The Council of course had to grudgingly agree with Jiraiya's assessment as it did make sense, since people would obliviously wish to have the hero of their Country lead them regardless of him being a native or not to the Country. Not mention consider how powerful he was it made even more sense to have him with their village and lead it.
"But that still does not answer the troublesome question that we have, which is what do we do about New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance, considering what we now know about them", spoke Nara Shikaku.
"The only thing we can do", spoke Tsunade, "We form an alliance with them". This caused a large amount of mutter in the Council room.
"Are you sure that wise Hokage-sama, considering that they have a seal that is specially designed disable our villages strongest Bloodlines and what they did to Jiraiya-sama", spoke Asai Heita.
"The seal is designed to disable all Doujutsu abilities on people not just the Sharingan and the Byakugan. As for what they did to Jiraiya? What can you expect when he was caught spying in their Country," replied Tsunade.
"But can we trust them?" asked Homura.
"They haven't shown any hostile action against us yet", spoke Choza.
"The proverbial word is "yet" as they still could and may decide to wait till the smoke is cleared to when one side loses, and the victors are weakened from winning the War and then attack and destroyed them", spoke Koharu.
"That may be true, but what choice do we have? We're already on the verge of losing this War our funds and supplies are running low, we are out numbered. And even with Suna and the Tsuchigumo Clan (4) with us were still out numbered us badly as Suna has it own fronts to worry about and Tsuchigumo Clan have only a few Shinobi's to send to help us", said Tsuande.
"But what about the Dohatsuten Jutsu (Fury Technique) that the Tsuchigumo Clan former leader En no Gyōja created, that Jutsu that could destroy and entire village, if we were able to get them to use it for us or teach it to our Shinobi's it could turn the tide in favour of us", said Ashikaga Shin.
"The only person that knew how to create the Dohatsuten Jutsu was En no Gyōja himself and he took that secret to the grave and even if another person did know it Tsuchigumo Clan would never tell anyone how to create it. Besides the only reanimate of the Jutsu, was the implant on En no Gyōja Granddaughter back and it was destroyed by the Rokubi no Namekuji (Six-Tailed Slug) Jinchūriki Utakata eight years ago. So it cannot be used", spoke Inoichi.
"This then leaves us with only one option we must seek an alliance with New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance if we hope to survive and win this War. Since if we continue the way we are it is highly likely that Orochimaru and his allies will come out victories in this War. For as the Hokage-sama has stated our supplies are running low and financial structure is weakening as we are losing money with the few mission we are receiving and are able to take. Where if this War continues on, three things are very likely to happen our economy will crash due to the lack of money we are receiving from missions. Food and medical supplies will run out in the village thanks to Orochimaru and his allies attacking our supply ships and cravens and Orochimaru and his allies will overwhelm our weakened forces and allies and destroy us", spoke Shibi and then continued on.
"But if we ally ourselves with New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance, we would gain several powerful allies with large forces at their disposal, since Kumo has always had the second largest military force of Shinobi's in the Elemental Continent with Iwa being the first. Also we would gain the other Shinobi Nations of the Heavenly Alliance as allies, which would turn the tide of superior numbers to our side. Not to mention as well as having the advance technical support of New Kumo and it allies as well as accesses to the trade and financial support from the Heavenly Alliance".
"Shibi-san is correct the best chance we have is having the New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance become our ally where with them on side it might just deter Orochimaru and his allies from continue this War", said Tsunade.
After about an hour of discussing the subject, it was decided that Konoha would send a petition to ask for an Alliance with New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance. After which Tsunade ended the meeting and had Shizune and Sakura take Jiraiya back to the Hospital so that he could be treated and healed.
- A few Days Later in the Hidden ROOT Headquarters-
Danzo stood in the middle of a large underground room with eight of his top infiltration ROOT agents kneeling in front of him. Several more ROOT agents then came out of the Shadows and handed the four ROOT agents in front of Danzo a set of uniforms to wear and then give the other four another set of uniforms to wear.
Once the ROOT agents took the uniforms given to them he turned his head slightly and spoke to the four on his left.
"You know what you must do, you are to sneak into Taki no Kuni (Waterfall Country) and infiltrate one of Takigakure (Hidden Waterfall) bases near its boarder and capture one of their Shinobi's with the Doujutsu blocking seals on them" he spoke.
"Hai" the four said.
After which Danzo then turned his head slightly again and spoke to the four on his right.
"And you four know you are to sneak across Kaminari no Kuni boarder and capture one of patrol squads along its Kaminari no Kuni, in case team one fails or Takigakure does not have the Doujutsu blocking seal on them as we were told. Also do not underestimate the Kumo's SHOCK Shinobi's, for a large group of them nearly capture Jiraiya of the Sannin, and Kumo's Shinobi's strength has only grown in the past few years, you are only to get in and out is that clear", spoke Danzo.
"Hai", spoke the other four.
"Good, now remember, alive if possible dead if necessary", said Danzo.
"Hai" said all eight before they disappeared to do their missions.
After which Danzo then turned to the remaining ROOT agents next to him, you three are to help the research teams in trying to recreate the technique that The Raikage calls the Raipō (Lightning Steps). Sasuke has already explain the basic of how the Technique works from what he was told by one of the Kumo-nins, so hopefully by using this knowledge we can recreate it and use it against our enemies.
The Three ROOT agents all nodded their heads in understanding and then disappeared like the other ROOT agents. Once all the ROOT agents left the room a new voice spoke up.
"You're taking a big risk Danzo", said the voice, where Danzo turned to the direction from where the voice can from and saw Sasuke step out of the shadows of the room.
"It must be done in order for our plans to be realized. For this New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance along with The Raikage himself represents a too large of a threat to be ignored and even if they do ally with us it will be only a matter of time before they eventually turn on us and I shall not let Tsunade and her foolish idolism destroy this village. We need to learn how to negate the Doujutsu blocking seals that The Raikage has created and once we have done that and have gained everything we can from New Kumo and the Heavenly Alliance from our Alliance with them. We will strike it and take control of the Heavenly Alliance and seize hold of our destinies with Konoha controlling the Shinobi world as it should be", spoke Danzo.
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