Thread:Silver-Haired Seireitou/@comment-24384232-20141009000645/@comment-2089817-20141009141114

That's my thoughts exactly. But not only do we want to misdirect them during the process of infiltration, but we want to skew the knowledge and information gathered by their own operatives as much as possible too. It would definitely be a strategy requiring multiple concurrent steps indeed.

Sicking Kumo on Kiri would be a brilliant plan. So we both agree that Konoha's involvement, at least during this process, needs to be as subtle as possible until we make our move for Kiri directly. And once we have Kiri, I believe then we can use the Land of Water as a bargaining chip to draw upon Suna's allegiance. After all, they'd be most interested in the Land of Water for its rich soil and land plots. Of course, they wouldn't get all of it, but a generous portion in exchange for their sworn loyalty and for the sake of cementing an alliance. And also, the act of doing so also means that Suna will be drawn out from their desert protection; at least a good portion of them, since they'll want to go to the plots given to them by Konoha. So if they opt to turn their backs on us and betray us, which I don't see that happening but is still a possibility, this will serve the dual purpose of breaking up their ranks and leaving them more open and exposed rather than affording the entirety of their forces protection behind their harsh desert surroundings.

What we'll also want to do at this point is, during the final steps of taking over Kirigakure, we want to make it look like Black Crown is the one responsible for taking advantage of that moment of weakness. Since they would've ïnterfered with Kumo's "fight of honor" with them, so as to take over their land, this will definitely get Kumo pissed off. Furthermore, I believe it will incite Kumogakure into taking up direct arms against the Land of Earth, where Black Crown is stationed. With Kumo as the spearhead, we'll continue pushing until Black Crown is drawn into direct combat. And allowing the two sides to weaken, we opt for Suna to invade the Land of Earth when Black Crown has revealed the opening, while we take advantage of Kumo's weakness and strike them hard to take their land. After all, at this point in the game, Kumo sees Konoha as a trustworthy ally, since their spies and operatives assisted Kumo in the aggression toward Kiri, and they have no reason not to trust them. That is, of course, until the order is made for those operatives to make their move and force Kumogakure wide open; leading to absolute... beautiful slaughter until their land is soaked with blood and their territory belongs to Konoha. And with Suna's efforts, taking over the Land of Earth and the subsequent pushing out of Black Crown should be a cinch. Suna's compensation for their work can be discussed later though.