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  *Hokage Office*

  Gojo Kaigetsu came in for his routine work report, mostly regarding the progress of the "Kirigakure Freedom Operation."

  After all, it ed the first proactive iion with another vilge sihe Fourth Hokage took offibsp;

  The ninjas below were watg closely; it was a test of both the Fourth Hokage's and Gojo Kaigetsu's g abilities. If it failed, it would be a signifit blow to Minato's authority, and Danzo and Mito would iably jump out to stir up trouble in Konoha. But if it succeeded…

  Danzo's back, bent for half a lifetime, would finally snap.

  They couldn't afford to be careless.

  Setting aside those factors, it was evident that Gojo Kaigetsu himself was highly motivated.

  Minato asked curiously, “Kaigetsu, you weren't this enthusiastic when dealing with Kumogakure. Why is it different with Kirigakure…”

  “Did a Kirigakure ninja offend you?”

  “Or is it because of the ‘Shinobi World tial Bance Policy - Kirigakure Threat Theory’ you mentioned iernal meeting before?”

  “Kirigakure is just a bunch of singers, how could they possibly offe's not because of that hypothetical policy either.” Gojo Kaigetsu took a sip of tea and tered excitedly, “Minato, what is the spiritual belief of our Konohagakure?”

  “The Will of Fire,” Minato answered instantly.

  “Then do you know what the antonym of fire is?”

  “Water, is there a problem with that?”

  “Why is it water?”

  “This…?”

  Wasn’t this on knowledge in the shinobi world? Water Style tered Fire Style, what else could it be?

  “You don’t uand, Minato. This actually involves profound mathematics.”

  “As the Hokage, your level of educatioo keep up.”

  Minato scratched his head. Although he didn't quite uand what Gojo Kaigetsu was saying, he instinctively straightened his posture like an obedient student and said, “Please enlighten me.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu casually grabbed a nearby bckboard and started writing:

  “Assuming fire is X, and its antonym is Y, then X + Y = 0”

  “From the above assumption, we clude: Y = -X = 1 - 1 = 0”

  “The's sider ‘1 - 1’ as a whole, ‘H’”

  “Isn’t the equal sign above a 2?”

  “bining everything, we get: Water = Opposite of Fire = H?O”

  “Therefore-”

  Gojo Kaigetsu’s voice suddenly rose, and he proudly patted his chest, covered by his biform:

  “As a staunch believer and ior of the Will of Fire, I am irrecibly opposed takure of the Land of Water!”

  Minato: “...???”

  Although he couldn’t uand it, it seemed like Gojo Kaigetsu was engaging in somethirendy.

  “Ahem, alright, let's set this issue aside for now.”

  Minato forced the atmosphere in the office back to the tensioing a special operation. “Have you sidered what kind of statement we should release afterward, Kaigetsu-kun?”

  The current ndscape of the shinobi world was "One Superpower, Tw Powers, Two owers."

  The superpower was naturally Konoha, the tw powers were Kumogakure and Iwagakure, and the two weak ones were self-evident. However, before another Uchiha Madara or Hashirama appeared in Konoha, they couldn't single-handedly domihe entire shinobi world.

  Therefore, even when dug special military operations against a retively weak vilge like Kirigakure, they needed a justifiable reason.

  This was what was called the demeanor of a great vilge.

  Otherwise, the surrounding smaller vilges would be stantly on edge, potentially banding together and uniting with the other freat vilges to challenge Konoha, which would be disastrous.

  Gojo Kaigetsu casually tossed out an idea, “Do we eveo think about it? Of course, we say that Kirigakure discovered oil… oh no, chakra metal mines.”

  “Huh?” Minato was taken aback. “Let’s not even talk about whether Kirigakure has chakra metal mines. Even if they did… this could easily be defined as a war of aggression by Konoha. That won’t do.”

  “Oh? Then what are your thoughts, Minato?”

  “I’ve given it some thought.” Minato stroked his , p for a moment.

  Those who are close to vermilion will turhose who are close to Gojo will turn dark.

  Having spent so much time with him, Minato's heart had also bee quite dark. For the sake of the vilge, he had always adopted a firm and ruthless staowards other vilges.

  “Perhaps we say that citizens, nobles, and merts of the Land of Fire have frequently gone missing after entering the Land of Water. Or that Konoha ninjas have gotten lost within Kirigakure’s territory.”

  “Therefore, we o dispatinjas from Konoha to duct rescue and search operations.”

  “This way, in the eyes of the mainstream public, Konoha be distinguished from the image of an aggressor.”

  Minato was quite satisfied with the reason he came up with for the special military operation. He looked at Gojo Kaigetsu expetly, hoping to hear affirmation.

  However, Gojo Kaigetsu shook his head.

  “That’s too petty. We are Konoha, the number one vilge in the shinobi world. Are we going to unch a special military operation just to rescue people and duct searches?”

  “If we’re going to apply pressure, we should make the Mizukage and the Land of Water’s Daimyo make a statement.”

  “Then… what kind of statement should we use?”

  “We o uand ohing, Minato. A crification statement isn’t about making the vilge expin itself, it’s about whitewashing the vilge!”

  “The darker Kirigakure appears, the more justified our special military operation bees!”

  Gojo Kaigetsu cleared his throat and id out his thoughts, “Firstly, we unch a uniteral special military operation against Kirigakure uhe pretext that they possess ons of mass destru and are secretly supp terrorist ninjas and rogue anizations.”

  “We will overthrow Yagura Karatachi’s Bloody Mist regime ahe Kirigakure vilgers establish a free and democratic gover!”

  “We will search for aroy the hidden ons of mass destru within Kirigakure and elimihe terrorist ninjas.”

  “We will end the Bloody Mist rule and provide Konoha’s humanitarian aid!”

  “We will protect Kirigakure’s chakra metal mines, which are non-renewable and valuable resources belonging to the entire shinobi world!”

  Gojo Kaigetsu’s words were firm and resolute. “In the end, we won’t find any ons of mass destru, but we will have protected the persecuted vilgers and s of Kirigakure.”

  “And we will annouhat Yagura Karatachi’s Bloody Mist regime had already destroyed all evidend witnesses, and that Konoha, upholding its principles of peace, will withdraw from Kirigakure and the Land of Water.”

  “My goodness, a noble, passionate, and bea of hope image of Konoha will be imprinted in the minds of everyone in the shinobi world.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu closed his eyes, indulging in his own fantasy. It was-

  Fantasy! Time!

  His words echoed in the small Hokage office, leaving Minato dumbfounded.

  After a long while, he finally snapped out of Gojo Kaigetsu’s statement.

  He said faintly, “Kaigetsu-kun, if I remember correctly… our special military operatio include invading Kirigakure’s mainnd, does it?”

  “Oh, is that so? I must have remembered it wrong.”

  Gojo Kaigetsu scratched his head shamelessly. If they truly acted as described iatement, it wouldn’t be any different from deg war on Kirigakure.

  Wouldn’t that be helping Yagura Karatachi shift the internal css flict within the vilge into aernal flict?

  No, no, that wouldn't do.

  “Alright, fet the beginning, fet the end, just remember the middle part-”

  “Provide Konoha’s humanitarian aid!”

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