Konoha: Uchiha Shisui's Advisor Alliance

Chapter 168 Tiger Mask Ninja

Compared to Izayoi's joy and impatience, Shisui was more confused.

'Who sent the ambush?'

There are many people who want to take action against Shisui. Within Konoha, there are Danzo, Utatane Koharu, some ninja clans that were previously targeted by Uchiha, and maybe the third generation?

There are even more people outside Konoha. All the major ninja villages want to kill him, especially the Fourth Raikage at that time. There is also a daimyo in the country whose thoughts are unclear.

Although Shisui was careful enough and made sufficient preparations before leaving Konoha, they had been away from the village for about half a month after all. It was possible that some smart person had found their traces and set an ambush here.

However, this place is very close to Konoha, and Shisui prefers people inside Konoha.

'Without the support of the Hokage, Danzo can only mobilize limited forces, so it should be Utatane Koharu. It seems that she cannot be kept. We must deal with her as soon as possible after returning.'

With this thought, Shisui turned his attention to his surroundings again. The three magatama reflected everything in front of him, and he carefully looked at the enemies hiding behind the huge trees.

The four Uchiha jonin also activated the three magatama and held long swords to guard Shisui, while Izayoi used Susanoo to cover all six of them.

In front of Susanoo, the enemy's traps and repeated bombings could not shake them at all.

At this moment, Izayoi controlled the Susanoo Titan to condense a chakra light blade that was tens of meters long, and slashed it horizontally with a large swing. A light blade radiated in a circle, and large tracts of ancient trees fell down. Countless enemies, both openly and secretly, were turned into dust by this sword.

"Hehe, hahaha~" Izayoi's body trembled slightly, and then he laughed heartily. His laughter seemed particularly unrestrained in this gradually quiet environment.

"What the hell is this?"

"The intelligence didn't tell us that the enemy had such strength, damn it!"

"Is this something we can handle?"

"Take this money, I'm leaving now!"

Some ninjas who had managed to survive in the forest raised their heads and looked at the scene in front of them in horror, their throats rolling and they were thinking of retreating.

However, even in the face of Izayoi's exaggerated destructive power, there were still some ninjas with dazed expressions who rushed forward from all directions fearlessly.

"With your limited strength, you dare to face the challenge. I recognize your courage, but this is the only thing you deserve praise for."

Shizaye originally wanted to find someone to test out these eyes, and when he saw someone rushing towards him, he immediately spoke excitedly, and then mercilessly chopped several times in a row with a sword that was several dozen meters long.

The corners of Shisui's mouth twitched slightly when he was standing behind Izayoi, as if he was meeting Izayoi for the first time. In his impression, Izayoi was relatively calm, otherwise he would not have valued him so much.

But now the feeling the other party gave him gradually overlapped with Hui's.

Or, is this the common trait of the Uchiha?
It’s just that the family situation was not good before so they deliberately suppressed it. Now that Shisui has become Hokage, the family crisis has been resolved, and he has obtained the Mangekyō, so he has completely let himself go?

"what?"

While guessing, Shisui let out a light exclamation and noticed a ninja.

Under Izayoi's attack, these ninjas couldn't get close at all and could only throw shurikens and kunai from a distance, or perform some ninjutsu.

But a ninja dressed in strange clothes was hit by Izayoi's light blade as he rushed over.

In an instant, smoke and dust rose up, leaving a deep mark on the ground. Shizayoi looked back and saw that he had hit the target, so he didn't pay any attention to it anymore.

But in just a moment, the ninja rushed out of the smoke and dust unharmed and continued to approach Izayoi.

He was wearing a tiger-skin mask and holding a kunai. He was very fast and arrived outside Susanoo in just a few breaths.

The four people beside Shisui also noticed him, but they didn't take it seriously. With Susanoo's defensive ability, a kunai couldn't break it.

Only Shisui's heart was filled with alarm bells ringing. With such speed, his strength must be extraordinary. How could he be so unwise as to risk his life to test it?

But it was too late to warn him, so he could only raise his knife and be ready to attack at any time.

Almost at the same time, the tiger-masked ninja held a kunai and maintained a charging posture. In the shocked eyes of the four people, he directly passed through Susanoo and broke into the interior, and then went straight to Izayoi who had his back to them.

Shisui didn't hesitate, predicting the position and slashing at the tiger-masked ninja's neck.

As long as the opponent persists in attacking, although Izayoi will be stabbed by the kunai, his head will also be torn off and he will die on the spot.

The tiger-masked ninja seemed unaware and continued to thrust the kunai straight through Izayoi's chest.

At the same time, Shisui's sword also slashed across the opponent's neck.

"what?"

Feeling the touch of air-like strike on his hand, Shisui's face changed. However, what was even more strange was that the tiger-skin masked ninja holding the kunai actually pierced directly through Izayoi's chest, and then passed through Susanoo, through the big tree, and disappeared from everyone's sight.

"What is this?"

Shizaye was also startled. A person suddenly emerged from his stomach, which made his hair stand on end. His defiant expression disappeared in an instant.

"Be careful with that guy, he can pass through objects and is immune to physical attacks."

Shisui had never seen such a strange enemy before, and he warned carefully, and everyone dared not to be careless after hearing his words.

"Is it an illusion? And that eye, how could it be..."

Shisui was shocked, not only surprised by the other party's strange methods, but also by the flash of Sharingan when they intersected.

'Who is he? Why does he have the Sharingan?'

While Shisui was thinking, the other five people looked around carefully, and then they found that after the tiger-masked ninja missed his attack and disappeared, all the ambushers around who were still able to move took the opportunity to escape.

As for those who cannot move, they have already turned into minced meat.

"have they gone?"

Izayoi calmed down his emotions, and Susanoo turned into a skeleton again to protect everyone, no longer moving so vigorously as before.

"No movement. There are too many trees here. He could be hiding anywhere. Let's leave here first."

Unable to figure out the outcome, Shisui stopped worrying about it. Since the other party was going to attack them, they would fight sooner or later.

"Yes!"

Izayoi was still leading the way, and everyone immediately sped up and left the place, but they did not encounter any attacks again until they returned to Konoha.

After returning to Konoha, Shisui prepared to go to the Hokage Building first, while Izayoi was eager to return home, so after getting Shisui's permission, he went back to the clan first.

"Thank you for your hard work during this period, teacher."

"It's just a small matter. Just come back safely."

In the Hokage building, Yan Shifan had not returned yet. After Shisui came to the Hokage's office, the other Shisui in the room instantly turned into smoke and disappeared.

Shisui also took advantage of the opportunity to gain the memory of this period of time.

Most of them were trivial matters, including file processing and reading important documents. There were only two things that were more important, and one was the response from the daimyo.

As expected by everyone, the Daimyo did not try to obstruct or shirk responsibility for Shisui becoming Hokage. Not only that, he also sent people to praise Shisui and expressed his optimism about him.

But other than that, there was no other expression.

This year's allocation is only 1.2 billion. Judging from Daimyo's attitude, there will probably be no more allocation this year.

Konoha's 51st year's appropriation had been delivered long before the 50th year's Jonin Conference.

However, the daimyo at that time only allocated 1.2 billion on the grounds that too much additional funding had been allocated previously and the treasury was empty, and promised to make more allocations when the treasury was full.

At that time, there was serious internal strife among the various parties in Konoha, so they had no mood to care about this.

Now that Shisui has taken over this mess, he feels a little regretful.

As for the other matter, it is related to the western river channel in the western part of the Fire Country, adjacent to the River Country and the Rain Country, and is an internal matter of the Uchiha clan.

After digesting these memories, Shisui did not deal with them immediately, but first told Yan Shifan about what he had gained along the way.

"Hahaha, this trip has yielded a huge harvest. With Izayoi here, the Uchiha's deterrent power will be further enhanced, and we can be more relaxed in our arrangements outside the village."

Yan Shifan nodded. Although Shisui was very powerful, he was the Hokage after all. He couldn't just let the Hokage take action whenever something happened. It would be much easier if he had a powerful subordinate.

As for the question of loyalty.
After transplanting the first generation cells, Shisui has discovered that Kotoamatsukami's cooling time has been greatly reduced and his eye technique has been restored, but he believes that Izayoi will not let him down.

"The matter of Izayoi can be publicized as soon as possible. As for the Two-Tails, it is a ninja beast after all. It can create a strong person for the stability of the village. I haven't figured out how to deal with it yet."

Yan Shifan pondered for a moment and said, "Then wait a while. If there are too many enemies later, find a suitable candidate to become Jinchūriki. If there are not many enemies, you can seal the two-tail into your body."

Becoming a Jinchūriki will not bring much improvement to Shisui. If there are too many enemies outside Konoha, he may be unable to cope with them all. Based on the overall considerations, he will need to choose another person to become a Jinchūriki and take charge of the situation.

"I understand, let's wait a little longer.

Besides, I was ambushed on my way back."

Shishui frowned and mentioned the ambush. Yan Shifan's expression changed slightly, and then gradually turned into doubt.

"Sharingan? Not Tenshin or Sandaime?"

Yan Shifan also felt that Utane Koharu and the Third Generation were the most likely candidates. The Raikage was too far away and it was impossible for him to cross the defense line and bring so many people to intercept Shisui.

But that person actually had the Sharingan, which made the two of them think of Danzo.

"Orochimaru said that he had transplanted a Sharingan for Danzo, which is the eye hidden behind his bandage now. This ambush was most likely done by Danzo. Is there someone supporting him secretly?"

It was obvious that Danzo could not call so many people together alone.

Yan Shifan did not draw a conclusion. He turned around and looked through the window at the Hokage Rock, then said, "In my opinion, that may not be the case. After all, Danzo is not the only one who possesses the Sharingan."

Shishui was stunned, and his mood suddenly became heavy when he looked at Yan Shifan.

"Teacher, what does this mean?"

"Hahaha, I'm talking about the Nine-Tailed Fox."

Upon hearing this, Yan Shifan immediately knew that Zhishui had misunderstood, and he laughed and explained.

"I see!"

Shishui smiled awkwardly. He thought Yan Shifan suspected those people in the clan, especially the guy who awakened the Kaleidoscope.

After being reminded by Yan Shifan, Shisui gradually remembered such an enemy of Konoha, the enemy of Uchiha.

He immediately called the Anbu and ordered, "Go to the archives and get the records from the day of the Nine-Tails Rebellion."

"Yes!"

Then Shisui said to Yan Shifan: "At that time, my strength was mediocre, and my family received orders from the Anbu or the Root and could not take action, so the Fourth Generation died and the Uchiha were ostracized by all parties.

Later I heard that the man might be from the Uchiha clan. I didn't believe it at first, but now it seems that there might be something fishy going on."

Shisui said as he rubbed his forehead.

"You've been traveling for several days. If you feel tired, go back and rest. I'll tell you after I'm done."

"It doesn't matter. My old enemy may appear again. I am upset and can't sleep."

When it comes to this man, even though he might be one of his clansmen, Shisui still wants to tear him into pieces, if it wasn't for that man, the Uchiha would never have gone to that point.

Yan Shifan stopped trying to persuade them upon seeing this, and the people from the Anbu department did not keep the two waiting for long, and soon brought over the files for that night.

The two of them opened it and read it immediately.

"He was able to pass through the barrier silently and sneak into the birthing place of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki under the protection of many Anbu. It must be him, it must be him!"

The files did not contain much description of the mysterious man's appearance or dress. Everyone who saw him, including four generations, died that night.

But some speculations were made about its capabilities.

Shisui read the description above, murderous intent emanating from him uncontrollably, causing the Anbu lurking around to rush in one after another.

Seeing this, Shisui took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and said softly, "It's okay, you guys go down."

"Yes!"

"Shisui, be polite. If you meet him in your current state, he will play you into his hands."

Seeing that Zhishui's emotions fluctuated so greatly, Yan Shifan, who was affected by the murderous intent, had to speak out to persuade him with cold sweat on his forehead.

"Huh~
I'm sorry, teacher."

“He was able to wipe out all of the Anbu directly under the Third Generation, pass through the top-secret barrier, and knew that the seal of the Nine-Tails would be weakened during childbirth. He was even able to unlock the seal of the Nine-Tails and tame it.

Moreover, he was able to enter and exit Konoha freely without being blocked by the Konoha barrier. If it wasn't done by the chief of the Fugaku clan, then it must be another Uchiha who awakened the Mangekyo. An ordinary three-magatama could never do this."

Shisui even thought of Uchiha Madara who had once tamed the Nine-Tails, but he knew that Uchiha Madara was dead and his body had been taken away by Konoha, so it couldn't be him.

"Not only does this person know Konoha very well, but he also harbors hatred towards Konoha. In my opinion, he may be a member of the Uchiha clan who was lost during the war. He was stimulated so much that his eyes opened and his personality changed drastically, and he attacked Konoha instead."

Yan Shifan also had some knowledge about kaleidoscopes and immediately guessed what was going on.

Shisui's eyes lit up, and he continued, "The Mangekyo he opened, his pupil technique might be able to help him pass through objects, so he can ignore the Konoha barrier!"

"Teacher, help me check which members of the tribe didn't bring back their bodies during the war!"

(End of this chapter)