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Chapter 280 "I was present during the assassination attempt on Tobirama, and I directed the Nine-Tails incident"

From Lu Mingze's mouth.

Hikaru Uchiha finally learned the plot direction of "Naruto: Dragon Raja Modified Version"—

The members of the Snake Clan, of course, were unaware of her true connection to the Naruto world.

As the manga author, Masashi Kishimoto had even more limited access to information.

Therefore, after getting "inspiration" about her character from crows and others, Masashi Kishimoto naturally set her up as a descendant of the Uchiha clan. After the battle at the Valley of the End, she followed her "grandfather" Uchiha Madara out of Konoha and then hid in the dark side of the ninja world, stirring up trouble.

During the First Shinobi World War.

At the tender age of five, she followed her "grandfather" in the assassination attempt against Tobirama Senju, ultimately killing the Second Hokage along with the Gold and Silver Brothers' forces, and obtaining the Six Paths Tools from him.

During the Second Shinobi World War.

She concealed her identity and approached Yahiko and his group as an "orphan of the Rain Kingdom." Over several years, she gained their trust, laying the groundwork for the later establishment and destruction of the first Akatsuki organization, as well as Yahiko's death.

During the Third Shinobi World War.

Wearing a vortex mask, she traveled between countries as "Uchiha Madara," forging alliances and creating a situation where the four major ninja villages surrounded Konoha. During this time, she also personally participated in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, taking the right eye of her clansman Obito Uchiha and managing to integrate his eye technique "Kamui" into her own Mangekyou Sharingan, thus gaining rare space-time ninjutsu abilities.

As for the Nohara Rin incident, the Nine-Tails incident, and the Uchiha clan massacre...

Of course, she did all of it.

All of this is aimed at breaking the existing order of the ninja world, thereby ending the profession of ninja, and creating an unprecedented unified empire.

—This is also the will of Uchiha Madara.

Well...

Although I was inexplicably burdened with a bunch of blame.

However, Uchiha Hikari found this life story to be quite reasonable and smooth. If she hadn't known beforehand that the original Hokage wasn't like this, she might have thought, like the readers of this world, that the character "Uchiha Hikari" was something Kishimoto had designed from the beginning, and that all those events that hadn't been explained before were foreshadowing.

But what happened next was even more outrageous—

originally.

A villainous character like her, who has done so many bad things, should be very hated.

However, it is unclear whether it is because Masashi Kishimoto depicted the scene of her first time removing her mask as too stunning;

It's also because the manga devoted a lot of time to vividly and delicately depicting her journey from being instructed by Madara Uchiha in her childhood, to experiencing the horrors of war in the Land of Rain during her teenage years, and then to the gradual formation of her thoughts as an adult...

In short, the readers' response to this new character was unexpectedly positive.

In a recent official poll, she successfully surpassed Hinata Hyuga to become the second most popular female character.

Hmm... the first place goes to Sakura Haruno.

Considering that Sakura Haruno has been the designated heroine since the beginning of the serialization and has been active for more than ten years, while she only officially appeared after the Five Kage Summit and is a ruthless villain, it is quite amazing that she was able to rise to this ranking in just half a year.

also……

The figure of Erii that I mentioned last time is now available for pre-order, and it's said that the first batch of pre-orders exceeded 100,000 people...

"Um……"

Uchiha Hikaru pondered for a moment, feeling that it was a bit difficult to comment.

It seems...

She not only stole Obito's screen time, but also took some of Danzo's, Madara's, and even Itachi's and Sasuke's screen time.

With so much screen time, plus the added bonus of the rare "female Uchiha" attribute, it's reasonable for her to become a minor hit... my foot!

"Having lived from Madara Uchiha's era to the Fourth Shinobi World War, I must be at least in my fifties, right? Wouldn't that make me an old woman like Tsunade?"

At this age, can she still be "beautiful"? Is she some kind of ageless beauty?

"That's how it is in theory."

Lu Mingze nodded and said very seriously, "But you were transplanted with the first generation of cells when you were young, and one of the kaleidoscope eye techniques you possess is 'Wood Blossom Princess,' which can draw life force from plants to heal injuries and maintain youth. Therefore, your appearance has hardly changed over the decades. Even in the recent storyline, you are just a seventeen or eighteen-year-old black-haired girl."

"...6".

Uchiha Hikaru was speechless.

She suddenly felt like buying a copy of "Weekly Shonen Jump" to see what the original manga was like.

Despite the plot deviating from the original outline and introducing drastically altered characters, he managed to pull it back and provide a seemingly reasonable explanation... Kishimoto Masashi in this world is indeed quite skilled.

Hmm... the Snake Clan might also have contributed.

After all, the so-called "Kokkai no Kaori" is very similar to her self-healing constitution, and it is also the basic ability of the "Dragon King". It is hard to imagine that these things are unrelated.

Quiet.

Several minutes passed.

Lu Mingze smiled and spoke again, "It seems that what you experienced isn't entirely the same as the Naruto story in this world. But I think that's fine, after all, no one wants to accept a predetermined fate..."

Well, if you're interested, I can quickly buy you a set of the latest Naruto manga as a gift between friends. And now…

Are you interested in discussing a deal?

"trade?"

Hikaru Uchiha pulled his thoughts back from the Naruto manga, then narrowed his eyes slightly: "You mean?"

"Since you've read works depicting our world, you should know a little about my identity and what I want to do."

"I once reigned over the world, but due to some reasons, my physical form perished, and now my strength is less than a hundred percent of what it used to be. As a result, I can't even do something as simple as punishing traitors in person. I can only hide behind the scenes like a human and use conspiracies and schemes to achieve my goals."

Even so, I still possess a certain degree of power and influence. If you are willing to ally with me and do a few things for me, I will offer you a considerable reward.

"..."

Uchiha Hikaru was silent for a moment.

then.

She took a deep breath and raised her head again: "Let me make one thing clear first, I'm protecting Jormungandr and Fenrir. If you have no objections, we can discuss the rest later."

"..."

This time, Lu Mingze remained silent.

Xia Mi and his sister were, of course, on his list of targets.

Moreover, their ranking is second only to the Fire King brothers.

In theory, after eliminating Norton and Standin, he would begin writing the script for killing Xia Mi and Fenrir.

but……

"……Can."

Lu Mingze nodded with some difficulty: "The Jormungandr siblings, although they are also traitors, their crimes are not that serious. Over the past few thousand years, they have paid a heavy price for them, so letting them go is fine. But the other dragon kings are on my list of targets to be hunted down. You won't stop me, will you?"

As he said this, Lu Mingze's eyes closed and then opened, revealing a color like molten gold.

In Uchiha Hikaru's eyes, although he still looked like that handsome young man, his aura was completely different—it was the majesty and demeanor of a monarch, no less than Esdeath, or even above her!

but……

"Oh."

Uchiha Hikaru smiled, his eyes also glowing with a magnificent, fiery red: "Since we're going to talk about a deal, let's talk properly. Otherwise, I don't mind stretching my muscles with you."

"..."

……

To be honest, Uchiha Hikaru was quite eager to spar with Lu Mingze.

After all, she had hardly encountered any truly formidable opponents in the Dragon Clan world. Even if Lu Mingze was currently in poor condition and his strength was limited, he was still far stronger than Xia Mi, the "strongest second-generation species." With him as a reference, she could roughly assess the significance of Odin and the "White King."

However, no fight broke out.

The two talked for more than an hour in the "Bronze City". In a frank and friendly atmosphere, they exchanged in-depth opinions on the matter of "slaying the Dragon King" and reached several important consensuses.

What Lu Mingze wanted was revenge.

What Uchiha Hikari wanted were the blood and body tissue samples of those Dragon Kings. If possible, she would also like to obtain one or two Dragon Bone Crosses so she could study how to acquire the Dragon Kings' unique power and authority using the bodies of people from another world.

—Especially the White King's "spiritual" authority, according to Uchiha Hikaru's estimation, should have some similar characteristics to the "Yin Power" of the Naruto world. If she could obtain it, it should be of great benefit to her eye technique training.

Also.

Uchiha Hikaru also has one more thing to do: help Erii completely resolve the problem with Herzog. Theoretically, she could do it herself, but with the help of Lu Mingze, the "local expert," it should save her a lot of effort.

The goals of the two are not inherently conflicting.

This creates the premise for cooperation.

"As for Norton, I don't need your help, because I've already devised a hunting plan for him. Although there are some minor flaws in this plan because you took Constantine away, it can still be used with a few minor modifications."

"The biggest trouble actually comes from 'Odin,' the king of the sky and the wind. Herzog's series of actions in Japan were actually orchestrated by him from behind the scenes. In a sense, he is our common enemy."

"Once Norton's matter is settled, I will try to contact you so we can take action against him together."

This is what Lu Mingze said.

(End of this chapter)