Im missing some key info here, did Saka know Daniel would become Jonin?
You said you believe Saka is smart enough to possibly have done that to set him up for a mislynch. My question is how could he have planned that far ahead and bet on that specifically if he had no knowledge of what actual rank Daniel was, and therefore would not know if his 1 vote would even promote him or not if he didn’t have access to his role sheet?


