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During the first contact between both sides, Date Kamitani from Kikyō Castle temporarily suppressed his initial displeasure, but suppression wasn't forgetting.
On the return journey to Kikyō Castle after leaving the Ashes camp, Date Kamitani sat comfortably in his palanquin. Midway through the trip, he suddenly opened a small window on one side and asked the black-robed figure:
"What do you think of those ninjas? I mean in terms of combat capability."
"About two or three are usable; the rest are just cannon fodder level, no different from previously recruited ninjas," the black-robed person said.
Honestly, this person's judgment was fairly accurate. Among the two or three he considered "usable," the Uchiha who performed the Fire Release demonstration was definitely included.
But beyond his discernment, this person's condescending attitude of looking down from above indicated he either had an inflated ego or genuinely possessed considerable skill.
"So do you think they're capable of breaking through a medium-sized ninja village—the one they're targeting, um..."
"The Tsugawa Clan."
"Right, can they handle the Tsugawa Clan?"
"Unlikely. When lower and middle-tier ninjas have roughly equal basic quality, the side with numerical advantage will achieve victory—that's the simplest logic."
The black-robed person made this judgment based on common sense.
This caused Date Kamitani to fall briefly silent, then as if remembering something delightful, he couldn't help but chuckle quietly.
"After their operation fails and most of the dead weight is eliminated, the daimyo can extend an olive branch to the remaining elite ninjas... Only recruit valuable people, discard useless waste, and Kikyō's forces can develop and grow stronger."
The black-robed person didn't know what Date Kamitani was laughing about; he simply continued based on his responsibilities.
He felt the so-called "Fūma Clan's" reckless assault would inevitably fail, most of their clansmen would die on the battlefield, and if a few capable individuals remained, they'd make excellent pawns.
Date Kamitani listened carefully, then nodded and said:
"Let's go, inform the daimyo about this matter."
...
Compared to Kikyō Castle's complex scheming, Yūshin was satisfied with Date Kamitani's performance—not because he trusted the other party, but rather...
Put it this way: although the other party's attitude during contact carried subtle condescension, at least he behaved like a normally intelligent primate rather than a fat-headed, big-eared ungulate... Yūshin's requirements for the so-called noble class were just that low.
At minimum, the other party didn't display an attitude of "you beggars should kneel first upon arriving here"—that was already quite good.
Yūshin believed that the average quality of ruling nobles in this chaotic era was probably slightly higher than in the later ninja village period. After all, to survive longer in a war-torn environment, one's brain couldn't be too stupid.
The warring era killed many ninjas, and likewise, many daimyo died too. But later, though many Shinobi World Wars were fought, the ruling powers of each nation no longer faced mortal danger.
Regardless, Yūshin was very satisfied with negotiation partners whose intelligence could reach normal primate average levels, especially after the other party promptly delivered needed supplies to the camp. Yūshin raised his evaluation again... at least he should view him with the perspective of looking at Homo sapiens.
At the camp, a discussion was still needed.
Regarding Yūshin's decision to resolve the so-called Tsugawa Clan, the Fūma Clan ninjas felt completely baffled.
But aside from them, the remaining ninjas of "diverse backgrounds" showed ten thousand percent support for this inexplicable war order, with some whose acting skills weren't up to par displaying particularly fanatical emotions.
In this atmosphere, though the Fūma Clan's attitude was unified, if votes were counted to express opinions, they could only represent one vote. The unified stance held by the "diverse background" ninjas could represent the organization's will.
Gorō Fūma was very puzzled—why was everyone's opinion so unified? Did you all have grudges against the Tsugawa Clan?
He vaguely guessed that Yūshin's choice of the Tsugawa Clan as a target definitely had reasons, but why did everyone support him so much?
It could only be said that Yūshin's decision to have everyone conceal their surnames continued playing a role in confusing the situation. The "diverse background" Hagūgen ninjas, when Yūshin proposed revenge against the Tsugawa Clan, would never display any attitude other than support.
But Yūshin wasn't kidnapping the newly joined Fūma Clan for personal gain. To avoid causing friction, before the Fūma Clan expressed their opinions, he prioritized explaining his assault plan.
Yūshin planned to use small elite squad infiltration, assassination, and sabotage methods to scatter the Tsugawa Clan, rather than having everyone charge forward recklessly in suicidal frontal assaults.
The so-called elite squad included only three people: Yūshin, Shichimi Uchiha, and Gorō Fūma.
In assassination, Yūshin was the main combat force, so he had to participate. Over these days, he'd completely mastered two types of Release techniques, plus his proficient use of the "White Zetsu Three Techniques"—his combat ability was incomparable to before.
Precisely because of his strength growth, he dared boldly propose the revenge plan.
Shichimi Uchiha had stayed at the camp for so long, Yūshin had saved her, plus her physical condition and strength had recovered to about seventy or eighty percent, so she wouldn't refuse to provide help.
The only pitiful one was Gorō Fūma—wounded yet still required to participate in battle. Because regardless of his strength or physical condition, he absolutely had to join this operation... Those who understand will understand; those who don't have no choice.
If Yūshin were more sinister, he could completely use this operation to get this clan leader killed. Fortunately, he wasn't someone with a politician's mindset.
Overall, Yūshin's plan definitely had feasibility. He wasn't arrogantly overestimating himself, but rationally judging that his current self was capable of disrupting an ordinary ninja clan's order.
Because battles between ninjas had certain characteristics and objective laws—at equal strength levels, the attacker's advantage far exceeded the defender's.
Ninja combat didn't advocate frontal warfare, or rather, finding enemy weaknesses and leveraging one's own advantages for fierce attacks was a normal state of combat... using every possible means, any winning tactic was a good tactic.
Using White Zetsu's abilities, Yūshin excelled at infiltration. Once inside the enemy's stronghold, he could make them understand what "blooming from the center" meant.
After all, even later Konoha, when facing strong enemies infiltrating their home, performed very poorly—the ninja village's overall combat power wasn't utilized at all.
Yūshin wanted to stab the Tsugawa Clan in the heart. Whether this blade was a one-meter-long katana or a ten-centimeter sewing needle, the effect would be roughly the same.
He began simply stating his battle plan:
"We'll conduct infiltration warfare as a three-person squad. With such minimal force, no matter how strong individual strength is, trying to slaughter a medium-sized village is basically impossible. After all, we can't drag out the combat period too long, so we just need to eliminate this ninja clan's leadership."
"The infiltration assassination mission can be completely entrusted to me—this is what I'm good at."
According to this statement, Yūshin was undertaking the most dangerous mission. With this attitude, no one could say anything critical.
He didn't pursue complete extermination because that was unrealistic—he lacked that capability.
"As long as we remove their organizational network, the remaining ninjas of that clan will become scattered sand. At that point, we create panic emotions, then break through their village and drive them away."
"As for the remaining matters... the current Shinobi World will help us draw eternal periods to all grudges and vendettas."
Speaking thus, he even glanced at Gorō Fūma. The latter was looked at somewhat bewilderedly, thinking why look at me at this moment?
Trying to dismember a ninja clan with just three people seemed somewhat overambitious no matter how you thought about it, yet Shichimi Uchiha didn't even furrow her brow.
For her, this level of combat intensity really wasn't much.
Don't look at how she nearly died in battle earlier, appearing utterly wretched—but that depended on who she was fighting... At that time, her opponent was the cunning Tobirama Senju.
Gorō Fūma obviously lacked such psychological composure. He appeared worried and asked:
"This plan does have theoretical feasibility, but the problem is how do we identify the so-called Tsugawa Clan's leadership?"
Yūshin looked at Shichimi Uchiha nearby and said: "Leave it to you?"
"No problem." Shichimi Uchiha agreed.
Regarding the ability to extract intelligence from unfamiliar ninjas, the Uchiha Clan could be called the strongest, basically at the level of making anyone they stared at confess everything.
Under the Sharingan, seizing intelligence was simplicity itself.
Gorō Fūma still didn't know Shichimi Uchiha's identity. He thought you two are performing a duet—upper and lower lips closing once can obtain the enemy's core intelligence?
It could only be said that upper and lower lips closing once was indeed impossible, but upper and lower eyelids opening once was possible.
As for the remaining people, if the three-person group's combat operation could achieve the expected results, Yūshin arranged for them to make final appearances as the atmosphere group.
If the Tsugawa Clan saw large enemy reinforcements at the final moment, it might completely shatter their psychological defenses.
Honestly, whether the "atmosphere group" appeared or not didn't really matter, but a considerable portion of the "diverse background" ninjas needed to gain participation in this operation.
The Fūma Clan ninjas, after hearing such a plan, basically wouldn't have any further objections.
The clan leader and alliance leader charging forward while they decided whether to enter based on circumstances—what was unacceptable about this?
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