Nuclear Release! Nuclear Sealing Technique!

Cloud Hidden Village conference room.

The air was deathly silent.

The ninjas seated around the conference table wore grim expressions.

They had all heard about what had happened to the envoy Cloud Hidden Village had sent to Konoha.

Especially Assam, who had returned in the end, only for it to turn out that Uchiha Mirai had left a hidden trick inside his body.

To counter that hidden trick, Cloud Hidden Hospital had no choice but to completely seal Assam and the medical ninjas infected by the toxin inside the ward.

Room 404 had been completely abandoned!

Such losses were terrifying.

Most importantly, the relationship between Cloud Hidden Village and Konoha had now become incomparably tense. One wrong move could reignite the war.

The other three great ninja villages were also watching the situation between Cloud Hidden and Konoha.

Should Cloud Hidden and Konoha go to war, they would not hesitate to seize the opportunity for some gains.

Cloud Hidden Village had already reached a point where it could neither advance nor retreat.

"Lord Raikage, how do you intend to handle this matter?"

All the Cloud Ninja around the conference table turned their eyes toward A at its head.

Under the gaze of so many higher-ups, Raikage A's expression did not change in the slightest as he said in a deep voice.

"Cloud Hidden Village will not go to war."

At those words, the surrounding Cloud Ninja immediately erupted into an uproar.

"Lord Raikage, have you truly thought this through? Konoha's actions are practically trampling all over us!"

"If we do not go to war, won't the other ninja villages laugh at us?"

"That's right! When has Cloud Hidden Village ever feared anyone? So what if it's Konoha? How much strength does Konoha even have left now?"

One heated declaration after another rang out, all calling for war against Konoha and making Konoha pay.

Although Konoha was recognized as the strongest of the Five Great Ninja Villages, Cloud Hidden Village was likewise recognized as second only to Konoha.

Moreover, Konoha was no longer what it had once been.

After the Nine-Tails rampage, the young Fourth Hokage had died. Rather than electing a new Hokage, Konoha had actually allowed the aged Third Hokage to resume power.

This also indirectly proved that Konoha was now severely lacking in talent.

They could not even select a candidate for the next Hokage.

Under such circumstances, they had a high chance of winning if they went to war.

"War is no child's game."

The Fourth Raikage's gaze was profound. Though his temper was indeed quite violent, he had to be exceedingly cautious when it came to war.

"Although Konoha's power is currently at a low point, do not forget that Konoha still has that ninja."

That ninja???

The Cloud Ninja around the conference table exchanged puzzled looks. Then, as though they had remembered something, they immediately held their breath.

It was true that the Fourth Hokage, the Yellow Flash, had died, but the Calamity Uchiha who stood alongside him was still alive!

During the Third Great Ninja War, the Calamity Uchiha's fearsome reputation had even surpassed that of the Yellow Flash.

Many ninjas would rather encounter the Yellow Flash than face the Calamity Uchiha.

The Room 404 incident was still fresh in their minds.

Uchiha Mirai's lingering might remained.

It was like an invisible shadow pressing down upon the conference table.

"Are we just going to let this go?"

A Cloud Ninja clenched his fist unwillingly, gritting his teeth.

As the hot-blooded ninjas of Cloud Hidden Village, this was the first time they had suffered such a tremendous loss at the hands of a single ninja!

They simply could not swallow this anger!

"Do not worry. I believe an internal conflict will soon break out within Konoha."

A cold smile appeared at the corner of Raikage A's mouth.

The Cloud Ninja he had sent to Konoha had not returned empty-handed.

Their greatest gain was learning of the conflict between Uchiha Mirai and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Three years ago, when Uchiha Mirai's reputation had been at its peak, he had suddenly vanished without a trace, and no further information about him had emerged.

Over those three years, many people in the ninja world had assumed that he was already dead.

It was not until the night he had sent Cloud Ninja to abduct Hinata that the truth gradually came to light.

As the Raikage, he naturally understood Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen's wariness toward Uchiha Mirai. It was perfectly normal for him to use certain political schemes to make him disappear into seclusion.

But now, Uchiha Mirai had returned.

The conflict between him and the Hidden Leaf Village was bound to escalate without end.

They might not even need to intervene before Konoha fell into terrifying internal strife.

In the end... its strength would be greatly diminished.

They could then seize that opportunity to launch a full-scale assault on Konoha.

"If we rashly go to war now, Konoha's internal conflicts will turn outward. When that happens, Sarutobi Hiruzen will certainly curry favor with Uchiha Mirai in order to borrow the Uchiha Clan's strength against us."

"At that point, not only will we have to face the Uchiha Clan on the battlefield, but Konoha's internal conflicts will also be resolved because of us."

"We might as well abandon the war and leave them with no outside concerns, allowing them to descend into frenzied internal conflict..."

The Raikage spoke calmly, a confident smile in his eyes.

Dodai, beside him, nodded repeatedly, his eyes revealing satisfaction.

During the Third Raikage's era, he had served as the Cloud Hidden Village's strategist and had witnessed nearly half of its history.

The Fourth Raikage A's thoughts were exactly the same as his own. It seemed A had finally matured.

After hearing the Fourth Raikage A's explanation, the Cloud Ninja around the conference table considered it for a moment before joyful voices of agreement immediately rang out.

"What Lord Raikage says is absolutely right. Konoha is only lifting a rock to smash its own foot!"

"Rather than waste manpower on a war with Konoha, it would be better to let them wear themselves down. That better serves the Cloud Hidden Village's interests."

"Exactly! Once Konoha's strength has weakened further, it will be time for us to send troops and attack Konoha!"

Raikage A watched the Cloud Ninja discuss the matter around the table, a satisfied smile appearing on his face.

Konoha.

Uchiha Clan Compound.

Inside a lavish residence.

Uchiha Mirai held his tea, took a sip, and admired the view outside the door.

Mist rose from the tea, making his face appear somewhat hazy.

His three years of seclusion had given him the habit of drinking tea.

Thanks to that, his mind remained constantly active.

The Cloud Hidden Village should have received the gift he sent them by now.

He wondered whether this gift would surprise them.

Nuclear Release! Nuclear Sealing Technique!

It sealed an extremely high concentration of nuclear radiation. Upon receiving a major stimulus, or when a prearranged event occurred, the radiation would erupt in an instant.

By now, that ninja named Assam should be thoroughly dead, his corpse transformed into a humanoid radiation source.

The damage nuclear radiation inflicted on living organisms occurred at the microscopic level.

DNA sequences were ravaged by radiation particles, cells lost their ability to divide and replicate, and from the fastest-differentiating hair cells to epithelial cells, everything gradually died and decayed.

Generally speaking, this process was relatively long.

But the Nuclear Release Uchiha Mirai had developed with Godzilla as its model gave him a terrifying degree of control over nuclear radiation.

His radiation could even target specific cells within the human body, causing them to undergo mutations of a particular form.

With uninterrupted bombardment by radiation particles, he could even make every cell in a ninja's body die and rot at the microscopic level, reducing them to a puddle of rotten flesh.

This was also why his notorious reputation during the Third Shinobi World War had surpassed that of the Yellow Flash.

No one wanted to become a hideous monster, or a shapeless lump of rotten flesh.

Uchiha Mirai set down his teacup, a faint smile at the corner of his lips.

The Cloud Hidden Village should be holding a tense discussion meeting right now, shouldn't it?

The meeting's central topic would certainly be him and Konoha.

And the final outcome would certainly be to abandon the war.

A conflict between Konoha and the Uchiha Clan was clearly more in line with the Cloud Hidden Village's interests.

Likewise, that was exactly what he wanted.

If the Cloud Hidden Village interfered, Konoha's future would no longer be clear.

His goal was to drag Sarutobi Hiruzen and Danzo down from their lofty pedestals.

Not to play some childish game of protecting Konoha with them.

"It's time for the next step."

Uchiha Mirai smiled as he looked out the window.