Chapter 285 Preparation

   "Uchiha... If you say no, it will be gone..."

  The next day, Anbu came to the Uchiha clan's settlement on the edge of the village, and what they saw was a scene that shocked them.

  Old people, children, women, babies, none survived.

  The doors and windows of every household were stained red with blood, which shocked people.

  Tianzang opened his mouth, and found that everything he said at the moment seemed weak.

   It is really a scene in front of you, it is unbelievable.

  The Uchiha clan, a wealthy ninja clan that has been undefeated for thousands of years, even if it was defeated by the Senju clan back then, the strength of its family still stands in the forest of ninja world.

  Since the establishment of Konoha Village, it has always been an extremely important force in Konoha's foreign resistance war.

   For the stability of Konoha, he has established countless feats.

   "Isn't this obvious? Go search and see if there are any survivors."

   Kakashi said in a solemn tone.

  Ever since the green light turned on the No. 2 route last night, he has been prepared, knowing that something big will happen to Konoha last night.

   It was just unexpected that the entire army of the Uchiha clan was wiped out.

  Who the hell?

  If you want to eliminate the Uchiha clan silently in the village, you need to bypass Anbu's defense system in the village...

   And most importantly silently...

   As far as Kakashi knows, there are no more than five people in the ninja world who can do this kind of thing.

   And it takes a lot of difficult premise to be silent.

  Otherwise, the ninjas of the Uchiha clan will definitely rebound strongly. Facing many Sharingan, Kakashi thinks that he will be defeated soon, not an opponent.

  Reminiscent of the recent anomalies, Kakashi's eyes flashed a light.

  The one who did it...maybe someone from the village.

   Soon, Tianzang ran back, holding a comatose child in his arms.

   "This is... Sasuke Uchiha?"

  Kakashi recognized the identity of the child in Tianzang's arms.

   "Yes, after we searched, he is the only one alive. Maybe he knows something."

   "The rest are dead?"

   "Yes, and some Uchiha ninja corpses, the eyes disappeared."

   Tianzang replied.

   "I will report this to Hokage-sama. You should take him to the hospital first. His chakra is very unstable. I'm afraid he was tortured by illusion before he fell into a coma."

"yes."

  Tianzo left with Sasuke in his arms.

  Kakashi stood there thinking.

  The Uchiha tribe is all wiped out, why is there still one alive? Shouldn't it be eradicated? What is the murderer's purpose?

  Last night, according to the order, he opened the No. 2 route, and for whom?

  Route No. 2 is an escape route that Shiraishi stayed in Konoha in the past, and when he defected, he didn't have time to use it.

  Although it was only an alternate escape route, it took a lot of effort to build it. Why did it open last night?

  The whole thing can be described as confusing.

  Anbu didn’t move at all last night, and it was only after patrolling the next day that they discovered the abnormality, and Hokage ordered an investigation.

   "The order..."

   I'm afraid it wasn't Shiraishi, or any one of Liuli and Ayane who gave it to him.

   There is another person who gave him instructions.

   "Mistake..."

  But if you know the route and can easily contact him, even if it is not those three people, it must be someone who is closely related to those three people.

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   Uchiha Sasuke woke up within half a day after being admitted to Konoha Hospital.

   During this period, Sandai Hokage, accompanied by Anbe, entered Sasuke's ward and asked about what happened to the Uchiha clan.

  Finally, it was confirmed from Sasuke that Uchiha Itachi frantically killed all the clan members in order to seek a stronger power of Sharingan, and disappeared in the territory of the Uchiha clan last night.

  Although Anbu launched a search and arrest operation afterwards, judging from the time when the Uchiha clan was destroyed, it did not exceed eight o'clock last night.

  It has been more than ten hours since now, 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 fled to the border of the Fire Kingdom after a night of running wildly.

   This is not difficult for Uchiha Itachi.

  Before that, Uchiha Itachi was directly under Hokage Anbu, the captain of the third unit, not only powerful, but also a member of Anbu, who also knew how to get out of Konoha without going through the guards.

   That is a secret intersection specially built for Anbu to avoid suspicion and perform secret missions. Only the insiders of Anbu will know.

   Need specific lines and slogans.

   Uchiha Itachi must have used this information, and quickly fled Konoha Village after destroying the Uchiha Clan.

  Although this incident seemed incredible, Sasuke insisted that Uchiha Itachi did it. He killed everyone in Uchiha, including his parents, and was the sinner of Konoha and Uchiha.

  In addition, Uchiha Itachi didn't come to Anbe to roll the roll in the morning. I thought it was a sudden accident at home, which delayed a little time.

  Looking at it now, according to Sasuke's confession, Uchiha Itachi absconded in fear of crime.

  So, in the afternoon, Hokage found Kakashi and Tenzo from Anbu's second unit.

   "As you have heard, the Uchiha clan was destroyed by Itachi."

  Hizan said with a serious face.

   "What? How is that possible?"

  Tianzang thought it was just some unfounded rumors, but he didn't expect the truth to be true, which shocked him extremely.

  Kakashi didn't speak, although he was surprised, but still calm.

   It's just very strange, how can Itachi be able to destroy the Uchiha clan by himself.

   No matter how strong Itachi is, it is impossible to deal with the Uchiha clan alone. Even if it is a sneak attack, it is impossible to do this by using his identity as a fellow clan.

   Moreover, last night Anbe's range of activities was intentionally or unintentionally avoided with the Uchiha clan.

   This had to remind Kakashi of something not so good.

   It's just that he didn't expect that... such a huge Uchiha clan would be destroyed so easily.

  The bad nature of this incident is no different from that of the defection incident more than ten years ago.

   "That's the fact. After the meeting, we have regarded Itachi Uchiha as a dangerous S-class criminal... Let your second team announce this news to all countries. I hope that the criminal Uchiha Itachi will be arrested as soon as possible, so as not to cause great panic to all countries."

   "Yes, I understand, Hokage-sama."

   Kakashi nodded.

  The Uchiha family has been a wealthy family in the ninja world since ancient times, and the inheritance has not declined for thousands of years.

   Looking back at its history, it is longer and longer than the history of the five major countries.

  It's just that Uchiha, who is in Konoha now, has only one single seedling left, which is embarrassing.

   I have to say, this... is really an astonishing 'good move'.

  Kakashi has some doubts, whether there are spies sent by the kingdom of ghosts among the high-level Konoha.

  He retreated with Tianzang to deal with the follow-up matters of Uchiha Itachi's defection.

  Three Hokages with a tired face left behind, picked up a pipe and smoked in the office, and there was a bitter sigh.

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  The next task is to intercept the hidden sand troops supporting the Kingdom of Bear in the Kingdom of Wind.

  Liuli has already summoned several members of the Uchiha clan, as well as thousands of elite ninjas from the kingdom of ghosts, ready to go.

  Because the Kingdom of Ghosts cut off all commercial cooperation with the Kingdom of Wind more than a month ago, the conflict between the two countries has escalated again.

  The Ziyuan Flower Chamber of Commerce no longer provides any survival resources such as medicine, food, water, etc. to the merchants of the Land of Winds.

   And publicly stated that the two countries can resume normal commercial trade only if the Kingdom of Wind repays all the debts owed by the Kingdom of Ghosts, including interest.

  Although it wouldn’t make things difficult for the Kingdom of Wind, this act of directly hitting the opponent’s face and publicly tearing up the Kingdom of Wind’s disguise also made Hidden Sand Village and the daimyo of the Kingdom of Wind angry.

  As the order of the daimyo of the country of wind was introduced to Sand Hidden again, a military meeting was held immediately inside Sand Hidden, and discussions were started on whether to expand the conflict with the kingdom of ghosts.

  Although the two sides hold their own opinions, more high-level officials in Sain believe that if the situation escalates again and the scale of the battle expands, it is inevitable.

   Moreover, the ghost country has dealt a heavy blow to the business of the wind country without negotiation. Does it also mean that the ghost country has nothing to do except to threaten business?

   So far, at the border of the ghost country, after the investigation of the hidden sand perception force, there are still only scattered ninja troops from the ghost country, patrolling there routinely.

   It is estimated that the army of the ghost country is also very clear. In terms of military contests, the ghost country is at an absolute disadvantage.

  Although special ninja tools can be used to gain a certain advantage in the early stage, once Sand Yin is familiar with their fighting style, he will quickly launch a counterattack and invade the territory of the ghost country.

  Based on this background, in the next week, Hidden Sand Village will once again increase its troops to the Bear Country, increasing the military threat to the Ghost Country, which has become an inevitable trend.

  What Liuli has to do is to wait for the border conflict between the Kingdom of Bear and the Kingdom of Ghosts to break out, and use the Star Ninja Village base as a cover to cut off the supply route from the Country of Wind to the Country of Bear, making the 1,000 sand ninjas who stay in the Country of Bear a helpless army.

   As for that time, there is no need to care about whether the identity is exposed or not.

   Just when Liuli made a move, Baishi found her, and before she could take the initiative to speak, Baishi said with a heavy expression:

   "Liuli, there is something I want to let you 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 something that was beyond the scope of her brain's instant judgment.

  Seeing Liuli, he seemed to be a little bit disbelieving, so Baishi had no choice but to say:

   "This news was notified by Kakashi, and the countries still don't know about it. Kakashi will not joke about this kind of thing. This matter is probably true."

   After speaking, he looked at Liuli with worried eyes.

  Konoha Uchiha's clan was exterminated, and he was also very shocked by this incident.

   Such a huge Uchiha clan, how could it be possible to say it will be destroyed.

   When he was told about this, it took a lot of effort to calm down, not to mention Liuli, who has the same root as Konoha Uchiha.

   "Akatsuki?"

  Liuli was silent for a long while before asking this sentence.

   "It's not Akatsuki, it was Uchiha Itachi."

   Shiraishi sighed.

  A thirteen-year-old child can do such an exaggerated thing, regardless of his level of strength, killing so many relatives, as well as his own parents, is the most terrifying thing if his mentality has not collapsed.

   "Itachi Uchiha?"

   It's not that Liuli doesn't believe it, but that this answer is 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 World War, the Uchiha Clan’s Jonin has dropped a lot, but there are not a few Jonin remaining in the clan.

   No matter how you say it, this kind of rhetoric is too exaggerated.

   "Yes. Now Konoha Uchiha, the only surviving Uchiha tribe is Uchiha Itachi's younger brother Uchiha Sasuke. He personally confirmed that it was Uchiha Itachi who killed the tribe."

   Shiraishi nodded seriously.

   "Impossible. He can't do it alone."

   Liuli firmly believed in her own deduction.

   She is very clear about the power of the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan. It is impossible for Uchiha Itachi to destroy the whole clan by himself, and it is still under Konoha's nose.

  The surrounding Anbe and Konoha Jomino will not stand idly by, and will definitely support the Uchiha clan, even if there are gaps and contradictions in their relationship.

   "If... Konoha provides an environment that can be used, then the nature of the matter will be different."

   Baishi said meaningfully.

"What's the meaning?"

   "Kakashi's speculation. When the Uchihas were destroyed last night, Anbu's range of activities was not close to that of the Uchihas, and the Uchihas' land was also very quiet, as usual. There was not much change. It was only when Anbu went to patrol the next day that the Uchihas were wiped out."

   "You mean..."

   Liuli clenched her fists suddenly, guessing something bad, and the Sangouyu Sharingan appeared in her eyes, showing a murderous look.

   "After all, such a big family was wiped out, and it was only discovered the next day. It looks suspicious, isn't it? Of course, these are just speculations. Whether the high-level Konoha is involved is still unknown."

   In the absence of absolute evidence, Shiraishi is not good at making inferences.

  Even if the reasoning of things conforms to logic, it is only reasoning before there is no evidence.

   And reasoning, it is impossible to close the cause of the extinction of the Uchiha clan to the Konoha senior.

  But Shiraishi found that if the truth about the extermination of the Uchiha clan was brought closer to Konoha's high-ranking officials, many unknown parts seemed less puzzling and more reasonable.

   This should not be an illusion in my heart.

  Liuli let out a long breath, trying to calm down her mood.

  Although I have already left Konoha's Uchiha system, it is a family relationship where blood is thicker than water.

  I also imagined, if one day in the future, I and Konoha face each other, and I face Konoha's Uchiha, how to deal with it...

  It's all right now, the problem that has troubled me for a long time no longer exists.

  However, Uchiha was destroyed in the hands of her own people. This result is definitely the last one she wants to accept.

   Too useless.

   "I see. Things have settled down in the Oni Nation, and I will go to Konoha myself."

   Liuli said.

   "Are you going to seek the truth?"

   Shiraishi asked.

  If Liuli intends to do this, it will be very difficult.

  Even if the Uchiha extermination is related to Konoha's high-level officials, it is impossible for them to admit it, and they will only push all the faults on Uchiha Itachi.

  If Uchiha Itachi really signed some "contract" with Konoha's high-level officials, this kind of development is inevitable.

  The development of the matter at this moment is a bit beyond Shiraishi's expectation.

  Thinking of the place that has survived for many years in the past, it is somewhat sighed.

   Liuli glanced at Baishi and shook her head.

   "No, I'm not that boring. I went there just to receive the inheritance belonging to Uchiha. Even if Uchiha fell, others would never want to get involved."

   After speaking, Liuli left without delay.

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   "Soon, if you destroy the Uchiha clan and become Konoha's betrayal, Konoha will notify the whole ninja world."

  Under the gloomy and windy sky, this is a withered forest dominated by dark tones.

   Madara, wearing an orange spiral mask, said this to Itachi.

   "This kind of thing doesn't matter, I'm ready."

   Itachi gave Madara a cold look.

  This man must be vigilant.

   "What about Danzo? He may not keep his promise with you."

   "If he shoots Sasuke, I will tell the enemy country a lot of Konoha's secrets."

  Itachi replied calmly.

   And with the help of the third Hokage, Danzo did not dare to act rashly.

  As long as Danzo still wants to control himself, he will do his best to protect Sasuke's safety.

  Once Sasuke is lost, Danzo will lose the capital to hold him hostage.

  In the case of Sasuke's accident, his position, in Danzo's view, is an uncertain factor.

  The kind of man who lives in the shadows will not be so short-sighted.

   "Really? I kind of regret signing a contract with you, Konoha...it's really a big trouble."

   Madara said so.

  Itachi narrowed his eyes, staring at Madara's Sharingan, trying to figure out whether Madara's words are true or not.

   "For you, losing Uchiha's Konoha should not be a worry."

   "No, isn't there still your brother? His talent may still be higher than yours. If Konoha controls him, he may become the enemy of our organization in the future."

   Madara did not seem to be lying.

   "You worry too much."

   "No one can say for sure what will happen in the future. However, as you said, I may be worrying too much. After so many years of lingering in the dark, I must also be cautious. I have already missed many times in dealing with Uchiha Ruri."

   "Missed many times? Is she stronger than you?"

   Itachi has been interested in the answer to this matter.

   "Slightly weaker than me."

   Said with a blushing face and a heartbeat.

  It is so nice to wear a mask.

   "But the two people around her are no less troublesome than her. On the contrary, among the three people, Qianye Baishi is the most difficult one. If you want to break the core of the three, Qianye Baishi is the only breakthrough. But it is also the most dangerous breakthrough."

   Madara added a sentence.

   "I know, I will be more careful when I meet in the future."

   Itachi nodded.

   Madara's statement is very similar to that of the Three Hokages.

  Uchiha Ruri, Chiba Shiraishi, and Hyuga Ayane were members of the same team in the early years. After so many years, the degree of team integration between them may have reached an unimaginable level for ordinary people.

   However, what surprised him was that the core of the team was not Uchiha Ruri who was the strongest, but Chiba Shiraishi who seemed to be the weakest.

   Then he thought of the information he saw in Konoha.

  Although Chiba Shiraishi is slightly weaker, a lot of information about him is vague, and there is no specific statistics. Is a very mysterious man.

  Unknown is equal to the most dangerous, which is also reasonable.

  Blade said that the core of the opponent's three-person team must have suffered from the three of them in the past, so he is so sure.

   "You can't deal with it just by being careful. If you meet three people at the same time, you won't even have a chance to escape. If you just meet one of them, you may have to think about how to escape from it instead of fighting head-on."

  Even with Kaleidoscope Sharingan, it is difficult to fight against. Itachi understood Madara's potential meaning very well.

   is to remind him, before the time is right, don't rush to look for those three people, even Konoha's order to him includes how to eradicate the three people.

  It seems that those three people are much more dangerous than I imagined.

   Madara kept telling him that he only had to deal with Uchiha Ruri, not Chiba Shiraishi and Hyuga Ayane.

  That means that at that time, the method of dividing the battlefield should be adopted to defeat the three of them individually.

   "However, you don't need to worry. Our organization has a ten-year contract with Chiba Shiraishi. Before the contract ends, there is still a long period of time for development. In the next few years, even if you meet any of them, as long as you don't disrupt their actions or deliberately target them, they will not shoot you."

   "Then where are they hiding?"

   Madara glanced at Itachi.

   "You'll find out soon enough."

   Itachi heard laughter from Madara's mouth.

  Is this something to laugh at? Always feel that the other party is up to no good.

   "By the way, I will see a group of your companions later. Don't forget, my current name is A Fei, and I am not yet a full member of the organization. Just like you, I am a newcomer to the organization. Don't get confused about this."

   Madara told Itachi.

"knew."

   "Then, please give me your advice, Mr. Itachi."

   Madara's tone suddenly became cheerful, and it was completely different from the tone just now.

   Not long after, followed Madara, in a broken temple, on a broken wall, a tall figure suddenly appeared, blocking Madara and Itachi.

  The other party was carrying a bandaged machete taller than a human being on his back, and on his forehead was wearing a ninja forehead guard with scratches engraved on it. His long dark blue hair matched his shark-like face very well.

  He was wearing the same black-bottomed red cloud coat as Madara, but the difference was that on his left ring finger was a ring engraved with the character 'South'.

   "I just heard from the leader that the Uchiha clan was wiped out. It's really unbelievable. I didn't expect that the murderer who wiped out the clan really came. In other words, he and I are teammates, right?"

  The man named Kanshi Kisame grinned his sharp teeth and grinned, as if he had seen something very interesting, with a bloodthirsty expression on his face, which gave Itachi an uncomfortable feeling.

   "Yes, Mr. Kisame, this is Mr. Itachi. Oh, speaking of it, Mr. Itachi is really powerful. He killed the Uchiha who is famous in the ninja world by himself. It is even more exaggerated than Mr. Kisame assassinating Mizudai."

   Madara continued to answer with a cheerful tone, and also carried exaggerated movements together, which was natural, which made Itachi even more vigilant.

   As expected of Madara Uchiha, he was able to change his image so easily. In this way, this level of camouflage ability makes it even more difficult for people to guess his true identity.

   What a terrifying existence.

   "I see, don't make fun of me."

   Kisame said helplessly.

   As he spoke, he jumped off the broken wall and came to Itachi, looking at Itachi who was much thinner than himself, Kisame didn't dare to be careless at all.

  No matter what the truth of the extermination of the Uchiha clan is, none of those who can be absorbed by this organization and become core members is a simple thing.

   "I'm Kisame Kisame. You used to be Konoha Anbe. You should know some things about me, so I won't introduce myself. From today onwards, I will be a team member with you. If you are not satisfied, you can apply to the leader for a replacement at any time."

   Kisame said so.

"No."

  Itachi shook his head.

   "Really?" Kisame smiled with interest: "Then, come with me, the leader is waiting for you in front. Although there are not many people in the organization now, there are just two people who came from Konoha with you. Now including you, there are three in our organization, just from Konoha."

  Plus the three from the Kingdom of Demons, that is six S-rank rebels.

   As expected of Konoha, even in terms of the number of S-level rebellious ninjas, they are not to be outdone, stabilizing the rest of the ninja villages and competing for the top spot.

   It's just this kind of exaggerated achievement that makes Guixiong want to complain in various senses.

  (end of this chapter)