I, Uchiha Yu, am solely focused on cultivating immortality

Chapter 85: The first pseudonym was created very successfully.

While Chiyo was suppressing Ebizo, an elderly Sunagakure ninja dressed in a traditional byakuya stepped forward. He stared at Uchiha Yu with a cautious gaze and carefully asked, "Who are you? Why did you kill my Sunagakure ninja?"

Uchiha Yu stopped laughing maniacally: "You can call me... the Sage of Nature. As for why I killed people, they came to my house to kill me, so naturally this sage had to kill them."

"Seriously, my perfectly good home is all ruined, forcing me to find a new one."

Everyone was stunned. The reason for killing was too legitimate. But Keisuke Umino was a Jonin puppeteer, not a brainless idiot. How could he inexplicably rush into a monster's house?

Ebizo said hatefully, "You killed my son, I will definitely kill you!"

"Hehehehe, interesting. You want to kill this immortal? Come on, your puppet looks really good, much better than your son's toys. Maybe I can have some fun with it."

[Oh no, oh no, did they overdo it? Ebizo's puppet looks really cool.]

【Um? 】

Uchiha Yu's response was filled with an awkward madness and distortion. His voice changed from hoarse and magnetic to sharp and stuttering, like a giant centipede crawling on the back of a person's head, making a crackling sound of joints grinding together.

The Sand Village ninja frowned upon hearing this, and Ebizo's face twisted into a ferocious grimace from the shock. But Uchiha Yu was overjoyed and almost revealed his true voice.

Masayo Miwa's reverse psychic summoning has come, it has finally come.

[That's great! If I disappear now, my impersonation will be flawless.]

[Foolish Sand Village ninja, and spies from other ninja villages, go investigate the existence of the Nature Sage, hehehehe.]

Uchiha Yu suddenly turned his head and made a gesture of listening intently.

A moment later, he said with deep regret, "Really, at this time..."

"I'm sorry, but I have something to attend to today and can't play with you all."

The reverse summoning began. Uchiha Yu struggled to control the dissipation of chakra, staring at Ebizo with eyes filled with a twisted killing intent: "Your name is Ebizo, right? You said you wanted to kill me, huh? Very well, very well. I'll remember you."

His body gradually became transparent: "It's too late this time, next time, next time I'll definitely... kill you."

The Sand Village ninjas realized that a new development had occurred; the masked monster was about to escape.

Monzaemon was the first to react. Without any visible movement, ten puppets of various shapes leaped out from his wide robe and sleeves. Before they even landed, they opened the launch ports and fired countless senbon, completely enveloping Uchiha Yu in shadow.

Countless azure senbon needles pierced through Uchiha Yu's body, but failed to strike any physical object. His body had completely vanished, but his voice still echoed:

"I'll give you a much more spectacular funeral. You're welcome, hehehe..."

Seeing that Monzaemon's attack was ineffective, the Sand Village ninjas stopped trying to attack and gathered together to discuss the matter.

"Is this a space-time ninjutsu?"

"It should be, but there's no chakra fluctuation. The key question is, what power is he using?"

"If there's no chakra fluctuation, it's not a ninjutsu, nor a sealing technique. Could it be natural energy? Lord Monzaemon, did you make any notes?"

"Um."

Monzaemon took out a stack of specially made talismans, on which red runes were slowly twisting and deepening in color. Once the red runes had completely turned blood red and were fully set, he distributed one to each of the elders present, and one to each of Yokura and Rasa.

"Using this sealing talisman, we can investigate information about this nature immortal and first confirm whether he uses natural energy."

"Yes." x2

Monzaemon looked at the others and explained, "I'll keep the rest for my own research. It's rare to obtain a specimen that might be natural energy, and I need to think carefully about how to utilize it in the puppet."

No one objected.

Seeing that everyone agreed, Monzaemon put away the puppet and went back on his own, not caring at all about what to do next. However, he coughed as he walked, clearly indicating that he was not in good health.

Once the powerful but idle puppeteer had gone far away, the others gathered together again and began to discuss what to do next.

The old man, dressed in a traditional Bianfu (traditional Han Chinese clothing), stroked his chin and asked, "The problem now is, what about the impending war?"

Chiyo lowered her head and remained silent, while Ebizo gritted his teeth; clearly, the siblings did not want to express their opinions.

Another bearded old man in a white desert smock chuckled: "Uemura Yoshitoki, put away your aristocratic rhetoric. It's been twenty years, and you still want to drag the Chiyo siblings along to back you up?"

Uemura Yoshitoki scoffed, "Kawakuriki, you're talking nonsense again. I'm not on the side of the nobles. I'm a ninja first, a puppeteer second, and a noble last!"

The bearded Chuanli cackled, "Listen to that, you all heard it, right? 'The nobles' side.' Even casual words can reveal the most basic stance."

Uemura Yoshitoki was speechless with anger: "You..."

A heated argument then broke out, and it was eventually stopped by an elderly ninja in standard ninja attire.

His name was Ujiie Shogo, a ninja of noble birth, but he was known for his hard work, endurance, and bravery in battle, and was deeply respected by both commoners and nobles.

Even during the era of the Third Kazekage, this ninja, honed by wind, sand, and scorching sun, was an important figure in bridging the conflict between the two sides.

Ujiie Shogo's face was rough and almost expressionless. He stroked his short black beard and said, "I'll summarize everyone's opinions. Those who agree don't need to say anything, and those who disagree can interrupt me."

Seeing that no one objected, Ujiie Shogo continued, "The war must be postponed, for a period of one month."

"Contact Konoha Village to see if they have any relevant intelligence. This won't affect our war preparations. Anyway, all the ninjas are under house arrest, so even if there are spies, they can't spread the information."

"This incident could actually serve as an excuse to cover up our war preparations."

"Investigate this Nature Sage with all your might. Investigate Keisuke Umino's whereabouts, find the place where he died, and the 'home' that guy mentioned. Investigate Jiraiya of Konoha; I remember he always called himself the Toad Sage. Use him to connect with the three great holy sites and help us with our investigation."

"If we can find this guy, we can confirm that he's targeting us, and then we can mobilize the entire village to surround and kill him."

"If we still can't find him after a month, it proves that his conflict with us was truly accidental. Then we'll proceed with the attack on Konoha Village as planned!"

The other four elders nodded in unison. This was not the plan that each of them wanted most, but it was a plan that they could all accept.

He then glanced at Ujiie Shogo with a hint of regret. If only this guy could suppress the puppeteers, he would truly be the most suitable Fourth Kazekage, able to buy more time for Rasa's growth.

But the puppeteers were too proud. The Kazekage they could accept were either puppeteers stronger than them or ninjas who could suppress the puppeteers.

But the puppeteer really had the right to be arrogant.

As an elite group among ninjas, only one-tenth of the ninjas in Sunagakure are puppeteers, but their ranks are concentrated at Chunin and Jonin.

Among them, Jonin-level puppeteers account for one-third of the total, and all of them are masters who can operate more than three puppets.

Each Jonin puppeteer's combat strength can be considered equivalent to a complete Jonin squad.

Of the six elders at a higher level, three are puppeteers, and their combat power is absolutely superior.

It has to be said that since the Second Kazekage created the puppeteers, the puppeteers have become the largest force in Sunagakure. So much so that when choosing a Kazekage, the first condition to consider is whether the puppeteers can be suppressed.

Just like Yekura and Rasa, the reason they were able to become candidates for the Fourth Kazekage was because they possessed a bloodline limit that could counter puppets.

Originally, Elder Chiyo's son was the more suitable candidate for the Fourth Kazekage. His father was a proper nobleman of the Wind Capital, and he himself was the strongest Third Generation Puppeteer, gaining recognition from commoners, nobles, and puppeteers.

Unfortunately, this promising puppeteer was killed by Konoha's White Fang, which led to the struggle for the Fourth Kazekage position.

……

On a deserted island in the South China Sea, Miwa Masayo, still covered in yellow sand and looking disheveled, stuck out her tongue and asked Uchiha Yu, "How was it? I didn't disappoint you, did I?"

"Of course, of course not." Uchiha Yu lovingly picked up the filthy tabby cat and said softly, "Mitsuwa Masayo never disappoints me."

He took Miwa Masayo to the beach to wash off the sand, then returned to the tent, used warm fresh water for a final wash, and then used fire-elemental natural energy to dry his body.

By this time, he also understood what had happened to Masayo Miwa; she had been teleported unconscious.

The tabby cat had previously used fire jumps to teleport distances of tens of kilometers. The jump from the landslide dam to the cat castle, hundreds of kilometers away, actually made her feel dizzy.

Because the symptoms were not severe—mild dizziness, nausea, and vomiting—they could be instantly soothed by simply circulating Sage Chakra, so Miwa Masayo ignored them.

This time, the distance from Sunagakure increased to three thousand kilometers, and the symptoms of teleportation sickness also increased tenfold, exceeding the limit that Miwa Masayo could withstand.

The moment she arrived in the South China Sea, she collapsed in front of the eternal lamp, completely unable to respond to Uchiha Yu's calls.

When Miwa Masase slowly woke up, she immediately activated Reverse Summoning, successfully saving Uchiha Yuu's disguise from being attacked by Ebizo and avoiding being exposed on the spot.

After enjoying grilled crab, fried squid, and coconut sea cucumber rice, and drinking refreshing coconut juice, Miwa Masayo ate three small dried fish before regaining his energy.

She inquired with great interest about Uchiha Yu, learning in detail about his response to the encirclement by Sunagakure, and was deeply impressed by Uchiha Yu's quick thinking.

Finally, the tabby cat remarked with a sigh, "Looking at it this way, your make-up 'natural fairy' persona has been successfully established."

She tilted her head and asked, "But what's the use of this vest, meow?"

Creating a persona with a wildly twisted and distorted image was a spur-of-the-moment decision by Uchiha Yu; he hadn't seriously considered its purpose.

Scratching his head, Uchiha Yu thought of something and said, "Being able to draw Danzo's attention to the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers is enough to achieve this."

"As for what role it will play in the future, I haven't thought about it yet. It was just a sudden inspiration, and I haven't even chosen a name yet."

"So what do we do next, meow?"

"Let's pretend this never happened. We'll finish our fishing mission in the South China Sea and then return to Konoha Village."

Uchiha Yu said meaningfully, "Go back to the Uchiha clan and secretly cause trouble."

"For the sake of taking over the Uchiha clan in three years, for the sake of losing the position of clan leader in twelve years, for the sake of the great freedom I desire to be able to roam the ninja world freely."

"So carefree, so wonderful. Let's both work hard together, meow!"

"It's dawn, time to set sail!"

"Meow!"

Ten minutes later.

"So Masayo Miwa not only gets teleportation sickness, but also seasickness."

"Ugh—!! Don't bother me, meow, my head hurts... I feel nauseous... Ugh—!"

"How can the ocean waves be so big, meow?" (Weakly)

"Pear Blossom Sauce, it's 9:32 AM now, the time when the tides are at their calmest, the wind is a gentle breeze, and the waves are the smallest ripples."

"...The smallest cat?"

Absolutely.

"I want to die, meow..."

……

After arranging everything, dispatching a search team and a messenger to Konoha, the five elders returned to the Kazekage's office in Sunagakure and closed the door to discuss the most important matter: the selection of the Fourth Kazekage.

"This incident is bad for Sunagakure, but from another perspective, it is also a very good opportunity for testing. I think the candidate for the Fourth Hokage can be determined."

"You mean Yekura was too reckless?"

"That's right. Charging into battle without doing any investigation or probing, and using oneself as a means of probing, is the advantage of a combat team captain, not the quality a Kazekage should have."

"I'll ask one last time, do we really need a Wind Shadow who plans carefully before acting?"

"Without a doubt, what follows is a time of war, not peace. We cannot stay in the village; we must go to the front lines to take on command duties."

"Think about it, when you're on the front lines, with a ruthless assassin behind you who could charge ahead at any moment, can you really feel at ease?"

"..."

"Let's vote, and this time it'll be decided."

In the end, Luo Sha received five votes, and he passed the motion unanimously.

Although the elders of Sunagakure were very old, none of them were over fifty years old. None of them wanted to stay in Sunagakure, so Rasa, who was the most patient and steady, was favored.

……

Three days later, in the Hokage's office in Konoha Village.

Danzo Shimura rushed over and informed all the high-ranking officials of an important piece of information.

Mitokado Homura raised his voice and asked, "You mean this Nature Sage who attacked Sunagakure is the same mysterious person who attacked the Root ninja?"

Danzo nodded in confirmation, "I had Orochimaru examine the sealing talisman sent by the Sand Village envoy, and it was confirmed that it contained natural energy, and it was very similar to the natural energy we had collected before."

"The same heinous act of turning the corpses of killed ninjas into fireworks using natural energy, right above the ninja village."

"A peculiar state with absolutely no chakra fluctuations."

"It's impossible for two people in the ninja world to have three identical characteristics at the same time, so it must be him."

Hiruzen Sarutobi has been feeling rather tired lately. The atmosphere of the Ninja World War is getting stronger, and only working through the night can give him peace of mind.

Upon hearing this information and assessment, his spirits lifted, and he asked, "This mysterious person attacked us and Sunagakure not long after, what do you all think he wants to do?"

This question is unanswerable. There is very little information about the mysterious person who suddenly appeared. We can't even find out the cause of the attack. How can we determine his purpose?

Danzo bluntly stated, "This is a question that cannot be answered. I need to go to Sunagakure first and bring back the most detailed information before I can make an effective judgment."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback. He understood the meaning behind Danzo's words, but he didn't want Danzo to leave: "Gathering information shouldn't require you to make the trip yourself. Just send any Jonin."

Danzo shook his head and said, "The messenger from Sunagakure said that this mysterious person killed Keisuke Umino and easily suppressed over a hundred Sunagakure ninjas led by Pakura and Rasa."

"If he is really targeting us and Sunagakure, a Jonin cannot guarantee the safety of intelligence."

"Besides, if we send a Jonin, those old bastards from Sunagakure will definitely make things difficult for us, and it will cause a lot of trouble. I can only feel at ease if I go myself."

After discussing it for a while, the four of them finally agreed to Shimura Danzo's proposal.

However, as the main person in charge of Konoha's intelligence work, Danzo had countless work arrangements and intelligence gathering around him at any time, so he had to make proper arrangements and could not just leave whenever he wanted.

What everyone else didn't know, but the time traveler did, was that the cold-blooded one-eyed dragon's work ability was actually quite average, and he quickly became overwhelmed with the task of rushing to finish it.

Because there wasn't enough time, Danzo Shimura didn't have time to discuss things carefully with his staff, so he made many arrangements that seem fine now but will be fatal in the future.

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