Undercurrents!

Undercurrents!

Kurenai cut an apple into pieces, arranged them on a plate, and fed them to Kazuki one by one.

The female ninja famed in the original story for her mature charm and allure now resembled an orchid blooming in an empty valley.

Serene!

Peaceful!

It made Kazuki feel very comfortable.

Kurenai Yuhi—no, Uchiha Kurenai—was great, but...

So you still knew that was your own ancestor!

Kazuki took another bite of apple before saying, "Wood Release belonged to Hashirama Senju. Unfortunately, the Senju clan has already been dismantled and absorbed into Konoha. Now a Wood Release ninja suddenly appears. What do you think everyone will think?"

"The Hokage and Danzo?"

Kazuki's expression turned solemn and earnest.

What was with pointing your middle finger at me?

Kazuki said in surprise, "Teacher Jiraiya, is Uchiha Madara really that insignificant in your eyes?"

Besides, she vaguely had another suspicion.

Kazuki said unhurriedly, "What does the Mangekyo have to do with me?"

Kurenai almost blurted out, "The Anbu and the Root!"

This could not be tolerated!

"If you hadn't mentioned it, I would've forgotten." Kazuki grinned. "Lord Jiraiya got quite the eyeful, and Teacher Tsunade even... Tsk tsk, fulfilled her dream. Doesn't that make you feel like you could die without regrets?"

Kurenai said faintly from the side, "As I recall, Teacher Tsunade isn't skilled at Genjutsu. How did a Mangekyo and one of the Sannin both fall for it?"

"What kind of thing is that to say?" Kurenai froze, then said, "The Uchiha lost two pairs of Mangekyo. Would they just let it go? The village wouldn't agree either."

Kazuki raised a middle finger. "I swear in the name of Uchiha Madara."

Just like the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, Naruto Uzumaki!

"Teacher Jiraiya, we're close, so I'm going to say something to you seriously. Remember it!"

Unfortunately!

Jiraiya could not help stomping his feet and cursing. "That wasn't Tsunade at all! She discovered us from the start. It was Genjutsu—she was just playing with us! I got beaten up for nothing!"

Looking at Kazuki's bandaged eyes, Jiraiya furrowed his brow and said helplessly, "How did things end up like this?"

Seeing the gauze faintly stained red with blood, he could not help softening again.

Whenever you got serious, you were nothing but unreliable. Or rather...

Because the two of them had to write novels while peeping... Pah, while searching for inspiration.

"You really are too reckless. This involves the Mangekyo. Do you know how frantic they are? You actually dared to toy with them. Aren't you worried they'll get angry and harm you?"

Jiraiya's face darkened as he gritted his teeth. "If you hadn't said that, I would've forgotten. You actually dared to kick me?"

Crunch!

Danzo only dared to embed so many Sharingan into himself because the vast quantity of Hashirama Cells in his body balanced their power.

"Go on!"

"Relax. Teacher Jiraiya is still alive, so I'll definitely be fine."

"Or let me put it this way..."

Who else had that kind of capability?

Only the two people at the very peak of Konoha's power could conceal things from everyone.

The Sharingan had constantly been draining Kakashi's Chakra.

It was just that...

Kazuki had no choice but to explain, "Wood Release can only belong to the Senju clan, just like the Sharingan can only be found among the Uchiha."

Kazuki did not answer. Crunching on the apple, he turned to look out the window. "Teacher Jiraiya, do you visit patients without bringing gifts?"

"My girlfriends...!"

Kazuki shook his head and curled his lip. "Kakashi was an exceptionally gifted ninja back then. He became a jonin at twelve. Looking across Konoha's entire history, how many were there like him? And what happened? One Sharingan tormented him badly enough. Try putting it on someone else, and they might end up going down to join Kakashi's father."

"It's a long story..."

And besides!

It was Jiraiya, with the character for oil carved on his forehead.

Both Kazuki and she came from quite distinguished backgrounds. Their elders possessed both strength and influence in Konoha.

Yet Jiraiya sensed a faint sadness.

Kazuki chuckled. "The village is dissatisfied, the Uchiha are unhappy—go find the Hokage and Danzo. Either way, don't come looking for me."

He had spent more time with Kazuki than even Orochimaru had.

"Then don't say it!"

Kurenai's pretty face changed slightly. "Was it really them?"

A person appeared on the window frame.

The kick had landed on his face!

She did not bring up recovering the eyes again.

During this time, Kazuki cursed Uchiha Madara almost every day, as if clocking in.

She complained like this;

Kurenai interrupted, "Kakashi!"

Jiraiya said irritably, "You're the one who forgot how many times you cursed Uchiha Madara in front of me."

Not to mention, Kazuki had a Mangekyo!

"What about now?"

For all they knew, the moment it was installed here, he would roll his eyes over there.

Kazuki wore a strange expression;

"A Wood Release ninja has appeared. Who do you think he would belong to?"

The other side had been able to enter the Uchiha's core territory, take down Shisui and Kazuki, and seize their Mangekyo. Their power was enormous. Taking them back would be difficult!

At the very least, they would have to wait until Kazuki and Shisui were equipped with Three Tomoe before there was any chance.

Kurenai shoved a piece of apple directly into Kazuki's throat.

Jiraiya's grave expression froze. He glared fiercely at the middle finger. "If you hadn't said that, I would've believed you."

Kurenai snorted. Her stunning face was filled with displeasure.

Kurenai also smacked Kazuki hard.

Kazuki reminded him, "That's right, don't forget Wood Release!"

You were planning to set someone up again!

Close?

You were best at screwing over people close to you!

"Konoha does indeed have a Wood Release ninja, and he wore a mask. But I didn't see clearly whether he belonged to the Root or the Anbu!"

"Mmgh!"

"Watch yourself!" Jiraiya warned. "The Mangekyo is tied to too much. Be careful you don't lose your life."

Kazuki chewed the apple and said indistinctly, "If I didn't toy with them, I have no idea how they'd keep bothering me."

"Now? Now they're worried I'll go bother them!"

Yet before Kazuki was injured, there had not been the slightest hint of it.

Kazuki's body trembled with excitement. After swallowing with all his might, he collapsed onto the bed.

Kurenai smiled without really smiling. "Who are you waiting for?"

That was Konoha's crown prince. He was not yet someone everyone wanted to beat up!

In Kurenai's view, with Kazuki and Shisui both injured, the two sides should have softened their attitudes.

Jiraiya stared deeply at him. "Is the matter of Wood Release true?"

Kurenai asked with a laugh, "Then what about the Mangekyo?"

Jiraiya was sometimes quite helpless.

Although Uchiha Madara was a rogue ninja, no one could deny that he had been a great ninja and had played a tremendous role in founding Konoha. Why did Kazuki dislike him so much?

If Kakashi had not truly been so talented, he would have collapsed long ago.

The sentence Jiraiya remembered most clearly was: "When cursing Uchiha Madara, curse upward against the river of time, then downward with it. You might end up cursing your own family."

The older generation of both families was already gone.

"Who?"

"Can Hatake Kakashi be compared to that?"

Kazuki, did you know?

Kurenai froze again.

"Hmph!"

"Sigh, nobody's come to see me."

"Bullshit!"

Kurenai still did not understand.

When people left, the tea went cold!

As the Secret Technique exclusive to the First Hokage, once Wood Release appeared, it would draw the attention of the entire ninja world.

Kazuki's mouth twitched.

Jiraiya's face was full of black lines.