"In three days, I will report punctually. I hope everyone will welcome me. We will meet for a friendly competition." Funan chuckled and disappeared.
"Hmph!" A cold exclamation broke the silence, bringing with it a great pressure.
Pain, with a cold gaze, swept the place with his gaze. The pressure was suffocating. "Everyone, disperse!"
After a moment of cross-glances, everyone began to disperse.
In the blink of an eye, the Ten-Tails' massive shell was emptied.
Obito also left. Under the mask, his expression was grim.
Konan appeared in front of Nagato.
Nagato, sitting in his mechanical wheelchair, looked out the window at the full moon, lost in thought.
"Nagato."
"Konan." Nagato turned his head, looking at her with a complicated expression. "I almost forgot everything that happened when Jiraiya teacher taught us."
Funan's unreliable words brought back Nagato's memories. Those years were their happiest time.
Konan's face showed a rare firmness.
"Forgetting it is the best."
"If we are destined to be enemies, why remember those things?"
Nagato was startled and murmured: "Yes... Destined to be enemies."
Konan hesitated slightly and said: "Nagato, I want to go to Uchiha Funan."
"What?"
At Nagato's astonished expression, Konan frowned. "You should have discovered that Uchiha Funan knows a lot of things we don't know. You didn't notice it just now, but I saw that the masked man also had very big mood swings."
Nagato pondered. "Did he show intense emotions?"
"Among the people Uchiha Funan just mentioned, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Jiraiya Sensei, Orochimaru, and Namikaze Minato, which one of these people would be related to him?"
Konan shook his head and said: "There is too little information to judge. My personal guess is that Shimura Danzo and Namikaze Minato are the most likely."
"Oh! Why? "
"A guy whose soul is dark, has too many enemies. Perhaps, the masked man's family and friends or he himself have suffered because of guilt because of Danzo. As for Namikaze Minato, don't you find it strange that it appears on that list?"
"Yeah, it's a little strange." Nagato looked at Konan and said slowly: "I don't agree with you to find Funan, he is too dangerous, in my opinion, he is more dangerous than the masked man."
"Let's talk about it after he comes!" Konan didn't insist and gave a vague answer.
…
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Konohagakure.
Shimura Danzo sat in the dark, his face hidden, and the whole person exuded a cold breath.
He couldn't wait any longer.
In just half a year, Konoha, which was originally under their control, has undergone earth-shaking changes.
Torifu actually became the acting Hokage.
Although he is not the real Hokage, he is not much different from the real Hokage.
For Danzo, who had always wanted to be Hokage, this was a huge blow.
On the surface, he can remain calm, but in fact, Danzo is almost crazy.
Thinking back on what happened in the past six months.
The power of the Third Hokage faction is constantly declining, and their reputation is also shattered.
The Will of Fire was derided as something worthless.
Torifu is constantly gaining power.
The power of Uchiha is constantly increasing.
Hiruzen seemed to be getting older and older.
If this continued, in less than two years, they would be completely eliminated.
Danzo will never allow this to happen.
The village must not fall into the hands of Uchiha.
Uchiha Funan, he must die!
"Hey, Danzo, have you considered what I told you last time?" A voice sounded.
Danzo's eyes turned cold. He had heard this voice four years ago.
After that encounter, Namikaze Minato was dead.
Of course, he was pleased with Minato's death. If Minato hadn't died, he would never have had a chance to be Hokage.
This does not mean that he has a good impression of the masked man.
"What are you doing here? Uchiha Madara!" Danzo stared at the masked man coldly.
"Don't tell me you didn't see the secret letter I gave you a few days ago?" Obito stared at Danzo with his one eye.
Danzo also stared at Obito with his one eye. "I saw her. I will not collaborate with you. I am a shinobi of Konoha, and you are a missing-nin, one who caused the death of the Hokage."
"Haha!" One-eyed Obito laughed out loud and said: "Danzo, you are still so hypocritical. Four years ago, when Minato died, you were like this. Now, you are the same as always!"
One-eyed Danzo said coldly: "You killed Minato, Konoha will settle accounts with you sooner or later."
"Alright!" Obito stared at Danzo with his right eye and said: "I want to kill Uchiha Funan."
Danzo looked at him with his left eye for a long moment before asking: "How do you plan to do it?"
"That's what I wanted to hear!" Obito smiled.
Both quickly closed the deal.
Obito looked at Funan's information and hesitated. Is this information true?
Funan has used the power of the Mangekyo many times, why didn't he go blind?
"Let's join together." Obito stared at Danzo and said coldly: "If you and I join forces, it will be more certain to kill Uchiha Funan."
"What?" Danzo said sarcastically: "Uchiha Madara can't kill a descendant of his own clan?"
The two one-eyed men began to look at each other again.
"Humph!"
The two snorted at the same time.
"How to cooperate?"
"You need..."
The two began to whisper again.
...
Amidst the sandstorm, golden flashes began to disperse.
Rasa made seals with both hands, and chakra continued to emerge, and a large amount of gold dust was drawn out from the yellow sand.
Looking at the wisps of gold, Kakuzu's green eyes moistened.
No matter how many times he sees it, that golden glow always moves him.
'Rasa, you will always be my good brother! I only regret that I didn't know you a few years earlier.'
When enough gold dust was accumulated, a large number of Suna shinobi moved forward for the second phase of processing.
The main one in charge of this phase was Pakura, with her Scorch Release.
Rasa had no expression on his face, but the dark circles under his eyes were even darker than his son's.
He now repeats two things every day.
Restore chakra and use Magnetic Release!
Thanks to him, Sunagakure has obtained a large amount of gold.
With that huge gold production, they could not only support all of the current shinobi in the village, but they could even expand.
It is said that even the daimyo was alarmed.
Rasa's hard work had made the village elders look at him with new eyes.
Pakura was also exhausted, walking with difficulty lately.
Of course, Elder Kakuzu made them respect him even more.
He was a shinobi who could make money make more money.
In just two months, the results were already visible.
Sunagakure was changing.
With Rasa and Pakura solving internal problems and obtaining large amounts of money, the village began to grow stronger rapidly.
Under Funan's suggestion, Sunagakure began to clash with Konoha on some missions.
In addition, Kakuzu had hired several missing-nin to patrol the border, which raised alarm in Konoha.
Under constant provocations from Sunagakure, Konoha was in a bind.
Funan had been assigned to the border with Iwagakure.
Jiraiya was ready to go to the border with Kumogakure at any moment.
Konoha was spreading too many troops thin, there weren't enough personnel!
Torifu is starting to have a headache again.
And this is exactly what Funan wants.
He knew very well that if Sunagakure was ready to make a move, who would be in charge?
Sarutobi Hiruzen!
Or Nara Shikaku.
…
[Bang!]
After receiving a letter from Funan, Torifu slammed the table.
The table shattered!
"What happened again?" Shikaku was helpless.
"Look!" Torifu handed the letter to Shikaku.
After reading it, Shikaku was stunned and said: "Did Danzo collaborate with missing-nin to assassinate Funan? Did he attack him at this moment? Is he crazy?"
"I knew it!" Torifu said with a gloomy face: "Danzo has been too quiet during this period. As soon as he was quiet, I knew he was holding back his fart!"
"Ahem!" Shikaku coughed dryly and said embarrassedly: "This is just Funan's statement. We don't have conclusive evidence..."
Even he didn't have much confidence in saying those words. Who doesn't know who Danzo is?
Moreover, Funan's letter is too detailed. It is so detailed that it is impossible to doubt.
"Evidence? Do you need that thing?" Torifu said angrily: "Go, call Danzo to me."
"Yes!"
When Danzo received the summons, he was a little dazed.
When he walked into the Hokage's office with a cane, he was scolded by Torifu.
He was stunned on the spot.
After listening for a long time, he finally understood what the fat man meant.
Danzo felt wronged.
"What? Are you still not convinced?" Torifu sneered, threw out a letter, and said: "Look at Funan's letter for yourself. It is clearly written that you, Shimura Danzo, colluded with a man wearing a tiger-striped mask, and that masked man is suspected of being the Uchiha missing-nin who caused the Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox four years ago."
"Part of that guy's abilities are written in the letter, and you still want to quibble?"
Danzo was at a loss on the spot.
It must be that the man in the tiger-striped mask acted on his own.
Danzo couldn't suppress the anger in his heart.
"Danzo, I know what you're thinking!" Torifu said coldly: "Are you trying to say that now is wartime and we need stability, so I can't touch you?"
"Keep dreaming! I'll tell you what!" Torifu roared: "No matter when, as long as you dare to cause trouble, I will dare to kill you!"
"I, Akimichi Torifu, put my words here, I will never compromise with anyone, do you hear me?"
Danzo's face turned purple with anger.
"Shimura Danzo!" Torifu said in a deep voice: "In view of what you have done, I, Akimichi Torifu, as the acting Hokage, have decided..."
"Torifu! Wait!" An old voice was heard.
Torifu looked at the person with disgust.
Sarutobi Hiruzen!
This old guy still managed to make it.
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