Chapter 12

"Isn't that satisfying enough?" Craze questioned while looking at the deep and wide crater, the previously erecting mountains and hill with giant trees everywhere had now turned into nothing.

"..." Coming back in reality, Yamanaka Inoshi could only look at the man beside him, he didn't know how to respond or what to answer, at all.

Yamanaka Inoshi knew that the man who had offered his clan protection and many benefits was strong but not this scale.

Yamanaka Inoshi flinched when he thought of fighting him to death earlier, he could just sigh in relief when he didn't choose to attack the man or else, he didn't know what would happen to them.

"What are you guys still gawking there, let's continue our journey." Craze's smirked became wider as he looked at the various expressions of the Yamanaka Clansmen.

Surprised, shocked, and many more but all of them have one in common and that is... fear.

There are many reasons why Craze had shown them one of the Genju Clan's trump card.

1: To show the strength of the Genju Clan.

2: To show that the decision that their Patriarch made is not bad instead very beneficial for them.

3: To instill fear on them.

By showing that powerful jutsu, Craze had made them fear him subconsciously and unconsciously.

They needed to know what would happen to them when they ever tried to betray the Genju Clan.

Craze is slightly sure that their rebellious thoughts had decreased dramatically.

Well, Craze was right.

The sudden decision that their Patriarch made had made them disappointed and shocked.

Some brave or foolish shinobi were thinking about rebellion or killing the mysterious man but now, seeing the huge boulder that falls off from the sky, their rebellious thoughts had turned into nothingness.

...

"What do you want?" Craze couldn't take anymore and questioned Yamanaka Inoshi, the blonde man is intensely looking at him all the time during their journey!

Craze felt creep!

"Cough~," Yamanaka Inoshi embarrassingly coughed as he didn't realize that he was looking at the man from the Genju Clan.

"Sorry for making you uncomfortable, is that I just want to know why the Genju Clan had stayed low in these past times." Letting out his pent up curiosity, Yamanaka Inoshi asked.

"Preparation." Craze only answered one word.

It was a test for Yamanaka Inoshi.

"Hm, a war, huh?" And Yamanaka Inoshi had passed.

By connecting the dots, Yamanaka Inoshi had concluded that the Genju Clan is preparing for war, a big one at that.

"Which clan?" Yamanaka Inoshi knew that Genju Clan's problem is also their Yamanaka Clan's problem and Craze also knew about that so he answered.

"Uzumaki Clan."

"...and?" Yamanaka Inoshi knew that there's something more to explore.

How could the Genju Clan become so introverted so suddenly just for one of the Great 4 Clans? There must be more in this.

"Senju Clan, right?" Craze was about to answer but was beaten by Yamanaka Inoshi.

"It's pretty easy to guess, if only the Uzumaki Clan is the Genju Clan's enemy then there's no need for a long preparation, the Genju Clan could just attack them here and there, but because the Genju Clan had prepared for an unusually long time, then..." With that Yamanaka Inoshi had started to say his guess.

"You're pretty smart." Craze complimented the Patriarch of the Yamanaka Clan.

"Intellectual Capability is a must for a Patriarch to lead his Clan in the right way." Yamanaka Inoshi waved the compliment off as he felt it was natural for a Patriarch to be smart.

"Hm." Craze nodded his head in agreement.

He really felt much easier talking to a smart person rather than talking to the idiots with only brawls and no brain such as the Clan Elders of the Genju Clan.

...

"Achoo!" In the Genju Clan Meeting Room, the Clan Elders had consecutively sneezed.

"Must be someone bad talking about us."

"Yes yes, and it must be that young man."

"Yes, I agreed, it must be Young Craze."

The Clan Elders came into one conclusion which all of them agreed.

Who would curse all of them other than their daring Young Master?

...

"Then, what are the plans?" It's been a few hours since the 2 were talking and the 2 both came into an understanding.

"Alliance with the Uchiha Clan." Craze answered, he didn't bat an eye and told them about the Genju Clan's plan number 1.

"Hm, that's a feasible plan." Yamanaka Inoshi nodded in agreement.

The Uchiha and the Genju Clan are on bad terms, there would always be skirmishes whenever the 2 meets.

"However, from what I've heard, the Uchiha Clan is a very prideful clan." Inoshi Yamanaka added.

Unlike the Senju Clan which had made alliances with other small clans and the Uzumaki Clan, the Uchiha Clan didn't as they felt they are enough to take the Senju Bastards out.

"That must be so," Craze then smiled wickedly.

"However, I'm quite sure that they would change their mind and would willingly make an alliance with the Genju Clan."

"Eh? For that to happen there are many ways and the easiest and most beneficial is to hire the Uchiha Clan to kill a high standing target and that target would hire the Senju Clan, and with that their bad relations would become more grave and worst then it might lead into a full-out war that the Uzumaki Clan and the smaller allied clans would be forced to help the Senju Clan and with their help, the Uchiha Clan would be at a very disadvantage situation that might shake their heads a little to think about their perilous predicament then the Genju Clan would now make their debut.." Yamanaka Inoshi continued his mumbling that made amazed Craze.

What a smart fella, this blond hair and strange eyes man had managed to figure out one of the Craze's plans easily!

"And at the right time, the Genju Clan could blah blah blah..." At this point, Yamanaka Inoshi had taken out a notebook and a pen from his pocket and started to write on the paper while still mumbling.