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

Chapter 73 Successful Negotiations and the Mission

"What?! The remains of over 2000 ninjas?"

Danzo frowned deeply and looked up at Orochimaru:

"What do you take my Root organization for? A crematorium of Konoha? These ninja corpses are practically all the ninja from some small ninja villages!!"

"But Elder Danzo, you can definitely gather them all, can't you? Didn't you already collect the corpses of sixty or seventy ninjas in that selection battle just now?"

"With just twenty or thirty rounds of selection, gathering 2000 people will be a piece of cake!"

Upon hearing Orochimaru's words, Danzo nearly died of anger. Although Root was cruel, it certainly couldn't frequently engage in this kind of battle royale-like selection process, otherwise, they would have created countless orphans.

Such a large-scale ninja selection and slaughter is held at most once a year. If it weren't to give Uchiha Tou a warning, how could it be held so easily?

"Stop talking nonsense. If you want so many corpses, one method to relieve the rejection reaction isn't enough!"

Danzo glared and spoke, his words clearly implying he wanted more money, while Orochimaru began to argue with Danzo in a serious tone.

The two of them didn't hide their discussion from Uchiha Hiyu. Orochimaru knew very well that Uchiha Hiyu was no pushover either. As for Danzo, just by looking at how Uchiha Hiyu had looked at so many dead young ninjas without being moved, he knew that Hiyu was also a heartless person.

After discussing for about ten minutes, the two finally reached an agreement: Orochimaru would contribute some of his research findings, and Danzo would gather the corpses and send them over within a month.

The fact that 2000 ninja corpses could be gathered in a month, even if these so-called corpses were just ordinary genin, and considering that there are all kinds of corpses during wartime, shows the capabilities of Danzo's Root organization.

After joining Root with Orochimaru, Orochimaru spent the first few days busy with experiments, while Uchiha Hiu simply trained at Root's training grounds until a few days later, Danzo came knocking on their door.

"Elder Danzo, what brings you here?"

Having just finished his regular training, Uchiha Hiyu looked at the Root leader who had come to his door and asked with a hint of curiosity.

"The Root has a mission for you. It's not very dangerous, but the rewards for completing it are quite substantial. What do you think? Any ideas?"

"Of course I'd be happy to have such a good opportunity. Just tell me, what kind of mission is it?"

"The traitor hunting Konoha is one of our Jonin who defected to Kumogakure! He's carrying a lot of Konoha's secrets, and if he manages to escape to Kumogakure, it could cause Konoha a huge loss..."

"Alright, I don't want to ask why. Where is he? He hasn't already reached the Hidden Cloud Village, has he? I don't have the guts to rush into the Hidden Cloud Village and kill someone."

"Of course not... I told you this mission poses no danger to you. This Konoha rogue ninja is currently being held captive by our ninjas within the border between the Land of Frost and the Land of Fire, and hasn't crossed the border into the Land of Fire yet."

"However, once he crosses the Land of Fire and enters the Land of Frost, it will be difficult to deal with. Currently, both the Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Leaf Village have troops stationed on the border of the Land of Frost. If a large number of Hidden Leaf ninjas enter the country, it could very well trigger a war."

Although Danzo was a thorough hawk and had no fear of war, he did not want to start a war with the Hidden Cloud Village without being prepared.

Konoha is still entangled in a battle with Iwagakure. In this old man's eyes, it's not too late to fight Kumogakure after we've finished fighting Iwagakure.

"Okay, give me his photo and address, I'll head out right now!"

"Wait a minute, I'll send a few ninjas to accompany you."

"Forget it. As long as your intelligence is accurate, I don't need anyone's help. I'll just give you his head when the time comes."

Uchiha Touyu directly refused the Root ninja under Danzo's command, as he did not feel that he needed any ninja help at the moment.

With a large number of souls available for learning, Uchiha Touya is now close to being an all-around ninja. He has considerable skill in ninjutsu, genjutsu, sensory ninjutsu, and medical ninjutsu. He is equivalent to a Jonin-level ninja squad by himself and no longer needs the cooperation of ordinary ninjas.

Danzo didn't say much. Strong people always have their own privileges. After handing over the information to Uchiha Tou, he sent him off to carry out the mission.

……

After leaving Konoha, Uchiha Touyu simply stuffed the mask provided by Root into his pocket—given his combat strength and fighting style, this thing would be of no use in concealing his identity from other ninja villages, at most it could only fool ordinary genin.

"Finally leaving Konoha... Let me check the intelligence first. Hmm, the longest mission completion time is 20 days? Perfect. I'll go kill this guy first, and then I can use the remaining time to train my Magnet Release!"

Magnet Release originated from the unfortunate Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, whose soul is currently still in the hands of Uchiha Touya!

However, Magnet Release training is very impressive, especially the Sand Gold Ninjutsu, which is extremely conspicuous. As long as Uchiha Tou doesn't want to reveal that he has learned Magnet Release in Konoha, he definitely won't train in Konoha.

Uchiha Touya didn't really care about the Sand Gold Ninja Technique. Although it was a path that could lead directly to Kage level, it was clear that Kage level achieved through Magnet Release was somewhat "unrealistic".

While Magnet Release is incredibly powerful and versatile when dealing with low-level enemies, it rarely achieves victories against opponents of equal strength, whether it's the Fourth Kazekage or the Third Kazekage.

Furthermore, there is no way to combine Magnet Release and Uchiha Tou's White Fang Sword Technique. In fact, all the previous Kazekage could be considered weak in taijutsu, otherwise they wouldn't have been so easily ambushed.

The main reason why Uchiha Tou wanted to train Magnet Release was to use the power of his bloodline limit to nourish his physical body, improve his physical and mental strength, and enhance the quality of his chakra. As for the power of Magnet Release itself, it could only serve as a supplement to his abilities.

Or, when you run out of money in the future, you can learn from the Fourth Kazekage and go directly to mine some gold dust—the Fourth Kazekage was able to become the economic pillar of Sunagakure just by panning for gold. If this were done by someone else, it would be easy to become a tycoon.

With this ninjutsu, at least Uchiha Touyu will be able to achieve financial freedom in the future, and even easily build some small forces with a large amount of money.

Envisioning a bright future, Uchiha Touyu quickened his pace, speeding towards the location provided by the intelligence.

(End of this chapter)