Naruto: I am Ninja World Ghost Story, who are you?

As Fugaku finished speaking, Kakashi inside the room breathed a sigh of relief.

The members of the Dark Guard who had been listening to the sounds inside, their bodies trembling slightly, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

As for why they didn't take action...

A member of Sarutobi's ANBU has already provided the answer.

This is something that cannot be explained by chakra and ninjutsu!

This mission is definitely far more difficult than an S-rank mission.

Chapter 9 The Roots Begin to Move

Hokage's office.

This was the second time Hiruzen Sarutobi had seen Sasuke since the night of the massacre of his clan.

"Sasuke, can you tell me what exactly is happening to the Uchiha clan right now?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi insisted on using the pretext of burying the Uchiha clan to have the Anbu bring Sasuke, not because the funeral was actually for him, but because he wanted to resolve the strange situation surrounding the Uchiha clan.

Sasuke frowned: "Hokage-sama... I don't really know what happened... I just ran into that senior student, Bufan, when I was leaving Konoha Hospital, and then when I got home I found a lot of people in the clan..."

As Sasuke spoke, tears began to fall again.

He can indeed see his family now.

But deep down, I always felt that these family members weren't real, except for Uchiha Fufan.

Sasuke, who hadn't seen through Hiruzen Sarutobi's intentions, revealed almost everything he knew.

After listening, Hiruzen Sarutobi found certainty in one of the points.

That was the noon when the strange events occurred. A 'death game' took place in the classroom, and at the same time, members of the Uchiha clan disappeared.

But when they arrived at the Hui homeland, all the clansmen reappeared.

In other words, the strange events are happening to Uchiha Bufan, and as long as Uchiha Bufan is dealt with, all the strange events related to the Uchiha will disappear.

Secondly, the disappearance and reappearance precisely prove that there is an upper limit to extraordinary 'strange abilities'.

"Sasuke, I think I understand. So what are your thoughts?" Although Hiruzen Sarutobi had already made up his mind to find a way to deal with Uchiha Bufan, Kakashi was still there, so he had to pretend for a while.

“I don’t feel uncomfortable at all… On the contrary, it’s much better than the empty clan territory now.” Sasuke scratched his head.

His situation at home has almost returned to what it was before the night of the massacre.

Sometimes I feel a bit uncomfortable when I see the word 'weasel'.

"I see..." Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flashed with displeasure, because this was not the answer he wanted.

He then suppressed his displeasure and looked at Sasuke with a serious expression: "Little Sasuke! Although this is a good thing, you may not know that something happened at school the other day."

Because Sasuke returned to the Uchiha clan that day, and Sasuke didn't like to interact with his classmates.

In the case of the extraordinary, no one dared to bring it up.

So it wasn't until now that Sasuke learned from Hiruzen Sarutobi what Bufan had done to make the village so wary.

"No way... He's a good person... and he's perfectly normal!" Sasuke couldn't believe it. The last clansman he thought was real turned out to be just another desolate and ethereal existence.

"Lord Hokage, I can't accept this fact. Even if Bufan is fake, I will accept him. I've already lost my family once, I can't lose them a second time!"

A devastated Sasuke clutched his shaking head, backing away as he tried to escape reality.

“Sasuke…” Kakashi could feel the pain in the child’s eyes.

He, too, lost his father in an instant.

Then, he lost his best friend, and the companion his best friend had asked him to protect.

Losing teachers and their wives...

In just a few years, he lost everything.

Even if you know they are fake family members, as long as they won't hurt you, what does it matter if they are fake?

Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't care about these things. What he wants is a stable Konoha, not a bomb that could explode at any time. "Although I also want to preserve the souls of the Uchiha clan who have left this land, this matter is too bizarre."

At that time, an ANBU member merely issued a warning to Uchiha Bufan, without even making contact, and died suddenly as a result...

Therefore, the village has not yet sent any ANBU to directly contact the resurrected Uchiha clan members...

Sasuke, I hope you can help the village's Anbu and find a way to liberate your clan. You may think there's no problem now, but that doesn't mean they'll always remain conscious... If one day they really do attack you, even if I, the Hokage, were to come in person, I wouldn't be able to save you in time.

After listening to Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, Sasuke thought about them seriously and felt that they made a lot of sense.

Although I don't know why my clansmen were resurrected, the Hokage probably wouldn't lie.

The fact that the entire class participated in that 'death game' where anyone could die at any moment means that there are many people who can corroborate the explanation for Naruto.

Who knows, one day I might die because of something like this...

That family feud...

"Hokage-sama, I understand." Sasuke wiped away his tears, his emotions beginning to stabilize.

He figured it out.

He's a big kid now, and he needs to shoulder the Uchiha name on his own.

Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was about to remark that the last descendant of the Uchiha was indeed sensible, Sasuke's next words hit him like a blow to the head.

"I'll handle this myself. After I deal with Itachi Uchiha, I'll find a way to free my family."

"Sasuke... this matter can be handled by the Anbu, your strength is still too weak..."

"Lord Hokage! This matter was caused by the Uchiha clan, so I, the last of the Uchiha, will resolve it! Please trust me!" Sasuke bowed and said.

Seeing that Sasuke had said that, Hiruzen Sarutobi was completely bewildered.

"Do you have any good ideas?"

Sasuke straightened his back and looked up at Hiruzen Sarutobi: "I believe that since these souls cannot be reincarnated to the Pure Land because of resentment, there must be some unresolved grudge..."

"What do you mean?!" Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed to understand what Sasuke had said earlier.

“That’s right!” Sasuke nodded. “As long as Itachi is still alive, the ghost of the Uchiha will never disappear.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi found this very reasonable, and there was no better explanation than this.

At this moment, Kakashi also spoke up for Sasuke.

"Third Hokage, I think Sasuke makes a lot of sense. How about... we give Sasuke a chance?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath. If it really was Itachi's fault, he wasn't confident that he could find Itachi and deal with him decisively.

Itachi is an outstanding child. If I were to ask him to come in his true form, he would surely realize that the people from the village have ill intentions...

unless...

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Sasuke, but then shook his head. He didn't know how much Sasuke meant to Itachi, but seeing Itachi kill his parents and all his clansmen without hesitation, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't dare to gamble.

"Alright, let's leave this at that for now..." Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand, signaling Kakashi to take Sasuke to arrange the Uchiha funeral.

After Sasuke and Kakashi had been gone for a while, the two elders and Danzo arrived at the Hokage's office.

"Sarutobi! How's the Uchiha situation?" Koharu Utatane asked.

"I heard that the Uchiha clan has been resurrected... So, shouldn't I, as the elder of Root, also return to my original position?" Danzo narrowed his left eye, inwardly thinking that Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed getting old, actually fabricating such a lie out of fear of other villages.

He didn't see any Uchiha members at all.

Except for Sasuke.

"The Uchiha matter is very difficult to handle..." Hiruzen Sarutobi put down the documents in his hand, stood up and went to the reception room next door with the three elders to explain the specific situation that was happening.

After listening, Danzo's eyes flashed with a hint of confusion. Since being dismissed from his post, he had been staying in the clan's territory. Apart from having the Root members keep an eye on the base, he basically relied on news from his clansmen to learn about the outside world.

But now, there are only the four of them in the reception room, so Hiruzen Sarutobi has no reason to lie...

"Sarutobi! Why weren't you informed about such a huge event as the resurrection of the Uchiha clan?!"

Danzo panicked. He hadn't expected to be able to harvest another Sharingan, and the joy in his left eye was almost uncontrollable.

"Tell you? If I tell you, you'll only send Root ninjas to their deaths!"

"Don't I know your temper?!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed.

"What does it mean to die? Making a small sacrifice to obtain useful information for the village is what a Konoha ninja should do."

It's just sacrificing one life; as a Root ninja, you must be prepared for that.

Danzo never cared about most of the Root ninjas unless they had something special that might make him feel sorry for them.

“Now that such a strange thing has happened, if you don’t dare to send out the Anbu, then my Root will handle it.”

"I will not allow you to send Root ninjas to their deaths!" Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth.

"Maybe they can handle it? Since Lightning Release and close-range physical attacks won't work, could we try Genjutsu, Sealing Techniques, or the other four elemental esoteric techniques?" Danzo sat in his seat, already thinking about how to deal with Uchiha Bufan.

If it were truly possible, Uchiha Fufan might be someone who could create an infinite number of Sharingan.

As for whether he was human or not... he didn't care.

His Kotoamatsukami can make the other person his most loyal subordinate.

"I disagree."

Surprisingly, it wasn't Hiruzen Sarutobi who spoke, but Koharu Utatane.

"Danzo, this is too bizarre. Have you considered what the consequences of your failure will be?"

Danzo scoffed, "So what if we lose a few ninjas?"

"No!" Koharu Utatane shook her head and said seriously, "The price of failure might be that the entire village or a large area of ​​the village will have to participate in the 'death game' for the second-year students of the Ninja Academy."

Do you think you could master the first stage of a forbidden technique if you were suddenly asked to do so?

Danzo paused, then began to seriously consider Koharu Utatane's words.

Because when the secret service approached the other party and was about to take action, he suddenly died, and then a 'death game' happened in the classroom.

Thinking about it that way, it is indeed possible.

But what does that have to do with me?

“You’re right, but I have my own ideas. At worst, we can just go to the entrance of the Uchiha clan’s territory and block him there. That way, we won’t involve the village.”

Upon hearing this, the three fell silent, exchanged a knowing glance, and then Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his hand on the table:

"I absolutely will not agree to this!"

Danzo stood up and sneered, "Then I'll be leaving now."

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not stop Danzo, and Danzo did not say anything more. This was their tacit understanding over the years. Danzo glanced at the two Anbu guarding the door, then left, walked out of the Hokage Building, and headed directly towards the Root base.

He was about to begin preparing a plan to target Uchiha Bufan.

Chapter 10 Regret, I regret it so much!

cemetery.

There are approximately three thousand urns.

The graves were neatly arranged, and workers were already digging the grave pits.

At the funeral, apart from the Anbu and the staff in charge of funeral arrangements, only Sasuke attended.

The burial ceremony lasted for more than four hours.

Sasuke dragged his tired body home.

Meanwhile, a ninja squad from Root appeared near Sasuke at some point and followed him all the way home, where they staked out the clan's territory until late at night.

At that moment, a Root ninja suddenly spoke up:

"Captain, the Uchiha's lights have gone out. Can we go in now?"

After a moment's thought, the Root Division Captain replied, "Lord Danzo's intention is for us to obtain information about the Uchiha incident as soon as possible, so you can go."

Without hesitation, the Root ninja emerged from the forest, wearing a mask with intricate patterns, and strode towards the gate of the Uchiha clan compound.