Naruto: The Information Broker from the Uchiha Clan

For the past month, the Hokage Building, the center of power in Konoha, has never turned off its lights. Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage, and his advisor Shikaku Nara have barely been home.

Hokage, strategist, Jonin squad leader, Anbu captain, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Yamanaka Inoichi of the intelligence squad, Hyuga Hiashi...

After a series of meetings, even Orochimaru, who was hiding his identity, arrived in Konoha today.

There are just too many things to do, so much so that even the crisis inquiry, which was originally a priority over everything else in the future, has been delayed until today.

After all, the most urgent task is to stabilize the current situation so that we can use Orochimaru's already achieved technology to improve resources.

The crisis from the future, however, was repeatedly delayed because the cloud guaranteed that the visitor was its future self.

Konoha Gate.

"Hiss..."

With his long, snake-like tongue protruding out, like a cold-blooded animal scouting its surroundings, Orochimaru's gaze fell upon the person who had come to pick him up.

"It's been a long time... Jiraiya. I didn't expect to see you in the village."

The two gatekeepers, Izumo and Tetsuo, exchanged a glance.

"Is this someone Jiraiya-sama knows?"

"The document is an invitation from the Hokage, so he must be a very important person."

Jiraiya looked at Orochimaru with a serious expression, then signed his name as a guarantor at Izumo no Tetsuo.

"He is indeed a research-oriented ninja invited by Minato. Send the documents to the Barrier Team as soon as possible. His chakra is temporarily classified as an invited person."

After saying that, Jiraiya walked up to Orochimaru and his assistant: "Please come in, Minato is still waiting for you."

Orochimaru nodded and looked around: "A new sensory barrier? No, it should be a fusion of the barrier system and the Yamanaka clan's secret technique. Otherwise, even Yamanaka Inoichi wouldn't be able to maintain his sensory perception continuously, right? He probably couldn't even last half a day."

After thinking for a moment, Orochimaru paused again.

And the Nine-Tails' chakra?

"It really is... a constant stream of surprises from the very beginning!"

Jiraiya glanced at him: "Although I don't quite agree with the current situation, you'd better tone it down. Neither Uchiha Kumo nor Akatsuki's Uzumaki Sora will allow anyone to disrupt this delicate cooperation."

Orochimaru smiled.

"A subtle collaboration?"

"Jiraiya, are you still this stupid?"

Jiraiya wasn't angered by the earnest sarcasm; instead, he retorted, "Only a genius like you would be valued by that prophet-like being, right? But how long can this kind of peace under such pressure last?"

Upon entering Konoha, Orochimaru's gaze held a hint of nostalgia.

This village gave him a chance to survive when he was weak, but it also took away his parents' lives at that time.

It was from that time that I first felt the fragility of life.

If Konoha back then were the Konoha we know today, perhaps none of this would have happened?

"Jiraiya..."

"Ok?"

"You, who have no understanding of the true nature of this world, sometimes spout nonsense that is truly disgusting..."

nature?

Jiraiya frowned: "Both of us have experienced war. Do you think the current state of the Four Great Ninja Villages will continue indefinitely?"

Orochimaru shook his head slightly: "Sometimes wars are decided by those in high positions, but sometimes they aren't."

After a long while, the two passed by a bustling commercial street.

After standing there for a long time, Orochimaru spoke up: "Jiraiya... what do you think is the cause of the war?"

Without a second thought, Jiraiya replied directly: "The hatred that follows the killing has been passed down from generation to generation. The hatred of killing one's father, the tragic death of one's brothers, the death of one's parents... the accumulation of hatred generation after generation, and then the war begins."

"Ha ha……"

After a disdainful chuckle, Orochimaru sighed, "That's why I said you're still as stupid as ever..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "A long time ago, when I was still in the village, I saw the records of the Five Kage Summit where the First Hokage distributed the Tailed Beasts. One sentence in particular left a deep impression on me; it was said by the First Kazekage."

"Because they already possess one tailed beast, they don't need the tailed beast itself; instead, they want Konoha's land. For the Land of Wind, a strategic weapon like the tailed beast is less desirable than a piece of fertile land..."

With that, Orochimaru glanced at Jiraiya, who was deep in thought, and then headed towards the Hokage Building.

The Konoha of today is the Konoha he recognizes, but this Konoha is a structure that could only be formed based on Uchiha Kumo.

Was the old man wrong?

Internally, there is open and covert infighting; externally, there are repeated compromises.

is it wrong?

But if Uchiha Kumo didn't exist, would the Uchiha clan have changed? If not, and they still harbored thoughts of coup d'état, would Konoha dare to use the Uchiha?

Without the Uchiha clan, the Konoha leadership is divided into three factions: the elders, Root, and the clans. Under such circumstances, can they really overpower the Kumogakure?

Failing to achieve an overwhelming victory, Konoha, the side occupying the most fertile land, faces a dire situation if they were to launch another siege...

"call……"

After exhaling, Orochimaru put his chaotic thoughts to the back of his mind.

The winds that swept across the ninja world like Uchiha Kumo brought far more than anything else.

Instead of being like this, I might as well help him and see what the world will become in the end.

After explaining to the guards, Jiraiya led Orochimaru into the Hokage Building.

Inside the office.

Minato, who had dark circles under his eyes, looked exhausted, but when he saw Orochimaru, he still stood up and said, "It's been a long time."

Orochimaru chuckled. "If it weren't for Kong-kun, someone like me wouldn't dare approach Konoha right now. Hokage-sama, don't you agree?"

After sitting down again, Minato rubbed his temples. He had been thinking about too many things in the past month, and his mind was starting to shut down.

After a moment's thought, Minato looked up and said, "There's no other way. Sometimes, those in higher positions have to be rational. Your crimes are unforgivable in my eyes, but we have to cooperate for some reason."

At this point, Minato smiled and said, "I hope that the new things you develop will be of value to me."

Orochimaru licked his lips: "Of course. As the middleman in the cooperation between Uzumaki Sora and Konoha, if those things don't work, then I have no reason to exist, right?"

After saying that, Orochimaru took out a sealing scroll.

After the seal was broken, the smoke dissipated, and a huge pile of things appeared, almost filling the conference hall.

"That person gave me many tasks, some of which have already yielded results, while others are just getting started."

Orochimaru then took out a document and handed it to Minato: "This is the table of contents. Regarding the combination of advantages, we have made initial progress in achieving high-yield rice through grafting technology. Apart from the initial search, this technology is not difficult."

"In addition...we have also made progress in wind power and solar power technologies, but we still need to discuss the specifics of their application in the Land of Wind."

"Some progress has been made in long-distance communication, but a lot of work is still needed for concrete implementation. At the very least, I need a lot of fundamental support."

……

After a series of categorizations and summaries, Orochimaru smiled and looked at Minato: "The specific situation is like this. The technical issues are not major, but the operation and application require the support of the five great nations."

"On the surface... now that the daimyo's prefectures of the five great nations have been attacked and invaded by the Akatsuki, Konoha, as one of the five great ninja villages that can resist the Akatsuki, has begun to shoulder the responsibility of leading the ninja world."

"Therefore... turning research results into reality largely depends on Konoha's actions."

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone in the office was speechless.

The series of results just now are not actually impossible to study, but in the world of ninjas, research always tends to focus on the development of techniques.

Perhaps at first Shikaku thought it would be some kind of Wood Release technique that could use natural energy to ripen food quickly, but now it seems to be completely different from what he thought.

Minato flipped through the documents in his hands, and Shikaku, who was standing next to him, took them and looked at them again after he finished reading them.

A stack of documents, much of which had nothing to do with chakra.

Only a small part, such as the feasibility study of using Wood Release to turn the entire Land of Wind into an oasis, is based on chakra, since even the Advent of a World of Trees technique is fundamentally based on chakra.

Just like Water Release, where the water formed from chakra dissipates after the ninjutsu ends, the trees formed by Wood Release also embody the combination of the nature transformations of Water Release and Earth Release.

Is it stable and sustainable?

As Shikaku flipped through the documents in his hand, many thoughts were already running through his mind.

"Given your obsession with ninjutsu, these research reports are probably not your intention."

Orochimaru looked at Shikaku and licked his lips: "You guessed right, Shikaku. These things were indeed tasks assigned by Uzumaki Sora. In my spare time while researching some of my hobbies, I completed the first batch of results."

"But it was precisely these achievements that made me understand that man's understanding of the world, and also his understanding of true peace."

For a moment, the other three people in the meeting room fell silent.

They originally thought...

His ultimate goal is to gather all the hatred of the ninja world into his own body, then eliminate the noble class, the biggest obstacle to unification, and finally have Konoha, the visible village, represent the positive side.

However, it is clear that Uzumaki Sora has a different view on why there is war in the ninja world.

Resources...

In the initial wars, all problems stemmed from a lack of resources.

During the Warring States period, families would compete for power, and after the formation of the Ninja Village system, they would compete collectively.

Those who do not fight, or those who cannot win in a fight, have already perished.

The documents that have yielded results now appear before us, and they seem to show some changes in terms of food, manpower, communication, transportation, and so on.

electricity……

This power, which can be formed from lightning chakra, seems to be the starting point for change.

Minato's hands trembled slightly.

In fact, he was dissatisfied with the initial cooperation between Konoha and Akatsuki, but Yun tempted him with the promise of true peace in the future, and pressured him with the power of the strongest and the identity of the Fifth Hokage...

Amidst the ambiguity, he agreed to the so-called cooperation.

But now it seems that this decision was absolutely right.

Jiraiya, who was standing to the side, had also finished looking through Orochimaru's file directory. Although he was somewhat ignorant, he could still understand the purpose of the files from the data.