Naruto: Konoha Spring of the Uchiha Prodigies

The people Onoki sent to negotiate with Akatsuki and Hanzo did not bring back any news. After Akatsuki got involved in the war, the Land of Rain went into a state of isolation.

The only good news is that Pain has not shown up on the battlefield since capturing the Five-Tails, and Roshi, who had left the village, returned after learning about the village's plight.

During this period, battle reports were being broadcast from all directions every day in the ninja world. However, these reports were somewhat chaotic, with both sides constantly announcing their own victories to the ninja world, as if there were no losers in this war.

Time passed day by day, and the fifty-eighth year of Konoha quietly arrived.

On the first day of the new year, after attending the village's celebration, Uchiha Touko had just sat down in his office when Black Zetsu and Tobi emerged from the office floor.

"Happy New Year, Ancestor, and Tobi too." Uchiha Touko greeted the two with a smile.

"Happy New Year to Lord Dou Guang! Loyal and Sincere!" Afei shouted with a standing salute, full of energy.

"Loyalty! Sincerity!" Uchiha Touko returned the greeting.

The act of saluting Uchiha Touko seems to have become an essential part of every meeting between Tobi and Uchiha Touko. Each time, Uchiha Touko patiently plays along with Tobi, and their relationship gets better and better.

"Stop playing around!" Black Zetsu said anxiously upon seeing this.

"Ancestor, has something happened in Kirigakure?" Uchiha Touko asked.

“That’s right. The rebels in Kirigakure have already surrounded the entire area, and they plan to launch a general offensive against Kirigakure in three days,” Black Zetsu said.

"So fast?" Uchiha Touko asked in surprise.

“That woman, Mei Terumi, has learned from your actions in Konoha and has already built an army strong enough to fight against the Hidden Mist Anbu. Furthermore, they have also brought back Utakata, the Six-Tails Jinchuriki who was previously listed as a rogue ninja by the Hidden Mist. Yagura Karatachi, who is currently under our control and cannot fully unleash the power of the Three-Tails, is no match for him. It is only a matter of time before the Hidden Mist is defeated.”

"He even found the Six-Tails' Jinchuriki?" Uchiha Touko chuckled. "It seems my cheap disciple is quite capable after all."

"Aren't you worried at all?" Black Zetsu asked. "If they succeed, all our preparations will have been for nothing."

"What's the rush? There are still three days left," Uchiha Touko said unhurriedly. "However, as their good neighbor, we in Konoha should naturally lend a hand. Let's take this opportunity to get our hands on the Six-Tails as well."

"What do you plan to do?" Black Zetsu asked.

"Come pick me up in two hours. I have some things to arrange. This time, my main body will personally go to Kirigakure," Uchiha Touko said solemnly.

"Alright." Black Zetsu nodded and disappeared from the office with Tobi.

"Inahi, invite Kakashi over here." After the two left, Uchiha Touko called out loudly.

After a while, Kakashi arrived at the Hokage's office.

"Is there something you need to tell me at this time?" Kakashi asked after arriving at the Hokage's office.

"It seems like things are getting lively in Kirigakure lately," Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

"Hidden Mist Village?" Kakashi frowned. "Did you receive some news?"

Kakashi, who is currently in charge of the security force, is mainly responsible for affairs within the Land of Fire, so he is not very clear about information in the ninja world.

“Yes,” Uchiha Touko nodded, “A resistance organization has recently emerged in Kirigakure, planning to launch a coup within Kirigakure.”

"A coup?" Kakashi raised an eyebrow. "It's been a while since I've heard that term. What are you planning to do?"

“I would like to do something, but we don’t have the right to get involved right now,” Uchiha Touko said. “However, in order to prevent their coup from affecting our Land of Fire, I plan to send you and Guy with a team of elite ANBU to support the border troops there.”

"I understand." Kakashi nodded.

"Of course, if a suitable opportunity arises, you can decide for yourself whether or not to cross the border. However, everything must be done in the best interests of Konoha. Do you understand?" Uchiha Touko said.

"An opportunity?" Kakashi glanced at Uchiha Touko and nodded. "I understand. When do we set off?"

"Let's hurry. Several important factories of our Land of Fire are located on the east coast. We can't afford to lose them." Uchiha Touko said with a smile, seeing that Kakashi understood his hint.

"Alright, I'll set off with my men in a bit." Kakashi nodded.

"Should we bring the Lightning Blade?" Uchiha Touko turned to look at the sword rack beside him and asked.

"No need." Kakashi shook his head. "Guy and I are both over there this time, so we don't need to use this sword to bluff."

“Moreover,” Kakashi’s exposed eye flashed with a sharp light, “if the opportunity you mentioned really comes, I would also prefer to personally take action and settle accounts with Kirigakure.”

“Alright,” Uchiha Touko nodded.

An hour later, Kakashi, along with Might Guy and a team of elite Jonin, left the village and headed towards the eastern border of the Land of Fire.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Touko was quietly waiting in his office for Tobi and Black Zetsu to arrive.

After a while, Black Zetsu and Tobi arrived at the Hokage's office again as promised.

"Let's go." Uchiha Touko nodded upon seeing the two, formed hand seals to leave a shadow clone in the office, and then let Tobi attach himself to him. The three of them then headed towards the Land of Water together.

Two hours later, Uchiha Touko arrived at the same room as before. Tobi had already helped him with his disguise. Uchiha Touko stood in front of the mirror, looked at his bald face, his lips twitched slightly, and then he said, "If there's another chance like this next time, could you please help me get a non-bald identity?"

Before Afei could reply, there was a knock on the door of the house.

"Jonin Satake, the leader has called a meeting!" a voice came from outside the door.

"Okay, I'll be there right away," Uchiha Touko replied casually.

After checking his disguise, Uchiha Touko went out and headed towards the underground base of the Kirigakure resistance.

Upon entering the base, Uchiha Touko quickly spotted several familiar figures: Zabuza Momochi, the demon carrying the Executioner's Blade, and Kisame Hoshigaki, carrying the Samehada sword. In a corner of the base, a long-haired man in loose robes was casually blowing bubbles. This man was none other than Utakata, the jinchūriki of the Six-Tails Saiken, who had previously been a rogue ninja from Kirigakure.

Chapter 170 The Hidden Mist Revolution

Uchiha Touko carefully observed the people participating in the gathering, then found a corner to sit down. Tobi was also whispering to Uchiha Touko in his ear.

"Has this woman still not clearly expressed her desire to become the Fifth Mizukage or to directly rebuild a new Kirigakure?" Uchiha Touko asked.

"Yes, Lord Touko, I did test him in that capacity. Mei Terumi said that the most urgent task at present is to overthrow the tyrannical rule of Yagura Karatachi. As for the position of Mizukage, we can decide it by vote after we succeed."

Uchiha Touko: ...

Uchiha Touko looked at the crowd in the hall speechlessly, and said with a sneer, "Tobi, guess how many of these people joined this organization because they wanted the position of Fifth Mizukage?"

"Is that so? But these people all seem to follow Mei Terumi's lead," Tobi said, puzzled.

“That’s because this team was built up by Mei Terumi. Before things are done, they still need Mei Terumi’s power,” Uchiha Touko said. “After Mei Terumi used my methods to build up this team, she forgot one thing: she didn’t implant the concept of herself as the leader into the consciousness of every participant.”

"But it seems you didn't do that intentionally back then," Afei said, somewhat puzzled.

“That’s what she didn’t see,” Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh. “My strength doesn’t require me to do this. My Mangekyou Sharingan and my record in the Third Shinobi World War are enough to subdue all my subordinates and prevent them from having any ambition. But Mei Terumi is different. Her strength is probably on par with the strongest among these people. The Six-Tails’ Jinchuriki might even be stronger than her. If I were her, I definitely wouldn’t have extended an invitation to Utakata.”

"Do you believe that such a team would fall apart the very next second after the deed is done, just because of who gets the position of Mizukage?" Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh. "However, this suits my wishes. Let Kirigakure continue to be in chaos."

“However, according to the information we’ve gathered over this period of time, both the owners of those two ninja swords and the Jinchuriki of the Six-Tails have complete faith in Mei. The probability of something like what you’re describing happening is actually quite low,” Tobi said.

"The people you just mentioned, apart from the Six-Tails Jinchuriki who recently joined, both Zabuza and Kisame Hoshigaki have quite a few direct supporters under their command, right?" Uchiha Touko said with a light laugh.

"That's right. Kisame Hoshigaki is alright; he only has two battalions of ninja under his command. Zabuza, on the other hand, was among the first group of ninja to defect from Kirigakure with Mei Terumi. Before joining the rebels, he already had a considerable force under his command."

“That’s right, Fei. Sometimes, even if the person in charge doesn’t want to fight for power, his subordinates will push him forward,” Uchiha Touko said with a smile.

While the two were chatting, Mei Terumi also entered the gathering place. Behind her were two figures: one was Chojuro, a young man carrying the twin swords Hiramekarei, and the other was Ao, known as the Byakugan Killer, who wore an eyepatch covering his right eye. Unlike most of the people present, these two were Mei Terumi's true confidants.

Uchiha Touko looked at the figure behind Terumi Mei with her Byakugan covered by an eyepatch with a cold smile. Speaking of which, this guy was Konoha's most wanted man. In all these years, the Hyuga clan had only lost one pair of Byakugan. The left eye was obtained by Kumogakure, and the right eye was under this guy's eyepatch.

[Now I have a reason to send troops directly.] Uchiha Touko thought to himself.

At this moment, Ao also noticed Uchiha Touko's gaze and turned his eyes over, which made Tobi, who was attached to Uchiha Touko, nervous, afraid that his disguise would be exposed.

However, Uchiha Touko remained calm, met Ao's gaze with composure, and gave a friendly smile. Putting aside whether his Byakugan could see through the White Zetsu's disguise, in the current situation, if Ao really dared to open the Byakugan to hold the meeting, the ninjas gathered here would definitely be in an uproar. What, we're risking our lives for you, and you still don't believe what we mean?

As expected, Ao returned Uchiha Touko's smile. Uchiha Touko, who was now known as Satake Masato, was one of the most loyal people to Mei Terumi in the resistance, apart from himself and Chojuro, who had followed Mei Terumi since the time of Kirigakure. Therefore, Ao did not think much of Uchiha Touko's gaze.

"Lady Terumi Mei, all the Chunin and above ninjas in the organization have arrived," the clerk in charge of statistics reported to Terumi Mei.

Mei Terumi nodded, walked to the center of the venue, scanned everyone below, took a deep breath, and then began to speak: "Everyone! Thank you for coming. We have gathered here for the future hope of Kirigakure. At this moment, we are standing on the border between the blood mist and the dawn."

Mei Terumi's voice was deep and infectious. Then, Mei Terumi nodded to Chojuro behind her. Chojuro came to her side, opened a sealing scroll, and after inputting chakra, took out a stack of new headbands and white silk scarves.

Mei Terumi picked up one of the headbands and showed it to the crowd below.

Compared to the original headband with four short, slanted raindrop patterns, the headband that Mei Terumi took out had a pattern of three wavy lines forming a "川" (river) shape.

“This is a redesigned headband,” Mei Terumi said after taking a deep breath.

Upon seeing the new headband, the ninjas below immediately began whispering among themselves.

Mei Terumi waited a while, until the discussion below calmed down slightly, before continuing to speak.

"For a while, I've thought about how we should return to Kirigakure, to fight back the rogue ninja who have taken over the village? Or as thugs staging an armed coup? Neither! We are the cleansing water that has cleansed the blood mist that has shrouded Kirigakure for years!"

"This is not a betrayal of past glory. The previous headbands, while representing the past glory of Kirigakure, were also stained with the blood of our comrades!"

"Our beloved village has reached a point where change is imperative. So, everyone, let our beloved village shed its blood and be reborn, starting with this new headband!"

"The darkest hour before dawn is when the stars shine brightest. Remember, this is not a rebellion, but a chance for the water kingdom, drowning in a sea of ​​blood, to breathe again!"

"When the rising sun pierces through the blood mist, I hope I can personally place this new headband on the first child who can graduate without killing his companions. At that time, please... please be alive to witness that morning."

"Yes!" Uchiha Touko looked at the passionate Terumi Mei in the stands and couldn't help but applaud vigorously. It has to be said that although Terumi Mei was just following in his footsteps, she still received some of his true teachings to a certain extent. If he were to give this speech in person, he couldn't guarantee that he could do better than Terumi Mei.

"Gentlemen! In three days, we will march on Kirigakure!" Mei Terumi announced loudly, her eyes sharp as swords.

"Yes!" the ninjas on the scene shouted in unison.

Afterwards, Chojuro and Ao distributed the tasks of each unit to every commander present.

Uchiha Touko, disguised as Satake Masato, was tasked with leading his men to intercept a group of Kirigakure ANBU in the north of Kirigakure while simultaneously evacuating the civilians still inside the village.

After everyone had received their respective tasks, Mei Terumi began to summarize the specific arrangements for this coup.

First, the resistance will gradually arrive at various locations around Kirigakure and hide over the next three days. Then, at midnight three days later, everyone will launch a unified attack on Kirigakure.

Each of the strongest members of the resistance was responsible for a direction. Zabuza Momochi, who possessed the Executioner's Blade, was responsible for the eastern gate of Kirigakure, while Utakata was responsible for the western gate. Kisame Hoshigaki, due to the natural advantage of the Three-Tailed Isobu against the Samehada sword, was responsible for the southern gate, which was furthest from the Mizukage Building. As for the northern gate, which was closest to the Mizukage Building, it was attacked by Mei Terumi herself.

At that time, the Yuan Shi, who is lurking in Kirigakure, will replace the ninja guarding the gates of Kirigakure with ninjas from the resistance army who are lurking in Kirigakure. With the help of both inside and outside forces, they will break through the gates of Kirigakure as quickly as possible and then complete the evacuation of the civilians in the village.

Then, they stormed the Mizukage Building together. After all parties trapped Yagura Karatachi with a barrier, the strongest members of the resistance army jointly besieged Yagura Karatachi.

Meanwhile, Uchiha Touko, disguised as Satake Masato, was under the personal guidance of Terumi Mei.

After receiving their orders and noting down the details, everyone destroyed everything on their own initiative. They then left to gather their subordinates and wait at the designated locations. Uchiha Touko, after leaving the rebels' assembly point, returned to the mansion.

After closing the door, Black Zetsu emerged from underground and looked at Uchiha Touko, asking, "What do you think of their plan?"

“A good plan.” Uchiha Touko laughed. “If we didn’t know about their plan, the chances of Yagura falling into their trap would be almost one hundred percent.”

"Now that we know the rebels' plans, should we have Yagura Karatachi do something? For example, kill the traitor Genji who is lurking in Kirigakure before they launch their attack?" Black Zetsu suggested. "Now that we have evidence of Genji's involvement in the rebellion, even if we eliminate him, Kirigakure shouldn't cause any trouble inside. In that case, without their inside help, they will inevitably clash with the ninja guarding the gates of Kirigakure. Although the rebel ninjas leading their forces in each direction are stronger, with the advantage of terrain, they won't be able to storm Kirigakure immediately, and a fierce bloody battle is bound to break out."

"No need, let's just follow their script for now," Uchiha Touko said.

"Why? Wouldn't their fighting each other be exactly what you wanted to do to throw Mist Village into chaos?" Black Zetsu asked, somewhat puzzled.