The Movie Version

"Really? Hiruzen Sarutobi forbade you from leaving Konoha Village?"

In the dim underground chamber, Shimura Danzō—once so defiant in the Hokage Office—now stood quietly before Uchiha Shūichi.

After hearing Uchiha Shūichi's question, Shimura Danzō answered respectfully:

"Don't worry, Lord Shūichi. I'm only forbidden from leaving Konoha in public."

"In fact, Root has several ways through Konoha's barriers. We can leave without anyone noticing."

"Hiruzen Sarutobi never intended to trap Root in Konoha for good. To put it plainly, he just can't stand me and wants to throw his Hokage weight around!"

When he said this, Shimura Danzō's voice still held a trace of resentment, making Uchiha Shūichi chuckle.

Even though Shimura Danzō was now completely under Uchiha Shūichi's control, his resentment toward Hiruzen Sarutobi and his greed for the Hokage's seat had never gone away.

Or perhaps Shimura Danzō didn't really resent—or even hate—Hiruzen Sarutobi. He resented the person sitting in the Hokage's seat. As long as the Hokage wasn't him, he would probably complain, no matter who held the position.

"For now, I don't need Root's manpower. I only need you to share your intelligence with me."

Uchiha Shūichi said it casually. With his current strength, even without counting Kotoamatsukami's absurd genjutsu, he was already one of Konoha's strongest shinobi—and even surpassed the average Mangekyo Uchiha.

Shinobi of his caliber were exceedingly rare across the entire Shinobi World. To put it bluntly, if Uchiha Shūichi couldn't do something, then few people in Root—or even all of Konoha—could manage it either.

But gathering intelligence was Root's specialty. In fact, Uchiha Shūichi had come to Root that day to go through its various reports.

Though Uchiha Shūichi had lived in this world for more than ten years, his understanding of it was still incomplete.

Was this world based on the manga or the anime? Did it include the movies? These were all things Uchiha Shūichi urgently needed to find out.

The manga version went without saying: it was the simplest, but also the most difficult. The anime version wasn't too different, just with a few minor factions added. But if the movies were included, things would get much more complicated.

If the movies existed in this world, then it also had all sorts of strange treasures, such as the Dragon Vein, Gelel Stone, Star Rasenshuriken, and Box of Paradise. It would also have monsters like Zero-Tails and Monster, along with special techniques such as 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 that of the Otsutsuki Clan. On the other hand, the movie version's treasures were far more powerful than those in the original manga.

After piecing together Root's many reports, Uchiha Shūichi finally got his answer: this world belonged to the most complicated version—the Naruto world with the movie settings included.

"Konoha really does have a rogue ninja named Hiruko. Hatake Kakashi once went on a mission to the Land of Snow. Near the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Fire lies an ancient kingdom called Rōran. The Monster once emerged in the Land of Demons. And between the Second and Third Great Ninja Wars, the Hidden Sky Village once attacked Konoha..."

"So it really is the movie version! The movie version—now that's good! Those powerful treasures and secret techniques from the movies are much stronger than anything in the original manga."

Uchiha Shūichi wasn't worried. If anything, he was delighted. To be fair, ever since he'd obtained Kotoamatsukami's Mangekyo, everything had gone his way. It seemed only a matter of time before he took control of Konoha, and unifying the world even seemed possible.

But Kotoamatsukami's Mangekyo worked well only on ordinary shinobi. Against shinobi on the level of the Eternal Mangekyo, its effects would likely be greatly weakened—or even vanish entirely. Against the Otsutsuki Clan, it would be practically useless.

In fact, without the Sage of Six Paths' help, no matter how Uchiha Shūichi trained, he could never defeat Kaguya Otsutsuki under normal circumstances, trapped as he was within the Chakra system.

Unless his Golden Finger could unleash power beyond his wildest expectations... But Uchiha Shūichi's Golden Finger still hadn't truly awakened. He would need at least four or five more years to glimpse its true nature, and he didn't dare gamble on it.

If this world included the movies, it meant that plenty of new variables had been added to the Ninja World, which was otherwise dominated by the Chakra system.

Uchiha Shūichi couldn't be sure whether he could truly stand against Kaguya Otsutsuki, but at least he had another chance. Perhaps that one extra advantage would be all he needed to defeat her.

What's more, besides Kaguya Otsutsuki, Uchiha Madara and Nagato Uzumaki were no easy opponents either. Uchiha Madara went without saying, while Nagato Uzumaki had implanted the Rinnegan and could likewise resist Kotoamatsukami.

And in terms of sheer strength, Uchiha Shūichi wasn't sure he could beat Nagato Uzumaki. If Nagato Uzumaki fought with everything he had and unleashed Chibaku Tensei or Super Almighty Push, Uchiha Shūichi would have to retreat.

At Uchiha Shūichi's current level, making further progress was incredibly difficult. The movie version's treasures and secret techniques would undoubtedly give him a huge boost.

"By the usual Uchiha standards, I still only have Three Tomoe. I've just undergone Body Modification and received Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyo."

"If I want to go further, I can only try to awaken the Mangekyo myself. And since I've received some of Uchiha Shisui's genes, I could use his Mangekyo as material and fuse it with my own eyes to obtain the Eternal Mangekyo."

"But given my personality, even if all of Konoha were slaughtered, I doubt I'd suffer an intense enough emotional shock to awaken the Mangekyo. There's no way I can awaken it through normal means."

After finishing the reports in his hands, Uchiha Shūichi's attention settled on the Land of Rain.

All the intelligence gathered by Konoha, including Root, about the Land of Rain was a complete blank. Compared with information about other countries, it stood out like a sore thumb.

After all, Shimura Danzō had suffered a crushing defeat in the Land of Rain. Most of Root's elite had been wiped out by Nagato when he went berserk, leaving Shimura Danzō with a deep-seated fear of the place.

What's more, Nagato's Rain Tiger Dependent Claws Technique and the vast numbers of White Zetsu made the Land of Rain impenetrable to intelligence gathering, turning it into a massive black box.