Uchiha Makoto wanted absolutely nothing to do with any potential border conflict.
His plan was to lie low in Konoha and peacefully wait for Sasuke and Naruto, his two ultimate cash cows, to grow up!
All that fighting and killing outside was none of his damn business!
With Shisui, the Hatake father and son, and so many Jonin around, surely they could handle Kumogakure's show of force?
Yet even when the tree longed for stillness, the wind would not stop.
After personally clearing out Danzo and Orochimaru, the two biggest internal problems, Uchiha Makoto suddenly realized that life inside Konoha might have become a little too comfortable for him.
"Danzo had Root, Orochimaru had Otogakure, and even Madara Uchiha had the Akatsuki and an army of White Zetsu..."
Uchiha Makoto rubbed his chin as he watched Itachi practice taijutsu in the courtyard, grunting with each move. A thought rose unbidden in his mind.
"Should I... put together some 'personal troops' of my own?"
Was relying on a few modified puppets, Tufeng, Yako, and the trio of A Mu and Nako a little too meager?
If he really had to face the Akatsuki and those cheating bastards, the Ōtsutsuki, in the future, wouldn't he need more "cannon fodder"... no, "support"?
The idea was like a seed. Once it fell, it quietly began to take root and sprout.
And just as Uchiha Makoto began seriously considering building his own force, an unexpected gift arrived before him.
Number Two, Tufeng, Number Three, Yako, and Number Four, A Mu, whom he had sent out to roam the shinobi world freely while collecting rare materials and intelligence, relayed a brief message through a special communication method-one that was enough to make his eyes widen in shock:
``` [Target captured: suspected Ancient Creature Remnant. Possesses advanced