Looking at Shion, who was still seemingly unsettled, Shinji said: "There is not much time left for us, you must master the 'Twelve Palaces' as soon as possible!"
Shion first nodded heavily, then asked worriedly: "The Ninja World will surely be fine, right?"
"Mhm, with me here!"
Shinji smiled.
Seeing the confidence displayed on Shinji's face, the originally nervous Shion breathed a sigh of relief, then rolled up her sleeves: "I am the Miko protecting the Ninja World, I'm not afraid of those monsters! Shinji, don't worry, I will definitely work hard!"
Shinji nodded: "I believe in you!"
He didn't ask Shion to become extremely strong; he only hoped that through cultivating the 'Twelve Palaces', Shion could gain confidence. Because Shion was the most talented among all previous Mikos. The previous Miko even thought it was necessary to seal Shion's power to prevent young Shion from using the Miko's power indiscriminately and causing chaos in the Ninja World.
So from birth, Shion was destined to be one of the top powerhouses in the Ninja World. What she lacked was not cultivation, but powerful confidence and will.
As long as she dared to face Mōryō, the dark side demon of the Miko, she won!
"This is the training ground exclusive to our Military Police Force. There are warning signs and fences around. Generally, no one will approach casually. Just cultivate here properly. I'll arrange for someone to bring you food and water later!"
After giving instructions, Shinji left the training ground with Mumei.
Returning to the Military Police Building, Mumei, who held back a belly full of words on the way, asked: "Shinji, is it the one you've always been worried about?"
"Mhm!"
Shinji responded, his expression solemn.
Entering the office, Shinji sat on the chair forcing himself to calm down first, then carefully combed through the current situation.
The Overlord targeting the Ninja World was an open secret. What really caught Shinji off guard was that the Overlord came so quickly, so suddenly! Moreover, judging from the 'Lamp's notification, that Fear Overlord not only approached the Ninja World but even penetrated a part of its power inside.
"It shouldn't be like this!"
Shinji frowned slightly.
The 'Ember' in his lamp was clearly sufficient. Logically speaking, before his lamp went out, the Overlord shouldn't have been able to penetrate the Ninja World's spatial barrier so easily.
Suppressing this doubt, Shinji began to think about countermeasures.
To deal with the Overlord's arrival, he had been preparing two plans. The first plan was to resurrect the Ten-Tails, make himself the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki, and fight the Overlord!
The second backup plan was his own 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' plan, specifically using Mumei's 'Yachihoko' to mark all ninjas of the Five Great Ninja Villages, absorbing all ninjas' chakra for his own use, and finally fighting a decisive battle with the Overlord!
Now among these two plans, resurrecting the Ten-Tails was more than half done. Currently, the Akatsuki organization only lacked two Tailed Beasts: the Three-Tails and the Eight-Tails.
And his 'Infinite Tsukuyomi' plan was also progressing relatively smoothly. The ninjas of the Hidden Leaf had been mostly marked by Mumei. As for how to mark the remaining ninjas of the other four Great Ninja Villages, he also had preliminary arrangements, just waiting for the other villages to complete general mobilization.
Tapping lightly on the desk with his finger, he murmured: "No, must speed up!"
The resurrection of the Ten-Tails was imminent and couldn't be delayed for a moment longer because no one knew when the Overlord would launch a full-scale attack on the Ninja World.
Mumei, waiting anxiously on the side, asked: "Is there anything I can help with?"
Shinji stood up: "I'm afraid we have to find a way to incite the Great Ninja War in advance!"
Mumei didn't ask why, but directly asked: "How to do it?"
A flash of inspiration struck Shinji's mind: "I remember Itachi sent an intelligence report before..."
Mumei was slightly stunned: "Is it the intelligence we obtained by unlocking the 'Tsukuyomi' seal?"
"Correct!" Shinji stroked his chin and said: "Itachi marked all important strongholds of the Dark Akatsuki in that intelligence. As long as the Ninja Village Alliance makes up its mind, they can start a great war at any time! At that time, the Fourth Mizukage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki should both show up!"
With Yakumo, the Hokage's disciple, as an informant, Shinji knew the movements of the village's high-level officials like the back of his hand. So even though Tsunade didn't disclose the content of Itachi's intelligence to Shinji and Sasuke, he still learned the details.
Mumei was somewhat puzzled: "Since the Ninja Village Alliance has already obtained intelligence, why haven't they acted yet?"
Shinji said: "Probably because they are not confident!"
The situation on the Ninja Village Alliance side was complicated. The high-level officials actually knew clearly that if they continued to drag on and let Nagato completely control several Jinchuriki, the situation would become increasingly unfavorable to them.
But in the previous battle with the Akatsuki organization, the Fourth Kazekage died in battle, the Fourth Mizukage was seriously injured, the Third Hokage lost an arm, the elites of various villages suffered heavy casualties, and in addition, three Tailed Beasts—the One-Tail, Two-Tails, and Seven-Tails—were lost. It could be said to be a crushing defeat.
Under these circumstances, none of the Five Kage dared to easily incite a new round of great war.
In addition, the village was probably still verifying whether Itachi's intelligence was true, so it was reasonable not to act for the time being.
However, Shinji knew clearly that Itachi's intelligence was most likely true. So to prompt the Ninja Village Alliance to take the initiative to incite a great war, he needed to help the village make up its mind.
While preparing these, Shinji must also investigate clearly in what form the Overlord's power penetrated into the Ninja World existed. Where was it? What did it want to do?
He remembered that in the Demon Slayer World at that time, the Fear Overlord weirdly projected the figure Ryūhei Ubuyashiki, the 'Lampbearer' of the Demon Slayer World, feared most in his heart—Yoriichi Tsugikuni. Then this fake 'Yoriichi Tsugikuni' easily killed Ryūhei Ubuyashiki, making the Demon Slayer World completely lose the protection of the 'Lampbearer'.
"So... the opponent's target is very likely me!" Pausing, Shinji looked grim: "I'm looking for it, and it's also looking for me!"
Realizing this, Shinji found that he must not expose himself too early.
He knew almost nothing about the Fear Overlord's means. If his identity was really exposed and targeted by the opponent, he might die inexplicably like Ryūhei Ubuyashiki before he had time to launch any plans.
Knock knock
At this time, a knock came from outside the office.
Shinji said: "Enter!"
Karin pushed the door open and walked in, glanced at Mumei, then reported to Shinji about Ryuzetsu contacting her just now.
Shinji asked casually: "Is the village investigating that battle?"
Karin answered: "Yes! Heard from Ryuzetsu that the village mistakenly thought there was internal strife within our organization, so they want to intervene in the investigation to confirm our situation."
Shinji's eyes turned, realizing another important reason why the village delayed action for so long was probably fear of the 'Akatsuki' he established.
Even Nagato and Obito still hiding and accumulating strength was mostly due to fear of the 'Akatsuki' he established.
Thus, a plan gradually formed in Shinji's mind.