Why Not Harm Konoha If We Can?

"Let's just go for it!" The Mizukage's advisor scanned the pensive ninjas and said, "Every time we send people to explore the Land of Whirlpools, they encounter resistance."

"If we send too few people, we can't resist the Whirlpool ninjas who outnumber us by two or three times!"

"If we send too many people, not only are we an easy target, but the Whirlpool ninjas still send out two or three times more ninjas than us!"

It's really frustrating!

The Uzumaki clan is shameless. What can we do?

No matter how many people we send, they send out two or three times more people than us. What's the point?

We'll just keep losing people!

Don't you see that the ninjas below are afraid to go on missions now?

They haven't killed many enemies, but they're the ones dying instead. Even if they die, they won't be honored as heroes in the village! What about their wives, children, and parents who won't receive any support?

They would have died in vain...

Ninjas cannot die without value, so a group of Jonin firmly refused, saying they want to contribute to the greater struggles of Kirigakure and not waste any effort. 

In the end, it's one sentence: we don't want to go on suicide missions with no benefit. Ninjas are motivated by gain.

"So, we'll gather all our forces at one point and directly crush the Land of Whirlpools." The Mizukage's advisor spoke firmly, "We'll just mindlessly push forward and concentrate all our power in one place. I don't believe your ninjas can still outnumber ours then. Even if they do, they'll just be cannon fodder!"

"Even if there are traps... Damn, what if they have a billion explosive tags? That's dangerous, but we're not afraid. What are we? We're Jonin! If we can't defend against it, we'll dodge!"

"Plus, the Whirlpool Village's high-end forces can't compare to Kirigakure's. Not to mention the Mizukage and the Tailed Beasts, we also have the Seven Ninja Swordsmen. The Whirlpool Village will have to pay a heavy price to resist!"

"I call this the Spearhead Plan!"

The Mizukage's advisor crossed his arms and leaned on them, "No wonder I became the Mizukage's advisor. When everyone else is out of ideas, only I come up with a solution. Even if the Mizukage is defeated, I'll be fine..."

The ninjas below frowned in thought, especially Gengetsu Hōzuki. The advisor made sense!

Why bother with small skirmishes when Kirigakure has so many people? Let's just go for it instead of wasting food!

Gengetsu Hōzuki slammed the table and firmly said, "Execute!"

...

"Tsk!" Uzumaki Ryuto watched the Kirigakure ninjas' camp through his binoculars. Today, they didn't send out any scouts, it seems they've become smarter.

But...what are they planning to do this time?

"Oh shit!" Suddenly, Ryuto saw a massive number of ninjas pouring out of the camp and felt uneasy. "Don't tell me..."

Why don't you just keep doing what you've been doing? Why are you gathering all your ninjas together now? 

They're planning to just go for it!

"Get ready, Kirigakure's ninjas have lost patience and are preparing for a final battle." Ryuto turned to Uzumaki Kai with a serious expression, "Use the Shadow Clone Jutsu again, make Multiple Shadow Clones!"

If we can't beat you, we'll use Multiple Shadow Clones to block your path. With so many people, even if we just yell 666, we could probably scare you to death. That's why when Naruto used the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, the enemy's intelligence dropped dramatically - it's terrifying to see that many identical people!

If each clone yells, "Call me daddy!", the Kirigakure ninjas would probably get weak in the knees from fear.

"And..." Ryuto suddenly leaned in and whispered into Kai's ear.

Kai's expression became strange after hearing Ryuto's words, and he laughed dryly, "Isn't that going too far?"

"It's fine, we're long-time friends after all!" Ryuto said casually.

"Understood." After hearing Ryuto's words, Kai's expression turned solemn as he replied affirmatively.

Since you're trying to undermine the Uzumaki clan, you can't blame us for what we do.

Watching Kai go arrange the tasks, Ryuto stroked his chin and glanced at the Senju clan. He hadn't let them go out for the past few days, so they must be getting impatient. After all, they came to help fight, not just yell 666.

Not letting them out to help for the past few days shows a lack of trust in them...because at the end of the day, they're Konoha ninjas.

Ryuto had thought about the Senju clan's role. With only thirty or so people, their help in a large-scale battle wouldn't be very significant. But...they had powerful backing!

As long as they were active on the battlefield, the forehead protectors they wore would tell the enemy that they were Konoha ninjas. Even though there were only thirty of them, they were still Konoha ninjas! You Kirigakure ninjas watch out - does this mean Konoha is supporting us? Aren't you afraid of Konoha and the Whirlpool Village surrounding you?

Moreover, Ryuto had instructed Kai to make some Whirlpool clan members disguise themselves as Konoha ninjas in secret, without letting the Senju know. As for how the Senju and Hiruzen would explain it later, that wasn't Ryuto's concern.

After all, weren't the Senju clan part of Konoha? If that's the case, were they not honoring the First and Second Hokage by disobeying orders and coming to help their ally, the Whirlpool Village? What about that?

The Senju clan was indeed part of Konoha, but they had come to help against orders. Ridiculous, the Whirlpool Village was their ally! Did they not have the ability to provide support? Were they not honoring the First and Second by not helping their ally?

No matter what, when the Senju came to help, Konoha would definitely get blamed.

Even if other villages believed that Konoha was so unscrupulous as to not send support, Kirigakure definitely wouldn't believe it. Especially after losing the war, they'd need someone to compensate them. Would they really demand compensation from the invading Whirlpool Village? That would be losing face.

Ryuto had already decided to pin this on Konoha's head. Who told them to covet the Whirlpool Village's assets? Let this serve as an inheritance tax for the estate you tried to take over before we even died!

Hiruzen would probably just smile and nod, saying Konoha had longstanding friendship with the Whirlpools and the ability and duty to protect their allies' interests and safety. As for what he really thought...oh well, Ryuto didn't care!

As long as the Whirlpool Village survived, a few insults were a small price to pay!

(End of chapter)