While Danzo was thinking wildly, the discussion in the conference room continued.
"War is inevitable, and we should actively prepare for war."
"We need to stockpile war supplies, food, medicine, kunai, shuriken, detonating charms..."
Danzo smiled, it seemed that the price of the detonating charms at the Tianmei store should be increased.
Nowadays, more than 90% of the detonating talismans of the ninjas in Konohagakure are purchased from Tianmei Store, and Danzo is making a lot of money.
"Concentrate our forces, conduct a surprise attack, and disrupt the possibility of their alliance."
"Assassination, send ninjas to assassinate their senior officials."
"Hokage-sama." Suddenly a ninja whom Danzo didn't know stood up, "Hokage-sama, each family is specialized in different fields, and the preparations required for war will be very different. I suggest that we first
Prepare for war according to each family, so as to strengthen our war potential and strive to have a greater advantage when war breaks out."
The implication is that we oppose "unified deployment and combined forces."
Several of the largest family clan heads looked at the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama, and Danzo was also curious about Tobirama's reaction.
However, Tobirama's facial expression has not changed at all. According to modern parlance, it is "expression management level max".
"Unity is strength." In the seat closest to Tobirama, a man in kimono said softly, "If the four major ninja villages unite, it is more than we can handle. Only when we unite can we fight against it.
"
A pair of pure white eyes looked at the void in front of him without focus.
The Hyuga family has always been a wealthy family that supports the Hokage. To come forward to help the Hokage block the divisive remarks at this time is a signal of loyalty to the Hokage.
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"Our military strength is far less than the combined strength of the four major ninja villages. Hokage-sama, please increase your troops."
"Can the allies of the Whirlpool Country be allowed to cooperate with us?"
"There are also those special places in the Land of Fire. If they are scattered, they will be easily defeated by the enemy. Why not draw them together to strengthen Konoha."
"Daming Mansion, Fire Temple, Yin Yang Residence, etc. are all places that can borrow strength. We can send people to communicate."
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The so-called "discussion meeting" lasted all morning, and it was not until lunch time, when the clan heads of each family went home to eat, that the second Hokage Senju Tobirama's expression changed a little, and he hardly expressed any opinions during the whole process.
When Danzo was about to leave, Tobirama unexpectedly stopped Danzo.
"Duanzo. Today, you didn't make any remarks during the entire process. Do you have no ideas?"
Danzo didn't know how to answer. After all, Danzo didn't understand Konoha's "political" system at all.
"Well...I'm still young and ignorant..."
"Hey, don't be nervous. Today's meeting is not actually about discussing strategies to deal with the alliance of the four major ninja villages. It is just to collect the positions and attitudes of each family towards this war."
After working on it for a long time, it turns out that this is just a meeting to express one's position?
Danzo began to feel that Tobirama was no longer as innocent as in the original work.
After Tobirama finished speaking, he looked at Danzo.
Danzo knew what that look meant: It's your turn to say something.
"Teacher, the Shimura family is absolutely loyal to the Hokage and Konoha, no matter how hard they go up the sword or the frying pan..."
When Danzo was expressing his loyalty, Tobirama stopped Danzo from saying, "I want to hear your thoughts on how to deal with this war."
Seeing that Danzo could not get away by playing tricks, he could only put away his little thoughts and recall some of the things "discussed" at the meeting.
"Teacher, we in Konoha must face this war alone. It is not advisable to look for foreign aid."
Although Danzo is just an ordinary young man in modern times, his superficial understanding of politics is far beyond that of people in the Naruto world.
Danzo's statement was indeed beyond Tobirama's expectation. When Tobirama selected suitable strategies based on the previous statements of the clan leaders of each family, uniting with other friendly forces was one of Tobirama's alternatives.
"The Land of Fire, the Daimyo and Konoha, are in a state of balance.
Konoha uses force as a deterrent to the outside world, so it naturally makes countless enemies.
However, the Daimyo of the Fire Nation maintains friendly relations with almost most of its neighboring countries with a tolerant foreign policy. Relations with countries further away are actually better.
Therefore, once a war breaks out between ninjas, Konoha can only face it alone, because such a war only represents Konoha, not the Land of Fire.
Winning over other forces will expand the scope of the war and cause dissatisfaction among the Fire Nation's daimyo."
Danzo actually doesn't understand the political layout of the Naruto world where "the daimyo manages the country, but the strongest force is the ninja village, which is not directly commanded by the daimyo".
The Daimyo of the Country of Fire did not directly provide money to support the armed forces of Konoha, but provided financial support to Konoha in the form of "missions". The supreme leadership of Konoha does not belong to the Daimyo of the Country of Fire, so it has been absent.
With the armed forces under his control, the Daimyo of the Fire Country allowed him to exist with peace of mind.
According to the original understanding, the ninja was too powerful and the daimyo had to compromise.
Combined with the political struggle between some daimyo and Naruto in the original work, Danzo feels that the politics of the Naruto world are really child's play.
Since power belongs to individuals and since they are afraid of the power of ninjas, politicians will not provoke ninjas before they have the strength.
In the original work, the daimyo of the country of wind directly cut the funds for ninjas, and the daimyo of the country of fire even threatened the Hokage and even used the term "double jade".
Danzo said sincerely: AB's elementary school political level is indeed not suitable for politics.
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Danzo, who came to the world of Naruto, also understood a little bit about the daimyo's actions based on the memory of his predecessor.
Ninjas are not suitable for production, or they disdain production. Basically, they must rely on external support for daily necessities and funds. Therefore, money is particularly important in this world.
Some ninja villages without the support of daimyo could hardly develop and even disappeared from the ninja world.
The daimyo uses finance to win over and contain the ninja village, but he is not willing to become the cash machine of the ninja village.
Therefore, the daimyo established and supported some forces in the country that were independent of the Ninja Village.
It's a force, not a village of ninja.
There is one country and one village. There is only one ninja village in the Fire Country, but there are other forces, and these forces are all supported by the daimyo.
In Danzo's memory, there are several: the monks of the Fire Temple, the Onmyojis of the Onmyoliao, the samurai family of the Daming Palace, the Budokan of the Daming Castle, the ninja troops trained by the Daiming himself, and the hidden psychics.
Beast tribes, underground gold exchanges in various countries... and some wandering ninjas wandering in the wild.
Without exception, these forces are secretly supported by the daimyo of various countries, and the daimyo will not allow the ninja village to draw these forces away.
"The Daming Prefecture will not participate in the battle of ninjas. They need to maintain a friendly image to the outside world, so they will not allow other forces outside the ninja village to participate."
Danzo secretly glanced at Tobirama's expression and found that Tobirama had fallen into deep thought.
"Keep talking." Tobirama seemed to have noticed Danzo's little movements and urged Danzo.
"As for foreign allies, such as the Country of Uzumaki." Danzo said this, and began to pay careful attention to Tobirama's expression. His speaking speed also began to slow down, and he could stop talking at any time. "Uzushio Hidden Village, you can help us in the Country of Uzumaki."
We resist enemies coming from the direction of the Kingdom of Whirlpool, just like other allied countries around the Kingdom of Fire."
Tobirama's expression also began to become dissatisfied, his brows furrowed.