“I want to.”
“Having been played by Senju Tobirama, they should be very willing to teach the Uchiha Clan a lesson!”
Uchiha Raimon said calmly, the profound darkness in his eyes so black, so gloomy.
“After all, the one leading the team is our Uchiha Clan’s Second Elder, Uchiha Ming! So, even if something goes wrong with the entire team, no one will suspect us!”
“Not to mention, by that time, Senju Tobirama, who originally intended for our Uchiha Clan and the Earth Spider Clan to become sworn enemies, will have to fight the Earth Spider Clan himself.”
“Just having become Second Hokage, and such a big mistake happens, I wonder if he can bear it!”
As Uchiha Raimon spoke, a look of mockery towards Senju Tobirama appeared on his face, as if he had already imagined his former enemy raging in fury.
At the same time, he couldn't help but recall the Earth Spider Clan’s base, Mount Katsuragi, that Uchiha Tenxiu had informed him about some time ago. A flash of killing intent flickered in his eyes, then was hidden again.
“For now, we’ll spare the Earth Spider Clan. After all, what Senju Tobirama wants is precisely what we must not do. Right now, he wants us and the Earth Spider Clan to fight to the death, so we absolutely won’t!”
“As for my revenge, someone will take it for me!”
“Hmm, Raimon, you’ve worked hard!”
“It’s nothing, it’s all for the Clan!”
Soon, with the full agreement of all the Uchiha elders present, a secret letter was dispatched by Uchiha Raimon’s confidant towards the Earth Spider Clan’s base.
There, it also contained all the intelligence on Uchiha Ming, the Clan Elder, as well as the route for their operation.
As for that.
The Uchiha Clan elders had already made some prior arrangements that allowed them to pinpoint Uchiha Ming’s as-yet-unannounced operational route at any time.
Just wait until the time for the operation.
The items given to the Earth Spider Clan would allow them to constantly track Uchiha Ming’s team.
“And by that time…”
Uchiha Raimon couldn't help but feel a hint of satisfaction, silently anticipating the arrival of that moment.
…
The next day.
Under the leadership of Uchiha Ming, two squads, thirty-four Anbu members, supported by Senju Tobirama, prepared to depart from the gates of Konoha with Uchiha Ming.
Such a number of Anbu attracted a crowd of onlookers and speculation at the gates.
“Strange, what kind of Anbu operation is this? Could it be for some important mission?”
“Indeed, two full squads, a team of thirty-four, it must involve inter-country missions!”
“Could it be that there’s going to be a war?”
“What a joke, our Land of Fire has Senju Hashirama, the God of Shinobi, overseeing it. Who would dare to wage war!”
“Look, the person leading them seems to be a member of the Uchiha Clan, that’s really strange!”
“…”
Everyone was discussing heatedly.
Especially when they saw that the person leading the group was Uchiha Ming of the Uchiha Clan, everyone felt even stranger, as the two were simply too mismatched!
It all started two months ago.
Although on the surface, many clans praised the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju for his various displays of Hokage-level ability, in reality, they were already cursing him behind closed doors.
Not to mention, those who lacked the ability could only grumble secretly.
But openly, the Uchiha Clan still showed dissatisfaction, taking actions to warn him.
Among them, Uchiha Setsuna, a member of the radical youth faction, openly rallied other Uchiha Clan members to protest, even planning a “rebellion,” a grand spectacle that drew much discussion from various clans.
For this, Senju Tobirama was greatly enraged and immediately employed a series of measures to quell the discussion. First, he publicly took Uchiha Kagami, who had always been by his side, as his disciple, hinting to everyone that he was the successor.
At the same time, he also intended to hand over a certain management authority within the Village to the Uchiha Clan, to show that as the two parties who jointly established the Village, both should have the right to manage the people of Konoha. However, currently, the two sides are still secretly negotiating the scope of this management.
Such a heavy bribe caused the Clan elders to hesitate once again, wondering whether to continue expressing their dissatisfaction.
And after appeasing the Uchiha Clan’s hostility, Senju Tobirama immediately established several other departments, such as the interrogation department specifically for detaining Ninja, the intelligence department, the sealing department, and among them, the most important, the Anbu, specifically responsible for preventing external invasions and carrying out secret and important assassination missions.
Anbu, full name: Assassination Tactics Special Force.
Just from its name, one can sense its terrifying nature.
This was a killing machine that obeyed only the will of the Second Hokage, maintaining the Village’s order through dark means.
All actions taken by those dissatisfied with the Hokage were collected as evidence for secret targeting, clearly meant to warn all those who were unhappy with him being Hokage.
Of course, a more secret point was that it was specifically responsible for covert reconnaissance and surveillance of the Uchiha Clan.
However, this point would not be openly revealed.
Therefore, what was openly displayed was that the Anbu was a special department with immense power, solely under the jurisdiction of the Hokage, and composed entirely of Elite Ninja. At the very least, only Elite Chunin with no weaknesses could join. Whether in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, or Genjutsu, one had to possess the talent to contend with Elite Chunin to become an Anbu.
Only such well-rounded individuals, without weaknesses, could allow a small squad to contend with higher-ranked enemies.
For example, a squad of four Elite Chunin, with proper configuration and combat experience, could contend with a Jonin.
A squad of four Jonin, coordinating their combat properly, could contend with an Elite Jonin.
Of course, the above are minimum standards.
In reality, as a sharp blade used by Senju Tobirama to deter those dissatisfied with Konoha’s various clans, the entire Anbu brigade, consisting of four squads, had all members starting at Special Jonin, all squad leaders were Elite Jonin, and furthermore, the Anbu Captain and Vice-Captain were responsible with Clan Head Level strength.
Converted to the ranks of later generations.
That is, the so-called Quasi-Kage level.
They possessed strength completely superior to Elite Jonin, but still slightly insufficient to reach true Kage level.
Under such a display of power.
Soon, the entire Village fell silent under high pressure.
Under the strict patrols of these individuals, there was basically no longer any dissatisfaction with Senju Tobirama as Hokage.
The entire Village was a scene of flourishing vitality, with everything thriving, and praise for the Second Hokage Tobirama Senju was endless, as if with the illumination of Senju Tobirama, the entire Konoha Village had become warm.
Of course, such a large number of Anbu members.
Even with the Senju Clan as the main body and its allied clans piecing together and forming the team, it could only maintain seventy people.
And now, two squads were dispatched at once, which was half of the Anbu’s strength, no wonder it caused public debate.
“Soon, Senju Tobirama will feel it to his bones.”
“Having lost such a group of people, I wonder if the Senju Clan can bear this loss!”
Watching Uchiha Ming and the Anbu personnel leave the main gate of Konoha, Uchiha Feng, who had come to see them off, couldn’t help but be amused, imagining Senju Tobirama crying in pain.
“Alright, everyone, no need to see us off, go back! Don’t worry. With the Elite Ninja specially dispatched by the esteemed Lord Second Hokage Tobirama Senju for protection, we will surely complete this mission successfully, and use the blood and death of those enemies to warn those who are hostile to Konoha!”
Uchiha Ming gave a moving speech, his words full of praise and gratitude for Lord Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.
After the speech, he waved his hand, signaling all the Uchiha Clan members who had come to see them off to return.
Although a large portion of these clan members seeing him off had been paid by him in advance to put on a show and boost his reputation.
But since Uchiha Ming paid, no one exposed him.
Beside him, Anbu Squad Leader “Tiger” looked at Uchiha Ming’s actions with disdain, muttering, “I really don’t know why Lord Tobirama makes us cooperate with this clown! It sounds good to say it’s to boost his reputation, but does this clown even deserve it? Our Anbu operations are assassination tactics special forces, yet he’s revealing our overt actions, doing it in front of all of Konoha, in front of everyone, isn’t he afraid of being exposed!”
“Especially since, according to Lord Hokage’s orders, we are on a special mission this time and must follow the other party’s arrangements throughout. I imagine this must be an extremely important mission. And now, the other party is giving a speech so openly. If the mission were to be exposed, what would we do!”
The other squad leader, “Elephant,” on the other side, was not so patient. He directly put a hand on Uchiha Ming’s shoulder, shook him, and said impatiently, “Alright, it’s getting late, stop putting on a show here, let’s hurry up and carry out the mission. You know, this series of idiotic actions of yours is practically exposing all our objectives! If it were a real assassination mission, we’d definitely be ambushed!”
“Hmph, if there’s an ambush, I’ll take full responsibility.” Uchiha Ming, whose speech was interrupted, said unhappily. These people didn’t know the truth and thought it was a special mission.
Didn’t he know that this was just a show, and no enemies would appear!
It was precisely because it was a show that he would use this mission to promote Lord Senju Tobirama.
Otherwise, he knew the importance of secret mission operations better than them.
Thinking of this, Uchiha Ming also spoke to him impolitely, “Remember, I am the leader of this mission!”
“You, you will regret this!”
Anbu “Elephant” clenched his fist, gritting his teeth, and said dully to the inherently evil Uchiha Ming in front of him.
Soon, amidst their conflict.
Uchiha Ming, in no bad mood, led the two Anbu squads and began this false mission.