Naruto: Who made him a ninja?

The Sharingan, with its enhanced mastery of space-time ninjutsu, seemed to have reached the level of the Mangekyō.

Simultaneously, he had stolen Konoha's Wood Release, integrated it into himself, and could use it normally!

"A combination of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama?"

Uchiha Madara's actions caused too much damage to Kirigakure. Everything that happened back then prevented anyone from finding closure.

Such hatred continues to this day, along with various conflicts of interest, resulting in the 'grand spectacle' of Kirigakure attacking Konoha the moment the Shinobi World War begins.

Now, such a person is actually hiding in Kirigakure, and may even be controlling their Kage?

Moreover, they themselves were unaware of this information, only learning about it because Konoha came chasing after this person?

Just how far had Kirigakure fallen?

And what about his own village, how deeply had Konoha infiltrated it?

Thinking of this, Genshi's face immediately turned green. Damn it, how did the village become like this?

"Lord, please calm your anger."

Ao saw Genshi's unsightly expression and could roughly guess the reason. He could only speak in a low voice.

"The village's current terrible state cannot be blamed on you, Lord. After all, it's impossible to govern a village well with a group of insects."

"You're right."

Genshi nodded lightly. After a moment of silence, he continued.

"I want to meet that kid. I'm afraid we need to have a good talk about some things."

"But..."

Mei Terumi nodded. It was a good idea, but she also had some difficulties.

"We have no way to contact him, and finding him would probably..."

"Examine your bodies carefully."

Genshi shook his head and said helplessly.

"Don't be fooled by his lies. Although letting you return seems like a display of sincerity and generosity,

he has already told you that he can use the Flying Thunder God Technique. As long as he leaves a mark on you, you will never be able to escape."

"So, Uchiha Obito is possibly controlling the Fourth Mizukage?"

Meanwhile, on the other side, inside a cave, Yūgao was healing Jiraiya while curiously looking at Shūzawa and asking.

Kakashi and Tenzo also had somewhat strange expressions. However, Kakashi was more focused on what Uchiha Obito had done.

Tenzo's gaze was somewhat curiously examining Yekura, because he noticed that this woman seemed to be subtly looking at Shūzawa and Yūgao.

"Yes, that's roughly the situation."

Shūzawa nodded, then looked at Jiraiya, who was being healed, with a smile.

"Right, Captain Jiraiya?"

"..."

Jiraiya pursed his lips. You've already confirmed it, why are you asking me?

Is this your way of showing respect!

"That's right. Based on the current information, it's very likely that Uchiha Obito is controlling the Fourth Mizukage.

Just like Shūzawa previously judged, everything that guy is doing is for revenge.

This time, his actions are probably to eliminate dissidents."

"Which is the other Lord Shūzawa mentioned, the Elder Genshi of Kirigakure?"

Kakashi's gaze was somewhat strange. He hesitated for a moment before asking.

"That's right. By eliminating the so-called Elder, he can completely dominate Kirigakure and do everything he wants to do."

"I'm afraid it won't be that troublesome."

Yekura was originally quiet. Besides glancing at Yūgao, she was also complaining about Shūzawa in her heart.

She understood what the so-called 'cooperation' meant. It turned out that this guy had directly concealed some things from Jiraiya!

Shūzawa representing Danzō was something she had known for three years. This guy even represented Danzō in the profit negotiations.

As a result, her teammates seemed to know very little about this matter, only understanding that he used to be with Danzō and is now a pure 'Anbu' member.

"Hiding it from his teammates?"

Yekura couldn't help but complain in her heart, but she didn't expose Shūzawa's intentions. Such secrets are much more valuable unsaid than said.

Of course, she also felt that saying it wouldn't be of much use. Danzō was still a big figure in Konoha after all...

"I remember this guy said that Uchiha Obito's goal is to take revenge on Kirigakure."

Yekura restrained her thoughts and pointed to Shūzawa, who was slacking off.

"Since he wants to take revenge, then there's no need to control an entire village like you said.

Chaos is the most important thing. It's unimaginable how much chaos the infighting between the two major forces within Kirigakure will cause.

Moreover, such an impact will inevitably be long-lasting. No matter who wins in the end, they will only get a mess.

Such a great loss of vitality is probably what the word 'revenge' means, right?"

"That's right, Yekura is right."

Shūzawa glanced at Yekura and nodded.

"Control is completely meaningless to Uchiha Obito, after all, he has already controlled the Fourth Mizukage.

If he wants to control, he only needs to do some reasonable and appropriate things, occupying the position of Kage is a natural advantage.

But destroying it doesn't require so much trouble. How to cause the strongest destruction, how to cause the greatest damage to the village is how to do it. This is probably his goal."

"What an evil Uchiha brat..."

Jiraiya's head was really aching now. The development of things to this point had completely exceeded his imagination.

Even he, who didn't like map attacks, couldn't help but curse. This made Shūzawa unexpectedly glance at him.

Hearing such words from Jiraiya was truly a bit much to bear.

"So, what do we do now?"

Tenzō retracted his gaze from Mei Terumi. Although he felt something was strange, he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

So, he simply looked at Jiraiya, curiously asking.

"That Uchiha Obito has controlled the Mizukage, which seems to be beyond our capabilities, right?

Could it be that we have to infiltrate Kirigakure again and then attack the Mizukage?"

Although this sounded like a question, Tenzō's bright eyes already revealed his thoughts.

He loved this kind of thing!

"Perhaps, we might really have to do that, since it's rare to have confirmed Uchiha Obito's situation."

Shūze smiled, stroking his chin, before Jiraiya could even speak.

"We can't just go back without doing anything, right? If we do, we can basically consider the mission a failure."

"You two, say a little less."

Looking at these two 'Root members' speak, and then glancing at Jiraiya, who had once again fallen into 'silent mode,' Yūgao couldn't help but sigh.

"Jiraiya-sama is the leader. Shūze, don't interfere with the leader's decisions. What we need to do now is wait for the leader to make a decision!"

"Oh."

Shūze blinked and smiled at Yūgao, and Tenzō also blinked. He knew very well that whatever Jiraiya said in the end wouldn't matter.

Because he only followed Shūze. As for Leader Jiraiya, he might even listen to Shūze in the end.

"These two seem to have a rather close relationship."

Yekura tilted her head and glanced at Yūgao, then looked down at the bandages inside her clothes, and snorted coldly.

Thinking of how that bastard confidently said she had a 'good figure,' she couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. She was thinking about how to get back at him appropriately.

"Let's stay and see what happens first."

Jiraiya seemed to realize that he had been silent for too long. He reluctantly raised his head, glanced at Shūze out of the corner of his eye, and then spoke.

"After all… we've already come this far, and Uchiha Obito is our wanted criminal. We can't just let it go like this, so…

Be prepared at any time. We might have to take action at any moment."

"Eh?"

Kakashi looked at Jiraiya in a bit of surprise. This sounded like he really intended to infiltrate Kirigakure and even take action against the Mizukage?

Was this still the cautious Jiraiya-sama?

Not only was he surprised, but Yūgao was also a bit surprised. However, Yūgao's first thought was whether Shūze had interfered in some way?

Unfortunately, she couldn't find any evidence, and Jiraiya once again fell into silence.

However, he recalled some of the things he and Shūze had discussed privately this afternoon after exchanging information.

"That guy is so audacious. This has already exceeded our mission authority. We should leave here as soon as possible."

In the afternoon, outside the cave, Jiraiya pulled Shūze aside after hearing his words and said in a low voice.

"The situation in Kirigakure is unusual, and if we continue like this, it will only get worse!"

"I understand, Leader Jiraiya."

Shūze blinked and smiled at Jiraiya.

"I have no right to criticize the leader's caution, and I admire the leader's ability to be flexible, but I have an idea…"

Leader, cautious, flexible…

These words were clearly all complimentary, but Jiraiya felt that when these words came from Shūze's mouth, they had definitely changed!

Moreover, Shūze's sentence 'I have an idea' really made Jiraiya feel terrified.

The previous news had already made his hair stand on end. He never expected the situation to be so complicated.

Originally, he thought that Uchiha Obito had controlled a major figure in Kirigakure, and as long as they didn't touch too much, it would be fine.

But now that it involved the Kage, the nature of this matter had completely changed!

"I don't want to hear it. Don't say it. Just do it like this!"

Jiraiya shook his head, looking resolute, and Shūze nodded in agreement.

"If that's the case, then it's better for me to report some things truthfully."

"…What things?"

"Well, for example, I met another disciple of Leader Jiraiya, and through my communication with him, I learned some interesting information."

"…"

"For example, Orochimaru-sama once wanted to kill them, but Leader Jiraiya stopped him and stayed to teach them for three years."

"…"

"It was Leader Jiraiya's teachings that gave them enough power, but for unknown reasons, they once again hated Konoha."

"Isn't it Danzō?"

"Who it is doesn't matter. What matters is that Leader Jiraiya doesn't forget your promise, so the reason is unknown, but they hate Konoha."

"…"

"So, Leader Jiraiya, don't you want to meet them? Also, Leader Jiraiya, you don't want this matter to be reported and known throughout the entire village, do you?"

Jiraiya's face was already very ugly. He felt that Shūze was threatening him!

But after thinking about it carefully, he understood that this was not something Shūze would do, but something Danzō would definitely do.

Danzō had been yearning for his teacher's Hokage position for a long time, so as long as he found an opportunity, Danzō would definitely attack without reservation!