Uchiha You's Partner

Of course, he could not really spend all his Behind-the-Scenes Points on repairing his eyes.

Once he returned to Konoha, there was an even bigger game to set in motion.

"Activate Eye-Power Maintenance once."

[Consumed 1000 Behind-the-Scenes Points.]

[Repairing eye-power damage...]

The next instant,

a cool force poured into his eyes.

The burning pain deep within his eye sockets rapidly eased.

His vision became clear.

His mind relaxed considerably as well.

Uchiha You closed his eyes and felt his eye power recover, the smile at the corner of his lips deepening.

Comfortable.

No wonder transmigrators all liked systems.

This feeling of cheating was indeed addictive.

But he quickly suppressed his emotions.

A cheat was a tool.

Not something to rely on.

In a world like Naruto, what was truly frightening had never been strength alone.

There was also intelligence.

Planning.

People's hearts.

Black Zetsu had hidden for a thousand years, and he had not relied on his fists to do so.

Obito had been able to stir up the shinobi world not because he was unbeatable in a duel, but because he knew how to hide, deceive, and exploit others.

And what Uchiha You wanted was to hide better than them, deceive better than them, and exploit others better than them.

The system suddenly chimed again.

[Side quests available.]

[Side Quest One: Save Shisui Uchiha.]

[Quest Reward: 10,000 Behind-the-Scenes Points, increased resistance to Kotoamatsukami.]

[Side Quest Two: Turn Itachi Uchiha.]

[Quest Reward: 15,000 Behind-the-Scenes Points, increased resistance to Mangekyo Sharingan Genjutsu.]

[Side Quest Three: Seize the Root core archives belonging to Danzo.]

[Quest Reward: 12,000 Behind-the-Scenes Points, Hashirama Cells compatibility increased by 10%.]

[Side Quest Four: Have at least four Akatsuki core members participate in Uchiha Massacre Night.]

[Current Progress: Pain, Konan, Sasori, Kakuzu, and Kisame. Five members have tentatively agreed.]

[Quest Reward: 20,000 Behind-the-Scenes Points, beginner Akatsuki Command.]

Uchiha You looked at these missions, and his eyes gradually lit up.

Very good.

These missions completely overlapped with his upcoming plans.

Save Shisui.

Turn Itachi.

Destroy Danzo.

Bring Akatsuki into Konoha.

The system was not forcing him down another path. It was rewarding him for taking the path he had intended to take anyway.

That was what made a system truly satisfying.

Uchiha You said softly,

"It seems Uchiha Massacre Night has to be handled beautifully."

Not only did he need to prevent the Uchiha Clan from being exterminated.

He also needed to keep the casualties as low as possible.

More importantly, he had to use the opportunity to destroy Root and ensure Danzo would never have another chance to rise again.

If he could also pull the Third Hokage down from the center of Konoha's power, that would be even more perfect.

Just then, someone knocked on the door.

Knock, knock.

Kisame's voice came from outside.

"You."

"That masked guy is here."

The panel in Uchiha You's vision slowly disappeared.

He turned and walked to the door, opening it.

Kisame stood outside with his greatsword slung over his shoulder, wearing an amused smile as though he were watching a show.

"He doesn't look very happy."

Uchiha You smiled.

"That's normal."

"When a chess piece suddenly starts playing its own game, the player is bound to be unhappy."

At the end of the corridor,

Tobi stood there, his body slightly tilted, still looking as unserious as ever.

"You, Pain has agreed to let you temporarily join Akatsuki."

"Next, we need to arrange a ring and a partner for you."

Uchiha You walked over.

"A partner?"

Tobi nodded.

"Akatsuki generally works in teams of two."

"Juzo is dead, Kisame has just joined, and the two of you returned together from the Land of Water."

"So Pain's intention is for you to team up with Kisame for now."

Kisame grinned.

"I have no objections."

Uchiha You glanced at Kisame.

This arrangement was exactly what he wanted.

Kisame was strong, not stupid, straightforward by nature, and most importantly, he had not yet been completely fooled into believing Obito's Eye of the Moon nonsense.

Keeping him close would make him ideal to cultivate into his first blade within Akatsuki.

Tobi said with a giggle,

"You probably don't have any objections either, do you?"

Uchiha You said flatly,

"No."

Tobi clapped his hands.

"Then that's great."

"But Pain also gave me another instruction."

Uchiha You asked,

"What is it?"

Tobi said,

"Since you want Akatsuki to participate in the operation over at Konoha, you need to provide sufficiently accurate intelligence."

"Konoha's internal situation, the Uchiha Clan's current state, the Root Base's location, Danzo's habits of operation..."

"These cannot just be empty words."

Uchiha You looked at Tobi.

"You want intelligence?"

Tobi spread his hands.

"It's not that I want it. The organization needs it."

"Fine."

Uchiha You took a Scroll from his robes and tossed it to Tobi.

Tobi caught it.

"What's this?"

Uchiha You said flatly,

"The patrol routes of the Konoha Police Force, ANBU surveillance points around the Uchiha Clan Grounds, and three possible underground entrances to Root."

The eye behind Tobi's mask flickered slightly.

He had actually given it to him?

Tobi had originally thought Uchiha You would make excuses or bargain with him.

He had not expected him to be so direct.

But Tobi soon sneered inwardly.

He was still too young, after all.

He had handed over such important intelligence so easily.

However, in the next second, Uchiha You added,

"Of course, this is only the first batch."

"Some of it is real, and some of it is false."

"If you want to know which parts are real, that depends on the organization's sincerity."

Tobi: "..."

Kisame nearly laughed out loud.

This Uchiha really refused to suffer even the slightest loss.

Tobi's hand paused slightly around the Scroll before he resumed his giggling tone.

"You really are cautious, You."

Uchiha You said,

"Likewise."

"After all, you are not someone worth trusting either."

Tobi's tone became exaggerated.

"Oh my, I'm being disliked."

Uchiha You ignored him.

He turned, preparing to leave.

Tobi suddenly spoke.

"You."

"Do you really hate Konoha that much?"

Uchiha You stopped.

Tobi continued,

"Konoha is still your village."

"The Uchiha Clan is also part of Konoha."

"If you lead Akatsuki into Konoha, there will be no turning back."

It sounded like advice.

But in truth, it was a test.

A test of Uchiha You's bottom line.

And a test of whether he would truly go to war with Konoha's upper ranks for the sake of the Uchiha Clan.

Uchiha You turned around and looked at Tobi.

"You're right."

"Konoha is my village."

"That is precisely why I need to clear out those parasites."

Tobi's gaze shifted.

Uchiha You continued,

"I do not hate Konoha."

"What I hate are the people who exterminated my clan under Konoha's name."

"If a tree's roots have rotted, some people will kneel and beg it not to fall."

"But I will dig out the rotten roots myself."

"Even if blood flows like a river while I do it."

Tobi fell silent for a moment.

That answer was more troublesome than simply hating Konoha.

If Uchiha You merely hated Konoha, then he would be easy to use.

As long as they kept magnifying his hatred and drove him into a complete break with Konoha, that would be enough.

But Uchiha You was not merely venting his anger.

He had goals.

Danzo.

Root.

The Third Hokage's old power structure.

He wanted to purge Konoha, not destroy it.

People like him were harder to control than madmen.

Tobi smiled.

"You really have ideals, You."

Uchiha You replied calmly:

"I wouldn't call them ideals."

"I just prefer letting the people who deserve to die die first."

With that, he left with Kisame.

Only Tobi remained in the corridor.

White Zetsu poked his head out of the wall.

"He's hard to fool."

Tobi's voice sank.

"The smarter a person is, the more they trust their own judgment."

"As long as we show him what he wants to see, he can still be led."

White Zetsu asked:

"What do we do next?"

Tobi looked at the Scroll in his hand.

"First, investigate this intelligence."

"It doesn't matter what's true and what's false."

"What matters is finding out what he is really trying to hide."

White Zetsu smiled.

"What if he isn't hiding anything?"

Tobi said coldly:

"Then it means he has hidden it even deeper."