Chapter 68: Impatient Danzo

Shaking his head, Obito completely lost interest in this Uchiha youth.

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"Really, this Konoha is too lax," Uchiha Kage also didn't expect to catch Uchiha Itachi and Obito's meeting tonight, and even more so, he didn't expect Obito to still be around.

But this wasn't something he should be concerned about.

After all, he wasn't the Hokage.

And besides—

'Obito wishes for the ninja world to be in chaos, and I hope for the same.'

'Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen in such a flustered state today was quite amusing.'

Moreover, having eaten his fill, he could also end his overtime early and go back to sleep.

All thanks to Obito.

'In the future, I'll make sure to feed him a few more dango to repay him for this favor.'

'But next time we meet, I might as well try—what changes would my abilities undergo if I fused with his ninja fragments?'

'Besides the dream space, would there also be a Kamui dimension?'

With such thoughts, Uchiha Kage cheerfully returned to his house and then entered the 'dream.'

———

"How do you explain this, Itachi?", Although he temporarily helped to deal with Yūhi Kurenai and the others, Sarutobi Hiruzen still harbored great distrust towards Uchiha Itachi.

"It's my fault...", Uchiha Itachi suspected that he had fallen into Obito's trap, deliberately allowing his identity to be discovered by the village.

Which led to his intention to silence Gekkō Hayate.

However, seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't seem to intend to expel or arrest him, Uchiha Itachi quickly disclosed various pieces of information about a 'mysterious masked man' who claimed to be Uchiha Madara.

Including the fact that this person was involved in the night of the massacre, and even the speculation that he was the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails incident, all of which he revealed to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Minato also told me to be wary of a masked man, so it seems the Nine-Tails incident was indeed his doing, that's pretty much certain."

'But claiming to be Uchiha Madara?'

Sarutobi Hiruzen just laughed inwardly, 'If he really is Uchiha Madara, doss he need to wear a mask?'

Moreover, the "Future Diary" also recorded the true identity of this masked man.

'Just... a radical Uchiha brat.'

'When the time is ripe, just let Kakashi handle it.'

"Itachi, why did you only disclose such important information now, do you still hold some...", Picking up his smoking pipe and taking a puff, Sarutobi Hiruzen slightly hinted at the Uchiha Itachi before him.

If it weren't for the need for talent to strategize for the ninja world, he really wouldn't want to use the Uchiha.

"No, I was just worried that my information might be inaccurate and could mislead the village's major affairs," Uchiha Itachi harbored no resentment towards the village, he just had some minor grievances with the higher-ups of Konoha.

But he didn't expect that even after such a commotion, Sarutobi Hiruzen could still cover for him, which moved him somewhat.

"Don't make such a mistake next time, this old man has lived for so many years, what hasn't he seen?", Seeing Uchiha Itachi lower his head, Sarutobi Hiruzen also gave him a reassurance, "Even if your identity is discovered, there's no need to silence anyone, harming comrades is not allowed in the village, you should come to me."

Although silencing Gekkō Hayate was a demerit, the fact that he immediately came to him, the Hokage, made Sarutobi Hiruzen think that Uchiha Itachi was still sensible.

"Yes!"

"From now on, you will act as my Hokage guard, counting the days, Orochimaru is also about to arrive."

'Although the registration for the Chunin Exams hasn't started yet, the genin from Sunagakure have already arrived, and Orochimaru, posing as the Kazekage, should also be on his way.'

'The Konoha Crush Plan?'

'Hmph... might as well call it the Sunagakure Annexation Plan.'

Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself, as long as he could persuade Orochimaru with reason and emotion, and then join forces with Uchiha Itachi to provoke this disciple with force, his plan to annex Sunagakure should be flawless.

Now the only concerns are Uchiha Itachi's identity being exposed prematurely causing instability in the village, and Danzo who is eager to cause trouble for him.

"Give Yūhi Kurenai and their Team 8 a vacation, let them escort those two ninja swords to Kirigakure, and then sign an alliance agreement with Kirigakure."

'It's better to eliminate unstable factors first.'

He has already informed Konoha Hospital about Gekkō Hayate, not to let him wake up before the Chunin Exams.

By arranging for Yūhi Kurenai and the others to leave the village, Uchiha Itachi's matter can be perfectly resolved.

"As for the Chunin Exams, after they successfully represent Konoha in forming an alliance with Kirigakure, I will personally promote the three genin to Chunin," In front of Uchiha Itachi, Sarutobi Hiruzen issued orders to his secretary.

By then it will be wartime anyway, promoting genin to Chunin is no big deal.

"Hokage-sama, if only Yūhi Kurenai, the Jonin, goes, I'm afraid Konoha will be looked down upon by Kirigakure."

"It's okay, I'll have Asuma go with them."

"Yes!", The cautious Hokage secretary respectfully nodded.

With the Hokage's son as the face, there should be no problem.

"Hokage-sama...", Uchiha Itachi was indeed quite moved.

He had truthfully told about the possibility of leaking Samehada's information to the masked man, but he didn't expect Sarutobi Hiruzen to still openly discuss the arrangements for this ninja sword in front of him without any reservations.

'Such trust...'

'Is this the real Third Hokage?'

"You can leak the information to that masked man, but don't reveal too much," Sarutobi Hiruzen stroked his beard, looking as if he had everything under control.

"But, in that case, the safety of Kurenai-senpai and Asuma-senpai..."

"It's okay, I have proper arrangements."

Sarutobi Hiruzen planned to arrange Yūhi Kurenai's Team 8 as the overt team going to Kirigakure to sign the agreement, but the covert Asuma team would be the actual representatives leading this alliance.

As for the conditions he intended to ally with Kirigakure, he didn't plan to rely on those two ninja swords, so giving them away was no big deal.

'But that child Uchiha Kage...'

'That child performed very well today, even after knowing about Uchiha Itachi's existence, he didn't oppose me.'

'Indeed, as Iruka said, very obedient, very much like a figure such as Uchiha Kagami.'

'If he can return safely this time, I may be able to replace Uchiha Itachi, this not-so-safe sword.'

'Of course, the premise is that he has the strength to return.'

Taking another puff of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally relaxed a bit after making these arrangements.

Next, he just needs to deal with Danzo and wait for Orochimaru.

As long as the Future Diary is telling the truth, Konoha and Sunagakure, the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind... will all merge into one.

By then, he will be the undisputed strongest Hokage of the strongest ninja village.

'Sensei Tobirama, if the person in the dream that day was really you.'

'Then rest assured and watch me lead Konoha step by step to unify the ninja world.'

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"That old turtle Sarutobi, thinking that by pulling all the Anbu to the Hokage Building to guard against me, he can stop me?", In the headquarters office of the Root, Danzo was gloomily looking at the intelligence scroll handed over by his subordinate.

A quarrel in the Hokage Building, reason unknown?

Having planted so many people into the Anbu, and still the reason is unknown?

Just as Danzo was about to lose his temper, his subordinate handed him the latest intelligence.

"Oh? A quarrel at home with Asuma too?"

'This is somewhat interesting.'

Danzo tapped his fingers on the desk in front of him, and finally made up his mind.

'These two quarrels must be connected, and they also involve Sarutobi Hiruzen's son.'

'It's highly likely related to the 'treasure' left by the teacher.'

Thinking of this, Danzo touched his right eye.

'Using the ability just a little shouldn't put this eye into too much cooldown.'

'But even if there is some loss, it's worth it. The 'treasure' that Sarutobi Hiruzen values so much must be worth more than Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan.'

Although he doesn't dare to use this ability directly on Sarutobi Hiruzen himself, Danzo has the guts to use it on his son, and quite a lot of guts at that.

———

[Instance updating, cannot enter]

[Dream space]

With no instances to enter and possessing five action points, Uchiha Kage as usual first enjoyed Tsunade's big thunder in the Hokage's office, then went to spar with Hinata in the courtyard.

Finally, he entered Yūhi Kurenai's room, pressing her against the glass window as he did tonight, enjoying the emptiness of the Konoha streets outside.

Reliving the regret of not being able to continue in reality tonight.

Only, in conversations with these "NPCs," he began to be more and more cautious.

Uchiha Kage had vaguely sensed that they might be NPCs now, but there might come a day when they "come alive."

[Your bond with the kunoichi has deepened, obtained bond points X1]

Previously, Uchiha Kage always thought that deepening bonds was a useless piece of information.

But recently, he found that the expressions and bodies of these NPC kunoichi seemed increasingly lifelike, more and more spirited.

Occasionally, in moments of passion, they would even let out sounds they never made before, and short words different from their previous limited lines.

Sometimes they would even actively hug him, instead of being completely passive as they were at the beginning.

"If the bond deepens to a certain extent, could they really come to life...", Uchiha Kage couldn't help but have this speculation now.

But the fact that Hinata in the dream space isn't cute but has a mature appearance makes him think this speculation might not be very likely.

But since he already has this uncertain feeling, Uchiha Kage plans to wait until the time is right in reality before unsealing these NPC kunoichi in the dream.

After all, as an evil Uchiha, any kunoichi who enters this space, whether NPC or real, he will definitely not let go.

Whether in dreams or reality.

Currently, having Kaguya and Uchiha Mikoto is enough to satisfy his desire to enter.

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"Why are you watching me with such fierce gaze?"

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