To the village, Sasuke is not only the last Uchiha, the ninja who inherits the pure Sharingan, but also an important link between the village and Itachi.

If there is a problem with this bond, everything will become troublesome in the future.

Although he believed in Itachi's loyalty to Konoha, there was no guarantee that his loyalty to Konoha would always be maintained.

Uncertain things must be eradicated completely. This is the root approach.

"Also, there is one more thing."

Under the sunglasses, an inexplicable light seemed to flash in Ryoma's eyes.

"What's up?"

"There is news from Kabuto that Orochimaru wants to make a deal with us."

"Deal? What deal?"

Danzo frowned.

"I don't know, Orochimaru didn't say anything. That guy has always been mysterious and cautious in doing things. He didn't reveal anything about that organization to us. Not only him, but Itachi didn't reveal it either."

So far, I know very little about the organization that Orochimaru and Itachi have joined.

The name of the organization, the specific purpose of the organization, etc. are all not known in detail.

The only known members are Orochimaru, Itachi, and the mysterious man who calls himself Madara.

"Itachi is a qualified tool. If Itachi didn't reveal these things, it means that if those things were revealed, it would be his time to die. He can't die now because he can still radiate residual heat to Konoha."

Danzo looked serious.

"yes."

"Send someone to handle the deal with Orochimaru. Don't let the ANBU discover it."

Danzo orders.

Ryoma nodded, not worried at all that his next actions would be noticed by ANBU.

Since ANBU lost its chief and deputy chief, the four ANBU captains are now in charge. One of the captains, Hatake Kakashi, is still from their roots.

It couldn't be easier to hide from the ANBU and make a secret deal with Orochimaru.

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"Here it is."

On the water tower on the roof of the apartment building, Kazuki was slowly eating hot ramen.

There was a sudden sound from behind, and Liuli appeared behind her at some point, standing there.

"Are the negotiations completed?"

Yiji put down her chopsticks, turned her head slightly and asked.

"There's no need to make a long speech there, I'm just here to receive something that originally belongs to the Uchiha clan."

If it weren't for this, Liuli wouldn't even want to see the Third Hokage and other senior officials.

Because when I see these people, I can't help but recall some not-so-good memories.

"Yeah?"

Kazuhime had no feelings for the Uchiha clan in Konoha. In other words, when she heard the news about the Uchiha clan in Konoha, she didn't feel any fluctuation in her heart, but was just a little surprised.

She couldn't imagine that Uchiha Itachi had such abilities.

Even if he could do this with the help of outsiders, he must have activated the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Even if it was not activated originally, after killing so many tribesmen, relatives and friends, the unimaginable darkness would cause his Sharingan to mutate and evolve into the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Ichiji handed another piece of ramen next to Liuli. Liuli took it without politeness and sat next to him to eat lunch.

"Ichiraku Ramen? It's a taste I haven't seen in a long time."

Liuli felt nostalgic. This taste was a little more delicious than what she had eaten before.

"Yeah, this is one of the few gourmet restaurants I can remember in Konoha."

Kazuki was also very happy to destroy ramen.

"Konoha Anbu just said that you came into contact with the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki."

Liuli suddenly said something.

"Just saying hello, I'm not interested in the power of tailed beasts."

Yiji smiled.

Liuli sighed.

"This is not a question of whether you are interested or not. I told you not to cause trouble. Konoha is very sensitive now, especially when it comes to tailed beasts. If you are not careful, it may lead to a fight."

"Mom, are you scared?"

"No, I just don't want to cause unnecessary trouble."

Liuli replied like this.

Afraid of Konoha? There is no one in Konoha who is worthy of fear. Even the Third Hokage, who is called the Ninjutsu Doctor, is only slightly fearful.

But now I came to Konoha to receive the inheritance of the Uchiha clan, not to fight. It is human nature to try not to cause unnecessary trouble.

Now is not the best time to deal with Konoha.

"Where are you going next? Are you going to pack your things there and then leave?"

Ichiki finished eating the ramen, put it in the bag, and was going to find a trash can to throw it away.

"Next go to Nanga Shrine."

Liuli looked at a corner of Konoha.

That was the address where the Uchiha clan moved to after he left Konoha.

Very close to Nanga Shrine.

"Naga Shrine?"

Yiji tilted her head.

"It is the place where our Uchiha clan holds meetings all year round. There is something important that we want to take away."

"Important stuff?"

“You’ll know once you go there.”

Liuli also finished her ramen and stood up from the water tower.

Ichiki had no choice but to stand up and follow Liuli to the Uchiha clan's territory.

The originally prosperous streets have now become very deserted, with not a single human being in sight.

All the store doors are closed, but all the blood stains on the streets and doors and windows have been cleaned up.

It's just that this place may be shelved forever, or it may be waiting for someone to come and demolish it one day and use the land here for other purposes.

Nanga Shrine is located behind the Uchiha clan, near a stream and surrounded by lush woods.

Liuli led Yiji as she walked up the stone steps. Soon they reached the top, passed through the torii gate, and saw the huge building standing there.

Entering it, there was dust accumulated inside, and no one had come to clean it for a long time.

Arriving at the conference room where the main hall was located, Liuli walked to the seventh stone slab from the right and opened the mechanism of the stone slab with a unique sealing technique.

Under the influence of the spell, the stone immediately floated and stagnated in mid-air, revealing a secret passage leading to the bottom.

"come in."

Liuli took the lead to enter along the secret passage, and Yiji followed curiously.

The underground darkroom was brightly lit, not as dark as imagined.

At the front, a stone tablet was placed horizontally, with fire racks burning flames on both sides. It was these two flames that illuminated the entire underground darkroom.

Following Liuli, he came to stand in front of the stone tablet and saw a completely unknown code written on the stone tablet, which seemed to require a unique method to be correctly interpreted.

Liuli explained: "This is a stone tablet passed down from generation to generation by Uchiha. The words on it require the power of the Sharingan eye to be correctly interpreted. The higher the level of the Sharingan eye, the more content you can see. My past self

, I can only see part of it, but now, my pupil power should be enough to support me to see more content."

As for whether he could see all the content, Liuli couldn't tell.

Because when she first opened the Sharingan, she could only see a very small part of it.

Even if the Mangekyō Sharingan is turned on, the content that can be seen is probably very limited.

I'm afraid a more advanced Sharingan is needed to fully understand the contents of the entire stone tablet.

After all, this stone tablet was left behind by the founder of the Ninja Sect thousands of years ago, the Sage of Six Paths. He was also the distant ancestor of the Uchiha clan.

Liuli did not hesitate and directly opened his Mangekyō Sharingan and scanned the stone tablet carefully.

Sure enough, I saw more content than before.
To be continued...