Konoha: The Female Ninja Fell Apart After the Diary Was Exposed

Teacher,

Please don't let me find out you had something to do with the disappearance of the Senju Clan, too.

I really don't want to...

Kill you!

As Tsunade drank to drown her sorrows, the Diary updated again.

[Of course, don't start feeling sorry for Uchiha Itachi.]

[There were plenty of ways to resolve the conflict between the village and the Uchiha Clan. He chose the most extreme one.]

[Besides the radical hawks, the Uchiha Clan also had conservatives who wanted to make peace. But Uchiha Itachi made no distinction between them and killed his entire clan.]

[Calling him scum would be an insult to scum.]

[After arrogantly deciding his clan's fate, Uchiha Itachi mapped out Sasuke Uchiha's life as well.]

[His plan was to make Sasuke Uchiha hate him and grow stronger in pursuit of revenge. Once Sasuke Uchiha awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, Itachi would give him his own, allowing Sasuke Uchiha to awaken the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.]

[At the same time, he would die by Sasuke Uchiha's hand as a Konoha S-Rank Missing-nin, making Sasuke Uchiha a hero of the village.]

Reading this, the women couldn't help feeling conflicted.

Granted,

Just as Naruto Uzumaki had said,

Calling Uchiha Itachi scum for what he had done was hardly unfair.

But

He really did care about his younger brother, Sasuke Uchiha.

A moment later,

The women realized how wrong they were.

[But don't assume Uchiha Itachi treated Sasuke Uchiha all that well.]

[Did he ever consider how Sasuke felt about any of this?]

[Does claiming it's for someone's own good give you the right to force a life on them?]

[Did he ever think about how much pain Sasuke would feel when he learned the truth?]

[What's more, to make sure Sasuke followed the path Itachi had chosen and kept protecting the village, Uchiha Itachi even prepared Kotoamatsukami to control Sasuke Uchiha's mind.]

[Using a powerful genjutsu that can silently change someone's will on your own little brother... Heh.]

[Did he see Sasuke as a brother, or as a plaything meant to carry on his will?]

The Secrets of Ancient Times Left the Women Desperate for More

The Land of Rain.

"Uchiha Itachi was a spy sent by Konoha?"

Konan gritted her teeth, her expression turning cold.

She had never imagined that the S-Rank Missing-nin who had killed his entire clan and was wanted by Konoha...

Was actually Konoha's spy!

If she hadn't read it in the Diary, she doubted she would have believed it even if someone had told her to her face.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you're ruthless!"

A chill rose in Konan's heart.

After having Uchiha Itachi eliminate the Uchiha Clan, Hiruzen had even gotten him to willingly infiltrate Akatsuki and feed Konoha intelligence.

That kind of manipulation

Was terrifying.

Compared with Hiruzen Sarutobi, she and Nagato were like children playing games.

Then again,

The Akatsuki she had thought impregnable now looked riddled with threats.

There was Obito Uchiha, the Masked Man who posed as Madara Uchiha and harbored an unspeakable secret!

There was the mysterious half-black, half-white Zetsu who accompanied him!

There was Konoha's spy, Uchiha Itachi!

And there was Kisame Hoshigaki, the Kirigakure Missing-nin Obito Uchiha had invited to join!

Excluding herself and Nagato, Akatsuki currently had eight members.

Four of them were already confirmed problems.

As for the other four,

Apart from Kakuzu,

She couldn't be sure any of them were loyal, either.

After a moment's thought, cold sweat broke out on Konan's forehead.

She had once been so pleased that Akatsuki had recruited so many powerful members. Now, the thought left her shaken.

If not for Naruto and his Diary, she and Nagato might never have known what killed them.

Elsewhere, Naruto Uzumaki was still writing furiously in the Diary.

[But now that I'm here, I'll look after Sasuke.]

[I absolutely won't let what happened in the Original Story happen again.]

[Keeping the people around me from suffering the tragedies they faced in the Original Story—that's why I came to this world!]

At Naruto Uzumaki's declaration, the women found themselves smiling.

That guy

Was pretty handsome when he got serious.

[Oh, right. Sakura asked me about the origins of Chakra today.]

[Too bad... Even if I know the answer, I can't tell you. That would give away the fact that I came from another world, wouldn't it?]

There's no need to worry about that! We found out ages ago!

And

Well done, Sakura!

The women had been dying to learn more about Otsutsuki Kaguya.

That night,

Many of them had been too curious to sleep.

[Sakura probably never will know that the progenitor of the Shinobi World wasn't the Sage of Six Paths. It was Otsutsuki Kaguya.]

[Otsutsuki Kaguya came from the Ōtsutsuki Clan in the depths of the Universe.]

[As a lower-ranked member, Otsutsuki Kaguya was supposed to sacrifice herself to nurture the God Tree. But at the last moment, she gravely wounded Ōtsutsuki Isshiki of the Main Family and ate the God Tree Fruit herself.]

[After eating the God Tree Fruit, Otsutsuki Kaguya's power reached the level of Kekkei Mōra.]

[That's a level of existence beyond Six Paths Level.]

Kekkei Mōra?

The term stunned everyone.

As far as they knew, Kage Level fighters stood at the very peak of the Shinobi World. They couldn't begin to imagine what level Kekkei Mōra represented.

And

The progenitor of the Shinobi World

Had only been a lower-ranked member of that Ōtsutsuki Clan from the depths of the Universe?

Was it like the relationship between the Main Family and Branch Family of the Hyuga Clan?

The women's curiosity was thoroughly piqued.

[By eating the God Tree Fruit, Otsutsuki Kaguya betrayed the Ōtsutsuki Clan.]

[To stand against the Ōtsutsuki Clan in the future, Otsutsuki Kaguya used her Kekkei Mōra power to end an age of chaos. The people of the time revered her as the Rabbit Goddess.]

[With the people's blessings and prayers, Otsutsuki Kaguya gave birth to two sons: Hamura Otsutsuki and Hagoromo Otsutsuki.]

[Hagoromo Otsutsuki is the one known as the Sage of Six Paths.]

Ah!!!

Reading this,

The women trembled with excitement.

Naruto's revelations today were incredible.

They already loved gossip, and this was a secret from ancient times that no one knew.

Now,

Every one of them stared without blinking, afraid to miss the next update to the Diary.

[After her sons were born, Hamura and Hagoromo inherited part of Otsutsuki Kaguya's power.]

[To better prepare for the coming threat, Otsutsuki Kaguya cast Infinite Tsukuyomi and used the God Tree to turn ordinary people into living weapons: White Zetsu.]

"No wonder Zetsu's origins were such a mystery. He's been around since ancient times."

"But... Zetsu is half black and half white. Now I know where White Zetsu came from, but what about Black Zetsu?"

Konan murmured.

The Shinobi World

Held so many secrets she had never known.

[Unfortunately, Hamura and Hagoromo discovered that Otsutsuki Kaguya was creating White Zetsu, and both strongly opposed her.]

[When she failed to persuade them, Kaguya was bitterly disappointed in her sons and sought to reclaim the power they carried.]

[To stop their mother and protect themselves, Hagoromo Otsutsuki and Hamura Otsutsuki fought Kaguya for months.]

[Their battle shattered the Shinobi World. The God Tree transformed into the Ten-Tails to protect Otsutsuki Kaguya.]

[In the end, though, after Otsutsuki Kaguya created Black Zetsu, Hagoromo and Hamura joined forces and sealed her on the moon.]

Gasp!

Reading the Diary, the women drew sharp breaths.

It was absurd.

Utterly absurd!

For one thing,

A battle between Ninja had lasted for months? How much Chakra would that take?

Just three people had shattered the Shinobi World...

Was that the power of Kekkei Mōra?

With power like that,

"Immortal" seemed a fitting title.

And

According to Naruto's Diary, the Rabbit Goddess had only been sealed on the moon. She hadn't died!

The thought that the goddess might one day break free of the Sealing made everyone feel a wave of relief.

Thank goodness they had Naruto,