"Mhm."
Jiraiya nodded, without much deliberation, waiting for others to offer opinions.
Once the topic was opened, everyone present began to speak their minds. Jiraiya listened carefully, collecting all these opinions, then analyzing which ones were practical and which could be directly ignored.
The number of people who could originally enter the command center for meetings was small. Everyone quickly expressed all their opinions, and soon the command center fell silent. Everyone looked at Jiraiya, wanting to know what good ideas he had, or what suggestions he would accept.
After all, Jiraiya was the chief commander; they could only offer suggestions. Whether to adopt them depended on Jiraiya's consideration.
"Little brat, why don't you speak?"
Having said what needed to be said, Jiraiya was about to open his mouth when he suddenly saw Ronglin, who was sitting beside him, silent and observant, never having spoken, and asked.
"I don't have any particularly good suggestions." Ronglin turned his head and said.
"..."
Jiraiya, who was still expecting Ronglin to offer some good suggestions, was speechless. "Can't you at least say a few words, for goodness sake?"
"If I really had to say something, I do have a few small suggestions."
What made Jiraiya relieved was that Ronglin didn't truly offer no suggestions at all. If that were truly the case, it might make others misunderstand that the two had a conflict.
"Speak, speak."
Jiraiya laughed heartily, looking at Ronglin with a smile.
Everyone present also looked at Ronglin. They had a good impression of him.
He was strong, knew how to conduct himself, wouldn't say more than he should, wouldn't do things he shouldn't, would actively protect his own people in battle, and leave some benefits for others, making his reputation on the front line quite good. Everyone liked this genius of the Uchiha clan.
"First,"
Everyone looked at him. Ronglin couldn't possibly be afraid to speak. He thought for a moment to summarize, then spoke: "The most important thing is intelligence. Everyone here is very clear about this,
but it's not easy to gather useful intelligence. So, I suggest asking Lord Hokage to deploy Anbu personnel to gather intelligence. No matter what, Anbu personnel have an advantage and experience in gathering intelligence."
At this time, Ronglin did not include himself in the Anbu. Otherwise, it might cause some trouble, and he might be transferred at any time. Ronglin did not want to cause any trouble.
"Secondly, I think we should spread some rumors that are unfavorable to Sunagakure Village. Everyone knows about the disappearance of the Third Kazekage. At this moment, the Land of Wind is constantly badmouthing our Land of Fire. We need to stir the waters and divert their attention from us."
If the waters couldn't be stirred, then Konoha might bear the bad reputation of ambushing the Third Kazekage and go to war with Sunagakure Village. This would be detrimental to Konoha, and it would not be good to let other great nations use this excuse to wage war on Konoha.
Iwagakure Village in the Land of Earth, Kumogakure Village in the Land of Lightning, and Kirigakure Village in the Land of Water. As the saying goes, "Fear not thieves stealing, but thieves remembering."
If Konoha and Sunagakure were fighting a life-and-death battle, and these ninja villages suddenly launched a massive attack and joined in, it would be fatal for Konoha. This indeed happened in the original story.
However, Ronglin was somewhat vague and ambiguous on this point, not wanting to make those present think so far. This included Jiraiya. What he was more concerned about was Sunagakure's puppet troops. This was a very tricky unit. Countless Konoha ninjas had died tragically at the hands of these puppet masters in the past.
On the battlefield, a large number of puppet masters gathered together, their explosive power was very strong, and their harvesting ability was also first-rate.
When two villages went to war, Konoha's priority was to eliminate this puppet unit. Although it was difficult to achieve, Konoha's medical department was also something the enemy always wanted to remove, but it was difficult to do so.
"Last point, and also the most important point, I feel that everyone here is too complacent, and their vigilance is too weak."
"What did you say?"
Jiraiya raised his eyebrows, secretly wiping a sweat for Ronglin. This kid really dared to say anything. Wasn't he afraid that his hard-earned reputation would be lost because of this?
One should know that these words were equivalent to offending everyone present.
Sure enough, as soon as Ronglin finished speaking, everyone present's faces turned ugly. If it weren't for their awe of Ronglin's strength and the many favors Ronglin had done for them during this time, they would have probably slammed the table and cursed him directly.
Even so, everyone looked at Ronglin in awe, wondering what was going on with this so-called weak vigilance?
Didn't this mean that everyone present was incompetent?
Ronglin didn't care about those displeased looks. He said calmly:
"...Haven't you noticed? In all sorts of conflicts, Konoha is always in a passive state. Why can't we do something to turn passive into active?"
This startled everyone. Indeed, in the recent battles that erupted, Konoha was always in a passive state. Each time, it was Sunagakure that provoked, and Konoha only responded. This seemed somewhat inconsistent with Konoha's style.
"Always being in a passive state is fine for small-scale battles, but what if one day all the people of Sunagakure gather and launch a massive attack? How will everyone present resist passively? Or how can we save ourselves?"
"Hmm—"
Ronglin's words hit the nail on the head. Everyone present was startled and couldn't help but think for a moment. As a result, they gasped in surprise. If such a thing truly happened, Konoha would suffer huge losses from the start, and it would be difficult to recover.
"We not only cannot remain passive, but we also need to be more proactive. Once the situation becomes irreversible, we need to immediately move these Sunagakure ninjas elsewhere. The war absolutely cannot break out on the territory of the Land of Fire. That will only bring us immeasurable losses."
"Clap, clap, clap!!!"
Jiraiya clapped his hands with a smile. Everyone in the command center also clapped, convinced. The factors Ronglin mentioned were all things they had noticed, but these factors, once overlooked, could lead to fatal consequences.
"I knew you had something up your sleeve, kid. Why didn't you say it earlier, hiding it like a woman?"
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