Tailed Beast Capture Plan

After hearing him out, Tobirama Senju’s lips curled into a teasing smile. "You brat probably wanted to do this for a long time. Fine, since I promised you, go ahead and do it. You must set the school’s atmosphere straight."

From then on, Chu Yang acted even more recklessly than those little demon kings. Whatever they did, as long as they broke school rules, he would grab them and give them a thorough beating.

Begging for mercy was completely useless. Every time, Chu Yang would whip their bottoms swollen before letting them go home.

With Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō serving as negative examples, the school’s usual troublemakers immediately became much more well-behaved.

Sarutobi Hiruzen’s fiery red backside was the best possible warning.

On the other hand, whenever conflicts arose between children from major clans and commoner children, Chu Yang paid special attention. Only after understanding the full story would he assign responsibility.

What Chu Yang wanted was to ensure fairness and impartiality as much as possible, while also dissolving the small groups gradually forming on both sides to prevent them from becoming opposing factions.

In practical classes, he tried to group clan children and commoner children together.

In some ways, Chu Yang had worried too much. Children were still children. Their sense of class usually came from what their families and parents instilled in them. As long as that mindset was broken apart at school, they would not become the kind of people Chu Yang imagined.

The Ninja Academy was not Hogwarts, with a thousand-year legacy, nor did it have a house like Slytherin endlessly indoctrinating students with Pure-blood ideology. As long as the teachers guided them properly, they could successfully reshape the students’ values.

After a period of strict management, the Ninja Academy’s atmosphere began to improve. No matter their background, the students got along very well with one another—at least within the school.

With Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju’s support, most clans tacitly accepted Chu Yang’s "educational methods." Only the Uchiha clan voiced some objections, but Madara Uchiha soon personally suppressed those complaints.

Madara Uchiha was currently quite fond of Tobirama Senju and Chu Yang. This was his way of returning the favor and thanking them for their help during the Hokage election.

At this point in time, not only was Konoha on the rise, but the two great clans were also in their honeymoon period, displaying unprecedented unity to the outside world.

Seeing Konoha’s flourishing development, other countries also hastened to establish their own Ninja Villages.

Put simply, they were copying Konoha’s model wholesale.

However, they had not realized that Konoha’s strength rested on Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha, a strength so overwhelming that it was nearly impossible to surpass.

That strength inspired fear and might even, to some extent, drive the ninja forces of other countries to form an alliance against Konoha.

If that happened, the hard-won peace would once again show signs of being shattered.

The situation had to be stabilized to preserve peace.

For this reason, Hashirama Senju specially convened a meeting, inviting all of Konoha’s upper echelons. At the meeting, he made a startling decision!

"I want to seal away all the Tailed Beasts and distribute them equally among the Ninja Villages of every country. As long as everyone’s strength is comparable, peace can be guaranteed."

Hashirama Senju’s answer was simple and blunt, yet perfectly reasonable. Using Tailed Beasts to balance power was something others would never even dare to imagine.

After hearing his elder brother’s idea, Tobirama Senju looked at him as though he were looking at some poor sucker.

In the long term, this would benefit Konoha’s development, but there was little to gain from it. It would be better to seize all the Tailed Beasts and directly crush the entire ninja world, achieving unification.

Chu Yang and Tobirama Senju exchanged a glance.

Master and disciple both saw the other’s desire to conquer the world, and their opinions aligned.

Unfortunately…

Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha might not want to fight such a war. Both had wanted to establish Konoha because they longed for peace, and they had grown weary of endless killing and fighting.

Unless Izuna Uchiha suddenly dropped dead on the spot, Madara Uchiha would not become an enemy of the entire world!

Izuna Uchiha frowned. "Lord Hokage, capturing the Tailed Beasts is a massive undertaking. Leaving aside everything else, merely determining their whereabouts would take an enormous amount of time. Is it really necessary?"

As the public leader of the Anbu, Izuna Uchiha estimated the manpower the Anbu could deploy. If they spent their efforts tracking the Tailed Beasts, Konoha’s defensive forces would be stretched thin.

The Anbu had only just been established and was far from complete in every aspect. Its manpower was especially insufficient, and most members capable of acting independently were still elites from the Uchiha clan.

The Tailed Beasts were not stray cats and dogs outside one’s doorstep, waiting to be caught whenever desired. Every Tailed Beast represented the most powerful force in the ninja world. What price would they have to pay to capture them?

"I support Hashirama’s plan to capture the Tailed Beasts." Madara Uchiha explained, "This will consume a great deal of time, effort, and resources, but it is still better than becoming a target for everyone. Once the Ninja Villages of other countries finish consolidating, it likely will not be long before they announce an alliance."

Konoha was simply too powerful!

Without doing this, they would have no way to ensure their own survival!

Chu Yang leaned close to Tobirama Senju’s ear and whispered, "Teacher, it seems capturing the Tailed Beasts is unavoidable. But with Lord Hokage and Lord Madara Uchiha, there should not be too many casualties."

"Then I also agree with this plan." Tobirama Senju nodded, then asked loudly, "Capturing the Tailed Beasts will not be difficult. The question is, how should they be distributed afterward?"

Hashirama Senju scratched his head in distress. He had not considered that question carefully.

The others also fell silent. Just as Tobirama Senju had said, how to distribute them was the greatest problem!

As the saying went, people feared inequality more than scarcity.

If the distribution was handled poorly, benefactors could become enemies.

Chu Yang smiled. "The simplest way is to decide based on the number of tails: the One-Tail and Eight-Tails, the Two-Tails and Seven-Tails, the Three-Tails and Six-Tails, the Four-Tails and Five-Tails. The Eight-Tails pair will definitely be somewhat stronger, so we should prioritize giving it to weaker countries."

Everyone asked in unison, "What about the Nine-Tails?"

Chu Yang answered, "Choose a neutral force, such as the Uzumaki clan of Whirlpool Country. They are also skilled in Sealing Jutsu and can help us seal the Tailed Beasts."

Hashirama Senju and Tobirama Senju looked at Chu Yang with strange expressions, while Madara Uchiha chuckled softly.

"I seem to recall that the Uzumaki clan is a distant relative of the Senju clan, isn’t it?" Izuna Uchiha said with a smile. "After going in circles, isn’t this still basically handing the Nine-Tails over to Konoha?"

Chu Yang gave a dry cough. "Only the Uchiha know such obscure secrets. The other Ninja Villages have no idea. Besides, distant relatives are distant relatives, and Whirlpool Country is Whirlpool Country. Being on good terms and wearing the same pair of pants are two different things."

Hashirama Senju shook his head helplessly. "I’m just afraid that if they learn about the trick behind this later, they’ll object."