Chapter 127 - War Plans... (1/2)

Chapter 127

Title: War Plans...

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”I will take the border against the Land of Lightning. I am fast and also a heavy hitter, I would be a perfect counter against the third Raikage.” Said Yami with a casual tone.

The Hokage thinks for a little and then he nods. ”That sounds reasonable.”

Even though the 3rd Hokage isn't fond of Yami. He still has a cordial relationship with him, after all he doesn't want anything like a civil war during these times.

”Does anyone have any other suggestions.”

Yami answered again. ”I would suggest Minato and Fugaku work together against the Rock Village, Minato could counter the Tsuchikage's Atomic Dismantling Jutsu with his Hiraishin. And Fugaku could take care of any Tailed Beast that the Rock Village might decide to throw at us. He would probably be able to put them under a genjutsu to stop them. I can also lend him some paper seals that could suppress the Jinchiriki's chakra just in case. I would also suggest, that Tsunade and Jiraya handle the Hidden Sand Village, Tsunade would be enough to hold Chiyo and her brother, since the Kazege died that would be enough, but their Jinchuriki of the one tails would be a little hard to handle if they decided to use that one too. Then comes the real problem in there, since I have heard rumours form my spies that the most likely candidate for the next Kazekage would also be able to control Gold Dust, with all that it would seem a little hard for only Tsunade alone to handle this.”

All of the people in the room looked at Yami with wide eyes, amazed at what he said and how he was able to make such an alitical plan. Plus the spy network also seemed quite good considering the information that Yami just easily gave away.

The Hokage just looked intently at Yami. He wasn't dumb enough to not see Yami's usefulness. He just came up with an amazing plan in case of war… so Hiruzen decided to ask Yami again. ”Do you have any more ideas…”

Yami seemed to think for a little, but in the end he just said. ”No… not really… though I guess Orochimaru would go to the border in the Land of Water, against the Hidden Mist Village… so no I can't really add anything new.”

The Hokage nodded and after thinking for a couple of seconds he calmly said. ”Your plan is quite good Yami… but I see one flaw in it… the battle against the Cloud Village, where you will be guarding it. Can you handle the 3rd Raikage… I think that me coming and helping would be optimal.”

After listening to Hiruzen, Yami contemplates a little, but in the end he still says. ”There is no need, I can handle it. I think that you staying in Konoha would be for the best, in case of an emergency in any battle front, you could easily go and help thee within less than a day. But being with me, the travel time to the other borders would be significantly larger and it could take up to 2-4 days of travel to reach the destinations from where I will be holding the front. And travelling long distances with Hiraishin is not worth it since we could just teleport ourselves within a trap. Also… don't worry… I am confident on being able to handle the Raikage.”

The Hokage still doesn't seem convinced yet and asks again. ”What if they bring their Jinchuriki in the fight, because even though the Eight Tails Jinchuriki is said to be young and he probably can't control the Tailed Beast inside of him. He could still be dangerous, after all in a battle between equals even the smallest margin change could have an effect on battle results.”

”As you all know, I am at my best against a Jinchuriki. With my Fuinjutsu to help me with it, the situation could be easily handled by a shadow clone of mine.” Reassures Yami.

Then Yami added. ”Also we should keep the Nine Tails Jinchuriki inside Konoha, after all Kumo already tried to steal it once. What would be stopping them from doing it again.”

The Hokage nods, after all only Yami knows his abilities best, and he is an S rank ninja. They know he won't overestimate himself needlessly, that is just a rookie mistake.

The discussions on different battles start, they calculate the different scenarios that might happen and how we will handle them. The Nara Jounin also try to change battle scenarios and make the best possible response for them. While they advise us on how we should handle the different situations that might arise.

'This is boring.' Though Yami, as he was calculating which strings to pull to get some of the people he wants into his army.

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After the meeting we all had two days of break, before we  needed to get to the frontlines. As Yami was walking towards the exit and got ready to meet Orochimaru. He felt a hand on his shoulder, he turned around and saw Minato, who had a smile on his face. ”Hey Yami, long time no see, we should catch up, want to go to the Jounin Bar close to the Anbu building.”

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-Yami POV-

I just looked at Minato and contemplated. We do usually meet at the Ichiraku ramen stand, but even then we are always on a rush or something like that. So we didn't get to talk a lot… well I admit that it was mostly me not seeing a reason to talk to him, since I already got the Uzumaki Fuinjutsu Books from Kushina… She and Minato have become kind of useless to me and I see no reason to even hang out with them. Kushina is too loud and Minato is… kinda boring honestly.

”Yeah sure, I would like that. I will meet you there in ten minutes. I have something to take care of first.” But still out of courtesy I decided to take the shot and go hang out with him… a dead man walking…

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After that I go outside and…