Hearing this, Naraka smiled in his heart, then took a few steps forward and lowered his voice. "Orochimaru and I, as well as another collaborator from Nine Nether, are about to present a grand 'collapse plan' to Konoha."
"At that time, in the chaos, we can help you clear some obstacles, such as Hiruzen Sarutobi, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and even the future Hokage Kakashi Hatake."
"As long as they disappear, in the ruins after the disaster, who else is more qualified and capable than you, Shimura Danzō, to take charge of Konoha and lead it to 'rebirth'?"
Shimura Danzō sneered, but was not dazzled by this beautiful blueprint. "There is no pie in the sky. What do you need me to do?"
"You don't need to do anything," Naraka said in an understatement, "You just need to restrain your 'roots' and stand still at the right time."
"When everything is settled, you can stand up as soon as possible, clean up the mess, stabilize people's hearts, and take over Hokage's hat naturally."
Shimura Danzō's one eye flashed, obviously weighing it rapidly. After a moment, he said in a deep voice, "It sounds very tempting. However, Hiruzen's strength is unfathomable, and Jiraiya and Tsunade are by no means ordinary people. How can you guarantee that you will be able to kill them this time?"
Naraka let out a more sinister and deep laugh, and his black body swayed slightly. "I knew you would ask this question. Therefore, we have also prepared a second plan to ensure nothing goes wrong."
"Your Excellency Danzo, please come here..."
Shimura Danzō hesitated for a moment, but still leaned forward slightly. Naraka stepped forward and whispered in a voice that only the two of them could hear.
As Naraka narrated, the expression on Danzo's face gradually changed from solemnity to surprise, and finally turned into a cruel and clear sneer.
He slowly straightened up and looked at Naraka with one eye. "Taking advantage of the weakness of people's hearts and delivering a fatal blow at a critical moment is indeed a vicious plan you can come up with. In terms of insidiousness and cunning, I am indeed ashamed of myself."
Naraka bowed slightly and performed a hypocritical courtesy. His voice was full of joy. "To each other, Your Excellency Danzo. It is always so pleasant to work with you."
On the other side, "Did you see it? Did you see it! I won! It was me, Naruto Uzumaki, who won!"
Naruto had just returned to the stands from the competition. His hair was still messy due to the fierce battle, but his face was filled with unprecedented brilliance.
He patted his chest hard and almost jumped in front of Sasuke and Sakura. His voice was so loud that it attracted the other Genin around him to look sideways.
"Neji! That Neji who is known as the genius of Hyuga! I defeated him!" Naruto put his hands on his hips, raised his chin high, and had the words "praise me" written all over his body.
He specifically turned to Sasuke, stretched out his index finger and almost poked the other person's nose, and declared with great force, "Especially you, Sasuke! From today on, you are not allowed to call me Dead Last! Did you hear me? Now I, Naruto Uzumaki, am no longer what I used to be!"
Sasuke folded his arms and leaned on the railing. He didn't even bother to raise his eyelids. He just let out a very soft snort from his nose:
"Hmph. Idiot. One day I am Dead Last, my whole life I am Dead Last."
"Ahhh! What did you say! Stinky Sasuke! If you have the ability, fight with me now! Let me show you how powerful I am!" Naruto instantly became furious and was about to pounce on him, but was quickly stopped by Sakura on the side.
"Naruto! Please be quiet! Sasuke-kun is about to compete!" Sakura pulled Naruto with difficulty while looking at Sasuke worriedly.
At this moment, the examiner's voice echoed throughout the venue:
"The next game, Sasuke Uchiha, versus Gaara from Sunagakure!"
"Oh! It's your turn Sasuke!" Naruto was immediately diverted. He temporarily put aside his "grievance" with Sasuke, clenched his fists hard, and shouted at Sasuke:
"Come on! Show some color to that guy with the gourd on his back and the fierce eyes! Teach him a lesson! If you lose, I will look down on you!"
Sasuke finally moved. He put down his arms, stood up straight, and cast his sharp eyes at the red-haired figure at the entrance to the arena below, with a confident and cold arc at the corner of his mouth.
"You don't need to say it, Dead Last!"
He dropped these words calmly, without even looking back at Naruto and Sakura. He put one hand in his trouser pocket, and with a few ups and downs of his figure, he jumped directly from the high stands and landed steadily in the center of the stadium in an extremely chic and elegant manner, causing exclamations and screams from the girls in the stands.
On the field, Gaara's pair of green eyes with deep dark circles were locked on the black-haired boy opposite, filled with unabashed murderous intent and madness.
"Sasuke Uchiha!" Gaara's voice was low and hoarse, like gravel rubbing together, "I will definitely kill you in this game."
Facing Gaara's naked declaration of death, Sasuke just raised his chin slightly, and the corners of his mouth outlined a cold, arrogant and disdainful arc.
His black pupils turned scarlet in an instant, and three Tomoe slowly emerged and rotated slowly, eerie and mysterious.
"If you can do it." His response was understatement, but full of absolute confidence.
"Start!"
As soon as the referee finished speaking.
"Wow!"
The sand beside Gaara suddenly burst out as if it was alive, turning into several giant yellow pythons. With a dull sound of breaking through the air, they swooped towards Sasuke from different angles! The speed was far faster than any previous game!
There were exclamations in the stands.
However, Sasuke's figure moved. Under Three-Tomoe Sharingan's dynamic vision, the trajectory of the seemingly airtight sand offensive became clearly visible.
"Too slow."
He snorted coldly, and his body seemed to turn into a black lightning. He moved and jumped with light and precise steps, shuttled freely between the gaps in the yellow sand in the sky, and narrowly avoided being caught by the sand every time. His movements were as smooth as dancing, with a kind of freehand calmness.
"So fast!" Sakura couldn't help exclaiming in the stands.
Naruto also widened his eyes. "That guy has really become a lot stronger!"
The dust in the sky almost obscures the sight, but the scarlet Sharingan of Sasuke is always firmly locked on the body of Gaara.
He took advantage of the gaps in the sand attack to continuously close the distance at an astonishing speed. In a few breaths, he had already broken through to Gaara!
"What?!" A trace of astonishment flashed in Gaara's eyes, and he subconsciously controlled the sand to defend himself, condensing into a sand shield in front of him.
Sasuke's eyes were sharp, and the fist that originally seemed to be going straight to the palace drew a strange arc in the air, cleverly bypassing the sand shield's defense range, and with all the strength of his body, he hit Gaara's face hard!
"Bang!"
There was a muffled sound, and Gaara was hit so hard that his head jerked back and his body staggered back a few steps.