'Tsk, what a scumbag cat.'
'Well, I'll wait until I catch the Two-Tails and make the Orange Cat a Jinchuriki. I'm really looking forward to seeing what Yan will do.'
After a moment's thought, Uchiha Anlan had an idea, and then glanced at the silver-spotted cat.
"Ayan, what's the intelligence from the front?"
The silver-white cat was in no hurry to answer.
Instead, she took a few steps, lowered her head, picked up a berry carefully selected from the orange tree, savored it, and then replied elegantly.
"Young Master, the situation is developing roughly as you predicted."
"Sunagakure has fallen into chaos due to the disappearance of the Third Kazekage. Several elders and high-ranking officials of Sunagakure intend to take the opportunity to plunder the resources of nearby small countries and turn internal conflicts into common interests."
"They even tried to start a war to lure other countries into sending troops to the Land of Fire so that they could get a share of the spoils within Konoha's territory."
"Small groups of Sand Village ninja have now entered the border of the Land of Fire to plunder villages."
Uchiha Anlan nodded slightly.
The original Naruto anime's main storyline revolves around love and justice, passion and bonds, but in reality, ninjas are professional assassins.
Even the more affluent Konoha ninjas would kill civilians from other countries for a few bites of food, such as Nagato Uzumaki's parents.
What are the moral bottom lines of ninjas in other ninja villages?
They did exist, but their numbers were pitifully low. The elderly, weak, women, and children, who had no ability to resist, were the "favorites" of many ninjas.
Seeing that Anlan didn't intend to speak, the kitten continued, "The Hidden Cloud Village wanted to take advantage of the Hidden Sand Village's leaderless situation and chose to invade the Land of Wind."
At this point, Ayan's cat face showed an extremely human-like look of bewilderment and confusion.
"The Land of Wind and the Land of Thunder are separated by more than a thousand miles."
"With the Land of the Moon and the Land of Hot Water in between, and the vast Land of Fire, and then the Land of Rain, isn't this arduous and thankless expedition risking having our retreat cut off?"
"Or stupidly take a longer route, passing through seven small countries, risking being attacked from both the Land of Earth and the Land of Fire, and invading the Land of Wind... I really can't understand it."
"Even Daju wouldn't engage in such a bizarre war of aggression."
Ayan paused, flicked her tail lightly, and said with a hint of sarcasm and dissatisfaction, "The Cloud Village ninjas are all idiots, they are not worthy to serve Lord Two-Tails at all!"
Her emerald vertical pupils contracted, and sharp claws sprang out from between her paw pads as she spoke angrily.
"To imprison such a noble being and use him as a Jinchuriki's tool, I will never let them live!"
Anlan glanced at Ayan, who was gritting her teeth, and with fingers still wet with water, flicked the cat's forehead with lightning speed.
The kitten meowed in pain, her body arching backward. She wobbled twice on the edge of the bathtub, her tail thrashing wildly as she tried to maintain balance, before finally crashing to the floor with a thud.
"You can't bring personal emotions into your work. If it happens again..."
Anlan deliberately dragged out her words, ears perking up as he looked at the ball of fur on the ground. "I'll shave all your cat fur off."
Ayan, who was about to cry out in pain, suddenly bristled, deftly flipped over and sat upright, her tail nervously wrapped around her front paws.
"Young Master! This is too cruel!"
"If you're going to be cruel, then be honest."
To be honest, most ninja cats have a tendency to get too big for their britches.
Normally, Anlan could see Ayan's occasional willfulness as cute.
But sometimes, even with so many flattering cats around, Ayan still doesn't recognize her own status and needs to be properly disciplined.
Seeing her master's firm attitude, Ayan became obedient and lightly leaped back onto the edge of the bathtub.
She tilted her head slightly, her emerald eyes shimmering, and let out a tender meow.
The call was sweet as honey, with a perfectly nasal tone. The soft, soul-stirring timbre sent a shiver down Anlan's spine, as if a tiny electric current was coursing through his entire body.
This sensation was a thousand times more intoxicating than any audio experience he had ever known in his previous life.
Daju heard it once, and immediately lay down on the ground with a smitten look on his face that was truly indescribable.
'Truly, everyone has their own expertise. She truly deserves to be called the Liu Ruyan of the cat world.'
"And isn't the stupidity of Kumogakure entirely Kishimoto's fault? He's just a manga artist; what does he know about ninja warfare?"
Anlan muttered a few complaints to himself, then hummed in a nasal tone, "What's next?"
Ayan blinked, looking at her relaxed owner. Her tense emotions eased, and her voice became even softer.
"Young Master, as you requested, Lord Kakuzu disguised himself as a Konoha ninja and attacked and killed many Kumogakure ninja, causing Kumogakure to turn its attention to Konoha."
She tilted her head, the downy hairs on her earlobes trembling slightly, and asked in confusion.
"But why would Young Master do this? Aren't the Uchiha also in Konoha?"
"Now the Hidden Cloud Village is heading south to attack the Land of Fire, in addition to the Hidden Sand Village, which harbors ill intentions."
"And Iwagakure, which is eager to take a bite out of Konoha, and Kirigakure, which is also itching to make a move."
Ayan gracefully raised her front paws, carefully assessing the situation, her voice tinged with worry.
"Is it really okay for the four great ninja villages to besiege us, meow?"
"The one who should be concerned about the survival of Konoha is the one sitting in the Hokage's office."
Anlan chuckled as he stood up from the bathtub, water droplets rolling down his muscle lines, tracing glistening paths in the rising steam.
"What does this have to do with my Uchiha clan?"
He reached out and took the bath towel that Ayan handed him, casually wiping his black hair.
"If we don't increase the pressure on the Hokage, how can our clan gain more autonomy?"
Ayan nodded as if she understood, then nimbly jumped onto the shelf and grabbed a dark-colored bathrobe.
Anlan casually draped the clothes over his shoulders, and as the clothes fluttered, the bathroom door was pushed open by the kitten's paw.
The silver-white figure leaped through the air and landed precisely in the young master's arms.
"But what if Konoha can't hold out?" Ayan asked, looking up at him.
"Konoha's foundation is far deeper than it appears on the surface; it will not fall easily."
Anlan stroked the cat's soft ear tips, a cold smile playing on his lips.
"Moreover, the survival of Konoha is related to the reputation of the Land of Fire, and those noble families often intermarry, creating a complex web of kinship relationships."
"The daimyo of the various countries behind the four great ninja villages will not truly let Konoha disappear."
He pushed open the porch door, and the night wind swept fallen leaves across the courtyard.
"Because if Konoha is gone, the Land of Fire is gone. If the Land of Fire is gone, the sacred bloodline theory of the Daimyo and nobles will be trampled into the mud by lowly ninjas."
Anlan lightly touched the cat's wet nose with his fingertip, his voice gradually deepening.
"Therefore, the so-called Ninja World War, besides being driven by interests, also serves to weaken the number of ninjas to some extent."
Ayan listened with a shocked expression and couldn't help but exclaim.
"If the goal is to reduce the number of ninjas, there's no need to wage such a brutal war!"
Having a sword but not using it and not having a sword at all are two different things.
Anlan smiled and looked up at the night sky. "Even among the powerful, things aren't always harmonious!"
End of this chapter...