In Konoha, you call this a ninja tool?

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to have been hit where it hurt, and his tone suddenly hardened.

"For the time being, they are not our enemies."

"We have already expended too much energy to maintain peace and stability within Konoha."

You can't provoke them right now. Konoha is in such a state that it can't withstand any more trouble. We can't deal with things outside for the time being!

Chapter 30 The Current Situation of Konoha

"Hmph, Sarutobi, you're always so hesitant and indecisive!"

Shimura Danzo gave him a cold look and said with great displeasure,

"If it weren't for that good-for-nothing Hanzo the Salamander who didn't completely wipe out this organization back then, we wouldn't be in this mess now."

Remembering the information Itachi Uchiha had given him before,

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze was also very complicated.

Besides his former prized disciple Orochimaru,

The names of the remaining few people also made him fall into deep thought.

Surprisingly, they were all S-rank rogue ninjas who gave the Tsuchikage, Raikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage a lot of headaches.

Even if only a small portion of their strength has been revealed so far.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's presence alone is enough to demonstrate just how terrifying the organization's strength is.

What are these powerful ninjas trying to do by gathering together? Do they want to challenge the authority of the Five Great Nations?

Hiruzen Sarutobi was also deeply wary of this.

But we can't touch Konoha right now.

If a conflict breaks out with the Uchiha clan before resolving the Uchiha clan issue and restoring political stability to Konoha, Konoha will inevitably suffer heavy losses.

The current strength of Konoha is too weak.

Apart from Hiruzen Sarutobi, there is no one else in the entire village with combat power at his level.

Orochimaru defected, Jiraiya traveled extensively for years, Tsunade developed hemophobia and disappeared from public view.

And the night six years ago when the Nine-Tailed Fox went berserk...

They lost the Fourth Hokage and dozens of Jonin in one fell swoop.

This dealt a heavy blow to the entire Hidden Leaf Village, causing its fighting strength to plummet to rock bottom.

So much so that six years have passed,

Konoha has not yet recovered from that incident.

The most important thing now is

It is about maintaining peace and stability within Konoha.

He waits for a new ninja with Kage-level strength to rise in Konoha, then he can finally retire gracefully as before.

This was Hiruzen Sarutobi's long-term plan.

After a moment of silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly spoke to Danzo, "Danzo, please understand me."

"Konoha needs to thrive and reproduce now. We need to wait for the next generation of Konoha ninja to grow up."

"As for the Akatsuki, we have far too little intelligence about them. Let Itachi Uchiha continue to infiltrate the Akatsuki as our spy and gather more information before we make any further plans."

After hearing Hiruzen Sarutobi's words,

Danzo Shimura, unusually, did not object and agreed with Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan.

"By the way, I heard there's a kid in Konoha who's been researching ninja tools recently. He's got some talent. Why don't you give him to me?"

"If you hand him over to me, it would be a great boost to the fighting strength of my Root unit," Danzo said.

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately frowned and retorted:

"No! Give up this idea, Danzo."

Tianyu is not some orphan left behind on the battlefield that you can simply hand over to deal with.

His father, Tianxiong, is a renowned merchant in our Land of Fire. We Konoha ninja rely on him for ninja tools and strategic supplies. Given the current tense situation in Konoha, I don't want to cause any unexpected trouble.”

"Heh." Danzo's face revealed a sinister smile as he said, "Alright, I was just saying that casually."

Danzo had also heard about the special qualities of Tengo in crafting ninja tools.

Therefore, he quickly began dispatching his subordinate ninjas to gather information about Tenno.

He obtained almost the same information as Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Danzo was greatly disappointed after reading it.

The idea of ​​using this to mass-produce stronger ninjas is unrealistic.

Then this child named Tianyu wouldn't be of much use.

The immediate priority is to resolve the issue of the Uchiha clan.

If I can succeed this time,

The bodies of the Uchiha clan members would be disposed of by him.

At that time, a considerable number of Sharingan will fall into his hands, combined with Orochimaru's previous research and the power of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju...

maybe……

The Mangekyou Sharingan, and even the Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan above the Mangekyou Sharingan... is enough to rival the power of Uchiha Madara!

Born in the Warring States period, Shimura Danzo was one of those who had witnessed Madara Uchiha's power, so he naturally knew just how powerful that power was.

Once I possess this power, dealing with the Akatsuki or becoming the Hokage of Konoha will become things that are within my grasp.

"Okay, I understand. Let's leave it at that for now. I'll be going now."

After a moment of silence, Shimura Danzo spoke to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"My roots will clean everything up that night."

I will absolutely not let you, the Hokage,

"Just a tiny bit of trouble, haha."

Danzo Shimura's cold laugh echoed in the office.

The slightly sarcastic tone caused Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had always appeared amiable, to gradually darken his gaze...

……

at the same time,

Uchiha clan territory, Naka Shrine

Standing before the ancestral stone tablet at the Uchiha clan's ancestral home, Itachi Uchiha quietly gazed at the inscriptions, his eyes deep and solemn.

His eyes were bloodshot, and the three-tomoe Sharingan within them suddenly changed shape, transforming into the form of a triangular shuriken.

This is the most powerful symbol of the Uchiha clan—the Mangekyou Sharingan.

With the help of the Mangekyou Sharingan, the words on the stone tablet that Black Zetsu had tampered with were now imprinted in Itachi Uchiha's mind.

After Itachi Uchiha quietly finished reading all the text, his expression became extremely complicated, and he murmured, "Infinite Tsukuyomi..."

Upon hearing this name, Itachi Uchiha immediately made some connections in his mind.

After he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, his unique eye technique, a genjutsu, was called Tsukuyomi.

This genjutsu, activated by the Mangekyou Sharingan, will affect anyone who sees his eyes.

Itachi can activate genjutsu the instant he does so.

Pull the enemy's mind into your illusionary space.

In the world of Tsukuyomi, all factors, including time, place, and quality, are controlled by the caster. He usually uses this ninjutsu to inflict psychological and mental torment on his opponent until the opponent breaks down.

Of course, he can also let the other person see the most beautiful fantasy in the world.

If time could be extended

It seems that it is indeed possible to create true peace once and for all.

But is this kind of peace true peace?

Itachi Uchiha shook his head with a wry smile.

He disagrees with this.

He believed that illusion is just illusion.

The essence of all illusions is nothing more than false illusions.

The shattering of the illusion was only a matter of time, as Uchiha Shisui once told him.

Chapter 31 Obito's Plan

Just as Itachi Uchiha was lost in thought,

The space behind him suddenly distorted in a vortex-like manner.

A mysterious man with his entire face covered by a vortex mask and dressed in a black robe appeared behind Itachi Uchiha.

Only one Mangekyou Sharingan was exposed to the air.

This person was none other than Uchiha Obito.

Or perhaps it was Obito Uchiha who publicly claimed to be Madara Uchiha.

"Itachi, now that you've awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, you've seen the words on the stone tablet, haven't you? Now you should understand everything!"

Obito Uchiha's eyes held a hint of fanaticism.

Looking at Uchiha Itachi, he excitedly shouted,

"The world we live in now is a utterly disappointing world, a world that should be destroyed!"

"Only by activating the Infinite Tsukuyomi can we create a world without pain and war, only peace and happiness!"