Hope for Nightingale's Resurrection

When Zhang Miao saw Kakashi, he immediately recalled another powerful function of the Recruitment System—the lottery!

More than two months ago, not long after Zhang Miao had first come into contact with Kakashi, he had used the system's lottery function and spent ten of Kakashi's Ninja Fragments to draw Limited Edition Ninja Fragments of Rin Nohara and Hatake Sakumo!

Unfortunately, that lottery function was a complete scam. The results were basically always a losing deal, so Zhang Miao had never tried it again after that one time.

But now, Zhang Miao helplessly realized that this scammy lottery function seemed to have become his only hope of resurrecting Nightingale.

Zhang Miao remembered Nightingale once saying that she had a younger sister who was still studying at the Ninja Academy and was supposedly a swordsmanship genius.

It was precisely because he remembered Nightingale's words that Zhang Miao thought of the system's lottery function.

Based on Zhang Miao's conclusions, anyone in Naruto who could be called a genius generally had a name and role in the original story. Only Ninja Fragments collected from ninjas like that could be considered Elite Ninja Fragments!

Besides being used to recruit the corresponding ninja, Elite Ninja Fragments could also be used in the lottery to obtain Limited Edition Ninja Fragments!

Judging by the results of Kakashi's lottery, the Ninja Fragments obtainable through the lottery all belonged to people who shared a deep bond with the original owner.

For instance, Rin Nohara, Obito Uchiha, and Hatake Sakumo all had extremely deep bonds with Kakashi.

In other words, as long as he could find Nightingale's younger sister and obtain her Ninja Fragments, then use those fragments in the lottery, there was a strong chance he could obtain Nightingale's Ninja Fragments and recruit Nightingale back to life!

At that thought, excitement immediately appeared on Zhang Miao's face.

"I hope my guess is right. Then the first thing I need to figure out is Nightingale's true identity. After that, I'll go to the Ninja Academy and find her sister!"

Kakashi was walking beside Zhang Miao. When he noticed the change in his expression, he immediately frowned.

"Ryunosuke, Danzo is one of Konoha's senior advisors. Don't act rashly. I can find a way to lure him outside the village, and then..."

"Kakashi, there's no need!"

Before Kakashi could finish, Zhang Miao interrupted him. Then he smiled and shook his head at him.

"Danzo sees you as a thorn in his side. If he gets the chance, he definitely won't let you off. I don't want you taking that risk. As for Danzo, let the Uchiha Clan deal with him!"

"Let the Uchiha Clan deal with Danzo?"

Hearing Zhang Miao's certain tone, Kakashi frowned again. "You're that sure the Uchiha will go after Danzo?"

"Of course. There are two inevitable reasons!"

As he spoke, Zhang Miao held up one finger toward Kakashi.

"First, Danzo has now failed in his attempt to assassinate the Hokage. As long as they can make that charge stick and bring him down, the Uchiha Clan can not only prove their loyalty to the Hokage, but also raise their own prestige. It's killing two birds with one stone!"

"Mm, that's true!"

After hearing Zhang Miao's explanation, Kakashi nodded.

"If the Uchiha Clan can accomplish that, it really could change everyone's impression of them. What about the second reason?"

"As for the second reason, hehe!"

As he spoke, Zhang Miao grinned and waggled his eyebrows at Kakashi.

"If they can use this chance to deal with a Konoha higher-up who's hostile toward them, the Uchiha Clan's future days will be much easier. For that reason alone, do you think Fugaku Uchiha would want to send Danzo to the Leaf Village Maximum Security Prison?"

Kakashi: "..."

The Leaf Village Maximum Security Prison was a special prison in Konoha used to detain dangerous people. Basically, once someone entered it, the chances of ever coming out again were very slim.

Therefore, after hearing Zhang Miao's words, Kakashi fell silent.

Kakashi was someone who was good at thinking. He felt that if he were in Fugaku Uchiha's position, then for the sake of his clan, even if he could not kill Danzo, he would definitely do everything possible to send Danzo to the Leaf Village Maximum Security Prison!

At that thought, Kakashi gave Zhang Miao a deep look.

"Ryunosuke, your grasp of human nature is truly astonishing."

"Yet it's useless." Hearing Kakashi's words, Zhang Miao helplessly shrugged.

In Zhang Miao's view, someone like Danzo definitely would not be brought down so easily. The best possible outcome would be stripping him of his power for the time being and making him lie low for a few years. That was already the limit of what Zhang Miao could accomplish.

Zhang Miao knew very well that he was still far too weak. If he clashed with Danzo now, then even with his identity as the Fourth Hokage's orphan, the one who would likely suffer in the end would be himself.

After all, between a dead Hokage and a living senior advisor of Konoha, the latter clearly carried more weight. That was reality.

Most importantly, Hiruzen Sarutobi was a man who valued his relationships deeply. Minato Namikaze might have been his disciple's disciple, but Danzo had also once been his companion and comrade-in-arms.

Therefore, with his personality, Hiruzen would absolutely not deal Danzo a killing blow. At critical moments, he might even step forward to protect Danzo!

In other words, even if Zhang Miao had the ability to deal with Danzo, he would first have to get past Hiruzen Sarutobi!

"Without strength of my own, I'll be constrained by others at every turn!"

At that thought, Zhang Miao's desire to build a force of his own became more urgent than ever.

"Looks like I need to assemble my own core team as soon as possible. By then, people like Danzo will be nothing more than clowns jumping about in front of me!"

For an ordinary person, building a force was no simple matter. Building a major force capable of contending with a ninja village like Konoha was even harder than ascending to heaven!

A major force not only needed to cultivate powerful ninjas capable of standing on their own, but also required enough fresh blood to continuously join it. That was not something that could be achieved overnight.

After defecting in the original story, Orochimaru had swindled and deceived people everywhere. It took him nearly ten years to establish a modest force of his own. This showed just how difficult it was to build a force.

But for Zhang Miao, those difficulties did not exist.

With the Recruitment System, all he needed to do was work hard to collect Ninja Fragments. That completely eliminated the other troubles, because as long as he had enough Ninja Fragments, he could use the Recruitment System's power to recruit powerful ninjas who were absolutely loyal to him!

If there was one difficulty, it was that collecting Ninja Fragments took time.

Five-star Jonin were manageable—if things went smoothly, he could collect one in a month and a half. But seven-star Kage-level powerhouses took half a year to collect. To Zhang Miao, that was simply far too time-consuming!

At that thought, Zhang Miao immediately began counting on his fingers.

"Two Kage-level fighters per year, and one Jonin every month and a half. Over ten years, I can only collect ten Kage-level powerhouses and forty Jonin..."

By the time he finished calculating, Zhang Miao frowned.

"That's way too few. It still doesn't seem like enough!"