The Third Hokage began renewed peace negotiations with the Cloud Village.
The Cloud Village had previously been aggressive and repeatedly tested Konoha.
But the Uchiha Clan's strong support had turned the Cloud Village into a toothless tiger.
They could neither win a fight nor afford to drag things out, so they could only let Konoha carve them up.
Killer B, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, had originally come to hold the line, only to be beaten straight into the hospital and turned into a hostage.
They suffered even greater losses in the negotiations. The reparations alone came to three hundred million, and they also had to hand over some of the Cloud Village's research technologies to Konoha.
Though those technologies might not have been the newest, they were at least not easy to find elsewhere.
The Third Hokage did not dare keep them all for himself. He copied all the materials and sent a set to Uchiha Shamu.
On Konoha Main Street, the merchants found something strange today: members of the Uchiha Military Police Force were all traveling in groups of eight.
Whether patrolling or enforcing the law, the eight of them were inseparable.
Fortunately, the merchants on this street had long since been thoroughly cowed by the Uchiha, and there were very few troublemakers.
The Uchiha's patrol arrangements only aroused some curiosity.
But Danzo felt as though he had swallowed a fly. Before he could even make a move, the path had already been blocked.
"Are none of those Uchiha ever alone?!"
"Reporting, sir, all Uchiha clansmen who have awakened their Sharingan now travel together. There are not even groups of fewer than four."
Kido spoke softly from below.
Recently, besides implanting a Sharingan into his right eye, Danzo had used the last two remaining Sharingan for experiments.
He wanted to