Naruto: Uchiha Youngjo's Konoha Spring

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By this time, many other forces in the ninja world had also figured out what had happened inside Konoha.

Upon receiving the news, Onoki immediately locked himself in the quiet room of the Tsuchikage Building and pondered over the chessboard all night. To be honest, he didn't understand what A was thinking, daring to directly provoke an Uchiha who possessed the Complete Body Susanoo.

"Father, should we still send troops to aid Yunyin?" After waiting all night, Huang Tu took the initiative to enter the quiet room. However, as soon as he spoke, he saw on the chessboard in front of his father that his king was already surrounded by the enemy. Within three moves at most, it would be a dead end.

"Has the situation become this dire, Father?" Huang Tu hurriedly asked. He knew that Onoki liked to use shogi to sort out his thoughts when facing difficulties, but even during the Third Shinobi World War, when the Kannabi Bridge was blown up and their army had major problems with replenishment, the chessboard that Onoki set up was far less dangerous than it is today.

At this moment, Onoki also came to his senses, looked up at the yellow earth, and then instructed: "In the name of Iwagakure, issue a statement in the ninja world, strongly condemning the actions of Kumogakure, and then send a message of condolence to Konoha."

"As for aiding Kumogakure... let's forget about it. If we join in, it will be the Fourth Shinobi World War. If we hadn't experienced the war with Takigakure, we could have tried to seize some benefits from it, but now..."

Onoki shook his head, his face full of helplessness: "More importantly, in the current ninja world, no one can stop Uchiha Tokō."

"Has Uchiha Touko really become this powerful?" Huang Tu was somewhat puzzled.

"Fighting two battles in one night, first severely injuring A, and then defeating two tailed beasts single-handedly, this kind of strength has already exceeded the scope of a Kage." Onoki sighed, "I have only seen two people who have such strength, one is Hashirama Senju, and the other is Madara Uchiha."

“Decades later, the Uchiha clan produced another figure like Uchiha Madara, but the ninja world could no longer find another Senju Hashirama to stop him,” Onoki said.

“However, Father, this Fifth Hokage seems to be a peace-loving person. After all, according to the intelligence, they not only accepted the surrender of Kumogakure, but also did not launch a counterattack against the Land of Lightning. It seems that they want to let this matter end here,” Huang Tu said at this moment.

"Heh, a love of peace?" Onoki shook his head as if he had heard something unbelievable, and said with a wry smile, "If the Fifth Hokage's surname was Senju, then I would really believe that he loved peace. But his surname is Uchiha."

“Uchiha…” Huang Tu nodded upon hearing this. “It is indeed hard to believe that they pursue peace with this surname.”

"No, the Uchiha clan does pursue peace." Onoki corrected his son at this moment. "The strong members of this clan throughout history, after reaching a certain level of strength, must have thought about the ultimate question of peace."

"Huh?" Huang Tu looked surprised upon hearing this.

“Take Madara Uchiha back then, for example. What he sought was to end the chaos of the Warring States period and usher in an era of peace. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have started the current era of ninja villages together with Hashirama Senju,” Onoki said. “However, not everyone can accept the Uchiha clan’s conclusions about peace.”

"We no longer know the specifics of Madara Uchiha's plan, but if his plan were truly acceptable to people, even the God of Shinobi, Hashirama Senju, wouldn't have stopped him," Onoki sighed. "The same goes for Tokyo Uchiha now. I believe that he, with the blood of the Uchiha clan flowing through his veins, is pursuing long-term peace, but no one can predict the impact his plan will have on the ninja world."

If Uchiha Touki were here, he would probably have to admit that sometimes the person who understands you best is actually your opponent. Onoki's understanding of the Uchiha clan probably far surpasses that of most people in the ninja world.

Throughout the ninja world, most people's impression of the Uchiha clan is that they are powerful, cold-blooded, and extremely dangerous.

However, Onoki was able to see the Uchiha clan's deeply hidden core beneath this facade. The last outsider to understand the Uchiha clan so well was probably only Tobirama Senju.

However, it is precisely because of his understanding of the Uchiha clan that Onoki is able to better understand the danger hidden beneath the peaceful facade currently displayed by Uchiha Tokkou.

To put it bluntly, if the Uchiha clan were just a bunch of fanatical warmongers, then Tobirama Senju wouldn't have been so wary of them. But the fact that every now and then a madman with superhuman strength would emerge from this clan, and that madman would always be thinking about grand topics like world peace, made them extremely terrifying.

"So, is there really no way to stop him?" Huang Tu, after understanding the matter under his father's guidance, also felt a chill run down his spine.

"Given the current situation, we can only hope that another Hashirama Senju will emerge in the ninja world." Onoki looked down at the chess game in front of him, which had already reached a dead end, and said helplessly. "The only good news is that this new-era Uchiha Madara is not ruthless in his methods." Onoki said, "If that day really comes, the people of the Land of Earth should not suffer too much harm."

"Oh, right, let's remove the bounty on Deidara." Thinking of this, Onoki suddenly remembered his troublesome disciple and casually gave the order.

"I understand." Huang Tu nodded. After a while, looking at his father's somewhat desolate figure and the unsolvable chessboard in the quiet room, Huang Tu hesitated for a moment and couldn't help but ask, "Father, when that day comes, will we, the people of Iwagakure, have no choice but to surrender?"

"Hands up and surrender? How could that be?" Onoki's eyes suddenly sharpened after hearing Huang Tu's question. "Even if we in Iwagakure have no chance of winning when that day comes, we will show them what our Will of Stone is. Our Iwagakure does not have scum like Takagi Seiman."

"Only in this way can the ninjas of our Land of Earth truly have a place in the new era." Onoki said, picking up the king that was surrounded on the chessboard, and with a resolute look in his eyes, he made a desperate move to charge forward.

……

In the Hokage's office in Konoha, Uchiha Touko stood by the window, watching the construction of the Konoha Heroes Memorial outside.

Inside the office, Nagato and Konan sat on the sofa, watching Uchiha Touko's back without saying a word to disturb him. Instead, they quietly drank the tea that Uchiha Touko had brewed for them.

"Please excuse my rudeness. I originally thought we could finalize the specific cooperation plan that day, but I didn't expect this to happen." After a while, Uchiha Touko turned around and said, and sat down in front of the two of them.

"Your Excellency Hokage is too kind. After all, no one could have predicted that Kumogakure would do such a thing," Nagato said. "However, I do have some questions that Your Excellency Hokage needs to answer for me. Why doesn't Your Excellency Hokage take this opportunity to launch a counterattack on the Land of Lightning? After all, for Konoha, with the Raikage seriously injured and one of Kumogakure's two Jinchūriki dead and the other wounded, Konoha is fully capable of taking advantage of this opportunity to occupy the Land of Lightning."

“Yes, Konoha is indeed capable of conquering the Land of Lightning right now,” Uchiha Touko said. “However, the Fourth Shinobi World War will follow immediately. Although I am confident that Konoha and our allies will be the final victors in this war, how many meaningless sacrifices will there be in the process? How many civilians will lose everything they have worked so hard for because of this hasty war?”

“I understand.” Nagato nodded. “I was naive. I shouldn’t have questioned your pursuit of peace before.”

It wasn't until he heard Uchiha Touko's answer that Nagato truly trusted everything Uchiha Touko had said before. Before he was fortunate enough to meet Jiraiya and become a ninja, he was a civilian who had truly experienced the pain of war. Therefore, after hearing Uchiha Touko's answer, Nagato also let down his last bit of defense and was ready to fully cooperate with Uchiha Touko.

"Hokage, in a while, I will send the Five-Tails to the Tailed Beast Protection Area in the Land of Fire," Nagato said at this moment. "After that, I wonder what your plans are for the Akatsuki organization?"

“For now, let’s keep your Akatsuki organization operating in the ninja world as mercenaries,” Uchiha Touko said with a smile. “After all, if your organization were to lay bare its full strength and openly cooperate with Konoha, that old man Onoki would get restless. Before we are fully prepared, it’s best not to provoke that old man’s fragile nerves.”

“Alright.” Nagato nodded, then glanced back at Konan.

Konan took out a beautiful little box from the sealing scroll she carried with her, and then presented it to Uchiha Touko with both hands.

"Please accept this," Nagato said with a smile, looking at Uchiha Touko.

"What is this?" Uchiha Touko opened the box with some curiosity. Inside, a light gold ring lay quietly. On the special chakra gemstone above the ring, the character "Wei" was engraved.

“This is the medium for casting one of the special abilities of the Rinnegan, the Illusionary Body Technique. With this, if you need anything from the Akatsuki, you can contact me at any time,” Nagato said. “As for the meaning of this code name, our Akatsuki's code names are all named after constellations or divine beasts. I think nothing can represent you better than the legendary Emperor of Stars, Ziwei Star. This is also our Akatsuki's sincerity.”

(End of this chapter)