My clan was exterminated when I was three years old, and you want me to beat Uchiha Itachi? Chapter 107

Year 3

You and Deidara returned to Iwagakure.

You had beheaded Itachi Uchiha, and Onoki held a grand ceremony to commemorate the Uchiha clan members who perished on the night of the massacre.

Afterward, you dug out Itachi Uchiha’s eyes and sealed them away.

You also absorbed the remaining blood from Itachi Uchiha’s severed limbs. You noticed that your bloodline purity and Sharingan power seemed to have reached a new level.

You gained the power to prematurely activate Susanoo!

However, it was merely a single armor plate, or could temporarily coalesce into a fist to be launched. The eye consumption was also significant.

In battle, it would likely only be useful when encountering a sudden attack or launching an unexpected assault on an opponent.

You believed this was probably due to absorbing Itachi Uchiha’s chakra when you absorbed his blood.

After all, your dōjutsu was incomplete due to a lack of Yang Release, so your absorption of bloodlines was quite crude and unable to separate impurities. This was why you had only used absorption on members of the Uchiha clan until now…

Some time later, Granny Yukina, due to her advanced age and having had some of her life force absorbed by Wood Release, peacefully passed away in her sleep on a warm afternoon.

Fortunately, before her passing, she witnessed the deaths of the two traitors, Obito and Itachi Uchiha.

It was a form of catharsis…

Soon after,

Onoki introduced a policy, calling upon Earth Country ninja to participate in the “Great Tilling” movement. Regardless of whether they were from Iwagakure, or were ninja from families not yet affiliated with the village, or were cultivated by nobles…

As long as these ninja used Earth Release for deep tilling according to Iwagakure’s requirements, they could receive subsidies from Iwagakure after verification by the ANBU.

If any anomalies were discovered, they were to be reported to Iwagakure immediately, and an additional reward of ninjutsu or ninja tools could be claimed!

Of course, this was not due to Onoki’s kindness.

The fundamental purpose of this movement was to use Earth Release to thoroughly clear out the White Zetsu distributed on the surface of the Earth Country, as well as large White Zetsu strongholds!

To achieve large-scale intelligence security within the Earth Country!

Naturally, doing so also had the effect of training troops. The Iwagakure ninja responsible for eliminating White Zetsu were pre-trained and knew how to deal with White Zetsu, allowing them to gain the most combat experience with the fewest losses!

Furthermore, this move would undoubtedly further increase the Tsuchikage’s prestige within the country!

Onoki also hoped that in the remainder of his life, he could completely strip the daimyo of their power and thoroughly forge the Earth Country into a monolithic, centralized state!

Moreover, this move could also accumulate prestige for his future successor:

Onoki appointed Deidara as the acting ANBU Commander, specifically responsible for commanding the Demolition Squad and the main ANBU force to complete the capture and eradication missions of White Zetsu strongholds!

You, on the other hand, were specifically responsible for training sensor ninja and using your dōjutsu’s special blood-sensing ability to eliminate White Zetsu disguised as ninja!

Of course, if you accidentally encountered some ignorant nobles and ninja families, with Onoki’s authorization, you would also thoroughly eliminate them as if they were White Zetsu disguises!

Under such a movement, the Earth Country and Iwagakure began a process of mutual integration, gradually becoming one…

Regarding the Akatsuki’s attitude,

Due to your influence, and the prior discovery of White Zetsu,

Onoki had already shifted his stance on the mercenary organization Akatsuki:

Originally, hiring the Akatsuki was a temporary measure to compensate for Iwagakure’s lack of high-end power; long-term reliance was like drinking poison to quench thirst!

Now, with the injection of the Uchiha clan’s new blood, it would only take a decade or so to fill the void of the next generation of elite ninja.

Coupled with Deidara and your gradual ability to stand on your own…

Naturally, the massive hidden danger of White Zetsu, deployed by the Akatsuki within the Earth Country, should be resolved!

Of course, Onoki’s attitude toward the Akatsuki was not an all-or-nothing, kill-them-all approach. Firstly, it was impossible to achieve.

Secondly, it left room for both sides to reconcile.

For example, Onoki would not make information about the Akatsuki or even White Zetsu public.

Furthermore, regarding external interests, as long as it did not involve matters within the Earth Country, discussions could still be held with the Akatsuki concerning affairs in other ninja villages or smaller countries…

However, actions like eliminating Itachi Uchiha and Kisame Hoshigaki, as well as eradicating White Zetsu, were meant to demonstrate Iwagakure’s strength and bottom line!

After establishing the basic methods for training sensor ninja, you left a Lava Release Shadow Clone to conduct the training.

You yourself would only appear when dealing with large-scale White Zetsu movements or White Zetsu disguise incidents.

Using this free time, you continued to cultivate sealing jutsu. After absorbing Itachi Uchiha’s bloodline, your talent further improved, and in just one year, you mastered all of Setsuna Uchiha’s lifelong sealing jutsu.

Year 4

Due to the considerable number of White Zetsu captured, Onoki mobilized Iwagakure’s research and medical teams to conduct studies.

Many ninja who retired due to injuries or illness regained their former strength through White Zetsu cell transplantation technology, once again becoming a potential backbone for Iwagakure.

For a time, Iwagakure’s strength advanced by leaps and bounds!

However, due to the strong eradication of White Zetsu and organizations like Root, coupled with the weakening of the daimyo’s power, not much of what happened in Iwagakure leaked out.

At the same time, although their personalities clashed, Onoki, after thoroughly putting Iwagakure on the path of military-political integration, still continuously dispatched ANBU members to search for the perfect jinchūriki in the village, Rōshi.

Although information in this regard remained like a stone sinking into the sea, with no news, ANBU spies dispatched to other villages brought back important intelligence.

—Konoha invited its allies to jointly host the Chunin Exams in two years!

Above the signatures of Hiruzen Sarutobi, there were also the signatures of Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Konoha’s foundation was indeed profound. Although they lost more than they gained in the Uchiha clan massacre and suffered many losses, the early return of the two Kage-level powerhouses, Jiraiya and Tsunade, undoubtedly made Konoha’s theoretical strength once again rank first in the ninja world!

To actually think of continuing to hold the Chunin Exams,

This inevitably had the intention of striking at those allies with ulterior motives.

Although you knew that Konoha, with Jiraiya now stationed there, was a den of dragons and tigers,

You, who had killed Obito and Itachi Uchiha, and whose sealing jutsu mastery had greatly improved, were confident that while leaving Konoha with another unforgettable lesson, you could obtain what you desired and ultimately retreat unharmed!

Although Iwagakure had never been an ally of Konoha and had not received an invitation, it was incredibly simple to smuggle you into a ninja village in a neighboring small country, disguised as a participating genin, and infiltrate Konoha.

However, this ninja village could not be too weak, otherwise, it would not be conducive to your concealment. Therefore, you set your sights on Takigakure…