Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, a week had quietly passed.
Driven by the war machines of the four Great Ninja villages, the entire Ninja World became incredibly agitated.
The forces of the various Great Ninja villages were rapidly assembling, no one harbored any illusions of luck regarding this war.
Furthermore, Deidara, Mei, and even Gaara, who had just been revived and recovered, all came to Konoha.
On one hand, they had many matters that needed to be confirmed, and on the other hand, it was naturally to facilitate the adjustment of strategies and tactics.
"Alright, it's finally starting, hmm."
In the underground conference room of Konoha, Deidara stretched, but soon he looked at Gaara and smiled.
"But this time, you guys actually didn't side with the wrong team, Kazekage."
"You've said that many times, Tsuchikage."
Gaara replied calmly, not caring about Deidara's attitude at all. What he cared about most was Takemi.
To be frank, his progress to this day relied on Takemi's encouragement back then. If not for Takemi's encouragement, he probably wouldn't have become the Kazekage. Moreover, during the last Akatsuki attack, Konoha saved him.
"Let's start as soon as possible, after all, the situation is a bit critical this time."
"Indeed, I didn't expect their layout to be so deep." Mei also nodded, her expression also somewhat grave.
Deidara shook his head. "Tch, I didn't think they could gather a force of about 100,000 troops and already occupy so many critical locations."
For a week, they had been investigating intelligence on the Akatsuki, and when they finally discovered it, they realized the Akatsuki had already completed deployment.
"Yes, it's indeed a bit of a headache."
Takemi nodded, stroking his chin as he spoke.
"The Land of Wind and Land of Rivers regions, the Land of Grass and Takigakure regions, and the Land of Iron and Land of Hot Water regions each have nearly 30,000 troops."
"The most troublesome are the Land of Whirlpools and Land of Waves, where about 10,000 people are also stationed."
Mei shook her head, saying somewhat irritably that this area was clearly meant to deal with Kirigakure.
And these two places are the most important 'stepping stones' connecting the Land of Water and the Ninja World continent.
Once this area is blockaded, it would be extremely disadvantageous for Kirigakure, and even for the entire Ninja World, it wouldn't be a good thing.
"Moreover, Kirigakure needs to land to come ashore, and landing operations always favor the defenders."
"The most crucial thing is that we've only assembled about 60,000 people this time."
Gaara spoke, his expression also not looking good.
Unbeknownst to them, so many people had been deployed in the Land of Wind, even though Takemi had explained that those guys were humanoid creatures.
Their stealth was extremely great, and their strength was average, but such a large number would still cause trouble for ninja.
Especially since each village is a large enterprise, besides their own ninja village, major towns, strongholds, and so on, all require troops for defense.
"Our personnel will be a bit stretched."
"And speaking of it, there are so many people in the Land of Hot Water, but Kumogakure doesn't seem to be participating in the war?"
Deidara actually didn't think those troops were much trouble, as he could just fly over directly. However, considering the problems of others, he still couldn't help but ask.
"What is their attitude? Will they participate in the war?"
"Who knows about them, anyway, there's been no news so far."
Takemi shook his head, he really didn't know what Kumogakure was thinking. Of course, he didn't take it to heart, after all, he was completely different now.
"Perhaps they are waiting to be bought, but I should still prepare myself."
"Hokage, do you have any plans?"
Mei looked at Takemi curiously, and the others also looked over.
Takemi smiled and shook his head. "My idea is very simple. The war situation is now divided into eastern and western fronts. Since that's the case, let's first go all out to resolve the enemies on the western front, and as for the eastern front…"
"Rely on the ocean and your own land defenses?"
Mei instantly understood, and although Deidara was a bit slower to react, he also figured it out.
"The enemies entrenched in the Land of Wind, Land of Rivers, and Land of Grass simultaneously threaten Konoha, Iwagakure, and Sunagakure, so they indeed need to be eliminated as soon as possible."
"And our main force moving eastward will inevitably collide with them, so eliminating them first is also inevitable." Gaara also quickly understood.
He thought for a moment and spoke, "Even if they retreat, they can only go all the way to the seaside, which will make it safer for us to clear them out."
"That's the general strategic idea, as for the specific details, more professional personnel will arrange them later."
Takemi smiled, actually, strictly speaking, he preferred the final battle to be resolved on land.
But considering that the final battle would definitely be against the three Ōtsutsuki, if they fought without restraint on land, who knew what it would turn into?
However, if it were by the sea, the situation would be much better, the ocean could absorb the energy they unleashed. This way, the destruction caused would be much smaller, no matter how you looked at it.
'Especially since at that time, I probably would have already obtained the Ten-Tails, and the Chakra fruit should also be ready, so being careful is very necessary…'
'Lest I shatter my own planet.'
Takemi thought to himself, but at this moment, he suddenly found himself raising an eyebrow.
The next moment, a piece of information appeared in his eyes.
[Received a new Ninja World exclusive mission]
[You stinky aliens, begging for food in the Ninja World?]
[End the Fourth Great Ninja War, eliminate all enemies]
[Accept?]
"…"