+1 extra chapter because you surpassed the goal
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[Alright, stop thinking about that for now and let us start doing our part]
"What do you mean?" Kushina became excited immediately when she heard his words. Her previously lazy posture while complaining straightened up at once, and her eyes shone with anticipation.
[That is right, it is the perfect time to start... or to finish. This war has already lasted too long.]
"But... will no one suspect anything?"
[We will only be gone for a few hours, just make sure no one comes to bother you in the meantime.]
"I understand." Kushina nodded and immediately left the tent and went to talk to Raizen, making an excuse and saying that she would stay in her tent for an hour and that no one should disturb her.
The current situation, along with the fact that Raizen had no reason to suspect Kushina, made him accept it without asking too many questions.
Seeing Kushina run excitedly to her tent, he only smiled and shook his head. "Young people. I will never understand them."
Back in her tent, Kushina began circulating her mana around her body while using magic. Focusing on her spatial magic, she easily located the point Kaito had created earlier, linking it to the Nine Tails, and in the blink of an eye, she crossed space and arrived at her destination.
All that remained behind was a completely empty tent, as Kushina was now thousands of kilometers away.
"Girl, what are you doing here?" a deep and powerful voice sounded right beside her.
"Kurama!" When she saw the huge fox, Kushina greeted him excitedly, like a child meeting a friend she had not seen in a long time.
"Kaito said we are going to end the war" she explained.
Kurama already knew the entire plan, so he did not need any more explanation.
"So we are finally going to move. I thought we were an organization in name only" Kurama smiled with a trace of mockery.
"Do not say nonsense, there was simply no need to act until now" another voice sounded in the area.
"Tsk, Lucifer, so you are coming too" Kurama said irritably when he recognized that same voice that had once bound him to this organization.
There was no one there before, but now not only had Kushina appeared, Kaito had also arrived behind her.
Kushina stared at him in surprise. Her sense of danger lasted only a millisecond before being replaced by a familiarity that surprised even herself.
The familiarity of someone you have known for years and talk to every day, the familiarity of someone who has deeply influenced you and whom you trust completely.
"Are you Kaito?" she asked after staring at him for a few seconds.
"In person" Kaito nodded with a slight smile.
Before she could react, Kushina jumped straight into his arms, wrapping her arms around him.
"Ouch, why so much excitement?"
"I wanted to meet you in person" she replied.
'Well, we have been talking for almost seven years, so I guess I am something like a childhood friend to her' Kaito thought before hugging her back.
After a while, Kushina finally let go of him reluctantly.
"So, where are we going now?" Kushina asked, linking her arm with Kaito's.
"First, unsummon Kurama, he is too big" Kaito said, ignoring the gesture.
Thanks to her summoning ability, Kushina could call her familiars no matter where they were and store them in a special space, although for now she only had Kurama.
"You are not going to ask my opi..." Before Kurama could finish protesting, he disappeared in a huge cloud of smoke.
"Done, so now what?" Kushina smiled without stopping looking at him.
"Now we are going for the other member of our group" Kaito said, lifting her in his arms and rising into the sky.
As they went up, the forest where Kurama had been became smaller and smaller.
Thanks to his control over chakra, Kurama could completely hide it, making him impossible to detect unless someone was lucky enough to get close and see him in person. However, Sakumo had already taken care of that part.
"Normally people get scared the first time I lift them," Kaito commented when he saw that Kushina showed no fear.
"Do you forget that I am also a demon? I can fly too" she laughed.
"Right. Do you want to go on your own?" Kaito asked.
But Kushina shook her head.
"I am fine here, thanks."
Kaito nodded and looked into the distance, where a huge village could be seen, completely illuminated at night. In the middle of it stood a modern building that did not fit at all with the aesthetics and infrastructure of the ninja world.
He moved, appearing inside that same building in an instant, and entered through an open upper window on the highest floor.
Once inside, Kaito felt as if he had traveled through time. The place was completely modern, with glass walls, a desk, a red carpet in the center, sofas, a small table, and a drinks cabinet. The typical modern office you would see in a CEO style story.
"So, what do you think? Does it have the executive director vibe you asked for?" Kushina asked excitedly.
"It is fine" Kaito replied as he gently slid his hand over the black wooden desk before sitting behind it in what was probably the most comfortable chair in the entire ninja world.
"So, how was the partnership with the queen? What does she think about our modernization plan?" he asked.
"Um... well..." Kushina scratched her head in embarrassment.
Fortunately for her, at that moment, before she could embarrass herself further, a man with silver hair and a fierce appearance appeared in front of them and immediately knelt.
"Lord Kaito, please allow me to explain."
Kaito simply nodded, unconsciously acknowledging his submission.
"The plan is progressing smoothly so far. As you informed us, a minister had been causing trouble behind the scenes for years without anyone noticing. After exposing him, we gained the trust of the queen and the high command, and that was when we proposed the partnership.
The partnership gradually escalated.
At first, she was suspicious, but she accepted out of gratitude, allowing us to build a building for our 'company' in her kingdom. But after seeing this building, both its appearance and its operation overturned all her knowledge of this world, her doubts disappeared, and she raised the level of our partnership.
She plans to use our architectural style to remodel the entire kingdom and raise its position in this world's hierarchy. After all, those who rule this world are the Daimyos, with their desire to live in luxury and spend as much as possible, not the ninjas, so it is a good strategy to focus on pleasing them.
This is possible because not only the designs, but also the ideas behind each object, seem to come from the future, greatly improving infrastructure and security with simple changes. But above all, it is because they have a sufficient energy source to support most of..."
Kaito nodded while listening.
As a secret organization, Tasogare needed a base, so he chose an isolated kingdom with resources, especially its powerful dragon vein, which would be extremely useful.
"Alright, leave that for now. We have a mission tonight, just continue as you have been" he interrupted.
However, at his words, Sakumo showed a worried expression.
"Lord Kaito, although everything is working perfectly and progressing well right now, in the future, I do not know if I will be able to maintain it. I am just a ninja and I do not know much about these things. I have only been following your orders through Miss Kushina without questioning them" Sakumo said, doubt in his voice.
"Do not worry, someone else will take over. This is just an experiment" Kaito replied confidently.
"I understand. In that case, I will stop worrying. I will go say goodbye to Kakashi and come back" Sakumo said with full confidence before leaving the room.
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In the Tsuchikage's office, in Iwagakure.
Onoki watched as an old man with red hair in a ponytail and a beard sat down in front of him.
"I heard you sent Han to the front" the old man said after a few seconds.
"It was necessary" Onoki replied.
"Necessary to send a jinchuriki to support a front without any heavy hitters?" Roshi asked.
"A jinchuriki is not just a weapon, it is a strategic resource.
Even without attacking and giving them the chance to die at the hands of a jinchuriki, his mere presence could make Konoha decide to withdraw reinforcements to avoid casualties. Hiruzen is intelligent and knows what to do, he understands the situation on the battlefield perfectly.
We have lost too many ninjas on that front. It is too heavily protected by Konoha, with reinforcements beyond normal. They even withdrew troops from the front against Kumo just to defend that place.
That already puts us at a disadvantage, but now even Kumo is slowly reducing communication with us.
Although I knew from the beginning that this was not a true alliance and that we were only using each other, I did not expect them to try to abandon us so quickly.
In this situation, we need to break through the front or force Konoha to withdraw its reinforcements. If we do not, we will lose the war in less than six months."
Roshi remained silent.
"I only hope you do not provoke something we cannot handle. The reason there are still five great ninja villages and the world is in relative peace is because Konoha never actively sought to expand. But if we provoke them too much, that could change."
After saying that, Roshi simply stood up and proceeded to leave without saying anything else.
BOOM!
Or at least, he tried to, because before he could even open the door, something smashed through the wall at high speed and appeared in front of both of them.
From the rubble emerged three figures without a single scratch, a silver haired man with a katana, a red haired woman with a fox mask, and in the center, an elegant man with black hair and red eyes, with an unsettlingly kind and calm smile.
Onoki recognized the organization instantly, or at least two of them.
"Tasogare... so you are real" he said in surprise, while looking at Roshi, who simply nodded, indicating that he understood his next move.
"You know us, good, that saves time" Kaito said. "I came for Roshi and Han. If you hand them over, we will leave peacefully. What do you think?"
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