Listening to the Lord Elder's analysis.
The expressionless face of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire finally had some color.
"Lord Elder, do you mean that if everything goes smoothly, we can make those two guys break up and start a fight again?"
Undoubtedly.
The "two guys" in the Daimyo's mouth were Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama.
As long as they were in Konoha for a day, no matter how big the storm outside was, Konoha could still remain immovable.
"Your Highness, that's right."
"The Uchiha clan will lose patience sooner or later because the Akatsuki Ninja Village's performance is too dazzling. To be honest... I also understand why they have such inexplicable confidence, always feeling that what Uchiha Makoto can do, they can definitely do too."
"Hmph, the Uchiha have always been like this."
Thinking of Uchiha Makoto.
The Daimyo's face darkened immediately.
Since his debut, Uchiha Makoto has been like an incredibly shining new star, standing at the peak of the ninja world at an extremely fast speed.
But he just doesn't look like a serious ninja!
He didn't want to wear the perfectly good Kōkage's official robes, but instead seemed to have his eyes on the clothes on the Daimyo's body. Back then, he even swore and boasted shamelessly in front of him, saying something about Senju Hashirama wanting to wear his clothes!
Truly a great treacherous person appearing loyal!
Uchiha Makoto is now posing a greater and greater threat to the Land of Fire. In a sense, his threat even exceeds that of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.
"Lord Elder, I believe in your ability."
"However, solving Konoha alone is not enough. The Akatsuki Ninja Village is always a serious problem for us. We can't suppress Konoha only to let the Akatsuki Ninja Village completely command the ninjas in the Land of Fire."
"Your Highness, rest assured. It's not just us eyeing Konoha; the Akatsuki Ninja Village is the same. Don't look at Uchiha Makoto hiding behind the scenes of the Akatsuki Ninja Village manipulating Konoha's politics with his Uchiha identity now, but he will also be dragged down by this."
Hearing this, the Daimyo's eyes lit up.
Then the Lord Elder took a breath, organized his thoughts, and continued to speak.
"Once the plan goes smoothly and a firefight breaks out between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan again, it can be imagined that in terms of overall strength, the Uchiha clan is still in a weak position against the Senju clan. When the two sides fight fiercely, Uchiha Makoto will not be able to stay out of it, because the Uchiha clan will definitely try every means to tie Uchiha Makoto to their war chariot. And we only need to fan the flames in it, play a role in public opinion, and help the Uchiha clan achieve this."
"A big firefight between two ninja villages will inevitably hurt their vitality greatly and plant hatred between them. Then we can balance and manipulate that group of ninjas as in the past."
It has to be said.
The Lord Elder's thinking was correct.
Once that group of stubborn Uchiha really acted stupidly and were provoked into a firefight with the Senju clan, coupled with Uchiha Madara's idea of taking the Uchiha clan away from Konoha now, the plot direction might really be as he expected.
At that time, Uchiha Madara might still take Senju Hashirama to the Naka Shrine to see the stone tablet, and then question Senju Hashirama whether he was more important, or Senju Tobirama and the village were more important.
And obviously, with Senju Hashirama's character, he couldn't give up either side.
Such hesitation would only make Uchiha Madara more determined to take the Uchiha clan away from Konoha.
Senju Hashirama was also not a fool.
Even if he usually didn't participate in Konoha's political affairs, he must know that Konoha could not bear the result of a founding family like the Uchiha clan defecting from the village under any circumstances.
One person was bent on leaving, and the other was bent on retaining... In the end, the two would only fight.
And the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan, who had already fought fiercely and had firefights, seeing their patriarchs fighting again, would probably assume that the negotiations had broken down and would assemble armed forces to wait in full battle array at the first moment.
Senju Tobirama was a complete bastard.
No matter what, Senju Hashirama was the Hokage of Konoha, and he could completely use this reason to lead people to attack the Uchiha in the name of suppressing rebellion.
He would absolutely not let go of such an opportunity to eliminate dissidents.
... Because Senju Tobirama could no longer stand this "you have me in you, I have you in me" bullshit Konoha political environment.
For the sake of uniting people, for the sake of the "whore" historical view, he didn't know how much grievance he had suffered from Uchiha Makoto and the Uchiha clan.
In his view, the Uchiha clan was like a cancer. If left unchecked, sooner or later, Konoha would have its foundation drained bit by bit by the Akatsuki Ninja Village because of the existence of the Uchiha clan, and eventually, everything in Konoha would be completely taken over by that naturally evil Uchiha brat, Uchiha Makoto.
Senju Tobirama could not accept such a thing of making wedding clothes for the Uchiha clan under any circumstances.
He would rather bear a huge infamy, cut off his arm to save the body, and forcibly cut off the cancer of the Uchiha clan in advance.
Of course, he dared to do this because Senju Hashirama could fight and could win!
—Can my brother lose to Uchiha Madara?
As long as Senju Hashirama wins, Konoha can actually afford any consequences.
Nothing more than rewriting history in the end.
"Write!!"
"Uchiha Madara defected with Susanoo, and finally died from insufficient chakra and being stabbed in the back during the battle. The entire Uchiha clan participated in the betrayal, and Konoha showed mercy outside the law..."
"Not a single word changed!"
The other Konoha ninja clans couldn't possibly join other ninja villages under such great pressure. After all, they had bet all their clan's assets on Konoha over the years.
And due to Senju Tobirama's overwhelming power, they could only bite the bullet and pretend not to see, keeping silent about this period of history.
Those surviving Uchiha clansmen could only dare to dig out the ninja tools left back then and find the remaining half of the newspaper after Senju Tobirama's overwhelming power dissipated.... Wanting to explore the truth of that year through scattered fragments.
Just a pity.
Those who knew the truth were already dead, and only the dead could know the truth.
Of course...
In such an extremely dangerous situation for the family.
The Uchiha clan would certainly not sit still and wait for death.
With such powerful external aid as Uchiha Makoto and the Akatsuki Ninja Village next door, they couldn't possibly not ask for help.
And Uchiha Makoto's identity as an Uchiha clansman destined that he absolutely could not stand by and watch this matter.... If he didn't rescue the family that gave birth to and raised him when they were in trouble, he would lose all face as the Kōkage.
But once involved in such an event, it would be really difficult to get out again.
The enmity of the Uchiha clansmen... always has to be repaid with blood.
It would be unjustifiable for Uchiha Makoto not to kill some people, but this would also give Senju Tobirama an opportunity to make an issue of it.
Compared to letting Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village compete in development speed, Senju Tobirama was more willing to take this opportunity to use some simple and quick methods—grab a big one from the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
This bastard didn't have the guts to rob the nobles of their family property, but he had plenty of guts to rob his ninja peers' family property, and very big guts at that!
After a heart-to-heart analysis.
The Lord Elder's voice gradually became high-pitched. Although he was not sure he could complete these things, at least he saw hope now.
At this stage, the Daimyo and the high-level officials of the Land of Fire needed this hope.
"Lord Elder, as expected of you."
"Truly a pillar of the Land of Fire!"
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire sighed, and his whole body and mind relaxed.
The changes of the times made him unable to see the direction of the road ahead, but fortunately, the accumulation of time and experience was not useless.
At least from the Lord Elder's words, he seemed to have seen the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan having a firefight, with heavy casualties on both sides. Uchiha Makoto attacked in anger, causing a firefight between Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village as well. In the end, he, the Daimyo, had to personally intervene to mediate.
"Both are guardian ninja villages of the Land of Fire, how can brothers fight against each other?"
"Stop quickly!"
Just thinking about this scene.
The corners of the Daimyo's mouth couldn't help but curl up, a smile appeared on his face, and he even couldn't help but hum lightly.
"Your Highness, this matter cannot be rushed. The adjustment for a while cannot be rushed."
"Contradictions need to be created bit by bit. When small contradictions accumulate into big contradictions, we can accomplish everything in one battle!"
The Lord Elder frowned slightly. He didn't want the big cake he painted to give the Daimyo inexplicable fantasies, thinking that this matter could succeed quickly, or would definitely succeed.
So it is very necessary to leave redundant time and space.
"Lord Elder, rest assured, I never lack patience."
"Our ancestors spent unknown time putting a cage on the ninjas. Now they want to break free. We, the younger generation, must be like our ancestors, spending time and effort to tighten and reinforce this cage."
"One failure, two failures don't matter... we will succeed eventually."
The Daimyo of the Land of Fire said.
Years of ruling career and battles of wits with the bureaucratic system, these experiences had made him a mature politician. He had plenty of patience to bait and wait.
"If so, Your Highness, I will take my leave first."
"Go, Lord Elder. Near the end of the year, there are many things to do. State affairs, family affairs, you have to manage everything, it is indeed not easy."
"I have a few high-quality... go back and brew them to drink, good for your health."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
The Lord Elder bowed and thanked him.
Then he slowly stood up and walked towards the gate of the bedroom.
And the Daimyo of the Land of Fire watched the Lord Elder leave.
After a while, through the window.
He watched the Lord Elder disappear completely from his field of vision.
At this time, the light snow outside the window seemed to become heavier, but the Daimyo's state of mind was completely different from before.
With the sound of wind and snow outside the window, he ordered the attendants around him to bring the chessboard and began to play against himself.
For ordinary people, this was undoubtedly a very boring thing, but the Daimyo enjoyed it tirelessly. He liked the feeling of knowing the opponent's chess moves and what choices they would make when encountering difficulties.... This sense of control was an enjoyment for him.
"The most important principle in the world is checks and balances.
"Neither let the good people possess excessive power, nor let them have no reliance. Neither let the treacherous and evil people find it difficult to move an inch, nor let them act recklessly."
"The human heart is like flowing water, always surging uncertainly between highs and lows. Since the light and darkness of human nature cannot be seen through, let everyone stalemate in the same chess game."
Soon, in the room where only he remained, the murmuring voice of the Daimyo echoed.
.......
Konoha.
Heavy snow had fallen for a day and a night.
Looking at the whole village, it was a pure white color.
New Year is approaching.
The Uchiha clan and the Senju clan, both families tacitly chose to temporarily forget the sordidness that happened this year.
These grievances can be calculated next year. The most important thing now is how to spend this New Year well.
The two families temporarily gave up their past grievances, and the Konoha villagers and ninja clans naturally sensed the change in the village atmosphere. The originally confrontational atmosphere of impending storm inside Konoha had turned into a lively and peaceful atmosphere.
Almost everyone was immersed in the joy of welcoming the New Year.
Of course, there were a few scattered people who were unhappy.
For example, Senju Hashirama.
Uchiha Madara finally caught the Nine-Tails and came back after being out for so long, but Senju Hashirama could feel the change in Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara became more indifferent and withdrawn.
What made Senju Hashirama even sadder and unable to accept was that he originally hoped to invite Uchiha Madara to his home for the New Year like last year, but this proposal was directly rejected by Uchiha Madara.
Uchiha Madara chose to stay alone in the Naka Shrine thinking in front of the stone tablet.
Uzumaki Mito was not very happy either.
Because of Senju Hashirama.
Senju Hashirama looked like he had lost his wife, muttering "Madara Madara Madara... why doesn't he want to be with me...".
Such excessive behavior made Uzumaki Mito unable to be happy no matter what.
Of course.
There was also Senju Tobirama, whose mood was not very good either.
As time passed bit by bit, the assassination plan was gradually perfected, leaving only an appropriate timing. However, he still instinctively resisted the assassination of the Lord Elder, fearing that some accident would happen in this matter, dragging him into a vortex that was difficult to escape.
Approaching the end of the year, the increasingly heavy work aggravated his depressed mood.
Besides.
There was also Sarutobi Hiruzen.
His mood also fell low from time to time because his best friend Shimura Danzō had been acting strangely recently. Clearly approaching the New Year, Shimura Danzō did not accept any missions, but sometimes he was not seen for days.
Not only that, when the two met and talked, Shimura Danzō always chatted with him in a tone that was both proud and somewhat death-wish-like.
This made Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help worrying about his companion.
In short, this New Year, Konoha might not be able to spend it peacefully.
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