Senju Tobirama crossed his arms and spoke.
Though his words about the human heart seemed somewhat sinister, what Senju Tobirama said indeed aligned with the consistent style of those Hidden Villages in the Ninja World...
"In any case, you don't need to worry! To fight against the will of the planet, I need the participating ninjas to work together in the great formation. I won't force anyone unless it's absolutely necessary!"
Senju Tobirama said solemnly: "Even if there are cases of forcibly burning other ninjas, I'll do it myself."
"Let me bear the brunt of their resentment!"
"What we really need to do is to find a way to win over the Six Paths Sage, Otsutsuki Hamura, Indra, and Asura!"
"We need to get them to join our formation. If we have the Chakra burnt by these mixed-blood Otsutsuki, then our Chakra support for Aomi will be greatly enhanced!"
"As well as the so-called Three Holy Lands!"
Senju Tobirama surveyed the Konoha Ninja present:
"Now, are there any ninjas on our side who don't want to join? I won't force you, you can choose to leave freely as long as you keep today's discussion confidential."
And the Konoha Ninja all shook their heads.
How could they not support Aomi?
Even the most conservative Jiraiya and Namikaze Minato felt deep down that they should contribute to Aomi, but to deceive other Hidden Villages and forcibly start this kind of sacrificial Jutsu might go against the Will of Fire...
But Senju Tobirama has made it clear, in such an urgent situation...
There's no point in reciting the old scriptures of the Will of Fire.
"Alright, if everyone agrees—"
Senju Tobirama slowly said: "Then the first step is to study the great formation I mentioned, capable of linking and bearing a huge amount of Chakra, for which Mito needs to lead, and every ninja familiar with Fuinjutsu must participate."
"And during this, it's crucial to contact Asura and Indra."
Senju Tobirama's eyes gleamed with a hint of brilliance:
"These two mixed-blood Otsutsuki, I think Indra is the easiest to win over... His belief is to create peace through strength, which naturally aligns with our plan."
"Uchiha Madara, as his reincarnation, you need to debate with him on how peace could be achieved, subtly changing his mindset. Do you understand what I mean?"
Uchiha Madara nodded thoughtfully.
He's quite familiar with this kind of task. Isn't this similar to dealing with the darkened Obito?
Though in this time, Uchiha Madara didn't quite manage to darken Obito as expected, but ultimately one learns from failures...
Indra doesn't seem that much smarter than Obito.
"Understood, leave it to me..." Uchiha Madara said in a deep voice.
"Brother, you go find Asura... In the memory Aomi left me, I saw how Asura once triumphed over Indra..."
Senju Tobirama turned to Senju Hashirama and commanded:
"At that time, the Six Paths Sage was partial, granting Asura members of the Ninja Sect and portions of Chakra, even the Nine-tails' Chakra..."
"What you need to do is question this method and reinforce the approach of concentrating power at a single point as the right one."
"Doing this when we present our plan to Asura and Indra, Asura will perceive this method of linking Chakras to face enemies like back then..."
"Indra would think this is creating peace through power, hence both would agree with our approach, and join under the pressure from Otsutsuki pursuit!"
"And when Indra and Asura cooperate, the Six Paths Sage as the father wanting to see reconciliation and as an Immortal who claims to protect the Ninja World, would hardly reject it."
Senju Tobirama spoke sinisterly:
"With the Six Paths Sage joining, then the Three Holy Lands must join too... And as for the remaining Otsutsuki Hamura, it's Hyuga Hizashi's turn."
"Hizashi, according to the intelligence Aomi acquired from Kaguya, the Hyuga Clan on the moon perished in mutual slaughter due to the Caged Bird..."
"Understand what I mean? You need to tie the changes Aomi introduced to the Hyuga Clan, to make Otsutsuki Hamura recognize Aomi. You must utilize your identity as his descendant to comprehend the division that has already appeared between Hamura and Hagoromo, to instill in him the psychological suggestion of joining the plan..."
"Can you complete the task?"
Hyuga Hizashi jolted fiercely, stood up, and shouted, "Second Hokage, please rest assured!"
Senju Tobirama nodded with satisfaction.
Indeed, a Root member brought up by Aomi, efficient and perceptive, undoubtedly the backbone of Konoha...
"Tobirama, what should I do?"
Senju Hashirama timidly raised his hand: "I'm not disagreeing with your plan... It's just, discussing these with Asura, I can't..."
"You know me, Tobirama, I've never been eloquent since childhood, otherwise, during the Five Kage Summit, I wouldn't want to bow to them, but there's really no choice..."
Senju Hashirama rambled.
Senju Tobirama rolled his eyes dramatically.
Uchiha Madara, Aomi's subordinates, Konoha's other ninjas are all pretty brisk, even the few kids who once had faith in Mount Myoboku agreed to his plan...
Yet his own big brother! The First Hokage of Konoha!
Dumb as anything, even basic persuasion tactics are beyond him, truly troubling...
"Hum, Hashirama, you underestimate yourself..."
Uchiha Madara said sarcastically: "Let me guess, are you wondering why Asura needed to borrow the Nine-tails and Ninja Sect members' Chakra to defeat Indra?"
"After all, I am the reincarnation of Indra, yet it was the Nine-tails that made our battle a draw..."
Senju Hashirama embarrassedly scratched his head: "Madara, how did you know? Actually, it wasn't even a draw, I feel I still won against you..."
Uchiha Madara silently clenched his fists, forcing a smile: "Yeah, tell Asura exactly that..."
"Oh! This is all it takes? It's no different from just chatting!" Senju Hashirama nodded with a sudden realization, recovering his confidence:
"Haha, await my good news! I'm really curious why in battling Indra one would need the Nine-tails' power, doesn't he know any Immortal Techniques?"
After Senju Hashirama spoke.
The ninjas present fell into collective silence.
Asura might not be incensed just yet, but those like Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki or related to Jinchuriki, were already losing composure.
Don't make the Nine-tails sound like a mere squiddy thing you can hold in one hand!
Damn it!
"Alright, the basic plan has been set... Next comes execution..."
Senju Tobirama rubbed his eyebrows, breaking the cold silence:
"I'll deal with Onoki, Third Raikage, and Third Kazekage... Now, the priority is establishing a qualified great formation."
"Aomi has already done everything for the Ninja World... We must take action now!"
Senju Tobirama showed signs of exhaustion: "Don't think about those useless morals anymore, I've said it, emergency situations call for special responses, I'll bear the burden of infamy..."
At this moment.
The Konoha ninjas watched Senju Tobirama, who had exhausted his efforts, feeling somewhat touched.
Perhaps they had indeed misunderstood the Second Hokage all along...
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Deep beneath the sea.
"Truly the power of Space-Time... Even with such a massive amount of Natural Energy, the transformation to space-time attributes results in only this pathetic conversion rate?"
Aomi manipulated the Space-Time Energy, carefully entwining it around the barren bones of the God of Otsutsuki.
With the entanglement of Space-Time Energy, the bones lying between this realm and the otherworld finally ceased to emit the enticing allure to the Otsutsuki Bloodline...
"Eh? Is Tobirama's plan really this thorough?"
At that moment, Aomi, sensing Tobirama's plotted plan concerning the Six Paths Family through Soul Engraving, smiled with satisfaction.
"Tobirama, how could I let you bear infamy? What you're doing is truly right..."
"My heart and my actions are as clear as a mirror, everything we do is justified, you and I never stand on the side of evil, you and I are the interpreters of the Will of Fire!"
Aomi thought to himself, continuing to use the Power of Space-Time to seal the barren bones.
Meanwhile, in one otherworld.
Otsutsuki Isshiki clutched his head, his eyes full of fury.
For so long, he still hadn't devoured Uchiha Obito!
This despicable human, whose will is extraordinarily resilient beyond his imagination... If this drags on, Isshiki feels, he might die!
Reinforcements, when will they arrive!