Naruto: The Age of Ninja Swords Begins in Kumogakure

Chapter 59 Blaming Danzo

Orochimaru's expression also turned serious. He knew about Jiraiya's disciple, and that idiot had even boasted about it to him many times.

They also knew that the child was arranged by the teacher. After all, that idiot was always watching the women's bathhouse in the village, so it was impossible for him to go to the ninja academy, let alone discover such a genius.

Little did I know that there was another secret hidden within: the teacher had never intended for me to inherit the position of Hokage.

Although he wasn't that obsessed with the Hokage position, this behavior still made him very uncomfortable.

The teacher did say many times that he was the best candidate for the Fourth Hokage, but now he is secretly training someone else. What does he think he is?

Is it to attract attention openly so that the child can grow up more safely?

You truly are amazing, teacher!

"It's clear that your obsession with power outweighs your desire for authority. This shouldn't conflict with my own ideas. What Hiruzen can give you, I can give you too, and even more."

Seeing Orochimaru deep in thought, Danzo Shimura extended an invitation.

He kept an eye on Hiruzen's three disciples. Orochimaru was not interested in power, but rather in training and research, and he was very talented in those areas.

This provides a basis for winning them over.

"I hope to receive your guidance in the future, Lord Danzo."

A smile appeared on Orochimaru's face, and he did not refuse the invitation.

Regardless of the teacher's thoughts, he was indeed more obsessed with power, even to the point of modifying himself.

Now, Danzo Shimura has something here that interests him, and it is the two strongest forces in the ninja world today. Cooperating with them would not be a loss for him.

As for what happens in the future, we'll talk about that later.

Furthermore, Danzo Shimura's insight and intellect in this regard surprised him; he hadn't even noticed his teacher's arrangement, but Danzo Shimura had seen through it.

How could Shimura Danzo, with such insight and intellect, suffer such a crushing defeat in the Land of Whirlpools?

This is so contradictory. Could there be some hidden story behind it?

Or is it true that the Raikage of Kumogakure was really that intelligent, assisting Tsuchikage?

Orochimaru's pragmatism pleased Danzo Shimura, who responded accordingly.

"You can bring some of the First Hokage's cells and Sharingan with me to the front lines. There will be enough prisoners of war there to supply your research experiments."

"I will support whatever experiments you conduct, but you need to produce results as soon as possible to help me defeat Sunagakure."

Some experiments are not suitable to be conducted in the village, but this war presents an opportunity for them.

The war won't end so quickly, and both sides will deploy a large number of ninjas, who are excellent experimental consumables.

Moreover, all the Jonin of their two clans and the Jonin of Root were wiped out in the Land of Whirlpools. Now they need to cultivate new high-end combat power as soon as possible. Normal methods are definitely not going to work, so they can only resort to some extreme measures.

"This is truly a delightful thing!"

Orochimaru licked his lips, quite satisfied with the promise.

He had many ideas before, but was unable to test them due to limitations. Now he has found the opportunity.

It was truly a pleasure working with Danzo Shimura!

At the same time, the Root ninjas, under orders from Shimura Danzo, delivered most of the Sharingan to Uchiha Retsuyo.

Uchiha Retsuyo brought the eyes to the clan's secret area, where many things were displayed, the most numerous being bottles containing Sharingan eyes, all with three tomoe, soaking in nutrient solution.

There was also a pair of strange gray-white eyes.

Those Sharingan eyes with three tomoe or less, or those that were broken, that Shimura Danzo sent were sealed into a gourd. The rest were placed on a shelf, alongside the Sharingan with three tomoe.

"It's a pity that Kagami was too close to Tobirama Senju and the others back then. Otherwise, with the help of those eyes, he could have used Izanagi alone to wear down everyone and make the Uchiha clan produce a Hokage."

Looking at the sealed Sharingan, Uchiha Retsuyo felt regret.

These are all things that the Uchiha clan has accumulated over the past hundred years. Naturally, the eyes of the Uchiha clan members will not go into the coffin with them. This is the clan's most precious resource, especially the three-tomoe Sharingan.

That was the medium for unleashing Izanagi, but unfortunately, Izanagi requires the power of a kaleidoscope-level eye to be fully unleashed and to completely change one's own destiny.

Although Jing awakened the Kaleidoscope and possessed extremely powerful pupils, her heart was not with her family; she was too biased and ultimately died young.

Pity!

What puts him under the most pressure is the First Hokage's wife, who has perfectly mastered the power of the Nine-Tails. Even eyes of the Mangekyou Sharingan level cannot affect her, and she has reached the level of the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha.

Faced with such an existence, even those with the Mangekyou Sharingan would find it difficult to match, unless they possessed the same eyes as Madara Uchiha.

"How did you get those eyes?"

His gaze fell on the pair of gray-white eyes on the shelf, and Uchiha Retsuyo felt a mixture of longing and doubt.

How exactly did Madara Uchiha obtain those eyes back then?

Over the years, they have conducted some research experiments, but none of them have been successful. The eyes were not obtained through blood relatives' eye transplants, so there must be a deeper reason.

Unfortunately, only Madara Uchiha knew the reason, and Madara Uchiha had already been killed by the First Hokage, and even his body was taken away by the Second Hokage.

After staring for a long time, Uchiha Retsuyo finally sighed and turned to leave.

What he didn't know was that there was another person who came in with him, who could be considered a person too.

"Good nutrients."

Black Zetsu emerged from the shadows, looking quite satisfied with the dense array of Sharingan eyes.

He knew before that the Uchiha clan had a rule of taking the eyes of deceased clan members, and that if someone killed an Uchiha ninja, they would take the eyes immediately. Even if he didn't transplant them himself, he could sell them for a good price at the gold exchange.

The gold exchange has always offered bounties for Sharingan and Byakugan, especially Byakugan with fewer side effects.

However, he was only interested in Indra's reincarnation and the Mangekyou Sharingan, and had no interest in these tomoe Sharingan.

However, his younger brother desperately needs these Sharingan eyes as nourishment to enhance the power of the Ten-Tails and their mother, so he separated a part of his body to come and seize them himself. He just didn't expect to find an opportunity so quickly.

Without delay, a sealed scroll appeared from his body, sealing everything inside and taking it away.

This is a perfect opportunity to shift the blame to Shimura Danzo. We just stored the Sharingan that Shimura Danzo sent us, and then the secret vault was looted. Uchiha Retsuyo will definitely suspect Shimura Danzo.

Although this place is shrouded in a barrier, preventing outsiders from entering silently, it cannot stop space-time ninjutsu, such as Tobirama Senju's Flying Thunder God Technique.

As disciples of Tobirama Senju, it's perfectly reasonable for Danzo Shimura and his companions to have the training and inheritance of the Flying Thunder God Technique. Even if they couldn't train it themselves, they could find someone else to train them.

Then leave a spell on those Sharingan eyes or bottles, and you can get in.

Everything was so reasonable, just as the younger brother said. Any trouble caused in Konoha could be blamed on Shimura Danzo. There was no blame that Shimura Danzo couldn't bear.

After collecting everything, Black Zetsu used a summoning technique to summon a rabbit, and then merged into it.

Not long after, the main body used a summoning spell again to summon the rabbit, and the clone merged back into the main body.

"Unfortunately, Hashirama Senju's body was sealed by Mito Uzumaki herself, so there's no way to get it without alerting her."

Black Zetsu looked regretfully toward Konoha. He wanted to get Hashirama Senju's body more than anything; his mother and the little Ten-Tails would be the best tonic.

Unfortunately, Hashirama Senju's body was sealed by Mito Uzumaki himself. Although he could break the seal, Mito Uzumaki would inevitably sense it.

Now is not the time to expose herself, and Mito Uzumaki doesn't have many years left to live, so she'll just have to wait a few more.

Without pausing, they quickly stealthily moved towards the direction of Kumogakure, blending into the ground.

His original plan was only Infinite Tsukuyomi, but now he has a younger brother and even saw a phantom of his mother.

Although that illusory figure could not possibly nurture the Rinne Sharingan, it could still provide a boost at a crucial moment, greatly increasing the chances of success.

(End of this chapter)