Chapter 147: Return My Six Paths Tools!

What the truth actually is does not matter at all. No one will care about it.

As long as this news is beneficial to oneself, then there will be people who defend it, who turn this falsehood into truth, until...

Everyone believes it!

So, after Hanzo the Salamander placed the order and paid the deposit, Uzumaki Jun left with Kakuzu.

The matters that followed had nothing to do with them anymore. When the three great villages gathered large numbers of troops in the Land of Rain, there was no room for compromise between Hanzo the Salamander and the three great villages.

Whether the three great villages wanted to invade the Land of Rain or use it as a battlefield.

All that remained between them was war.

Only...

The final outcome would be whether Hanzo the Salamander fought one against three or three against one.

So...

Once this lie was spoken, someone would turn it into truth. There was no need for Uzumaki Jun to worry about any of this. Moreover...

He had prepared a big gift for Konoha!!

"I wonder what Hiruzen Sarutobi will do then?" Uzumaki Jun revealed a mischievous smile. "Probably even trying to clear his name will be difficult."

The peace ambassador of the shinobi world is not so easy to be!!

...

"What??" Onoki slammed his stone table hard with both hands... Ouch, that hurt a little, but he no longer cared about such trivial matters. Instead, he looked at the Iwa-nin kneeling on one knee before him with an expression of utter disbelief. "Hanzo the Salamander said that one-eyed Mangekyo is from Konoha?"

"And has already betrayed their organization??"

Onoki muttered in complete disbelief, "So now he's being hunted by their organization??"

This was all too unbelievable. Although they had originally planned to team up with Sunagakure to attack Konoha and drag down Konoha's economy, now...

Had they all become the righteous side?

"The Akatsuki organization??" Onoki frowned and asked the kneeling jonin, "Do we know what they went to the Land of Rain to do?"

Only he and the Raikage knew that the Six Paths tools...

Were nothing but a joke!!

"Not yet." The Iwa-nin shook his head. "The spies stationed in the Land of Rain have not uncovered any information."

Hearing the Iwa-nin's words, Onoki fell into deep thought. What exactly was this Akatsuki organization trying to do?

Did they go to Iwagakure and the Land of Lightning just to exterminate clans?

But...

What did the Kamizuru Clan and the Chinoike Clan do to offend them?

To resort to such ruthless measures?

"Continue to send more spies into the Land of Rain," Onoki said with a frown. "Report immediately upon discovering any information!"

There was no turning back now.

When Iwagakure dispatched so many troops and prepared so many supplies, the war had already begun.

If it ended just like that, wouldn't Iwagakure suffer a huge loss?

Even if he agreed, Konoha and Sunagakure probably wouldn't, because...

Once war starts, there is no going back.

"At the same time, order Konoha to hand over that one-eyed Mangekyo Uchiha," Onoki said sternly and sharply. "And return Iwagakure's Six Paths tools."

"Otherwise, Iwagakure will immediately declare war on Konoha!!"

...

The one-eyed Mangekyo is from Konoha.

When these words came from the mouth of the Shinobi no Kami, they spread like wildfire throughout the shinobi world.

"Damn Konoha," the Raikage roared angrily, bare-chested. "How dare they deceive me like this!!"

He recalled the scene of being toyed with by the Uchiha that day.

Because he had taken a step back, the entire Hell Valley was destroyed, and the Chinoike Clan was wiped out.

Although he didn't care about destruction or annihilation, as the Raikage, he had failed to protect his country's territory and people...

"They deserve to die!!" the Raikage said sharply. "Order the council to declare war on Konoha."

"If Konoha does not hand over the Mangekyo user and return the Land of Lightning's Six Paths tools."

"Kumogakure will formally declare war on Konoha!!"

With the three great villages already gathering troops in the Land of Rain...

"Hmph!" the Raikage sneered. "Konoha!!"

...

Kirigakure...

"News from below says that the mysterious Mangekyo user who invaded Iwagakure and the Land of Lightning is actually from Konoha." The Third Mizukage held the intelligence report and frowned as he looked at the people below. "What should Kirigakure do?"

"The intelligence may not be accurate," the Mizukage's assistant shook his head. "Although the Mangekyo can only arise from the Uchiha Clan, the disciples of the Second Hokage would never allow them to awaken it."

Everyone knew that for one clan to rise, it must step on the corpse of another. The Senju and Uchiha Clans were once so glorious!

The two clans that founded the first shinobi village, but they also blocked the path of other clans' advancement...

For one clan to become a great clan, another great clan must fall.

The Senju Clan was impossible. No matter what, they were the clan of the First and Second Hokage, the clan of the Hokage's teacher. So only...

The Uchiha remained.

"Kirigakure should not get involved in this mess," the Mizukage's assistant sighed. "After all, we haven't recovered yet."

The First War had left Kirigakure in such a state that they had to sell blood to survive.

After hearing this, the Mizukage nodded in agreement. "In that case, send someone to Konoha to condemn their actions and demand the return of Kirigakure's Six Paths tools."

Kirigakure's Jinchuriki plan hadn't succeeded yet!!

Better not act recklessly.

...

"What exactly have you done?" Just as Uzumaki Jun returned to Uzushiogakure and changed clothes, Zetsu appeared at this moment.

"Why have all the major villages suddenly declared war on Konoha and demanded the return of the Six Paths tools?" Zetsu was aware of their actions but had no idea how things had escalated like this. They had only taken a trip to Iwagakure and the Land of Lightning, so how did the rumor spread that they had stolen legendary tools?

As a millennia-old schemer, he knew about the tools of the unfilial son Hagoromo. There weren't that many, and most required someone of his mother's level to use.

So...

Why was every village claiming Konoha had stolen their tools?

"Oh, you're here?" Uzumaki Jun wasn't surprised by Zetsu's appearance, as he had already completed Madara's mission. As Madara's steward, Zetsu should naturally appear now to hear his report. "The process doesn't matter. What matters is the result."

"Isn't this good now?" Uzumaki Jun revealed a faint smile. "The war is about to begin."

"I want a great war, not four great villages attacking Konoha!!"

Zetsu looked at Uzumaki Jun speechlessly. What was the point of this, you wretched brat?

"Konoha won't be destroyed so easily!" Zetsu said helplessly. "And that pair of Rinnegan..."

"Is it this one?"

He was very concerned about the Rinnegan that had been leaked. Although he had already guessed the truth in his heart, he still needed confirmation, because...

His mission could not afford even the slightest mistake.

"Oh, you mean this?" Uzumaki Jun took out the Rinnegan-colored contact lens. "Still one million per piece. Want one?"

After investigating Uzushiogakure for so long, he still hadn't figured out where these things came from.

Zetsu said helplessly, "I will report to Lord Madara."

Then he sank into the ground.

Meanwhile, Uzumaki Jun, seeing that Zetsu had left, also fell into thought.

He knew Konoha wouldn't be destroyed so easily. Hiruzen Sarutobi was probably panicking right now.

Panicking over who to sacrifice to quell this war.

But...

Uzumaki Jun wouldn't let the war end so easily. If the war didn't start, who would buy his Infinite Gauntlets?