Clearly, Konan still hadn't recovered.
She looked at Uchiha Kazama's handsome face and recalled everything that had just appeared in her mind...
The illusions within Tenshō felt almost indistinguishable from reality.
So the moment she saw that face, Konan instinctively lowered her head.
What had she just been doing?!
No, those weren't her real thoughts. This villain had controlled her with his Sharingan's dōjutsu...
But...
"So, do you really want to exchange information?"
Uchiha Kazama looked at the dazed Konan, feeling somewhat at a loss.
He truly hadn't anticipated a situation like this.
It seemed the charm points rewarded by the system were a little too powerful...
"How would we exchange it?!"
Konan temporarily suppressed the tangled mess in her mind, raised her head, and met Uchiha Kazama's gaze.
Those mesmerizing Mangekyō Sharingan, paired with that handsome face.
This really was difficult...
"If possible, I'd like to meet the leader of the Akatsuki. And I don't mean Pain!"
"Consider it a deal."
"What you're trying to do doesn't necessarily have to be achieved through violence... or rather, I could help you wield even greater force!"
Uchiha Kazama spoke with a smile.
"You..."
"I know about Nagato!"
"I also know what you're planning!"
"As long as I'm around, don't even think about taking the tailed beasts."
"I already know most of the information, so all you need to tell me now is what you want to know."
Kazama interrupted Konan without any haste.
Those few statements changed Konan's impression of Uchiha Kazama.
He... definitely wasn't a madman!
At least, he wasn't a mindless madman!
From his management of Konoha to this terrifying intelligence-gathering capability...
"The other villages are preparing to attack Konoha right now. Aren't you worried?!"
"With Konoha in this state, what could you possibly offer to help the Akatsuki?"
Konan finally spoke up.
He knew so much.
There was no way the Fifth Hokage before her was unaware of the other villages' movements.
So how was he going to...
"I know."
"We already have Sunagakure's Fourth Kazekage Rasa under our control."
"There are a few warmongers in Sunagakure, but we can just kill them when the time comes."
"Kirigakure... our Uchiha Clan managed to drive them back before. What do you think I have to worry about now?"
"As for Kumogakure, they're decent opponents."
"But the Fourth Raikage is just a guy with muscles for brains. A little strategy will take care of him."
"With Ōnoki's age, Iwagakure has lost its drive."
"Threaten him a little, and he won't act rashly."
"In other words, if they dare to come, I'll kill every last one of them!"
Uchiha Kazama laid it all out calmly.
He sounded as casual as if he were deciding between hot pot and barbecue for dinner...
Sure enough, this guy was a complete and utter madman!
Did the Akatsuki really have to make an enemy of someone like him?!
Given the strength Uchiha Kazama had displayed, Konan had no doubt that he could wipe out the Akatsuki.
"I'll tell Nagato about this."
"If..."
"All right, I still have some things to take care of."
"Konan, you can head back first, or wait for me and we'll go meet Nagato together."
"I also know the man you're suspicious of."
"And he's one of my targets."
Having said that, Uchiha Kazama stopped focusing on Konan.
Right now, a woman wasn't what mattered.
It was the four clansmen before him.
Maintaining the Mangekyō Sharingan consumed a great deal of pupillary power and chakra.
He needed to concentrate on controlling his chakra.
Konan fell silent as well.
Was Uchiha Kazama just talking about Madara Uchiha?!
Right, they were both Uchiha...
But...
Konan's thoughts had already been wandering, and now her mind was even more tangled.
Feeling dazed, she walked aside and sat down.
Inside the illusion.
"This is..."
Uchiha Ryunen sat up in bed and looked around.
"The smell of blood?!"
"Did something happen in the village?"
Uchiha Ryunen immediately sprang up, grabbed the short sword beside him, and rushed out.
Once he left the room, the scene around him left him stunned.
"This..."
The bodies of his clansmen lay in pools of blood.
Before Uchiha Ryunen could react, he felt something sticky on his hand.
He instinctively looked down.
The short sword in his hand was covered in blood.
There was blood on his body, too.
"Liunian, run..."
Schlurk!
A voice rang out.
He looked toward the sound.
Rimoku Uchiha and Uchiha Natsume had been impaled with long blades.
He took a closer look.
Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Fugaku!
Why?!
They...
Where was the patriarch?
"You're next."
"What a shame. If you'd stayed sound asleep, perhaps you could have left this world without any pain!"
"To ensure our clan's survival, you radicals must die."
Uchiha Fugaku spoke with an indifferent expression.
Together with the bodies of familiar faces all around him, this made Uchiha Ryunen's Sharingan begin to tremble violently.
His pupillary power rose as well.
Sensing the change in that pupillary power, Uchiha Kazama's lips curled into a smile.
Sure enough, Uchiha Itachi's massacre of the clan was the best way to stir anger and grief in his clansmen's hearts.
Especially when they saw all their close companions die horribly.
With a shock like that, anyone with enough potential would naturally awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan.
And Uchiha Kazama had set it up so that awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan would allow them to escape the illusion.
All three of their pupillary powers were rising, leaving Kazama very satisfied.
At the border of the Land of Fire.
"Lord Raikage, all the shinobi we previously sent into the Land of Fire have been killed."
"We still can't confirm who did it."
"But Konoha is the most likely culprit."
Killer B stood before the Fourth Raikage, looking somewhat helpless.
They had originally intended to gather intelligence, but now every shinobi they had sent over had disappeared.
They hadn't obtained any information at all.
"In that case, we'll attack Konoha directly."
"There's no need to gather any more intelligence."
"The other villages have also sent shinobi into the Land of Fire this time. As long as we strike first, Konoha will once again face attacks from the four great shinobi villages."
With that, the Fourth Raikage vanished from the spot.
The others also rushed toward Konoha.
"The Fourth Raikage has made his move."
"Zetsu, spread the information from here."
"Uchiha Kazama... the Fifth Hokage? What a joke!"
"This world rotted away long ago. Then let's begin our operation right here."
After saying that, Obito Uchiha sank into the ground.
Now, there was something he had to do.
Launch the Eye of the Moon Plan ahead of schedule!