Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

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After dealing with the unruly merchants, Uchiha Touko returned to the Hokage's office. He sat for a while, finished processing today's documents, picked up his sword, and went to the Naka Shrine alone.

Uchiha Touko deliberately slowed his pace. He knew that there must be White Zetsu watching him, so he had to give Black Zetsu time to return to the Naka Shrine.

Upon receiving news that Uchiha Touko was heading to the Naga Shrine, Black Zetsu was startled and quickly infiltrated the shrine ahead of time to prepare.

Soon, Uchiha Tokō stepped into the secret chamber beneath the shrine.

A black substance rose from the surface of the stone tablet that the Uchiha clan had preserved for generations, and condensed into a human shape.

"You've arrived, junior," Black Zetsu said in a low voice. "It seems you've completed the evolution of your eyes."

"I've kept our ancestors waiting." Uchiha Touko said, opening his Mangekyou Sharingan, which had evolved into the Eternal Eye. Perhaps due to the special method he used to advance, the shape of the tomoe in Uchiha Touko's eyes did not change. However, the human Sage Chakra intertwined with his eye power naturally brought Uchiha Touko into Sage Mode after the Mangekyou Sharingan was activated.

Special eyeshadow appeared around the eye sockets, and the red parts of the eyes also took on a touch of gilded light.

Uchiha Touko's aura startled Black Zetsu. Uchiha Touko's current aura was in no way inferior to Nagato's, who was currently using Uchiha Madara's Rinnegan.

"What's wrong, Ancestor? Are you surprised that I succeeded?" Uchiha Touko asked, his eyes narrowing as he looked at Black Zetsu.

"Not at all, junior. I'm just feeling a bit sentimental. After all, in these thousands of years, you're the second member of our clan to evolve the Sharingan to the Eternal Eye level on your own." Black Zetsu then began to display the self-cultivation of an old actor, composing himself before speaking.

"Now that your eyes have reached the level of the Eternal Eye, you are also qualified to see clearly this path that truly leads to peace." Black Zetsu stepped aside, allowing the stone tablet passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan to be fully displayed before Uchiha Touko. "Use your eye power to decipher the contents of this stone tablet."

Uchiha Touko stared at the stone tablet. Before long, the text on the tablet began to slowly change. It gradually changed from a method of using the eye power of bloodline connection to advance the Sharingan to the content of the Eye of the Moon Plan and Infinite Tsukuyomi.

"The Eye of the Moon Project? That's interesting," Uchiha Touko said with a half-smile.

"This is the path to peace that our most outstanding geniuses throughout history have been pursuing!" Black Zetsu said.

"Including Lord Madara?" Uchiha Touko asked.

“Of course, that includes him. He’s the one who came closest to success,” Black Zetsu said.

"Using the Infinite Tsukuyomi to create a new world?" Uchiha Touko continued, following Black Zetsu's words. "It sounds feasible. The current ninja world is filled with hatred. Instead of patching it up, why not shatter it and rebuild it into a new world? The clan actually has such power? Hahahaha!"

Uchiha Touko raised his head and roared, making Black Zetsu's heart tremble with fear.

[As expected, every single one of Indra's descendants is a lunatic!]

"Then, what should I do?" Uchiha Touko suddenly turned his head and looked at Black Zetsu.

“Madara Uchiha once summoned the Gedo Mazo in the past, and what you need to do now is to collect all nine tailed beasts and inject their chakra into it,” Black Zetsu said. “That way you can activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi.”

"Nine tailed beasts, huh? That's a bit tricky. After all, apart from the Seven-Tails and the Nine-Tails that the village currently controls, the other seven tailed beasts are all in the ninja villages of the Five Great Nations," Uchiha Touko said with a hint of difficulty.

"By the way, Ancestor, since you said you guided Lord Madara, did Lord Madara leave no backup plan?" Uchiha Touko asked, looking at Black Zetsu.

Black Zetsu glanced at Uchiha Touko, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Yes, Madara left some methods in the Land of Water and the Land of Earth. He once left an imprint of his eye power in the Three-Tails' body, so that he could influence the Jinchuriki through the Three-Tails."

"The Jinchūriki of the Three-Tails?" Uchiha Touko's eyes darkened. "I think it's currently the Fourth Mizukage of Kirigakure, right?"

“Yes,” Black Zetsu said, “I can teach you how to control this eye power imprint.”

"Then, I'll leave it to our ancestor," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

……

The Land of Fire is now gradually developing in the direction envisioned by Uchiha Touko. In a few years, once the Land of Fire has completed its transformation, it will have no problem taking on the entire ninja world single-handedly.

Therefore, what Uchiha Touko needs now is time to develop.

In order to buy time, it's time to throw the enemies into chaos.

This is also why Uchiha Touko came to act with Black Zetsu.

Chapter 133 The Tavern in Kirigakure

Soon, Uchiha Touko obtained the eye power control technique of the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi, from Black Zetsu, and became the unofficial supreme ruler of Kirigakure.

Then, Black Zetsu summoned several White Zetsu and introduced them to Uchiha Touko: "These are creatures created by Madara Uchiha after he summoned the Gedo Mazo. You can call them White Zetsu."

"Salute to Lord Dou Guang!" Of the five White Zetsu that appeared, one looked rather abnormal. After appearing, he glanced back at his four companions, then raised his hand and shouted, "Loyalty!"

Seeing this, the other four White Zetsu followed suit and raised their hands in salute: "Loyalty! Sincerity!"

Uchiha Touko: ...

"Hehe, they usually operate in the outside world, so they've learned some etiquette," Black Zetsu said with a dry laugh. "They're very useful for infiltration and intelligence gathering, and they can also move quickly underground."

"I see. So the letter that was delivered to my house back then was from them, right?" Uchiha Touko said.

“Yes, you can give them instructions from now on,” Black Zetsu said.

"I understand. Thank you for the gift from our ancestors," Uchiha Touko said with a smile, then turned to leave.

"Wait a minute, junior." Black Zetsu suddenly called out to Uchiha Touko.

"Ancestor, is there anything I can do for you?" Uchiha Touko asked, turning around.

“You haven’t told me your plan yet, junior,” Black Zetsu reminded him. “I want to know how you plan to collect the Tailed Beasts from the other four great ninja villages, so that I can better cooperate with you.”

"Is there even a question?" Uchiha Touko grinned maniacally upon hearing this, then said, "Of course, it's about unifying the entire ninja world. The ninja world is such a small place, one country is enough. And in the process, after defeating the other ninja villages, we can easily collect all the tailed beasts. Then, with the Infinite Tsukuyomi, we can usher in eternal peace! Hahaha, Ancestor, what do you think of my plan?"

Uchiha Toko laughed loudly, and Black Zetsu felt a chill run down his spine upon hearing this. Uchiha Toko's madness was even greater than he had anticipated. Even Uchiha Madara had never said that the ninja world only needed one country.

"By the way, how long will it take to get me from here to Kirigakure?" Uchiha Touko turned to look at a White Zetsu beside him.

"Reporting to Lord Douguang, we can take you to Kirigakure from underground in just two hours!" said the White Zetsu who had led the salute earlier.

“Very good, what shall I call you?” Uchiha Touko nodded and then asked.

"Lord Douguang, you can just call me Afei," Afei said respectfully.

"Can I bring shadow clones?" Uchiha Touko asked.

“Of course,” Afei nodded.

Uchiha Touko immediately created a shadow clone. After the shadow clone appeared, it spoke directly to Tobi, the White Zetsu, and said, "Now, take me to Kirigakure."

"As you command." Afei nodded, transformed into a pool of white matter, wrapped around Uchiha Touko's shadow clone, and then took the shadow clone and disappeared underground.

"What are you planning to do?" Black Jue asked hastily.

“Of course we should go to Kirigakure and see how they’re doing,” Uchiha Touko said. “Why don’t we have our ancestor come with my shadow clone?”

After a moment of silence, Black Zetsu also burrowed into the ground and followed Uchiha Touko and White Zetsu Tobi.

Two hours later, Uchiha Touko's shadow clone was taken to Kirigakure by Black Zetsu.

Uchiha Touko looked around the village with great interest. Although he had killed many Kirigakure ninja during the Third Shinobi World War, this was his first time visiting Kirigakure.

Uchiha Touko's shadow clone twitched his nose slightly. The air in Kirigakure was very distinctive, with a strong smell of blood in the salty sea breeze. It was not even evening yet, but all the residents in the village had locked their doors and windows, and only a few ninjas were still wandering the streets.

Beneath the disguise of White Zetsu covering Uchiha Touko's shadow clone, Uchiha Touko was dressed as an ordinary Kirigakure ninja.

At this moment, a figure emerged from the ground beside Uchiha Tou's shadow clone. After Black Zetsu merged with the White Zetsu it possessed, its face began to transform into a human form.

"It seems like Kirigakure has been having a lot of fun these past few years." Uchiha Touko walked to a pool of blood by the wall, examined it carefully, and said, "It was left two hours ago. Judging from the commotion, it was probably blood spurted out after someone was pierced through the back with a kunai. Do they fight with ninja tools right there in the village? Kirigakure is even more chaotic than I imagined."

"Ancestor, is this the backup plan left by Lord Madara?" Uchiha Touko's shadow clone asked, turning around.

"Yes, in order to weaken the strength of the other major ninja villages, your predecessor Uchiha Madara left behind contingency plans in each of them. In Kirigakure, the contingency plan he left behind was the Blood Mist Village policy, which was established to control the Mizukage through the Three-Tails' eye power imprint and target the bloodline ninjas within the village."

"That can't be right?" Uchiha Touko narrowed his eyes slightly. "I remember that Lord Madara died in the great battle with the First Hokage in Konoha Year 9, but this Blood Mist Village in Kirigakure seems to have been created in the last few years. Could it be that Lord Madara was still alive all along?"

"Of course not, Madara Uchiha did indeed die in Konoha Year 9." Black Zetsu raised his hand to wipe away imaginary sweat, his brain racing as he tried to cover up the loophole he had inadvertently created. "Although Madara Uchiha died, he had already foreseen the possibility of his defeat and death before his great battle with Hashirama Senju. Therefore, he left behind many contingency plans throughout the ninja world and entrusted me to pass these plans on to his successor who would inherit our clan's ultimate dream, which is you."

"So, this Blood Mist Was actually created by you, Ancestor, isn't that right?" Uchiha Touko's shadow clone narrowed his eyes and said softly.

Uchiha Touko's words made Black Zetsu's heart tighten, but he forced himself to remain calm and asked, "Is there a problem?"

"The efficiency is too low!" Uchiha Touko's shadow clone clapped his hands and said.

"Huh?" Black Zetsu was also taken aback, not understanding why Uchiha Touko would say that.

“Ancestor, I’ve come to understand your methods a little better. Are you planning to incite conflict between the bloodline ninjas and ordinary ninjas in Kirigakure, thereby stirring up internal strife? The idea is sound, but the method is wrong.” Uchiha Touko’s face revealed a slightly crazed smile. “Simply relying on the Mizukage’s orders to carry out this matter will have an effect in the short term, but once it reaches a certain point, the remaining ninjas will spontaneously stand up and resist the Mizukage’s orders, and the final result will not be very good.”

"Is that so?" Black Zetsu hesitated. Did Obito think this much when he implemented the Blood Mist Village policy? Wasn't he simply seeking revenge for the death of the girl he loved in the Hidden Mist Village?

"So, if it were you, what would you do?" Black Zetsu asked.

"There shouldn't be any problem with White Zetsu's disguised identity, right?" Uchiha Touko asked in return.

"Don't worry, Lord Touko. The people we're impersonating are all ninjas who went missing during missions. We've simply taken their identities. As long as we don't make a move, no one will notice anything amiss." Touko's voice, the voice of White Zetsu, rang in Touko's ears.

"Is that so?" Uchiha Touko's expression shifted slightly. It seemed that after finishing things here, he would have to go back and thoroughly check the people in the village.

“In that case, Ancestor, come with me. I’ll tell you how to incite conflict among them from the bottom up.” Uchiha Touko chuckled as he walked into Kirigakure.

Black Zetsu quickly followed, and the two walked together through the streets of Kirigakure at night. Before long, they found a tavern in the center of the village.

"According to intelligence, almost all those who come here are ordinary ninjas from the village, right?" Before entering the tavern, Uchiha Touko confirmed with the White Zetsu he was possessing.

“That’s right,” Bai Jue A Fei replied.

Uchiha Touko nodded, pushed open the tavern door, walked to the bar, sat down casually, and then looked around.

The tavern wasn't very big, but it was already packed with people. Everyone inside, regardless of age or gender, wore Kirigakure headbands in various ways. In other words, the tavern was full of ninjas.

Uchiha Touko noticed that although everyone present had a wary look in their eyes, they all tacitly put away their weapons. Occasionally, when conflicts occurred, they were resolved with fists and no one was involved in life or death. This was completely different from what Uchiha Touko had seen outside.

So, is this place in Kirigakure (Hidden Mist Village) considered a safe zone?

"What would you like to drink?" At this moment, a woman with reddish-brown hair approached the person that Uchiha Touko was disguised as and asked from behind the bar.

Uchiha Touko glanced back at the newcomer, his expression hardening. The waiter who had come to speak to him was none other than the future Fifth Mizukage, Terumi Mei.

Mei Terumi is only in her early twenties now. Although her figure has not yet reached its future peak, it is already beginning to show.

However, seeing her here was quite unexpected for Uchiha Touko. After all, according to the information provided by Tobi, this tavern was one of the gathering places for non-bloodline ninjas in Kirigakure. If a ninja like Terumi Mei, who possesses two bloodline limits, were exposed here, it would probably trigger an immediate attack by the ninjas in the tavern.

"Why is this guy looking at me like that?" Mei Terumi said with a light laugh.

"I didn't mean anything by it, I just think you look a lot like an old friend of mine." Uchiha Touko gently shook his head.

"Has no one told you that your way of picking up girls is really outdated?" Mei Terumi laughed. "Would you like something to drink?"

"You have the best liquor here!" Uchiha Touko pulled out a wad of banknotes, slammed them on the bar, and shouted.

Uchiha Touko's words almost instantly attracted the attention of the entire tavern.

Mei Terumi, who was behind the bar, then spoke up to remind him, "Our best drinks aren't cheap. Judging from your attire, you're probably not a Jonin yet. You should save your money and use it to exchange for ninjutsu. After all, in our village, if you're not strong enough, you might die any day now."

"Saving money to exchange for ninjutsu?" Uchiha Touko chuckled upon hearing this. "What's the point?"