"Hmph, Sarutobi, you always look ahead like this!" Shimura Danzo gave him a cold look, stating unhappily, "If it weren't for the waste of Hanzō the Salamander, who didn't completely wipe out this organization, how would we be in such trouble now?"
Thinking of the information that Itachi Uchiha had given him before, Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze was also very complicated. In addition to his proud disciple Orochimaru, the names of the remaining few people also caused him to fall into contemplation. It turned out to be some S-rank rogue ninja who had given the Tsuchikage, Raikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage severe headaches. Even if only a small part of their strength was exposed now, Hiruzen Sarutobi could see how terrifying the strength of this organization was. Such a group of powerful ninja gathered together, what do they want to do? Do they want to challenge the authority of our Five Great Nations? In this regard, Hiruzen Sarutobi was also deeply fearful in his heart.
But the current Konoha could not move against them. Before solving the problems of the Uchiha clan and restoring the stability of the regime in Konoha, a conflict with them would cause Konoha to suffer heavy losses. The current Konoha's strength was too weak. Aside from Hiruzen Sarutobi himself, the entire village no longer had combat power of his level. Orochimaru had defected, Jiraiya traveled all year round, and Tsunade suffered from hemophobia and had disappeared. And six years ago, on the night of the Nine-Tails rampage, Konoha suddenly lost the Fourth Hokage and dozens of Jōnin. It dealt a heavy blow to the entire Konoha, causing Konoha's combat power to drop to rock bottom all of a sudden. Six years had passed, and Konoha had not recovered from that incident.
The most important thing now was to maintain peace and stability within Konoha, waiting for the emergence of new ninja with Kage-level strength in Konoha, so he could finally retire as successfully as before. This was what Hiruzen Sarutobi had always planned.
After a moment of silence, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly opened his mouth and said to Danzo, "Danzo, please understand me. The current Konoha needs to thrive, and we need to wait for the next generation of Konoha ninja to grow up. As for the Akatsuki organization, we have too little information on them. We should let Itachi Uchiha continue to enter the Akatsuki organization as our spy and find out their specific information, and then we will make plans."
Hearing what Hiruzen Sarutobi said, Shimura Danzo rarely refuted, and agreed with Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan this time.
"By the way, I heard that there's a kid in Konoha who studies ninja tools recently. He has good talent, why don't you give him to me? If you hand him over to me, it will be a good enhancement to the combat effectiveness of my subordinates," Danzo said.
Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately frowned and retorted: "No! Give up this idea, Danzo. Ren is not an orphan left on the battlefield whom you can handle at will. His father, Tatsuo, is a well-known businessman in our Land of Fire. The ninja tools and strategic materials used by our Konoha ninja still need to rely on the supply from his side. Now the situation in Konoha is so tense; I don't want to cause any unexpected trouble."
"Haha." A gloomy smile appeared on Danzo's face, and he said, "Well, I'm just talking casually." Danzo had also heard about the special features of Ren's ninja tools before. So, he soon began to send his ninja to collect information about Ren. He almost got a piece of information with the same content as Hiruzen Sarutobi's. After reading it, Danzo was also disappointed. The idea of strengthening the strength of ninja in batches was not realistic. Then this child called Ren had no great use value.
At present, it was still necessary to take the lead in solving the problems of the Uchiha family. If he could get it right this time, the corpses of the Uchiha clansmen would all be handled by himself. At that time, a lot of Sharingan would fall into his hands, and then cooperate with Orochimaru's previous research, and the power of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju... perhaps... the Mangekyo Sharingan, and even the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan above the Mangekyo... enough to rival the power of Madara Uchiha! Shimura Danzo, who was born in the Warring States Period, was also one of the people who had seen Madara Uchiha's power. He naturally knew how powerful this power was. As long as he had this power, whether it was to deal with the Akatsuki organization or become Konoha's Hokage, it became a matter within reach for him.
"Okay, I know, let's just leave this matter first. I'll go first." After Shimura Danzo was silent for a moment, he said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, "My Root will clean everything up that night. I will never let you, this Hokage, have a little bit of trouble, hehe."
Shimura Danzo's sneering voice echoed in the office. With a slightly sarcastic tone, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had always looked kind-hearted, gradually deepened his eyes...
...At the same time...
Uchiha Clan, Naka Shrine, in front of the ancestral stone tablet of the Uchiha clan, Itachi Uchiha was quietly looking at the words recorded on it, his eyes deep and dignified. His eyes were scarlet, and the three-tomoe Sharingan suddenly changed shape, becoming the appearance of a triangular shuriken. This was the most powerful symbol of the Uchiha family – the Mangekyo Sharingan. Under the blessing of the Mangekyo Sharingan, the words on the stone tablet that had been manipulated by Black Zetsu were being imprinted in Itachi Uchiha's mind.
When Itachi Uchiha quietly read all the text, his expression became very complicated, and he murmured: "Infinite Tsukuyomi..." For this name, Itachi Uchiha had an association in his mind for a while. After he opened the Mangekyo Sharingan, he possessed the unique pupil technique illusion, which was called Tsukuyomi. This illusion activated by the Mangekyo Sharingan, as long as the opponent saw his eyes, they would be attacked. Itachi could activate the illusion in an instant, pulling the enemy's spirit into his illusion space. In the Tsukuyomi world, all factors, including time, place, and quality, were controlled by the practitioner. He generally used this ninjutsu to give the opponent psychological and spiritual torture until the opponent collapsed. Of course, he could also let the other party see the most beautiful fantasy in the world.
If time could be extended, it did seem to be able to create true peace once and for all. However, was such peace a real peace? Itachi Uchiha shook his head with a wry smile. He didn't agree with that. He believed that illusion was illusion; the essence of all illusions was a false illusion. The shattering of the illusion was just a matter of time, Shisui Uchiha once told him that.