"Back off."
Main Family Patriarch's voice was calm and low, with a sense of oppression without anger or authority.
The Hong Wen member quickly bowed and stepped aside as if he had been granted amnesty.
The head of the Main Family slowly walked to the projection device from the puppet's perspective, and looked at Uchiha Jun's scarlet pair of Sharingan across a distance of thousands of kilometers.
"I am Ōtsutsuki Ha."
Ōtsutsuki Ha's voice was unhurried and slow, with an elder-like calmness and scrutiny. "The head of the Moon Ōtsutsuki Main Family family."
Uchiha Jun raised his eyebrows slightly when he heard this.
'Ōtsutsuki Ha...Main Family...' Uchiha Jun quickly retrieved the memory in his mind, 'It seems that Main Family is still in power on the moon, and the separation of families has not yet launched a coup... In other words, the chicken eating competition has not been completely started.'
'Perhaps, we can pretend to cooperate and go to the moon!'
Uchiha Jun raised the corners of his mouth slightly and said, "Ōtsutsuki Ha, I have admired your name for a long time."
This sentence was said very casually, without any respect that "long admired" should have, and it was more like a casual politeness.
But Ōtsutsuki Ha did not care about this, but went straight to the point. "Where did you get the thing you channeled - Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?"
Uchiha Jun did not answer directly, but asked, "The purpose of your trip is to recover Demonic Statue of the Outer Path?"
Ōtsutsuki Ha was silent for a moment and nodded. "Yes, Main Family and Fenjia have captured the aura of Demonic Statue of the Outer Path recently."
"After discussion, the two parties decided to jointly form a puppet exploration team to go down to the ground to determine the situation of Demonic Statue of the Outer Path."
"If it is determined that the holder of Demonic Statue of the Outer Path is a threat to Shinobi World, we will recycle it to prevent Demonic Statue of the Outer Path from falling into the hands of people with evil intentions and disrupting the balance of Shinobi World."
Uchiha Jun couldn't help but laugh after hearing these remarks.
"Recycle? I think it's robbery."
He patted the metal shell of the puppet's head on the ground and made a crisp sound, "But it's not a big problem - let me ask, where are the puppets who have been separated?"
Ōtsutsuki Ha's expression became a little subtle at that moment.
He was silent for a few seconds, and then spoke in an indescribable tone:
"... the puppets of the Separation Family were all wiped out by the thunder just now."
"The remaining ones belong to our Main Family."
Uchiha Jun raised his eyebrows, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth widened a bit. "Oh?"
He paused for a moment, looking through the puppet's eyeballs, as if seeing through some hidden secrets on the other side. "So, we are quite destined, Master Yu."
"If my guess is correct, the relationship between you Main Family and the branch family is already incompatible, right?"
Ōtsutsuki Ha's face darkened slightly and he did not answer immediately.
Uchiha Jun continued, with a calm tone in his tone. "In this joint operation, both of you should have your own little calculations - the branch family wants to weaken the scale of the Main Family's puppet through this operation. Isn't Main Family holding the same idea?"
"And now, I have destroyed all the puppets of the separation family."
"Tell me, what will the branch family think after receiving this battle report?"
Ōtsutsuki Ha's brows furrowed.
He had already guessed what Uchiha Jun was going to say next.
"The branch family will think that Main Family deliberately sent them to die." Uchiha Jun's voice became lighter. "They will think that Main Family used this puppet exploration operation to use my hand to weaken the fighting strength of the branch family."
"And those puppets who left you Main Family behind confirm this speculation even more."
Uchiha Jun squatted down and patted the puppet's head, as if patting an acquaintance on the shoulder. "In this way, even if you Main Family originally didn't want to start a war, the separated family will not be able to sit still."
"It won't be long before the 'Chicken Contest' on the moon is about to begin, right?"
Ōtsutsuki Ha's face instantly darkened.
He did not deny it, because Uchiha Jun's analysis almost completely hit what he was most worried about.
The rift between the Main Family and the separation family has existed for hundreds of years.
In recent years, as the ideological differences between the two sides have grown wider, conflicts have become more frequent.
This joint operation was originally a bargaining chip for both sides to test each other.
But now, all the puppets of the separate family have been wiped out, but Main Family still has a few intact puppets left, and they have also established contact with the owners of Demonic Statue of the Outer Path and Rinnegan.
--This result falls into the eyes of the branch. No matter how Main Family explains it, it will be difficult to clear away the suspicion of "introducing foreign enemies into the country."
After a moment of silence, Ōtsutsuki Ha finally spoke again.
"So what if it is, so what if it isn't?"
Although Ōtsutsuki Ha's voice was still calm, Uchiha Jun could hear that beneath that calmness, there was a trace of solemnity that almost overflowed.
Uchiha Jun stood up, patted the dust on his hands, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"Then why don't we discuss a cooperation?"
"You and I form an alliance - you provide Moon Ōtsutsuki's puppet technology, and Demonic Statue of the Outer Path belongs to me."
"In return, I can help you solve the problem of dividing the moon family."
As soon as these words came out, the other end of the puppet fell into dead silence.
Ōtsutsuki Ha thought about it for a long time, and finally said slowly, "Why should I trust you that you won't attack us after the separation is resolved?"
"Brother, how can you do business without taking any risks? Besides, I'm going to your home stadium on the moon, why don't you take some precautions?"
Want him to commit?
That's really Moon Ōtsutsuki's fantasy, and it's not like he's begging them to form an alliance.
If you don't let him go to the moon, he will hit it before long!
"... How do you want to help me resolve the separation?"
"How else can we solve this problem? If you send me to the moon, can't I fight with the separated family? How stupid!"
"You! Huh--the matter of letting you come up needs to be discussed. Just wait for the news."
"When I draw up a specific cooperation agreement, I will inform you through this puppet."
Seeing Uchiha Jun's tough attitude, Ōtsutsuki Ha didn't know what to say, so he just snorted coldly and said.
As the words fell, the light in the puppet's eyeballs dimmed - the remote projection technique was interrupted.
Uchiha Jun put away the head in his hand, turned around, and faced the four people Seimei, Sasori of the Red Sands, Miroku, and En Oyashiro. The four faces with different expressions were filled with different emotions.
Uchiha Jun grinned. "Okay, Xie and Seimei are going to take apart these Main Family puppets and study them - I am very curious about how different the technology of the Ōtsutsuki Clan on the moon is from the puppet inheritance we have on the ground."
Seimei was the first to react. He rubbed his hands and stepped forward, with a fanatical look in his eyes. "Leave it to me, boss! This kind of mechanism technique from the outside will be clearly dismantled in my custody!"
On the side, Sasori of the Red Sands also silently approached, his eyes fell on the Main Family puppets, with a rare hint of interest in his eyes.
Uchiha Jun looked at the night sky, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.
'Moon Main Family... divided...'
'No matter which party it is, as long as it can provide me with benefits, it is a good partner.'
'As for what happens next...'
Two days later, Sky Fortress, R&D room.
The shadowless lamp on the workbench emits bright white light, illuminating every detail of the Main Family puppet.
The Mechanical Arm behind Seimei each holds a slender Chakra Blade of different shapes and is carefully peeling off the protective layer from the core of the puppet.
Sasori of the Red Sands stood aside, staring at Seimei's every move, occasionally releasing Chakra Threads to assist in the splitting.
En Oyashiro is responsible for controlling various functional modules of the entire Sky Fortress.
The three of them cooperated extremely well - even though they had not worked together for a long time, Seimei and Scorpion's structural resonance, as well as En Oyashiro's complementary experience in forging ninja tools and practical combat experience, made the research progress extremely smooth.
Uchiha Jun leaned against the wall not far away, folding his arms and closing his eyes to relax.
His consciousness is synchronizing with the outside world - these days, the Shadow Clone he dispatched has been monitoring the movements of various fronts and major forces.
Orochimaru has ascended to the position of Fourth Hokage, and the transfer of power within Konoha is generally smooth.
Even if there were some thorns, they were all dealt with by the Root and Uchiha Clan Konoha Police Force teams he left behind with both fists.
I originally thought that this set of reforms would bring about strong resistance from this group of ninjas, but the result was exactly the opposite.
Thanks to Uchiha Jun's great reputation on the battlefield, the number of missions issued by Konoha also changes every week. Ninjas from all major ninja clans are also very good at completing missions and receive various generous rewards.
Because of this, in the face of Uchiha Jun's various reforms, the major ninja clans tolerated it as much as they could, just thinking that Uchiha Clan was an act of venting their anger for the previous three generations of Hokage who were in power and did not play with others.
As for Iwagakure, Kumogakure, and Kirigakure, because the results he left behind were too horrific, there should be no new offensive on the Land of Fire border in the short term.
Everything is going according to plan.
The only thing that Uchiha Jun was a little concerned about was the encrypted urgent letter sent by Orochimaru two days ago.
The content of the letter is very short, but it makes Uchiha Jun very concerned--
[Shimura Danzō was so happy after hearing 'Sandevistan' that he spent all his savings, about 600 million taels]
[According to the report of the spies I inserted next to Shimura Danzō, Shimura Danzō's personality changed greatly after he replaced his arm. He originally liked to set up various traps to block and pursue Anbu, but now he prefers to rely on strength to crush him]
[And it seems that I have developed the habit of poking randomly with Kunai. I speculate that it may be the side effects you mentioned.]
[Do you have any solutions? How is the mass production of Mangekyo progressing?]
It is worth mentioning that it seems that Orochimaru's appointment as Fourth Hokage triggered the underlying code of Hajizang.
The relationship between the two instantly dropped to a freezing point. Even when Shimura Danzō was given a broken arm, Orochimaru delivered it to his door and left as soon as it was installed.
Shimura Danzō was in the early stages of mental illness caused by Sandevistan, and we only found out through the spies' report.
Uchiha Jun originally planned to let Shimura Danzō serve as the "feeder" of Sandevistan, and then recycle it after it grows to a sufficient level.
But now Danzo shows "cyber psychosis" as soon as it is installed, which has to make Uchiha Jun take it seriously.
'But it's not a big problem...' Uchiha Jun thought to himself, 'The gains from the moon may be greater than a Sandevistan.'
'Mangekyo... Give Orochimaru the pair of [Aratama] and [Hiruko] Mangekyo. Although the upper limit is not low if developed, there is no need to develop the means with [Sukunahikona] and Shadow Release.'
'The top priority is to get the chakra to Kage Level. Fortunately, after knocking Compound No. 1 for so long, the chakra is about to break through the bottleneck. Tsk, this body's ninja qualifications don't seem to be very good.'
'Does it mean that Uchiha Clan has to be mentally ill to survive?'
Thanks to being the manufacturer of Compound No. 1, the medicine of Uchiha Jun can be said to be three injections a day, which makes my head feel sharp.
The effect brought about is also impressive. In less than a month, Uchiha Jun's chakra is close to a breakthrough.
This is under the premise that Uchiha Jun and even One-Tomoe Sharingan are not turned on.
Uchiha Jun opened his eyes and his eyes fell on the Main Family puppet that had been dismantled into pieces.
"Seimei, how's the progress?"
Seimei heard this, raised his head, wiped the sweat from his forehead, with a trace of uncontrollable excitement on his face. "Boss, the technical level of this thing is higher than I imagined!"
He walked to the workbench, picked up a translucent chip taken out from the core of the puppet, and shook it at the light.
"The driving core of this puppet uses an energy transmission structure that we have never seen before - it does not control the various parts of the puppet through Chakra Threads, but directly issues instructions to each part of the puppet through the tiny magic circuit inside the chip."
"This is also why those Ōtsutsuki Clans can contact us from all over the world!"
"That is to say..." Sasori of the Red Sands took over the topic at this time, his eyes flashing, "The control accuracy of this kind of puppet far exceeds the Chakra Threads control method we currently use!"
"Moreover, the command transmission speed of these chips has almost no delay."
Seimei added, "If we use our Chakra Threads to control a puppet, there will be a delay of about tenths of a second from the time the operator's brain issues instructions to the time the puppet takes action."
"And this way of handling the chip - the latency is almost zero."
He put down the chip and looked at Uchiha Jun with burning eyes. "Boss, if this technology can be cracked and applied to our individual mechanical weapons, then the combat power of our underlying combat units can be increased by at least another 50%!"
Uchiha Jun nodded, not surprised by this result.
Moon Ōtsutsuki Clan stayed on the ground for thousands of years, almost isolated from the outside world during this period, and developed a puppet technology system independent of Shinobi World on the ground.
This technical system is not shackled by the idea of "Chakra Threads control" and takes a completely different route.
If this route can be integrated with ground puppet technology, it will be a qualitative leap to improve the entire "Back-Pounding Army" project!
At that time, Back-Pounding Army will be much more powerful than one hundred thousand White Zetsu. Even if Five Great Ninja Villages forms Allied Shinobi Forces, they may not be able to win!
"Continue to study." Uchiha Jun arranged, "Also disassemble all the other puppet parts and record the details of each structure to ensure that we understand this technical system thoroughly."
"After that, I will discuss the specific cooperation matters with the owner of 'Ōtsutsuki Ha' in detail."
"Scorpion," he turned to look at Sasori of the Red Sands, "Seimei may be too busy alone. You can try to integrate it into your puppet system. If you need anything, just tell me."
Sasori of the Red Sands nodded calmly. "Understood."
Konoha, Hokage Building.
Orochimaru is sitting on the office chair of Hokage, holding in his hand an encrypted message that has just been sent from Mofang.
His eyes stayed on the letter paper for a long time, and a trace of amusement flashed in his golden snake eyes.
"Heh... the moon...Ōtsutsuki Clan..."
He murmured in a low voice and read the letter from Uchiha Jun three times.
The letter described in detail the contact with the moon Main Family, as well as the cooperation conditions proposed by Ōtsutsuki Ha.
More importantly, Uchiha Jun mentioned in the letter that "external forces" - those unknown entities whose chakra properties are different from ordinary people.
In addition, Uchiha Jun also briefly introduced the 'Ōtsutsuki Clan' group.
"Unexpectedly...Sage of Six Paths actually has a younger brother, and he is also the ancestor of Byakugan... This Shinobi World is really getting more and more interesting."
Orochimaru's fingers tapped lightly on the table, his eyes looking deeply.
As Fourth Hokage of Konoha, his intelligence network is far larger than most people imagine - including the intelligence channels inherited from Root, as well as secretly established communication lines with various forces.
But he has only seen some sporadic records about these ancient secrets.
Moreover, it is a semi-mythical and semi-realistic record. It can only be read as a story and cannot be speculated on.
And now, Uchiha Jun's weird and unreasonable intelligence network is once again working hard, and the information revealed makes even him feel a little bit whimsical!
The huge moon turned out to be a fabrication by Sage of Six Paths!
Should I say it is Sage of Six Paths!
"This is really... getting more and more interesting."
Orochimaru's mouth evoked a slightly sick smile.
He took out a blank scroll from the drawer and began to write a reply quickly.
After finishing writing, Orochimaru rolled up the letter paper, channeled a small gray snake, and sent it to Uchiha Jun's location.
After doing all this, Orochimaru leaned back in his chair and looked out the window at the gradually whitening skyline, his eyes far and deep.
"Jun-kun... what kind of world do you want to create?"
He whispered to himself, with a hint of expectation in his voice that even he himself was not aware of.
The night was dark, and in an underground stronghold on the Land of Bears border, the dim lights cast swaying shadows on the damp walls.
Shimura Danzō stood in front of a cracked bronze mirror and slowly removed the bandage from his right arm.
The bandages peeled off layer by layer, revealing the creepy arm - on the sickly pale skin, ten scarlet Sharingans were turning in disorder, and each eye seemed to imprison an unwilling Uchiha Clan soul.
In the center of the arm is the face of Senju Hashirama, which was cultivated with Hashirama Cells.
But today, this arm has a new change.
On the wrist, a dark golden line slowly squirms like a living creature. It is what Orochimaru calls "Sandevistan" - a taboo technology that can increase the speed of nerve response and allow the user to enter a "time-slowing" state.
"Power... power!!"
Shimura Danzō whispered in a low voice and clenched his right fist.
An unprecedented amount of chakra surged out of his body, like a flood that broke a dam, washing away his meridians that had gradually dried up due to old age and frailty over the years.
Shimura Danzō's eyes lit up in the darkness - not because of Sharingan, but with an almost fanatical light!
"Infinite power!"
Shimura Danzō punched hard!
No ninjutsu was used, just physical strength--
The fist blast exploded in the small secret room, and the bronze mirror in front of him instantly shattered into countless fragments, splattering onto the wall with a clanging sound!
Shimura Danzō looked down at his fist, with a ferocious smile on his lips.
This is only the initial integration.
Orochimaru said that Sandevistan needs a period of time to "grow". As the chakra continues to be warmed up, Sandevistan's "slow down" time will become longer and longer!
And the best way to "feed" is to fight!
It's Tata Kai!!
High-intensity, life-and-death battle!
"Ryoma." Shimura Danzō called in a hoarse voice.
A black shadow appeared silently at the door of the secret room, kneeling on one knee.
"Danzo-sama."
"Come, practice with me."
Shimura Danzō's tone contained a kind of excitement that he had never seen before.
Aburame Tatsuma raised his head, a hint of surprise flashed through his eyes under his sunglasses.
He has followed Shimura Danzō for many years and has never seen this elder, who is known for his sinister and calm attitude, show such an expression.
"Yes."
Underground training ground.
Aburame Tatsuma hands Hand Seals, Kikaichū surged out of his body like black tides, forming layers of rotating insect walls in the air.
"Master Danzo, be careful."
He raised his hand, and the swarm of insects shot towards Danzo like sharp arrows!
Those black Kikaichū made a buzzing sound in the air, and their sharp mouthparts flashed with a faint light - each one was enough to tear apart steel.
But Shimura Danzō did not retreat.
He doesn't even have Hand Seals.
He just took a step--
Rushed up!
"What--"
Aburame Tatsuma's pupils shrank suddenly.
In his field of vision, the moment the figure of Shimura Danzō moved, there seemed to be some kind of strange "break" - it was clearly still in the same place one second, and the next second it had appeared directly in front of the insect swarm!
Is it Body Flicker Technique?
No! Wrong!
Body Flicker Technique needs to condense a large amount of chakra in the legs, and then explode instantly to form a linear explosive sprint!
Some who are skilled in using it will also condense a small amount of chakra in the chest, and then burst out the condensed chakra instantly. The chakra in the legs will bring a terrifying speed boost, and the chakra in the chest will push away the air in front, allowing the ninja to sprint farther!
However, this technique also has an obvious weakness, that is, it can only explode in a straight line and cannot change direction midway, so it is not used frequently in battles.
And the movement of Shimura Danzō at this moment... is something completely different!