Facing Senju Tobirama's doubts, Uchiha Jin's expression remained calm.
Clearly.
He had already anticipated this question, so he naturally felt no panic in his heart.
Uchiha Jin merely gave Senju Tobirama a faint glance before speaking in a very composed tone: "Second Hokage, you've made an empirical error again!"
"How so?" Senju Tobirama asked, somewhat taken aback.
At this moment, he was a bit confused.
After all, he didn't think there was anything wrong with his speculation; the high-level officials of Other Ninja Villages were also smart people, so would they really not think of such a simple problem?
Perhaps their experience in political maneuvering was lacking, but as high-level officials, their vision wouldn't be poor; they would surely be able to discover the implicit threat in Konoha's actions, right?
In the face of the bewildered Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Jin's face remained calm.
"Second Hokage, you've forgotten one point!"
"I admit that there are smart people in every other Village, but you cannot deny that—there are even more stupid people!"
"And the short-sighted make up the vast majority."
"I don't need to win over everyone; I only need to win over a portion of them."
"Don't forget—Root!"
"With the demise of Old Konoha, the remnants of Danzo's Root and the secret spies in Other Ninja Villages are now in my hands!"
"These spies might not be able to carry out major operations, but in my view, creating some public opinion within other Villages is still very simple."
"Furthermore, among these spies, some have already risen to middle management and can even secretly win over a group of people."
"As for those'smart people' who can see through the plot, we will naturally need the Akatsuki Organization to help deal with them!"
"Find an excuse and kill them!"
"By relying solely on this move, in Kumogakure—which has just lost its Fourth Raikage, had two Tailed Beasts captured, and suffered heavy internal losses—I am absolutely confident in cultivating a group..."
"...a group of guys who, even if they are ultimately unwilling to surrender to Konoha, are willing to engage in brief 'cooperation' with us for the sake of profit!"
"Sunagakure is even easier to handle!"
"According to information from our spies, Rasa seems to have developed some other ideas and wants to eliminate the factions of Ebizo and Chiyo."
"And we can add fuel to the fire, making Sunagakure's civil war arrive faster."
"We can even take advantage of this chaos to support a faction willing to be close to Konoha; they don't even need to hold power, just be able to have a say."
"Hidden Mist?"
"That trash Village, ignore it for the time being!"
"Although the situation in Iwagakure is a bit difficult because of Ōnoki, as long as we can achieve 'Peaceful Evolution' within Kumogakure and Sunagakure, and as long as Konoha can win them over, we can use the excuse that 'Iwagakure is involved with the Akatsuki Organization' to directly and forcefully declare war on Ōnoki's Iwagakure."
"Once Ōnoki loses a few battles, we can support our own people in Iwagakure..."
"Does the Second Hokage understand what I'm saying now?"
Uchiha Jin explained everything at length.
He laid out his entire plan, and hearing this, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but feel his hair stand on end.
Too dirty!
These methods sent chills down his spine, but he had to admit they were indeed effective.
His previous thinking had indeed been wrong!
Just as Uchiha Jin said, a ninja Village cannot be viewed as a single monolithic entity.
The so-called Village is composed of individual after individual!
And since every person's needs, goals, and desires are different, there is naturally the possibility of finding an opening.
Smart? It's useless!
Because strength is what matters most.
Why didn't Uchiha Jin target Iwagakure first? Wasn't it because Iwagakure has Ōnoki sitting in command?
After a deep sigh, Senju Tobirama spoke slowly.
"I... understand!"
"If there is a need for me to act in the future, then I am willing to do my part for 'unification'!"
"I accept this plan!"
His tone was very firm, directly expressing his stance.
Senju Hashirama and Sakumo Hatake also solemnly expressed their stances at this time.
One word—agreed!
Although Uchiha Jin's methods were a bit dirty, for the sake of accelerating the progress of unification and to ensure fewer people died, they were willing to become the blades in Uchiha Jin's hand.
This was also normal!
Senju Hashirama himself lived through the Sengoku period, and Sakumo Hatake was active during the Second Great Ninja War; they were both fed up with endless war.
Now that there was a chance to completely unify the Ninja World, they naturally didn't mind contributing their strength!
A moment later.
After the three Edo Tensei Strongmen left, Uchiha Jin called for the Anbu: "Go to the Uchiha Clan Compound and tell Seiichi to come here."
"Yes, Hokage-sama!"
The Anbu bowed and left, his posture very humble.
Twenty minutes later.
After Uchiha Seiichi arrived, he spoke very solemnly: "Hokage-sama, what are your orders?"
"It's time for the Root spies to move!" Uchiha Jin said in a low tone.
Subsequently.
He didn't waste any words and directly explained his arrangements.
To the Uchiha Seiichi before him, he didn't give excessive explanations.
There was no need!
They were different from Senju Tobirama and the others; even within the Uchiha clan, they were the first group to follow him.
Aside from Uchiha Tianyong's group far away in the Land of Snow, they were almost the most trusted group in the Uchiha now, so he naturally didn't need to scheme or explain back and forth; he only needed to simply issue the tasks and then wait.
And, regarding this.
After hearing the mission, Uchiha Seiichi's expression remained normal.
He simply nodded and left the Hokage Office directly... In a mountain cave in the Land of Snow.
The members of the Akatsuki Organization sat around the Gedo Statue, and Pain, the leader, spoke in a very indifferent tone.
"Everyone, the mission was a success!"
"Now, besides Konoha's Nine-Tailed, only the two Tailed Beasts of the Hidden Mist remain."
"Zetsu..."
"Roughly how much longer will it take for these two Tailed Beasts to revive?"
Pain offered no encouragement even for the success of this mission; he didn't even care if these people would do their best.
Yes!
This was not the original Akatsuki Organization; Pain merely regarded the members recruited now as a group of tools.
Either carry out the tasks obediently, or be crushed with a single blow!
And, regarding this.
The expressions of the Akatsuki Organization members remained normal; clearly, they didn't care about such things either.
Black Zetsu narrowed his eyes slightly and then spoke slowly.
"The Three-Tails will still have to wait for a while; according to my estimation, it will take about two or three years."
"As for the Six-Tails, it will be faster!"
"About five months or so."
Hearing these words, Nagato felt somewhat uneasy.
There was no other way!
He was truly in a hurry.
After all, the Akatsuki Organization's goals had already been leaked; every moment spent waiting brought another measure of danger.