Lei Chehu led his trusted aides and began his journey.
In order to truly climb to the position of Anbu Captain of Kumogakure, as well as to completely integrate into the behemoth that was the Yotsuki Clan, and more importantly, to thoroughly complete this undercover mission so that he could eventually join Konoha and let his family and children live a stable and peaceful life.
There were many people in Kumogakure who shared his thoughts!
They were all undercover spies from Konoha who had also received the transfer orders from the Konoha Anbu yesterday, and naturally, they made the same decision as Lei Chehu.
This was normal!
On one hand, the identity of an undercover spy was very awkward; if they were ever exposed, Kumogakure would certainly not let them off.
But more importantly, Konoha offered too much.
Coupled with the millennial reputation of the Uchiha, everyone still trusted this Hokage, Uchiha Jin.
Finally?
Kumogakure was also a setting sun, and they naturally had to consider their own future!
For a time.
Undercover spies from Konoha like Lei Chehu, assisted by an entire Anbu squadron led by Yamato, began a massive internal reshuffle throughout Kumogakure.
Every day, every moment.
Bloody killings were happening anytime and anywhere; although their positions were gradually climbing, the number of Ninjas in Kumogakure was rapidly plummeting.
Especially under the manipulation of the Hokage, Uchiha Jin, the elite Anbu squadron led by Yamato helped the spies fabricate various excuses. For matters that could be resolved by killing one person, they were eager to kill ten, or even a hundred people for it!
Just like that...
The internal reshuffle of Kumogakure became increasingly bloody; before the final power-holder could be decided, the Ninjas of Kumogakure were almost all killed off.
If one were to say that when the Fifth Hokage Darui was in power, Kumogakure's strength was also very weak, at least it could maintain the appearance of a Great Ninja Village, and was at least stronger than the weakest Sunagakure and Hidden Mist.
But now?
Before the Sixth Raikage could be decided, Kumogakure had completely spiraled toward becoming a small Ninja village; now it was almost inferior to Kusagakure or Takigakure right after the Third Great Ninja War.
And this extremely bloody slaughter, under the manipulation of the Konoha Anbu, dragged on for a full two months before it finally ended.
Finally.
In the end, a so-called 'expert' from the Yotsuki Clan, whose strength was not even as good as the Fifth Hokage Darui and at most was just an Elite Jonin, ascended to the throne of the Sixth Raikage.
With the cessation of the slaughter, there were no cheers within Kumogakure.
Even for the Yotsuki Clan that had won the position of the Sixth Raikage, their faces were terrifyingly pale at this moment; everyone, every faction, had dull eyes and looked exactly like they had lost their souls.
There was no other way; it was too miserable!
Looking at the current state of Kumogakure, the number of Ninjas, compared to when Darui died, had actually plummeted by two-thirds!
Before their eyes, the interior of Kumogakure was full of the old, the weak, the sick, and the disabled.
Facing this situation, who could be happy?
Once one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, the strongest Ninja village under Konoha, it had now completely degenerated into a second-rate—no, a third-rate small Ninja village!
This...
Thinking of this, the people of Kumogakure almost cried themselves to fainting in the restroom!
And what made the interior of Kumogakure even more bewildered, and even terrified, was that with the end of the internal reshuffle, at this very moment when peace had just barely arrived, a'strange' wind suddenly blew through Kumogakure.
Nobody knew who started to incessantly propagate that the current Kumogakure was simply too weak and had no way to survive under the encirclement of Konoha and the Akatsuki Organization.
If they didn't find a way, even Iwagakure, the Hidden Mist, and Sunagakure would have the power to completely wipe out Kumogakure.
And the only way out for Kumogakure was to actively merge into and join Konoha!
Only in this way could everyone survive, and everyone could enjoy peace and tranquility.
And the first time this rumor was spread, the unified thought among the high-ranking officials of Kumogakure was that this was a conspiracy from Konoha; therefore, from the Sixth Raikage down to every ordinary Ninja, they began to suppress and forbid everyone's thoughts without hesitation.
Kidding!
They were the strongest Kumogakure under Konoha; how could they accept the so-called joining of Konoha?
But the problem was.
With the slow passage of time, everyone's thoughts began to make a bizarre 180-degree turn.
Ninjas started to slowly feel that joining Konoha wasn't bad; after all, given Kumogakure's current strength, they were unable to protect themselves, and the entire Ninja World would absolutely not give them time to recover, slowly hibernate, and rise again.
Because the current Ninja World was still in a chaotic phase.
The Akatsuki Organization was constantly causing trouble, and Konoha was also secretly stirring.
In such a chaotic social environment, it was very difficult for Kumogakure to hibernate and lick its wounds, thereby slowly developing and restoring its Ninja numbers.
On the contrary.
Kumogakure would most likely become one of the Five Great Ninja Villages to be completely wiped out amidst the chaos.
So from this point of view, it seemed that joining Konoha was the most cost-effective.
Although they definitely could not keep the title of 'Kumogakure' in the future, everyone could save their lives and live peacefully and happily in Konoha from then on.
Following that.
After detecting this trend, Lei Chehu and the other Konoha spies did not hesitate to choose to support it with great fanfare.
Now, the trend was set!
One had to know that at this stage, the Konoha undercover spies had almost all become mid-level or even high-level leaders in Kumogakure, so with this group of people speaking out collectively, those'surrender faction' members inside Kumogakure instantly felt like they had found their organization and began to join under their leadership as quickly as possible.
This was a quite massive force, instantly overwhelming and surpassing the power of the 'conservative faction'.
For a time.
The interior of Kumogakure, which had just calmed down, began to stir with undercurrents once again.
It was also at this time that the letters from the three villages—Iwagakure, Sunagakure, and the Hidden Mist—finally reached the hands of the high-ranking officials of Kumogakure.
There was only one matter!
Everyone had completely made preparations and had begun moving toward the border of the Land of Lightning.
...
Raikage Building, main conference room.
Now, almost all the high-ranking officials of Kumogakure were sitting in the conference room, and Lei Chehu was among them.
Sitting in the middle position was the newly elected Sixth Raikage—Yotsuki Yuki!
He had now inherited the title of 'A', so naturally, he could also be called the Sixth A.
"Alright, everyone!"
"I believe everyone already knows the content of the letters from the three major Ninja villages."
"Now, there is not much time left for Kumogakure to think. We must consider clearly in the fastest time possible whether we want to join the great alliance of Iwagakure, the Hidden Mist, and Sunagakure, or choose to join Konoha directly?"
"In this meeting, we must unify our internal opinion."
"Everyone, speak up!"