Secretly Contacting Danzo

During his time in Konoha, Kajiyamari spent his evenings discussing important matters of the ninja Ninja World with Elite Jonin of the Uchiha Clan, using the mindset of the Tsuchikage.

They were still arguing with the Konoha High-ranking officials during the day.

However, Kajiyamari did not meet with the Konoha High-ranking officials very often, and he always found various excuses to delay negotiations.

Moreover, whenever he has free time, Kajiyamari will wander around various areas of Konoha.

His wandering was certainly not aimless; he was fishing, waiting for someone willing to take the bait to come to him.

During the day Konoha High-ranking officials command would send several small teams of Anbu to guard the area around Kajiyamari, stopping any Uchiha who attempted to approach.

However, while these Anbu could stop the Uchiha Clan from getting close, they couldn't stop Danzo's men.

In fact, Danzo didn't even need to force his way in. He only needed to wait until there were his own people in the Anbu Squad monitoring Kajiyamari, and then he could easily approach Kajiyamari undetected from the inside.

Danzo didn't personally intervene, only because he knew several Byakugan were watching from the shadows.

However, he still sent his trusted subordinate, Jia.

This person, whose exact number of reincarnation was unknown, disguised himself after exhausting his Chakra and approached Kajiyamari through a small Izakaya.

Upon seeing A, Kajiyamari secretly smiled smugly.

Kajiyamari did not refuse to contact Danzo; on the contrary, his third mission in Konoha was to secretly contact Danzo.

Before coming here, Kajiyamari had questioned a favorite saying of Yichen: "Teacher Yichen, why do you always say that Danzo is our ally?"

Kajiyamari remembers that Yichen's answer at the time was: Without Danzo, there would be no rise of our Iwagakure; as long as Danzo, Konoha will never be able to challenge our dominant position.

Kajiyamari never understood the meaning of that sentence.

Pulling herself back to reality, Kajiyamari glanced at "Kou," who was speaking to her softly in ventriloquism not far away. Kajiyamari felt she was close to uncovering the truth.

Danzo was truly adept at dealing with his own people.

However, Kajiyamari did not answer, because he could not speak ventriloquism, and if he opened his mouth, he would be noticed by Byakugan.

This doesn't look like the hotel they stayed at; they've already set up a seal to keep out any prying Byakugan.

There, Kajiyamari and the other Iwa ninja could speak freely, but not here.

Even that glance he just gave to A was taken under the guise of looking around.

After A finished saying what he wanted to say and was about to leave, he suddenly stopped getting up.

He noticed that Kajiyamari's hand, hidden in his sleeve, seemed to be moving.

After a while, a piece of paper appeared in her cuff, on which were written what Kajiyamari wanted to say.

After thinking for a moment, A understood what Kajiyamari meant. Kajiyamari's clothes must have a seal that could block the Byakugan.

This way, they can avoid being spied on by the Hyuga Clan in the shadows.

So the two of them used this unusual method to discuss things for a while.

Danzo's meaning was clear: he wanted the Iwa ninja to abandon their support for the Uchiha Clan.

Kajiyamari's response was simpler: they could not support the Uchiha Clan, but Iwa ninja wanted a few Uchiha Clan children.

Danzo would certainly not agree to such a request. It was already the limit of what he could tolerate that one Sokai Uchiha up in Iwagakure. Iwagakure was even eyeing other Uchiha. Don't even think about it.

Kajiyamari, however, was thinking to herself, "Teacher Yichen asked me to find out the extent of Konoha High-ranking officials' infiltration of the Uchiha Clan. It seems that at least Danzo is unaware that quite a few Uchiha Clan children have already been transferred to our village."

Kajiyamari continued to probe, "We want all the Sharingan Genjutsu."

A did not immediately deny it, but said he needed to go back and consult Danzo.

This left Kajiyamari unable to determine whether Danzo knew that Fugaku Uchiha had already handed over all his Genjutsu to Yichen.

Kajiyamari wanted to probe for more information, but this guy was tight-lipped, and he didn't get any more useful information.

However, we made contact with Danzo today, which is a good start.

After that, whenever it was Kajiyamari's turn to monitor Root member in the Anbu, Kajiyamari would see this armored figure.

With each subsequent communication, the exchanges between Kajiyamari and Danzo became increasingly practical.

For example, in a recent instance, the two sides reached an agreement. "Kajiyamari makes any unreasonable demands during the next public meeting with the Konoha High-ranking officials, Danzo will righteously and forcefully refute them."

Kajiyamari's subordinates were given a brief opportunity to escape Konoha's surveillance.

Kajiyamari didn't care much about this opportunity, but it was still good to formally cooperate with Danzo through this.

In this way, Kajiyamari Ayumi contact with the Uchiha Clan and Danzo.

Neither Kajiyamari Konoha Orochimaru's arrangements could affect the formation of Yichen Team Seven.

Team Seven is perhaps the class with the best overall talent among all the classes Yichen has ever taught.

Haku, the genius of Ice Release, needs no further introduction.

If Fujii Kusaka hadn't mutated her Fire Style Ninjutsu, she would have been a genius. Even with the mutation, it didn't affect her speed of learning Fire Style Ninjutsu.

She may be weak in Ninjutsu, but she is still a genius in other aspects.

Kamizuru Tsuruhime is also a ninja with her own ideas. She is not very strong, but that's because the bees she controls did not inherit the abilities of her clan predecessors.

Kamizuru Tsuruhime herself has quite good talent.

Therefore, Yichen's method of instructing these three people was somewhat different from before.

Yichen didn't spend too much time at the base; he gave the three of them a basic training plan and then left them to their own devices.

Yichen then provided guidance tailored to the three individuals' talents.

For Yuki Haku, Yichen's teachings focus on ideology.

The day after accepting his apprentices, Yichen took the three of them to buy all the previous Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report.

"Bai, Kusaka, Tsuruhime, you are my disciples, the Tsuchikage, and your identities are special. Therefore, you cannot be ignorant of everything that happens in the village," Yichen said.

"From now on, you all need to read the Bi-Monthly Report every week to understand the direction of the village's major policies and the changes in the situation of the Ninja World."

"Come on, let me teach you how to read this Bi-Monthly Report."

The three of them opened a newspaper as Yichen had requested.

Yichen pointed to a spot in the newspaper and said, "Look at this sentence: Village advisor Tomoko and Konoha Jonin Squad Leader Shikaku Nara exchanged opinions."

"What does this mean? It means that everyone was talking past each other, neither side was willing to compromise, and in the end, nothing was achieved."

The three of them looked completely bewildered. Bai was relatively familiar with Yichen, at least he had heard Yichen's name from Uzumaki Riori and Sokai quite a few times.

So Bai asked, "Teacher Yichen, is that really how it's understood? And what would you say if a cooperation were to be reached?"

Yichen smiled and said, "If a cooperation is truly reached, you'll see the results directly. You should ask how a potential cooperation could be described."

"Then the newspapers would say that the two sides had held cordial and friendly talks. That's a truly meaningful exchange. For example..."

Yichen flipped through the newspaper, found an article, and said, "For example, this one: Our village's advisor, Ikura, and our Kirigakure's advisor, Yuki Koru, held a cordial and friendly meeting."

"Then, in the next episode, we reached an agreement with the Mist ninja. From now on, we will submit tasks to each other in the form of missions to address any issues that require the other's assistance."

"Oh!" The three of them exclaimed in unison, as if they had just realized something.

Yichen raised an eyebrow, finding it somewhat strange that Bai seemed to have no particular feeling upon hearing the name Yuki Koru.

At this moment, Kamizuru Tsuruhime pointed to a sentence and said, "Then, Teacher Yichen, what does it mean that it says here that we have had an in-depth exchange of opinions with the Cloud ninja?"

Yichen said, "Exchanging opinions means each person is speaking their own mind; an in-depth exchange of opinions means the two sides are arguing fiercely."

"That was a description of my negotiations with Raikage at sea. We were discussing the post-war relationship between our two countries and their respective villages."

"They really argued a lot back then, they almost came to blows. The Raikage even used his Lightning Release Chakra Mode."

All three of them gaped in astonishment. Was this how the Bi-Monthly Report was originally intended?

Yichen picked up the most recent newspapers and said, "Everyone, look at these newspapers. They say we've become the Ruler of the Ninja World and have sent people to visit various ninja villages."

What are your thoughts on this?

Fujii Kusaka thought for a moment and said, "Teacher Yichen, does this mean we are interfering in the internal affairs of these countries?"

"Haha, Kusaka is really amazing. You're right. Now that we've become the overlords, it's natural for us to interfere in the affairs of other villages, seize benefits by interfering in their politics, and thus strengthen ourselves."

There are no lofty principles to be discussed between nations; they won't give up even the smallest bit of benefit if they can grab it.

"Even among allies, like Kirigakure, when we were negotiating trade between our two villages, the representatives from both sides almost came to blows."

"Finally, we sent five Kage Level to negotiate, which directly overwhelmed the other side with our presence, and only then did Kirigakure make concessions."

The three of them smiled upon hearing this, clearly amused by Yichen's joke.

Yichen, however, was increasingly confused. What was going on? Why did it seem like Bai had no sense of belonging to Kirigakure at all?

Yichen then conducted many more tests, but the results were always the same. It was as if Bai felt from the bottom of his heart that he was a member of the Land of Earth and a member of the Iwagakure.

It wasn't until that evening, after Yichen found Kitsuchi and questioned him carefully, that he realized what had happened.

When Bai was brought to Yichen's arms, he was an infant, and he had no memory of that time. He had absolutely no feelings for Kirigakure or the Yuki Clan.

Afterwards Ōnoki and Kitsuchi never explicitly told him about his origins. The Ōnoki family treated Sokai, Haku, and Neji as their own children.

The three men held the same status as Kurotsuchi in the Kitsuchi family.

Because of his personality, Shiro was more popular with Ōnoki's family.

This is a good thing. Haku believed from the beginning that he was a member of Iwagakure, so at least we don't have to worry about how to change his mind.

However, this also has hidden dangers. Yichen has to find a way to eliminate these dangers, at least to prevent Bai from feeling that Iwagakure has ulterior motives towards him when he finds out the truth later.

He also couldn't let Iwagakure feel that it was Iwagakure that caused him to be separated from his family.

We still need to find a way to tell him this fact.

Yichen thought for a moment, then said to Kitsuchi, "Captain Kurotsuchi, I will tell him about Bai's background. But don't worry, I will be careful with my words."

Kitsuchi nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said, "If he can't accept it, I hope we can respect his choice. The old man, you, Captain Purple Lightning, and I all think so."

Kitsuchi genuinely regarded Haku as her son. When Sokai and Neji were brought to Iwagakure, they already knew a lot, but when Haku came to Iwagakure, he was no different from Kurotsuchi when he was just born.

Yichen nodded and said, "Don't worry, I will."

A few days later, at Yichen's suggestion, the latest issue of the Iwagakure bi -Bi-Monthly Report published a somewhat unclear piece of good news: the first mission cooperation between Iwagakure and Kirigakure had been officially completed.

As Yichen had requested, the three students from Team Seven bought three newspapers early in the morning.

The three of them read and analyzed the news articles in the newspaper as Yichen had instructed.

In the end, all three focused on the cooperation between Iwagakure and Kirigakure.

All three were curious about what this collaboration entailed. So, during the afternoon training session, they asked Yichen this question.

Yichen smiled and said to the three of them, "It's not exactly a secret that can't be told, it's just that this information can't be released to the public for the time being. I can tell you, but you shouldn't tell anyone else."

"In the final First Shinobi War of the Fifth Ninja World War, an Uchiha who knew Space-Time Ninjutsu invaded our village, but was eventually driven away by the village."

"Because our village's mastery of Space-Time Ninjutsu is quite high, although we couldn't capture that Uchiha, we also couldn't let him cause any trouble."

"But Kirigakure is different. Kirigakure doesn't have any ninjas who know Space-Time Ninjutsu. After that Uchiha suffered a defeat in our village, he went to Kirigakure."

"As a result, he massacred many powerful ninja clans in Kirigakure. The Ice Release: Yuki Clan, the Terumi Clan, and the Hozuki Clan were all wiped out by him."

"He killed all the adults from these ninja clans who remained in their families and kidnapped all their children. Now, these major ninja clans of Kirigakure are reduced to only a few ninjas who didn't stay in their clans because they were fighting on the front lines."

"The Kirigakure can't find their captured high-ranking ninja children, so they've asked us for help in finding them."

"Our Iwagakure is the Ruler of the Ninja World, the strongest ninja village. This kind of mission is naturally no challenge for us. In about a month, we found the Uchiha's hiding place."

"However, since Kirigakure hasn't made a move yet, we can't disclose this information to the public."

The three little ones nodded in unison, their faces beaming with excitement as if they had just discovered a village secret.

Yichen found this scene rather strange.

Three disciples: two girls and one boy. This is the standard setup for Yichen's apprenticeship.

It's not surprising that Yichen's classes of apprentices include both boys and girls.

But this time it seemed a little different; the only boy among the three looked more like a girl than a girl. At first glance, one might have thought they had taken in three female disciples.

Bringing himself back to reality, Yichen said to Bai, "Bai, you are now a full-fledged ninja. From now on, you can use all your abilities."

Bai nodded and said, "Okay, Teacher Yichen."

Then, in front of his two companions, he began to use Ice Release.

Yichen watched from the side.

Haku was indeed a genius. Amidst the exclamations of her two companions, she unleashed numerous C-rank Ice Release Ninjutsu, including even a B-rank Ice Release.

"Hiss~" Yichen appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly he gasped.

According to the general rule that Bloodline Ninjutsu is one level higher, B-rank Ice Release comparable in power to A-rank Five-Attribute Ninjutsu.

What does A-rank Ninjutsu mean? Yichen became Quasi-Jonin only after experiencing Purple Lightning's A-rank wide-range attack Ninjutsu up close.

Haku, a newly graduated Genin, already knows this level of Ninjutsu! No, he must have known this level of Ninjutsu while he was still in the Ninja Academy!

It's truly enviable to be a ninja who awakens their Kekkei Genkai early on. Or rather, it's truly enviable to Bloodline Ninja in the early stages of the game.

In the early stages, Bloodline Ninja can easily crush opponents of the same level.

However, in the later stages, the advantage of Bloodline Ninja is not as significant.

For example, Kage Level- level ninjas often possess their own Unique Technique, which are not much inferior to bloodline Unique Technique.

For example, the Raikage's Lightning Release Chakra Mode allows him to easily surpass the combat power of a Bloodline Ninja like Pakura.

This made Yichen feel somewhat disadvantaged, as he had no bloodline limit in the early stages but gained one later, perfectly avoiding the time when Kekkei Genkai were most helpful to a ninja.

At this moment, Fujii Kusaka suddenly said, "Haku, is that Ice Release? Is your Ice Release the same as the Ice Release of the Yuki Clan Kirigakure?"

Yichen narrowed his eyes; something intense was about to happen.

Bai shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

Bai looked at Yichen and said to her two companions, "My mom said that Teacher Yichen brought me home from outside."

The mother Bai refers to is Purple Lightning. Because Bai grew up in Kitsuchi Village since infancy, Bai uses the same term for Kitsuchi Village as for Kurotsuchi.

In this respect, Sokai and Neji are different from Haku; they both have some recollection of their parents.

Neji, in particular, was deeply impressed by Neji Hizashi Hyuga.

Fujii Kusaka and Kamizuru Tsuruhime both looked at Yichen, both surprised. They hadn't realized Bai and Yichen had this kind of relationship.

Seeing that all three eyes were on him, Yichen hesitated for a moment before saying, "Bai, you are indeed from the Yuki Clan Kirigakure."

"When I infiltrated Kirigakure, Orochimaru was also causing trouble there. I took advantage of the chaos to snatch a child from the Yuki Clan Kirigakure."

"That person was you. You were just a baby back then, only this small."

As Yichen spoke, he gestured with his hands to show Bai's physique at that time.

Bai was utterly astonished; his mouth had been agape ever since Yichen uttered his first words.

After hearing Yichen's account, Fujii Kusaka and Kamizuru Tsuruhime both looked at Yuki Haku with worried expressions.

They worried that Yuki Haku would harbor resentment towards the village after learning about his origins.

Even without resentment, estrangement is not good.

After spending these days together, they developed quite a bit of affection for this boy who was even better looking than them.

Neither of them wanted to lose their companion, nor did they want any rift to develop between them.