Naruto: The Strongest Sage.

A week later, just when the ninja world thought that Konoha was just talking and the incident was almost over, a new announcement set off the entire ninja world.

Because Konoha issued a sixty-page investigation report.

Most normal people would not pay attention to this kind of investigation report. However, the surrounding ninja villages did not dare to be careless. They immediately began to analyze it word by word and finally came to a conclusion.

The report means that this terrorist attack is inextricably linked to the Kusagakure Village.

At this time, in the Kusagakure Village, a group of Kusagakure ninjas were gathered together with confused faces.

"What's going on? Why is Konoha suddenly attacking us? Did you guys leak the news?"

"What do you mean we leaked the news? Our plan is consistent, and we never left here before the plan started. How could we have leaked the news?"

"Then why is Konoha targeting us?"

"Things are indeed a bit complicated. It is true that they encountered a terrorist attack. But according to the analysis of our think tank, it should not be from the outside world. It is a resistance force within Konoha that is dissatisfied with Tsunade."

"So, they want to divert the attention of the village and shift the conflict to us? Impossible, this is not Konoha's style."

"No, we can only say that this is not Sarutobi Hiruzen's style. And Sarutobi Hiruzen is no longer here. The current Hokage is Tsunade. It is entirely possible for her to do such a thing given her personality."

"Fuck, that coward Sarutobi Hiruzen was killed by his own apprentice. What a loser."

"Okay, let's not miss Sarutobi Hiruzen here. Because no matter how we guess, we must face a situation. That is, what if Konoha really noticed something?"

Everyone in the room was silent.

At this moment, they missed Sarutobi Hiruzen even more, just like the Western powers missed the Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China.

But no matter what, the Kusagakure Village is about to face Konoha.

"In that case, let's assume that Konoha has noticed. Their intelligence system is far superior to ours. So, we need to speed up."

"How much longer will it take?"

"It will take at least a month to feed it."

"Hurry up, we may not have a month left."

..............

In fact, from a strategic point of view, attacking the Kusanagi is not the best option.

If anyone has seen the map of the Ninja World, they will find a problem. That is, the five major countries are not directly adjacent to each other.

Between any two big countries, there is more than one small country.

These small countries are actually buffer zones for the big countries. Why are Nagato, Yahiko, and Konan so cynical?

It is because the Rain Village is the buffer zone between the Fire Country, the Sand Country, and the Earth Country. The war between the major countries has caused the Rain Country to suffer a lot.

Hanzo's fighting power dominated the ninja world back then, but in the end he was unable to reverse the status of the Rain Country.

This is actually a rule that has been agreed upon by convention. After all, if the five major countries are directly adjacent to each other, then any small friction will be a direct confrontation between the five major countries. It is easy to lose control of the situation.

After all, if the borders are directly adjacent, one step forward would be crossing the border. At that time, you will either fight or not.

It's not worth spending so many resources to fight for such a small matter. But if we don't fight, we will lose face.

Therefore, it is a common practice that most conflicts take place in small countries at the border, so as not to damage the interests of one's own country as much as possible. If you cross the border, you can make any agreement, as long as it does not enter my territory.

This is the law of the five big gangsters and also the sorrow of small countries.

After the investigation report was released, the person who was most horrified was the Daimyo of the Grass Country.

They knew the comparison of the strength between the Land of Grass and the Land of Fire. Over the years, the Land of Grass had always regarded itself as the younger brother of Konoha.

Now that the big brother is angry, of course we have to put out the fire quickly.

So the Daimyo of the Land of Grass sent a document to reprimand the Grass Village for its reckless actions, and at the same time went directly to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire to apologize.

Konoha also quickly received a letter from the Fire Country Daimyo, reprimanding them for not starting a war lightly.

Aoba naturally didn't care about the documents of the Fire Country Daimyo. But it was still early, and his reform had just started. Most people hadn't yet developed the awareness that they could live without the Daimyo. Therefore, the Daimyo's documents still had a certain influence.

In the Hokage's office, Tsunade placed the Daimyo's paperwork in front of Aoba.

There were only Tsunade, Aoba, Kakashi, and Shikaku present. It sounds like a small number of people, but if you think about Konoha being just a larger village, it's understandable.

The four of them are currently the highest decision-makers in Konoha, and are also the executors of the Aoba Great Reform Plan.

The daimyo doesn’t have much of a deterrent effect in their minds, and the problem is that it’s a little early.

"According to the plan, we cannot confront the Daimyo directly for the time being. Therefore, we need to discuss our next course of action."

"Let's make a claim. At present, the only way to save face is to get enough benefits, so as to protect the feelings of the villagers of Konoha. So, make this matter a reality and let the Kusanagi pay compensation."

Shikaku's suggestion was a very comprehensive one. According to the current situation, with the help of this matter, he could definitely get a good amount of "compensation" from the Kusanagi. But this was not what Aoba wanted.

The current operation mode of the four-person team is as follows: Aoba is the proposer of the plan, Tsunade is responsible for reviewing it, mobilizing resources as the Hokage, and handling diplomatic issues.

Shikaku is responsible for improving the loopholes in the plan and responding to various temporary problems.

Kakashi is currently in full control of the Anbu. He is the executor of violent missions. The previous attack on Tsunade was completely resolved by the Anbu led by Kakashi.

The four of them had a clear division of labor, and Shikaku's suggestions were completely in line with reality. However, Aoba was still a little unwilling.

After all, the conservative coup d'état of the Sarutobi clan is such a big thing that if we don't make good use of it, it would be a shame to those members of the Sarutobi clan who died.

Moreover, the plan against Kusanagi is not only about official business, but also about personal feelings. The hatred between Yumi and Karin is also an important factor in promoting this plan. After all, it has been several years, and it is time to end this grudge.

"In fact, I don't think this plan needs to end here. We can push it further and keep it going."

"We have directly accused the Kusa-nin of terrorism. How much further can we push this."

"This is not that simple. The Kusagakure actually dared to attack Konoha, which means they must have some kind of support. Let's just say that the Kusagakure have secretly developed weapons of mass destruction and are preparing to attack Konoha."

"......" Tsunade was silent for a while, then said.

"Have you forgotten that we made up the story of them attacking Konoha? Also, where did the Kusagakure ninja get weapons of mass destruction? If they did, wouldn't they have become the sixth largest ninja village by now?"

"What if there is?"