Naruto: I'm really not an evil scientist!

He decided to run 100,000 laps around Konoha while doing a handstand today.

Akai's passion pleased Hiruko. After seeing so much filth in this world, seeing someone so pure and innocent always felt a little... But the world is not all pure and beautiful.

So Hiruko summoned Uchiha Shisui again.

"Hokage, my lord." As always, Shisui was very respectful, showing no change despite his growing strength and status as a big star.

"Shisui, among the younger generation of Jonin, I have the highest hopes for you."

"Thank you for your trust!" Shisui's eyes showed a hint of excitement, but he suppressed his emotions and remained very calm.

"Hmm... You know about the imperial trial, right? Do you know what that means?"

"This is not as simple as a battle! I do not intend to question your strategy, but things have escalated to this point, and the Imperial Trial has effectively become a war of national importance! For whatever reason, we cannot afford to lose!"

Shisui was much smarter than Kai. Although he was also young, he had clearly realized the importance of this battle.

It does evoke a feeling reminiscent of when Nie Weiping participated in the Go tournament back in the day.

This is a golden opportunity for Konoha; Konoha cannot afford to lose.

Defeating all powerful enemies fair and square would not only greatly boost television sales, but also enhance Konoha's record and even directly undermine the enemy's will to resist.

At the same time, this is also the last chance for the other four major ninja villages to turn the tide. They cannot afford to lose either—they have all experienced the economic gap between themselves and Konoha to some extent.

Konoha is rich; the longer the battle drags on, the greater the economic gap will become, and the slimmer their chances of winning will become...

“Very good, I knew I hadn’t misjudged you. Now… here you go!” Hiruko tossed a strange talisman to Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui could sense a faint chakra fluctuation on it, which seemed to be part of some kind of large-scale technique.

But he couldn't guess what it was used for.

"This is……"

"This is part of Konoha's self-destruct mechanism."

"Self-destruction... Why?!" Uchiha Shisui looked horrified. He truly didn't understand why he should be entrusted with something so important.

No matter how you look at it, Konoha hasn't reached the point where it needs to self-destruct and perish together with the enemy.

Chapter 316 Red Bean Jealous of Orochimaru

"Don't worry, it's not Konoha headquarters, nor Konoha's commercial district... After all, it's the Imperial Tournament, so they'll definitely have to rebuild a huge arena outside Konoha, and this is the arena's self-destruct mechanism."

"If the worst-case scenario occurs... then you must activate it without hesitation and destroy me, the contestants from Konoha, and those with ulterior motives." Considering the dangers of the Ninja War, it's certainly impossible for the audience to observe up close.

Even if the Zero-Tails' main body is hidden under the arena and continuously absorbs scattered chakra, it is not possible to achieve 100% safety.

At that time, anyone who gets hit will be devastated – after all, those who can grab the front row are either close to Konoha or high-ranking officials from some country.

Therefore, according to Hiruko's plan, this battle will definitely be conducted via television combined with a large, close-up screen.

The ninja world actually had similar screen projection technology a long time ago, such as the one used by the Nagato family.

The problem is that it consumes too much mana, and most people can't sustain it for long.

However, if Zero-Tails itself comes over, there's no need to worry about that... Even if the audience is a bit far away, as long as they can see it clearly, there shouldn't be any problem.

Sending the audience a little further away would allow Hiruzen to deal with some of the villains who came to his door with less restraint.

Someone will definitely come to cause trouble.

hundred percent.

Ordinary troublemakers can be easily dealt with by Konoha.

As for those powerful individuals... if the worst-case scenario occurs, let them experience the power of the Inner Four Symbols Seal and the Flying Thunder God Formation.

—Hiruko was determined to construct a super-large-scale Inner Four Symbols Seal and Flying Thunder God Formation at the observation site, with Zero-tail as the core.

The Reverse Four Symbols Seal did not perform well in the hands of Danzo in the original work, but in any case, it is a genuine S-rank sealing technique.

None of the S-rank techniques are weak.

Danzo alone unleashed that power.

What if... Zero-Tails was the core, providing a massive amount of chakra, and multiple sealing technique masters used it together? After finding this technique in Danzo's den, Hiruko had been having experts work on improving it.

As the builder, Hiruko could easily embed the spells into the venue.

Anyway, Konoha isn't short of money.

The Flying Thunder God Formation is specifically designed to deal with those who rely on their space-time ninjutsu and reverse summoning abilities to act recklessly.

The Flying Thunder God Technique is a ninjutsu passed down by the Fourth Hokage to Genma's team. Like the Flying Thunder God Technique, it has the effect of instantaneous teleportation.

However, it requires three people to work together to complete the task—three people forming a formation can move objects or people within the formation to other locations.

However, Beiruhu deliberately did the opposite.

He didn't want the teleportation to succeed; he wanted it to fail.

Even if a powerful individual manages to break through the Four Symbols Seal, they will still face a Flying Thunder God Array teleportation technique that is destined to fail.

No one knows where they will be teleported to.

However, Hiruko hoped from the beginning that it would fail, so the most likely outcome would be that those powerful figures would be thrown into some spatial rift and die without a burial place... After all, compared to the vast and endless universe, the Naruto world is just too small.

Of course, as the Hokage's assistant and the enemy's primary target, Hiruko would most likely not survive once these techniques are activated.

“This is a key that will...destroy everyone!” “Yes, just as you think.”

"But, but...why me?"

"Shisui, because I trust you the most. Only you can do it." As a member of the Hokage's direct guard, Shisui has always been deeply trusted by Hiruko.

He even knew that as long as he worked steadily, he could at least get an elder position.

But suddenly... like this... "Such a heavy burden, I really... Shouldn't you hand it over to Kakashi?"

"Kakashi couldn't press it down; he's already experienced the feeling of almost losing all his seniors and loved ones... He absolutely couldn't press it down."

"But I...I'm sorry, I can't..."

"Shisui, I'm not asking for your opinion. This is an order from the Fifth Hokage! As his subordinate, you must carry it out!" Hiruko cut off Shisui's question with a stern tone.

Shisui's face was extremely pale, but in the end he had no choice but to retreat.

Hiruko knew that this would cause the boy great pain.

If he actually did that, he would probably live in the shadow for the rest of his life.

"But if things really turn out that way..."

"At the very least, I have to leave Konoha with a pair of kaleidoscopes."

The Uchiha clan has a tendency towards madness to some extent. If the worst-case scenario were to occur, Shisui, who personally killed some of his clan members and even had the Hokage's assistance, would almost certainly awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Shisui still hasn't opened the kaleidoscope... it's just too slow.

Don't be fooled by the fact that they are just a pair of kaleidoscopes; on the day of the competition, there will definitely be a gathering of top ninjas from the five great ninja villages.

After these top experts were wiped out, Konoha was severely damaged, and the four major ninja villages were essentially paralyzed.

Because of prior planning, Konoha's losses were definitely less than those of other ninja villages.

At that time... it would actually be the best opportunity to forcibly unify the five great ninja villages.

We don't even need to wait nine years.

“But by then, whether we win or lose, I won’t be able to see it… Ah, it’s always better to be more prepared than to underestimate the enemy.” After watching Shisui leave, Hiruko took out another strange talisman that was exactly the same.

This talisman is also one of the core elements of the formation—in fact, only after this talisman, which is in harmony with Hiruko's life, is destroyed can the talisman in Shisui's hand take effect.

But Shisui will never discover this.

Because before his death, given his personality, Hiruko would never have attempted to use a spell.

As for Hiruko, if he really does die of bad luck... well, it's not a big deal if he takes a few people down with him before he dies.

Hiruko's last meeting was with Kakashi.

"Kakashi, among the younger generation of Jonin..." Upon hearing this, Kakashi sprang to the door of the Hokage's office, pretending to run away.

"...Why are you running away? Come back!"

"This isn't the first time you've said these things to me, and the last time you said them..." The last time Hiruko said these things, it was when he asked Kakashi to help him build a harem.

"I haven't even settled the score with you for what happened last time... Putting that aside, you mentioned before that your eyes weren't feeling well, and that they even inexplicably drained most of your chakra, right?"

During Operation Black Hawk Down, Kakashi's chakra suddenly and inexplicably disappeared by a large amount, almost causing him to be brutally beaten by the Fuuka Naoto.

He didn't take it too seriously. After confirming with Tsunade that there were no problems, he put it aside—after all, his Sharingan came from Obito, and no one could say for sure what would happen with such a different bloodline transplant.

Organ rejection is a real phenomenon.

Madara Uchiha's hot-plugging technique was truly outrageous... Suddenly consuming a large amount of his chakra might have been part of an organ rejection... In any case, Kakashi would never gouge out Obito's Sharingan.

In his heart, this was the last thing his dearest friend had left him.

However, Beiruhu knew that he had unintentionally activated his divine power.

Kamui is such an overbearing and unreasonable skill that even Kaguya doesn't have a good way to deal with it.

But right now... Kakashi is too young.

Moreover, judging from the reaction of Kirigakure, Obito might also come.

Does Kakashi have the resolve to face his best friend turning to the dark side? ...Maybe not.

The world has already treated him like a loving mother from Jinjiang Literature City.

"I have a mission for you. I don't trust anyone else to do it. You have to go in person." Kakashi immediately became serious when it came to business.

"Where to go?"

"The land of ghosts."

"That's so far... There's been so much going on in the village lately, if I go out like this, I'm afraid..."

“I know, but this mission is really important. You have to go in person, and you are not allowed to open the scroll to look at the mission before you reach the Land of Demons.”

"...Yes, Hokage Assistant!" Hiruko's request this time was really strange, but as a ninja, Kakashi was used to accepting all sorts of random tasks.

Since he said so... I'll just do as he says.