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"Is that so? Hiruzen Sarutobi has forbidden you from leaving Konoha Village?"

In the dim underground chamber, Shimura Danzō—once defiant even in the Hokage's office—now stood quietly before Uchiha Shūichi.

Hearing Shūichi's question, Danzō replied with deference:

"Rest assured, Lord Shūichi. It's only a public restriction. I cannot leave Konoha openly."

"In truth, Root controls several breaches in the village's barrier. We can slip out without a trace."

"Hiruzen Sarutobi never intended to trap Root inside Konoha for good. Frankly, he just enjoys throwing his weight around as Hokage because he can't stand me!"

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Even now, Danzō's voice carried a trace of resentment, drawing a wry chuckle from Shūichi.

Though Danzō was completely under Shūichi's control, his grudge against Hiruzen and his greed for the Hokage's seat had never faded.

Or rather, Danzō's bitterness wasn't aimed at Hiruzen specifically—it was aimed at whoever sat in the Hokage's chair. As long as he wasn't the one in it, he'd find fault with anyone.

"For now, I don't need Root's strength. Just share your intelligence with me."

Shūichi said this casually. His current power—even without factoring in the monstrous genjutsu of Kotoamatsukami—placed him among Konoha's elite, surpassing even the average Mangekyo Uchiha.

A shinobi of this caliber was a rarity across the entire Ninja World. To put it bluntly, if Shūichi couldn't accomplish something, Root—or even all of Konoha—would struggle to do so.

But intelligence gathering was Root's forte. In fact, Shūichi had come to Root today specifically to sift through their records.

Even after living in this world for over a decade, his understanding of it remained fragmented.

Was this world the manga version, the anime version, or did it include movie content? These were the questions Shūichi urgently needed answered.

The manga version needed no elaboration—it was the simplest yet hardest path. The anime version wasn't too different, just adding a few minor factions. But if movies were included, things became far more complicated.

Movie content meant this world possessed treasures like the Dragon Vein, the Gelel Stone, the Star Rasenshuriken, and the Box of Paradise. It meant monsters like Zero-Tails and the Monster. It meant secret techniques like the Chimera Technique, Dark Medical Ninjutsu, and the Undying Eight Gates.

Though the movie version was more chaotic, it wasn't necessarily more dangerous—its power ceiling was far below the Otsutsuki Clan. Conversely, its treasures far surpassed those of the manga.

After compiling Root's intelligence, Shūichi finally had his answer: this world was the most complex variant—a Naruto world incorporating movie settings.

"Konoha does have a rogue ninja named Hiruko. Hatake Kakashi once undertook a mission in the Land of Snow. On the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire lies the ancient kingdom of Rōran. The Land of Demons once saw the Monster emerge. Between the Second and Third Great Ninja Wars, the Hidden Sky Village attacked Konoha..."

"So it's the movie version! The movie version is good—very good! Its treasures and secret techniques far surpass the original manga."

Shūichi felt no fear, only elation. To be honest, ever since acquiring the Kotoamatsukami Mangekyo, he had coasted smoothly, seemingly on the verge of controlling Konoha and even conquering the world.

But Kotoamatsukami only worked well on ordinary shinobi. Against someone at the Eternal Mangekyo level, its effectiveness would plummet—or vanish entirely. Against the Otsutsuki Clan, it was practically useless.

In fact, without the Sage of Six Paths' help, no amount of training within the Chakra system would make Shūichi a match for Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Unless his Golden Finger unleashed unimaginable power... but it hadn't truly awakened yet. It would take at least four or five years to reveal its true nature. Shūichi wasn't about to bet on that.

If this world included movie content, it meant new variables had been added to the Chakra-dominated Ninja World.

Whether he could truly oppose Kaguya Otsutsuki remained uncertain, but at least it offered hope. Perhaps that one missing piece would make all the difference.

Besides Kaguya, Uchiha Madara and Nagato Uzumaki were no pushovers. Madara went without saying, and Nagato—having transplanted the Rinnegan—could also resist Kotoamatsukami's power.

In terms of raw strength, Shūichi wasn't sure he could beat Nagato. If Nagato went all out with Chibaku Tensei or Super Almighty Push, Shūichi would have to retreat.

At Shūichi's level, progress was excruciatingly difficult. That made the movie version's treasures and secret techniques a massive boon.

"Officially, through proper Uchiha channels, I'm still only at Three Tomoe. I've just undergone body modification and transplanted Shisui's Mangekyo."

"To advance further, I need to awaken my own Mangekyo. Since I've transplanted some of Shisui's genes, I can use his Mangekyo as material to fuse into my eyes, creating an Eternal Mangekyo."

"But given my personality, even if everyone in Konoha were slaughtered, I doubt I'd feel enough emotional impact to awaken a Mangekyo through normal means."

After reviewing the intelligence, Shūichi's gaze settled on the Land of Rain.

Currently, both Konoha and Root had zero intelligence on the Land of Rain—a stark contrast to other nations.

After all, Danzō had suffered a crushing defeat there. Root's elite were nearly wiped out by a rampaging Nagato, leaving Danzō with psychological scars.

Moreover, Nagato's Rain Tiger Dependent Claws Technique and the countless White Zetsu made the Land of Rain an impenetrable black box for intelligence.