Uchiha Shisui

Seeing the long blade in Uchiha Yusuke's hand swing, Nagato's eyes nearly split from the strain as he let out a heart-wrenching scream: "No!!!"

Hearing Nagato's cry, Konan, who had been keeping her eyes tightly shut, couldn't help but open them and look back, only to see Nagato's mouth agape, the shout of "No" abruptly cut short.

With a dull thud, a headless corpse appeared on the floor of the cave. The body, however, looked as if it were naked, and its skin was entirely white—a truly bizarre sight. It was none other than the White Zetsu that Obito had arranged to tail the pair.

Nagato let out a long, trembling sigh of relief, his heart, which had been lodged in his throat, finally settling back into his chest.

He had originally thought that this strike from Uchiha Yusuke was aimed at Konan, never expecting it to be directed at a ninja hiding in the shadows nearby.

Although they found the form of the White Zetsu to be extremely strange, Nagato and Konan still assumed it was either an Amegakure ninja or a Konoha ninja who had used some sort of peculiar ninjutsu to transform themselves.

However, with his Rinnegan, Nagato soon discovered that the internal structure of this white corpse was completely different from that of a normal human.

"What is this thing?" Nagato asked Uchiha Yusuke.

"It won't be long before you understand what this is." Uchiha Yusuke did not explain what the White Zetsu was; he simply sheathed his Zanpakuto and turned to walk slowly toward the cave exit.

Although he had killed this White Zetsu, Uchiha Yusuke knew that it wouldn't be long before Obito found Nagato, and at that point, Nagato would naturally understand what the White Zetsu was.

Seeing Uchiha Yusuke put away his weapon and spare both him and Konan, Konan felt as if all the strength had left her body, and she slumped to the ground.

"Why did you let us go?" Nagato suddenly shouted at Uchiha Yusuke's retreating back.

The other party was a Konoha ninja, and today was clearly a conspiracy between Amegakure and Konoha targeting them; since he was a Konoha ninja, there was simply no reason to let them go.

Hearing Nagato's question, Uchiha Yusuke did not stop his pace.

"Because you did nothing wrong, Yahiko did nothing wrong, and the world did nothing wrong."

As Uchiha Yusuke's figure gradually blurred into the distance, his voice grew fainter.

"What is wrong is this fickle and capricious fate!"

Hearing Uchiha Yusuke's words, Nagato stared blankly, unable to recover for a long time.

Meanwhile, the observant Konan suddenly noticed that a scroll had been left on the ground where Uchiha Yusuke had just been standing.

"What is this?" Konan picked up the scroll and began to examine it.

After leaving the cave where Nagato and Konan were hiding, Uchiha Yusuke let out a long sigh: "I still couldn't bring myself to do it!"

Regarding this decision, Uchiha Yusuke knew he might regret it in the future, but at this very moment, his conscience was clear.

After tending to the wound on his right shoulder, Uchiha Yusuke took a spare Konoha ninja uniform from his storage scroll to change into, covering his injury, and immediately hurried back to the residence where the Konoha delegation was staying in Amegakure.

At this moment, Danzo had already changed back into his half-black, half-white kimono and was sitting in the main hall with a gloomy expression.

Danzo was furious about this operation; not only had he failed to obtain the coveted Rinnegan, but he had also lost almost all the personnel he had brought with him.

Even though the negotiation task for compensation from Amegakure had been completed perfectly, the loss of so many men meant the losses outweighed the gains, and he would undoubtedly face a reprimand from Sarutobi upon his return.

Thinking of Sarutobi's old face, the anger that Danzo had just managed to suppress flared up again: "Damn Hanzo, he really is useless; he couldn't even keep the hostages that were already in his hands!"

Danzo was throwing a tantrum, while the other Konoha ninjas stood by trembling, none of them daring to make a sound at this moment.

"The delegation seems to be missing quite a few people. Was there some special operation? The Third Hokage did not mention any other tasks when we came to Amegakure this time. I wonder if Lord Danzo has any explanation?" At this moment, a voice rang out from the entrance of the hall—it was Uchiha Yusuke, who had just returned.

Uchiha Yusuke also wore a gloomy expression. He hadn't had much contact with Danzo before, and most of his impressions were limited to the anime or manga from before he transmigrated. While he didn't like the man, he didn't have any particularly strong emotions toward him.

But now that Uchiha Yusuke was in the world of Naruto, seeing Danzo's despicable actions unfold right before his eyes made him feel truly enraged.

Facing Uchiha Yusuke's questioning, Danzo did not answer, but instead asked coldly: "Where have you been? Why were you not at the residence?"

"Where was I?" Uchiha Yusuke sneered and continued: "I saw that Lord Danzo and the Root ninjas were all gone, so I went outside to look for where you had gone."

"Bastard, how dare you speak to Lord Danzo like that!" A Root ninja standing behind Danzo shouted angrily.

Uchiha Yusuke's gaze was like a blade as he coldly swept his eyes over the Root ninja. The man felt an intense killing intent envelop him, as if he would be cut down the moment he said another word.

A drop of cold sweat slowly rolled down his forehead, and the Root ninja swallowed hard, wanting to speak but finding himself unable to make a sound.

"Regarding this matter, I will explain it to Sarutobi myself when we return." Danzo snorted coldly and stood up to walk out of the hall.

As he passed by Uchiha Yusuke, Danzo paused, cast a glance filled with killing intent at him, and then left the hall.

On the other side, in a secluded small forest, the fleeing Obito and Zetsu were discussing the situation regarding Uchiha Yusuke. By now, Obito had already changed into a new mask.

"What is the identity of the Konoha ninja you fought today? His strength is very high. You aren't planning to attack Konoha soon to take the Nine-Tails, are you? With someone like that around, your mission will be very difficult." The white half of Zetsu spoke up.

"His name is Uchiha Yusuke. He has been my opponent for a long time, so he is naturally not easy to deal with. However, restraining him is not difficult. I have long had a plan; he won't be able to hinder me." Obito said slowly.

"Your clansman? He didn't seem to use the Sharingan when he fought you." Black Zetsu said.

Compared to the strange, shrill tone of White Zetsu, Black Zetsu's voice was very low and deep.

Obito snorted coldly: "At least when I left Konoha, he hadn't awakened the Sharingan yet. But no matter what, I plan to master the Yin-Yang Release as soon as possible!" This failure served as a wake-up call for Obito, making him feel that relying solely on his current Kamui abilities might not be enough to carry out his subsequent plans smoothly; he had to increase his strength as soon as possible.

A few days later, the Konoha delegation that had gone to Amegakure for negotiations returned to the village, though the number of people who returned was less than half of those who had left.

Uchiha Yusuke stood outside the Third Hokage's office, waiting quietly. Not long after, Danzo, with a face dark enough to scare anyone, walked out; he had clearly been severely reprimanded by the Third, and his mood was extremely poor.

Danzo didn't even look at Uchiha Yusuke, simply flicking his large sleeves and leading his one remaining confidant away. Poor Yamanaka Rei, his other confidant, had already died at the hands of Nagato.

After Danzo left, Uchiha Yusuke reported the intelligence he had gathered to the Third. Aside from omitting his encounter with Obito and his decision to spare Nagato and Konan, he informed the Third of all other intelligence, including the existence of the Rinnegan.

After all, there were many ninjas from both Konoha and Amegakure who had participated in this operation with Danzo and Hanzo, so there was no need, nor was it possible, to hide it.

After reporting to the Third, Uchiha Yusuke did not linger and left the Hokage Office.

At this moment, in the Uchiha clan compound, on the training ground reserved for Yusuke's disciples, three small figures were practicing diligently.

Kabuto was practicing Earth Style ninjutsu. After these days of training, he, who possessed a great talent for chakra control, was already able to perform quite a few basic ninjutsu.

Yusuke had helped Kabuto check his chakra natures, which were Earth, Water, and Wind. Therefore, most of the ninjutsu Kabuto practiced belonged to these three elements.

Izumi was practicing with the most basic ninja tool—the kunai—on the side, and she didn't forget to pull Itachi over to guide her while she practiced.

"Itachi, look, look! This time I almost hit the bullseye!" Izumi said to Itachi, who was standing to the side, with an excited expression.

Itachi nodded with a smile: "Not bad, you've made great progress."

"That's all thanks to your teaching, Itachi!" Izumi said happily.

Kabuto, who was practicing Earth Style nearby, happened to tunnel right up to the two of them. With only his head poking out of the ground, he said with black lines on his forehead: "I offered to teach you, but you didn't want it; you just had to find Itachi."

Hearing Kabuto's voice, Izumi looked down and saw only Kabuto's head there. She was startled at first, then blushed as she explained: "Itachi is indeed better at using ninja tools, I didn't mean anything else by it."

Kabuto shook his head, while Itachi kept his eyes on his nose and his nose on his heart, pretending he hadn't heard their conversation.

Suddenly, as if thinking of something, Itachi casually threw three kunai toward the direction of the targets.

Seeing Itachi's movement, both Izumi and Kabuto were puzzled: "Itachi seemed to throw those kunai randomly; he wasn't aiming at the targets, right?"

However, Itachi's next move completely stunned Izumi and Kabuto. They saw Itachi throw another three kunai. These three kunai flew faster and struck the first three, changing their trajectories. In the end, all six kunai hit the bullseyes of six different targets.

Kabuto's mouth hung wide open in disbelief, and the glasses on the bridge of his nose slid off.

Fortunately, he was currently using Earth Style and only had his head exposed above ground, so the distance between his glasses and the ground was very short, and the glasses suffered no damage; otherwise, his heart would have ached.

Izumi was equally dazed, but she quickly reacted, looking at Itachi with adoration, her large eyes practically sparkling with hearts.

It must be said that girls in the Naruto world are very precocious; Sakura started craving Sasuke at this age, and Hinata started craving Naruto at this age as well.

"Itachi, when did you practice this trick?" Kabuto asked blankly.

Itachi said casually: "It was just a sudden whim I had when I saw Izumi throwing shuriken just now."

From this moment on, Itachi officially unlocked his strange attribute—micro-management obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Hearing Itachi's words, Kabuto felt a heavy blow. Itachi's casual display made him concede defeat.

"Clap, clap, clap!" At this moment, a round of applause rang out. The three of them followed the sound and discovered that, at some point, a boy a few years older than them was standing on a wooden post in the training ground.

This boy had short black hair. Although his appearance wasn't particularly handsome, he gave off a very comfortable feeling, and his face wore a sunny smile full of approachability.

The boy carried a short blade on his back and wore the standard Konoha ninja uniform; he was clearly at least a Chunin.

"Shisui-senpai!" Itachi and Izumi said in unison.