Danzo's Move

After a brief but intense climax, the Fourth Shinobi War subsided once again. Although the armies of the other nations, except for the Mist ninja, did not disband, the previous fierce conflicts had come to an end.

In this First Shinobi War, the Third Generation Hokage, who had been stationed at Konoha's headquarters for over a decade without much activity, changed his usual style and decisively defeated the Mist ninja with swift and powerful methods.

The Fourth Generation Yellow Flash used the Flying Thunder God Technique to fight across two major battlefields, single-handedly holding off the shadows of two villages.

An incredible Genin from Konoha single-handedly defeated the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist and frightened away the Mist Ninja Army. As time went by, news slowly spread that, apart from the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist were killed by Might Duy, Juzo Biwa had defected.

The Sunagakure were easily defeated again by the Kikaichū of the Konoha Aburame Clan. The Sunagakure did not even see any trace of the enemy until they retreated back to the desert of the Land of Wind, suffering an extremely frustrating defeat.

These changes have led the Ninja World's onlookers to marvel that Konoha is truly a village blessed by heaven, as every time it faces a crisis, a genius is born to save Konoha.

However, although Konoha gained a chance to catch its breath, Danzo, as one of Konoha's high-ranking officials, was not very happy.

Originally, Danzo was the Hokage Assistant, the second most important figure in Konoha. However, with the Fourth Hokage taking office, the Third Danzo naturally replaced Danzo as the Hokage Assistant, and Danzo's status declined rather than rose. Now, Danzo is just one of the five high-ranking officials. If he didn't control Root, he would be no different from Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

How could Danzo accept this?

What's even more infuriating is that after Hiruzen Sarutobi returned to the front lines, he manipulated the situation to attribute the credit for defeating the Sunagakure to the Aburame Clan. This is why the outside world only knows that the Aburame Clan's Kikaichū defeated the Sunagakure, but is unaware that Danzo was Danzo it all.

Danzo naturally knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi's purpose was to appease the Aburame Clan. After all, Danzo had essentially forced five Aburame Clan ninjas to relocate the Kikaichū at the cost of their lives. The Aburame Clan was unhappy about this, and there was considerable gossip among other ninja clans as well.

But knowing this was one thing, but the fact that his merits had been lost was something Danzo couldn't accept. After the situation calmed down, Danzo had a fight with Hiruzen Sarutobi and then stormed off from the Konoha camp.

As for why he didn't argue with Minato Namikaze, Danzo said that the Fourth Generation, a puppet created by Hiruzen Sarutobi, wasn't worth dealing with.

Danzo, having left the Konoha Camp, led his men directly across the border of the Land of Fire to the Land of Rain.

That's right, Danzo's target this time is Hanzo again. A few days ago, when Danzo passed through the Land of Rain with a large number of poisonous insects, he terrified Hanzo.

As a fellow expert in using poison, Hanzo knew better than anyone how much damage a wide-range poison attack could inflict on the Ninja Army.

Therefore, Danzo believed that he would not return empty-handed from his trip to Amegakure.

Returning to Iwagakure, Yichen, who had just returned from a trip, received a letter. The letter was unsigned and was brought by a merchant caravan from another country.

Yichen recognized the handwriting on the envelope immediately; it was Konan's letter. After so much time, Konan had finally replied.

"I wonder what Nagato others' attitude towards me now." Thinking this, Yichen opened the envelope.

As expected, the letter mainly concerned Konan's method of cultivating the Paper Style Jutsu technique. This was exactly what Kanako needed most at the moment.

In addition to these points, Konan also briefly described Nagato and Yahiko's attitudes toward Yichen in the letter.

"I didn't expect Nagato to see me so clearly. Could it be that the Rinnegan can see through people's hearts?" Yichen shook his head. It shouldn't be. In the original story, Nagato was just a puppet. If the Rinnegan had such an effect, then his ending shouldn't have been so tragic.

Yichen guessed that it was probably because he had been learning Ninjutsu from Nagato, and the two had been in contact a lot, which made Nagato realize his ambition.

"Yahiko is such a fool." Yichen said helplessly. Even now, Yahiko still trusts him the most. Yahiko still sticks to that approach; he trusts others and believes that others will trust him.

Konan didn't mention her opinion of Yichen, but since she was willing to write him a letter and help his disciple cultivate the Paper Style Jutsu, Yichen guessed that Konan still agreed with Yahiko.

Yichen sent his Anbu to deliver Konan's letter to Kanako at the front lines. Of course, Yichen dealt with the matters concerning Nagato Yahiko mentioned in the letter.

Yichen really wanted to go to the Land of Rivers, but he was afraid that Nagato would really attack him. Yichen Nagato 'Nagato mindset right now and was hesitant to take the risk.

With a sigh, Yichen focused his energy on Light Release. Before leaving the village last time, Yichen had already barely grasped some of the tricks of Light Release, and now was the time to spend a lot of time improving his proficiency. At this moment, Yichen could not afford to be distracted.

Yichen had originally thought that with Konoha's incredible victory, the Ninja World would enjoy a long period of peace, but things turned out differently than he had imagined.

Not long after, another upheaval occurred in the Ninja World.

This turn of events seemed unbelievable to everyone else in the Ninja World, but Yichen, who had read the original story, was extremely looking forward to this day.

Just as the Four Great Nations were reluctantly withdrawing their troops, and just as the Konoha ninja thought they could usher in another brief period of peace, the Kirigakure ninja, who should never have intervened, caused Mist ninja again.

The only female disciple of Konoha's newly appointed Fourth Hokage was kidnapped by Mist ninja during a mission, sparking renewed conflict between Konoha and Kirigakure.

If Yichen hadn't instructed the Intelligence Department to pay special attention to the three disciples with the Yellow Flash, the Iwa ninja probably wouldn't have received this information in time.

In the Tsuchikage's Office, Yichen flipped through the intelligence he held regarding the conflict between Konoha and Mist ninja, a restless thought stirring within him.

Obito is about to awaken his Mangekyou Mangekyo, and Madara Uchiha is about to die. This should be an opportunity, a chance to explore Madara Uchiha's underworld.

That mysterious underground world contains the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path, Hashirama Cells, the Sharingan, the Uchiha Gunbai, and the Uchiha Clan's Ninjutsu heritage, including the Forbidden Technique Izanagi.

Putting aside these Forbidden Techniques, even obtaining one or two Ninjutsu experience Madara Uchiha would, in Yichen's opinion, significantly boost the strength of the Iwa ninja.

Even if he couldn't get the Ninjutsu experience, capturing one or two White Zetsu clone to study would be worthwhile for Yichen.

As long as Madara Uchiha dies, Black Zetsu make a move. Yichen isn't really worried about Obito, who has just Mangekyō Sharingan. Obito's fighting Hon are terrible. Although his Mangekyo is unbeatable, Yichen is not worried because he hasn't mastered it yet.

Not to mention, Yichen knew the abilities of this Mangekyo better than Obito himself.

But where exactly is that underground world?

Based solely on the original work, Yichen might guess that the underground world was located near the Kannabi Bridge. However, in this life, Obito his death at a place a hundred and eight thousand miles away from the Kannabi Bridge. Therefore, guessing based on the original work would not yield an accurate location.

Obito Space-Time Ninjutsu, making him virtually impossible to track. White Zetsu has the Mayfly Technique; if they could be tracked, Yichen would have already been monitoring White Zetsu from the opposite direction. So, how could one track Obito?

Just as Yichen was lost in thought, the others in the Tsuchikage's Office finished their discussion about the matter. They reached a consensus that no matter what crazy the Mist ninja did this time, the Iwa ninja would not get involved.

The Four Great Nations have already missed the best opportunity to besiege Konoha, and no one believes that the Mist ninja can still cause any trouble.

After all, even an entire flanking force's sneak attack was stopped by a single Konoha Genin. How much strength would the heavily damaged Mist ninja still have?

Yichen snapped out of his daze, and amidst the astonished gazes of Ōnoki and the others, slowly said, "I'm going to the Land of Waves."

Ōnoki frowned, instinctively about to object, but seeing Yichen's solemn expression, he swallowed the words he was about to say.

Yichen has made tremendous contributions to Iwagakure and the Land of Earth over the years, and on many occasions, he seems to have information that others do not possess. Therefore Ōnoki Yichen now slowly getting used to Yichen's unusual behavior.

After a moment's thought, Ōnoki said, "Go if you want to, just don't try to solve everything by yourself. You have the entire Iwagakure behind you."

Ōnoki's words surprised Yichen. He hadn't expected the old man to be so open-minded this time.

However, the second half of Ōnoki's words still stirred Yichen's heart. Perhaps the village could help him with the problems he couldn't solve.

Having obtained Ōnoki's permission, Yichen could no longer sit still. Ignoring the puzzled looks from the others, he got up and left the Tsuchikage's Office.

After leaving the Tsuchikage's Office Building, Yichen did not leave the village directly as usual, but went to the Barrier Team first.

The Barrier Team was very special to Yichen; it was the first place he worked after coming to this world. It could be said that the Barrier Team was the starting point for Yichen's rise to power.

Here, Yichen, a Civilian Ninja, achieved a breakthrough, and many of Yichen early advantages stemmed from this. Without the free materials provided by the Barrier Team, Yichen's early ninja career wouldn't have been so smooth. If the Barrier Team hadn't consistently provided him with an additional salary, Yichen's growth wouldn't have been so rapid.

However, as Yichen's strength and status grew, the Barrier Team became less and less helpful to him. In addition, Yichen had seen almost all the Sealing Jutsu in the Barrier Team, so he rarely came here in recent years.

Stepping into the Barrier Team again, Yichen felt a mix of emotions.

The senior member of Meishe, whom Yichen was most familiar with in the Barrier Team, has completely retired. However, Yichen is quite familiar with the current class leader of the Barrier Team, who is the Bunji that led Yichen into the Barrier Team back then.

Yichen greeted some acquaintances as he walked straight to the office of the Barrier Team leader.

The Bunji was somewhat surprised by Yichen's arrival, as Yichen had rarely come to the Barrier Team since becoming an advisor.

The Bunji had watched Yichen grow up. The first A-rank Sealing Jutsu the Bunji learned was the Five Elements Sealing Jutsu developed by Yichen. The Bunji originally thought that after Yichen became an advisor, he would choose to take charge of the Barrier Team, but instead, it was Ikura who came.

At the time, the Bunji didn't really understand why Yichen, whose greatest strength was Sealing Jutsu, hadn't chosen the Barrier Team. It wasn't until later, when Yichen caused a great stir in the medical class, that the Bunji realized that Yichen probably felt that everything that the Barrier Team could change had already been changed, and other departments needed Yichen more.

"Senior Bunji, there's something I need to trouble the Barrier Team." Yichen, unaware of Bunji's inner thoughts, spoke directly. Yichen's current status was far above Bunji's, the head of the Barrier Team, so Yichen.

The Bunji nodded, then asked with some curiosity, "Advisor Yichen, what do you need the Barrier Team for?"