Naruto Paradise: An Evil Uchiha's Rise-Chapter 122: Konoha’s Got Talent: Singing ’Blood for Blood’ at the Hokage’s Open Mic Night

So this is...

Konoha.

Crossing the forest and arriving at a wide road, the blue-haired female ninja wearing the black and red cloud Akatsuki robe looked up ahead.

Surrounding the forest and mountains was a long wall.

"What a magnificent village."

Completely different from the small villages of the Rain Country.

And...

The weather here is so clear.

The sunlight was so dazzling that she needed to shield her eyes with her hand.

"But... was that caused by Sunagakure's attack?"

A huge gap had been cut out of the middle of the tall, sturdy wall.

In the distance, she could see craftsmen repairing the wall.

"The guards look strict, and this barrier... is too strong for me to infiltrate."

Among the gate guards were members of the Hyuga clan, making it unlikely that she could blend in with a Transformation Technique.

Moreover, since they were ninja, they would probably quickly see through the chakra within her.

"I'll have to use that trick."

Paper Style: Dance of the Shikigami!

The blue-haired female ninja's body turned into countless pieces of paper, sticking to the carriages of a merchant caravan, like scraps of paper blown by the wind.

Using her special Paper Style, she turned her body into fragments of white paper.

The female ninja safely blended in with the caravan and entered the gates of Konoha Village.

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"The shameless Sunagakure disregarded our friendly alliance and launched a brazen attack on Konoha! Thanks to Orochimaru's timely awakening, we were able to crush Sunagakure's conspiracy! Now, it's time for a blood debt to be repaid, and Sunagakure must pay the price!"

No wonder there were no people on the Konoha streets except for the gate guards; they were all gathered here.

Having successfully infiltrated, the blue-haired female ninja changed into a hooded black cloak.

Coming to the edge of the crowded area, she saw the Third Hokage standing on the terrace next to the Hokage Building.

"That guy is right, Konoha is going to war with Sunagakure."

Watching Sarutobi Hiruzen passionately lecturing on the platform, the female ninja muttered to herself.

"Hokage-sama, isn't Orochimaru... a missing-nin? Even if he has now seen the light, what about his past crimes?"

That guy experimented on villagers; how can such evil deeds be forgiven?

Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could finish speaking, voices of dissent arose from the crowd below.

The Third Hokage had been in office for too long, and the Konoha villagers had accumulated many grievances against this Hokage.

"Human experimentation... those were all Danzo's crimes. I only discovered it now. I misunderstood Orochimaru back then."

Sarutobi Hiruzen continued unhurriedly.

"As for Danzo, I recently sent people to disband his Root organization. He himself has been captured. I believe everyone remembers the commotion that caused, but in the future, I guarantee that similar things will not happen again."

While blaming Danzo for Orochimaru's actions, Sarutobi Hiruzen also took the opportunity to provide a perfect explanation for the recent Root's Internal Strife.

The Anbu clashed with Root in order to capture the heinous Danzo.

"So that's it, no wonder before..."

The Hokage Building, riddled with holes from the Anbu and Root's internal strife, had made the Konoha villagers panic for a long time.

"But, Hokage-sama, if Orochimaru was just misunderstood, how do you explain Uchiha Itachi, the missing-nin who slaughtered his clan?"

Orochimaru was, after all, one of Konoha's Sannin. Even though he acted deviously, after so many years, the people of Konoha didn't hate him much anymore.

But Uchiha Itachi was fundamentally different.

He slaughtered his entire clan, leaving only two survivors. With such a madman in the village, how could the other Konoha clans sleep soundly?

"To tell you the truth, the mastermind behind the Uchiha clan massacre was actually Uchiha Obito! Just yesterday, he appeared as the Masked Man and almost killed me and Hatake Kakashi! Therefore, I hereby revoke Uchiha Itachi's missing-nin status and designate Konoha's former hero, the current traitor Uchiha Obito, as the new S-rank Missing-nin!"

"What?"

"Obito? Which Obito?"

"Kakashi's teammate... but wasn't he dead?"

"Is Hokage-sama senile?"

"How dare you question Hokage-sama's words!?"

"What if I do? Hokage-sama is so old; can you guarantee he won't make mistakes?"

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen tried his best to explain on the platform, the Konoha villagers below couldn't accept it.

Everyone discussed and even argued with each other.

"Silence! What's important now isn't these things, but Sunagakure! Konoha's blood cannot be shed in vain. Facing the fickle Sunagakure, Konoha needs to act cautiously and show force against their fickle army."

"Is this Konoha's Hokage?"

Watching the elderly Hokage on the high platform, spitting and frothing, the blue-haired female ninja didn't continue listening to his inspiring war declaration.

Nor did she care about the Konoha villagers nearby who had begun to clamor along with the Hokage, shouting slogans like "Level Sunagakure, blood for blood."

This atmosphere made her uncomfortable.

Especially the fanatical expressions on the faces of these people, including the elderly Hokage, made her uneasy.

She had thought that Konoha would really be the peace-loving village that was rumored to be, that Konoha's Third Hokage was really a calm and cautious old man who disliked aggression, as the rumors said...

In the end, they were all war maniacs.

Indeed, seeing is believing.

After severely despising Konoha in her heart, the female ninja tightened her cloak and prepared to leave this place that made her uncomfortable.

However, just as she turned around, she heard some different voices--

"How can the Third Hokage be like this!?"

Like the blue-haired female ninja, Yuhi Kurenai, who was also disgusted with Sarutobi Hiruzen, was bluntly complaining loudly about her dissatisfaction in the crowd.

"It was Kage who defeated Sunagakure's attack and stopped the Summoning Beast invasion, but he's actually treating Orochimaru as a hero? It's ridiculous! Everyone there at the time knew that Orochimaru was there to destroy Konoha!"

Her disciple, Uchiha Kage, had single-handedly wiped out dozens of Sunagakure Elite Ninja and solved the Three-Headed Snake problem that everyone was helpless against.

But all these achievements were actually hidden by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Yuhi Kurenai had never been so angry in her life as she was today.

"And the explanation for Uchiha Itachi is even more ridiculous. It's only been a few years, and he's already rewriting history, saying someone else did it. It's completely nonsensical!"

"Father is indeed senile!"

Asuma, who was next to her, heard Yuhi Kurenai's grumbling and also became angry.

He had finally managed to lift Sarutobi Hiruzen's house arrest on him, but as soon as he went out, he saw Sunagakure's invasion and Orochimaru's Summoning Beasts.

Not to mention hearing his father now whitewashing the heinous Uchiha Itachi...

"Hokage-sama! Urgent military intelligence from the front lines!"

"What intelligence?"

"Sunagakure has announced its abject surrender to Konoha and has stated that it is willing to compensate Konoha for its losses!"

Just as Asuma finished speaking, a liaison announced the good news from the front lines to Hokage-sama on the high platform.

"They've already surrendered?"

"That's great!"

Sunagakure's groveling surrender also relieved most of the villagers.

Although they were angry at Sunagakure's actions, war was no small matter.

The pain Konoha had experienced in past wars was still vivid in their minds.

The Third Shinobi World War and the Nine-Tails Disturbance hadn't been over for too long.

It was best if Sunagakure could surrender without a large-scale war.

"Surrender cannot be trusted. Sunagakure are treacherous villains! I've decided to send Orochimaru and a team of Elite Ninja to the front lines, along with Jiraiya, to use the Konoha army to verify whether Sunagakure's surrender is reliable!"

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Jiraiya was already on the front lines? No wonder Sunagakure's army hadn't attacked.

Teacher is really cautious.

But with Jiraiya's stubborn personality, he probably won't fight anymore if Sunagakure surrenders.

So that's why Teacher sent me to the front lines.

Orochimaru quickly understood Sarutobi Hiruzen's intentions.

Sending him to lead the army was to completely occupy Sunagakure.

"Wait, Hokage! Now that Sunagakure has declared its surrender, shouldn't our next step be to send people to negotiate with them? Why are you still sending people to the front lines to continue the war?"

Hearing that Sunagakure had surrendered, but Sarutobi Hiruzen still intended to reinforce the troops, Asuma jumped out decisively.

Orochimaru, Uchiha Itachi, and Father...

Asuma looked at the ambitious Third Hokage in front of him, feeling a strange sense of unfamiliarity.

His father wasn't like this before.

Could it be that his father was really brainwashed by Uchiha Itachi's Illusionary Technique, as Kurenai said?

Of course, Asuma didn't know why Sarutobi Hiruzen had changed like this, and he would never understand--

How much ambition a man with too much power would develop after obtaining matching assistance.

The Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose ambitions had been smoothed out by the years, had been completely abandoned by the current Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Strengthening Konoha and unifying the Ninja World were such great achievements.

Especially after obtaining the Future Note , this great goal seemed so within reach.

"What do you know? Regardless of whether Sunagakure surrenders or not, Konoha must put on a show of force to deal with the fickle Sunagakure army. This is a manifestation of caution!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was extremely annoyed that his decision was opposed by his own son in public.

"Men, take Asuma away!"

"Hai!"

A group of Anbu pinned Asuma to the ground.

"You're protecting Orochimaru, and you're close to Uchiha Itachi, a heartless missing-nin. Now you want to expand the war. Third Hokage... if you do this, Konoha will one day be destroyed by your hands!"

Asuma, who was pinned to the ground, was still shouting loudly.

"What did you say?"

Being opposed and scolded by his own son in front of everyone, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't wait to immediately draw his Ninja Sword and kill this rebellious son.

"I said Konoha will be destroyed by your hands, Sarutobi Hiruzen!"

To show his opposition, the angry Asuma directly called out his father's full name.

"Oh? Does Konoha perish if we don't listen to you, you naive fellow?"

"Hard to say!"

Asuma stubbornly shook off the Anbu ninja holding him down, meeting the eyes of Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him without showing any weakness.

"I... I..."

If the person who said this wasn't his son, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have killed him on the spot.

But because it was his own son, he could only be so angry that he couldn't catch his breath.

"Teacher, please take care of your health."

Although Orochimaru had wished for Sarutobi Hiruzen to die immediately yesterday, now he didn't want Sarutobi Hiruzen to die.

He felt that the future would become very interesting.

"Quick! Quickly take him back and put him under house arrest. Don't let him appear in front of me again!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was almost vomiting blood from anger, quickly ordered the Anbu under his command to take away the still unconvinced Asuma.

"Meeting dismissed!"

After staging a father-son drama in front of so many villagers, Sarutobi Hiruzen no longer had the face or mood to continue his speech.

"What a show."

But...

There are normal people in Konoha after all.

Even if the Hokage wants war, there are still many people who want peace...

Although the blue-haired female ninja didn't turn back, a smile finally appeared on her lips.

The Ninja World has hope because there are people who love peace.

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"Hmph! I'm not participating in the war, especially not under that Orochimaru's command!"

Just thinking about it was terrifying.

"But Anko... sigh."

Just as Uchiha Itachi's return made Uchiha Sasuke indignant, Orochimaru's return also made Anko, the Disciple who had once been abandoned by Orochimaru, feel lost.

Every time Yuhi Kurenai saw Anko, her eyes were vacant.

It was as if her soul had been sucked out.

"It's good that Teacher is in the Village. It's too chaotic outside right now."

Although Uchiha Kage looked forward to the Ninja World being in chaos, he didn't want to involve the people he cared about.

"I know you care about Teacher, but Teacher isn't someone to be trifled with. Even if she goes to the front lines..."

Yuhi Kurenai wanted to reassure Uchiha Kage, but inexplicably, she remembered her Father, who had died in battle.

She couldn't help but fall silent instantly.

"What about you? You don't really want to go to the front lines, do you?"

Compared to herself, Yuhi Kurenai was more worried about her Disciple.

Although he was very strong, the battlefield wasn't a joke.

Even the strongest ninja could be defeated.

She was worried that her Disciple would get carried away and listen to the muddled Hokage's words.

"No, Hokage-sama has me in charge of the Village's security."

Probably because he had disguised himself as Uchiha Obito and entered and exited Konoha too many times before, Sarutobi Hiruzen now paid great attention to the Village's security.

"But, Uchiha Itachi..."

"We have to find a way to get Uchiha Itachi out of the Village."

Just as Uchiha Kage and Yuhi Kurenai were chatting, Hyuga Hiashi, who came from who knows where, interrupted their conversation.

"I don't know what Hokage-sama is thinking. How can someone like Uchiha Itachi be allowed to stay in the Village?"

Not only Hyuga Hiashi, but the ninja from the other Konoha clans were also uneasy about the appearance of Uchiha Itachi, the terrorist.

Anyone would be afraid of someone who would destroy an entire clan at any time.

Especially since most of them had seen the powerful strength that Uchiha Itachi had displayed that day.

The owner of the Mangekyo Sharingan wasn't someone they, ordinary clan ninja, could resist.

Everyone knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen was rewriting history because Uchiha Itachi had publicly stated the reason why he destroyed the Uchiha clan that day in Konoha--merely to 'test his blade.'

In simple terms, it was to test how much power the newly acquired Mangekyo Sharingan had.

Who wouldn't be afraid of such a madman?

Who knew when Uchiha Itachi would have another attack of madness and use the people of their other ninja clans as targets?

"I'll find a way to keep an eye on him."

Of course, Uchiha Kage didn't trust Uchiha Itachi either.

However, he was mainly thinking about Sasuke's safety.

"That's great. You've now mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique, so you can definitely deal with him."

Hyuga Hiashi looked at Uchiha Kage in front of him as if he were looking at Namikaze Minato back then.

It didn't matter if he, the Hyuga Clan Head, couldn't become Hokage, but it would be good to be the Hokage's father-in-law.

"Also, last time, the suggestion you gave really made Hokage-sama give up the idea of establishing the Konoha Military Police Force with the Hyuga clan, and he never mentioned it again..."

Hyuga Hiashi had never thought that Sarutobi Hiruzen would be so easy to talk to.

Ever since the Uchiha clan's destruction, he had been walking on thin ice as the Clan Head.

"Peace through strength, otherwise there will be no peace. Struggle is the means to peace, and peace is the goal of struggle."

The Uchiha died because of compromise from the inside out.

The final rebellion was just a joke.

"What does that mean? What peace through struggle?"

Yuhi Kurenai didn't quite understand Uchiha Kage's words.

"In simple terms, honest people are easily bullied. Only when honest people are no longer honest will others be polite to you."

"Oh! I understand. Kage means we should go oppose the Hokage together, right?"

Yuhi Kurenai enthusiastically grabbed Uchiha Kage's arm.

Although Asuma's previous actions were a bit too impulsive, they were still a form of resistance.

"Teacher's words... aren't entirely correct, but they can be put into action."

Uchiha Kage's eyes lit up.

That's right, with Asuma setting an example, Konoha should be able to find people to take to the streets to protest Sarutobi Hiruzen.

This kind of 'internal and external trouble' would allow Sarutobi Hiruzen to experience his 'care.'

By the way, he could also stream it to Senju Tobirama.

For example, today's father-son argument was very good.

"First, we have to 'rescue' Asuma from his house, and then..."

Uchiha Kage quietly told Yuhi Kurenai and Hyuga Hiashi his plan.

The person who leads the march against Sarutobi Hiruzen must be Asuma...

"I knew you hated the Hokage too, Kage!"

After listening to Uchiha Kage's explanation, Yuhi Kurenai couldn't help but hug the other's arm tighter.

That's great!

This bad Disciple was really bad to the core.

He even came up with something like this.

However, as long as this Disciple wasn't as foolishly loyal to the Hokage as before, it would be fine.

"This is too... what if Hokage-sama..."

Hyuga Hiashi wanted to back down a little.

Inciting the Konoha Villagers to oppose the Hokage and hold protest marches, was that really okay?

What if it was ruthlessly suppressed...

Even with Asuma in front, they would probably be implicated.

"Well, now isn't the time yet. We have to wait for the right opportunity to do this."

The best time to hold a march was when Konoha's war had expanded to the point where it couldn't be contained anymore, when Sarutobi Hiruzen was most overwhelmed.

"Okay, then we'll overthrow the Third Hokage together and then choose Kage to be the new Hokage!"

Yuhi Kurenai really didn't want to see the Third Hokage's old face anymore.

"If Kage becomes the Hokage, I'll be the Hokage's Teacher in the future. That would be so great!"

Although most of these words were mostly teasing, Yuhi Kurenai really wanted to see the day Uchiha Kage became the Hokage.

"Teacher, don't talk nonsense. It's impossible for me to become the Hokage."

Just like how Sarutobi Hiruzen concealed his achievements this time, there wouldn't be a living Uchiha hero, and there couldn't be an Uchiha who became the Hokage.

Of course, even if Uchiha Kage did become Hokage, he wouldn't look down on the position.

Being the Hokage was out of the question.

He had already met Orochimaru and Jiraiya, and now he was only missing Tsunade.

Speaking of which, he didn't know how Tsunade would react after seeing that he was still alive.

Would she have forgotten about him like Jiraiya?

"No matter who it is, the Third Hokage should indeed step down."

If it was the Hokage they recommended... whether it was Uchiha Kage or Kakashi, Hyuga Hiashi wouldn't have to worry for a long time.

Thinking of this, Hyuga Hiashi gradually became the same as Yuhi Kurenai.

It was time for the Hokage to change.

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"What?"

Konoha.

Inside a dango shop.

The blue-haired Female Ninja, disguised as an ordinary customer, had finally made contact with her target.

And he had really brought her enough amazing and important information.

"That's right, Tobi, or rather, the Masked Man with the Sharingan, is Hatake Kakashi's teammate, Uchiha Obito, who participated in the Battle of Kannabi Bridge. He's not Uchiha Madara."

With Kakashi's ninjutsu verification, Uchiha Itachi was also certain of the Masked Man's identity.

However, he didn't expect that after letting Obito leave, the Leader of the Akatsuki would send this only Female Ninja, the Paper Style ninja with the White Tiger Ring, Konan, to contact him.

Although her strength wasn't that outstanding in the Akatsuki, her status was extraordinary.

Uchiha Itachi didn't expect the Akatsuki Leader to value him so much.

"I thought he was strange a long time ago. So he's just a liar."

After looking at the information about Uchiha Obito that Uchiha Itachi handed over, Konan quickly confirmed the authenticity of the information.

She had to quickly let Nagato know. She couldn't let Nagato be deceived by that guy anymore.

What Uchiha Madara? That guy was just a Konoha nobody...

Taking out a pile of Paper Cranes from her pocket, Konan wrote her and Nagato's unique code on them and then let the Paper Cranes fly into the distance.

"Thank you, Uchiha Itachi. Your information is indeed very important."

"No, as long as I can expose Uchiha Obito's conspiracy..."

Without the Identity of the Masked Man, Akatsuki's Leader, Pain, shouldn't give Uchiha Obito any more face.

Uchiha Itachi's real goal was for the Akatsuki to fall into internal strife.

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"Uchiha Shisui? Are you here to..."

"I've come to join the Akatsuki."

According to Uchiha Kage, after Uchiha Shisui broke into Amegakure, he forced his way to see Pain (Nagato), who ruled here.

"You're the Leader of the Akatsuki?"

"Join the Akatsuki? Why?"

In the past, the Akatsuki members would go out to solicit customers... cough, to persuade or force others to join the organization.

But in all these years, it was the first time Nagato had seen someone who took the initiative to join the Akatsuki like this.

If it was the Akatsuki during Yahiko's time, this kind of thing was common, but now...

"I once heard that the Akatsuki is an organization that brings peace, so I came."

"Peace..."

Nagato's heart was slightly touched.

"But you're just a dead man."

Although he wasn't sure what state the other party was in, Nagato could sense the other party's unusualness and the aura of death surrounding him.

"It was Konoha who turned me into this, so I came to rely on you."

"I see."

He had heard that the Uchiha clan had been destroyed...

Another victim of Konoha?

Hearing this, Nagato felt a little more empathy.

Because his parents had been ruthlessly killed by Konoha Ninja deserters who broke into his home during the war.

"If you sincerely want to join the Akatsuki, then I'll tell you about my current means of advocating for peace..."

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Using the Tailed Beasts to create weapons that could destroy an entire country, and then deter the major countries, so that everyone would be afraid to start another war, thereby achieving peace.

This was Nagato's current philosophy.

"Collecting the Tailed Beasts? I understand..."

If it were before, Uchiha Shisui might have thought that Nagato's idea was really feasible.

But now, Uchiha Kage's 'Paradise' was clearly a better choice.

Living in constant fear of terrifying weapons or living in a carefree paradise was better.

"Then we're comrades. Welcome to the Akatsuki."

Under the pouring rain, Pain reached out and shook hands with the Impure World Uchiha Shisui in front of him.

At the same time, at this moment, a Paper Crane that was not afraid of the wind and rain flew to Pain's face.

The information was transmitted back so quickly?

However, Konan was too reckless...

Opening the Paper Crane, Pain quickly finished reading the contents.

Uchiha Obito was the Identity of the Masked Man?

At this moment, Uchiha Obito, who was rehearsing his lines for his next appearance with White Zetsu in a certain cave, couldn't help but feel a chill.

It was as if he was being watched by something dirty.

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"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you're so noble, you're so great! In order to win over Orochimaru, you're actually pushing all the blame onto me!"

Danzo, who was under house arrest, was still waiting for the good news of Orochimaru betraying his Teacher, but instead of waiting for the good news, he received the bad news of being sent to a Special Prison in chains.

That Orochimaru had actually gotten mixed up with Sarutobi Hiruzen again!

"Damn it, wait for me. One day, everyone will understand your true colors, Sarutobi Hiruzen!"

Danzo, who was chained up by Anbu ninja, declared fiercely.

But unfortunately, in this prison that Sarutobi Hiruzen had specially prepared for him, only he could hear his words.

"And Orochimaru, this untrustworthy guy! I shouldn't have helped you deal with Sarutobi Hiruzen!"

No, I can't be locked up in this place. I have to escape!

Watching the Anbu ninja gradually walk away, Danzo quickly tore off the bandages on his arm.

Then he slowly began to unlock the seal on his arm.

As long as he used Izanagi, he could rewrite the reality of being imprisoned in the Prison.

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At the same time, while Danzo was thinking about escaping from Prison, Samui in another prison was also thinking about escaping.

"It's cold and dirty here, and there's no one around..."

Damn it.

Uchiha Kage, that bastard!

Why did he lock me up in this place?

"And he even let Yuhi Kurenai watch over me..."

Creak.

Just as Samui was squatting in the prison cell, unable to bear it any longer, the prison door in front of her was finally opened again.

Kage... was it Uchiha Kage who came?

Hmph, he just wanted to make her submit and take the initiative to beg him for mercy, right?

She wouldn't...

"Yo, you look good, you big-breasted, lewd Female Ninja."

To Samui's disappointment, the person who came to visit her wasn't Uchiha Kage, but her old enemy, Yuhi Kurenai, who walked in with a disdainful look at her big breasts.

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