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Chapter 88 The Tragedy of a Spy (Long Chapter! Seeking First Subscription!)

After the New Year.

A new member has joined the Dark Division.

Itachi Uchiha arrived very early.

The Konoha community isn't very large.

Many members of the Anbu also knew that Itachi Uchiha was different from others; he was a member of the prestigious Uchiha clan of Konoha and the eldest son of the captain of the Konoha Police Force.

However, while the Dark Division doesn't engage in any unethical practices, it does have a tradition of seniority-based hierarchy. Being too young inevitably leads to being questioned within the Dark Division.

However, the Dark Division isn't without its share of little guys.

Akihara Kagura was only eleven years old when the New Year came.

However, Akihara Kagura was a Wood Release bloodline ninja, whose strength was too great. As a ninja from Root, none of the Anbu ninjas thought of questioning Akihara Kagura. In addition, everyone knew that this little guy looked down on the Anbu and thought about returning to Root every day.

The other Anbu ninjas were still observing this newcomer named Uchiha Itachi and were not willing to take the initiative to pay attention to him.

Akihara Kagura is an exception.

As a veteran member of Kakashi Hatake's squad, Akihara Kagura enthusiastically took Uchiha Itachi to the logistics department to collect equipment, helped him assign a wardrobe, and introduced him to her colleagues in the Anbu.

"This is Uchiha Itachi."

Kagura Akihara seemed worried that Itachi Uchiha would be questioned by his Anbu colleagues, so she introduced Itachi's background: "Itachi Uchiha was recommended by Lord Danzo to study in the Anbu. Lord Danzo wanted to train him to be the future leader of Root."

"..."

The ANBU ninjas immediately stopped underestimating Uchiha Itachi.

Even if these ANBU ninjas thought that Uchiha Itachi, an eleven-year-old kid, might not be reliable, they couldn't openly question a future Root leader.

"I didn't... I didn't..."

Itachi Uchiha waved his hands repeatedly, a look of unease on his small face, afraid of being misunderstood: "I'm just an ordinary ninja who was recommended by Lord Danzo to join the Anbu for training..."

"Not only that..."

Kagura Akihara shook her head and added, "The Third Hokage personally instructed Captain Kakashi to assign Itachi Uchiha to our squad and to have Captain Kakashi take good care of him in the Anbu."

Based on what Akihara Kagura said, Itachi Uchiha sounded more like a background character sent by someone above to gain experience. In fact, he was indeed sent there to gain experience.

"The Dark Division doesn't have those corrupt practices."

Kakashi Hatake placed a hand on Kagura Akihara's shoulder and reassured the bewildered Itachi Uchiha: "Don't worry about it, Kagura just likes to talk nonsense."

"yes!"

Itachi Uchiha immediately relaxed.

Compared to Akihara Kagura, Hatake Kakashi is truly a good person.

"Sixth Platoon, off on a mission!"

Kakashi Hatake waved, signaling everyone present to leave together, then looked at Itachi Uchiha: "Go change into your Anbu gear first. The Hokage instructed that you and Kagura can stay by my side."

"And you."

Kakashi Hatake then looked at Kagura Akihara, a hint of helplessness on his face: "We've done missions with Itachi before, so we need to spend some time with him..."

"Okay, okay."

Akihara Kagura politely brushed her off for a couple of minutes, then turned to Uchiha Itachi: "Did you hear that? You're going to have to spend some time with me."

"..."

Itachi Uchiha didn't know how to start the conversation.

Just then, a member of the secret service suddenly burst into the changing room!

"Captain Kakashi!"

"The Hokage summons you with important business!"

"Take Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi to the Hokage Building right now!"

Inside the Hokage Building.

The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had a solemn expression.

The two Hokage advisors, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, who had been sitting next to him, had their brows furrowed, while Danzo Shimura, the Hokage's assistant, looked somewhat eager to try.

"I really didn't expect this..."

Mitokado Homura sighed, looking at the intelligence report sent by the spies from Iwagakure: "Such a big thing has happened at the very beginning of this year. Obito Uchiha controlled Han, the Five-Tails Jinchuriki of Iwagakure, attempting to assassinate the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, almost causing a Tailed Beast Invasion..."

"This matter has become so widely known..."

Koharu Utatane pondered the implications of this matter and asked, "Why didn't Iwagakure try to suppress this? Could there be some kind of trap?"

"This is a good thing for us too..."

Danzo Shimura was completely unconcerned about the chaos in Iwagakure, even thinking the more the merrier: "It's a pity the Five-Tails Jinchuriki didn't kill Onoki..."

"It might not be a good thing..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and began to recount all the things Obito Uchiha had done: "Obito Uchiha is a dangerous rogue ninja. He once controlled the Nine-Tails of Konoha, causing Minato's death, controlled the Three-Tails of Kirigakure, and now he's controlling the Five-Tails of Iwagakure..."

"Is this a deliberate attempt to weaken the power of these major ninja villages by using the tailed beasts?"

Mitokado also realized that there was something wrong with these things. A person can't do these things for no reason; everything has a purpose.

"unknown."

Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't entirely clear on this either, as most of the information he received came from Kakashi Hatake: "Kakashi mentioned something; it seems Obito Uchiha has gone astray, attempting to bring eternal peace to the ninja world and trying to revive the village hero, Rin Nohara..."

"If he wants to achieve so-called peace in the ninja world, then it's understandable why he would have such a far-fetched idea..."

Koharu Utatane nodded, speculating based on Obito Uchiha's behavior: "The Tailed Beasts are very powerful. He probably believes that as long as he uses the Tailed Beasts to kill the Kage of that village and let the Jinchuriki take the Kage's position, he can directly control the Five Great Nations!"

"But what's the use of that?"

Mitokado Homura raised his own questions: "For example, Obito Uchiha controlled Kirigakure, but instead of taking the time to govern the village in place of Yagura Karatachi, he made Kirigakure even more chaotic under the Blood Mist policy. Isn't that hardly a peaceful approach?"

"And... how is he going to revive Nohara Rin?"

Mitokado Homura raised his biggest question and actually started thinking about it seriously: "There are extremely rare techniques in the ninja world that can bring people back to life. Even someone as talented as the Second Hokage only managed to develop an imperfect Impure World Reincarnation technique..."

"Could it be..."

"Does Obito Uchiha want to revive Rin Nohara using the Impure World Reincarnation technique?"

"Perhaps..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and mentioned a few words about the Impure World Reincarnation technique: "According to the records left by the Second Hokage in the Scroll of Seals, the Impure World Reincarnation technique requires the sacrifice of a living person. The stronger the sacrificed living person is, the closer the resurrected dead person will be to their power in life..."

"Desecrating the dead, harming the living..."

Koharu Utatane quickly shut down any possible leaks that might reveal the forbidden technique: "This is an absolutely forbidden technique that must not be practiced. It was forbidden by the First Hokage and Tobirama-sensei!"

"We have always acted in accordance with the will of the Second Hokage."

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't believe anyone could learn it successfully, because the technique was still incomplete and extremely difficult to learn. Right now, he was more concerned about Obito Uchiha.

dong dong dong...

There was a knock on the Hokage's office door.

Kakashi Hatake walked in with Kagura Akihara and Itachi Uchiha, and saw that all the Konoha high-ranking officials were present, their expressions somewhat serious.

Obviously...

Something big must have happened again.

Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't hide much, recounting Obito Uchiha's great achievements in Iwagakure, and said in a deep voice, "Kakashi, the harm caused by Obito Uchiha is getting greater and greater. I believe that sooner or later he will endanger the safety of Konoha. We must intensify our investigation into him..."

"The three of you once went to Kirigakure to investigate and thwarted Obito Uchiha's plot to control the village. Now, your team is to go to the Land of Earth to investigate Obito Uchiha's whereabouts. Whatever Obito Uchiha wants to do, you must stop him!"

"clear!"

Kakashi Hatake only wanted to do this one thing.

As for Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi, one of these kids is extremely powerful and the other represents the Uchiha clan, so it's quite fitting for them to follow Uchiha Obito.

Be careful.

Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up his pipe and warned, "When you go to the Land of Earth to scout, be sure to avoid attracting the attention of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki..."

That old guy is very strong, especially the Third Tsuchikage Onoki's Dust Release Kekkei Tota, which is even more terrifying than ordinary Kekkei Genkai!

"clear."

Kakashi Hatake had also heard of the Tsuchikage's name.

"Go and prepare."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, then glanced at Danzo Shimura beside him: "Danzo, have the intelligence department personnel cooperate with them."

"..."

Danzo Shimura remained silent for a while, then his gaze slowly shifted, lingering on Kagura Akihara for a moment before finally settling on Itachi Uchiha.

"Itachi".

"Come with me."

Shimura Danzo stroked his cane and said slowly, "I'll give you the list of Iwagakure's intelligence department members. You can contact them later."

"..."

Akihara Kagura seemed somewhat disappointed as she lowered her head.

Kakashi Hatake keenly sensed that his subordinate was somewhat unhappy. After leaving the Hokage Building, he planned to comfort him, saying that staying away from Danzo Shimura was not a bad thing.

"I know who the intelligence agents from Iwagakure are."

Akihara Kagura's voice was tinged with suppressed melancholy, as if she were deliberately bringing up something that made her unhappy: "On the day of the Chunin Exams last year, Kabuto Yakushi treated me to ramen before going to Iwagakure on a mission..."

"I remember that guy..."

Kakashi Hatake recalled the person who had insisted on paying.

Kakashi Hatake had never seen Kagura Akihara so dejected, and gently comforted her, "It seems you two have a good relationship. That guy named Kabuto Yakushi must be safe and sound in Iwagakure."

"Not exactly."

Kagura Akihara shook her head and sighed softly, "The main problem is that I've always wanted to kill him. I can't do it in the village, so I can only take advantage of this trip to the Land of Earth. Lord Danzo won't tell me how to contact him, so how can I kill him?"

"Don't even think about killing your fellow villagers!"

Kakashi Hatake's forehead twitched, slightly regretting his actions in comforting Kagura Akihara. He sighed and rubbed his forehead, saying, "You're no longer a member of Root; you're an Anbu ninja. Quickly correct your thinking..."

"This time..."

"Shimura Danzo did do a good thing."

"Do not contact intelligence agents without authorization."

"Without permission from our superiors, we cannot contact the intelligence department personnel at will, lest we expose their identities and put them in danger."

Kakashi Hatake then remembered the surname Kabuto Yakushi and asked, "By the way, the surname Yakushi seems familiar. What is the relationship between Kabuto Yakushi and Nonou Yakushi?"

"You should know from the name..."

Kagura Akihara glanced speechlessly at Kakashi Hatake: "Kabuto Yakushi, of course, is an orphan like me, adopted by Dean Nonou Yakushi!"

"You bastard..."

Kakashi Hatake noticed this guy was breathing heavily and rubbed his forehead, saying, "Since you were both orphans, why do you always want to kill him? Is it because he bullied you in the orphanage when you were little?"

Kagura Akihara shook her head and said in a deep voice, "In order to get Kabuto Yakushi out of Root, Dean Nonou Yakushi accepted Danzo's request and has been stuck in Root ever since, unable to leave, and is even carrying out dangerous spy missions outside..."

In front of Kakashi Hatake, Akihara Kagura updated her character script: "In order to get Dean Yakushi Nonou away from her dangerous work at Root, I might as well kill Yakushi Kabuto, kill the person who's holding Dean Yakushi Nonou back!"

Although the scripts are different…

But the final results will definitely overlap.

After all, putting on a persona of insane jealousy in front of Kakashi Hatake doesn't fit his image and might even affect Kakashi Hatake's good impression of him.

It wouldn't matter if Kakashi Hatake told Kabuto or Nonou Yakushi about this script one day, because the outcome of the script would definitely not change, and it would even make Kabuto and Nonou like him more.

"I actually think Kabuto is quite friendly to you."

Kakashi Hatake frowned, sensing that things weren't so simple, and boldly asked, "Is it possible that Danzo Shimura used you or Nonou Yakushi to threaten Kabuto Yakushi, used Kabuto to threaten Nonou Yakushi, and used Nonou Yakushi to threaten you...?"

"..."

Akihara Kagura suddenly fell silent.

How could Kakashi Hatake have such thoughts? He even managed to come up with a logical loop, and this line of thinking is actually quite in line with Danzo Shimura's character!

"Don't be influenced by Danzo's ideology, which always leads to extreme thoughts of killing."

After summarizing, Kakashi Hatake instructed, "Let's pack our things! We're leaving for the Land of Earth tomorrow."

"understood."

After Akihara Kagura and Hatake Kakashi parted ways, Akihara Kagura suddenly said, "Hey, Wei, go keep an eye on Uchiha Itachi for me, see what he and Lord Danzo are talking about..."

"clear."

White Zetsu Awei popped his head up quickly, then sank back down just as fast.

root base.

Uchiha Itachi knelt on one knee in front of Shimura Danzo.

"You should know what we want you to do, right?"

Danzo Shimura narrowed his eyes and continued slowly, "Over the years, it's thanks to your father that peace has been maintained between Konoha and the Uchiha clan. However, this is ultimately not a long-term solution for either Konoha or the Uchiha..."

"The Uchiha clan has been granted a high degree of autonomy by the village. We need an informant to intervene in the hostile relationship between the Uchiha and Konoha, and to eliminate those dangerous individuals who threaten the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha..."

"The path of a spy is destined to be dark."

Danzo Shimura glanced down at Itachi Uchiha and continued, "Itachi, to protect Konoha and the peace of the Uchiha clan in the darkness, you must have an extremely strong will and a spirit of sacrificing everything, even yourself, at any time. Have you really thought this through?"

"yes!"

Itachi Uchiha's attitude was very firm.

As he grew older, Itachi Uchiha became aware of the conflict between the Uchiha clan and Konoha, and he, like Shisui Uchiha, sought a peaceful solution.

This time, being recommended by Danzo Shimura to join the Anbu was a huge opportunity for him, and he could even have direct contact with the Konoha leadership.

If we're talking about sacrifice...

Itachi Uchiha never cared about sacrifice!

"Then let me see!"

Danzo Shimura took out a list and handed it to Itachi Uchiha: "This is a list of intelligence agents from Iwagakure and their contact codes."

"Yes."

Itachi Uchiha reached out and took it.

"Itachi, this is a test for you."

Danzo Shimura then took out three more sealed scrolls, pointing to the blue scroll and saying, "Give this blue scroll to Yakushi Nonou; it's her last mission with Root."

Danzo Shimura pointed to the red scroll and continued, "Give this red scroll to Kabuto Yakushi; it contains the mission he's going to carry out."

"..."

Itachi Uchiha nodded, indicating that he had made a mental note of it.

Itachi Uchiha was somewhat puzzled. Was this test really that simple?

"And this blue scroll..."

Danzo Shimura looked down at Itachi Uchiha, a hint of coldness in his eyes, as if he were observing Itachi's thoughts.

"Yes."

Uchiha Itachi immediately lowered his head.

Is the real assessment coming soon?

Danzo Shimura's speech slowed down: "Itachi, this blue scroll is your test. When you return, tell me if you still have the resolve to sacrifice everything for the future of Konoha and the Uchiha clan!"

"yes!"

Itachi Uchiha believed that none of this was a problem.

The only problem is... probably the other member of the team.

"By the way, Lord Danzo."

After receiving the scroll, Itachi Uchiha raised his question: "Why did you kick Kagura out of Root? Because I joined Root, but Kagura had to leave, and he's always been hostile towards me..."

"..."

Danzo Shimura's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.

Did you want to kick him out?

That was taken from me by Hiruzen Sarutobi!

Now he can't even contact Akihara Kagura privately. Not long ago, Hiruzen Sarutobi even issued a special ban on him, prohibiting him from contacting Akihara Kagura without permission!

When Shimura Danzo thought of that little guy Akihara Kagura, he felt a little gratified, feeling that he still had a chance to use Akihara Kagura.

pity…

This opportunity is hard to come by.

"Don't worry about these things..."

After shaking his head, Shimura Danzo suddenly spoke up as if he had just remembered something: "By the way, you need to keep a close eye on Akihara Kagura in the squad..."

"Kagura possesses the Wood Release Kekkei Genkai within her body, making her an extremely powerful ninja and an extremely dangerous person for Konoha."

the most important is!

Akihara Kagura is an outsider I brought back myself!

This cannot be known to anyone yet; it is the secret that allows me to forever control Akihara Kagura!

"..."

Uchiha Itachi nodded hesitantly.

At that moment, Itachi Uchiha understood the tragedy of spies.

Even future teammates, with whom I'll spend every day, must be monitored like enemies? And in the future, I might even have to monitor my own people…

Underground.

The other spy, however, did not feel any sorrow.

"Lately, I have this feeling that Shimura Danzo has discovered me?"

White Zetsu Awei shuddered intermittently, scurrying about underground: "Is Shimura Danzo's senses really that sharp? We can't take on such dangerous missions anymore!"

White Zetsu Awei swiftly swam back to Akihara Kagura's side, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering good news: "Uchiha Itachi is here to spy on you! Konoha has never trusted you! Danzo's senses are too sharp! He might have discovered me! Kagura, when do you plan to defect from Konoha to the Akatsuki?"

"I knew it all along."

Akihara Kagura rubbed her temples, finding it incredibly boring to constantly observe White Zetsu using the [Darkness of the Ninja World]: "Tell me everything you know..."

Let me take a look first…

Could this White Zetsu named Awei be hiding something from me?

As long as it doesn't involve Obito Uchiha and the Akatsuki organization, White Zetsu Awei will not hide any information and will reveal all the information exchanged between Itachi Uchiha and Danzo Shimura.

"Feel sorry."

This White Zetsu named Awei had a strong work ethic, and said with some self-reproach, "I haven't found out the secrets of those three scrolls yet. They didn't talk about the secrets of the scrolls. I only know that one scroll belongs to Kabuto Yakushi, one to Nonou Yakushi, and one to Itachi Uchiha..."

"It's okay, I didn't expect you to be that outstanding anyway."

Kagura Akihara casually reassured it and continued, "First, go and find Orochimaru's whereabouts. Then I'll introduce you and the Akatsuki organization to Orochimaru so he can conduct some human experiments on you and make you even better."

"I don't mind Itachi monitoring me..."

Akihara Kagura slowly and firmly gripped the Kusanagi sword Orochimaru had given her: "When we return, my origins will no longer be a problem."

Third update!

I'll update the rest tomorrow!

I hope there will be an extra chapter tomorrow!

Let me recommend "Arceus's Pirate Journey" again.

(End of this chapter)