Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 155 Undercurrents (Please Subscribe)

"I'm back, Mr. Yang."

When Mina Uzumaki returned from Konoha Hospital, she saw Yugito walking into the house. Yugito was wearing white knee-high socks, and her small feet were walking quickly, making a pattering sound on the floor. So, she couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong with her?"

"Maybe he's sleepy!"

Uchiha Yoichi said with a serious face. He swore that he was just joking, but he did not expect that Yugito's ninja way was also true to his word.

After returning, she found a pair of white over-the-knee socks, put them on, and came out of the house. Her golden hair was tied into a single ponytail behind her, and she walked over with a conflicted and disgusted expression on her face.

In the end, Uchiha Yoichi could only lie on the sofa and enjoy a proper back massage!

Soft white stockings are perfect for massaging feet and can help relax muscles.

In the end, Samui also went back, but before releasing Yugito, Uchiha Yoichi used his Sharingan to learn from Samui what method they planned to use to bring Yugito back.

The Cloud Ninja planned to use the Six Paths Ninja Tools to make Yugito willingly enter the Red Gourd, and then use the Heavenly Delivery Technique to send the Red Gourd back to the Cloud Ninja Village.

Upon hearing this method, Uchiha Yang felt fortunate that Yugito hadn't agreed. She no longer wanted to return to Kumogakure, as this method might actually allow the Kumogakure to succeed.

However, he also had the method to cultivate the Heavenly Delivery Technique. Uchiha Yoichi planned to select a few more people from the Uchiha clan to cultivate the Heavenly Delivery Technique, so that with the Amber Purification Bottle, they could achieve delivery in one second.

Even a mountain of goods can be delivered instantly.

Many secret techniques of the Hidden Cloud Village can be popularized within the clan, but Lightning Release ninjutsu is difficult to master, as there are not many Uchiha clan members who possess Lightning Release.

"Mina, how's the Hashirama cell culture going?"

"The cultivation has already begun, but whether it's mine or Mikoto Uchiha's, our cells are fusing with Hashirama's cells very slowly, unlike Yoichi's cells."

Mina Uzumaki leaned against Yoichi Uchiha and said that since Mikoto moved out to live with her son, she had been spending more and more of Yoichi's time. Sometimes she would wake up to find herself being held in his arms, which was just too wonderful.

"At the current pace, it might take another month. I'll just keep an eye on things with my shadow clones every day."

"No need to rush. Get your Hashirama cells ready first. If war breaks out, you'll definitely have to go to the battlefield."

The Chunin Exams could not completely eliminate war. Hiruzen Sarutobi promoted his military capabilities and intended to destroy Iwagakure, but he was not completely destroyed.

Although nine Iwa ninja made it into the third individual battle, the top two spots were still taken by Konoha ninja.

Of Uchiha Yoichi's three students, two became Chunin. Chishima Kazuhiko was a bit unlucky. His strength was definitely enough to become a Chunin, but he just happened to run into the same team.

However, Hyuga Rimi's injuries were quite severe, and she was hospitalized after the competition. Therefore, Team 8 did not celebrate after the Chunin Exams, and they had to wait until Hyuga Rimi recovered.

Furthermore, Team 8 may also be broken up. Uchiha Yoichi is now both the head of the Uchiha clan and the captain of the security force, and Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Satomi have also become Chunin. The four of them can basically no longer form a team.

Uchiha Yoichi tried to help them get permission to continue performing missions as a Chunin squad, allowing Kurenai and the other two to continue.

The three of them are a perfect match: illusion, body, and ninjutsu. Kazuhiko Chishima is now slowly learning ninjutsu, and with the existence of the Sage's Curse Seal, he can increase the power of ninjutsu several times. Even D-rank fire jutsu can be used at the level of a special jonin.

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"Danzo, why did you send people to hunt down Jiraiya's students, especially near Konoha?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi said irritably, "Now that you've been captured and brought back, Jiraiya knows about it. If you don't give him an explanation, your Root ninjas might get ambushed the moment they step outside!"

Jiraiya really is capable of doing this. Anyway, he doesn't kill the person; he just knocks them unconscious and throws them aside. Even if Danzo finds out, what can he do? Can he retaliate in the same way?

"That was the demand of the Hanzo alliance of Amegakure. The existence of Akatsuki made Hanzo feel threatened. Didn't I give you the Amegakure alliance scroll last time?"

Danzo frowned and said that he had not expected that the three leaders of Akatsuki had any connection with Konoha.

I knew before that Jiraiya stayed in the Land of Rain to teach students, but I never expected that his student would be the leader of the Akatsuki organization.

"Since those three people are related to you, then Root will not interfere. Anyway, it was Hanzo of Amegakure's request, and you agreed to it at the time."

After thinking about this, Danzo decided to abandon the matter. His own people had been captured and brought back for completing the mission for Konoha. What kind of situation was this?

Danzo.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's lips twitched, but Danzo had no intention of staying and left the Hokage's office directly.

Hiruzen Sarutobi then summoned the Anbu and asked them to bring him information on the Akatsuki organization. The Anbu had also collected information on this organization; after Root completed the alliance with Amegakure in Konoha, they had collected a document on the Akatsuki organization and shared it with the Anbu.

"He founded a peaceful town, opposes war, and mainly resolves wars through peaceful negotiations. He has about sixty ninjas and more than five hundred peripheral members. His reputation is indeed very high. No wonder Hanzo couldn't help but take action against him."

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought that Yahiko was only a teenager, yet he had already developed an organization to this scale. If he were given another ten years, and the three leaders of Akatsuki reached the peak of their ninja strength, what would Akatsuki be like?

"Jiraiya's three disciples are indeed quite capable, but Hanzo is very important to Konoha right now."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was caught in a dilemma. Amegakure could now help Konoha restrain Sunagakure. Although the mission assignment for the Land of Rivers had been given to Amegakure, with Amegakure around, Sunagakure's primary enemy would always be them.

If Konoha were to break with Amegakure and Hanzo were to withdraw all his forces, Konoha would once again be facing off against Sunagakure.

Konoha doesn't actually have that many ninjas fighting on multiple fronts, and their hatred for the Cloud Ninja has deepened considerably.

After thinking for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi had the Anbu summon Jiraiya. This time, Jiraiya did not bring Yahiko and Konan with him, only himself.

"Old man, did you get the answer? Why did the Root organization target my student?"

As soon as Jiraiya entered the room, he spoke loudly. Seeing his expression, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew what he was up to and said irritably, "How would Danzo know that the leader of Akatsuki is your disciple? It's fortunate that this news didn't get out, otherwise, do you think Hanzo would have come after us?"

As he spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi tossed the Akatsuki organization's information to Jiraiya, telling him to look at it himself.

"So many people. As expected of students taught by my lord Jiraiya, they're quite capable!"

Upon seeing Yahiko and the others' achievements, Jiraiya burst into laughter. However, Hiruzen Sarutobi tapped the table with his pipe and said seriously...

"Jiraiya, the reason Root intercepted and killed your two disciples is because of the conditions of the alliance between Kikyo Castle and Konoha last time. Now Hanzo feels that Akatsuki is a threat, so he asked Konoha to help eliminate them."

"Hanzo's suggestion? That old man."

Jiraiya clicked his tongue in surprise upon hearing this, realizing the trouble he was in, and asked, "Old man, what do we do now?"

"We can't afford to fall out with Hanzo, otherwise the Sand Village might start having bad ideas again."

Hiruzen Sarutobi paused for a moment, then continued, "Have him pretend to be chased by Konoha ninjas. You do this; don't expect others to solve the trouble you've caused."

"Huh? You want me, the teacher, to hunt down my disciple? Old man, you're really good at giving advice!"

Jiraiya quickly waved his hand in refusal, then asked, "Old man, would you hunt down your own disciple?"

"I already said it was all an act. As long as it's for Hanzo's benefit, that's enough. He just needs to be seriously injured but not killed in the end."

Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his hand on the table and said, "Konoha can still secretly provide Akatsuki with some assistance, such as funds, medical supplies, or daily necessities, but our alliance with Hanzo cannot be broken, otherwise the Battle of Kikyo Castle will be repeated."

"Is that so? Even if it's just an act, it's really a bit much to go after your own disciple. I'll go talk to Yahiko; they should understand me as his teacher. I'll head back now, old man."

Jiraiya scratched his head and said this, then turned to leave the Hokage's office. However, before leaving, he poked his head back and asked, "Old man, how much are you planning to give Yahiko?"

"Get out! You're a Konoha ninja!"

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"Lord Danzo, I never expected you to personally transplant Hashirama's cells. That's truly astonishing."

When Orochimaru saw Danzo bring his men to his base and want to transplant the organ himself, a hint of surprise flashed across his golden vertical pupils.

"Nothing to be surprised about, Orochimaru. The power of the First Hokage will be even greater within me; however, I need to record the surgical procedure. Is that alright, Orochimaru?"

After Danzo finished speaking, he took off his extra clothes and lay down on the operating table. He didn't give Orochimaru a chance to refuse. He had already prepared a reason. He was the Hokage's assistant. In case of any accidents, the recorded surgical process would be easy for Orochimaru to explain.

Danzo actually just wanted to record the transplantation process so he could study it later.

"Whatever. Lord Danzo has more guts than Sarutobi-sensei, and the more chakra, the stronger the Wood Release."

Orochimaru was too lazy to argue with Danzo about these things. Recording the transplant surgery was useless. The most important thing in the early stages was to process Hashirama's cells. If Danzo wanted to go back and try to do it just by recording a transplant surgery, it would be tantamount to suicide.

"Orochimaru, who were the two people Hiruzen sent to perform the surgery?"

"I don't know. The identities of the Dark Guard are kept secret, and besides, they all wear masks during surgery."

Orochimaru spoke up, but he was familiar with one of them: Sarutobi Shinnosuke's eldest son. They had worked together on many missions, and he was very familiar with the scars on Shinnosuke's body.

Although he is a member of the Anbu, if Sarutobi Shinnosuke were to join the Anbu, what Sarutobi-sensei said wouldn't be wrong.

The transplant surgery was successful very quickly. After Danzo stepped off the operating table, he saw that he only had a few small wounds on his body.

He could feel his own chakra slowly changing.

"Give it a try, Lord Danzo."

Orochimaru handed over a chakra test strip. Danzo's chakra was a single-attribute Wind Release. If he mastered Wood Release, then Water Release and Earth Release would appear.

Danzo took the chakra test strip and tested it with chakra. The chakra test strip split in the middle, one side broke apart, and the other side became wet.

With the addition of two chakra natures, Danzo has now mastered Wood Release.

"Orochimaru, that cursed seal technique of yours last time..."

"If you can't offer a sufficient price, then it's best not to say anything more, Lord Danzo."

Orochimaru shook his head and said, "In a sense, this is already my trump card."

"What about the Book of Seals?"

"Not enough. The Book of Seals doesn't appeal to me much. Never mind, Lord Danzo, I doubt you can give me what I want anyway. Let's wait until later."

Orochimaru said without much interest that what he needed most right now was an assistant, preferably someone with medical ninjutsu as good as Mina Uzumaki, so that he could save a lot of trouble in his experiments.

Although he now has a student by his side, he is still studying and his value is almost exhausted.

"Even the Book of Seals won't work, Orochimaru, you're too greedy."

Danzo said coldly, but he couldn't do anything about Orochimaru. Seeing the medical ninja he brought nod to indicate that he had recorded everything, he snorted and left.

In the days following the conclusion of the Chunin Exams, the ninja world seemed to suddenly become peaceful because of the exams.

But this was only a facade of calm. After returning to Konoha, Huang Tu from Iwagakure recounted what they had seen and heard, especially the contact with the Cloud Ninja and Konoha's Wood Release techniques.

Huang Tu had never seen Wood Release, but Onoki had indeed experienced the era when Wood Release quelled the war, and he had personally experienced the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, which was on par with Wood Release.

The war between the Cloud Ninja and the Leaf Village on the battlefield of the Land of Hot Water ended too quickly. Just as the Iwa Ninja were about to join the war, the Cloud Ninja were defeated and returned to the Land of Lightning.

This time, the Third Raikage took the initiative to come to him, and Onoki just happened to see what he wanted to say.

Yahiko and Konan also returned. After learning that the reason they were being hunted was related to Hanzo, they seemed to have suffered a blow. Before this, the three of them had admired Hanzo, the demigod of the ninja world, and had hoped that Hanzo would also believe in their ideals.

But after learning about this, Yahiko suddenly didn't know what to do.

However, after thinking it over, he agreed to Konoha's request. He didn't think Jiraiya would lie to him, and the Akatsuki really needed supplies recently. If they wanted to carry out a relief operation, supplies were essential.

So, at the border between the Land of Rain and the Land of Fire, Yahiko and Konan almost in front of a patrol of Rain Ninjas, severely "injured" Yahiko.

Subsequently, members of the Akatsuki organization arrived to provide assistance, and Jiraiya and his group promptly returned to Konoha.

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