Sauron's predictions turned out to be correct. A week after Esdeath's departure, the Night Raid attempted to infiltrate the palace with two of its members. Prepared for such an action, Shura eliminated all of the spies who had infiltrated the palace and ambushed the assassins.
The conflict ended with the death of the Prime Minister's son and that of the assassin Lubbock. General Budo also captured the other member of the Night Raid, Tatsumi.
Apart from these events, the revolutionary army launched numerous assaults against the southern wall of the Capital, but against Ash Pheonix it was unsuccessful.
Revolutionary army camp
The large rebel army rested for the night. Thousands of tents have been set up to house the tens of thousands of soldiers who made it up. In the center of the camp was a huge tent four times the size of the others. The latter served as the command center for the officers.
All the officers were assembled to discuss the change of strategy to adopt in view of the latest sudden failures.
General Hemi: We must retreat and gather more soldiers, the majority of citizens support us and will join our ranks with pleasure.
General Nakaido: Poor fool, if we do this the morale of our soldiers will reach a dangerous level, already that the announcement of the public execution of one of the members of the Night Raid makes them worried, your ploy will condemn us.
General Hemi: Bradley do you have a suggestion as to which strategy to adopt?
All the officers looked at the same man. He was an older man almost sixty years old with an incredible physique for his age. He has a head full of black hair, with some graying hair and a thick black mustache. He also wears an eye patch to the left eye. He is General King Bradley, one of the generals who had the most influence in the revolutionary army.
Bradley: In view of our precarious situation, I suggest that we continue the assault, however these attacks will only serve to distract the Imperial army while we capture the citadels around the Capital. This action will force the Ash Pheonix to disperse its troops around the walls which will allow us more easily to enter the city.
All who heard this plan could only accept, none of them had any better anyway. All the officers left the command tent to set up the planning necessary for the success of the plan. Unlike the others, Bradley went to his assigned tent.
Shortly after arriving a siphon appeared in the center of the tent from which emerged a man wearing a black coat with a red cloud pattern and an orange mask with a concentrated spiral pattern around his right eye. Seeing him Bradley knelt before him.
???: Reporting!
At his command, the old soldier hastened to tell all about what had happened in the past few days. After a conversation of about twenty minutes the general left his lord alone in the tent.
As soon as the old man came out of the tent, the vision of the masked man began to change. The surrounding environment seemed to sink into the shadows, except for another being who appeared at his side. This corpse-skinned individual wears ancient elven armor and his whole body radiates light. It is the largest elven blacksmith of the Second Age, Celebrimbor.
???: We are wasting our time here. We should dedicate our efforts to collect the Bij没s.
Celebrimbor: Don't be so hasty, Obito. Although our army of Zetsus is powerful, the army that the Empire can provide us with will ensure that our victory will be certain.
Obito: I still believe that our plan will succeed without the help of the revolutionary army. When we resuscitate J没bi, our power will be inexhaustible and we will finally be able to create a perfect world.
Celebrimbor: '' Sigh '' When you say that kind of thing, it reminds me that you're still just a kid when it comes to the true value of power.
Obito: What do you mean?
Celebrimbor: While power is useful, it's not everything. A powerful being can never reign if he has no one with him. Even Morgoth understood this principle, he was known to be the most powerful of the Valars yet he could never have fought all these brothers and sister alone. This is why he gathered many servants like Sauron and Gothmog. Thanks to his army he was able to compete with the numerical superiority of the Valars. Use this advice: Never waste a potential pawn.
The masked man did not answer, however you could see in his eyes that he was thinking about the words of the old elf.
Celebrimbor: Since the plan is going on without much difficulty we should go back to the elementary nations. Bradley has one of my best creations so he shouldn't have too much trouble defeating the Ice Queen and the Ash Pheonix.
Obito: Indeed, we must accelerate the capture of the Bij没 before the arrival of the White Council. I will send Nagato to Konoha to bring Ky没bi and Sasuke to Kumo to bring Hachibi.
Celebrimbor: '' Sigh '' It is unfortunate that my power and that of Sanbi it is opposed to each other and that the body of the fourth Mizukage is exploded because of this reaction, three years ago. If that had not happened, the White Council would never have known that I had returned in Middle Earth and we would have had more time to prepare for war. Either way, they will soon regret opposing the Bright Lord.
With these last words, the specter disappeared and Obito's vision became normal. A whirlpool came out of its only visible eye and engulfed it. When he disappeared, he said one last sentence.
Obito: So be it!