Starting with the Uchiha clan, they began cultivating demonic arts.

Chapter 167 Jiraiya's Request

Uchiha Touya and Jiraiya had never really interacted. Even when he was still in Konoha, they would only nod at most when they met, without any real conversation.

The two had completely different values, and there was nothing about Jiraiya that Uchiha Touyu would be interested in. The only thing that could be considered a special move, Sage Mode, was a better version of that Uchiha Touyu had, so of course he didn't pay any attention to Jiraiya.

However, as Uchiha Tou's strength grew and he gradually began to have an impact on the entire ninja world, the people hiding behind the scenes probably couldn't sit still anymore. This is probably the real reason why Jiraiya started to take action.

"Bring Jiraiya over here! I want to see what he has to say."

Tsunade propped her fist against her face, leaned against the table, and said something somewhat impatiently.

The female ANBU ninja, who was kneeling on the ground, nodded slightly and disappeared instantly. A minute or two later, Jiraiya, with his white hair, walked over casually.

"It's been years, and the female ninjas of Konoha have all become so strong! Tsunade, how did you train these ANBU ninjas? I feel like two squads of them could easily overpower me!"

This unkempt ninja was tall and broad-shouldered, with spiky white hair and some charred marks. There were also several holes in his sleeves, indicating that he had clearly suffered a minor setback in the recent conflict.

The ANBU female ninja squads around Tsunade, thanks to their proximity, are at least elite Jonin level, with near-Kage level being the norm. Although their strength, which relies entirely on physical attributes and chakra reserves, is somewhat lacking, their sheer numbers are enough to overwhelm Jiraiya.

"This is Konoha's secret. Why are you, a nobody who's been away from Konoha for so long, concerned about this kind of thing?"

Tsunade's voice carried a hint of disdain, causing Jiraiya to scratch his head and give an awkward smile.

Although Jiraiya was very famous in Konoha, his usual image meant that he couldn't know too many secrets. In fact, he consciously avoided taking on more responsibility.

So Jiraiya couldn't refute Tsunade's words, and could only laugh it off and change the subject.

"By the way, Tsunade, I came here this time to use Konoha's intelligence system to find someone."

"Looking for someone? You're not looking for that prophetic child of yours again, are you? If you want to find that savior, go ask those toads on Mount Myōboku. You won't find any prophetic children here in Konoha."

Jiraiya could only manage a wry smile after hearing Tsunade's teasing words.

The matter of the Child of Prophecy actually has some influence in the ninja world. Firstly, the person who said it was Jiraiya, and the guarantee came from the sacred Mount Myōboku. In any case, the words of such important figures are always more easily believed.

The toad sage of Mount Myōboku possesses prophetic abilities. This is information that ordinary ninjas might not know, but the other two sacred lands are very familiar with it. Orochimaru and Tsunade, who are also the inheritors of the other two sacred lands, are naturally very clear about it as well.

So although they didn't care about Jiraiya's search for the prophesied child, they didn't initially think it was a hoax.

However, since Uchiha Touyu secretly controlled the entire ninja world, the two of them lost all trust in the so-called Child of Prophecy. After all, judging from Uchiha Touyu's methods, it wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a Great Demon King, let alone a Child of Prophecy!

"Tsunade, I know you don't really care about the Child of Prophecy, but you should at least acknowledge the Great Toad Sage's prophetic abilities!"

"This time, I'm not here to inquire about any prophetic child; I'm here to find the culprit capable of destroying the entire ninja world!"

The culprit who destroyed the entire ninja world!? Tsunade's expression changed slightly, and she glanced subtly at Uchiha Tou, who was standing beside her and was still wearing a mask.

If we're talking about someone who could threaten the entire ninja world, or even destroy it, within Tsunade's knowledge, who else besides Uchiha Tou could do that?

Moreover, Uchiha Touya is indeed capable of destroying the world. Judging from his training methods alone, they are blatantly anti-human. If he were to carry out the Human Instrumentality Project or the creation of a new world, Tsunade would not be surprised at all.

Could it be that the giant toad foresaw something, which is why it was preparing to have Jiraiya report the incident to the ninja world?

Uchiha Touya remained silent, but his gaze toward Jiraiya held a hint of amusement. It seemed that even the true strategists in the Naruto world were finally getting restless and beginning to test the waters.

However, it is still too late to start testing the waters now. Whether it is the Great Toad Sage or the Sage of Six Paths in the Pure Land, they have gradually lost their sense of efficiency over the long years.

When Uchiha Touyu refined Uchiha Madara, he also absorbed Indra's chakra. And when Uchiha Touyu plotted and stirred up the Nine-Tails' chaos, he also took the opportunity to drain Ashura's chakra from Uzumaki Naruto's body.

Theoretically, the Sage of Six Paths should have noticed something was wrong at that time, and since Naruto Uzumaki no longer had the Nine-Tails and Ashura's chakra, the Great Toad Sage should have realized the problem immediately.

Uchiha Touyu wasn't sure if they were just procrastinating, or if they had become wandering spirits and were suffering from dementia, as they seemed to be only now showing some reaction. However, as long as the Sage of Six Paths didn't directly resurrect at his peak and challenge him to a duel, he didn't care much about the other issues.

Uchiha Tou didn't care, but Tsunade did. She frowned, looked at Jiraiya, and asked:

"Destroy the entire world... The Great Toad Sage, is he suffering from dementia?! What kind of person could possess the power to destroy the world?"

Seeing Tsunade's interest, Jiraiya immediately smiled.

"Who knows if the Great Toad Sage really has dementia, but regardless, his prophetic abilities were quite useful in the past. Even if the so-called destruction of the ninja world has only a one in ten thousand chance, Tsunade, you wouldn't gamble on that, would you?"

Tsunade gave Jiraiya a complicated look. If it were according to her old personality, Jiraiya's words would naturally be correct, but unfortunately…

"Heh... Never mind, it's just some information anyway. So, tell me, who exactly did that old toad tell you to contact this time?"

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Jiraiya's face turned serious, and he said:

"If I'm not mistaken, the ninja who could potentially destroy the ninja world is none other than the current S-rank rogue ninja of the Uchiha clan—Uchiha Touya!"

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's fingers trembled slightly before she raised her head and calmly said:

"Uchiha Touyu? You should know that although he was designated as an S-rank rogue ninja by Konoha, in reality, Konoha and he mostly kept to themselves. Few Konoha ninjas were willing to hunt him down."

That's not wrong. In fact, Uchiha Tou's reputation in Konoha wasn't too bad. After all, his defection didn't cause Konoha any major damage on the surface.

The only ones who were killed by him were Danzo and the Root ninjas. Even the deaths of the Uchiha ninjas were attributed to Root.

In this context, Uchiha Hiu is portrayed as a righteous avenger who, after having his parents killed by Danzo, endured humiliation and joined Root, investigated the truth, and ultimately turned the tables, destroying Danzo and Root.

Uchiha Touyu himself, of course, didn't care what his image was like in Konoha, but he also had no interest in changing the impressions of the people in Konoha—what shepherd would care whether the sheep in his pen admired him or hated him? He would only care whether the mutton was more succulent and the wool was more fluffy.

Although ninjas call themselves tools, very few of them actually see themselves as tools. Even an honest person like Kisame still managed to cut down Suigetsu Hozuki in the original story.

Since they already had a subjective intention, it was unrealistic to expect these ninjas to do their best to hunt down Uchiha Touyu. The most suitable people for this task were the true tools of Root, but the original Root ninjas had all been killed by Uchiha Touyu.

In addition to the considerations of the Konoha leadership and Uchiha Tou's formidable strength, the final result was that Konoha never took the capture of Uchiha Tou seriously. They didn't even send out ninjas to hunt him down, and they only announced that he was an S-rank rogue ninja without even setting a bounty!

This wasn't Tsunade covering for Uchiha Touu; Konoha's attitude towards Uchiha Touu was exactly like this even before Tsunade became Hokage.

"At least you should have some information on this guy! Don't tell me you haven't even gathered any information on such a dangerous individual!"

Hearing Jiraiya's somewhat anxious voice, Tsunade opened her mouth slightly, but before she could speak, she heard a faint sound beside her ear.

With her expression unchanged, Tsunade, following Uchiha Tou's instructions, asked:

"Before that, Jiraiya, tell me, how did you become so certain that Uchiha Touya would destroy the ninja world? As far as I know, the Great Toad Sage's prophetic techniques shouldn't be that accurate!"

Jiraiya didn't doubt why Tsunade knew so much about the Great Toad Sage's prophecies; he had indeed introduced the Great Toad Sage's dream prophecy technique to his companions before.

If this kind of prophetic technique were truly that accurate, then Jiraiya wouldn't have needed to spend so many years taking on disciples and searching for the Child of Prophecy.

"Actually... I'm not entirely sure if it's definitely that brat Uchiha Touyu. According to the Great Toad Sage, the person who stirred up the chaos and would destroy the entire ninja world is the Uchiha with a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan."

"The entire Uchiha clan in Konoha is theoretically a suspect... But in any case, the Uchiha in Konoha are bound by many constraints, and their strongest members are only at the Kage level. They are really not qualified to destroy the ninja world."

As a disciple of the Third Hokage, Jiraiya was obviously familiar with the Mangekyou Sharingan, the strongest power of the Uchiha clan.

Before awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan, even if a member of the Uchiha clan possessed Kage-level strength, they were generally just mediocre among Kage-level members.

In fact, whether it was Obito, Shisui, or Fugaku Uchiha, even if they broke through to the Kage level by relying on the power of their bloodline, without the Mangekyou Sharingan, they could only be considered to be at the bottom of the Kage level.

It could even be said that any Uchiha who has awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, if they weren't afraid of going blind, could single-handedly defeat these three Uchiha who joined forces!

This is precisely why Jiraiya didn't care much about the Uchiha clan within Konoha. While the three-tomoe Sharingan is indeed very strong in the sense of an ordinary ninja, at the Kage level, it's not that the three-tomoe Sharingan is completely useless, but it's just that it doesn't help much.

Only Uchiha Touyu, this maverick Uchiha, forged a path that no other Uchiha had ever taken. While the power of the Sharingan also constituted a certain proportion of Uchiha Touyu's strength, it was definitely not the core of his power. At least in the information that Uchiha Touyu had revealed to the outside world, even if he only had a three-tomoe Sharingan, he would definitely be one of the strongest in the ninja world at present.

This is precisely why Jiraiya felt that the most likely candidate was Uchiha Tou, rather than any other Uchiha.

"I see... So it's determined by strength? But even so, what makes a mere three-tomoe Uchiha capable of destroying the entire world?"

"I admit that the Uchiha brat named Touma is indeed very strong, and may even be one of the strongest ninjas in the world right now, but he's only very strong, not invincible..."

"You think this level of destruction is enough to destroy the entire world? What do you take the world for?"

"Uh... no matter what, even if it doesn't destroy the world, it should still be a catastrophe affecting the entire world! Tsunade, you should at least pay attention, at least keep an eye on their intelligence!"

Just as Tsunade was about to continue mocking him, she paused slightly as she heard Uchiha Touyu's voice again.

Then Tsunade looked at Jiraiya with a hint of pity and said:

"Since you want to know the information, then I'll tell you! In fact, that Uchiha who defected has never really concealed his true situation!"

"Right now, he's lurking in the Land of Wind, secretly controlling the entire Sand Village—the uncrowned king. In terms of status and position, he's probably far more important than the outwardly Kazekage, Pakura!"

"In fact, he didn't really hide his whereabouts much, he just didn't publicize it much either."

Upon hearing this, Jiraiya's eyes widened, and he opened his mouth as if to speak:

"What?! You're saying he now controls the entire Sand Village?! How is that possible?"

You have to know that Uchiha Touyu had killed Chiyo of Sunagakure and the Fourth Kazekage before. With such a huge grudge and hatred, the ninjas of Sunagakure didn't care at all.

(End of this chapter)