I, Uchiha: Split Konoha

Chapter 184 A Shocking Conspiracy Theory

Under the cover of night, the campfire crackled and popped, accompanied by sparks flying everywhere.

The dimly lit cave exuded an eerie atmosphere.

Uchiha Yoru, who was already on the verge of death, was now sitting in front of the fire, his face pale from blood loss.

"Kid, are you really sure your Wood Release plan failed?"

In the oppressive atmosphere, Tsunade, having regained her original appearance, stared with her beautiful eyes, which now exuded a powerful and authoritative aura.

Faced with such questioning, Uchiha Yoru nodded awkwardly and said, "There was only one successful test subject, and that was by chance. He first served in Root under the code name 'A', and was later transferred to Anbu."

Upon hearing about the sordid affairs in the village, Tsunade couldn't help but let out a cold snort. When they returned, they suddenly saw a large tree that had appeared in front of the beach, and inside the tree was a person wrapped up.

As they approached, they were shocked to discover that Uchiha Yoru, who had been on the verge of death, had a steady heartbeat, and his heart meridians had been fully restored; everything seemed to have recovered.

Wood Release!

The Senju clan members did not awaken Wood Release, but an Uchiha member did. Although it did not display the power of the First Hokage, it still made Tsunade's eyes widen.

"Heh, I never expected that the blonde loli girl would actually be Tsunade, one of the Legendary Sannin of Konoha. Tsk tsk."

Mei Terumi, standing to the side, revealed a captivating emerald green eye beneath her long brown hair. At this moment, she looked at Tsunade and Uchiha Yoru with obvious sourness. What's going on? Am I the only rogue ninja? And you two are from the same village. Isn't this bullying?

Faced with Mei's mockery, Tsunade, being a woman, scoffed disdainfully, "The little girl is not bad, she actually has two bloodlines. What a pity."

The atmosphere was slightly eerie. Uchiha Yoru was alright, so what should be done about the three of them?

At this moment, Mei Terumi was in a state of utter confusion. Not to mention her, even Tsunade was holding her forehead in exasperation, frowning as she watched all of this.

This is a real headache. I thought it would be so much better if that brat died, all would be over, and we could pretend nothing happened. But in this situation, the other side is an Uchiha who has suddenly awakened Wood Release. This is just ridiculous.

Do nothing happened? Is everything over?

It's not impossible, but what about Wood Release? Wood Release is unique to the Senju clan? It's not that she's stingy, but this person just happens to be an Uchiha.

"We can't really do it for real!" Thinking this, the mature and voluptuous Tsunade couldn't help but glance at the other person. She had to admit that the Uchiha clan's genes were quite excellent; they were all handsome men and beautiful women.

And it seems she's actually quite serious about it. Why not let this kid marry into the family? A classic case of an older man marrying a younger woman? And that could also prevent Wood Release from spreading to the Uchiha clan?

At this time, Tsunade was at the peak of her life. Her mature charm goes without saying, but more importantly, she had a straightforward personality. Since she was really in love, she naturally wouldn't hide her thoughts.

"Oh, right."

Suddenly, as if struck by a thought, Tsunade raised an eyebrow, glanced at the two with a dashing air, and then coldly snorted at Uchiha Yoru, saying, "Kid, what secrets are you hiding? Why would the Root want to get rid of you? And why won't you let this girl go back to Kirigakure?"

Upon hearing this, Mei Terumi gripped her greatsword Samehada and sneered, "Kirigakure is my home, and I also have this greatsword here."

It was obvious that although the atmosphere between the three of them was somewhat strange and even a little awkward, Mei Terumi, as a mature and calm ninja, suppressed her chaotic thoughts. She could not betray her country.

"What happened to the Root ninjas?"

After a long silence, Uchiha Yoru finally spoke, but the first thing he asked was about the ninjas who were chasing them.

"Many died, and the rest ran away."

Upon hearing Tsunade's words, Uchiha Yoru slowly raised his head and looked at the two of them. His eyes were still bloodshot, clearly indicating that he had not yet recovered from the aftereffects of the Mangekyou Sharingan.

"You can't go back to Kirigakure, it's too dangerous."

Upon hearing this, the two women felt a sense of disappointment, especially Mei Terumi, who let out a cold laugh.

"So, would you betray your village and family?"

Judging others by their own standards, let's not talk about emotional issues. They may have developed some genuine feelings, but they are also adults whose values ​​are no longer those of the fairy tale world they grew up in.

Elopement, princesses and princes in distress—all of that is just childhood memories.

A relationship that had only developed feelings, and hadn't even started yet, and they already wanted her to betray the village?

ridiculous!

That's why Mei Terumi gradually calmed down. She thought the other party would say something profound, but it turned out to be just this.

Disappointing! Perhaps it's best to let those beautiful memories fade into the past.

Even Tsunade, who was standing to the side, smiled disdainfully, took out a pot of wine and took a small sip. These words were indeed a low-class approach.

Let alone a relationship that hasn't even started, even if it has, they are not naive little girls who would abandon their country and family for so-called love.

Love, friendship, and family ties are all built upon the foundation of the nation and the family. So, would they really do something against their own country for the sake of so-called romantic feelings? They're not little girls.

Faced with the gradually calming gazes of the two, Uchiha Yoru fell silent, as if suppressing something on his mind.

I'll leave after dawn.

Ultimately, as if wanting to put an end to this experience, and also to her own farcical relationship, Mei Terumi calmly said, "I will never betray the tenderness and mutual support we once shared."

Tsunade casually sipped her drink, suppressing her slightly agitated heart. They were all adults and naturally understood the importance of making choices.

After a long while, in this oppressive atmosphere, Uchiha Yoru raised his head and looked at the two of them, saying hoarsely, "Mei, you can't go back to Kirigakure."

"Tsunade! Don't go back to the village either!"

When the topic was brought up again, the two women frowned. They weren't stupid, and neither was Uchiha Yoru, who was an impulsive young man. The first time could be explained by impulsiveness and recklessness, but what about the second time?

They couldn't believe that a genius who could command a thousand-strong ninja army with such ease was such an impulsive person.

"Kid, why can't I go back to the village yet?"

With her delicate brows furrowed, Tsunade grumbled impatiently, "Kid, dawdling isn't like a man. Stop being so long-winded."

Mei Terumi frowned, her eyes questioning. After all, there must be a reason why the other party brought it up again.

Facing their gazes, Uchiha Yoru sighed inwardly, "I wasn't lying; I was telling the truth."

"The war between Konoha and Kirigakure is a conspiracy, and a terrifying one at that! Me!"

Hesitating at this point, Mei Terumi calmly lowered her head, gripping her greatsword Samehada, and gave her answer: "No matter what you say, I will never betray my village."

Tsunade just smiled dismissively. It was just the same old nonsense from those old folks in the village. She couldn't be bothered with it.

As if making a difficult decision, Uchiha Yoru lowered his head and looked at Terumi Mei in a hoarse voice before uttering a sentence that caused both of them to change their expressions drastically.

"The Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure was manipulated by the Mangekyou Sharingan."

"What?!" Not to mention Mei Terumi, even Tsunade, who had seen many storms, showed a look of shock.

"Kaleidoscope! What kind of conspiracy is Konoha plotting?!"

Upon hearing this shocking news, Terumi Mei immediately looked at the two with a look of shock and anger, as if to say, "You're from the same village, what are you plotting?"

After saying this, Uchiha Yoru seemed to have unloaded a heavy burden, revealing a complex expression, but he still told the two of them about his investigation.

"According to my investigation, the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure was controlled by the Mangekyou Sharingan, and may have even been controlled by it before."

His suspicions were not unfounded. During the Third Shinobi World War, when Madara plotted against Obito, how could the Mist Ninja have cooperated so readily? Sealing the Tailed Beast inside Rin's body? This is not something that can be accomplished by simply manipulating a few Jonin with genjutsu.

Tailed beasts are like nuclear weapons for a village. Any action as significant as using a tailed beast requires the Mizukage to make a decision together with the village's higher-ups. Therefore, he speculated that the tailed beasts were probably already under control during the time of the Third Mizukage.

Under Mei Terumi's shocked expression, Yoru Uchiha continued to slowly recount his investigation.

"During the Nine-Tails' rampage in Konoha, the Sharingan also appeared in the Nine-Tails' eyes that night. Only the Mangekyou Sharingan can manipulate tailed beasts so easily."

Looking at Mei Terumi's flustered expression, and seeing the various information about the Uchiha clan's Mangekyou Sharingan flashing through Tsunade's mind, she realized that the Uchiha clan's Mangekyou Sharingan was already flashing through her mind.

"I secretly investigated the Uchiha clan and discovered that during this period, there was only one person in the clan whose records show awakening of the Mangekyou Sharingan! That person was Uchiha Kagami!"

Uchiha Yoru made no attempt to hide his secret investigation of his own clan, and having already brought it up, he simply spoke faster and faster.

Upon hearing this name, Tsunade was immediately startled, her pupils shrinking in shock. She blurted out in astonishment, "Kid! You mean to say that it was Uchiha Kagami's Mangekyou Sharingan that manipulated everything? No, Kagami-senpai has been dead for a long time."

However, the next moment, Tsunade suddenly realized something, and her expression changed drastically. The other party had just mentioned the Mist Ninja and also the village.

Damn it! No way! As if she had already figured something out, Tsunade felt a chill run down her spine and was filled with rage. Just how many dirty secrets were these old guys hiding?

As expected, Uchiha Yoru nodded heavily, and what he said next revealed a long-standing conspiracy in the ninja world.

"That's right, Uchiha Kagami-senpai did pass away, but the whereabouts of his Mangekyou Sharingan are unknown. The Orochimaru incident that broke out in the village exposed some secrets of Root, and at the same time gave me the opportunity to investigate further."

"The Byakugan of the Hyuga clan! Hyuga Hizashi himself admitted that he saw Shimura Danzo, the leader of Root, through his Byakugan. His covered right eye was a Sharingan, and his disabled right arm also possessed a Sharingan!"

Upon hearing this secret, Tsunade could no longer contain herself and crushed the sake bottle in her hand into dust. At this moment, she was furious. To murder a fellow villager and gouge out his eyes to steal his bloodline limit was an act that would not be allowed in any village, especially since these were all people from the same village.

However, it was Uchiha Yoru's next sentence that completely shattered Tsunade's composure.

"Danzo's right arm has the cells of the First Hokage. I personally inquired about this after Orochimaru was expelled, and my teacher Orochimaru admitted it himself. This was a secret research of Root. He even personally transplanted the Sharingan arm into Danzo, and this arm also has Hashirama cells."

At this point, Uchiha Yoru looked lingeringly frightened, stroking his eyes and sighing, "What the teacher said was right. The First Hokage's cells possess powerful vitality, which can not only enhance physical strength but also suppress the Sharingan, creating a balance between the two forces."

"But the teacher once speculated that if these two forces were to merge, an even more powerful force would be born."

As he spoke, a pair of three-tomoe Sharingan slowly appeared in Uchiha Yoru's eyes, which then evolved into Mangekyou Sharingan. Although his eyes still had bloodshot veins from using his eye technique today, it was clear that he could feel the enhancement of his eye power.

"The combined power of the two has allowed my eye power to slowly recover, and at the same time, the eye power and chakra consumed by my eye techniques have decreased, which is different from before."

Once the Kaleidoscope is activated, the pupil power is not irretrievable, but the recovery process is extremely slow, giving the impression that each use permanently consumes a portion of the pupil power until it is completely depleted, at which point the user will go blind.

But since awakening Wood Release, he could clearly feel that the recovery speed of his eye power had greatly increased, and even the use of eye techniques was no longer as burdensome as before.

He can even use his pupil technique frequently.

"The Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure was manipulated, Danzo Shimura, the leader of the Root organization in the village, possessed several Sharingan, and the village's higher-ups were not manipulated. All of this made me realize that the ninja world was in the midst of a huge conspiracy."

As Uchiha Yoru slowly revealed his investigation and deductions, Mei Terumi and Tsunade were both shocked, as it was almost beyond their imagination.

A conspiracy in the ninja world?

He was absolutely right. The Fourth Mizukage was indeed being manipulated by the Mangekyou Sharingan. Danzo's arm contained Hashirama cells, as well as a considerable number of Sharingan eyes.

Furthermore, the high-ranking officials of Konoha were not brought under control, and Uchiha Kagami did indeed pass away.

He was telling the truth! However, without him saying it, the shocking revelations that had been circulating in Mei Terumi and Tsunade's minds were slowly piecing together a coherent picture.

Like a puzzle piece, Shimura Danzo, who has always been known as the Dark One of the Ninja World, has never had a good reputation. He is ambitious and extremely good at scheming, and is a sinister person who hides in the shadows.

Kaleidoscope Sharingan, then control the Mist Ninja and start a war!

It was to silence any disobedient voices in the village. Tsunade immediately thought of this, and as her mind raced, she couldn't help but glance at Uchiha Yoru.

Damn it! It seems like everyone on the front lines is Orochimaru's former supporter. Those old bastards!

In her shock, Mei Terumi thought of Kirigakure's bloody mist policy over the years, how many of her compatriots she had harmed, and how many of her fellow villager ninjas she had caused to defect.

At this moment, Uchiha Yoru lowered his head, his expression solemn. He wasn't making things up; these were all your own assumptions. Anyway, you all thought of the same thing, so don't blame him.

As for wrongly accusing Danzo, the scapegoat? Did he? He never said that Danzo controlled the Mizukage; it was just a conjecture, and one that you yourselves came up with.

(End of this chapter)