The First Step of Revenge: Petty Theft

The two clones arrived in the Bungalow District.

They stopped in front of a house and knocked on the door.

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"Coming."

An old man's voice came from inside. More than ten seconds later, an elderly man opened the door.

The instant he opened it, he was greeted by a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan.

Before the old man could react, Genjutsu had already invaded his mind.

Once the two clones confirmed that the old man was under control, they flashed into the house, restrained him, and shut the door behind them.

This old man was named Genno. During the Second Shinobi World War, he had been a Jonin from Heat-Haze Village, which Konoha had destroyed. His entire family had died tragically in Konoha's invasion.

So, for all these years, he had lurked within Konoha, disguising himself as a craftsman. While helping build Konoha everywhere he went, he had also added a little something extra to the bricks and tiles—Explosive Tags.

No one had ever discovered this secret throughout his decades of hiding and disguise.

And over those decades, not even he knew just how massive a bomb he had planted beneath all of Konoha.

His plan was to blow the entire Konoha sky-high in one go.

Although there was still a long way to go before his plan could succeed.

Setting off those Explosive Tags now would still deal Konoha a devastating blow.

In the original story, this was another fool who had been talked down by Naruto.

He had clung to his lifelong wish for decades, only to give up on his dream because Naruto looked like his son.

So Uchiha Huan would take over Genno's great undertaking.

When Genno woke up, he discovered that his chakra had already been sealed.

In the dimly lit room, all he could see were the blood-red tomoe in the two men's eyes.

Uchiha! Genno thought of the Uchiha Blood Night that had occurred in Konoha a month ago.

Although Konoha had announced that Itachi Uchiha, a traitor of the Uchiha Clan, was responsible, anyone with half a brain knew what had really happened.

He quickly understood the purpose of these two Uchiha. They had somehow uncovered what he had done and found him with such precision. They might even have discovered his true identity.

"I want the locations of every Explosive Tag you planted in Konoha." Clone 1 spoke in an icy, hoarse voice.

"Acting now is too hasty. Give me another ten years, and I can make Konoha pay an even more painful price." Genno neither begged for mercy nor hid anything. Instead, he tried to persuade the two Uchiha.

With their help, perhaps he could take his revenge more successfully.

Uchiha Huan did not believe Genno's words—or rather, he did not believe in his resolve for revenge.

Otherwise, he would not have been convinced by Naruto's few words and abandoned his grand revenge plan.

"We have our own plan. Tell me the locations of those Explosive Tags, as well as the hand seals needed to detonate them."

No Explosive Tags had ever been accidentally triggered over the decades, naturally because Genno had set up special detonation hand seals.

"And if I refuse?"

"Killing you would only cause us a minor inconvenience. But for you, all your decades of effort would go to waste, and the Explosive Tags you buried would become nothing but scraps of paper."

Genno took a deep breath and finally yielded. "Before you kill me, I hope I can watch a brilliant fireworks display."

"We'll detonate them tonight. If you don't want to die, you can use the opportunity to leave Konoha."

"That doesn't matter. I only want to see with my own eyes that my efforts all these years were not in vain."

"You will. You'll see it."

Night fell, casting a layer of shadow over the shinobi village.

Because of the Uchiha Clan massacre a month ago, Konoha had become much more desolate at night. It would likely take a long time for things to recover.

But a thunderous blast shattered the tranquil night. Immediately afterward, Hokage Rock exploded with a deafening roar, and the flames lit up all of Konoha like a small sun.

Sarutobi Hiruzen leaped onto a rooftop. Seeing his own stone face on Hokage Rock blown to pieces, rage surged straight to his head.

Swoosh, swoosh—

Two figures landed before Sarutobi Hiruzen and dropped to one knee.

"Immediately gather all Jonin. Put the entire village on alert."

At that moment, flames suddenly erupted from every corner of the village.

A few seconds later, the explosions reached them.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression grew even grimmer at the sight.

Had Konoha come under attack from an outside enemy?

"Immediately send people to protect the Jinchūriki. Have all the major clans go on alert."

By then, all of Konoha was in chaos. No one knew where the enemy was. Explosions rang out one after another, and the flames illuminated nearly half of Konoha.

Uchiha Huan's two clones kept detonating Explosive Tags throughout Konoha.

Over the decades, Genno had buried millions of Explosive Tags throughout Konoha.

Though that was still a tiny bit short of the five hundred billion Explosive Tags that the future spendthrift woman Konan possessed, it was more than enough to throw Konoha into chaos.

At that moment, Uchiha Huan truly regretted not knowing the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags Technique. Otherwise, the power of these explosions could have risen by several levels.

The two clones arrived at the Hokage Building. The moment they entered, two Wind Release: Shuriken shot out from the darkness.

The two clones activated their Mangekyō Sharingan at the same time. Eye of Time!

Time instantly froze for one second, and in that single second, the battle was already over.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Huan, who was lying in wait outside Konoha, shed two tears of blood.

To end things quickly, the two clones had directly used the time-freezing ability of the Eye of Time, but the backlash had also been transferred to Uchiha Huan's main body.

The two clones swiftly found a hidden compartment tucked into a gap in the corner of the Hokage's Office.

In the original story, this was where Naruto had found the Book of Sealing.

The instant they saw the Book of Sealing, the clones immediately stored it in the Storage Soul Tool.

When the two clones left the Hokage Building, a white-haired ninja wearing a half-face mask blocked their path.

"Stop! You aren't Konoha ninja."

"Oh, isn't this Konoha's technician, Kakashi-senpai?"

Konoha's technician? That definitely didn't sound like a compliment.

Kakashi stared coldly at the two clones.

Just as the tension reached its peak, one clone spoke. "Do you want to know the real cause of your father's death?"

"What do you mean?" Kakashi asked as he stepped forward.

"Back then, your father was the Hokage's right-hand man, only one step away from becoming Hokage himself. But he wasn't part of the Hokage's direct line, so the Third Hokage deliberately framed him. He sent your father on a mission that was absolutely impossible to complete, forcing him to choose between his comrades and the mission. Whether he chose his comrades or the mission, he would have been condemned. Your father chose his comrades, and you saw what happened afterward—public opinion drove him to suicide. But the real reason was that your father uncovered the Third Hokage's conspiracy. He couldn't accept that the Third Hokage he had served was so ugly beneath the surface. And because of you, he couldn't risk his life fighting the Third Hokage. Hehe... how tragic. The Third Hokage killed your father, yet you're still working like a dog for him. Hahaha..."

Kakashi's mind was shaken by the clone's words. In that instant, he was met by a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan. A six-pointed star pattern was branded into his mind, and then Kakashi lost consciousness.

"Whew... That was close. If the great technician had decided to fight to the death, that really would've been troublesome."

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