Naruto Uzumaki is a Rogue Ninja

I can't believe I ran into a brother-complex Itachi. Shouldn't he be in the Anbu right now? Did the Third Hokage give him time off? Trying to gather the latest news on the Uchiha clan?

In Root's secret base, Danzō looked at the two corpses and then up at the medical ninja standing beside him.

"Cause of death."

"It's unknown what kind of ninjutsu caused their internal organs to turn to paste, but..."

"But what?" Danzō pressed.

"There were many blade-like marks on their bones."

"Alright, you can go."

"Yes."

The medical ninja respectfully left. After exiting Root's secret base, she removed the mask from her face, revealing a woman wearing glasses. She had concealed one thing: on both corpses, there were identical tiny wounds.

Recalling the ninjutsu Naruto Uzumaki had created and brought to Root, although she was reluctant to think it, she felt that whoever killed these two people was either Naruto or someone closely related to Naruto.

Being kind-hearted, she naturally knew what would happen if she told Danzō about what she had hidden. To protect Naruto, she had to keep it a secret. To be absolutely safe, she secretly restored the wounds.

However, she didn't realize that because of this very act, the naturally suspicious Danzō no longer trusted her.

The next day, she received an order from Danzō to leave Konoha. On the day she left Konoha, an event that would spread throughout the ninja world also occurred.

It was precisely because Danzō pushed him that he made this decision. Family or Konoha? Sitting by the unconscious Sasuke's bedside for several hours, Itachi Uchiha made his choice.

The Uchiha clan suddenly announced their secession from Konoha! Spies from various ninja villages stationed in Konoha immediately relayed this news back to their respective villages.

Itachi Uchiha, originally a spy for Konoha, suddenly turned coat. Not only did he tell Shisui Uchiha and his father about all his agreements with Konoha, but he also confessed why he wanted to prevent the Uchiha clan from seceding.

The conversation ended with Fugaku Uchiha's fist, named "Father's Love," landing on Itachi Uchiha's face.

Upon hearing the news from Shisui's crow, Naruto couldn't help but sigh. Danzō truly was a villain-making machine. How many villains in the Hokage series owed their path to him?

It had to be said, Danzō's actions this time were truly helpful! He pushed the Uchiha Itachi, who was originally on Konoha's side, completely away. This move was a perfect score.

Naruto quickly shared his inner joy with the Nine-Tails, clutching his stomach and laughing so hard tears streamed down his face as he sat on the Nine-Tails' head.

"Danzō has done so many bad things, but he finally did one good deed! However, I don't think he'll be happy about it!"

Naruto thought of Danzō's angry expression and rolled around on the Nine-Tails happily. Was there anything more joyful than knowing Danzō was frustrated?

The answer was, of course, no!

Naruto sat on the Nine-Tails' head, swinging his feet.

Now, it was up to the Uchiha clan to safely leave the Land of Fire. Hopefully, they wouldn't die on the way out.

If Itachi Uchiha awakened his Mangekyo Sharingan, perhaps the Uchiha clan would have a high probability of safely leaving the Land of Fire.

However, casualties were inevitable. After all, not everyone in the Uchiha clan was a genius. The attack by the masked man, Obito, would likely interfere.

In the original story, he and the traitor Itachi massacred the Uchiha clan.

Space-Time Dōjutsu, terrifying, truly terrifying.

Chapter Sixteen: Nine-Tails Transformation (Revised) (1/2)

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"It's so strange, the Uchiha clan's change is truly bizarre!"

The masked man, appearing like a ghost on the tree trunk, looked through the eyes visible from his mask at the Uchiha clan below, who were packing their belongings and preparing to leave Konoha in their residential area.

"Is this... plans changing faster than they can be made?"

A person who looked like a Pitcher Plant poked their head out from the tree trunk. The opened Pitcher Plant revealed a black and white Yin-Yang face inside, and they spoke this sentence in a word-chaining fashion.

"It's just a change of method. They will die just the same, as the price for the Uchiha clan once betraying me, Madara Uchiha!" With that said, the masked man left the Pitcher Plant's Yin-Yang face behind.

"The Uchiha clan... how powerful they once were, now they are just a declining clan struggling to survive... they should disappear into the river of history."

The Pitcher Plant closed, and a strange laugh emanated from within before it merged back into the tree trunk.

"Brother..."

Sasuke Uchiha walked up to Itachi Uchiha and tugged on his sleeve.

"What's wrong, Sasuke?"

Itachi Uchiha looked down and saw Sasuke's face, filled with disappointment.

"Are we really leaving Konoha?" Sasuke Uchiha's eyes held a flicker of hope; he wished to hear the answer he desired from his brother's mouth.

However, in the current situation, it was clearly impossible. The matter was no longer within Itachi Uchiha's control.

Itachi Uchiha opened his mouth, but the words that reached his lips turned into a sigh. He ruffled Sasuke's hair and nodded slightly.

"Konoha is no longer suitable for the Uchiha clan to live in. Sasuke, go help Mother pack."

"Okay."

Sasuke Uchiha nodded dejectedly and ran into the house.

After sealing all the packed luggage into scrolls, over two hundred members of the Uchiha clan changed back into their clan's attire and walked towards the gates of Konoha.

Upon reaching the gates, the Third Hokage was there, seemingly having waited for a long time.

"Fugaku, can you not reconsider?" The Third Hokage looked at Fugaku Uchiha, who was at the front. "Even if not for Konoha, you should consider your children. Do you want them to live a life of displacement with you?"

"Konoha no longer has a place for the Uchiha Clan... Third Hokage, I appreciate your kindness. However, I am not just Sasuke's father, I am also the head of the Uchiha Clan."

"Is that so... Then I wish you a safe journey."

With that, the Third Hokage no longer tried to stop him. He knew he couldn't stop him, just as he couldn't stop what Danzō was about to do.

He had done all he could. If the Uchiha Clan insisted on leaving Konoha, then he couldn't be blamed for turning his back on them.

Once the Uchiha Clan walked out of Konoha's gates, they would no longer be Konoha's people. Whatever happened to them, Konoha would have absolutely nothing to do with it.

The Uchiha Clan has left... When I become a genin, I'll find an opportunity to leave Konoha!

"Is there something you need?"

Naruto looked at the Anbu who had appeared around her out of nowhere, their intentions clearly hostile.

"Naruto Uzumaki, Lord Danzō wishes to see you."