked at Didaze.
"I am going to launch a war to annihilate Konoha."
Didaze didn't mince words and spoke frankly.
"A war to wipe out a village?"
Ōnoki's expression was somewhat strange.
Half of it was excitement and exhilaration, while the other half was worry and fear.
The psychological trauma Madara Uchiha left on him back then was extremely severe.
"Old man, don't worry. My strength is no longer on the same level as theirs. Besides, after we destroy Konoha this time, I'm preparing to succeed as the Tsuchikage."
Didaze looked at Ōnoki had a conflicted expression, and spoke.
"So you've finally figured it out, kid?"
Ōnoki wasn't that excited at first, but when he heard Didaze say he was going to succeed the Tsuchikage, he immediately jumped up excitedly!
He is now over sixty years old, and he can feel his body deteriorating day by day.
He had long wanted Didaze to succeed him as Tsuchikage so he could go and rest.
His body really can't take it anymore!
In normal families, people his age wouldn't be working so hard; they would all be enjoying their retirement at home.
That is to say, he was sixty years old and still working hard for Iwagakure.
"Yes, it's really not appropriate for you to be working so hard at your age."
Didaze looked at the white hair on Ōnoki and spoke.
"Okay, I'll start a high-level meeting for you right away. How about this afternoon?"
Ōnoki immediately made the decision.
"Afternoon?"
"Is that not possible? How about tomorrow?"
"Fine, it's better to resolve this sooner rather than later. Let's do it this afternoon."
Didaze quickly confirmed the time with Ōnoki.
"I'll go back and see Nanako first."
"Go..."
Before Ōnoki could finish speaking, Didaze had already vanished.
"That brat!"
Ōnoki angrily punched the air, as if he had hit Didaze in the face.
afternoon
High-rise conference room
"This meeting was not led by me."
Upon arriving, Ōnoki said something to the many high-ranking officials that caught them completely off guard.
They initially thought coming here was just a formality, but they didn't expect Ōnoki to say that he wasn't in charge?
"I'm the one in charge this time."
Didaze stood up and bowed slightly to the group of high-ranking officials.
The executives quickly stood up and bowed in return.
After all, although Didaze is young, his achievements far surpass theirs.
They were mostly promoted to high-ranking positions based on seniority, and didn't have any particularly outstanding achievements.
"I don't like empty talk. I want to start a war to annihilate Konoha. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"
Didaze didn't waste any words and dropped a bombshell right from the start.
"To begin the war to annihilate Konoha?"
"This..."
The higher-ups were somewhat at a loss for words.
They felt that although Iwagakure was stronger than Konoha, it was still a bit too early to start a war to wipe out the village.
" Didaze, Konoha now has Wood Release and a new generation like Minato Namikaze. Is starting a village-annihilation war now...?"
A senior executive stood up and said tactfully.
"You don't need to worry about that, the user of Wood Release is already dead."
Didaze glanced at the executive and slowly spoke.
"Dead... dead?"
The high-ranking official was somewhat bewildered. Just a few days ago, he had heard information about the Wood Release from Konoha, and now Didaze was saying he was dead?
Is the intelligence reliable?
Ōnoki couldn't help but ask.
He was shocked to hear that Wood Release had reappeared in Konoha, but since his own village also had Wood Release, he wasn't too panicked.
Even so, the person Ōnoki valued most in his heart was still the one in Konoha who possessed Wood Release.
But now Didaze says the other person is dead?
"The information is absolutely reliable."
Didaze nodded and said.
I will not fight a war I am unprepared for.
Didaze looked at the group of high-ranking officials and spoke.
"Let's begin voting."
Didaze said to Ōnoki.
"Aren't you going to say a few more words?"
Seeing that the high-level meeting was coming to an end in just a few minutes, Ōnoki couldn't help but speak to Didaze.
When he holds high-level meetings, he might as well keep them going for a whole day, but when Didaze takes over, they only last a few minutes?
"No need, there's no point in saying more."
Didaze shook his head.
The high-level officials looked at each other in surprise; they had never experienced such a rapid high-level meeting.
To be honest, it was... quite comfortable.
Following this, Ōnoki led the vote in favor, and the remaining executives gradually completed their votes as well.
"8 votes in favor, 1 abstention, passed!"
As the person in charge of statistics announced the results, Iwagakure passed the war to annihilate Konoha.
Iwagakure transformed into a war machine, beginning to acquire large quantities of ninja tools from smaller countries and to mobilize for war.
Unnamed cave
" Lord Madara, are you sure you want this guy to inherit your will?"
Black Zetsu hesitated as he looked at Obito Uchiha lying on the bed, covered in blood but with his eyes intact.
"Just follow my plan. Judging from his love for this world, the power of his awakened Sharingan should be very strong."
Madara Uchiha sneered.
"Yes..."
"Also, if any problems arise, have Nagato use Rinne Rebirth to revive me beforehand."
Madara Uchiha at Black Zetsu and said.
"Yes, Lord Madara."
Black Zetsu bowed respectfully.