Northern Theater, Command Building.
Tsunade sat on the theater commander's throne, while Senju Tobirama stood with his arms crossed, leaning against the window.
An Anbu operative kneeled on one knee and handed the Hokage's order in his hand to Tsunade.
"Very well, you may leave."
Tsunade looked at the order in her hands, then waved her hand to dismiss the Anbu operative from the room.
She stared at it for a long time, then let out a soft sigh: "Granduncle, take a look."
Senju Tobirama walked over, glanced briefly at the Hokage's order, and a faint smile instantly appeared on the corner of his mouth.
"Excellent!"
"After being held back for so long, we've finally waited for the opportunity to act."
"There's nothing to discuss; just take action."
"As the theater commander, you can just issue the order directly."
Without the slightest hesitation, Senju Tobirama spoke immediately.
However, looking at the calm Senju Tobirama, the corner of Tsunade's mouth twitched violently.
It was easy for him to say, but in her heart, she was still terrified!
Although she had participated in two Ninja World wars before, this war was completely different from the past; this was about risking everything to completely annihilate the Hidden Cloud Village in one go!
That was one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, previously the strongest Ninja village under Konoha.
Besides that, she felt even more lost.
It was an indescribable sense of bewilderment about the future.
She didn't know if her actions were right or wrong, nor did she know what the future would look like, but now this order required her to issue it personally.
Difficult! It was truly difficult!
So, after struggling for a long time, she was still conflicted.
Senju Tobirama watched Tsunade quietly, with no intention of comforting or encouraging her, because he knew that some hurdles could only be crossed by oneself.
In any case, all the necessary preparations for the theater had already been completed.
Now, they were just waiting for Tsunade to issue the order personally, and the previous plans and layouts could be activated instantly.
Therefore, there was no rush!
Time passed slowly, and fifteen minutes later.
Having completely made up her mind, Tsunade took a deep breath and spoke coldly.
"Shizune, go call everyone!"
"The Intelligence Division, Urban Management Division, Police Division, Relief Division, Administrative Division, Finance Division..."
"The heads of each division, as well as the theater's Ninja legion commanders, deputy commanders, staff officers, and the highest-ranking Anbu captain in the Northern Theater."
"Tell them to drop all their current work and come to Conference Room No. 1 for a meeting in half an hour!"
Upon hearing this, Shizune nodded immediately and left.
Afterwards, having issued the order, Tsunade collapsed into her chair, her head still aching severely.
Thinking about everything that had happened during this period, it still felt somewhat surreal.
Managing the Northern Theater was truly incredibly difficult.
Unlike previous frontline command camps, Konoha's frontline command posts used to only manage Ninjas and only needed to deal with the various slaughters of the enemy.
What about the theater? It was completely different!
Now, she not only needed to manage countless Ninja troops throughout the region, but also needed to manage several large cities, dozens of towns, and seventy or eighty villages within the area; it could almost be said that she held administrative, financial, and military power all in her own hands.
Even trivial matters like urban management and public security almost all required her, Tsunade, to make the final decision.
Simply put, this was called martial law!
It was already difficult for Tsunade, who had taken over in a rush; it was only through Senju Tobirama's wisdom that she had barely managed to get the Northern Theater running. Before she could truly familiarize herself with this new set of rules, orders came from Konoha preparing for secret expansion toward the Four Great Shinobi Villages.
Dispatching secret spies, disrupting the situation, peaceful evolution, secret control...
These things were just a single order in the mouth of Uchiha Jin, but Tsunade needed to carefully study every order, select every executor, and pay attention to every mission...
Even after secretly controlling hostile villages and towns, she still needed to send reliable administrative managers to replicate Konoha's management methods there, while also secretly monitoring various developments in the newly controlled areas to prevent troublesome issues like riots.
Exhausting, truly exhausting!
Tsunade was naturally someone who was used to being a hands-off manager, but now that she carried the heavy responsibility of reviving the Senju Clan, she could no longer just slack off as she did in the original work.
However, she hadn't expected that just as things were getting on track on her side, orders from Konoha had arrived again.
And this time, it was different from before; they were actually going to annex the Hidden Cloud Village!
"Tsunade, you must get used to this!"
"There will be more and more such variables in the future. Uchiha Jin's thinking is similar to mine and my elder brother's; none of us are people who are content with just getting by."
"If he wants to establish a new order, he must smash the old one."
"The storm this will entail is imaginable. You need to get used to Uchiha Jin's style of doing things as soon as possible, otherwise, your future days will certainly be slower than others at every step, until you can no longer keep up with Uchiha Jin's pace at all."
"Right now, I am here watching over you, but in the future, you will need to face it alone."
"At the very least, before a new leader of the Senju Clan grows up, you need to guard the Northern Theater on behalf of the Senju Clan; after all, this will be our Senju Clan's territory later."
Senju Tobirama's tone was serious.
He actually didn't have the heart to make his granddaughter learn and get used to this dirty set of rules, but the problem was that he currently had no choice at all, because under the schemes of that 'good disciple' Hiruzen Sarutobi, the current Senju Clan only had Tsunade as a powerhouse.
If someone enjoys, someone must suffer!
Just like why Tsunade had such a happy childhood; when it all came down to it, wasn't it because she had Senju Tobirama and Senju Hashirama, the two brothers, carrying the burden?
If the Senju Clan were still as powerful as when Konoha was first founded, then naturally, Tsunade wouldn't need to face these troublesome matters; she would only need to be her little princess of Konoha.
But now, that was not possible! Someone always needs to carry the burden forward, and now it was Tsunade's turn to carry it.
"Granduncle, I understand!"
Tsunade took a deep breath, and her expression finally became serious: "I will learn and stabilize the Northern Theater as soon as possible, but Granduncle, besides helping me handle official business, you also need to find time as soon as possible to help me cultivate new successors within the clan."
"I really don't want to do this damn job for even a single day; even if it's just cultivating a few people who can help me share the workload, that would be enough!"
Senju Tobirama was full of helplessness.
Regarding his granddaughter, he really didn't want to comment. She was too lazy!
He felt that it was only because he was still putting pressure on Tsunade that she was working; otherwise, if he were to truly return to the Pure Land, he felt his granddaughter would most likely just throw her hands up in frustration and quit.
But, there was no other way! Who let her be his granddaughter?
So he could only nod helplessly, indicating that he would do his best, while also truly not knowing what else to say.