With the Chunin Exams over, the Kage and leaders who should have departed had no intention of leaving Konoha.
Instead, they immediately sought out their respective Daimyo to discuss the impending events.
For the vast Land of Earth, Ninja could fight and plunder, but that was a one-time transaction.
How to manage it afterward would require the nobles' efforts, and the Daimyo was the greatest noble.
The Land of Earth Daimyo and some nobles had already been placed under house arrest.
When Konoha slaughtered the White Zetsu, these individuals all felt a great disaster was upon them, believing the next butcher's knife would be aimed at their necks.
However, seeing their former friends or enemies revert to their White Zetsu forms after death, they felt a wave of relief.
Had the Land of Earth been infiltrated so severely?
At that time, they were filled with fear, not even knowing where to go, until after being under house arrest for a long time.
Calming down, they finally understood one thing.
The Land of Earth was finished, and so were they!
Sorrow and fear permeated the hearts of every noble in the Land of Earth.
Normally, many individuals with poor psychological resilience might have fallen into madness, even starting to smash things to vent their emotions.
However, at this moment, they dared not.
Because they were now in Konoha, not in their own mansions.
Standing outside were Konoha Ninja, not their retainers, guards, and servants.
The Land of Earth Daimyo silently chugged a bottle of sake by himself, having lost all his dignity and composure.
Tomoki's words to the Kage and leaders of each village were clearly and unmistakably transmitted to all the independent viewing rooms where the Daimyo were located.
This included the location of the Land of Earth Daimyo.
He already knew the future of the Land of Earth; there was no future.
Regardless of whether his distant relatives usually got along with him, flattered him, or fawned over him.
After today, they would all fiercely bite off a piece of the Land of Earth and stuff it into their own stomachs.
It had nothing to do with emotion, nothing to do with morality, only with profit.
The Land of Earth Daimyo, who was constantly pouring alcohol into his body, was not doing it to drown his sorrows.
Rather, it was to gain courage, the courage to commit suicide.
It wasn't to frame Konoha after his death; as someone in a high position, he understood that history is written by the victors.
For the defeated, a distorted history that makes people curse is already a gift from the victors.
More often, the defeated have no history, as if they never existed.
The disheartened Land of Earth Daimyo continued to drink heavily, but he could never muster the courage to commit suicide, eventually lying on the ground like a corpse.
Night.
Tomoki, who had already eaten dinner, did not rest early at home.
It wasn't to prepare for tomorrow's work; Tomoki had already made the relevant preparations several months ago.
Tomoki's purpose in holding the Chunin Exams was not merely for Konoha's prestige.
If that were the only reason, it wouldn't have been worth Tomoki personally writing the plan and spending so much time on it.
From the very beginning, Tomoki had a deeper scheme.
More importantly, for tomorrow's events, Tomoki had not watched Boruto, but he knew that the Ōtsutsuki Clan appeared in droves in Boruto.
To cope with the changing situation in the future, Tomoki had to plan ahead.
On one hand, Tomoki had already arranged for Uchiha Clan Ninja to search everywhere for traces of Isshiki, also known as Jigen, the leader of 'One Pound of Grapes'.
On the other hand, the plan to unite all the powers of the Ninja World and establish the Shinobi Alliance was also underway.
Ōnoki was right about one thing: everything was Konoha's conspiracy. It was just that Ōnoki colluding with Black Zetsu saved Tomoki a lot of trouble and happened to walk right into a trap.
Originally, Sunagakure and the Land of Wind should have been the targets to unite the scattered Ninja World.
Apart from unavoidable crises, only immense profit could achieve this.
Everything had already begun to show signs several years ago. In Tomoki's conditions with Hidden Mist, why did he demand the opening of the Land of Water market and also require Hidden Mist to act in concert with the Uchiha on Ninja World affairs?
At that time, Tomoki was already paving the way for today.
Uniting the Ninja World's power through crisis was indeed feasible. In the original work, the Akatsuki Organization and Obito took on this role. However, a crisis is temporary; it can indeed quickly make people forget hatred and break down barriers.
But after the crisis, everyone would go their separate ways, returning to their homes and lives.
Only profit can connect people together enduringly. It doesn't take effect as quickly as a crisis, but over time, everyone will become more and more tightly bound, until they are indistinguishable.
Hidden Mist and Kumogakure had already been 'conquered' by Tomoki one after another, leaving only Iwagakure and Sunagakure as targets.
As for the small countries and small Ninja villages, they were not worthy of having the entire Ninja World unite for them.
Sunagakure was Tomoki's chosen target, whether for its strength or other reasons. Especially with Deidara's connection, Tomoki felt his relationship with Iwagakure was even closer.
Unfortunately, fate had its way, and in the end, Iwagakure chose to bear everything.
Tomoki's outing at this time was not to arrange tomorrow's affairs, but for another matter.
If tomorrow's events were about planning for the future, the current matter was about solving an immediate problem.
Bringing Ōnoki, whose senses were all sealed, Tomoki arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory.
That's right, Tomoki remembered Orochimaru's request and had brought him a sample.
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