Shock!
Another shock!
The sudden deployment of troops by the Wandenreich and the capture of five countries.
It directly disrupted all the arrangements of the major ninja villages.
For example.
The various secret texts that the major ninja villages had accumulated for decades.
Many of them could increase the strength of the ninja villages, without the need to rob, beg, or steal.
Sarutobi had issued a mission to Team 7 about the Village Hidden Among Stars, to steal that meteorite.
The result was that everyone knelt!
Similarly.
The plans of the major ninja villages were one more than the other.
After all, the ninja world was never as simple as ordinary people understood.
The Chinoike clan: the Ketsuryūgan.
The Kurama clan: terrifying illusions, genjutsu reality, demonic illusion of the five senses.
The Iburi clan: smoke transformation.
The Tsuchigumo clan: the ultimate forbidden jutsu, Fury, a humanoid nuclear weapon.
And so on.
There were many records in the ninja villages.
The development of ninjutsu and bloodlines over a thousand years, who knows how many families had risen and fallen, burying too many secrets.
But the empire's sudden big move.
It gave the major ninja villages a great sense of urgency. Was there no time left?
At this moment!
The Imperial Academy of Sciences!
Laboratory No. 9.
Inside, it was white, clean, and tidy, filled with various scientific research equipment, and some busy researchers in white coats.
"Subject No. 35 confirmed failure."
"Send Subject No. 36 away. Start preparing Subject No. 37."
"Increase the dosage, add erythromycin, reduce the hemoglobin factor, add another portion of licorice solution, and reduce it by half according to the proportion just now."
"The stimulation was too great. Extract his soul, maintain a trace of connection, and keep the body active."
"Okay, Lord Orochimaru."
Little Kabuto Yakushi responded.
Although he was busy, his eyes were full of excitement.
A child of his age should be playing with mud and crying, but Little Kabuto was like a little adult, which made Orochimaru feel at ease.
Children from orphanages grow up early.
"Little sister, are you tired?"
Little Kabuto left for a moment. Orochimaru's serious face immediately became gentle, and he gently wiped the sweat for Orochimaru:
"I've told you so many times. Money is just a number. If you have nothing to do, go shopping, buy, buy, buy. You ran over to help me again. What if you get tired?"
"Scientific research... if you really want to talk about it, I'm your senior..." Accustomed to Orochimaru's gentleness, Orochimaru also spoke softly.
Orochimaru nodded with a smile, "Yes, yes, it's my fault. Little sister is the most excellent."
"No, you're not bad either..."
"No, no, in terms of scientific research, no one is more excellent than you. I, Little Orochimaru, am willing to call you the strongest."
"..."
Madara: What's wrong with people nowadays? Using my trash talk template every day. Don't you have to pay copyright fees?
"Ahem..."
Little Kabuto listened for a long time with a red face before coughing lightly.
"Lord Orochimaru, White Zetsu is here."
Orochimaru immediately restrained his gentleness and pushed up his gold-rimmed glasses.
He turned around elegantly.
Watching White Zetsu walk over while looking around, Orochimaru said, "Have you found the person I want?"
White Zetsu grinned, "I'm not just messing around in the intelligence department. You can rest assured when I handle things."
"Oh? That's not bad."
Orochimaru was a little surprised.
He had asked White Zetsu to find him half an hour ago, and he had found him so quickly.
The person he was looking for was from the Tsuchigumo clan, because this clan had a very powerful forbidden jutsu: Fury!
This kind of forbidden jutsu, as long as there was enough preparation time, was enough to release a power that could destroy a country in one blow.
When Orochimaru mentioned it to Lucian.
Lucian commented simply: a humanoid nuclear weapon.
White Zetsu handed over a document, "The Tsuchigumo clan is not hard to find. They live in a fortress all year round, a hidden village in the mountains. The current leader is En no Gyōja."
"En no Gyōja's granddaughter has just been born. Her name is Hotaru Tsuchigumo. She's a baby girl."
At this, White Zetsu smiled slyly:
"Hotaru cried six times a day, drank fresh milk specially imported from the empire, and wore clothes made of silk from the Land of Snow. En no Gyōja was happy the night before yesterday and found a young lady to play cards with in the middle of the night."
Orochimaru: "..."
Orochimaru: "..."
Kabuto Yakushi: "..."
Is it necessary to investigate in such detail?
Little Kabuto was confused for a moment, and then puzzled, "You only went to investigate half an hour ago. How do you know what happened the day before yesterday?"
White Zetsu was even more puzzled, "Do you have a misunderstanding about my intelligence department?"
"This is the Imperial Intelligence Department. Isn't it normal to have intelligence personnel in every country, every ninja village, and every family?"
Orochimaru didn't ask any more questions.
With specific intelligence, it would be easy to find people. Send someone to invite the whole clan over.
Other families could be ignored.
But the Tsuchigumo clan was too dangerous.
Orochimaru was interested in the way energy was gathered and released.
"If I research it thoroughly, I should be able to create the alternative nuclear weapon that His Majesty mentioned..."
Orochimaru thought so.
Spiritual Nuclear Weapon: A weapon proposed by Lucian and started to be developed by Orochimaru and Orochimaru.
Goal: A specific equivalent spiritual nuclear weapon, erupting with a spirit particle destruction spectrum, destroying the souls of all living beings within the irradiation range.
Advantage: It will not cause damage to anything other than the soul. Everything left intact is the empire's resources.
This was Lucian's most effective way to destroy the Otsutsuki at present.
It was too laborious to fight them one by one.
If it wasn't because it was too difficult, Lucian would have created a dual-vector foil.
The Otsutsuki were not spatial transfer or time freezing. He couldn't give them a chance to react.
The soul was the biggest weakness!
Times have changed, idiot.
Let me...
Open fire on the Otsutsuki planet.
If one shot is not enough.
Then a million more shots!
The next morning!
When the empire began to assign personnel to receive the resources, property, and territory of the five countries.
The intelligence that could be investigated all landed on the desks of the various Kage.
"Damn it! Bastard! You deserve to die!"
Sarutobi was angry, his eyes bloodshot.
The object of his anger this time was not the Wandenreich, nor Lucian.
...It was Shinku Yūhi.
Of course, the specific situation at that time could not be found out. After all, Kakashi and the others were watching there.
But the spy sent a message saying: The third battalion returned to the country, and Konoha's Team 7 followed behind. Except for Obito Uchiha, who was bruised and swollen, the others were not treated specially.
What a familiar scene!
From Kushina, Mikoto, Orochimaru, Tsunade, Jiraiya, to Sakumo, Madara, Hashirama.
Finally to Minato.
They all joined the empire completely because they followed Lucian or walked around the empire at will.
In an instant.
Sarutobi: Shinku Yūhi, Anko Mitarashi, Obito Uchiha, Raidō Namiashi.
They all betrayed!
"Shinku Yūhi, I treated you well!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth and said, directly smashing the table.
After those who left left, and those who died died.
Konoha could only bring out a few people. Shinku Yūhi was the object of Sarutobi's key cultivation.
All the recorded genjutsu were given to Shinku.
The mission of the Village Hidden Among Stars was also given to Shinku at the first moment.
But the result?
In Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart.
This was killing the heart!
He didn't put him in his eyes.
He didn't treat him as a human being. He was trampling on him!
"Men! Designate the four of them, Shinku Yūhi, as rogue ninjas! Fight to the death!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi shouted.
Years of suppression, anger reached its peak at this moment!
Suddenly thinking that Shinku Yūhi had a well-behaved daughter, Sarutobi's eyes turned cold.
"No, I am the Hokage. How can I take the initiative to harm civilians... right?"
Sarutobi gradually calmed down his emotions and left a rather ruthless sentence:
"Spread the news that Shinku Yūhi leaked Konoha's intelligence and betrayed his master for glory. You know what to do."
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
After the Anbu ninja went out.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes flashed with deep grief and nostalgia, muttering:
"This move, kill the heart first and then kill the person..."
"You taught me this, Danzo."
"Are you okay in the Pure Land?"
After the news spread throughout Konoha.
Everyone was alarmed.
The matter of the empire taking down five countries was naturally discussed, but the matter of Team 7 spread even more enthusiastically.
Konoha S-rank rogue ninja: Shinku Yūhi!
Bounty: 100 million ryo!
Crimes: Betraying his master for glory, defecting to the enemy and betraying the country, leaking intelligence, abandoning missions, and so on, ninety-nine major crimes!
"No, how is it possible..."
A girl with black curly hair, crimson pupils, and an exquisite face.
She was looking at the Konoha announcement.
Kurenai Yūhi couldn't believe her eyes. Her originally red eyes became even redder.
Tears fell silently.
"Kurenai, are you okay..."
Rin, who was beside her, was full of worry.
Yūgao Uzuki couldn't help but shed tears, "Sister Kurenai, don't cry. When you cry, I feel bad."
"Impossible! It's fake!"
Kurenai Yūhi shouted with an emotional breakdown: "My father couldn't have done such a thing. There must be a mistake..."
At that very moment.
Among the onlookers, someone shouted: "Look! That daughter of the traitor Yūhi must also be a spy! How hateful!"
"Kill her! Kill her!"
Some confused civilians or ninjas were immediately filled with righteous indignation.
One by one, they shouted filthy words and glared at her.
Many lost control of their emotions and wanted to take action.
There were too many crimes on it. It was too unacceptable and unforgivable.
Sakumo Hatake could be driven to death by a single crime.
Let alone ninety-nine major crimes.
Of course.
In the original timeline, Sakumo Hatake definitely didn't commit suicide just because of some filthy language. Otherwise, he would be underestimated.
At this moment, a large-scale social death scene!
A prelude to an extremely tragic event!
Seeing this.
The first person who shouted narrowed his eyes and waited, like a fierce wolf ready to bite at any time.
"You are talking nonsense!"
"Don't bully Sister Kurenai! Get out of the way!"
Rin and Yūgao opened their hands to block.
But they still couldn't block those ugly words, which pierced Kurenai's heart one by one.
"Danzo was right. I was too soft-hearted. Those who dare to betray Konoha deserve to die. None of them can be left."
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in the office, expressionlessly watching the scene projected by the crystal ball.
"...Rin, Yūgao."
"Leave. Don't get hurt."
Kurenai suddenly stabilized her emotions, wiped away her tears, clenched her hands, pushed the two away, and looked at the angry people with firm eyes.
"My father is not a bad person!"
"If you really hate him, then kill me. Use my death to calm your anger!"
Many civilians and ninjas paused.
What was I doing just now?
She's just a cute girl.
The first person who shouted saw that the situation was not good and shouted again: "Don't be confused! Shinku Yūhi is proficient in genjutsu, and she must be proficient too. We are all confused by genjutsu! This spy deserves to die!"
In an instant.
The real genjutsu was activated.
Some people who had just calmed down.
As if they had seen a life-and-death enemy.
They released even more vicious fangs and pounced on Kurenai Yūhi one after another.
BAM! BAM! BAM! BAM!
When Kurenai Yūhi closed her eyes bitterly and waited for death, and when Rin and Yūgao were in despair.
Suddenly, the sound of falling to the ground was heard!
At the same time, it was accompanied by a plain whisper that exploded throughout the village.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi, I haven't seen you for more than ten years..."
"Your methods are getting lower and lower, which has opened my eyes."
?
This voice!
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up with a whoosh, his eyes full of shock and a trace of lingering fear. Four words blurted out.
"The Demon King Lucian!"
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