
The defection of the Uchiha Shinichi not only highlighted the threat of the Uchiha Clan but also highlighted the level of power the Uchiha possessed just by awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan!
One single Uchiha youth made the entire village upside down.
Not only did the prestige of the Hokage Faction plummet, but it also lost a lot of combat personnel, and still had no results as they all failed to capture or kill the Shinichi Uchiha!
If one Uchiha could cause such trouble for Konoha, imagine what would happen if the entire Uchiha Clan rebelled?
Sarutobi Hiruzen could not help but shudder just by thinking such a thing happened, and this further gave him a headache.
Her already less hair was growing weaker by the day as it was involved in all these tense situations, which appeared out of nowhere one after another.
If this continued, he would have no choice but to become bald!
While Sandaime is experiencing tension about his hair, Danzo keeps pressing, “Sarutobi, it's time you made up your mind!”
The theft of test materials would stop many of his experiments.
In particular, the loss of all the Sharingan stored in the Nutrient Solution made Danzo's heart ache.
That was his hard work!
Some Sharingans were abandoned by his teacher Tobirama and others were collected by him over the years during the three great shinobi wars.
But now was a time of peace, so reassembling the Sharingan would be very difficult; and the loss of each would prompt a heavy investigation, so Danzo was unable to take such action!
So, the extermination of the Uchiha Clan was his best bet to gather more Sharingan, all Hiruzen had to do was nod, and Shimura Danzo would have a large collection of Sharingan that he could freely use.
Yet. Shimura Danzo had to be disappointed when Sandaime shook his head, “We will discuss the matter of the Uchiha Clan later, for now, focus on Kumogakure!”
Listening to Danzo's constant urging, Sandaime who suddenly awakens from her fantasy of beautiful hair disappears every day, rejecting Danzo's opinion coldly without much consideration.
Hiruzen is certainly very disappointed with Danzo's appearance this time. As one of the four representatives of the Danzo Hokage faction completely failed to capture any trace of Uchiha Shinichi.
Danzo was the representative who had always suppressed the Konoha noble shinobi clan, and this time he could not even suppress the Uchiha Shinichi who had just awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, this made Sandaime very embarrassed of his old friend.
Even his prestige as a Hokage was slightly affected by all these failures.
Therefore, he had no interest in entertaining Danzo's rant for now.
Seeing Hiruzen instantly switch the topic, Danzo could only sigh and curse inwardly, ‘If only I was Hokage!’
But unfortunately, he is not Hokage!
He had no choice but to give up on extermination of the Uchiha Clan for now and focus on Kumogakure, as the discussion between the four advisors continued.
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The Kuroto side.
After leaving the Hokage Office, Team-11 disbanded as the four returned to their homes to rest and for other work.
After returning to her home and adjusting to the Byakugan to make sure that no one was spying on her, Kuroto took out two scrolls from her ninja bag.
“Kai!”
Breezy…
With a puff of white smoke, a corpse appeared on each of the two scrolls.
The body on the first scroll belonged to Uchiha Kurumi.
To ensure that Obito or Zetsu do not get it, Kuroto orders the Kazekage doll to retrieve it from Kurumi's Uchiha grave.
“Huh, it's a surprise!” – Kuroto murmured as she realized that Uchiha Kurumi's body had some kind of herb on it that prevented the decay of her cells, tissues, and organs.
‘Does that mean Shinichi always had the intention to find a method to revive him? Otherwise, why would he use such an expensive herb?’ – Kuroto of course had an idea about this herb, after all, he did not play stones while working in Orochimaru's lab.
That's why he's more surprised and impressed by Shinichi's actions.
‘Because that's the case, I don't have to worry about his body for now!’
The storage scrolls were obviously not going to prevent the decomposition of his body for a very long time, as they did not stop the time as per the mechanism of action, so this would only be a temporary option; until Kuroto finds a better way to prevent the decay of his body for the next 15 years or so.
After re-sealing the corpse of Uchiha Kurumi, Kuroto turned her gaze to the corpse on the other scroll.
This body was none other than the White Zetsu clone trying to spy on his and Shinichi's fight.
The only problem with this was his messy state of suffering from the explosion of many explosive talismans. Therefore, at this point, it cannot be considered anything other than tissue mass.
Activating his Tenseigan, Kuroto scans Zetsu's body and feels a slight trace of Chakra still inside.
‘It's amazing even after being destroyed, there are still some signs of vitality due to the presence of Hashirama cells in it!’
After sighing how indomitable the Hokage-Sama Shodaime cell was, Kuroto slightly nodded and resealed this corpse as well.
Getting rid of the two scrolls, Kuroto walked towards her balcony and jumped onto the roof of her house, and looked over the entire village with one hand on her waist.
Kuroto's top priority right now was to build a secret laboratory as well as the storage of materials that belonged to him personally.
Given the issue of security and confidentiality, site selection becomes a very important issue.
While observing the layout of the village, Kuroto thought to himself, ‘Location of the laboratory should not be too far from home, otherwise, going back and forth would be troublesome, and the location would definitely be hidden, otherwise, the location would be hidden, ninja perception might be able to find its location, which again would be troublesome!’
With that thought, Kuroto's gaze turned to the surrounding forest.
Although Konoha is surrounded by forests from all sides, it does not mean they do not have it.
For example, Nara, Akimichi, Inuzuka, Aburame, and other clans were mostly near the forest and this forest was used by them for various purposes.
Now this was not the only forest this clan possessed, after all, the noble clan possessed many properties throughout the Land of Fire, so there was nothing strange.
But because this forest is near the village so it is still quite widely used, and if Kuroto build his laboratory in the forest area that is sometimes used by this clan for any purpose such as, and if, Nurturing insects, breeding dogs, and training, and other purposes, Kuroto can rest assured that her laboratory will soon be found, something she cannot have until she finds a better place.
So, turning his gaze away from this region, Kuroto turned to look towards ‘Hutan Death’ in one corner of the Village.
‘The Deathly Forest’ in particular is not owned by any Shinobi Clan and is actually a place where all shinobi have equal access and use it for battle practice. Almost all Konoha Shinobi have or have had regular visits to this forest at some point in their lives.
”The Deathly Forest’ is the region where most people will find Genin and Chunin, Jonin rarely visit here because their activity will cause great movement, if I make my laboratory here, Jonin will not be able to, and as long as the appropriate location is chosen, the chances of being found are quite few!
And most importantly, ‘The Deathly Forest’ is not too far from the Village, so it will be very convenient to go back and forth. I can also use the reason of concocting poison for my visit to ‘Hutan Death’ ‘
The more she thought about it, the more Kuroto felt that this was the best temporary option, so after a little consideration, Kuroto decided to map out ‘Deadly Forest’ and see if she could find a place to meet her requirements.
With that decision, Kuroto's figure flickered and disappeared.
After arriving at the Deathly Forest, he activated his Byakugan to take a look.
After several quests and discoveries, he soon arrived around one particular place on the edge of the Deathly Forest.
The reason Kuroto came here was very simple; this place actually protected his Byakugan perception.
After thinking about it a bit, Kuroto muttered understandably, “This should be one of the knots of the barrier charm that covers Konoha!”
The entire village of Konoha is under the protection of enchantment, and this barrier was erected using several knots that have been transcribed with the complex Fuinjutsu, so it is difficult to get through this place with just one glance even though someone is using Byakugan.
For this reason, common investigative methods do not work here or are protected to varying degrees.
“Maintenance of this place should be under the responsibility of Team-3 of the Department of Charm.” – With a short pause, Kuroto tries to recall specific information from Team-3 members of the Department of Charm.
‘The four members of Team-3 are Chunin Classes, and there are also no strong perception ninjas on their team! But I am not sure about it, I have to check this information once.’
As an Anbu, Kuroto has access to information relating to the abilities of the ordinary Chunin and Genin Konoha, respectively, and he had once browsed through the files of this enchantment class to see if he could find someone who could help him with some doubts in Fuinjutsu. The training he was in, but other than that, was, although Kuroto did not pay much attention to anyone who was not very useful to him, he still remembered some of their details.
But he still could not confirm if there was a talented Shinobi hiding in the charm department.
Kuroto understood that he had to be careful if he wanted to keep the laboratory for a long time, so rather than hurrying to decide on a location to build his laboratory, he had to be careful, Kuroto decides to investigate the situation of Team-3 as well as her abilities from some other members of the enchantment department, just to be sure, that, that no class of powerful sensors would be able to find his laboratory if Kuroto built it in this area…
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