"Tsunade-sensei, with every enemy your poison takes, our comrades in the village face one less danger. This is the true antidote for Konoha in medical warfare."
Tsunade felt the warmth of Aomi's palm, her eyes involuntarily wavering: "Kid, I don't need you to teach me that!"
Senju Tobirama watched this scene with a smile.
After keeping pace with Aomi, Senju Tobirama, the teacher of the Darkness of the Ninja World, transformed into a strategist, offering Aomi numerous strategies, including but not limited to self-explosion, poisoning, attacking the Daimyo, and inciting internal chaos.
In the days without Uzumaki Mito and Senju Hashirama's limitations, Aomi's constant praise seemed to evoke many of the unrealized regrets of Senju Tobirama's past, making him eager to unleash his Kinjutsu and tactics on the battlefield.
And Aomi, like a sponge, absorbed Senju Tobirama's strategies without any pickiness, loudly cheering for him, frequently praising his not-so-forthcoming imagination, proving to be an extremely excellent foil.
This made Senju Tobirama feel very satisfied, thinking why would one need to talk about bottom lines when dealing with enemies?
Just do it!
As a result, Senju Tobirama and Aomi, these two individuals, began eagerly anticipating the arrival of war.
Senju Tobirama wanted to see Aomi shatter the entire Ninja World and lead Konoha back to the pinnacle of the Ninja World...
Aomi, on the other hand, wanted to face off against the other Hidden Villages. Having stayed in Konoha for so long, it was time to see the world outside.
The Ninja World had many powerful figures, Kekkeitota, various Kekkeigenkai, and the Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki of each village, all of which were excellent targets for Aomi to confront.
Without a war, how could Aomi bring them all together?
War is always the best catalyst for power, especially for a ninja...
Meanwhile, on the other side of the Ninja World.
Uchiha Madara chanted Aomi's written response, his expression becoming increasingly proud.
That's more like it!
Aomi truly is the offspring of the Uchiha Clan, his audacious attitude mirrored his own back in the day!
When Aomi seemed to be possessed by Senju Tobirama, Uchiha Madara was not enraged; in his view, it was just Senju Tobirama unable to hold back his hideous face due to Konoha's ugliness, an impotent rage at best.
The contemplation in Aomi's eyes did not escape Uchiha Madara's sight.
As long as he started contemplating, Aomi was bound to realize the incurability of this Ninja World.
Especially in the Root, Aomi's subjugation of the original Root members' ocular powers greatly pleased Uchiha Madara, who felt Aomi was becoming more like himself than even Izuna!
"It seems I need to give Aomi a hand, control those pacifists of the other Hidden Villages, and let the flames of war ignite completely..."
Uchiha Madara slowly stood up, determined to personally add fuel to the fire for the upcoming Third Ninja World War so that Aomi would experience the nonexistence of peace in this world.
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Several days later.
Konoha.
Hokage Building.
"That Uchiha kid is too extreme, old man!"
Jiraiya waved Aomi's response toward the other Hidden Villages, frowning deeply: "This will only provoke the flames of war. Konoha's military is not at a significant advantage, so why provoke?"
"Old man, I know you hold Aomi in high regard, but you shouldn't have placed him in the position of Root Leader, and made Tsunade the Hokage Assistant. Why make such decisive decisions about the future's two Hokages?"
Jiraiya was quite dissatisfied.
In his view, what Sarutobi Hiruzen did was not fair, promoting Tsunade to Hokage Assistant while placing Aomi in the position of Root Leader, making it nearly impossible for Minato to compete against Aomi in the future.
Originally, Jiraiya had a favorable impression of Aomi, but Aomi's extremely hardline stance on war reminded him of the previous Root Leader Shimura Danzo.
No, this was countless times more hardline than Shimura Danzo...
If Aomi were to become Hokage, in Jiraiya's heart, who believed in love and peace and the Child of Prophecy's future, Konoha would only fall into endless war.
Only the calm and wise Minato seemed to Jiraiya to be the best candidate for Hokage.
Sarutobi Hiruzen took out his pipe, taking a deep inhale, his eyes full of helplessness.
He originally intended to pass this hot potato to Aomi, but unexpectedly, it turned out this way!
Aomi, without consulting him, the Third Hokage, or Hokage Assistant Tsunade, responded to all the criticisms of Konoha from the Hidden Villages in the name of Root.
Recalling Senju Tobirama's attitude toward war and his criticisms of his weakness, Sarutobi Hiruzen already guessed who was influencing Aomi.
Thus, this was unavoidable.
Senju Tobirama's actions were beyond the judgment of a Third Hokage...
"Jiraiya, what Aomi did was my hint."
Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed internally, but his expression remained firm, silently taking the blame for Senju Tobirama once again:
"Weakness won't bring about peace; the statements are just slightly intense, but they reflect Konoha's stance."
Jiraiya widened his eyes, almost as if meeting his teacher for the first time.
"Old man, do you really like Aomi that much? This response surely wasn't your idea!"
Jiraiya shook his head helplessly: "Have you forgotten the will of the First Hokage? Only mutual understanding between people can achieve true peace."
"Although I will fight for Konoha, that doesn't mean I support war!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath, waving his hand irritably: "Alright, alright, go find your Child of Prophecy!"
Jiraiya's expression froze, realizing even his mentor didn't believe in the Great Toad Sage's prophecy?
At this moment.
The Anbu, holding a stack of intelligence, knocked on the door.
"Hokage-sama, here are the negotiation letters from other Hidden Villages. Please have a look."
Jiraiya and Sarutobi Hiruzen exchanged a glance, both their eyes flashing with a hint of tension.
War might just be upon us!