[At age 6, after entering the Ninja Academy, you displayed extraordinary talent and attracted everyone's attention.]
[Opening your eyes at age 6 drew all eyes toward you.]
[You gained the attention of Fugaku Uchiha, Hyuga Hiashi, Hiruzen Sarutobi, and Shimura Danzō.]
[At age 6 years and 1 month, Second Pillar challenged you. You utterly crushed him. Second Pillar was extremely unwilling to accept it and swore that he would defeat you before graduating from the Ninja Academy.]
[At age 6 years and 2 months, Yamanaka Ino confessed to you. She was deeply disappointed when she received no response.]
[At age 6 years and 3 months, Fugaku Uchiha invited you to his home and praised your talent.]
[At age 6 years and 4 months, you trained hard.]
[At age 6 years and 5 months, Hyuga Hinata developed a strong curiosity about you.]
[At age 6 years and 6 months, you took the initiative to approach Shimura Danzō. You exposed the Uchiha Clan's impending rebellion and told Shimura Danzō that you were willing to follow him.]
[Shimura Danzō placed the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal on you, making you a member of Root.]
[At age 6 years and 7 months, you monitored the Uchiha Clan.]
[At age 6 years and 8 months, you monitored the Uchiha Clan.]
[At age 6 years and 9 months, you monitored the Uchiha Clan.]
[At age 6 years and 10 months, you monitored the Uchiha Clan.]
[At age 6 years and 11 months, you monitored the Uchiha Clan.]
[At age 7, the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall erupted, and the Uchiha Clan was destroyed.]
[After Uchiha Itachi and the Konoha High Command reached an agreement, only one member of the Uchiha Clan could survive: Second Pillar.]
[You attempted to escape, but were quickly caught.]
[You killed two Root Ninjas.]
[You fainted!]
[When you opened your eyes, you found yourself in a Root Organization base. Danzo gave you a new identity. From today onward, you were no longer Uchiha. Your codename was Hungry Wolf.]
[At age 7 years and 1 month, you carried out missions according to Shimura Danzō's orders. You killed a Konoha ninja.]
[At age 7 years and 2 months, you killed two Iwagakure Ninjas.]
[At age 7 years and 3 months, you killed two Kusagakure Ninjas.]
[At age 7 years and 4 months, you killed a Kumogakure Ninja.]
[At age 7 years and 5 months, knowing what would happen a month later, you chose to escape during a mission. You hid in the Land of Earth, but Danzo quickly realized what you had done.]
[Danzo ordered Root Ninjas to hunt you down.]
[You killed four Root Ninjas who caught up to you.]
[You fled for half a month.]
[An elite Root Ninja squad appeared before you. You were no match for them and were killed.]
[Before dying, you broke one of their masks and recognized him.]
[The squad leader was Yakushi Kabuto.]
[This simulation has ended.]
[Please select the reward you want from the two options below.]
[1: Nothing.]
[2: The item you were holding before your death.]
Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes.
"Still no good. Even if I defected to Danzo, joined his faction, and did so much for him, Danzo still wouldn't trust me. He would keep watching me at all times."
"Even when I was out carrying out missions."
"Chunin-level strength isn't enough to escape Danzo's grasp."
"I need to think of another way to last out the six months with Danzo."
"Otherwise, the rewards I can obtain will still be very limited."
"Just like this time."
Uchiha Setsuna looked at the two options.
In the past, Uchiha Setsuna had always chosen the first option.
Because the first option was something tangible, while the second was unknown.
Faced with a threat like the Night of the Uchiha Clan Downfall, Uchiha Setsuna had become relatively cautious.
But this time, Uchiha Setsuna could only choose the second option.
"What would I have been holding before I died in the Life Simulation?"
With a thought, Uchiha Setsuna made his choice.
"I choose 2!"
The next moment, Uchiha Setsuna felt something appear in his hand.
A kunai—a bloodstained kunai.
Clearly, this was the kunai he had held while fighting Root Ninjas in the Life Simulation.
Uchiha Setsuna washed the kunai clean and tossed it aside.
It was only a kunai. It was of no use to Uchiha Setsuna at all.
He entered the classroom.
The morning was for academic classes.
But Uchiha Setsuna had no mind to listen.
"How can I survive the six-month deadline in Danzo's hands?"
"In the Life Simulator, Danzo didn't reveal any reason."
"Nor did I trigger anything unusual."
"That proves Danzo was simply giving me six months."
"Wait."
Uchiha Setsuna thought of something.
"I don't actually have to find a breakthrough through Danzo. In the Life Simulation, the one who killed me was a Root Ninja squad led by Yakushi Kabuto. I can look for a breakthrough through Yakushi Kabuto."
Memories concerning Yakushi Kabuto surfaced in Uchiha Setsuna's mind.
A war orphan whose adoptive mother was Yakushi Nonō.
And Yakushi Nonō had once been one of Root's ninjas.
At Danzo's demand, Yakushi Kabuto had also joined the Root Organization and carried out many missions for Root.
In terms of talent, Yakushi Kabuto was exceptionally strong.
He had no special bloodline and no special kekkei genkai, yet he was not inferior to those ninjas in the slightest.
But more importantly, Yakushi Kabuto's abilities were not limited to ninjutsu.
In scientific research, he could become Orochimaru's capable assistant.
Later, he even learned Sage Mode, which Orochimaru himself had failed to master.
Without Yakushi Kabuto's help, Tobi Uchiha could never have made the Fourth Shinobi World War proceed so smoothly.
But someone like him had not been so dark and crazed from the beginning.
In fact, Yakushi Kabuto had once been a very sunny and positive person.
He had been full of longing for family and friendship.
The reason Yakushi Kabuto later became what he did was entirely due to Danzo's scheme.
Danzo had personally orchestrated Yakushi Kabuto and Yakushi Nonō's mutual slaughter.
He shattered Yakushi Kabuto's yearning for family and caused him to suffer a mental breakdown. Only after that did Yakushi Kabuto's mind gradually become twisted, leaving him with nothing but the desire to vent his frustration.
"What would happen if I revealed the truth about Yakushi Nonō to Yakushi Kabuto?"
"Would Yakushi Kabuto betray Danzo?"
Uchiha Setsuna felt that the possibility was high.
Because for Yakushi Kabuto, no one was more important than Yakushi Nonō.
"In tomorrow's Life Simulation, I can set that as the direction."
"Use Yakushi Kabuto to buy time."
"That way, I can obtain more rewards."
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