Naruto: The Shadow Lord of the Nara Clan

Lu Ying's guess was quickly "confirmed".

Just as he was frowning in thought, a crow flew in from the horizon and landed on his shoulder.

A letter was tucked into its beak.

Untying the rope, taking the envelope and glancing at its contents, Lu Ying's eyes flickered slightly.

"I need to take leave temporarily because of some family matters..."

Judging from the use of crows as postmen and the wording of the letters, this is not something a six-year-old Sasuke could do.

—Was it written by Fugaku?

—Something that even Fugaku takes seriously…

Lu Ying casually placed the envelope aside and slowly got up to stretch her body.

His intuition told him that something had happened to Shisui!

Even if I guess wrong, it doesn't matter.

In short, let's take action first.

Opportunity always favors the prepared mind!

In an instant, the landscape of the entire Namga River Forest came to mind.

After several days of exploration and familiarization, Lu Ying had memorized almost 80% of the surrounding environment.

He already had a pre-planned route in mind for quickly exploring several important potential locations.

Suppressing her nervousness and excitement, Lu Ying took a deep breath, faced one of the directions, and murmured:

"Let's take action!"

……

Inside the Hokage Building, in the government offices.

The Konoha F4 sat side by side at the head of the table, with Hiruzen Sarutobi in the middle saying regretfully:

"Was suicide the only way Shisui could stop them?"

"Am I pushing him too hard?"

Itachi, kneeling below, kept his head down and remained silent.

Danzo stared at Itachi expressionlessly, his tone calm:

"It seems that some members of the Uchiha clan suspect that you killed Shisui."

"Of course, I'm not doubting you."

"However, this is a serious matter, and we need to conduct a special investigation."

"Tell us the location where Shisui committed suicide."

Itachi closed his eyes slightly, remained silent for a moment, and then answered:

"Nanka River, Eastern Cliff..."

While Itachi was reporting the location, Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Danzo, his eyes calm and indifferent.

Then, he subtly glanced at Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado beside him, seemingly observing their expressions.

Danzo seemed oblivious to Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze, simply nodding silently.

"I see."

After the meeting, Danzo returned to his base in Root, closed his eyes, and exhaled.

"Go, find him."

"I want to see him alive or dead."

"As for the fact that you guys failed to stop Shisui, we'll deal with that when we get back."

In the darkness, Suzaku Nara, wearing the Root mask, nervously swallowed.

"Yes, Lord Danzo!"

After Suzaku Nara and his entourage left, Danzo clicked his tongue in disdain.

"A bunch of useless trash!"

"I already took one of Shisui's eyes, and he still managed to get away!"

Thinking of Kakashi, Itachi, and the others, Danzo narrowed his eyes, leaned on his cane, and fell into silent contemplation.

—The root is still not as good as the dark part.

—All the good seeds were stolen by that Sarutobi guy!

It's unrealistic to expect him to step down.

After thinking it over, he took out a glass bottle.

In the dim light, the liquid inside the glass bottle shone with an eerie crimson hue.

Danzo stared intently at the Sharingan suspended in the saline solution, his eyes revealing a clear mixture of desire and apprehension.

"Such a noble power."

"It's fitting that I use it!"

As if he had just thought of something, Danzo's expression suddenly turned extremely ugly.

"Sarutobi..."

……

Ten minutes, twenty minutes...

Four hours passed.

Lu Ying searched almost the entire Nanga River Forest, but still couldn't find Shisui's body.

"Could it be that I'm mistaken?"

He stood in the gently flowing river, his brow furrowed, his mind racing:

"No, let's keep looking."

"Think carefully, is there anything else we've overlooked?"

—Wait a minute…

—I remember, Tsinghua University…

With the memory of that day, Lu Ying gradually recalled more details.

Mizuki and Naruto had agreed to meet at a certain location in the Nakagawa Forest.

Previously, that location was rejected by Lu Ying because it did not meet his criteria for guessing where Shisui died.

Now it seems that area might not be so bad as to not be worth visiting!

"Let's go take a look."

Another half hour passed.

Lu Ying still hasn't found Zhi Shui's body.

But he was unwilling to give up, so he expanded the search area and continued to search downstream.

Finally, after persistent searching, he caught a glimpse of a shadow on the shimmering river from a distance of a hundred meters.

At first glance, it looks very much like a drifting tree stump.

But upon closer inspection, Lu Ying couldn't help but grin.

found it!

Floating on the river, drifting with the current, was the very corpse of Zhishui, the object of his deepest longing!

"Finally, I got it."

He took a deep breath, calming his pounding heart, and swiftly scooped up the pale corpse.

By placing the body on the riverbank, Lu Ying could determine the approximate time of death at a glance.

—It should have been about a day.

—Tsk, if only we had discovered it sooner…

Thinking of this, Lu Ying had no time to condemn her carelessness and quickly used "Shadow Extraction".

"Stand up!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Ying's MP was almost completely depleted, and his HP also dropped by one-sixth.

However, "shadow extraction" has not yet been fully implemented.

In an instant, Lu Ying's legs went weak from being completely drained, and she was so frightened that she immediately gulped down the small blue bottle to replenish her MP.

If he hadn't taken the drug in time, he would have lost one of his only three "shadow extraction" opportunities.

With the addition of subsequent MP files, "shadow extraction" was successfully implemented.

Unfortunately, even so, the shadow of still water only wriggled a couple of times and failed to solidify into a complete form.

"It failed."

Lu Ying licked his lips; his first failure was not unexpected.

After all, Shisui was at least an elite Jonin, while he was currently only a special Jonin. The chances of him skipping two ranks were already slim.

But Lu Ying has worked hard to get this far, so she can't just give up now.

"continue!"

[Shadow extraction in progress...]

【…】

Shadow extraction failed!

"hiss……"

After two consecutive failures, with only one last chance left, Lu Ying felt immense pressure.

"call……"

—Fine, if I fail again, I'll accept it!

He exhaled the pent-up emotions in his heart, calmed his mind, and made one last attempt.

【Using Shadow Extraction】

[Shadow extraction in progress...]

As Lu Ying watched the loading ellipses, a scene from a Korean comic from her previous life suddenly flashed into her mind.

Since things have come to this point, we might as well try anything!

Lu Ying stood before Zhi Shui's corpse and said in a deep voice:

"Shisui, you don't want the Uchiha clan to be wiped out, do you...?"