Ryōsuke was very satisfied with his results for the day.
He had already preliminarily grasped the air shockwave move. Next, he just needed to increase its power.
At the minimum, destroying a large tree with one punch would be when the move was basically fully formed.
A few days later, in the Cloud Village office.
The Fourth Raikage took the letter handed over by his secretary, Mabui, and asked doubtfully.
"You said this letter is for me. Have you already read the contents?"
Mabui nodded. On her way back to the office earlier, a person in black had suddenly shot this letter at her, tied to a kunai.
At first, she thought it was an attack, but she understood when she saw the letter.
She had immediately come to the Raikage's office and given the letter to the Fourth Raikage.
Hearing this, the Fourth Raikage opened the letter.
A smile appeared on his face.
The letter's contents not only mentioned that if a great war broke out between the Leaf Village and the Cloud Village, the Leaf Village would only dispatch the power of two clans, the Uchiha Clan and the Hyūga Clan.
It also mentioned the hope that the Cloud Village could kill a ninja from the Uchiha Clan named Uchiha Ryōsuke.
The condition was that in the subsequent peace treaty.
The Leaf Village could give the Cloud Village some conveniences, for example, 100 million ryō in cash.
The Fourth Raikage, of course, knew this person. This was the person who had caused their Cloud Village's plan to fail.
He then tossed the letter onto the desk and looked at Mabui to ask.
"What do you make of this matter?"
"Is the Leaf Village really only sending these two clans?"
"Could this be a trick to lure us in?"
"Wanting to lure us, and then send a large army to annihilate the people we send out?"
Mabui said slowly.
"I'm afraid that's unlikely."
"How could our Cloud Village be so foolish as to fall into their encirclement?"
"Could it be that their move is to have us help the Leaf Village's upper echelons eliminate the Uchiha Clan?"
"After all, the discord between the Leaf Village's upper echelons and the Uchiha Clan is a publicly known fact in the ninja world."
"And the person singled out for elimination is likely a thorn in the side of the Leaf's upper echelons."
"Looking at the situation, their Leaf Village's upper echelons don't want to go to war; rather, they want to negotiate peace."
Hearing Mabui's analysis, the Fourth Raikage had a smile on his face and said with admiration.
"You truly are my secretary, analyzing their intentions so clearly."
"The Leaf Village's upper echelons are simply laughable. To still be engaging in internal strife at such a critical time between nations, to actually be thinking of eliminating two of the village's great powers, and even giving us the intelligence in advance."
This left the Fourth Raikage at a loss for words. It just felt like they weren't opponents on the same level.
And now, he had an even bolder idea. Since he already knew the enemy's strength, he couldn't help but ask Mabui.
"Mabui, do you think it's possible for our Cloud Village to directly eat these two clans?"
Mabui was taken aback.
"Fourth Raikage, isn't that too bold? Although only two clans are being sent, since they chose to do this, they naturally won't be unprepared. I'm afraid they will dispatch all their elites."
"With the strength of these two clans, if we try to eat them, we will probably face a fight to the death."
"The result would likely be wounding the enemy by a thousand while losing eight hundred ourselves."
She wasn't being pessimistic, but analyzing rationally.
Because these two clans were the two most famous families in the Leaf Village today.
This was, of course, excluding the Senju Clan, because the Senju Clan had already faded into history.
To deal with two such powerful ninja clans, the Cloud Village would have to concentrate a large force to have a chance of eating them.
A fierce tiger will certainly fight back. Their Cloud Village probably couldn't withstand such losses right now.
The Fourth Raikage naturally knew Mabui's words made perfect sense and sighed.
'If we could get rid of these two clans, the Leaf Village's strength would be reduced by at least half.'
'In that case, even if the Leaf Village could still hold its place among the Five Great Ninja Villages in the future, it would definitely be at the very bottom of the Five Great Ninja Villages.'
He really couldn't imagine why the other side would make such a muddle-headed move. At the same time, it was a pity that he couldn't eat this dish that had been served up.
He felt extremely stifled.
'I'm afraid there will rarely be an opportunity like this in the future.'
'The clan ninja sent out by the other side this time are definitely the most important combat power of their families. As long as they are eliminated.'
'It would absolutely be a devastating blow to these two clans.'
'An opportunity like this is simply too rare.'
'Eliminating the elites of these two clans is enough to ensure the Leaf Village won't have the support of these two clans for more than a decade to come.'
'This can naturally lay the groundwork for annexing the Leaf Village's territory in the future.'
'In terms of abundant resources and fertile land, that would be the Leaf Village, the Land of Fire.'
'The Cloud Village is much worse off in comparison. After all, it's mostly a plateau region.'
The more he thought, the more stifled he felt. 'Meat has been served right to my door. If I don't eat it, would I still be him, the Fourth Raikage?'
He couldn't help but look at Mabui at his side.
"If we deploy Tailed Beast-level combat power, can we get rid of these two clans and achieve a great reduction in the Leaf Village's ninja combat strength?"
"Afterward, even if we renegotiate peace with them, we can also gain greater benefits."
The generous condition the other side gave, 100 million ryō, was indeed a lot, but he didn't care about it at all.
His proposal made sense. Ever since the Cloud Village obtained superior sealing jutsu from the Land of Whirlpools during the Second Great Ninja War, their Jinchūriki had been able to perfectly use the power sealed within the Tailed Beasts.
'For example, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, can completely transform into her Tailed Beast. She is a perfect Jinchūriki.'
'Even his partner in the A-B Combo, Killer B, can transform into the Eight-Tails.'
'If we dispatch two Tailed Beast-level weapons, maybe we can really cut down these two clans.'
'At least, severely wound them. If we can achieve that, it would also be a great weakening of the Leaf Village's combat strength.'
Mabui's expression became even more shocked. 'The Fourth Raikage actually wants to dispatch two Tailed Beast Jinchūriki? Those are truly strong experts, not much weaker than Lord Raikage himself.'
'In that case, plus the Cloud Village's Fourth Raikage, our side would have three Kage-level experts.'
'At most, the Leaf Village's two clans would have two clan heads with Kage-level combat power.'
'Normally, if our village dispatches Tailed Beast-level power, the other village will also dispatch Tailed Beast-level power.'
'But the Leaf Village's current Jinchūriki... he probably hasn't grown up yet.'
'This kind of thing can be found out with a simple check. He's still a child of a few years old.'
'Considering it this way, it really seems possible.'
"Lord Raikage, I think this plan is feasible. This way, even if we can't eliminate these two great clans, we can still inflict heavy losses on them."
"At that time, we will have the greater initiative in the peace negotiations. Then, it probably won't be a matter of just 100 million ryō."
"It's just that, if the Cloud Village attacks with full force, what if the Stone Village launches an attack?"
The Stone Village was their mortal enemy, and they were the best at launching sneak attacks.
The Fourth Raikage, however, said with a smile.
"There's nothing to worry about."
"We just need to leave a large batch of regular ninja in the village. It will be enough to defend the Cloud Village."
"Since we are dispatching the Tailed Beasts, we don't need that much regular ninja combat power. The destructive power of Tailed Beast-level combat power is extremely terrifying; it's on the level of a map-clearing cannon."
"If we're not careful, we could even hurt our own people. We wouldn't be able to cut loose and fully display our original combat power."
"So this time, we just need to bring the elites."
"Besides, don't we still have your Heavenly Transfer Technique? If necessary, if that bunch of bastards from the Stone Village attacks, then we can only stop the war and retreat. Just send me and the Tailed Beast Jinchūriki back, and it will be enough to stabilize the overall situation."
"What's more, we must keep this operation secret and take down these two clans quickly. That way, there won't be any danger."
Mabui listened to the plan. Although there were still some minor flaws, it was more or less complete.
"Lord Fourth Raikage is wise."
The Fourth Raikage was in an excellent mood.
'If this plan succeeds, then his Land of Lightning, his Cloud Village, will become the leader of the Five Great Ninja Villages.'
"Go and gather all the elite ninja in the village, including the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, and my partner, the Eight-Tails Jinchūriki, Killer B."