Warlock Invasion of Naruto.

Unfortunately, as ordinary people, they couldn't see how harsh the living conditions were for the Uchiha ninjas in Konoha. They did the hardest work, the most dangerous jobs, and made the most contributions, yet they received completely unequal treatment.

"Itachi, I think I should at least say goodbye to you formally before I leave." Shisui listened to the curses of the clansmen, turned around and came to Itachi's side, and said apologetically, "I broke my promise to you. I promised to work with you to change the clan and the village, but now I have chosen to withdraw. I'm sorry."

"Shisui..."

When Itachi was being criticized by his clansmen, he didn't show much change in expression, but Shisui's words moved him deeply, and his chest tightened.

Anyone can be blamed, but Zhishui is the only exception.

He was truly devoted to his family and village.

Itachi knew the hardships and pain Shisui endured, caught between his clan and the village. He knew that the village had let Shisui down, and had let down the Uchiha clan.

"Take good care of yourself." Shisui patted Itachi's shoulder, his expression full of reluctance, then looked at Fugaku beside him, "Lord Fugaku, please take good care of yourself as well."

Fugaku nodded solemnly. Although he firmly disagreed with leaving Konoha, he did not hate Shisui, Chiho, Issei, and the others, because they were also doing it for the Uchiha clan.

Although they led most of their clansmen away from Konoha, they paved a new path for the Uchiha clan, and they remained the Uchiha.

It's just a different method.

"Traitors! Why did you betray the family? You are all traitors to the family! Sooner or later, I will make you..."

At this moment, Sasuke shouted angrily at Shisui. He had remained silent until he finally understood what had happened. It was Shisui and his people who had betrayed their clan, leaving Konoha and taking many clansmen with them, causing his brother and father to suffer the blame from everyone. This was a disgrace to the clan.

"Shut up! Sasuke! What do you know!? You have no right to speak here!"

Fugaku rebuked Sasuke, interrupting his childish remarks.

Sasuke was startled by Fugaku's reprimand, his eyes widening as he stared at Fugaku in disbelief.

Sasuke didn't understand why he was being reprimanded even though he was speaking up for his father.

Even Itachi, the older brother who was always praised by their father, failed. So why can't we trust him just once?

"I will never forgive you!"

Sasuke, fighting back tears that he couldn't hold back, ran into the house shouting.

He secretly vowed that one day he would revitalize his family and gain his father's recognition.

......

After a five-day journey, the Uchiha clan finally arrived near the Uzushiogakure peninsula in the East Blue from Konoha.

This is because the Uchiha clan members, even without chakra, generally have a physique that surpasses that of ordinary people, and they spend more than ten hours traveling every day.

However, as they crossed the depression outside the Vortex territory, they saw the sinkholes left from the previous battle.

"I heard this used to be a valley, but it was destroyed in a battle!"

Hearing the ninjas' chatter, the Uchiha clan members subconsciously slowed down their journey and couldn't help but gaze into the sinkhole.

When the gates of the Vortex Clan's territory came into view, enthusiastic cheers and applause erupted.

"welcome!"

"Welcome to the Uchiha clan!"

"Great!"

"Everyone, you're too slow!"

The Uchiha clan members were taken aback by the enthusiasm of their greeters.

The joy on everyone's face was genuine, and that intense emotion touched the hearts of the Uchiha clan members.

Many of them were not really willing to leave Konoha, but because their ninjas wanted to leave, they had to coax and persuade them to go with them.

In many people's minds, they were driven away by Konoha.

But seeing the enthusiasm of the Uzumaki clan, they suddenly felt like they had come to the right place.

Kushina and Shiraha slowly walked out from the crowd and came to the Uchiha group.

Chiho's expression was slightly tense. In terms of appearance, she didn't think she was inferior to Kushina. She just lacked the charm of a mature woman, but she would have those sooner or later after marrying Shiraha.

However, the powerful aura emanating from Kushina and the oppressive feeling brought by her terrifying chakra made Chiho feel somewhat uncomfortable. Even though she knew that Kushina was not targeting her, she was still shocked by Kushina's strength.

"Chiho, I didn't expect to see you again." Kushina smiled and stepped forward, extending her hand to Chiho. "As the head of the Uzumaki clan and the future king of the Land of Whirlpools, I welcome the Uchiha clan on behalf of all the people!"

Seeing the sincerity in Kushina's smile, Chiho couldn't help but admire Kushina's magnanimity. She stepped forward, held Kushina's hand tightly, and then, to Kushina's slightly surprised look, hugged her tightly, saying, "From now on, we are a loving family, Kushina-neechan!"

......

The news that most of the Uchiha clan, led by their clan leader Chiho, had left Konoha and joined the Land of Whirlpools swept across the entire ninja world like a hurricane.

The first reaction from all sides was disbelief, feeling it was fake news.

But when I heard that it was Danzo who attacked the Uchiha clan's Kage-level shinobi, and that the Third Hokage protected Danzo, which led to the Uchiha clan's defection, I felt I could accept it.

After all, it was before the Third Shinobi World War, and Konoha's public opinion had driven the legendary White Fang, who was renowned throughout the ninja world, to his death.

Towards the end of the Third Shinobi World War, for reasons unknown, Bai Yu and Kushina, two top-tier Kage-level fighters, left Konoha together.

Now, most of the Uchiha ninja and clan members have left Konoha.

The outrageous things all happened in the later part of the Third Hokage's reign, so it's not surprising.

In Iwagakure, after learning of this information in the Tsuchikage's office, Onoki immediately dispatched people to the Land of Demons to increase cooperation. Iwagakure would purchase large quantities of medicines from the Serpent Spirit Group and significantly reduce trade tariffs.

After the messenger ninja left, Onoki got up and went to the window, his heart unable to calm down for a long time.

"If only the Uchiha clan joined Iwagakure..."

The Third Hokage's incompetence is so extreme that it's both delightful and infuriating.

What's good is that the enemy's leader is so foolish, making one blunder after another.

What's infuriating is that even without the Uchiha clan, Konoha is still the strongest ninja village in the ninja world in terms of overall strength.

The legacy left to Konoha by the First and Second Hokage was truly immense!

It's truly enviable. If their village had the foundation of Konoha, they probably would have unified the ninja world long ago.

At the same time, Onoki couldn't help but feel alarmed by Yagami Shiraha's methods.

This young man's methods are truly shrewd and experienced.

The Sharingan of the Uchiha clan and their arrogance are well-known in the ninja world, so it is no easy task to get so many Uchiha to sincerely join them.

With the addition of the Uchiha clan, the Land of Whirlpools' resources are now comparable to those of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

Even if Shiraha and Kushina were to announce the formal reconstruction of the Land of Whirlpools right now, all the forces in the ninja world would only offer their congratulations and dare not have any other thoughts.

It's easy to imagine that in less than ten years, the ninja world will have six great ninja villages.

The next Shinobi World War will be a time of complete reshuffling of the shinobi world, and there may even be instances of major powers being destroyed.

......

In a short time, apart from Kirigakure and Konoha, all the other villages sent envoys to the Uzumaki clan.

The Third Raikage, A, even publicly proposed holding another Five Kage Summit.

At this time, within the Uzumaki clan, which was at the center of public opinion, Bai Yu, after helping with the initial tasks, hid in the underground laboratory and used the solidified talent spell "Soul Projection" to completely merge with the Kodama incarnation "Uchiha Issei".

He received a message from Kakuzu and Sasori, learning of something extraordinary, so he prepared to strengthen his Kodama avatar and go to investigate.

The Uchiha clan has already joined forces with the Land of Whirlpools, and "Uchiha Issei" can now retire gracefully.

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[Chapter 221. Time Travel?]

The Gobi Desert, shrouded in yellow sand, was desolate and barren, with howling winds carrying gusts of sand and stones.

The Land of Wind has the largest land area, but the vast majority of its land is desert.

The climate here is arid with little rainfall throughout the year and extremely low vegetation coverage. During the day, the sun shines directly on the earth, and solar radiation is directed at the ground without reservation. Sand also conducts heat quickly, so the daytime temperature is high, sometimes even exceeding 60 degrees Celsius.

At night, the air contains very little moisture and does not retain heat well. Furthermore, because the heat radiated from the ground is directly emitted into space, sand loses heat quickly, resulting in low temperatures at night, often below 10 degrees Celsius.

In such a harsh environment, getting lost would be fatal for ordinary people. Without large camel caravans to guide them, most merchants would not be willing to go to the Land of Wind to do business.

However, it is precisely because of this kind of living environment that most of the ninjas of Sunagakure have a resilient character.

Because the Third Shinobi World War did not achieve the expected results and resulted in heavy losses, the Daimyo of the Land of Wind began to cut funding for Sunagakure, forcing the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, to reduce the size of Sunagakure's ninja force. At the same time, he used his Magnet Release technique to mine gold in the desert to supplement the village's funding.

Because of the decrease in the number of ninjas, and to prevent the village's combat power from declining drastically and being defeated again in the future Shinobi World War, Sunagakure was forced to embark on the path of elite training, focusing on cultivating ninjas with superior talent.

With Iwagakure acknowledging the Land of Demons' status and establishing trade relations with it, Kumogakure and Konoha followed suit. Kirigakure, having fought a major battle with the Uzumaki clan, maintained a temporary truce with the Uzumaki clan, but remained in a state of non-interference.

When the Kingdom of Demons expanded its commercial territory to the Kingdom of Wind, it encountered tremendous resistance.

It wasn't because of the harsh environment of the Land of Wind. After all, no matter how harsh the environment, as long as there is enough profit, merchants will come with the smell of money. Moreover, caravans need to hire ninjas every time they go out.

When trading with Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Konoha, the caravans would hire local ninjas on their return journeys, which increased the workload for the villages to some extent.

It's important to understand that, under conditions of large-scale trade, the rewards for escort missions are quite substantial.

However, the Land of Wind refused, or more accurately, the Sand Village refused.

Because the various medicines from the Serpent Spirit Group are impacting the pharmaceutical market in Sunagakure.

Since the invention of puppetry, Sunagakure has been at the forefront of the ninja world in the research of poisons.

Medicine and poison are inseparable. The medical ninjutsu system of Sunagakure was established and perfected right after Konoha. If Konoha hadn't produced Tsunade, a medical expert who pushed medical ninjutsu to another peak, Sunagakure's advanced medical technology wouldn't have been much worse than Konoha's, and the puppet army wouldn't have suffered such heavy losses at Konoha's hands during World War II.

However, what truly gave Sunagakure a headache was Yagami Shiroha, who drastically lowered the barrier to entry for using medical ninjutsu by several levels.

Traditional medical ninjutsu, even when combined with medicinal herbs and medicines for treatment, still revolved around the medical ninja.

However, since Yagami Shiraha invented the medical scroll and established the Snake Spirit Group to mass-produce medical scrolls and various medicines, the profession of medical ninja has been impacted to some extent.

Many injuries that require a certain level of medical ninjutsu to heal can be cured with medical scrolls and medicines from the Snake Spirit Group. Moreover, the cost of purchasing medical scrolls and medicines is much cheaper than training medical ninjas.

Unless one is a highly skilled medical ninja, they cannot be easily replaced by scrolls and medicines.

However, even in Konoha, such high-level talents are few and far between.

Besides, which Jonin didn't start as a Genin and gradually rise through the ranks?

If large-scale trade were to begin with the Serpent Spirit Group of the Land of Demons, the medical ninjutsu system that Sunagakure had painstakingly built would completely collapse.

Unlike Iwagakure and Kumogakure, although their land is not as fertile as the Land of Fire, they still have large tracts of land available for development and abundant natural resources. The medical ninjutsu of these two villages was not advanced to begin with, so they could simply choose to lie down in the face of the Snake Spirit Group's medical scrolls and medical drugs.