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Chapter 32 - 29- War

"The offset of the last war was far too sudden… All the other nations are starting to grow reckless once more" I stated calmly looking at the reports from our spies.

I was currently in the hokage office with Tobirama sensei, discussing the urgent affairs ongoing in the world.

Two years had passed since I was engaged with Tsunade, and now, at 18, I was already an elite jounin of Konoha.

Though, that was only in terms of rank, in terms of strength, I was a Bonafide Kage level, and amongst the strongest of Konoha, with only Tobirama sensei and Grandma Mito coming in comparison.

But I personally feel that I would win against sensei, and only Grandma Mito, if she unleashes the power of nine tails would be a problem.

And that too is just because I don't really specialize in mass destruction, like her. I am more of a finesse kind of shinobi, sure I can pack some serious firepower if I intend to, but I usually don't like doing so.

Though, personally, if I am being completely truthful… I think, if I am completely serious, I can defeat them both without taking any significant damage…

-flashback-

"Okay, this is something I have never seen before… even the sage of six paths was not this adept in controlling nature energy." Katsuyu said with excitement as she watched me utilize sage chakra with ease.

"Really, sage of six paths? Does that mean my sage mode can become as strong as his?" I asked curiously, though I had the feeling that my sage mode was nowhere near six paths sage mode.

"As strong as his? No. But if you both had the same sage mode, then you would be stronger, since your control is better." Lady Katsuyu said with what I could think of as a smile

"Same sage mode? You mean to say he had a different sage mode?" This was what I really wanted to know.

"Hmm, what do you think is sage mode, explain it simply."

"Well, take nature chakra, mental energy, and physical energy, and balance them all. And this does not mean by volume, it means by strength, like, let's say 10 units of Nature energy is equal to 20 units of mental energy and 25 units of physical energy.

We need to balance them accordingly by adding it in the ratio of 10 : 20 : 25, since our physical energy and mental energy is rather fluctuating, and influenced by many factors, like our expertise in yin and yang.

But nature energy is constant, so the easiest way to achieve sage mode is to take nature energy, check out the exact amount of physical energy needed to balance that, then the exact amount of mental energy needed, and proceed to mix them all.

Some fools tend to consider it being in equal proportions, like in a ratio of 1 : 1 : 1, they are kind hearted people who have donated many statues to mount Myoboku, food supplies to Ryuchi cave, and manure to Shikkotsu forest.

If it really were that simple, people with sage mode would be everywhere." I explained the entire thing in detail, along with my personal critiques.

Yes, sage mode was more of a feeling kind of thing for people like Naruto and Hashirama, but that was because those idiots couldn't understand maths, I was smart enough to figure out a safe method without any risk of harm, without relying on my cheat.

Some haters would say that the only reason I was able to control the energies so precisely and calculate them was due to my ultimate chakra control, but don't listen to them, they are just haters.

And yes, I have mastered sage mode. And not just any simple one, I can turn into one instantly, and even in normal mode, I can utilize nature chakra to enhance stuff, sage mode was more of just all round enhancement.

"You make it sound so simple, but yes, a good definition, so here the difference between your sage mode and Sage of six paths' sage mode is simple.

The nature energy is the same for you both, but mental and physical energy… in your terms, yours is like shit compared to the sage's." Katsuyu said heartless words in her usual sweet tone.

"Ouch… that hurt. So is there any way I can reach his level?"

"Hmm, the obvious answer should have been no. But you have shown something different than others, your physical and mental energies have grown significantly, including your yin and yang.

Interestingly, your natural yang, the one within your physique, has also been growing, which should have been predetermined at birth.

A peculiar case, which I have rarely witnessed, probably the result of cruel research or gruelling hard work or maybe just spectacular ingenuity by you.

Therefore, you may just have the potential to reach his level, of course, it is impossible for the current you, but maybe, you can grow enough." Katsuyu explained kindly, though, I noticed from the fact about how casually she mentioned human experimentations that she did not seem to mind it much.

And yes, my research had indeed yielded many benefits, a few more years and I might just break through the conventional upper limit of humans ignoring stuff like sage mode, the Kage level.

-Flashback ends-

I focused my mind once again waiting for sensei's response,

"Indeed, but maybe this war can also become an opportunity… when the last war started, we were not in the best shape so to say, and were unwillingly dragged into this war.

But now, we can plan it and don't actually need to be the passive one." Tobirama sensei said with a glint in his eyes.

"Hmm, I think we should start by taking the initiative ourselves, but it would be foolish to drag Konoha into the war right now, I would suggest that we rather provoke a war between other nations first, weakening them, and reaping the benefits." I replied thoughtfully

"Yes, I also planned for the same, and your illusions could play a major role in this." Sensei said with a smirk

"Hmm, indeed, I can kill a group, leave one or two survivors, and plant memories within them via illusions to manipulate them into thinking they were attacked by other villages… this method is much better than using ANBU to plant fake evidences.

Not only are there much lower losses, the prospect of them believing it also increases significantly." I said excitedly

"Yes, we should plan for that, and start to prepare our forces too…" Sensei said with a smirk

"Hehe, just the number of Kage level shinobi we have are about the same as all the other villages combined, and our new education policies and mass release of several jutsus, along with better training for civilian shinobi has highly increased our strength.

You, Me, Grandma Mito, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Kagami Uchiha, Kaminari Uchiha, Sakumo Hatake, Senju Momoka, Hiroto Hyuga, even Tsunade…

With this many Kage shinobi, we are the readiest we have ever been…

And you know that my strength is about the same as you and Grandma Mito, we stand above ordinary Kage levels, and I can freely move and attack.

I say, we start provoking others before they get the chance to team up and join against us." I said logically, even though we technically were strong enough to fight, and win all the other villages at once, it was a stupid move.

It would leave us the weakest of the five villages after the war… well maybe stronger than sand and mist, but come on, those two are just trash.

So, making them fight each other was essential, but I also needed to damage Konoha, since we can't be the only one not taking damages.

Hmm, maybe a perfect opportunity to curb off some strength from Uchiha, Shimura, and Sarutobi.

They have been getting rather ambitious.

Fuck, I sound like Danzo.

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