Turning their scheme against them! Feeding false intelligence straight into their mouths!

Teacher, nine prey have been captured, and the remaining one has been brought to the designated observation position as you instructed. What should we do with them next?

On the top floor of the castle tower, Uchiha Itachi's cold yet immature voice clearly reached Gen'yō's ears through the communicator built into his divine armor.

Gen'yō was leisurely reclining in a chair, holding a teacup. On the huge screen in front of him, everything in the alley was being broadcast live in high-definition, uncensored quality from multiple angles.

Well done, Itachi.

Gen'yō put down his teacup, a satisfied smile playing on his lips.

The performance was absolutely perfect.

Itachi's fighting prowess was capable of completely shattering the psychological defenses of Konoha High Command, plunging them into despair, yet also leaving them with a tangible, yet deadly, lifeline through his seemingly unintentional final act.

"Now, let's begin Act Two." Gen'yō instructed calmly, "Remember, your performance must be natural. You must exude the arrogance and carelessness that a genius young man should have. You must make them believe that they overheard this information on their own merits, and that we deliberately fed it to them."

clear.

The itachi on the other end of the communicator did not hesitate at all.

He would obey Gen'yō's orders without question, because he firmly believed that every decision his teacher made was the right path to lead the Uchiha Clan to ultimate victory.

In the alley.

The Faceless Ones with the broken leg was enduring excruciating pain, shrinking his body into the deepest part of the shadows, his breath almost stopped.

His biological instincts told him that the purple-armored brat at the alley entrance was a devil and should never be provoked.

But the death order from Konoha compelled him to do everything in his power to gather intelligence.

Just then, he overheard the conversation between the two new Uchiha guards and Itachi.

Young Master Itachi, are you alright? The clan leader really gave them too much credit by letting you handle all this trash by yourself.

"It's alright." Itachi's voice carried a hint of youthful coolness; they were just a few silent insects. "By the way, I think I just heard you discussing the maintenance plan for the military factory?"

"Yes, Young Master Itachi." One of the guards lowered his voice, but the volume was just enough for the Faceless Ones hiding dozens of meters away to hear clearly. "Tomorrow morning at nine o'clock, the Heart of Amaterasu energy conversion core will undergo routine maintenance. At that time, the entire military factory's external defense barrier will experience a ten-minute energy trough. Fugaku has instructed us to increase patrols."

Heart of Amaterasu!

Energy Conversion Core!

A ten-minute energy slump!

The Faceless Ones, lurking in the shadows, had these keywords firmly imprinted into his biochip.

Meanwhile, at the Konoha underground base thousands of miles away, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were so excited that they trembled all over, covering their mouths tightly to keep from screaming.

Found it!

Finally found it!

The heart of the Uchiha Divine Kingdom! Its fatal weakness!

That brat! That brat named Itachi! He's so arrogant! Who does he think he is? Discussing such high-level secrets on the battlefield! Mitokado Homura's face turned red with excitement as he muttered curses under his breath, but his tone was filled with the ecstatic joy of surviving a disaster.

No! This is our chance! Utatane Koharu's eyes gleamed with a crazed light. Ten minutes! If we can seize this ten-minute window, concentrate all our strength, and launch a fatal blow against Heart of Amaterasu! We can destroy their military factory! We can completely shatter their dream of flying!

In the scene, Itachi seems to have lost interest in the topic.

Understood. Dispose of these corpses properly; don't let the stench of blood pollute the air inside the city.

After saying that, he didn't even bother to glance at the survivor in the corner, turned around, and transformed into a bolt of lightning, disappearing into the alleyway.

The two Uchiha guards simply used Fire Style to burn the corpses on the ground, completely ignoring the seriously injured man hiding in the garbage heap, as if he were just a pile of useless trash.

The opportunity has arrived!

Upon seeing this, Utatane Koharu immediately issued a final command to the Faceless Ones via their mental link.

Retreat! At all costs! Bring this intelligence back! You are Konoha's last hope!

Upon receiving the command, the Faceless Ones seemed to have had the last trace of human emotion in his eyes completely erased.

With his only remaining hand, he pulled a green vial from his pocket and plunged it into his neck without hesitation.

That was a forbidden drug developed by Orochimaru in his early years. It could squeeze out all the life potential of the body in a short period of time, and obtain speed and power beyond the Kage Level. But the price was that after three minutes, the user's muscles would dissolve and turn into a pool of blood.

boom!

The Faceless Ones's body instantly swelled up, and the cracked bones emitted a teeth-grinding grinding sound.

The next second, he transformed into a white blur, rushing out of the alley at a speed even faster than Itachi had just been, and frantically fleeing towards the outer defense line of the Divine Kingdom!

He ran away! He ran away with the intelligence!

At the Konoha underground base, Mitokado Homura excitedly waved his fist.

"Quick! Get him there! Have all the Anbu lurking on the perimeter cover his retreat at all costs! "Utatane Koharu yelled into the communicator.

Castle Keep

Gen'yō looked at the red dot on the screen that was fleeing at an astonishing speed, a mocking smile on his face like a cat playing with a mouse.

"Boss, we just let him get away like that? This guy's speed is a bit abnormal." Obito watched from the side, his mouth agape in disapproval.

If I don't let him escape, how will the fish take the bait? Gen'yō leisurely picked up his teacup. I had already left a Kamui Dimension Anchor Point on him, smaller than a fly's leg.

In Gen'yō's eyes, golden runes flashed by. Not only that, but I also used this anchor point to send them a great gift.

A big gift? Obito curiously leaned closer.

A flawlessly forged fragment of the design blueprints for the core power reactor of the Heavenly Floating City. Gen'yō's smile became inscrutable. It revealed a fatal design flaw that could only be repaired by an extremely rare Sky Crystal.

As far as I know, this Sky Crystal exists in only one place in the entire Shinobi World.

Obito's eyes lit up instantly: Boss, you mean...

I didn't say anything. Gen'yō waved his hand. "I just want to see what a person would choose when they're dying of thirst in the desert and suddenly see a bottle of poisoned mirage."

At this time, on the border of the Divine Kingdom.

After sacrificing the lives of seven Konoha Anbu, the Faceless Ones finally dragged his melting body out of the crystal dome and collapsed into the desert.

The Konoha Ninja who came to meet him immediately rushed forward and snatched the intelligence chip, which he had obtained at the cost of his life, from his already decaying hand.

When the chip was sent back to Konoha, two top-secret pieces of information— the Heart of Amaterasu Shinobi World the Weakness of the Floating Castle—were presented to Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.

The entire underground base fell into a deathly silence.

Then, a deafening, hysterical burst of laughter erupted!

Hahaha! Hiruzen! Did you see that? Heaven hasn't forsaken Konoha! Heaven hasn't forsaken Konoha!

Utatane Koharu, burst into tears, clutching the tiny chip as if it were the future of the entire world.

Issue my order! Summon all available elites! Every single one! Including those retired old guys! Drag them all out of their coffins!

The flames of revenge burned in Mitokado Homura's eyes, and his voice was hoarse with excitement.

Tell them that the fate of Konoha hinges on this!

This time, we will nip the future of the Uchiha, along with their ridiculous Divine Kingdom, in the bud!