I, Uchiha: Split Konoha

Chapter 323 Konohamaru's Defection [Seeking Monthly Tickets]

Uchiha clan.

"What are you doing, Nii-san?!"

In his familiar home, everything seemed so unfamiliar. At this moment, Uchiha Sasuke, clutching his slashed arm, stared in shock at the scene before him.

His older brother, Itachi Uchiha, stood before the corpses, the two still-warm bodies of his parents.

"My foolish brother."

With a cold expression, Itachi Uchiha's three tomoe in his eye sockets began to spin and transform into a Mangekyou Sharingan. In an instant, the genjutsu was activated, and Sasuke's pupils contracted as he entered another scene.

Countless familiar faces within the family fell one after another, their blood flowing freely.

At this moment, young Sasuke's pupils dilated as he stared at the scene in shock.

"No! Don't let me see this kind of thing! Why! Why did my brother do this!"

"No! No! I don't want to see!"

At this moment, Sasuke Uchiha watched in horror as his clan was massacred, and the murderer was none other than his own brother.

"Daddy! Mommy! Don't kill Daddy and Mommy!"

Sasuke stared in shock at what he saw, screaming at the top of his lungs, but as the ninja sword swung down, blood splattered everywhere, and Sasuke screamed in despair.

outside world……

"Sasuke's special chakra began to increase rapidly and started to affect his optic nerve..."

"Not enough! This increase is not enough to meet the evolutionary standard."

On the operating table, Sasuke Uchiha frowned in pain as Kabuto Yakushi calmly reported all the data.

At that moment, Orochimaru revealed a fanatical look, gripped a thick syringe, and injected it directly into Sasuke's left arm.

"Heh heh, if I'm not mistaken, after the First Hokage's cells enter, the fusion of the Senju and Uchiha powers will give birth to a myriad of phenomena..."

As the pale green Hashirama cells were injected, Sasuke Uchiha's body began to convulse in pain, while Yoru Uchiha solemnly made Sasuke experience the pain in his mental world.

"Hashirama's cells are beginning to devour Sasuke's cells! Danger! Danger! The special chakra within Sasuke's brain is surging wildly!"

At this moment, Kabuto Yakushi couldn't help but show a fascinated and fanatical expression as he looked at the data. At this moment, he and Orochimaru seemed to be conducting some kind of representative research.

"Sasuke's cells began to become extremely active, starting to suppress Hashirama's cells, and the cells from both sides began to engulf each other..."

Under intense pain, Sasuke Uchiha's body convulsed on the operating table, blood slowly trickling from his mouth and nose. This scene horrified Kabuto Yakushi.

Only Orochimaru watched the scene before him with fanaticism, as if it were a work of art he had created himself, showing no sign of worry whatsoever.

"It's started! The fusion has begun! The fusion has occurred!"

Finally, after a long period of torment, Kabuto Yakushi showed an excited and thrilled expression after seeing the changes in the data.

"Some cells have begun to fuse; Sasuke's cells and some of Hashirama's cells have begun to fuse..."

As some cells begin to fuse, the backlash within the body weakens, and the intensity of the convulsions also gradually decreases.

After an unknown amount of time, Sasuke Uchiha suddenly opened his eyes and roared, "No!"

The crimson three-tomoe jade pendants began to spin wildly. With the continued spinning and the stimulation of the new power surging within his body, the three-tomoe jade pendants, whose pupils were spinning instantly, finally broke through the critical point and began to connect.

The six-pointed star Mangekyou Sharingan!

Finally, with the transformation of his eyes, Sasuke Uchiha seemed to have exhausted his last bit of strength. The Mangekyou Sharingan flashed by in an instant, and Sasuke Uchiha fainted again and fell into a deep sleep.

At this moment, the data graph on Yakushi Kabuto's monitor also began to show a straight line.

"The special chakra in Sasuke's mind, after being extremely active beyond its limits, has calmed down. The data shows that it is ten times different from the data when he had three tomoe."

With Kabuto's report, the brightly lit operating room returned to calm, and Orochimaru revealed a fascinated and fanatical look in his eyes.

Orochimaru's terrifying laughter echoed, his golden snake eyes looking at a work of art with excitement and fanaticism.

"Hehe, Sasuke is truly a perfect creation. It won't be long before we replace Sasuke's eyes with Itachi's, and add Hashirama's cells to his body. Hehe, this is a god we created with our own hands. I will witness the day Sasuke awakens the Rinnegan."

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Border of the Land of Fire.

"Brother Naruto."

As a Konoha genin, Konohamaru was assigned to escort supplies to the front lines, but he encountered Naruto Uzumaki at the border.

At this moment, Naruto Uzumaki looked resolute. As the two looked at each other, Konohamaru knew that this was the direction leading to the Land of Rain.

"Konohamaru, go back."

Naruto Uzumaki seems to have matured, but not by much. Perhaps it's the influence of Ai Shura's will, but Naruto has exhibited several unusual behaviors in the original work.

For example, one minute he's fighting Pain to the death, and the next he's talking nonsense about forgiving her.

Furthermore, when facing Obito, Naruto, what kind of interaction do you have with Obito? At most, Obito held you when you were born and even thoughtfully gave you an explosive tag.

The result was a touching scene of mutual understanding and empathy, where parents set aside their hatred and chose to forgive each other, and the next moment the two sides were practically inseparable in life and death.

If it were Kakashi, I could understand, but Naruto?

"go back?"

At this moment, Konohamaru revealed a sarcastic smile, "Why is it that you, Naruto, can be willful, while I have to listen to the rules in everything?"

"Why did Uchiha Yoru steal my grandfather's Hokage position?! Why?! Konoha belonged to my grandfather! The Uchiha clan are the traitors!"

At this moment, Konohamaru spoke angrily and unwillingly. In the original timeline, when Tsunade returned to succeed as the Fifth Hokage, Konohamaru, a brat who had not yet graduated, was able to enter the Hokage Building's data storage room without permission and even set up traps.

What is this?

This reveals two points: firstly, the immense power of the Sarutobi clan, as their influence remains even after the passing of the third generation; secondly, the influence of the Sarutobi clan persists in various departments.

Secondly, the Sarutobi clan has treated Konoha and the Hokage as their private property. It's understandable that Konohamaru can freely enter and leave the Hokage's office building, since he's just looking for his grandfather after losing his parents.

It's understandable that the Hokage would have some special privileges.

But Konohamaru's ability to freely enter and exit the Hokage Building's database is excessive!

Furthermore, what did Konohamaru say when he set the trap? He practically treated the Hokage as his grandfather's private property. Is it possible that he didn't teach him by example?

After Sarutobi Asuma died, Tsunade didn't seem to be in a hurry to take revenge. If Shikamaru's group hadn't taken revenge for their teacher on their own, Asuma's death would have been the end of it.

From an outsider's perspective, which ninja village doesn't lose ninjas? Why should you, Shikamaru, have to seek revenge just because your teacher died, especially since you're acting on your own?

If everyone wanted to be like Shikamaru, then the hatred from the three Shinobi World Wars would be far too great; they could just fight every day without needing to stop the war.

Then there was the Fourth Shinobi World War, where almost all of the Sarutobi clan's elite ninjas were deployed to the battlefield. It would have been a joke if it weren't for Tsunade's methods.

No matter how good the relationship, no leader could tolerate such a family that didn't know when to advance or retreat.

"Konohamaru!"

Naruto Uzumaki stared solemnly at his underling, who was now consumed by hatred, took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "Konoha doesn't belong to anyone, it belongs to everyone."

"Everyone?"

Upon hearing Naruto's words, Konohamaru laughed self-deprecatingly.

"Naruto-nii, do you know how the ninja academy teaches?"

"Let me tell you, Konoha was founded by the Senju and Uchiha clans. Back then, these two great clans accepted countless exiled ninja clans and civilians for the sake of peace. Who are you referring to as 'everyone'?"

"Or are you saying, Naruto-nii, that Konoha belongs to you too?"

Faced with Konohamaru's taunts, Naruto Uzumaki was speechless. He believed that he was not wrong. Konoha belonged to everyone, and Konoha existed because of everyone. It did not belong to any one family.

However, it is true that the Uchiha and Senju clans founded Konoha, and what Uchiha Yoru is doing now clearly indicates that he is preparing to establish a hereditary system.

"My grandfather led Konoha in three Shinobi World Wars. If it weren't for him, Konoha would have been wiped out long ago. But what about now? My grandfather is branded as a dictator and a tyrant. Is that fair in the shinobi world?!"

Konohamaru said angrily, "If it weren't for my grandfather, Konoha would have been wiped out long ago!"

Regarding the hatred between the two sides, Naruto Uzumaki took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Konohamaru, I can only apologize for the Sarutobi clan incident, but I believe you should inherit the will of the Third Hokage and become the new guardian of Konoha."

Konohamaru was filled with resentment, but it was clear that Naruto Uzumaki would not avenge him.

After all, the Sarutobi clan had been branded as traitors, though it hadn't been officially announced, since they were wiped out by Sarutobi Asuma.

"Konohamaru, go back after you finish your mission. I still have a mission to complete."

Naruto quickly tidied himself up and headed into the depths of the forest, while Konohamaru behind him glared at him with resentment.

"Naruto-nii-san! Why won't you help me! If it weren't for my grandpa, you would have starved to death long ago! Have you forgotten how good my grandpa was to you!"

A small favor is appreciated, but a large one breeds resentment!

However, after Naruto Uzumaki left, a figure emerged from the forest, a ninja dressed as a masked person with a headband of God on his head.

However, the scars around his eyes clearly showed that his face was disfigured. But when Konohamaru saw the person who came, he nodded respectfully and said, "Captain Planting".

This ninja is a Jonin from Konoha, and he came from Root.

They seemed to have undergone some kind of brutal training, and were told that they had died in battle, but in reality they faked their death and joined the Root.

However, all of that is in the past. After Uchiha Yoru took over, he withdrew from Root and became an ordinary Jonin of Konoha.

However, at this moment, when Zhishu looked at the respectful boy in front of him, a deep resentment was hidden in the depths of his calm eyes.

"Konohamaru, I understand what you've been through. I even served under your parents back then."

The Jonin on the front lines treated him very well, and Konohamaru immediately showed a grateful expression upon hearing this.

"I see, no wonder the tree-planting team leader took such good care of me."

However, Konohamaru was unaware that the tree-planting captain who had been so kind to him was indeed telling the truth; he had once served under his parents, though the process had been somewhat painful.

Similarly, he didn't plant trees from the roots; he only returned home legitimately after coming back from Otogakure. Root was merely a plausible excuse given to him by Uchiha Yoru.

After returning home, he was very grateful. His family was doing well, and Uchiha Yoru had secretly helped them a lot. After his child graduated, the ninja who led the team was a Jonin of the Uchiha clan, for which he was extremely grateful.

"Konohamaru, I understand what you've been through."

When Yuuki expressed his feelings, Konohamaru showed a grateful expression.

"Captain Planting Tree, ever since my grandfather passed away, all those ninjas in the village who used to fawn over me have left, and some even look at me with disgust. They're all despicable people..."

"A bunch of damned scoundrels! Back when my grandfather was alive, every single one of them received his care. A bunch of ungrateful bastards..."

As if he had found an outlet, Konohamaru released all the pent-up frustration of the past few years, while Ueki, standing to the side, seemed to be an honest listener.

After venting his anger, Konohamaru noticed the Jonin Ueki listening quietly to his story and felt a pang of embarrassment.

"I'm sorry, tree-planting team leader."

The tree-planting team leader nodded slightly, as if in agreement, "Yes, it's because of these ugly faces that the village has become so terrible."

"Tree planting team leader, do you think so too?"

Konohamaru spoke excitedly, but he didn't notice the meaningful glance that the tree-planting captain he was talking about gave him.

Especially when he saw Konohamaru's face, which looked exactly like Sarutobi's, he couldn't help but feel a surge of killing intent.

"Of course, I think so too!"

Especially the little devil of the same height, a smile appeared on Zhishu's face.

"Konohamaru, there are some things to discuss!"

As he said this, Jonin Ueki's eyes revealed suppressed emotions. Under Konohamaru's astonished gaze, he secretly began to write on the other's palm with his fingers.

At that moment, Konohamaru snapped out of his daze and looked around as if nothing had happened.

However, the words constantly being written on his palm made his face grow increasingly pale and unsightly, and cold sweat kept pouring down his face.

"Konohamaru, things have started to get unsettled at the border lately. After you complete your mission, return to the village with your Jonin leader."

Jonin Ueki got up and left calmly, as if nothing had happened.

"Yes, tree planting team leader."

Konohamaru's face was pale, but he still nodded respectfully.

But as the tree disappeared from sight, Konohamaru could no longer control his emotions and revealed a look of fear.

The other person had just written words on his palm: [Danger! Someone is targeting you! Return to the village immediately!]

"Who is it! A Sand Ninja or an Uchiha?!"

At this moment, Konohamaru was terrified. Among the enemies he knew, he had the most enemies, especially the Sand Village. After all, his grandfather, the Third Hokage, had schemed against the Sand Village, and even the Fourth Kazekage was killed by his grandfather.

In particular, the three children of the Fourth Kazekage were later given special attention, and now all three are Jonin with terrifying strength.

"No! We can't go back to the village; it's even more dangerous there!"

In an instant, Konohamaru realized something, and looking in the direction Naruto had left, a hopeful look appeared on his face.

This is the border. With the Ninja World War imminent, if he can escape, the ninja villages won't have much power to hunt him down.

Rebellion!

Konohamaru's panicked figure disappeared into the forest, unaware that a pair of eyes were fixed on the direction he had vanished, a cold smile playing on their lips.

"Sarutobi, this is what you owe me!"

[Friendly reminder: The Tree Planter's identity appears in chapters 147 and 148.]

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