The Master of Konoha's Legacy

As long as the people around me understand and support me, that's enough.

After saying that, Uchiha Tonan turned around and walked out of the interrogation room.

"You can't treat me like this! I've spent most of my life risking my life for Konoha."

I should be a hero of Konoha! I shouldn't be abandoned..."

With a loud "bang," Ryoma Aburame's angry shout abruptly stopped.

"hero."

Uchiha Tonan chuckled and shook his head, then walked towards his office.

To be honest, Ryoma Aburame is similar to White Fang in Konoha; both deserve the title of hero.

Although he did many bad things and harmed many people.

But all of this was at Danzo's behest.

It cannot be denied that he spent most of his life risking his life for Konoha.

Unfortunately, what is a hero?

A hero is nothing more than a tool in the face of absolute power.

If his master can't protect him, then he'll have to waste his life in the face of power struggles.

There was absolutely no need for Uchiha Tonan to lift a finger.

The New Year is just around the corner.

After Nagato had made the necessary arrangements, Uchiha Tonan planned to travel through time and reap the rewards.

After all, if one were to travel through time, the clone at this point in time would likely disappear.

It wouldn't be nice if my clone was exposed.

[Chapter 420. Super Beast Imitation Painting: New Year's Eve]

For a while afterward, Uchiha Tonan enjoyed a rare period of peace.

Every morning, after leaving home and arriving at the Anbu headquarters, he would take some time to check on Naozai Fukagawa's condition after finishing his official duties.

When he came back last time, Naosuke Fukagawa woke up once.

He taught Uchiha Tonan a rather crucial lesson.

The lesson content was related to time travel, but it wasn't comprehensive or rigorous enough for Uchiha Tonan.

After all, in Naosuke Fukagawa's mind, the whole world was still a false dream.

Therefore, his sense of time is also based on dreams.

The most inspiring quote for Uchiha Tonan is:

"The past is merely a memory of the entire collective life of the world."

If memories become disordered, this collective will recall and correct them.

But that requires the collective consciousness of present time to notice.

Uchiha Tonan kept these words in mind and was eager to listen to his lectures again.

Unfortunately, Naosuke Fukagawa showed no signs of waking up again.

During this time, Uchiha Tonan spent some time every night studying Otsutsuki Urashiki's tissue samples.

However, given the current level of civilization in the ninja world, research progress is virtually zero.

Time passed by little by little, and before we knew it, the New Year had arrived.

It didn't snow on New Year's Eve this year.

The crescent moon was bright and gentle, with only a few wispy clouds floating in the sky.

Welfare home.

In Uchiha Tonan's study.

Uchiha Itachi stood quietly to the side, observing with his hands folded in front of him.

A scroll of canvas was unfurled on the table. Uchiha Tonan looked focused as he lightly tapped the inkstone twice with a brush in his hand.

Then he began to sketch on the canvas, stroke by stroke.

With just a few strokes, Itachi Uchiha sensed an inexplicable fierce aura.

After a short while, a ferocious beast in ink wash painting appeared on the canvas.

Its appearance is clearly that of the Nine-Tails inside Uchiha Tonan.

But Uchiha Itachi looked at the canvas with a surprised expression and said:

"I never expected my teacher to be such a good artist. If my rational mind hadn't told me that this was a painting, I would have really felt like the Nine-Tails was right in front of me."

"It's just thanks to the enhancement of special ninjutsu; as for drawing skills, I'm just an amateur."

This painting can only be used once; it can be used by infusing it with chakra.

As he spoke, Uchiha Tonan rolled up the canvas and handed it to Uchiha Itachi, saying:

"Please give my regards to your father."

By the way, I wish you good luck in getting into the Ninja Academy next year.

Uchiha Tonan's painting is an example of using the Super Beast Imitation Painting technique.

Super Beast Imitation Drawing is not a rare ninjutsu; it has been sealed away in the Anbu and no one has ever learned it.

Primarily used as an offensive ninjutsu, Super Beast Imitation Drawing is not very powerful in combat; the imitation drawings it releases are similar to clones.

Once attacked, it turns back into ink, making it more suitable for reconnaissance and assassination.

The greatest advantage of this technique lies in transmitting information. It can transform information written in ink into animals that automatically transmit it to others. Even if the enemy intercepts these forgeries, the information will be rendered useless as ink.

Therefore, this ninjutsu has always been classified as an intelligence ninjutsu by the Anbu.

However, because this ninjutsu requires a certain level of drawing skills, it has been put on hold for a long time.

In his spare time, Uchiha Tonan spent a little time learning this ninjutsu.

To others, this ninjutsu would be rather useless, but for Uchiha Tonan, it was more than enough to kill a few ninjas.

Today, Itachi Uchiha happened to come to pay his respects for the New Year, and he brought with him New Year's gifts prepared by Fugaku Uchiha.

Uchiha Tonan simply returned the favor with this painting, so as not to owe anyone a debt of gratitude.

Uchiha Itachi carefully held the scroll in his hands, bowed deeply to Uchiha Tonan, and said:

"Then I'll go home first. Happy New Year, teacher."

Uchiha Tonan nodded with a smile and personally escorted Uchiha Itachi out of the house, watching him leave the orphanage.

Kakashi has secretly gone to the Hidden Mist battlefield to carry out the assassination mission sent by Uchiha Tonan.

Such a long assassination list probably won't be available for at least a year and a half.

Because they were worried that Hatake Iku and Hatake Kotobuki wouldn't be able to take care of themselves.

Therefore, before leaving, Kakashi asked Uchiha Tonan to let Kabuto Hatake go to the Hatake family to take care of them for a long time.

Uchiha Tonan had no choice but to agree to such a small request.

So this New Year was a little quieter for Uchiha Tonan.

Those familiar faces are no longer there, and thinking of them now brings back a sense of nostalgia.

For an entire day, only Naruto, who had just learned to crawl, kept him company.

As for the orphans and elderly people in the welfare home, Uchiha Tonan basically gained their approval.

Moreover, because the war was at a stalemate, the welfare home would only receive fresh blood once every one or two months.

To save his precious time, Uchiha Tonan simply transferred two beautiful and sweet-voiced senior female spies from the Anbu to take care of them.

Watching Itachi's small figure walk out of the orphanage gate, Tonan looked up at the night sky and murmured:

"The moon is bright and the stars are few; it seems tomorrow will be a good day to go out."

You're right, aren't you?

As he spoke, Uchiha Tonan turned his head.

But Naruto was sitting on the ground, stuffing a toy into his mouth, completely ignoring Uchiha Tonan.

Seeing this, Uchiha Tunan chuckled and shook his head, closed the door, returned to his chair, took a sip of tea, and, having nothing else to do, activated Wind Whisper to listen to the commotion of the evening.

I could hear conversations coming from inside the welfare home building.

This is the elderly people at the welfare home preparing their New Year's Eve dinner under the guidance of the female spy.

The sound of children's laughter could be heard from the street not far from the welfare home.

This is a story about a female spy who took her children to a shopping street for a day and just happened to be returning.

As the range of the whispers grew wider, Uchiha Tonan heard chanting, prayers, and sounds of repentance.

Uchiha Tonan's expression shifted slightly, and then he slowly opened his eyes.

But then I remembered that every New Year, the Fire Temple would send a group of monks to Konoha to chant sutras and pray for blessings.

This can also be considered a means of expanding the temple's influence.

"It might be a good idea to go and wish for good luck."

Uchiha Tonan murmured, then stood up and glanced at Naruto, who was still engrossed in playing with his toys.

He immediately created a shadow clone to stay and take care of Naruto, while his main body left the orphanage and headed straight for the shopping street.

Uchiha Tonan is too popular in Konoha right now, so in order to have some peace and quiet, he used a normal transformation technique to turn into a middle-aged man.

Along the way, pedestrians thronged shoulder to shoulder, and a festive atmosphere permeated the air.

Even the streetlights have been fitted with lampshades of various colors.

After a long while, Uchiha Tonan arrived at the intersection of the commercial street.

A platform has been built under a large tree in the center of the intersection.