Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

Country of Fields.

Underground base.

Hearing Orochimaru's words.

Chiba raised an eyebrow but didn't reply.

He was waiting for Orochimaru's next move.

Orochimaru stuck out his long, thin tongue and licked his pale lips.

"I previously joined an organization called 'Akatsuki'."

"This organization is full of S-rank rogue ninja from various ninja villages."

"I betrayed them for some personal reasons."

"Right now, their people are hunting me down all over the world."

Orochimaru paused for a moment.

He stared intently into Chiba's eyes.

He wanted to see Chiba's reaction.

A mysterious organization teeming with S-rank rogue ninjas.

Any of the five major villages' leaders would be extremely wary upon hearing this news.

"this one?"

But Chiba did not.

He even picked at his ear, somewhat out of boredom.

Orochimaru was stunned.

This reaction is wrong!

"Lord Hokage."

"The leader of Akatsuki possesses the legendary Rinnegan!"

Orochimaru lowered his voice and emphasized his point.

These are the eyes of the Sage of Six Paths, representing the ultimate power in the ninja world.

Orochimaru didn't believe it, and Chiba didn't care at all.

"oh."

"The Rinnegan."

Chiba casually gave a reply.

His tone was calm, as if he were discussing what to eat for dinner.

Orochimaru has completely lost his touch.

That's the Rinnegan!

It's not some roadside cabbage!

Chiba lowered his hand and patted the dust off his clothes.

"A few homeless people, just huddling together for warmth."

"You're so scared?"

"If they dare to come to Konoha."

"I'll plant them all on the back hill and keep them as potted plants for the rest of my life."

Chiba's tone was not harsh.

But the murderous intent in his words caused the temperature in the entire basement to plummet.

Orochimaru was stunned.

That's insane!

This shows a complete disregard for the Rinnegan.

But rather.

Orochimaru had a misconception.

This young Hokage in front of me might really be able to crush Pain to the ground.

"Three days."

Chiba held up three fingers.

"I'm only giving you three days to handle the aftermath."

"If I don't see you in Konoha's research department in three days."

Chiba paused.

A chilling glint flashed in his dark eyes.

"I will come to the land of fields again."

"Turn every inch of this land upside down."

Before Orochimaru could reply.

Chiba's figure vanished without a trace in an instant.

……

Konoha Village.

The Hokage's office building.

In the huge conference room on the top floor.

On both sides of the long table sat the heads of the various clans of Konoha.

Nara Shikaku, Yamazaka Kaiichi, and Akimichi Choza.

Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, Aburame Shiki, Inuzuka Tsurugi.

The core power circle of Konoha is all present today.

A suffocating silence filled the air.

No one knew why the Fifth Emperor suddenly convened an emergency meeting.

"Squeak—"

The conference room door was pushed open.

Chiba strode in and sat down in the main seat.

Everyone immediately straightened their backs.

"I've called everyone here today to announce just one thing."

Orochimaru is going back to the village.

"He served as the first head of the Konoha Research Department."

The voice just fell.

The entire conference room erupted in chaos.

Although no one dared to make a loud noise.

But the undisguised shock was evident in everyone's exchanged glances.

Orochimaru!

That crazy scientist who does human experiments!

Konoha's S-rank rogue ninja!

Now he actually wants to come back as a minister?

Fugaku Uchiha gripped the fabric on his knees tightly with both hands.

Hiashi Hyuga clenched his fist so tightly that the veins on the back of his hand bulged.

Back when Orochimaru was in Konoha, he often drooled over the Uchiha and Hyuga's residences.

That snake-like gaze.

Even now, thinking about it sends chills down my spine.

"What's wrong?"

"Aren't you going to say anything?"

Chiba leaned back in his chair and looked around.

At last.

His gaze was fixed on Uchiha Fugaku.

"Chief of the Fugaku clan."

"You seem to have a problem with that?"

Fugaku Uchiha stood up with a stiff upper lip.

"Lord Hokage."

Orochimaru's obsession with bloodline limits is well known throughout the ninja world.

"He betrayed the village back then because he was conducting illegal experiments."

"Let him go back to the village."

"I'm worried about the safety of my people."

That's a very tactful way of putting it.

What they're really saying is: Orochimaru is coming back, he'll definitely steal our Sharingan!

Hiashi Hyuga quickly stood up as well.

"Lord Hokage, the Hyuga clan seconds this proposal."

"The Byakugan is a strategic resource for Konoha and cannot be lost."

Both major clubs issued statements at the same time.

The heads of the other smaller families all lowered their heads, pretending to look at the wood grain on the table.

When gods fight, mortals should not interfere.

Nara Shikaku stroked his stubble and fell into deep thought.

The fifth generation leader was by no means a brainless person.

There must be a deeper motive behind recruiting Orochimaru.

But this move was too risky.

Chiba looked at the tense Fugaku and Hiashi, and suddenly laughed.

"Chief of the Fugaku clan."

"The Mangekyou Sharingan is indeed quite powerful."

"Susanoo, Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi."

"But what's the price?"

"The more you use it, the faster you go blind."

"These eyes... are they cursed?"

Fugaku Uchiha's pupils suddenly contracted to the size of pinpoints.

This is impossible!

The secret of the Kaleidoscope is known to very few even within the Uchiha clan.

How did the fifth generation find out?

"If I tell you..."

Is there a way to solve the problem of blindness?

A light, casual remark from Chiba.

But it was like a nuclear bomb that exploded in Fugaku Uchiha's mind.

Solve blindness?

How is that possible!

The ancestors of the Uchiha clan throughout history tried every possible method to solve this problem.

There's no solution other than transplanting a kaleidoscope from a sibling!

"This is the first thing Orochimaru will do when he returns."

"Use the Senju clan's Wood Release cells to neutralize the Uchiha's Yin Release chakra."

Chiba pointed to himself.

"I'll provide the materials."

"Orochimaru will be brought in to help."

"You just need to provide some data."

"He can help you completely solve your eye problems."

Fugaku Uchiha's breathing instantly became heavy.

Solve the kaleidoscope's blindness!

Wouldn't the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan possess endless peak combat power?

What? Orochimaru is a madman.

What are the risks of stealing eyes?

In the face of family continuity and absolute power, it's nothing!

As long as I can keep these eyes from going blind, I'd even be willing to let Orochimaru live in the Uchiha clan's territory.

"The Uchiha clan!"

"I will absolutely obey the Hokage's orders!"

"Anyone who dares to stop Orochimaru from conducting research is a mortal enemy of the Uchiha clan!"

Fugaku Uchiha suddenly knelt on one knee, his voice trembling with excitement.

Everyone in the conference room was stunned.

That's an incredibly fast change of expression!

They were just vehemently opposing it, and now they're calling him "Minister."

Even the word "mortal enemy" has come up.

Hiashi Hyuga stood there all alone.

Sitting is awkward, standing is awkward.

It was extremely awkward.

Chiba turned his head and looked at Hinata Hiashi.

Hiashi Hyuga's heart skipped a beat.

Oh no, it's Hinata's turn now.

"Chief of the Sun Foot Clan."

"The Byakugan is said to be on par with the Sharingan."

"It is one of the two great dojutsu of Konoha."

"But the ninja world now."

"When it comes to the strongest eye technique, everyone only recognizes the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan."

"Are you Hyuga people content to be nothing more than searchlights?"

"Always hiding at the back of the line, observing meridians?"