Regardless of the relationship between the village and the Daimyo, it's understandable that the Daimyo would want to gain more control and weaken the village.
At least from the Daimyo's perspective, they hope their country's Ninja village can win battles, protect their country, and allow them to hold their heads high in front of their other relatives.
After all, the Daimyos of various countries are actually related to each other, and they maintain certain unwritten understandings, and weakening the Ninja village is something all Daimyos want to see.
Konoha is simply too strong, it must be weakened.
On this point, even the Daimyo of the Land of Fire maintains this understanding.
In the future, the Daimyo even wants to interfere with the position of Hokage. It's important to know that, initially, although the Hokage and the Daimyo maintained a balance and their statuses were equal, with Konoha's weakening, the Daimyo gradually began to subtly lord over the Hokage.
This is related to Konoha's decline, and also to Hiruzen's weakness in his later years.
Kazuki couldn't control the Daimyo's thoughts now. He wished the Daimyo would do more to Konoha.
One or two incidents might not seem like much, but if it happens many times, he could use it as evidence and reasoning in the future, and then naturally break free from the constraints of the one-country-one-village system.
Otherwise, if he wanted to reform arbitrarily, it would be difficult for the people below to genuinely follow him.
Of course, the prerequisite is that Kazuki must be strong enough to suppress everything.
Anyway, for now, just gradually collect the Daimyo's 'criminal evidence'.
Kazuki used the kunai in his hand to slice the throat of a dazed Jonin, then looked at Mikoto beside him. "Mikoto, have you recorded the previous intelligence?"
"Mm." Mikoto quickly handed the scroll in her hand to Kazuki.
They were already familiar with such tasks. Kazuki would controll the Kirigakure ninjas with his Sharingan, then interrogate them through hypnosis. They were responsible for recording, and then Kazuki would send the scroll back via Katsuyu.
Rinka, on the other hand, looked at Kazuki with complex eyes. She had seen such scenes countless times, yet she was still shocked by this sight.
Actually, the Byakugan can see through the Chakra flow within the human body. No matter how profound the genjutsu, the Byakugan can see through it. This is the Byakugan's pride.
When Danzo used Kotoamatsukami to control Mifune in the future, no one else saw through it, only Ao's Byakugan did. Even Kotoamatsukami, which is known as the strongest genjutsu, could be seen through, showing how excellent the Byakugan is.
After all, it is an eye inherited from Kaguya. Even if it has degenerated countless times, its ability is extremely powerful.
But it was precisely because she saw Kazuki's genjutsu that she could feel Kazuki's strength.
She wondered if her Byakugan could resist Kazuki's genjutsu, if Kazuki were to use genjutsu on her...
No, why would Kazuki use genjutsu on her?
She and Kazuki were comrades who could entrust their backs to each other.
At this moment, Minato asked Kazuki, "It seems Kirigakure is mobilizing more and more military forces. Isn't this a bit off?"
"Logically speaking, Kirigakure's resources shouldn't be enough to mobilize so many people."
"But they seem to want to perish with Konoha, suddenly deploying a force of over eight thousand. Given Kirigakure's current situation, they shouldn't be able to sustain the consumption of such a large force."
"Not to mention needing to extract resources, they also need to transport them to the front line by sea, but Kirigakure simply cannot transport so many resources to the battlefield."
Towards the end, Minato became hesitant.
Kazuki let out a light chuckle upon seeing this. "Say whatever you want to say."
"I feel like there's something wrong with this. At least Konoha couldn't do something like this. Does Kirigakure really not treat its ninjas as villagers?" Minato hesitated for a moment, then still asked.
"The establishment of Kirigakure was actually related to Konoha at first. Many of their clans were actually driven out to sea by the First Hokage and Madara."
"Many of those clans originally came from the Land of Fire. This also led to Kirigakure having a large number of clan forces."
"In this regard, it has some similarities with Konoha, but also significant differences. At least the situation within Konoha became controllable with the dissolution of the Senju clan."
"But in Kirigakure, the struggle between the village and the clans is beyond your imagination."
"For Kirigakure, a clan's ninja is not necessarily the village's ninja. Not long ago, Kirigakure was still in a fierce internal struggle. Many of the ninjas who came out this time are actually ninjas from some major clans."
Minato became even more confused.
"Since the relationship between the village and the clans isn't good, why would they obey the village's orders to attack Konoha?"
"Isn't this just depleting their strength?"
"Aren't they afraid that Kirigakure will target them, and their clans won't be able to resist Kirigakure in the future?"
Kazuki said, "If they were going to attack other villages, these guys might hesitate, or even resist the village."
"But Konoha is different. Most of their clans were driven out to sea by the Uchiha and Senju clan. To say they don't want revenge is impossible."
Kazuki paused, then added, "Moreover, the Land of Fire is simply too prosperous."
"If you really count it, Konoha has the largest population, and its economy can rank among the top."
"Among the Ninja villages, Kumogakure is the most prosperous of the Five Great Ninja villages. Because of certain historical reasons, the Land of Lightning gave a lot of benefits to Kumogakure to help them recover."
"But in terms of countries, the Land of Fire is indeed the most prosperous. If the Daimyo was willing to cooperate, Konoha's ninjas numbers could easily double."
"Everyone wants the wealth of the Land of Fire."
Minato nodded thoughtfully.
"Now, in the Great Ninja War, they constantly talk about hatred, even using it as an excuse for war."
"But in reality, there are almost no wars truly fought out of hatred."
"That's just an excuse. In reality, it's for the sake of resources."
Kazuki sighed with emotion and said, "Actually, many times, wars are just fought by those at the top for profit."
Minato nodded thoughtfully. At this moment, he seemed to have understood many things.