Uchiha Yū could not be certain of the exact timing. He needed to wait for the night Kushina gave birth. By then, Obito, hidden behind the scenes, would control the tailed beast and cause widespread destruction. Combined with the Uchiha Clan's defection and his cooperation with Orochimaru, even if Konoha knew, it would have no ability to stop them. This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
If they missed this chance, escaping later would take far more effort.
What the two had plotted today was top secret. It concerned whether they could leave Konoha and whether their subsequent plans could proceed. Orochimaru also understood that Hiruzen Sarutobi would not choose him as the next Hokage, so during his limited remaining time in Konoha, Orochimaru would devote himself fully to research.
Among other things, he would develop the Impure World Reincarnation technique and make it even more perfect!
The end of the war had not brought their lives to a halt. Instead, it had made them even busier.
Postwar reconstruction was underway. Hiruzen Sarutobi had compiled the death toll among the shinobi, and the massive amount of compensation required gave him a terrible headache. Beyond that, they also needed a farewell ceremony. Every body recovered from the battlefield had been brought back and placed together in the cemetery.
Uchiha Yū was in a poor mood today because he had received a top-secret report that morning. Hiruzen Sarutobi had given it to him, and it contained only one thing.
"I'll have to see this villain act through to the end."
After reading the report, Uchiha Yū tossed it directly into the fire. The gloom in his heart showed on his face, making his expression shift darkly beneath the flickering flames.
"Mr. Yū, did something happen?"
Warming herself by the fire, Shan Juhua keenly sensed