Aomi slowly stood up, and with a sweep of his eyes, the applause quickly subsided.
"Everyone, after the establishment of the new Root, we are about to face the most arduous task that must be completed, and that is to deal with the upcoming Third Ninja World War..."
Aomi snapped his fingers, and behind him, a huge map of the Ninja World appeared out of thin air.
Orochimaru's eyes narrowed; even he had never seen such mastery in Genjutsu.
Kurama Kurokumo shook his head helplessly; Aomi's Genjutsu True Life technique was more skillful than he, the heir of the Kurama Family.
Beside the map of the Ninja World, projections of strong individuals from other Hidden Villages appeared one after another—
The Kage of each village, senior advisors, Jinchuriki, ninjas with Shadow Power...
"We need to realize one thing. In the upcoming war, Konoha is very likely to be besieged by the Four Great Hidden Villages."
Aomi said slowly, "And even if we are not besieged, the current strength of Konoha will always attract the covetous eyes of these wolves from other villages. Therefore, we need to strike them hard, make them fear, and not dare to meet Konoha eye-to-eye!"
"But the question is, how do we strike them so that they submit?"
Aomi changed his tone, looking at the assembled ninja clans: "Although Konoha's ninja are excellent, relying only on courage and fierceness, sacrificing lives, in my view, is foolish."
"The ninja of Konoha are precious, and I don't want to see anyone become a worthless cannon fodder..."
The ninja present nodded silently.
Just as Aomi said, being fierce and courageous is useless. Like Shimura Danzo brainwashing the Root ninja to become emotionless tools, they still have no significant combat advantage when facing the Anbu of other villages.
In the Ninja World, ninja from each village do not lack the courage to stake their lives.
Orochimaru curled his lips into a smile, increasingly looking forward to Aomi's next words.
Not sacrificing lives, yet he invited him, Konoha's scientist, which means they are going to pursue scientific development...
"Therefore, we, Konoha, must not adhere to traditional ninja warfare tactics anymore; we must begin to transform!"
Aomi waved his hand forcefully, saying in a deep voice: "Our Root must begin to spearhead technological innovation, to wage a modernized Ninja World War!"
"In my view, modern warfare should have the following characteristics—"
"First, extensive three-dimensionality. After the Five Great Hidden Villages and even the entire Ninja World participate, the battlefield will be vast, with indistinct front and rear boundaries. Large-scale confrontations will affect the entire territories of both sides and the outer space, with complex and changeable battlefield dynamics, fierce struggles for battlefield initiative, and faster requirements for rapid response."
Behind Aomi, the map of the Ninja World changed, showing the ninja present how complex the hostile situation would be if Konoha fought against four.
Everyone looked serious; the pressure from a four-village alliance was unimaginable.
"To address this point, Nara Clan's Root ninja need to take responsibility for receiving, transmitting, and summarizing intelligence. I will continue to improve the Perception Ninjutsu of the Yamanaka Clan, so that comprehensive intelligence of the war can be received, and the splitting of Katsuyu by Tsunade-sensei can also serve as a corresponding contact method for seamless intelligence summarization."
Nara Shikaku's eyes flickered with contemplation, standing up to say: "The Nara Clan will provide the most comprehensive intelligence summary and analysis for Root and Konoha!"
Aomi nodded his head: "Good, sit down first..."
"Second, mobility continuity, as ninja forces are highly mobile, increasing the likelihood of engagement battles, breaking day-night boundaries, affecting political and economic aspects, all of which fundamentally require intelligence."
"I need the spy unit to intensify the infiltration of other Hidden Villages. The Yamanaka Clan's ninja must fully decipher the captured brain intelligence to grasp the enemy's movements."
Yamanaka Fuu immediately stood up: "Lord Aomi, the Yamanaka Clan will undoubtedly fulfill your entrustment!"
Yakushi Nonou followed up, saying: "Please rest assured, Lord Aomi, leave the enemy's movements to me..."
After Aomi improved the Jutsu of the Yamanaka Clan, the Yamanaka ninja in Root, like Yamanaka Fuu and Yamanaka Inoichi, were extremely confident. Even if it's the mind's seal of a village's Kage, they were confident in breaking through.
And after Yakushi Nonou received funds from Kakuzu, her sense of belonging to Root greatly increased.
She was a bit dazed, thinking, I just wanted the children at the orphanage to have enough food and clothing; what does this unacquainted treasury minister of Root want by transferring tens of millions of ryo at once?
It's really a bit too much!
Therefore, to repay this kindness, the walking Miko worked with full force, leading the Root spies to work day and night.
Aomi nodded.
"Then, the most important third point is—mass destruction!"
Aomi said slowly: "A ninja's body is extremely fragile; aside from some exceptionally talented Jonin, ordinary ninja can be killed with just a Kunai."
"And forming an army mostly consists of Special Jonin and below. Currently, I have the following ideas."
Aomi raised three fingers:
"First, biological warfare, using the Pot Poison Jutsu of the Aburame Clan as the core, with dispersible and contagious nanometer poisonous insects as one means of killing, reasonably utilizing the enemy's bodies."
"Second, chemical warfare, I have already requested Tsunade-sensei to develop potent toxins that can be widely applied, to be equipped on each Konoha ninja's ninja tools, causing an effect of instant lethality on Chunin."