Starting as the mastermind behind Naruto

Chapter 136 Naruto's Guaranteed Dark Side Plan (Second Update!)

It was the dead of night at the Konoha Barbecue Restaurant.

The party celebrating Lee Rock's recovery has ended.

These little guys made a pact to train hard, and a month later, they would compete in the main event of the third exam. Some of the bolder ones even dared to challenge Uehara Naraku.

After bidding them a friendly farewell, Uehara Naraku returned to his inn. He leisurely poured himself a cup of tea, then turned to a figure in the shadows: "Kabuto, how did things go? Did you find that woman named Karin?"

"Yes."

Kabuto Yakushi emerged from the darkness and replied, "I've temporarily placed her in a small town near Konoha."

"Protect her well; she is the gift I want to give to my elders."

After giving Yakushi Kabuto a soft instruction, Uehara Naraku continued, "When the Chunin Exams are almost over, you and I will go together to capture Shimura Danzo. If we can't capture him, we'll kill him on the spot."

"Yes."

Kabuto chuckled and adjusted his glasses, saying, "Lord Naraku, I've been in charge of the liaison between Lord Orochimaru and Danzo Shimura. At that time, I could have invited him to meet under the pretext of discussing the Konoha Crush plan."

"It doesn't matter, he can't escape anyway."

Uehara Naraku clenched his fists, looking confident of victory: "Shimura Danzo was a gift I carefully prepared for my teacher when I returned to Amegakure. Even seeing his corpse would make my teacher happy."

"..."

Kabuto felt that his new boss was unreliable again.

Back when he was Orochimaru's assistant in the Akatsuki, Kabuto Yakushi had met Konan once. He didn't think that aloof blue-haired woman would be happy to see Danzo Shimura's corpse!

No, no woman would be happy to receive a corpse as a gift!

Unfortunately, Uehara Naraku seemed so confident that Yakushi Kabuto couldn't easily change his mind.

Moreover, killing Shimura Danzo was also something Yakushi Kabuto wanted to do.

"Alright, that's settled then!"

After waving his hand, Uehara Naraku gave a few final instructions: "What you need to do next is monitor Orochimaru's movements, ensure his Konoha Crush plan proceeds smoothly, and guide him to study White Zetsu."

"clear."

Kabuto put on his hood and disappeared into the night.

After Kabuto Yakushi left, Naraku Uehara began to devise his own plan. He needed to find a way to make Naruto turn evil and defect.

This task is way too difficult!

Honestly, it would have been very easy to get Sasuke to defect.

Today, Uehara Naraku felt that if he just snapped his fingers, Sasuke would follow him out of Konoha and become a rogue ninja.

Damn, Sasuke is so easy to fool!

Sasuke Uchiha was willing to join any group as long as they had a grudge against Itachi Uchiha and could help him become stronger so that he could kill Itachi.

Unfortunately, Uehara Naraku didn't want any of it.

In comparison, Naruto Uzumaki's stubbornness was a real headache for Uehara Naraku. He really had no way to guide Naruto to the dark side unless he leaked information using someone else's identity.

Within about a month, Uehara Naraku will definitely kill Shimura Danzo, so let's use Danzo's identity as an opportunity to make the most of it.

After all, once Uehara Naraku killed Danzo himself, the ninja world would have one less scapegoat.

No, there's another person whose death is also imminent.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Uehara Naraku's lips slowly curled up. Rather than revealing his weakness by using Shimura Danzo's appearance to act in Konoha, he might as well make use of Sarutobi Hiruzen!

After all, the conspiracy theory about the Third Hokage is doing well in the anime and manga community, and he has a lot of accusations against him, some of which are impossible to clear up!

Uehara Naraku finalized the plan almost immediately.

On the night before the Chunin Exams, he impersonates Hiruzen Sarutobi, making Naruto Uzumaki discover that his respected Hokage grandfather has always been a schemer. A dark Hokage can definitely shatter Naruto's beliefs!

Failed!

Why rack your brains and overthink things when the plan is so simple and straightforward?

Naruto Uzumaki's greatest ambition is to become Hokage. If he were to see how dark the mind of the Third Hokage of Konoha is, he would definitely betray Konoha completely!

My lifelong dream has crumbled, so what's the point of holding on?

The only problem is that we can't reveal any flaws.

Uehara Naraku needs to find someone to put on a show so that Naruto Uzumaki will inadvertently discover that the Third Hokage is a dark person. That way, Naruto will definitely believe it.

Furthermore, once the main tournament begins and Orochimaru launches the Konoha Crush plan, he will have someone throw dirty water on Hiruzen Sarutobi, thus confirming that Hiruzen Sarutobi is a schemer. How else can Naruto Uzumaki doubt it?

Once Orochimaru kills Hiruzen Sarutobi, wouldn't there be no way to prove it?

After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed tainted with a lot of darkness. As the leader of a major ninja village, how could he possibly be completely uninvolved in anything?

Uehara Naraku rubbed his hands excitedly and immediately devised this plan: "If this plan succeeds, it will almost certainly turn Naruto to the dark side. I really am a genius!"

Now that the plan is set, all that's left is to figure out how to smear the Third Hokage, and while we're at it, think about what dirty secrets Hiruzen Sarutobi has...

First, let's start with Naruto Uzumaki's background.

In fact, during the Nine-Tails' rampage, the fact that the Anbu reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi first instead of Minato Namikaze suggests that the power of the Anbu may still be in Hiruzen Sarutobi's hands.

This seems a bit like a lust for power.

After pondering for a while, Uehara Naraku decided to adapt the story into one where Hiruzen Sarutobi, in his greed for power, instructed Obito Uchiha to launch the Nine-Tails attack, assassinate the Fourth Hokage and his wife, and regain control of Konoha.

Second, start with Naruto Uzumaki's growth.

It must be said that Hiruzen Sarutobi was always watching Naruto Uzumaki's growth, fearing that he would be affected by the Nine-Tails' chakra, so he kept instilling the Will of Fire into him.

Furthermore, while Hiruzen Sarutobi nominally forbade others from discussing that Naruto Uzumaki was the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he did not forbid the villagers from ostracizing Naruto.

This is blatant PUA (Pick-Up Artist) tactics.

This is brainwashing.

Uehara Naraku thought for a while longer and decided to adapt the story so that Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly ordered others to reject Naruto in order to cultivate war weapons loyal to him, while he himself guided Naruto to accept the Will of Fire, in order to make the Jinchuriki work for him.

Third, start with Naruto's bonds.

Hiruzen Sarutobi personally appointed Kakashi Hatake as the Jonin instructor of Team 7, probably because he valued Kakashi's compatibility with Team 7. After all, Kakashi has the Sharingan and is a disciple of the Fourth Hokage, so he would definitely be able to protect his teacher's son and educate the Uchiha orphans.

This is using bonds to restrain.

Uehara Naraku thought for a while longer and decided to adapt the story so that Hiruzen Sarutobi would send Kakashi to use his Sharingan to monitor and control Naruto at any time to prevent the Nine-Tails from going berserk; and also to reveal the relationship between Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha as teammates.

In addition to these, the fact that Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly guided Itachi Uchiha to betray his clan and ordered him to massacre the Uchiha clan should also be included.

After all, Danzo has taken the blame for Hiruzen Sarutobi so many times, it's time for the tables to turn!

After thinking about it all night, Uehara Naraku managed to refine his plan.

He's already gone this far with his plan, he's sure he can lead Naruto to turn evil and defect. If he still fails, then he's never doing this mission again!

Hehe, how could it possibly fail?

After returning, I asked Teacher Xiaonan for two sets of Xiao's uniforms.

One set for twelve-year-old Naruto Uzumaki, and one set for sixteen-year-old himself.

He can bring the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki back soon, isn't that worth a uniform and the status of a formal member?

However, after Uehara Naraku finalized Naruto's defection plan, a variable appeared within his scheme.

An old man returned to Konoha.

Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, the Toad Sage.

(End of this chapter)