Extra 1: If there was Ugetsuki during the creation period (10)
Nara Shikasumi had just changed out of his merchant's attire when he heard someone calling his name.
"The Patriarch wants you to come over."
"I'll go right away."
After tidying up her appearance, Nara Shikasumi followed the tribe member who came to call her to the clan leader's residence. When she entered the room, she found that not only the clan leader of the Nara clan, but also the clan leaders of the Yamanaka and Akimichi clans were already there.
“Here I am.”
The first person to greet her was not the head of her own family, but the head of the Yamanaka clan who had rare light-colored hair.
Unlike other ninjas, the Nara clan has not been cooperating with the Yamanaka and Akimichi clans for many years. Although the two families also take on missions independently, they generally advance and retreat together.
Therefore, when faced with important matters, it is natural for them to discuss them together.
"Tell me what information you have gathered."
Seeing Nara Shikasumi sitting down, the Nara clan leader raised his chin to indicate that she could start.
"After tracking and investigating other ninja clans, I found myself in the city..."
Nara Shikasumi told everyone everything he had seen and heard.
During the whole process, she did not make any subjective judgment of her own, but just told the story like a story.
But even so, it was still very unbelievable to the audience.
"I still can't understand why the Senju and Uchiha are teaming up?"
"Yes, they are sworn enemies..."
"If they really want to join forces...but we haven't seen any contact between the Senju or Uchiha clansmen."
“That’s right…”
Different from those small ninja clans or those ninja clans that are related to the Senju and Uchiha.
The two ninja clans, Nara, Yamanaka and Akimichi, have always been independent groups.
There is also little contact with the Senju and Uchiha, let alone directly confronting Uchiha Madara or Senju Hashirama for information.
They could only look for clues from ordinary members of the Senju and Uchiha clans.
However, this made them even more confused.
Because it is obvious that the Senju and ordinary Uchiha clan members showed no signs of acting together.
"But I did see the house built by Senju Hashirama, and there was an Uchiha boy with the Sharingan staying there."
Nara Shikasumi explained again.
Intellectually, she didn't believe the rumor.
However, everything she saw in reality proved that the two sides really had established a relationship.
"Um……"
The two ninja clan leaders fell into deep thought.
To be honest, they don't really want to believe those groundless rumors.
but.
The tradition that the ninja world has followed for thousands of years is about to be broken, and they cannot remain indifferent... They can't be so stupid as to wait until the waves hit their faces before they feel the pain, right?
Fortunately, they are originally in the alliance survival mode, so they are not actually opposed to having a "cooperative" relationship with other ninja clans.
Of course, the partner and method of cooperation still need to be considered further.
But it's just a consideration, not a rejection.
In fact, facing the two ceilings of the ninja world, the Senju and the Uchiha, plus those "employers" who have cooperated either passively or actively, only a very small number of people can confidently say "I don't care about them".
In addition, humans sometimes do have a rebellious or... M side.
For example, the more you are forbidden to go to a place, the more you want to go there, and the more you are warned about something, the more you want to do it.
Or, when you can get it easily, you don’t know how to cherish it, but when it becomes difficult or impossible to get, you will try every possible means to possess it... and so on.
Sometimes, we are so deeply trapped in it that we cannot extricate ourselves, and we will not listen no matter how much others persuade us.
For example, if Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha came to them and said, "We want to establish a ninja alliance," they might think there was something fishy and dangerous about it.
Either they want to take advantage of the opportunity to get something, or they simply think that the ancestral rules cannot be changed and simply refuse to do so.
But now, no one has taken the initiative to talk about establishing this alliance.
No one came to ask them to join.
They were all interested in it when they turned it over themselves.
Moreover, the desire to join is quite firm.
Therefore, when another group of people left, the waiting Senju brothers and Uchiha brothers had more or less complicated and confused expressions on their faces when they looked at the 'disrespectful' bags of gifts left behind by those people.
Even though Yu Yue had explained it before, the fact that everything went so smoothly... was still beyond their expectations.
But after all, it is moving in the (peaceful) direction they hope for. At least Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama are still very satisfied.
Just a simple exchange of
After Yu Yue explained the recent situation of the "guests" received recently, Senju Tobirama hesitated for a few seconds before asking the question that was on everyone's mind:
"I still don't understand."
Faced with Ugetsu's proposal, Senju Tobirama showed a puzzled expression.
"Why do so many people respond to your suggestion of establishing an organization, but it is so difficult for my eldest brother to build the village he dreams of?"
"Is there any difference?"
And according to the information he learned, the final outcome of the village built by his eldest brother was not ideal.
"That's a big difference."
Yu Yue was not surprised that the other party would ask such a question.
"The ninja village you built is still too small."
"That's dozens of ninja clans..."
"Dozens of ninja clans, how many are there in the world?"
"Compared to the world, is your coverage and influence very broad?"
Of course that's not the case.
There are tens of thousands of ninjas all over the world, but due to historical issues and current productivity, they have never even been to some of the countries where the ninjas live.
"That's it."
Yu Yue clapped her hands.
"The specifications, scope, and options are all different, so people's reactions will naturally be different."
"For example, if you know there is a job with good benefits and good treatment... I mean a commission, but this commission is very far away from you, for example, in the Land of Lightning, then would you want to fight for it? Is the chance of getting it big?"
Of course they want to, but considering that the Land of Lightning itself also has many ninja clans, including many very outstanding ninja clans and ninjas, the chances that these ninjas in the Land of Fire have to fight for are very slim.
Unless the other party calls you out.
"If I give you a chance now so that you can get these opportunities safely, would you be tempted?"
——If the premise is safe and not a trap, then they would definitely want it.
“It’s heart-warming.”
Even the most stubborn Senju Tobirama nodded.
If the premises are correct, then he definitely wants it.
"My proposal is equivalent to giving them this opportunity, an opportunity that can be accessed by ninjas no matter where they are."
“Rather than due to geographical differences or
Whoever is closer to you is locked out from the beginning."
What Hashirama Senju did was not wrong - it could even be said that choosing to join a financially powerful country under that situation was one of the best ways for them to gain status and funds.
But on the other hand, they also drove all the countries except the Fire Country and the ninjas to the opposite side from the very beginning.
After all, human beings themselves are a very uneasy being, and they may even scare themselves.
"You suddenly appeared like a giant and pointed out your position right away. Then the others must stick together and resist in order to survive."
The four of them fell into deep thought.
Yu Yue glanced at the four people's confused faces but could not see any fear or uneasiness. It was no surprise that they did not understand or even expect it.
Besides the limitation of the times and vision that made them unable to imagine,
It’s also because these people are too strong.
As ninjas who are at the top of the list in terms of reputation and strength, it is difficult for them to understand the 'panic' of the weak.
"In short, it's just like how lions and tigers will lie down and yawn lazily, but rabbits and pheasants will run away at the slightest disturbance."
“Although people are not divided into species, they are indeed divided into strong and weak.”
"…You mean."
Uchiha Izuna, who had unconsciously changed the address to 'you', tried to understand.
"The news you asked us to spread is equivalent to 'the slightest sign of trouble' for those weak ninjas."
"And the reason why we have remained silent is not only to encourage other ninjas to join us, but also to not pre-set our positions. This way, they won't worry about geographical location and other reasons... and ninjas in distant countries can also show their goodwill first... right?"
“That’s about right.”
Ugetsu nodded approvingly, then looked back at the Senju brothers.
Senju Tobirama also quickly turned the corner.
He just had never thought about it from this perspective, but he was not really stupid - if he still couldn't understand after hearing this, he might as well just stop thinking about it.
That's right, for him who was born in the Thousand Hands and was a strong man himself, he only needed to think about how to become better or how to fight with the strong men of the "same level".
Just like people would not study the ecology of passing ants for no reason.
“What’s next?”
Uchiha Madara no longer thinks
Those complicated questions were asked directly.
"Do you want to continue waiting like this?"
It is not his habit to just wait for others to give him the results.
"Of course not. Public opinion has been formed and we have the manpower. What we need to do now is to keep their enthusiasm going."
"That is to say."
Ugetsu said, taking a piece of information that Shisui handed to her.
"Now, it's time to give them a taste of the sweetness."
After saying that, Yu Yue handed the information to the four people in front of him.
"These are some of the commissions from Party A that I have collected so far... I mean the commissions from the financiers. What you need to do now is to classify these commissions according to difficulty and location."
"Then here is a document about the ninjas who are here now and the families they represent."
As she spoke, she took out another document.
"After classification, we will assign the tasks to these ninjas reasonably."
Yu Yue's expression was serious:
"Whether we can successfully let them taste the sweetness and have a sense of belonging depends on whether you can do your job well."
" I have already prepared all the preliminary work for you. If you mess up here..."
"Don't worry!"
Without waiting for anyone else to speak, Senju Hashirama stood up and said decisively:
"You have done so much work. If we make mistakes in the areas we are good at, I will behead you!"
