To pay off the debt, become Hokage!

Uchiha Hirato nodded and said, "It went very smoothly. The other party didn't notice our presence."

A strange look flashed across Uchiha Hirato's eyes. He looked a little strange and said, "Without Danzo's roots, the vigilance is not as good as before."

"If it were in the past, our tracking and investigation would not be hidden from the eyes of the root."

Uchiha Shigeka did not comment, and said casually: "The root today is different from the previous root. The management of the Mitomon consultant is different from that of Danzo."

"The Root's style of doing things nowadays is closer to that of the Anbu."

Uchiha Shigeka smiled and said, "What happens to the Anbu is what happens to the Root."

Compared to the Root, the Anbu's organizational discipline is laxer, and although they are vigilant, it is not high.

After all, the Anbu rarely go out of the village to carry out missions, and most of them work within the village.

Either patrolling, or acting as the Hokage's guard, or working with the Konoha Police Force to capture criminals in the village...

In this peaceful Konoha Village, the Anbu naturally became slack after staying there for a long time.

"hehe."

Uchiha Shigeka suddenly laughed out loud.

Uchiha Shigeka thought of something interesting.

In the original work, when Sarutobi Hiruzen was trapped in the Four Purple Flame Array, an Anbu member foolishly rushed into the Array and was burned to death.

The other Anbu ninjas stopped and stayed outside the Four Purple Flame Formation, acting as commentators and narrating the battle between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Orochimaru inside.

This kind of behavior... is totally unbecoming of an Anbu ninja and is laughable.

There are naturally capable people in the Anbu, such as Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Itachi and others, but there are also many mediocre people.

The biggest significance of the Anbu is to protect Konoha...but in most cases, being able to attack Konoha means that the enemy is powerful, the situation is critical, and imminent.

These dark forces didn't play their original role...

Now Mito Kado En has arranged some Anbu ninjas to enter the Root in order to suppress the Root ninjas who still believe in Shimura Danzo's faction, so as to completely control the Root.

The Root Ninjas would naturally not sit still and wait for death. The two sides fought fiercely, both sides looked at each other, and their vigilance towards the surroundings dropped drastically.

This gave Uchiha Hirato and others an opportunity to investigate a lot of information about the Root.

"Piratto, the Root's reduced vigilance is a good thing for us."

Uchiha Shigeka unsealed the scroll and looked at the information contained therein.

Above are the big and small things that Mizuto Kado En has done since becoming the leader of the Root.

As Uchiha Shigeka looked at it, his eyes suddenly focused and he paid attention to one of the things.

"Pingren, you need to pay more attention to this matter."

Uchiha Shigeka pointed to a record on the scroll, and Uchiha Hirato looked at it curiously.

That is related to the roots recruiting a large number of orphans.

Uchiha Hirato was confused. In his opinion, this was a normal thing. It was just that the Root was short of manpower after the civil strife and the disbanding of clan ninjas, so they began to cultivate fresh blood.

Uchiha Hirato didn't understand why Uchiha Shigeka wanted him to pay attention to this matter, but he didn't ask.

"Yes, Master Chonghua."

Uchiha Shigeka nodded calmly.

Uchiha Shigeka has not forgotten a secret experiment hidden in the dark of Konoha - an experiment to create a Wood Release ninja in order to recreate the Wood Release secret technique of the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, which suppressed the chaos in the ninja world.

That was an experiment that was started shortly after Sarutobi Hiruzen became Hokage, and it has been decades since then but it still has not been successful.

It's not that there are no Wood Release ninjas in the village...but surprisingly, the Wood Release secret techniques released by those Wood Release ninjas are very different from those of Senju Hashirama.

This surprised Sarutobi Hiruzen and others. They didn't understand why there was such a big difference when they were both using Wood Release. It was almost like they were performing any other technique.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and others did think so. Only the technique released by Hashirama Senju was Wood Release. The techniques of these people were similar in nature, but completely different in essence from other techniques.

Therefore, in order to distinguish themselves from Hashirama Senju's Wood Release, the Wood Release ninjas in the village changed their names and became Grass Release ninjas.

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Chapter 42: Konoha nd Year

These orphans without relatives and all alone might have been specially recruited by the Root to supplement their manpower, but they might also be the guinea pigs or experimental subjects for the plan to create the Konoha ninja.

No matter what, we should pay attention to this matter and invest some effort to track it.

The Root led by Mito Kado En has many loopholes and is not as cautious as Shimura Danzo, who is not easily exposed.

These loopholes were summarized into pieces of evidence, large or small, and collected by Uchiha Shigeka.

Maybe it will be of great help to him in becoming Hokage in the future.

Uchiha Shigeka looked thoughtful.

The position of Hokage is lifelong, and whether or not to retire or abdicate is entirely up to one's own consciousness.

Uchiha Shigeka was not sure whether Sarutobi Hiruzen would resign and give way to others as in the original novel...

The story with him as a time traveler has already deviated greatly from the original work. Even the Nabekage Shimura Danzo was defeated by Uchiha Shigeka, right?

5.5 Hokage Danzo Shimura, who was able to live until the eve of the Fourth Ninja World War, retired early in the Second Ninja World War.

With the death of Danzo Shimura, many subsequent events in the original work lost their source.

Uchiha Shigeka didn't dare to guarantee that Sarutobi Hiruzen would give up the position of Hokage, so he naturally had to make full preparations for this.

Gathering negative information from the roots is one of them.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen did not abdicate because of fault, then Uchiha Shigeka would have to give him a reason for his fault to abdicate!

"Be careful to stay hidden and don't let the Root ninjas find out that we are following them and investigating them."

Uchiha Shigeka warned Uchiha Hirato: "Be careful. If you are discovered, Hirato, I don't want this matter to involve me. Do you understand?"

Uchiha Hirato felt a chill in his heart.

"Understood, Patriarch."

Uchiha Shigeka nodded: "Go and do your work, Pingren, don't let me down."

"Yes!"

Uchiha Hirato replied yes and left the office.

......

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was the 42nd year since the founding of Konoha.

Uchiha Shigeka has reached the age of eighteen, which was an adult in his previous life but not in this life.

Uchiha Shigeka completely lost his immaturity and became mature.

This year, although the armistice negotiations between Konoha, Iwagakure and Sunagakure did not stop and were still continuing, there were no conflicts on the front battlefield and there was no longer any fighting between the two sides.

The three parties fought back and forth for several years, from large-scale battles in the beginning to small-scale harassment and frequent conflicts later.

Until now, there has been only confrontation but no conflict among the three parties, and hostility but no fighting.

Although an armistice agreement was not concluded, the Second Ninja World War was actually coming to an end.

In the Second Ninja World War, the Rain Country was the biggest loser.

The country was split into two halves, the left side belonged to Iwagakure, and the right side belonged to Konoha. The country's own military force, Amegakure, was in name only and was barely surviving.

The imprisoned and threatened daimyo of the Rain Country had already fled and moved to other countries to settle down, and the Rain Country was abandoned by him.

The thirteen-year-old Xiaonan has grown into a graceful young lady, with a delicate and cold face showing a trace of melancholy.

She looked at the message from her hometown and muttered, "This is also good..."

The Rain Country is her hometown, but now it has been devastated by war, is falling apart, and the people are living in poverty... But fortunately, the smoke of war is beginning to dissipate, and the dawn of peace is beginning to appear.

As long as the Rain Kingdom stops fighting and becomes stable, the suffering people will no longer have to worry and will be able to continue to take root and live like tenacious grass.

Xiaonan activated her chakra and her body suddenly changed.

The white and smooth face, as delicate as a blow, is like a book, and the paper begins to flutter.

Behind Xiaonan, a pair of wings made of paper quietly spread out.

Paper escape technique: Shikigami dance.

Xiaonan turned her body into countless paper-like fragments. She picked up a piece of paper and used the secret technique that was rated as A-level by Chonghua's brother.

Paper Escape: The Art of the Godly Paper Master.

Xiaonan transformed the piece of paper into an explosive talisman - it was no longer a semi-finished product, but a real, genuine explosive talisman.

Xiaonan stared at the detonating talisman and murmured, "I hope my small contribution can make the Rain Country a better place."

Uchiha Shigeka watched silently from the side. After drinking a glass of sake, he said to Xiaonan: "Xiaonan, you have already mastered the art of using the God's Paper Art and can mass-produce detonating tags... The only thing missing is that you don't have enough chakra."

Uchiha Shigeka took out a scroll from his sleeve and threw it to Konan.

Xiaonan quickly took it, but she didn't open it immediately. Instead, she looked at Uchiha Shigeka, waiting for his explanation.

Seeing this, Uchiha Shigeka chuckled and said, "This is an S-level medical sealing technique called Yin Seal."

"Konan, you've met Tsunade a few times and saw the diamond-shaped mark on her forehead."

Konan recalled the several times she had met Tsunade and she was deeply impressed by that beautiful older sister.

"That diamond-shaped mark isn't a birthmark...it turns out to be a sealing technique."

Xiaonan was surprised. She didn't expect that the diamond-shaped mark would be an S-level secret technique.

Uchiha Shigeka nodded with a smile and continued: "You don't need to care about its medical effects, the main thing to look at is its use in accumulating chakra."

"The Yin Seal can store the chakra consumed during normal chakra refining, and when needed, it can release a large amount of chakra by removing the seal."

At this point, Uchiha Shigeka blinked and said with a teasing smile: "Not only that, if the Yin Seal is combined with the Hundred Healing Seal to output and fine-tune the chakra, it can achieve the effect of eternal youth, improve body functions, and keep it in its prime all the time."

"This should be quite attractive to you."

Xiaonan was indeed tempted. What woman would refuse the effect of eternal youth? Even though she was only a half-grown girl, everyone loved beauty, and Xiaonan was no exception.

However, for Xiaonan, what is more important than eternal youth is that the Yin Seal can solve the problem of insufficient chakra.

Xiaonan said happily, "This way we can make more detonating tags."

Seeing that Xiaonan was immediately happy that she was no longer troubled by the lack of chakra, Uchiha Shigeka paused, and then he understood Xiaonan's thoughts.

Uchiha Shigeka sighed. Compared to the Konan in the original work who watched over others and silently gave, the Konan in front of him now is undoubtedly much more independent-minded.

"Haha, it seems that Xiaonan can't wait and wants to set up a company now to sell detonating talismans and reap profits."

Uchiha Shigeka shook his wine glass and said, "Konan, I guess you want to provide financial support for the reconstruction of the Rain Country."

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Chapter 242: Hokage's Assistant, Hatake Sakumo

Xiaonan hummed softly.

"I am very lucky to have met Brother Chonghua and come to live in a peaceful Konoha." Xiaonan murmured, stroking the pieces of paper that looked like fish scales, with the wings formed by paper behind him placed in front of him.

"In the Rain Country, there are many children like me who are displaced and hungry. I often wonder, is it really good that I am so lucky?"

"Is my current happy and peaceful life just a dream that will disappear when I wake up?"

Xiaonan looked at Uchiha Shigeka, who was listening to her quietly.

"So, you think providing financial support to the Rain Country's reconstruction can alleviate your anxiety?"

Little Chengnan shook his head and said, "Brother Chonghua, I don't think so."

"It's an honor for me to be chosen by Brother Chonghua. I don't feel uneasy at all."

A hint of tenderness flashed across Xiaonan's eyes, and he said softly: "I just want to do something for my dilapidated and ruined hometown."

“There are painful memories for me there, but also important encounters that will be remembered for a lifetime.”

Uchiha Shigeka raised his eyebrows and chuckled softly.

He understood what Konan meant by the important encounter. Uchiha Shigeka thought that he probably understood Konan's deeper intentions in helping the Rain Country rebuild.

Xiaonan looked up and her gaze met Uchiha Shigeka's. A faint smile was on her handsome face.

Xiaonan stared at her in a daze, as if recalling the time when Uchiha Shigeka invited her to dinner.