Ninja Gamer

Chapter 34: Kage Showdown

It was an odd thing for him to be doing this, Orochimaru concluded as he pondered recent events as he adjusted his robes around himself, especially since he was reaching out to every minor nation along with the Kumogakure as a part of a conference to 'discuss' the alliance of four of the five great nations.

Really, it should be simple to manipulate them all into attacking Konohagakure and assist him with razing it to the ground, even if it did take him half a year to convince all of these nations to come together for this meeting, using Kabuto as a middleman for all of the discussions to convince them all. The only one left out, was Ame, and that was because it was under the thumb of the Akatsuki, and he wasn't quite ready to deal with them quite yet.

Now all that was left to do was to pluck their strings, play on their fears, and them point them at Konohagakure.

Stepping out of his room for this little 'conference' he began to make his way towards the meeting hall, a smirk playing over his features as he strolled forward, entering into the hall where the gathered shinobi were waiting for him, their eyes locking onto him as he entered.

"Greetings to you all," he greeted with false cheer as he smiled at them, meeting the gaze of the Raikage who had the two-tails Jinchuriki behind him. "Thank you all for agreeing to this little... conference."

"Just get to the point, Orochimaru," a shinobi from the Land of Mountains growled as he narrowed his eyes at the Snake Sannin.

Orochimaru shrugged his impertinence off as he gave the group of shinobi, representing 20 different villages altogether. "Simple, it is these... alliances that Konohagakure is building," he informed smoothly. "And... the threat that their Godaime poses to... all of us."

Orochimaru put a look of concern on his face as he began to pace in front of the shinobi. "While with Hiruzen in charge of Konohagakure, we all could rest easily due to his... passive nature," he told them all carefully. "With their new Hokage, however, with Yuriko Uchiha at the lead of this village, and at the lead of the alliance with four of the Five Great Shinobi Nations, something that has never been seen before, I fear we are looking at the beginning of an aggressive expansion, and unable to act before it is too late."

The various shinobi began to mutter amongst themselves as A simply remained stoic, not budging his gaze from Orochimaru. "And what exactly are you suggesting then?" The lead shinobi from Kusagakure questioned, his eyes narrowed at Orochimaru in suspicion.

"What, I am suggesting, my friends, is that with our combined power, we can match the allied strength of this... Great Nation Alliance, and rise up and take their places," Orochimaru informed with a dramatic flair. "As it stands right now, the alliance only has about three usable Jinchuriki, which, we also have, one of their jinchuuriki is too young for battle, another is simply uncontrollable and can be... turned on them, and the final, has ran away from his village."

He could see the shinobi listening to his words, leaning in as he plucked at their strings. "And not to mention, the fact that out of those three usable jinchuriki, one is an inexperienced child, when we have at least threejonin level jinchuriki, two of which have managed to gain complete control over the beast's chakra."

Several of the shinobi turned to look at the two-tailed jinchuuriki who remained as stone faced as her superior.

"And with this allied group, we could crush this alliance in a single swoop," Orochimaru explained, seeing the shinobi being swayed to his side, although A's stonefacedness was a bit concerning. "If we eliminate Konohagakure first and kill their vaunted Hokage, it would throw their allies into disarray, and allow us to kill them at our leisure."