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  After defeating and recruiting Kaguya into the peerage as a pawn, Kaito and the others returned to Kaitogakure to meet Aika and ask about the progress of their pn for the day.

  "Oh, our big boss is back. And congratutions on getting the new peerage members."

  Noticing Kaito appear in her room with Kaguya and Saitama behind him, Aika greeted them immediately. At the moment, Aika is sitting on her chair while opening all chat group broadcasts to monitor everything that happens to chat group members, including Kaito who was fighting Kaguya earlier.

  "Thank you, Aika." Kaito replied and then turned at Kaguya who seemed very obedient behind him, "Kaguya-san, she is Aika, probably the most trusted member in my peerage."

  "Well, you are fttering me, Kaito." Aika nodded satisfyingly and then introduced herself, "Hello, Kaguya-san. I hope we can get along."

  "...Hmm."

  Kaguya, traumatized by Kaito earlier, nodded without answering... not daring to act arrogantly around Kaito. Seeing this reaction, Aika just chuckled because she knew, Kaguya's reaction right now was completely natural.

  Kaito's act of pinning Kaguya's body and petrifying her on the surface of the moon did look very brutal and harsh. On top of that, he used the combination of Est and Imagine Breaker's abilities to threaten to kill her-- something that even Saitama himself admitted he felt threatened by.

  "So... you have trained her huh? She seems very obedient to you, right now." Aika teased.

  "..."

  Kaito who expected her comment, just sighed and answered, "...I guess that's my fault for being too harsh for her."

  As the perpetrator, Kaito realized that what he did was a bit too much for Kaguya... especially considering her history of being oppressed by her husband and children.

  "That's true." Saitama followed, "I wonder what reaction your girls if they knew what you did to Kaguya earlier."

  "Well, I could only face their reactions and apologize." Kaito responded and then asked Aika to divert the topic, "Anyway, how are things going?"

  Although all the chat group personnel were currently broadcasting their part of the task, Kaito, who was also busy, clearly did not see the progress of their pns today. Fortunately, Aika was assigned to monitor and give instructions from the chat group, in case something unexpected happened.

  After all, they pn to defeat Akatsuki and the 4 great ninja vilges today (with force) so all steps must be taken carefully and precisely. If the pn is successful, their reputation will be feared and respected in the future... and their vilge is going to repce Konoha as the center of the world.

  "Everything goes well, all Akatsuki were defeated and the rest currently went conquer the rest of the ninja vilge with the help of Obito as the transporter." Aika expined calmly and then sighed, "The only setback is we failed to capture Kabuto and Konoha seems to be hostile to us."

  "For Kabuto, we already got Orochimaru, so we don't need him that much." Kaito said and then frowned, "But, what does Konoha want from us?"

  "Konoha asked our action killing Danzo in public while also asking for compensation."

  "Compensation...?"

  "They asked us to hand Itachi and Sasuke over to them!"

  Aika gritted her teeth in anger and commented, "They also rejected our invitation to join our alliance and threatened to war against us if we did not comply with their request!"

  "A war?"

  Kaito raised his eyebrow in confusion, "...Are they fucking serious?"

  As a protagonist camp, he didn't expect Konoha would act arrogantly, especially during this time.

  He thought Jiraiya or Shikamaru would successfully persuade them to not fight against them, but there are probably a lot of stupid people in Konoha who think that their fearsome reputation is just fake.

  There are probably also people who are interested in taking their resources too, without a doubt, and believe Konoha is still the strongest ninja vilge in the world.

  *Sigh*

  "Does it mean we have become the vilin of this world?" Kaito compined.

  "Yeah." Aika grinned and teased, "Are you scared, Kaito?"

  "Well, not really. I'm just disappointed." Kaito shook his head and confidently said, "With our current firepower, except for weak members like Erina, most of us can take any ninja vilge quickly on their own."

  This isn't far-stretching, since most of the chat group members (except the new one like Ravel) have developed new abilities, thanks to the chat group points.

  Not to mention almost everyone is also quite skilled in combat, being trapped in SAO for more than a year. Even Erina who usually cooks also capable of defending herself.

  "Then, do you want to send someone to Konoha and conquer that vilge?" Aika suggested.

  "Hmm... Who's free right now?"

  Although Kaito feels sorry for his fake brother (Naruto), he feels that Konoha this time is too arrogant and needs to be stopped before things develop into war... with a lot of innocent people affected.

  Well, this development is also convenient for them in a way, because the more vilges get conquered, the more reputation they get from today's event.

  ...

  "Sakuya and Miya are stationed outside the vilge right now, and then Saitama who is beside you." Aika answered and then added, "Beside that, Yuu should done soon as she negotiates with Tsuchikage, and then there's Kaguya behind you too."

  "Then, Send Sakuya and Miya there, Saitama sensei is not suitable to carry out the mission of conquering the vilge... because of his moral identity as a hero."

  "Thank you for your understanding, Kaito."

  Saitama nodded in agreement, knowing himself very well. He is fine with letting others do dirty work to achieve a better future, but Saitama himself doesn't want to take part in it if others can do it.

  "As for Kaguya, I pn to let her be with me for a while, until she can be trusted. Except for Saitama, Yuu, and Sakuya, there's no one else here able to contain her if she wants to run amok in this vilge."

  "That makes sense."

  Hearing Kaito's words, Kaguya who was behind smiled because her strength was recognized by him. However, Kaguya also felt depressed because Kaito still didn't seem to trust her enough, even though she was a member of his 'harem' now.

  "Alright then. I will ping her right now and order her to go there." Aika nodded and then teased, "What about you, our leader? Do you pn to let everyone work for you?"

  "..."

  Hearing Aika's question, Kaito who felt tired already, scratched his head and said apologetically, "Not really, I pn to persuade Orochimaru to work for us after this."

  "Ah, with our resources, you wouldn't have a hard time doing that," Aika commented.

  "Indeed."

  Knowing Orochimaru was obsessed with becoming immortal, Kaito had confidence there should be no problem in persuading him to work for him. With his creation cheat and the possibility of traveling to an endless world, the resource is the st thing he is concerned about in building the chat group world.

  Kaito himself is also curious about the topic, and he pns to let Orochimaru learn the structure of evil pieces to see what makes them able to turn people into a devil.

  Developing a world from scratch would require a lot of manpower and research, and Orochimaru who has experience in building his ninja vilge something they need.

  ...

  "Alright... then stly, how about Akatsuki?"

  "As for Akatsuki matter, we stick to the pn." Kaito added and expined, "Persuade all of them to work for us with a promise of either resurrection or a new world to explore."

  Knowing Nagato, he would be attracted to the idea of resurrecting his best friend, and Kisame, Itachi probably invite him ter after he is done hypnotizing every Daimyo.

  "...What about the Bijuu they have captured? Do we need to release them back?"

  "Bijuu, just keep them. Kayaba already expressed his curiosity toward them and wanted to learn about them. I probably also let Minaka and Orochimaru help him too."

  As a living being made of chakra, Kaito also has an interest in learning how they are formed and work... because if he could figure that out, with the creation cheat, Kaito could create as many Bijuu of his own as possible.

  If he was capable of doing that, then he could help other chat group members by giving them their own Bijuu. Just imagine a chat group members full of Jinchuriki... the idea itself honestly really excited Kaito.

  "I understand. "

  As a smart woman, knowing Kaito's ability and the nature of Bijuu, she understands Kaito's idea and also agrees with it.

  "Before that, Kaito. Maybe you can introduce Kaguya to this vilge and the rest of our members. You know, she's part of the peerage now."

  "Good idea."

  As much as Kaito doesn't trust her, in the end, Kaguya already becomes his person with her transformation into a devil under his peerage. Kaito also realized, that if Kaguya was willing to trust him 100%, he could get a second transporter after Obito, increasing the mobility of her peerage members' mobility and strengthening his peerage.

  ...

  "Saitama-sensei, can you guard this vilge while Sakuya and Miya are gone to Konoha ter?" Kaito requested.

  "Leave it to me. Protecting is a part of a hero's job." Saitama easily agreed and immediately left the building afterward

  Kaito quickly followed suit while dragging Kaguya with him, and before he left, Kaito left the st message, "Then, I will bring her with me around. Ping me in the chat group if something happens."

  "Don't worry. our current situation is the same as when we ruled the SAO world with dominance of influence, power, and resources compared to other guilds."

  Aika bragged with confidence and then added, "Our next pn is to just follow the flow because other vilges have no choice but to submit to our alliance... or they will be left behind."

  "I see."

  ...

  After that, Kaito brought Kaguya introduced the vilge, their overall goal in this world, and revealed some information about the chat group's existence.

  At the end of the day, the chat group completed their goal and the aftermath was naturally handled by Aika with ease, with all the vilge surrendering to them ter... after she told them that Kaitogakure already destroyed Akatsuki and promised to share the technology and resource to each vilge each year.

  Their pn to fix the retionship between Uchiha's siblings and conquer this world within a day is done without trouble and surprisingly, without any bad luck incident whatsoever. This should make him feel happy, but knowing his luck, Kaito is honestly terrified of what kind of bad luck incident awaits him ter on.

  Especially after this, he pnned to do his main personal task to fix his energy issue.... and he got very bad feelings about it.

  ...

  Renaxan

  Also, the rating of this fanfic got lowered even further. I usually don't care and don't talk about this (this fanfic has been low-rated for years by now) but It would be a lie if I am not affected and not get demotivated because of it.

  Because of that, since it seems I have a lot of readers here now (1.6k), can anyone raise it back at least to 3.8, please? xD

  If it is possible, I promise to do a double chapter next update. That's the most promise I could make since the end of the year, I will always be really busy.

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