I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 735 Don't strive for a win-win solution, rather than aiming for the more advantageous or less disadvantageous option.

"Then I'll get straight to the point. I believe you still have doubts about the matter of Uchiha Madara, but I can tell you clearly that this is not a rumor spread by Konoha."

Furthermore, Madara Uchiha also has 100,000 White Zetsu, each of whom can participate in the battle, and they even surpass all ninja from other villages in terms of disguise. This is our current enemy.

To resolve this crisis in the ninja world, we must assemble a combined army of 100,000 ninjas and samurai to fight together.

As Tatsuma was speaking, Ai frowned and interrupted, "To hand over the command of 100,000 allied troops to your Konoha? What a clever scheme! I'm afraid after the war, Konoha will be the only ninja village left in the ninja world."

Although Onoki and Terumi Mei didn't speak, they shared the same concerns in their eyes. Even if what Tatsuma said was true, the enemy needed them to unite and fight together.

How can someone who can command 100,000 allied troops guarantee that they are not driven by selfish motives?

If such a powerful force truly existed as an enemy, then the entire ninja world would likely have to go all out to have any chance of victory.

In this process, there are many things that can be controlled. For example, Konoha can take command and directly deploy the ninjas from the other four villages and the samurai group from the Land of Iron to face the enemy directly.

Even if they ultimately win, they will pay a heavy price, while Konoha will likely retain sufficient strength.

Every major war is a struggle for resources. After a great purge, there will inevitably be a great reckoning and reshuffling. If the allied forces win a Pyrrhic victory, then whoever retains the most fighting power will most likely be able to reshuffle the ninja world.

A situation where one entity dominates the ninja world is likely to occur, which is something none of them want to see.

As for Gaara, he remained silent, partly because he had no ill will towards Konoha and felt that Konoha would not do such a thing.

After all, Konoha had sufficient reason to send troops to Sunagakure a few years ago after the Konoha Crush plan. At that time, Sunagakure's strength was completely insufficient to stop Konoha's conquest.

But Konoha didn't do that, so he doesn't think Konoha is the kind of ninja village that intends to harm other talented people or plot to dominate the world.

Tatsuma narrowed his eyes, looking at Ai with hostility. He hadn't expected that this seemingly strong but simple-minded guy would be the first to see through his intentions.

But Tatsuma never revealed his true intentions openly, and he liked to prepare in advance to conceal his true purpose. Without the slightest panic, he spoke:

"Lord Raikage, you are overthinking it. If you had the patience of the other Kage, you wouldn't have asked such a mindless question."

The blatant mockery made Ai's already dark face even more gloomy, but after thinking about the difference in strength between the two sides, he realized that although he hadn't used his full strength, Chenma definitely hadn't either.

In that situation, Tatsuma's ability to withstand his attack seemed far too easy. Combined with the intelligence regarding Tatsuma's strength, Ai chose to temporarily swallow his anger and snorted:

"I'd like to hear what Konoha is really up to."

"I have two plans here. One is to exchange command, with each village integrating its own forces and then handing them over to the commanders of other ninja villages. In this way, even if any village has ulterior motives, it will be useless."

However, the drawbacks of this approach are probably clear to everyone: it can lead to situations where orders are outwardly obeyed but inwardly defied, causing commanders' instructions to be difficult to transmit, resulting in disjointed coordination on the battlefield and preventing the system from reaching its full potential.

After Tatsuma finished speaking, Onoki nodded. This method seemed fair, but the real danger was that a village might, while preparing for battle, imply that its ninjas did not need to follow orders in order to preserve their fighting strength.

Thus, even if the commanders of other ninja villages were to coordinate and direct the operation, they would not be able to fully commit to the battlefield, and a force of 10,000 men would likely be unable to exert even half of its strength.

Moreover, this kind of scene is not just possible, but inevitable, and it won't be just one ninja village doing this, but every ninja village will do it.

At that point, the commander will desperately try to deplete the strength of the ninja forces, while the ninja forces will only go through the motions without putting in any real effort. They'll be lucky if they can avoid internal strife, let alone fight the enemy.

This approach simply wouldn't work in the ninja world, where deceit and conflict have raged for decades.

Even with a common enemy, the hatred between ninja villages and between ninjas cannot be easily let go; that's far too idealistic.

"Let's talk about the second method."

Onoki spoke to Tatsuma, and the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, behind him, appreciated his act of playing the straight man and toned down his killing intent, which allowed Onoki to relax a bit.

In terms of strength, he was not afraid of Tobirama Senju at all, especially since the Dust Release he inherited from his teacher, the Second Tsuchikage Mu, was the most destructive technique in the ninja world.

Even Tobirama Senju, unable to block Dust Release, has the problem that in a one-on-one battle, he probably wouldn't even have time to form hand seals.

Even if he isn't instantly killed by Tobirama Senju's lightning-fast counterattack, but instead seizes the opportunity to occupy the airspace, preventing Tobirama Senju from attacking him, he still won't be able to harm Tobirama Senju.

He can attack with Dust Release, and Tobirama Senju can dodge with Flying Thunder God Technique. Once Onoki exhausts his chakra without regard for anything else, then the end of the world will come.

Therefore, if he were to fight Tobirama Senju one-on-one, the best outcome would be a stalemate between them, so Onoki had no desire to provoke Tobirama Senju at all.

Tatsuma was quite satisfied with Onoki's supporting role, nodded, and said, "The second method is to break it down into smaller units, randomly allocate them, and establish several units, still under the command of representatives from each village."

However, the team members are intertwined, and while their teamwork might not be the highest, the overwhelming force forces everyone to fight tooth and nail, so there's no need to worry about any ninja village taking advantage of the situation.

The ideal of having the best of both worlds is merely a state of mind. In practice, one can only weigh the greater of two benefits and the lesser of two harms.

The Allied Shinobi Forces' primary objective was to defeat Madara Uchiha and his White Zetsu army; therefore, combat strength and motivation were their top priorities. As for teamwork...

It's not that it's unimportant, it's just that it's not as important compared to others, and tacit understanding can often be developed through practice.

The allied forces lacked coordination when they first met, but perhaps they will develop it as the battle continues.

Therefore, compared to the first option, this option is more feasible and valuable to implement, but it requires more preparation along the way, and it will be more difficult for Chenma to interfere.

The Kage of the other four ninja villages, along with Mifune, exchanged glances and nodded. If the prerequisite of Uchiha Madara and White Zetsu was true, then establishing an alliance in this way was indeed a good method.

Mifune cleared his throat and then said, "If everything is as Konoha says, then for the safety of the ninja world, I agree to the establishment of the Allied Forces and will fully support it."

Now that we're going back, your words alone won't be enough to convince everyone, and there will certainly be dissenting voices within our own ranks.

"That's easy."

Tatsuma nodded, looked in a certain direction, and said, "Obito, come out and declare war!"

Space distorted, and a black-robed, masked man appeared. He gave Tatsuma a strange look with his one eye, and Tatsuma felt like he had been called out to defend him. Then his gaze fell on Minato's complex face.

A hoarse voice came from behind the mask: "It's been a long time."

(End of this chapter)