Covering his smirk, Orochimaru turned towards the leaders of the various clans and started explaining.
"Right now, what could be a better way to counter them than making them believe that their plan is flawless... he... he~"
Except for his teammates, Orochimaru saw the rest of the people inside the room tremble a little.
His eerie laughter sent shivers down their spines.
"What they think is that by dividing our forces, they can easily weaken us, but what they do not know is that we have Sakumo-senpai~"
The heads in the room all turned to look at the white-haired man. His presence may not have been the most noticeable in the room, but he was indeed currently one of the most powerful.
What was even more noteworthy is that no one knew his full strength until now. Ever since he had become a jonin instructor, he had been off the grid, which is why no one knows whether he became more powerful or if he was still at the same level.
Orochimaru's eyes shone as he continued, "Imagine the look on their faces when they think they can weaken us when half of our strong forces are not there, but then suddenly, they find their numbers decreasing."
"Not only will this make their morale fall, but they will also fear the presence of the ninja responsible for their loss," Tsunade continued his words, and Orochimaru's smirk widened, hearing his teammate understand him for the first time.
The people in the room, including the head of the Nara family, felt it was a good thing that this person was their friend, not an enemy.
He is talking about making use of their attacks as an opportunity to make a name for themselves and Sakumo.
If they were able to accomplish it, not only would their names resound in the ninja world, but the village would also benefit from this.
"But you are forgetting the most crucial detail, Orochimaru." The head of the Nara family came forward and spoke with a lazy expression on his face. "Who would be leading the forces, and how would they be divided?"
"Hehe~ for the Amegakure side, we three will be leading the forces with the Hyuga clan, Uchiha, and the Senju clan." Orochimaru's reply caused Tsunade's eyes to narrow.
"Sakumo-senpai will be leading the forces on the Sunagakure side with the Nara, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, and Aburame clans."
"As for the rest of the clans, they will be waiting as a backup and also as protection in this camp."
No one had any objections to the way he divided the teams. Even Tsunade did not say anything.
"Let's leave and inform the rest of the ninjas then; we will be leaving at the dawn of the next day."
The people in the room started to disperse, making their way towards the camp where the rest of the ninjas were gathered, waiting for their orders.
As Sakumo was about to leave the camp along with the rest, a voice stopped him from behind.
"Sakumo-senpai, will you be bringing your students along with you?"
The one who asked this question was none other than Orochimaru.
Turning his head back, Sakumo looked at the smiling Orochimaru with narrowed eyes and replied,
"It is their decision. If they want to join, I won't stop them, but if they don't want to, they will be sitting on the sidelines."
Saying this, Sakumo left the room without saying anything. Tsunade followed behind him, and only Orochimaru and Jiraiya were left in the room alone.
Back at the camp, where almost every ninja from Konoha was gathered, the atmosphere was a little gloomy and saddened because of something that had just happened.
Some young ninjas were attracted to a pair of girls but did not have the courage to approach them.
Whoever did manage to muster the courage to reach out to them only came back halfway before they could even talk to them.
All they said was that their eyes were scary. They thought that the girls would not be approached by anyone else, but then a masked boy entered the camp, and when his eyes fell on the girls, he walked toward them.
Just when they thought the boy would make a fool of himself, something mind-boggling happened. The girls moved for the first time and walked towards the boy in hurried steps.
Under the bloodshot, jealous eyes of the ninjas present there, the girls jumped into the boy's arms and gave him a kiss on his cheeks.
Sounds of hearts shattering echoed in the room, and some of the weak-hearted people fell to their knees.
The older ninjas, who were watching this show with amused expressions, could only shake their heads at the unfairness of the world.
What they did not know was that the girls had planned to kiss the boy on his lips, but they did not want to lower his mask because that would have exposed his divine appearance to those hungry whores.
After their intimate reunion, the girls started talking with Tsukimi, and the heartbroken boys, and even some girls, could only watch from afar.
They just wished this hellish experience would come to an end, and they did not have to wait long before the curtains of the tent moved again and a group of imposing ninjas entered inside.