Northern Theater, Conference Room No. 1.
In the vast and empty conference room, there was only a large circular conference table. Tsunade sat at the head of the table, her expression grave and serious.
Senju Tobirama sat in the first seat on the left, but he sat with his arms crossed, leaning back in his chair. Clearly, he did not intend to speak this time.
His only purpose for sitting here was to back Tsunade—or more accurately, to support the Senju Clan!
He needed all the Ninja Clans and powerful individuals of Konoha to know that the Northern Theater would henceforth be the territory of the Senju Clan. Regardless of who came to the Northern Theater to work or live, while their primary loyalty must remain to Konoha and the Uchiha, as long as they did not infringe upon the interests of Konoha or the Uchiha, they were required to follow the rules of the Senju Clan.
Shortly after.
Many high-ranking officials of the Northern Theater took their seats, almost all of them coming from the various Ninja Clans. Except for the Anbu squad leader, Yamato, who possessed Wood Release, almost everyone else was someone whose name had never appeared in the original work.
Their strength was in no way inferior to the characters who appeared in the original work; it was just that they had previously been hidden powerhouses within their families and had hardly registered in Konoha's official Ninja sequence.
Now that they had joined New Konoha, they could be considered fully integrated into the Village.
"Alright, let's begin the meeting!"
"There is only one item on the agenda for this meeting. A new mission has been sent from Konoha."
"Target: Secretly control Kumogakure!"
"Today, in the border region of the Land of Lightning, while Kumogakure, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and Hidden Mist were holding a secret meeting, they were ambushed by the Akatsuki Organization. It is now confirmed that the Fifth Raikage, Darui, has been killed..."
"Kumogakure will inevitably fall into chaos. Hokage-sama needs us to take advantage of this chaos to help our Konoha spies within Kumogakure rise to high positions. Then, by utilizing the influence of these spies, we will publicly promote and spread the benefits of joining Konoha, attempting to attract and form a new faction within Kumogakure—the Surrender Faction!"
"Second: Accelerate the pace of secretly occupying the Land of Lightning!"
"All departments must cooperate fully to secretly control more of the Land of Lightning's territory."
"Third: Assemble elite forces to enter Kumogakure."
"Coordinate with the Konoha spies and assassinate any high-ranking Kumogakure officials who refuse to surrender."
"We need to make the Surrender Faction the mainstream in Kumogakure within the shortest possible time and guide the entire Kumogakure to voluntarily join the Land of Fire."
Tsunade stated the objectives in a serious tone.
At this moment, she was decisive and efficient, showing none of the confusion she had displayed before.
Clearly.
She would always be a competent superior in front of outsiders; her girlish demeanor would only be revealed in front of her two grandfathers.
Meanwhile, on the other side.
With Tsunade's words, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but gasp.
Although the high-ranking officials of the theater had long known that Konoha's core plan was to completely unify the entire Ninja World, in reality, they hadn't taken it too seriously before.
There was only one reason: it was too difficult!
After all, none of the Five Great Ninja Villages were fools. As soon as Konoha showed even the slightest intention of unification, it would inevitably face a combined effort from the Four Great Shinobi Villages.
However, they hadn't expected...
That the war of unification would come so quickly, and that Uchiha Jin would not declare war directly, but instead hope to dismantle Kumogakure from within.
This...
For a moment.
Everyone's minds were in turmoil, and their moods naturally became very complicated.
From this perspective, they were no different from Tsunade.
However, likewise.
The awe everyone felt for the Hokage, Uchiha Jin, had clearly seeped into their very bones. So, even though their minds were still in chaos, not a single person voiced a dissenting opinion; instead, they all bowed and accepted the orders.
This was the prestige of Uchiha Jin!
At the very least.
Before Uchiha Jin's invincible record was broken, even if they disagreed with his ideas in their hearts, they would wholeheartedly carry out his plans first.
...
Five hours later.
The high-ranking officials of the Northern Theater finally managed to cobble together a plan.
Immediately after.
The entire Northern Theater instantly began to bustle with activity. Countless transfer orders were issued from Tsunade's office. First, Yamato, with his Wood Release and the elite Anbu under his command, along with the list of all spies within Kumogakure, set off for Kumogakure at top speed.
Subsequently.
Various Ninja legions began to mobilize, secretly heading toward the various towns and Villages of the Land of Lightning, and began clearing out the various Ninja and samurai scattered outside Kumogakure as quickly as possible...
Finally.
Administrative personnel drawn from various management agencies, escorted by the Ninja legions, began heading toward the newly conquered towns and Villages of the Land of Lightning, clearly preparing for subsequent administration.
That night, late.
When Yamato arrived at Kumogakure with the Anbu, Yamato, who was leading them, couldn't help but furrow his brow slightly.
The reason was simple: the defenses were absolutely terrible.
Not only were there no Sealing Jutsu barriers, but there wasn't even a basic Ninja patrol. The people of Kumogakure all wore numb expressions, and there was even a hint of fear for the future visible in their eyes.
"Captain, what should we do?"
The Anbu member behind Yamato couldn't help but ask.
To this.
Yamato only thought for a moment before giving his answer: "Everyone, split into squads and act. Contact the Konoha spies according to the list. While informing them of the mission, also take the opportunity to ask about the current general situation in Kumogakure."
"We don't need to meet from now on; hide in the homes of the spies you are responsible for."
"On one hand, monitor these spies; on the other, disperse and hide."
"For routine communication, use the standard Anbu summoning animals; if you encounter an emergency, fire a signal flare immediately!"
The Anbu members naturally had no objections to this.
Immediately after.
Following Yamato's command of 'Disperse', all the Anbu began to scatter and act.
Yamato, taking his elite squad, used the Transformation Jutsu to hide among the crowd and slowly arrived at the home of the spy they were responsible for, 'Lei Huche'.
"Who are you?"
When the Anbu arrived at his home, Lei Huche was eating with his family.
He was living a decent life. Currently, his public identity was that of a Jonin. A while ago, because Kumogakure's powerful individuals had suffered heavy casualties, he had seized the opportunity to become an Elite Jonin and was promoted from an Anbu squad leader to a captain.
Although he knew in his heart that he was actually a Konoha spy, the problem was that he had been sent to infiltrate Kumogakure from a young age, so he didn't actually have much attachment to Konoha; he had even long since forgotten his identity as a spy.
Especially after having a wife and children, he even prayed constantly in his heart that the day he would be activated would never come.