Chapter 53: Preparation
"Uchiha...... Say no, it's gone......"
The next day, the dark tribe went to the Uchiha clan land on the edge of the village, and saw a scene that shocked them.
The elderly, the children, the women, the infants, none survived.
The doors and windows of every house were stained with blood, which was shocking.
Tenzo opened his mouth, and found that everything he said at the moment seemed pale and weak.
It's an unbelievable scene.
The Uchiha clan, a wealthy ninja clan that has been undefeated for thousands of years, even if it was defeated by the Thousand Hands clan back then, the strength of its family still stands in the forest of the ninja world.
Since the establishment of Konoha Village, it has also been an extremely important force in Konoha in the foreign resistance war.
For the stability of Konoha, countless feats have been established.
"Isn't that obvious? Go search and see if there's any alive. ”
Kakashi said in a solemn tone.
Since last night, when the green light opened Route 2, he was prepared, knowing that something big would happen to Konoha last night.
It's just that I didn't expect that it was the Uchiha clan that was wiped out.
Who the hell is it?
If you want to eliminate the Uchiha clan in the village silently, you have to bypass the armoring system of the dark department in the village......
And most importantly, silently......
This, as far as Kakashi knows, in the ninja world, there are no more than five people who can do this kind of thing.
And it also requires a lot of difficult prerequisites to be silent.
Otherwise, it will definitely cause a strong backlash from the ninjas of the Uchiha clan, and in the face of many writing wheels, Kakashi thinks that he will also be defeated quickly, not an opponent.
Thinking about the anomalies that had happened recently, Kakashi's eyes flashed with a glint of light.
...... to get started Maybe it's someone from the village.
Soon, Tenzo ran back, still holding a comatose child in his arms.
"It's ...... Sasuke Uchiha? ”
Kakashi recognizes the identity of the child in Tenzo's arms.
"Yes, after we searched it, he was the only one alive, maybe he knew something."
"The rest are dead?"
"Yes, and some Uchiha ninja corpses have missing eyes."
Tenzo replied.
"I'll report this to Hokage-sama, you can take him to the hospital first, his chakra is very unstable, I'm afraid he was tortured with illusions before he fell unconscious."
"Yes."
Tenzo left with Sasuke in his arms.
Kakashi stood there thoughtfully.
The Uchiha people are all wiped out, why is there still one alive? Shouldn't we cut down the grass and eradicate it? What was the murderer's purpose?
Last night, he followed the order and opened Route 2, and who was it for?
Route 2 is an escape passage that Shiraishi stayed in Konoha in the past and did not have time to activate when he defected.
Although it was only an alternative escape route, it took a lot of effort to build it at the time, so why did it open it last night?
The whole thing can be described as confusing.
The dark department didn't make the slightest movement last night, and it was only the next day that he patrolled the next day, and he discovered the abnormality of the matter, and the Hokage ordered an investigation.
"That order ......"
I'm afraid it wasn't Shiraishi, or any of the three of Ruri and Ayane who gave it to him.
Whoever gave him the order was someone else.
"Mistaken ......"
But if you can know that route and easily contact him, even if it is not those three people, it must be someone who is close to those three people.
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Sasuke Uchiha woke up within half a day of being admitted to Konoha Hospital.
In the meantime, the three generations of Hokage also personally entered Sasuke's hospital room accompanied by the dark department and asked about what happened to the Uchiha clan.
Eventually, it was confirmed from Sasuke's mouth that Uchiha Itachi killed all of his clan in a frenzy in order to seek more powerful power of the Sharingan, and disappeared into the territory of the Uchiha clan last night.
Although the shadow department launched a search and arrest operation after that, judging from the time of the fall of the Uchiha clan, it was no more than eight o'clock last night.
More than ten hours have passed since then, and Uchiha Itachi will not continue to stay in Konoha and kill himself, it is estimated that he has already left Konoha at this moment, and after a night of wild running, he fled to the border of the Fire Country.
This is not a difficult task for the Uchiha Itachi.
Prior to this, Uchiha Itachi was the leader of the third detachment directly under the Hokage, not only strong, but as a member of the dark department, he also knew how to break away from Konoha without going through the guards.
It was a secret intersection specially built to avoid suspicion in the dark and carry out a secret mission, which only the insiders of the dark department would know.
Specific routes and slogans are needed.
The Uchiha Itachi must have taken advantage of this information and quickly fled from Konoha Village after destroying the Uchiha clan.
Although this incident seems incredible, Sasuke insists that it was Uchiha Itachi who did it, and that he killed everyone in Uchiha, including his parents, and was the sinner of Konoha and Uchiha.
In addition, Uchiha Itachi didn't go to the dark department in the morning to take a roll call, so I thought it was a sudden incident at home and delayed a little time.
Now, according to Sasuke's confession, Uchiha Itachi absconded in fear of crime.
So, in the afternoon, the Hokage found Kakashi and Amazo of the second detachment of the dark department.
"As you have heard, the Uchiha clan was destroyed by Itachi."
Hizai said with a serious face.
"What? How can it be? ”
Tianzang thought it was just some unsubstantiated rumors, but he didn't expect the truth to be true, which shocked him.
Kakashi didn't speak, and although he was surprised, he was calm.
It's just strange how Itachi could destroy the Uchiha clan by himself.
No matter how strong Itachi's strength is, it is impossible to deal with the Uchiha clan alone, even if it is a sneak attack and using his identity as a clan, it is impossible to do this.
Moreover, the scope of activity of the dark part last night, intentionally or unintentionally, was avoided by the Uchiha clan.
This had to remind Kakashi of something that wasn't so good.
It's just that he didn't expect it...... The Uchiha clan would have been wiped out so easily.
The vicious nature of this incident is no worse than the defection incident more than ten years ago.
"That's just the way it is. After the decision of the meeting, we have considered the Uchiha Itachi to be a dangerous S-class criminal...... This news will be announced to all countries by your second detachment. It is hoped that the Uchiha Itachi will be arrested as soon as possible, so as not to bring great panic to various countries. ”
"Yes, I see, Hokage-sama."
Kakashi nodded.
The Uchiha clan has been a wealthy family in the ninja world since ancient times, and it has been inherited for thousands of years.
Its history is longer and longer than the history of the five great powers.
It's just that now the Uchiha in Konoha has only one single seedling left, which is embarrassing.
I have to say that this ...... What an amazing move.
Kakashi was a little skeptical that there were also spies sent by the Oni Country among the high-ranking Konoha officials.
He took Tenzo down with him to deal with the aftermath of Uchiha Itachi's defection.
The three generations of Hokage, who had a tired face, picked up a cigarette stick and smoked it in the office, and there was a sigh full of bitterness.
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The next mission is to intercept the Sand Hidden forces supporting the Bear Country in the Land of Wind.
At this moment, Ruri has gathered several members of the Uchiha clan, as well as thousands of elite ninjas of the Oni Country, ready to go.
Because the country of ghosts cut off all commercial cooperation with the country of the wind more than a month ago, the conflict between the two countries escalated again.
The Aster Flower Chamber of Commerce will no longer provide any medicine, food, water and other survival resources to the merchants of the Land of Wind.
And publicly proclaimed that the Land of the Wind would only be able to resume normal commercial trade if the Land of the Winds returned all the arrears owed by the Land of Ghosts, including interest.
Although it didn't make it difficult for the Wind Country, it directly hit the other party's face, openly tearing apart the disguise of the Wind Country, and also made the Daimyo of the Sand Hidden Village and the Wind Country angry.
As the order of the Daimyo of the Land of Wind was once again transmitted to the Sunagakure, a military council was immediately held within the Sunagakure to discuss whether to expand the conflict and battle with the Oni Country.
Although both sides have their own opinions, more high-level officials believe that if the situation escalates again, the scale of the battle will be expanded, which is inevitable.
And the fact that the Oni Country has dealt a heavy blow to the business of the Wind Country without negotiation also means that the Oni Country has nothing to do except make commercial threats?
So far, on the border of the Oni Country, after the investigation of the Sand Hidden Perception Force, only scattered Ninja Troops of the Oni Country can still be seen, patrolling there routinely.
It is estimated that the military of the country of ghosts is also very clear that in terms of military competition, the country of ghosts is in an absolutely inferior position.
Although it is possible to use special ninja equipment to achieve a certain advantageous position in the early stage, once Sha Yin is familiar with their fighting methods, he will quickly launch a counterattack and attack the territory of the Oni Country.
Based on this background, in the coming week, it has become an inevitable trend for the Sand Hidden Village to once again increase its troops in the Kuma Country area, increasing the military threat to the Oni Country.
What Ruri has to do is to wait for the conflict between the border of the Bear Country and the Ghost Country to break out, and use the Star Ninja Village base as a cover to cut off the supply route of the Wind Country to the Bear Country, so that the thousand Sand Ninja who remain in the territory of the Bear Country will become an isolated and helpless lone army.
As for that time, if the identity is not exposed, there is no need to care.
Just when Liuli was making a move, Bai Shi found her, and before she could take the initiative to speak, Bai Shi said with a heavy expression:
"Ruri, there's one thing I want you to know. The Uchiha clan in Konoha was wiped out last night. ”
“!?”
Liuli's eyes enlarged slightly, and her brain suddenly fell into a blank state.
Because what Shiraishi said was a thing, it was really beyond the scope of her brain's instantaneous judgment.
Seeing that Liuli seemed to be a little unconvinced, Shiraishi had no choice but to say:
"This news was notified by Kakashi, and now the countries don't know about it. Kakashi doesn't joke about this kind of thing, it's true nine times out of ten. ”
After speaking, he looked at Ruri with worried eyes.
The Konoha Uchiha clan was wiped out, and he was also very shocked by this incident.
With such a huge Uchiha clan, how could it be said that it would be wiped out.
When he was told about this, it took a lot of effort to ease his breath, not to mention Ruri, who has the same root as Konoha Uchiha.
"Is it Xiao?"
After being silent for a long time, Liuli asked this sentence.
"It's not Akatsuki, it's Itachi Uchiha."
Shiraishi sighed.
A thirteen-year-old child can do such an exaggerated thing, regardless of his strength level, killing so many relatives, as well as his own parents, this psychological collapse is the most terrifying.
"Itachi Uchiha?"
It's not that Liuli doesn't believe it, but this answer is very nonsense.
How could a thirteen-year-old child wipe out the Uchiha clan with a huge population in the huge Konoha Village.
Even after the third ninja war, the Uchiha clan's upper ninja has decreased a lot, but there are not a few upper ninjas left in the clan.
No matter how you put it, this kind of rhetoric is too exaggerated.
"Yes. Now Konoha Uchiha, the only surviving Uchiha clansman, is Uchiha Itachi's younger brother Uchiha Sasuke, and he personally confirmed that it was Uchiha Itachi who killed the clansmen. ”
Shiraishi nodded earnestly.
"No way. He couldn't do that alone. ”
Ruri firmly believes in her own inference.
She knew very well that it was impossible for Uchiha Itachi to destroy the entire clan by himself, or under Konoha's nose.
The surrounding shadows and Konoha Shinobi will not stand idly by and will definitely support the Uchiha clan, even if there are estrangements and contradictions in the relationship between them.
"What if...... Konoha provides an environment that can be used, so the nature of things is different. ”
Shiraishi said meaningfully.
"What do you mean?"
"Some speculation on the part of Kakashi. At the time of the Uchiha's demise last night, the range of activities of the dark side did not come close to the Uchiha clan, and the Uchiha clan's land was also very quiet, and there was not much change as usual. It was only when the dark department went on patrol the next day that the anomaly of the Uchiha clan was discovered. ”
"You mean ......"
Liuli's fist clenched suddenly, and he also guessed some bad things, and the three-hooked jade writing wheel in his eyes appeared, and a murderous aura emerged.
"After all, such a big family was wiped out, and it was only discovered the next day, no matter how you look at it, it's suspicious, isn't it? Of course, these are just speculations, and it is unknown whether the specific Konoha high-level executives are involved. ”
In the absence of absolute evidence, Shiraishi is not easy to infer in vain.
No matter how logical the reasoning of the matter is, it is only reasoning until there is no evidence.
And reasoning, it is impossible to bring the cause of the Uchiha clan's extinction closer to the Konoha higher-ups.
But Shiraishi found that if you move the truth of the Uchiha clan's extermination closer to the Konoha higher-ups, you will find many unclear parts, which seem to be less puzzling, but more reasonable.
This should not be an illusion in your own heart.
Ruri let out a sigh of relief, trying to calm her mind.
Although he has long since broken away from Konoha's Uchiha system, it is a family affection that blood is thicker than water.
I also imagined that if one day in the future, I faced Konoha against Konoha and faced Konoha by myself, what would I do with it......
Well, now the problem that has bothered me for so long is gone.
However, the Uchiha was destroyed in the hands of her own people, and this result was definitely the one she was most unwilling to accept.
It's too.
"I see. When things settle down in the country of ghosts, I'll go to Konoha in person. ”
Ruri said.
"Are you going to go and seek the truth?"
Shiraishi asked.
If Ruri plans to do this, it will be very difficult.
Even if the Uchiha extermination is related to the Konoha high-level, they will not be able to admit it, and they will only push all the faults on the Uchiha Itachi.
If Uchiha Itachi really signed some 'contract' with Konoha higher-ups, this kind of development is inevitable.
At this moment, the development of things is a bit beyond Shiraishi's expectations.
Thinking of the place that has survived for many years in the past, once it was wiped out, I am somewhat sighing.
Ruri glanced at Shiraishi and shook her head.
"No, I'm not that bored, I went there just to receive the legacy that belonged to the Uchiha. Even if the Uchiha falls, others don't want to get involved. ”
After speaking, Liuli left without dragging mud and water.
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"Soon, you will destroy the Uchiha clan and become a traitor to Konoha and you will be notified by Konoha to the entire ninja world."
Under a gloomy and windy sky, this is a withered forest dominated by dark tones.
Madara, who wears an orange spiral mask, says to Itachi.
"It doesn't matter, I'm ready."
Itachi gave Madara a cold look.
This man must be vigilant.
"What about Danzang? He won't necessarily keep his promises with you. ”
"If he makes a move on Sasuke, I will inform the enemy country of a large number of Konoha secrets."
Itachi replied calmly.
And with the help of the three generations of Hokage, Danzou didn't dare to act rashly.
As long as Danzou still wants to control himself, he will definitely do his best to protect Sasuke's safety.
Once Sasuke is lost, then, Danzou loses the capital to hold him hostage.
In the case of Sasuke's accident, the question of his position is, in Danzou's view, an uncertain factor.
The kind of man who is in the shadows will not be so short-sighted.
"Really? I kind of regret signing a contract with you, Konoha ...... It's a big problem. ”
Madara said.
Itachi's eyes narrowed, staring at Madara's writing wheel, estimating the truth of Madara's words.
"For you, the loss of Konoha from the Uchiha shouldn't be a cause for concern."
"No, isn't there still your brother? His talent may still be above yours. If it is controlled by Konoha, it may become the enemy of our organization in the future. ”
Madara said as if he were not faking.
"You're overthinking."
"No one can say for sure what the future holds. But, as you said, maybe I'm overthinking. After so many years of living in secret, I must be cautious. I've missed many times when it comes to dealing with Ruri Uchiha. ”
"How many times have you missed? Is she stronger than you? ”
Itachi has always cared for the answer to this matter.
"Weaker than me."
Madara said without a red face and without a heartbeat.
It's great to wear a mask.
But the two people around her are not less troublesome than her, on the contrary, among those three, Chiba Shiraishi is the most tricky one. If you want to break the core of the three, Chiba Shiraishi is the only breakthrough. But it is also the most dangerous breakthrough. ”
Madara added.
"I know, I'll be careful in the future."
Itachi nodded.
Madara's statement is very similar to the statement of the three generations of Hokage.
Uchiha Ruri, Chiba Shiraishi, and Hinata Ayane were members of the same team in the early years, and after so many years between them, the run-in degree of the team may have reached an unbelievable realm.
It's just that to his surprise, the core of the team is not the strongest Uchiha Ruri, but Chiba Shiraishi, who seems to be the weakest.
Then I thought of the information I had seen in Konoha.
Although Chiba Shiraishi's strength is slightly weaker, a lot of information about him is vague, and there is no specific statistics. is an unusually mysterious man.
It is understandable that the unknown equals the most dangerous.
Madara said that the core of the other three-person team must have suffered losses at the hands of the three of them in the past, so he is so sure.
"It's not something that can be dealt with carefully, and if you encounter three people at the same time, you won't even have a chance to escape. Just by encountering one of them, you may have to think about how to escape from it, rather than fighting head-on. ”
Even with a kaleidoscope writing wheel, it's hard to fight. Itachi understood the potential meaning of the spot.
It was to remind him not to rashly look for those three people until the time was ripe, even if the order given to him by Konoha had content on how to eradicate the three.
It seems that those three people are much more dangerous than they imagined.
Madara kept telling him that the only person he had to deal with was Ruri Uchiha, not Chiba Shiraishi and Hinata Ayane.
That means that when the time comes, the method of dividing the battlefield should be adopted to defeat each of the three people.
"But you don't need to worry. Our organization has a ten-year contract with Chiba Shiraishi, and there is still a long time to go before the contract ends. In the next few years, even if you run into any of them, they won't attack you if you don't sabotage their actions or deliberately target them. ”
"And where are they hiding?"
Madara glanced at Itachi.
"You'll find out soon."
Itachi heard laughter from Madara's mouth.
Is this something to be funny about? I always feel that the other party is ill-intentioned.
"By the way, I'm going to see your group of companions later, don't forget, my current name is Ah Fei, and I'm not a full member of the organization yet, but just like you, I'm a newcomer to the organization. Don't get confused about this. ”
Madara told Itachi.
"Got it."
"Well, please advise, Mr. Itachi."
Madara's tone suddenly became cheerful, and the tone just now was almost like two people.
After a while, following Madara, in a ruined temple, a tall figure suddenly appeared on a broken wall, intercepting Madara and Itachi.
The other man carried a bandage knife that was taller than a human on his back, wore a scratched Mist Hidden Ninja forehead guard on his forehead, and his long dark blue hair matched his shark-like face perfectly.
He wears the same red cloud coat on a black background as Madara, except that he has a ring engraved with the word 'Nan' on his left ring finger.
"I just heard from the leader that the Uchiha clan was wiped out, and it's really unbelievable. Unexpectedly, the murderer of the extermination really came. In other words, he and I are teammates in a group, right? ”
The man named Dried Persimmon Oni grinned with sharp teeth and snorted as if he had seen something very interesting, and his expression was bloodthirsty, giving Itachi an uncomfortable feeling.
"Yes, Oni Shark Senpai, this is Mr. Itachi. Oops, speaking of which, Mr. Itachi is really powerful, he single-handedly killed that famous Uchiha in the ninja world. It is even more exaggerated than the assassination of the water daimyo by the predecessor of the ghost shark. ”
Madara continued to answer in a cheerful tone, and with his pompous movements, it was natural, making Itachi even more vigilant.
It is worthy of Madara Uchiha, who can change his image so easily, so that this level of camouflage ability makes it even more difficult to guess his true identity.
It's a terrible existence.
"I see, don't mess around with me."
The ghost shark said helplessly.
As he spoke, he jumped down from the broken wall and came to the weasel, looking at the weasel who was much thinner than himself, the ghost shark did not dare to be careless at all.
No matter what the truth of the Uchiha clan's extermination is, none of them can be absorbed by this organization and become core members.
"I'm a dried persimmon ghost shark, and you who were in the dark part of Konoha before, should know some things about me, so I won't introduce myself much. From today onwards, it's time to be in a group with you. If you are not satisfied, you can always ask the boss for a replacement. ”
The ghost shark said.
"No need."
Itachi shook his head.
"Really?" The ghost shark smiled with interest: "Then, come with me, the leader and the others are waiting for you in front." Although there aren't many people in the organization now, there are just two more people from Konoha who are from Konoha with you. Now with you, there are three of them in Konoha in our organization. ”
plus the three in the country of ghosts, there are six S-level rebels.
is worthy of Konoha, even in the number of S-level rebel ninjas, not to be outdone, stabilizing the rest of the ninja villages and competing for the first place.
It's just that this kind of exaggerated achievement makes the ghost shark want to complain in various senses.