Became the mastermind behind the Akatsuki organization

Chapter 172 Uchiha and Kumogakure
While Kakashi and Kabuto were chatting at the Root, the Uchiha clan's territory next door was very lively.

After learning that Uchiha Fugaku had become the deputy commander on the front line, the Uchiha Hawk Faction was suddenly excited. The deputy commander is also the commander, and in the past only the core members of the Hokage line could hold this position.

Now that the Konoha high-ups have appointed Lord Fugaku as their deputy commander, doesn't it mean that Uchiha is one step closer to the position of Hokage? All that's left is to defeat the invading Kumogakure, and then he can run for Hokage with the power of victory.

Moreover, after experiencing the life and death trials of war, many of the clansmen were able to develop three-magatama Sharingan.

The Uchiha doves were deeply disturbed by the hawks' reaction. They hated war and were also worried that their relatives and friends would die in it.

But this war was started by the Hidden Cloud Village, and they would not just surrender.

So at this moment, the Uchiha hawks and doves united together, and it only took half a day for the Uchiha to organize several elite teams to join the large force heading to the front line.

Uchiha Shisui was naturally a member of one of the teams. As one of the strongest men in the clan, it was impossible for him to avoid the transfer order from the Hokage Building, and his identification with the village also made him unable to retreat.

However, after talking with Uchiha Itachi a few days ago, Bai Ye's words began to repeat in his mind.

"Uchiha cannot become Hokage, and any Uchiha who dreams of becoming Hokage will become unfortunate..."

Shisui tried hard to forget these words, but when he saw the tribesmen around him who were fanatical about war, he couldn't help but recall them in his mind.

Recovering his gradually dispersing thoughts, Shisui sighed softly.

Although he didn't want to become Hokage, he couldn't let his clan members give up their dreams of becoming Hokage. In the entire Konoha Village, how many ninjas didn't want to become the high and mighty Hokage?

The identity of Hokage not only represents honor, but also represents the power to lead the village.

At this time, Tiehuo, who was traveling with him, noticed the change in Shisui and came over to ask, "Shisui, you don't look right. Are you worried about something?"

Another Uchiha from the three-man team also spoke up, "If you have anything on your mind, you can tell us. Maybe we can help you solve it."

Shisui glanced at Tiehuo and said, "I am indeed a little worried. I suddenly feel that there is no need for Uchiha to pursue the position of Hokage. It is enough for him to stay in the security force."

"Besides, it's not good for the Uchiha to always be in charge of the security forces. We should allow more ninjas to join."

Hearing this, Tiehuo frowned and his expression became serious: "Shisui, do you know what you are talking about? We Uchiha founded Konoha Village with the Senju clan. How could we give up the position of Hokage?"

"And the security force was a reward from the Second Hokage, and it belongs to us Uchiha."

"Besides, I haven't seen the Third and Fourth Hokage let the Uchiha join. It's a department under the Hokage. Not to mention the Medical Department and the Intelligence Department, which are controlled by the major ninja clans."

"Although Shisui is very talented, he is still not mature enough. He always has these naive ideas."

Shisui opened his mouth, then said: "But if the Uchiha does not open up the security forces, we will not be able to fully integrate with the village. If this continues, we will be isolated sooner or later."

Tiehuo glanced at Shisui and said with an unpleasant expression: "Shisui, why do you always side with outsiders? With the strength of us Uchiha, we should get more."

After saying that, Tiehuo quickened his pace. He didn't intend to continue chatting with Shisui.

Seeing the expressions of his companions, Shisui sighed inwardly, he knew this would be the result, there was no way his tribesmen could understand his feelings.

And Tiehuo said one thing wrong.

Compared to the Hokage clan, the Uchiha clan is not that strong at all. If they were united, they might be able to barely defeat one of the three ninjas, but facing so many people at the same time, they have no chance of winning.

The three of them were all jonin, and after accelerating at full speed, they arrived at the border area of ​​the Land of Fire in a few days.

When they were still more than ten kilometers away from the border, Shisui seemed to have noticed something and stretched out his hand to signal his companions to stop.

After a few breaths, they saw a team of ninjas.

This ninja team wore Konoha forehead protectors, and judging by how cautious they were while traveling, their strength should be around that of a Chunin.

Seeing this scene, Tiehuo was a little confused. Shouldn't he go over and say hello when he meets friendly troops?

Shisui shook his head slightly, then explained: "The Konoha ninjas currently on the front lines of Kumogakure are either support teams that have traveled day and night like us, or they are stationed in the front-line defense teams."

"Neither of these two types of ninjas can be as calm as them. If nothing unexpected happens, this team should be the Cloud Hidden Force that sneaked into the Land of Fire."

After listening to Shisui's analysis, Tiehuo's expression became much more serious.

The three members of the team looked at each other, then activated their Sharingan and walked out of the bushes where they were hiding.

At this time, the ninja team also noticed Shisui and others. After seeing the Sharingan for the first time, their faces suddenly turned pale and they fled to the rear without hesitation.

They had just accepted the mission to infiltrate the Land of Fire, but unfortunately they encountered the Uchiha ninja.

Every Uchiha ninja possesses the Bloodline Limit of the Sharingan. In the battles between jonin and even elite jonin, the Bloodline Limit is not considered a remarkable talent.

But at the Chunin and Genin level, the Uchiha is nearly invincible in a one-on-one situation.

The illusion of the Sharingan prevents ninjas from looking directly at things, and the dynamic vision gives the Uchiha a huge advantage in physical combat. The Uchiha bloodline itself also has a good amount of chakra.

It can be said that Uchiha is a perfect ninja without any shortcomings.

Moreover, their disguises can deceive ordinary Konoha ninjas, but cannot deceive the ninjas of the Uchiha and Hyuga clans. The eye technique bloodline can bring about a qualitative change in perception ability.

Seeing that the team suspected to be Cloud Ninja chose to escape, Shisui and the others looked at each other, each chose a combat target, and after a flash of their bodies, they disappeared directly on the spot.

Tetsuka and Yakumo used the Sharingan illusion, and two of the Cloud Ninjas were directly controlled by the illusion, staying where they were and unable to move.

The captain of the Chunin was no match for Shisui. After cutting Shisui's tendons with a sword, he simply lifted it back with one hand.

The entire battle, from start to finish, took less than half a minute.

Having won the battle so easily, Tiehuo said complacently:

"The ninja world has always said that Kumogakure is the second best ninja village after Konoha, but the strength of these Kumogakure is not that good. It's not as exciting as fighting with the bloodline ninjas of Kirigakure."

Shisui smiled slightly, not intending to expose Tiehuo.

All the members of their team are three-magatama jonin. Unless they encounter ninjas at the level of Sannin or Five Kage, they will still be able to fight. What's more, these enemies are just a group of Chunin.

Walking up to the captured Kumo-nin, Shisui used genjutsu to control the team leader who was about to commit suicide.

During the process of interrogating for intelligence, Shisui frowned. This Kumogakure team was actually members of the Kumogakure Anbu. There were restrictions on sealing the intelligence engraved in their brains. If the restrictions were erased forcibly, the brain would be directly destroyed.

Tiehuo frowned and asked, "Can't you get any information out of him by torture?"

Shisui nodded, "The captain's brain has been engraved with a restriction that cannot be broken in a short period of time. The same should be true for the other few people."

Hearing this, Tiehuo immediately aimed his kunai at the enemy's heart. When he was about to stab it, a Kumo Ninja suddenly broke free from the illusion and said:
"Don't kill me, there is no restriction on me, and I know a useful piece of information!"

Tiehuo quickly looked towards the Cloud Ninja and asked impatiently, "Tell me, if the information is useful, I can let you live."

Before he finished speaking, Shisui directly controlled the Kumogakure and immediately obtained information from his memory.

After reading the intelligence, Shisui said solemnly: "Tetsuka, Yakumo, we must find Lord Jiraiya and Captain Fugaku immediately. The Two-Tails Jinchuriki, Yukito, has already sneaked into the Land of Fire!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the faces of the Uchiha present changed instantly and they all quickened their pace.

…Three hours later, Shisui appeared in the front-line command room.

There were only a few people in the command room, including the front-line commander Jiraiya, the deputy commander Uchiha Fugaku, and the patriarchs of the Ino, Shika and Chou clans who served as staff officers and assistants.

Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza and Yamanaka Inoichi.

Seeing Shisui walking in with a serious look on his face, Fugaku quickly asked, "Shisui, do you have something important to report?"

Shisui didn't waste any words and directly told the information he got from the torture.

When they heard that the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had sneaked into the Land of Fire, Jiraiya, Fugaku, Shikaku and the others all changed their expressions.

For the Fugaku and Ino-Shika-Cho combination, it is actually not difficult for them to deal with the Jinchūriki.

The secret techniques of the Ino, Shika and Chou families are enough to fight against Kage-level strongmen in a short period of time, and the Uchiha can also fight with the number of three-magatama jonin.

But that was when they were prepared. If it was a surprise attack, they would definitely not be the opponents.

Moreover, the most terrifying thing about the Jinchūriki is its destructive power. If the Tailed Beast Balls were launched at a city within the Land of Fire, the consequences would be disastrous.

Although the probability of this happening is very low, we still have to take precautions.

After all, Konoha currently lacks qualified Jinchūriki, so this is destined to be an asymmetric war.

Thinking of this, Akimichi Choji and Yamanaka Inichi looked at Jiraiya and could only place their hopes on Jiraiya. After all, now in the camp, Jiraiya was the only one who could fight the Jinchūriki one-on-one.

If Jiraiya could take action to deal with the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, the Jinchūriki problem would be solved.

In the Ninja World War a few years ago, Orochimaru killed the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Brubi by assassination, thus reversing Konoha's unfavorable situation.

Jiraiya looked at the information at hand and fell into deep thought.

During the war with the Iwagakure Village, he fought with the Four-Tails and Five-Tails Jinchuriki many times. According to the intelligence at the time, neither he nor Minato were a match for these two Jinchuriki.

The reason is very simple. Although he and Minato can suppress the Jinchūriki, they are unable to break the defense of the Jinchūriki in the tailed beast state. As a result, if the battle is delayed, they will fall into a disadvantage due to lack of chakra.

It was not until later when Minato developed the Rasengan using the principle of the Tailed Beast Ball that they were qualified to fight the Jinchūriki head-on.

Now that several years have passed, his strength has improved a lot compared to before.

With the assistance of the boss Shima Fukasaku, his strength was greatly improved after entering the Sage Mode, so it was not very difficult to deal with a young man like the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

But the pressure faced on the Kumogakure front is not just from the Two-Tails Jinchuriki alone, but also from the AB combination.

A is the Fourth Raikage Ai, a Raikage in his early thirties who possesses strength and chakra comparable to the tailed beasts. B is Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki, whose strength has reached the level of a Fifth Kage.

Compared to the teenage Yukito, these two are the reason why Kumogakure dares to start a war.

Jiraiya didn't know who else in the ninja world could be a match for the AB combination, unless Tsunade and Orochimaru were willing to join forces with him to recreate the glory of the Three Ninjas.

Thinking of this, Jiraiya sighed softly, not knowing how to face the current difficult situation.

Maybe we can only wait for the old man or Orochimaru to arrive with reinforcements, otherwise this front-line camp will not last long.

Nara Shikaku saw through Jiraiya's thoughts and said slowly: "Master Jiraiya must stay at the command center to prevent the Fourth Raikage from leading a surprise attack. He should have no chance to deal with the Two-Tails Jinchuriki."

"Right now we can only report this news to the Third Generation and ask them to send more people to support us."

Nara Shikaku's proposal was very pertinent and was approved by Jiraiya and the others. Their current main goal is to stabilize the front line and keep the war as close to the border as possible.

Only after the rest of the troops arrive can we launch a counterattack on the Hidden Cloud Village.

After hearing Nara Shikaku's suggestion, Fugaku frowned and his eyes began to move around the sand table and the map.

As expected of a man named Nara Shikaku who came from a family of "military strategists", the suggestions he made were very sound.

As long as the battle line is stabilized, if the Yunyin side cannot achieve any effective results, it will sooner or later negotiate with the village. After all, war is for gaining benefits, not simply to vent anger.

But this strategy was not friendly to the Uchiha.

What the Uchiha needed was merit and outstanding combat performance to change the villagers' view of the Uchiha, and then go further with their contributions to the war.

If the war is won in the current way, the Uchiha will get no credit at all.

Should I continue to live a safe life and eventually miss the opportunity, or should I work hard and fight for a chance of survival?

After thinking for a long time, Uchiha Fugaku already had the answer in his heart. He took a deep breath and said to Jiraiya:
"Jiraiya-sama, Shikaku-jonin, the task of capturing the Two-tailed Jinchuriki is now in the hands of the Uchiha."

"The Uchiha will capture Yukito alive and use her as a bargaining chip in negotiations between the village and the Hidden Cloud Village."

As soon as these words came out, Jiraiya, Shikaku and others all looked at Fugaku. Jiraiya couldn't help but remind him: "Patriarch Fugaku, it's not easy to defeat the Jinchūriki, and it's even more difficult to capture him alive."

"There is no joking in the military. Does Patriarch Fugaku really want to take on this mission?"

Fugaku nodded slightly, then said, "Don't worry, Jonin Jiraiya. Although the Jinchūriki is strong, he is also afraid of Sharingan illusions. She is nothing in front of the Uchiha."

Hearing this, Shisui's face changed slightly.

Why would clan leader Fugaku accept such a mission? Not to mention that the clan members have never fought against a Jinchūriki before, even if the Sharingan can restrain the tailed beasts, it cannot restrain the Jinchūriki.

At this time, Fugaku paused, and then continued: "Moreover, as long as she is in the Land of Fire, the safety of the civilians of the Land of Fire cannot be guaranteed. The Uchiha will not allow this to happen."

Seeing Fugaku's confident look, Jiraiya didn't want to say anything to undermine morale.

Adhering to the principle of steady progress, Jiraiya still reminded: "The invasion of the Two-Tails Jinchuriki will be handled by Patriarch Fugaku, but this time, I will not make this mission public, so it doesn't matter even if it cannot be completed."

"If Patriarch Fugaku can really complete this task, I will ask for credit from the old man."

"Don't worry, Master Jiraiya, the Uchiha will definitely capture the Jinchuriki alive."

After saying that, Fugaku walked towards Shisui. He planned to discuss with Shisui immediately how to capture the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.

Seeing this scene, Nara Shikaku looked at him as if he was a fool. He couldn't imagine why Uchiha would accept such a mission.

You are Uchiha, don't you know how badly you are disliked in the village?

Even if the mission of capturing the Jinchuriki was successful, it would not be of much benefit to the Uchiha. After all, if the Sharingan could control the Two-Tails Jinchuriki, then controlling the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki would not be a difficult task.

In this way, the responsibility for the Nine-Tails Rebellion will fall on you Uchiha.

If we fail, it will also damage the reputation of your Uchiha. Can't you see that letting you Uchiha serve as deputy commander is to let you take the blame?

After shaking his head secretly in his heart, Nara Shikaku did not remind them.

The struggle between the Uchiha and Hokage clans had nothing to do with them. As the patriarch of the "Military Advisor" clan, he knew very well that the best way to stand on the side was to not stand on the side, so that he could always stand on the side of the winner.

(End of this chapter)