Hidden Mist Situation
Konoha
On Hokage Rock
"Zensui, you did a perfect job on this Hidden Mist sabotage mission. You are now not only an S-rank missing-nin of Konoha, but also the first missing-nin in history to be wanted by multiple countries at the highest level."
The Fourth Hokage Uchiha Nara, and Uchiha Zensui stood side by side. Naraku held a scroll in his hand, which he handed to Uchiha Zensui, smiling as he continued:
"This scroll was just delivered by someone from Hidden Mist. Look at your description in their letter."
With some interest, Uchiha Zensui took the message from Naraku and began to read it.
Now, Zensui has fully recovered from his injuries. A month ago, he single-handedly fought against Kirigakure for a day and a night, and his achievement of killing the Mizukage shocked the Shinobi World.
This is even more astonishing than the Third Raikage's feat during the Third Raikage Third Shinobi World War, when he single-handedly fought against Iwagakure ninja for three days and three nights.
Although Uchiha Zensui didn't fight for as long as the Third Raikage, he accomplished many feats that the Third Raikage couldn't. He destroyed most of Kirigakure, killed countless Kirigakure Ninja including the Fourth Mizukage, and ultimately escaped unscathed. This terrifying record instilled fear and dread in various countries, leading to a joint warrant for his arrest.
"Hahaha, Kirigakure didn't exaggerate. I did do it that way back then. But Kirigakure is one of the five great ninja villages, so it has some foundation and many talented people."
The Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, was incredibly powerful and had many Jonin supporting him, making him difficult to control. I barely managed to kill him before my eye power was exhausted. If I hadn't killed the Fourth Mizukage, I might not even have been able to escape."
After Uchiha Zensui's Kirin, the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure was surprised by Zensui's strength. However, he still fulfilled his duty as Mizukage and personally fought against Zensui. In the end, he was killed by Zensui after exhausting his chakra.
The Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, was recognized by all the ninjas of Kirigakure, all of which could only be attributed to the overwhelming power of the lurking Uchiha Zensui. Even the Mizukage could only manage to bring about the disaster in Kirigakure to this extent.
"The Kirigakure hopes you can support them with 200 billion ryo to rebuild the village. After all, I am a ninja who defected from Konoha."
After examining the scroll, Uchiha Zensui closed it and handed it back to Naraku.
"Ah, Kirigakure now beset by internal and external troubles. The village has suffered heavy losses, and the Fourth Mizukage is dead."
They investigated your information and found out it was done by Uchiha Zensui, a rogue ninja from Konoha.
Their request was to confirm whether the matter of this aid money was related to Konoha.
When Naraku finished reading the letter, he understood Kirigakure's strategy.
Having requested 200 billion yen in aid and promised to repay it within 20 years, Kirigakure no longer has the confidence to hold Konoha accountable, but it does want to define the nature of the matter.
Uchiha Zensui was an S-rank rogue ninja from Konoha, and also the former Guard Corps of the Fourth Hokage Konoha, Uchiha Nara, bearing the name Uchiha.
If Konoha provides financial assistance, this matter is most likely unrelated to Konoha. If Konoha does not provide assistance, then it is highly likely that this matter was orchestrated by Konoha.
The letter from Kirigakure requesting aid in the form of silver was an extremely simple, overt scheme. If Naraku wanted to prove that Konoha wasn't behind this, he could only provide the aid.
"In short, Zensui, you did a great job this time! You don't need to worry about the aftermath of Hidden Mist."
Preparing for the next mission, Akatsuki has long since defected from Akatsuki Orochimaru, and it's said that their organization is still lacking top-tier ninjas.
Next, you'll see how to infiltrate the Akatsuki and help Akatsuki achieve their goals!
The Akatsuki's goal is to collect the Tailed Beast to create super weapons, which aligns with Konoha's interests. The Tailed Beast don't need to be distributed; the First Hokage distributed them, it's my turn to collect Tailed Beast back."
Naraku quietly changed Uchiha Zensui's mission. While Uchiha Zensui was infiltrating Kirigakure, he still existed as a member of Akatsuki, often participating in meetings through Akatsuki's Magic Lantern Body Technique, making him a mysterious figure in Akatsuki.
The Akatsuki's Tailed Beast Plan has not yet begun. Most of them are mercenaries who take on war missions to earn high wages. For those war missions, Akatsuki, with its many top-tier missing-nin, does not need Uchiha Zensui for the time being.
"Ah, Pain and Zetsu have summoned me to the base many times, but because of the matter of Kirigakure, I haven't been able to find the time to go."
Now that I've just left Kirigakure, I'm also planning to check out the Akatsuki base.
Uchiha Zensui answered softly. Zensui didn't understand anything about the general trend of the world; his heart was only for the Uchiha Clan now held a high position in Konoha.
The Uchiha, as the Hokage clan and the founding clan of Konoha, is well-known to the people of Konoha, fully achieving the status and prestige befitting the Uchiha.
For Zensui, who revered power Zensui the status of the Uchiha Clan, there was no need for him to worry about the affairs of the Uchiha Clan. He only needed to do his own job and follow the orders of the clan leader, Naraku.
"That's perfect. Your information is in the secret files of the Anbu. Now, Kirigakure's strength has been greatly reduced, making it the weakest of the Five Great Shinobi Villages."
"With the help of the Akatsuki to collect the Tailed Beast, Konoha will surely unify the world within ten years! At that time, the Uchiha Clan will be the royal family of this world!"
Naraku was very satisfied with Uchiha Zensui's obedience.
"Royal family...?"
Zensui was somewhat surprised upon hearing Naraku's words.
"Indeed, royalty! Don't you think the Daimyo of this world is a bit of a hindrance? You're clearly just a mortal, yet you're the ruler of a country. It's truly incomprehensible."
But soon that won't be the case. Whoever owns the ninja village is the ruler of the country. Whether in terms of power or in name, there can only be one monarch.
Naraku licked his lips and explained the next steps. The Daimyo clans of the Land of Fire were now in a state of panic, with many clan members being killed without cause by unknown wandering samurai and ninjas, or assassinated for unknown reasons.
Kazuma and Uchiha Obito would always take care of one or two nobles in the town where the daimyo lived after eliminating their Daimyo, in order to cover up their purpose and avoid making their intentions too obvious.
Although Konoha failed to adequately protect them, those roaming ninjas and wandering samurai who dared to attack nobles were dealt with by Konoha, which can be considered revenge for those nobles.
"The Daimyo is of divine blood... Never mind, that's none of my business. The Shinobi World is all about survival of the fittest. I'm leaving."
Zensui, a native of the ninja world, originally wanted to defend the Daimyo and nobles, but after thinking it over, he said the law of the jungle instead. After giving his instructions, he said goodbye and left using the Body Flicker Technique.
Naraku looked at the wisps of dust drifting around him from his Body Flicker Technique, stroked his chin, and pondered the matter of Kirigakure.
After this upheaval, Kirigakure's strength has fallen to the bottom among the five great ninja nations. Intelligence indicates that Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning has dispatched a significant number of ninja units to the Land of Water to investigate.
The most pressing issue for Kirigakure is avoiding being divided up by powerful nations. As for Konoha, should they intervene now, or offer money to distance themselves...?