Senju Tobirama reluctantly agreed to Uchiha Makoto's conditions in the end.
However, before actually executing the mission to assassinate the Lord Elder's family, Uchiha Makoto had to come up with a feasible aftermath plan.
After all, the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire had an extraordinary identity. Even sending ninjas to assassinate him was no small matter, enough to keep many people in the Land of Fire awake at night.
Not to mention that this time, several of the Lord Elder's relatives had to die, making him personally experience the feeling of hanging by a thread.
Indeed...
People who can climb to the pinnacle of power never lack rationality—but this rationality is hard to maintain when facing the death of relatives and one's own life hanging by a thread.
It can be imagined that what happens next will inevitably be a violent storm.
This "lucky" surviving Lord Elder will inevitably lose his mind.
He will frantically use all resources in his hands to find the murderer and then carry out the most thorough revenge.
And with the identity of the Lord Elder of the Land of Fire, whether for Konoha or the Akatsuki Ninja Village, he is a heavyweight big shot. If his whole family is assassinated, it wouldn't be difficult for him to personally visit and ask the Hokage and Kōkage to investigate the case personally.
So, Senju Tobirama didn't want to invite disaster because of Uchiha Makoto's "whim."
Uchiha Makoto must come up with a plan to calm this storm.
"Tell me your plan, how to help me deal with the Lord Elder's subsequent great purge. Otherwise, I won't do this."
"Uhm... I haven't thought about it yet."
"???"
"Although I don't have a specific plan yet, I have thought about the general direction. First and most importantly, the ninjas you send must be clean and efficient, absolute elite ninjas. The guards around the Lord Elder are not to be trifled with. Don't leave any solid evidence.
"And the people sent must be your confidants. As long as there is no solid evidence left.
"And the Lord Elder is not dead yet, the next things will be easier to operate."
Uchiha Makoto said.
As long as the hands and feet are clean and no solid evidence is left, there is room for manipulation.
Of course, there absolutely cannot be any moles. The ninjas Senju Tobirama sends to do dirty work must be his absolute confidants.
Senju Tobirama nodded.
He agreed deeply with this. Not only that, but he already had a good candidate in mind to lead the team to execute this mission.
..... That is Shimura Danzō!!
First, he is very loyal!!
Second, he has outstanding strength, is young and vigorous, and has guts. He made Konoha lose hundreds of millions just after his debut!
Most importantly, according to Senju Tobirama's observation over the years, Shimura Danzō's character is more suitable for executing these tasks in the shadows.
—All this is for Konoha. For Konoha, Danzō will sacrifice himself!
Subsequently, Uchiha Makoto paused, organized his thoughts, and continued to analyze.
"Tobirama, after the Lord Elder survives, facing such a vicious incident as ninja assassination, how do you think he will investigate?"
"That goes without saying. Only ninjas can deal with ninjas. He will either come to Konoha to find my brother or go to the Akatsuki Ninja Village to find you."
"That's right. Senju Hashirama is your brother. I believe that as his brother, you have every opportunity to act as your brother's proxy in investigating the assassination case of the Lord Elder on a practical level. And the Akatsuki Ninja Village goes without saying... As for the Uchiha clan, I will find a way... In a word, as long as our two families insist it was rogue ninjas causing trouble, no one can do anything to you!"
"The only difficult thing is public opinion. A person of the Lord Elder's status being assassinated will inevitably prick the sensitive nerves of many people and cause an uproar. But... at worst, I'll suffer a little grievance, bow ninety degrees with the Hokage, and publish an apology in the newspaper."
Uchiha Makoto analyzed logically.
Although he was not fully confident, at least theoretically, there was a lot of room for manipulation.
As long as the Lord Elder didn't die, and Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village found nothing in the end, it would explain a lot of problems..... The Daimyo and the Lord Elder were not fools either.
The only difficult thing was the storm of public opinion.
"Just bowing and apologizing... I'm afraid it won't calm it down..."
"We can also take many practical actions to quell public opinion, such as Konoha and the Akatsuki Ninja Village jointly conducting another operation to eliminate rogue ninjas."
"Bandits must be eliminated at any time!"
"We can even take this opportunity to make them pay for bandit suppression. After all, everyone sees the harm of bandits causing trouble!"
"Why are you still thinking about making money at a time like this!!"
Senju Tobirama was a bit numb.
He didn't expect Uchiha Makoto to have so many schemes, even thinking about shouting 'stop thief' while being the thief himself to cheat those nobles out of their money at this time.
Simply bad to the core... no wonder he is so rich!!
"Tobirama, your vision is too small!"
"The Land of Fire has been at peace for too long. This group of nobles has forgotten the dangerous days of the Warring States period when they dared not go out at will."
"Isn't this good? Peaceful days are exactly what we hope for. And the meaning of our ninja village's existence, isn't it to protect everyone, protect the Daimyo and nobles..."
"So, that's why I say your vision is too small. The meaning of our existence is to make this group of people think they are protected!"
"Uchiha Makoto, you are truly a naturally evil Uchiha brat!"
Facing Uchiha Makoto's "rebellious" remarks, Senju Tobirama couldn't help but say his catchphrase again "...naturally evil Uchiha brat."
However, Uchiha Makoto just curled his lips disdainfully, and then issued a soul interrogation to Senju Tobirama.
"Alright then, all the money paid by the nobles and wealthy merchants for bandit suppression will belong to the Akatsuki Ninja Village. After all, you think this money is dirty."
"Impossible!"
"Then a seventy-thirty split... My Akatsuki Ninja Village takes seven, your Konoha takes three."
"Dream on!!!"
"At least a fifty-fifty split!!"
At the mention of money, Senju Tobirama's face changed color immediately.
The assassination of the Lord Elder was no small matter.
The amount of money paid by the nobles and wealthy merchants for bandit suppression would definitely not be a small number, inevitably in the unit of billions.
And Konoha was too short of money now, "poor" enough to borrow from the Akatsuki Ninja Village.
Giving such a large sum of money entirely to the already "stinking rich" Akatsuki Ninja Village, how could that be possible!
Konoha must take at least fifty percent. Fifty percent, Senju Tobirama felt was too little.... This time it was Konoha doing the dirty and tiring work, so taking a little more was only natural!
"Hmph... you naturally evil old Senju demon!"
"Truly hypocritical!"
"Making money isn't shameful."
"Shameful, very f*cking shameful!"
Facing Senju Tobirama's greedy behavior of changing face at the speed of light.
Uchiha Makoto condemned and criticized strongly at the first moment, but Senju Tobirama didn't hide it at all at this time.
Since he was already pursuing excitement, he might as well carry it through to the end—making money isn't shameful!
Uchiha Makoto couldn't be bothered to argue with Senju Tobirama so much and didn't continue to entangle on this matter.
And Senju Tobirama didn't struggle anymore at this time. Anyway, he had been pulled onto Uchiha Makoto's pirate ship, and he definitely couldn't get off now. Since assassinating the Lord Elder was something that had to be done, and now there was a chance to harvest the nobles' leeks severely.... then taking a risk once wasn't impossible!
After the two discussed these dirty, dark, and unspeakable things, the topic quickly shifted elsewhere.
Uchiha Makoto proactively asked Senju Tobirama about things he cared more about.
For example... Uchiha Madara.
The letter from the Uchiha clan didn't mention much news about Uchiha Madara.
And so many things happened in Konoha recently..... This made Uchiha Makoto feel a little uneasy.
"Lord Madara, what has he been doing recently... You must have paid a lot of attention to his every move."
"He, what serious business can he have? Ever since he witnessed with his own eyes at the briefing a few days ago how I stepped on the heads of the Uchiha clan to enhance my prestige in the village, he plunged into your family's Naka Shrine and basically didn't come out. He only walked out of the Naka Shrine on the day my brother came back. It seemed like he wanted to drag my brother to wander around the village idly again. But my brother doesn't have time for such boring things now. He has to go to the homes of Konoha ninja clans one by one to do ideological work."
".... Now, Uchiha Madara should be out of the village capturing the Nine-Tails.... Even though the news of the Nine-Tails hasn't been completely confirmed yet."
Senju Tobirama's tone carried a hint of joy.
Being able to step on the heads of the high-level officials of the Uchiha clan in front of Uchiha Madara to enhance his prestige in Konoha, even if he woke up in the middle of the night to savor it, he couldn't help but hum.
And Uchiha Madara returned to the family's Naka Shrine like a defeated dog... probably stimulated.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have run out alone to capture the Nine-Tails when the news of the Nine-Tails hadn't been completely confirmed yet.
And hearing these things, Uchiha Makoto's heartbeat couldn't help accelerating.
My God.... Madara, you wouldn't just defect from Konoha without saying a word, would you?
"Then your brother shouldn't have gone to the Naka Shrine, right?"
"Why would my brother go there if he has nothing to do? He hasn't been near your Uchiha clan grounds since he came back. And that place is the ancestral shrine that only your Uchiha clansmen can go to."
"Then there haven't been any strange rumors from the Uchiha clan recently, right?"
"Heh... they are busy finding ways to continue using your prestige to restore their reputation in Konoha recently."
"Then Uchiha Madara left through the main gate, right?"
"Nonsense... why are you starting to talk about these messy things?"
"Nothing, nothing, just asking casually."
Uchiha Makoto couldn't help asking continuously.
Hearing Senju Tobirama's answer... his suspended heart was slightly relieved.
Analyzing based on the original plot.
Before Uchiha Madara defected, he would definitely do two things.
One was to find a way to take the family away from Konoha together.
The second was to take Senju Hashirama to the stone tablet in the family's Naka Shrine for a complete showdown.
Now there were no strange rumors from the Uchiha clan, and he hadn't received any news from the family here..... If the family patriarch went crazy and wanted to take the family to defect from Konoha, once such a thing happened, the insider Uchiha Makoto arranged in the family would definitely notify him at the first moment.
Senju Hashirama hadn't followed Uchiha Madara to the Naka Shrine these days either, focusing entirely on Konoha's internal reform, visiting major ninja clans in the village door to door, just to win more support for Senju Tobirama.
"..... Probably, Uchiha Madara just wanted to go out alone to relax under the pretext of capturing the Nine-Tails."
Uchiha Makoto guessed in his heart.
And Senju Tobirama felt vigilant in his heart. He instinctively felt uneasy because of Uchiha Makoto's strange behavior.
Damn it... why does that feeling of being pitted come again?
"Uchiha Makoto, explain clearly to me, what does Uchiha Madara want to do!!"
"I said, just asking casually. Compared to these things, how is Lord Hashirama's granddaughter, my daughter-in-law, recently?"
Senju Tobirama hurriedly asked, but Uchiha Makoto didn't want to continue entangling with him on this topic and quickly changed the subject.
Uchiha Makoto also cared about Tsunade, this daughter-in-law.
It's just... due to the long distance between the two sides, the news he mastered was definitely not as well-informed as Senju Tobirama.
"Hmph... none of your business!"
"Don't change the subject!"
"I care about my daughter-in-law!"
"Speaking of time, my daughter-in-law's birth time is very close to my son's. It should be in these one or two days... really looking forward to it. My son hasn't been born yet, but he already has a wife."
Senju Tobirama wanted to continue digging into Uchiha Madara's matter.
But... Uchiha Makoto mentioning this matter instantly diverted his attention.
And those increasingly "mushy" words became more and more piercing in Senju Tobirama's ears.
There was no helping it.
There were only a few big things that could give Senju Tobirama a headache.
The external threat of the Akatsuki Ninja Village counted as one, the internal trouble of the Uchiha clan counted as one, and Konoha's internal reform.... as well as the marriage of the unborn Tsunade.
Senju Tobirama actually never gave up on destroying this marriage.
The bloodline of the Uchiha clan was too evil, especially that pair of Sharingan.
Doesn't the Sharingan just greatly improve insight, dynamic vision, copy ninjutsu, taijutsu, greatly enhance genjutsu.... Opening the Mangekyō Sharingan can also awaken two powerful eye techniques, and even use Susanoo to attack in Gundam form.... Ahhhh!!!!
Apart from these benefits, what else is your Uchiha clan's Sharingan good for?
Setting aside these billion points of benefits, this Sharingan can make people's spirits more and more extreme, more and more difficult to control, and finally may even turn into a crazy dangerous element.
For a ninja village, this is a huge factor of instability, and Senju Tobirama detested it.
But Uchiha Makoto, this naturally evil brat, frantically chose a time when he was not present, talked nonsense in front of his brother, fooled his brother into confusion, and abruptly set this betrothal for Uchiha Makoto's son and his brother's granddaughter before they were even born.
Senju Tobirama didn't dare to think..
If he lived for another twenty years, he would probably see his brother's granddaughter giving birth to Uchiha Makoto's son's child.
At that time, what should he do? Facing his brother's granddaughter's child, he couldn't just say "naturally evil Uchiha..." as soon as they met.
He didn't recognize this marriage and must find a way to destroy it!!!
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