Uchiha's Blade

"Blade of Uchiha"

The person who took Mana to his residence was an ANBU wearing a tanuki mask. Mana felt that even after so many years, the mask style of Konoha Anbu had not changed.

In terms of dressing style, this ANBU can be described as very standard, with standard clothing, a mask that has no distinguishing features, and even the weapons it carries are all standard weapons of the ANBU.

However, Mana felt that it actually didn't matter whether the Anbu in front of him wore a mask or not.

She looked at the other person's upturned silver-white hair and felt that this unique hairstyle and relatively rare hair color could reveal her identity, right?

"Hey, don't you think your mask is a little too much?"

Most of the purpose of wearing a mask is to hide one's identity. This does not just mean that ANBU must use a secret identity to perform tasks, and even teammates cannot know it.

In fact, most of the time, this is just to hide the identity from the outside world, so that when you use some secret techniques or special abilities, you will not be alerted by the other party in advance. If you perform a special task, it will only be said that you have completed the task for the 'Anbu', and Not specifically a certain ninja.

But Mana feels that the person in front of her... no matter how she looks at it, there is no need to hide it, right?

The hairstyle shows everything.

Anbu didn't answer Mana's words, he just continued to lead the way faithfully.

Mana clicked her tongue: "Are all ANBU's personalities so lively now?"

The ANBU back then was caught by Senju Hashirama gambling in the office during working hours.

...Of course, he will definitely be beaten violently by Senju Tobirama afterwards.

Saying this, Mana still followed the ANBU.

The white-haired ANBU did not make things difficult for her, but kept moving at a fairly steady speed. This was too easy for Mana, and she even had time to observe her surroundings.

Unlike Mana who only walked in remote places before, this time they jumped directly from the rooftops of lively streets.

"The village is much bigger and more prosperous than before."

From this point of view, the third generation is not particularly incompetent.

Just when Mana was jumping over an alley, she suddenly heard the whimpering sound of a child. She frowned, stopped decisively, looked at it, and jumped back into the alley.

Then Mana saw some children in the alley throwing stones at another child: "Hit him! Beat him!"

"monster!"

"Fox!"

Along with such words, large and small stones continued to hit the child in the corner of the alley, but the child just squatted on the ground, holding his head, and only a mess of blond hair could be seen.

Mana could hear his little whimpers, like a pitiful little beast.

"Hey, you guys, are you bullying people?"

After throwing a shuriken and knocking all the children's rocks away, Mana stood with her hands on her hips and looked at them at the entrance of the alley: "Stop it!"

The white-haired ANBU landed silently behind her.

Mana pointed at the children and said, "Isn't there anyone in Konoha who cares about this kind of thing now?"

I have to write it down and tell it to the third generation.

The white-haired ANBU said: "This does not fall within the scope of ANBU's execution."

"Harmony in Konoha, everyone has a responsibility, understand? You are a ninja of Konoha, you should take care of it! It's not the Hokage's responsibility to go to the streets to help up a fallen child, but doesn't Hashirama-sensei know how to take care of it?"

The white-haired ANBU shut up.

When Mana was talking to Sandai, he was one of the Anbu responsible for guarding the inner circle, so he had a rough idea of ​​the conversation. He did have some guesses about Mana's identity. Even Sandai was treated like a three-year-old child. , if you don’t dare to refute, what can he say?

While Mana was talking to the white-haired Anbu, several children nearby were already shouting.

Mana wiped their cheeks and each threw a shuriken: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll stick it in your head!"

The children were stunned for a few seconds, then burst into tears, called their mothers and ran away.

White-haired ANBU: "This isn't a friendly approach, is it?"

Zana said confidently: "It is their parents' business to teach them earnestly and reason properly. I am responsible for giving them a severe beating from society."

White-haired ANBU: "..."

What you said makes sense.

Zhenna walked over and pulled up the little golden retriever squatting on the ground: "Hey, are you okay?"

After asking this question, there was no hesitation in the movements of her hands, and she directly released chakra to explore the other party's body.

The next second, Mana's brows furrowed.

"This is……"

She carefully looked at the little golden retriever in front of her. There were six beards on her dirty little face, and her blue eyes looked pitiful.

"Ah, it looks like a dirty little tabby cat."

"I'm not a little cat!"

The little golden retriever emphasized: "My name is Uzumaki Naruto!"

Mana: "...What's your name?!"

Uzumaki Naruto? !

Isn't that the child of the Fourth Hokage mentioned three generations ago, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki of the Leaf Village's generation?

That's it?

But she did detect a familiar chakra in Naruto's body before, which was very similar to the Kyuubi who was beaten daily.

Mana, who had watched Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama beat Kyuubi countless times, was familiar with Kyuubi's chakra, and she still had Kyuubi's psychic scroll in her seal.

Mana, who originally thought it was an ordinary security incident, took it seriously this time.

She took Naruto's hand and said, "Follow me."

"Eh? Who are you?"

Zhenna: "You talk so much and you are so dirty. Let me take a bath and change your clothes. Then we will go to eat. After eating, take a good rest. I will take you to meet someone tomorrow."

Throwing the Kyuubi Jinchuuriki into an alley and letting children throw rocks at them to bully him, did the third generation's head get damaged?

Mana resisted the urge to roll her eyes and said to the white-haired ANBU: "You lead the way."

The white-haired ANBU glanced at Uzumaki Naruto: "Then he..."

"I will talk about his affairs myself, and you will lead the way."

So the white-haired Anbu stopped saying anything and jumped onto the roof again with a whoosh.

Mana asked Uzumaki Naruto: "Will the top... be able to leave? Forget it, I will take you."

She reached out and hugged him, regardless of Uzumaki Naruto's screams, she hugged him directly, followed by the white-haired ANBU and jumped onto the roof.

The place that the third generation arranged for Mana looked very ordinary, it seemed to be just a small residential building, but the location was good. You could walk to the busiest street in Konoha in 5 minutes. Mana was very satisfied after looking at it.

The white-haired ANBU said: "Then, I have completed the mission."

"Wait a minute," Zhenna said, "go buy some clothes. This kid and I always have to prepare some new clothes, and we also have some money left. I don't have living expenses for the time being."

Her clothes and money were from decades ago. I don't know if the money is still usable. Even if the clothes are wearable, they may look a little strange.

White-haired ANBU: "My salary is not high..."

Mana: "You go to the third generation to reimburse me."

The white-haired ANBU said: "I don't bring any money with me when I work. I'll apply for it when I get back."

After saying this, he disappeared immediately.

Mana: "...pick!"

As she spoke, she looked over and pushed Uzumaki Naruto into the bathroom: "Go take a shower!"

Uzumaki Naruto said stupidly and went to take a bath obediently.

Mana sat in the living room, but fell silent.

After a long time, she sneered: "Why are you thinking so much? If you can't go back, you can't go back. It's serious to take care of Konoha in front of you first."

When Uzumaki Naruto came out clean, the white-haired Anbu had already sent money, and also brought new clothes to Mana and Naruto... Apart from the poor taste in choosing clothes, there was no other problem.

Mana thought it was too ugly, so she put it aside and continued to wear the Uchiha uniform, but Uzumaki Naruto happily changed into new clothes as if he had no aesthetics at all.

After changing his clothes, he started to squirm a little again: "Um...sister, what's your name?"

This was the first time someone was so kind to him, caring about whether he was dirty and whether he wanted new clothes. This was a kindness that Naruto had never felt before, which made him feel flattered for a moment.

Mana then remembered that she hadn't introduced her name yet.

"Well, just call me Mana."

Naruto immediately happily called her "Sana-san".

Zhenna took him out to eat together.

The pair were often criticized on the road.

Mana heard keenly that in those small words, in addition to words like 'monster' and 'demon fox', there were also a few words of 'Uchiha' mixed in. '

Although Naruto was often pointed at by others, this time he felt particularly uncomfortable following Mana. He would glance at Mana from time to time, but he didn't see any strange expression on Mana's face. This made Naruto both happy and more worried.

Mana asked: "What do you want to eat?"

"Hand-Pulled Noodle!"

Zhenna nodded: "Okay, let's go eat three-color meatballs!"

Naruto:"……???"

In this way, he was pulled into a meatball shop in Konoha. Mana took him to sit down and said with a proud face: "I tell you, this shop is absolutely delicious! They opened a shop here many years ago Got it!"

That was back in the days of the First Hokage.

The brand-new meatball shop at that time had already shown the traces of time and had an ancient charm. The owner had also changed from an old man to a young couple, but the taste of the meatballs had not changed at all.

"The best meatball shop in Konoha must be this one!"

Naruto picked up a skewer and took a bite. He really couldn't understand how anyone could think that such a sweet thing tasted better than ramen.

The two of them ordered six skewers of meatballs in total. Naruto only ate one skewer, and Mana ate the rest.

This made her look full of satisfaction: "Ah, it's so good. I've missed this taste for a long time!"

There was another pair of Uchiha eating at the table next to them, and they were whispering to each other.

"Although that kid is wearing tribal uniform, he looks unfamiliar."

"She is wearing a forehead protector. There are only a few ninjas of this age in our clan. We can see her everywhere in and out of the clan, but I have never seen this before."

"This...couldn't it be someone pretending?"

"It's possible. Be vigilant and be careful. I'll report it to the security team."

"Wait, look..."

"Tsk, there are so many meatballs...then it's okay."

"This kid must be an Uchiha."

After listening to the entire conversation, Mana said: "..."

No, has Uchiha reached this level now?Eat a few skewers of meatballs and you’ll recognize each other!

Mana pulled Naruto up with a look of helplessness: "Don't you want to eat ramen? Let's go!"

"Well...I'm starting to have some doubts again."

"Well, indeed..."

Mana: "Boss, pack up ten more skewers of meatballs and take them away!"

"...This must be an Uchiha!"

"That's right!"

Mana: "..."

Uchiha's IQ dropped too fast.

After taking Naruto for a meal of ramen, Mana already knew him very well.

Naruto is a careless guy, not to mention his life is very simple. After Mana asked a little bit, he told everything.

For example, he is an orphan. He has had no parents since he was a child and lives on a meager subsidy. In addition, the villagers hate him for unknown reasons and believe that he is the Kyuubi who destroyed the village and killed the Fourth Hokage. The incarnation of the demon fox.

But even so, Naruto still has a great goal. He wants to become Hokage and wants to be recognized by everyone.

These words made Mana particularly angry. She suppressed her anger and took Naruto back. Then early the next morning, she casually left a few rice balls for Naruto for breakfast, and then set off for the Hokage Tower.

This time, not only the Third Hokage, Mana also met several other old friends.

Danzo Shimura, Koharu who moved to another dormitory, Mono Mito...

They are all like the third generation, they all look old.

Zhenna pulled up a chair casually at the table and sat down: "Where's the mirror? He's not here?"

Sandai said: "Jing He...has already been sacrificed."

Zhenna snorted: "As a ninja, life is so impermanent."

It is very common for the person who is dining at the same table today to die in the mission tomorrow.

The third generation said: "Mana, I mainly want to ask you a few things today, about where you went, why you didn't come back until now, why you look like this, and what you want to do when you come back this time. , these are issues that the village must figure out.”

Mana looked at their posture and roughly understood what the third generation meant: "Is this an interrogation?"

Xiaochun turned to bed and said: "Mana, this is a helpless move. After all, you have been away for so many years and you come back at such a special time. We must..."

"Okay, Koharu," Zhenna's lips curled up slightly: "I'm not blaming you. This kind of necessary vigilance is indeed what you should have. Otherwise, I would be angry for your carelessness."

Danzo coughed twice: "In that case, then you start talking."

After receiving the news yesterday, he immediately started to take action after initially not believing it. He contacted two consultants. There were many people today, so he finally felt confident.

What's more...

He has been operating in Konoha for decades now and is no longer the little ninja he was back then. In this case, why should he be afraid of Mana Uchiha?

This emboldened himself, and Danzo was finally able to sit here steadily.

Mana said: "Back then, I received an order from Master Tobirama to go out of the village to recover the lost wood escape cells in the laboratory. When I returned to the village, I happened to encounter a battle between Master Hashirama and Master Madara. I think you should do this. Do you know everything?"

Sandai said: "That's all we know. Since then, there has been no news from you."

Mana said: "In that case, let me start from here."

She briefly talked about the important things about her time traveling to other worlds, but did not go into details. As for what the slate told her about the special features of her body, Mana did not mention it either.

If it were Konoha decades ago, Mana might be able to tell all this easily when facing Senju Hashirama and Senju Tobirama, but facing Konoha decades later, even if The people in front of her were all her friends before, and Mana would not tell them everything in detail.

People's hearts are fickle, not to mention the decades between them.

After Mana finished speaking, the third generation spoke: "So, this is the reason why you have not changed. You have only been in another world for less than two years?"

Zhenna said: "Yes, decades to you are less than two years to me, so it's really hard for me to accept your current appearance as an old man."

Sandai smiled helplessly: "Everyone will grow old. In a few decades, you will look like an old woman."

After speaking, he asked the other people: "How is it? This should be enough, right?"

Mito Kaden and Koharu both nodded: "Since we have made it clear, then there will be no problem."

Although the two of them pretended to be consultants, they were actually no less guilty than the Third Generation and Danzo.

Mana had a good night's rest, but they held a small meeting and discussed it for half the night.

What Mana said to the third generation, the third generation naturally said it to them.

Originally they felt that they had given too much to the village, but now they found it difficult to answer.

Because they were all children protected by the Second Hokage at the expense of himself.

The second generation Hokage once protected them when they were still young, but decades later, they failed to protect another child who should be protected.

The Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, if he had not died, what would Konoha look like now?

At least when facing other villages in the past few times, it can be much stronger, right?

As a result, coupled with the psychological shadow of their early years, even if they are old men and women who have been in high positions for decades, they still can't help but feel short of breath when facing Mana Uchiha.

Danzo said at this moment: "Wait a minute, I don't agree. What she said is just one side of the story and there is no evidence at all. Isn't it inappropriate to agree so easily?"

Zhenna raised an eyebrow and looked at him: "You mean you need me to prove it?"

Danzo held on and said, "After all, you disappeared for so many years and suddenly came back with just a few words. It's hard for people to trust you."

Uchiha Mana must never return to Konoha!

During the discussion last night, Danzo had already discovered that the Third Hokage had long wanted to abdicate, but he had not found a suitable successor for a while. The two consultants, Koharu and Mito Kaden who had moved to the dormitory, were also old, and they had no intention of Uchiha Mana. I can't be tough at all, and I even still have the idea in my heart that Uchiha Mana is the successor trained by the first and second generations, and it would be best for her to take over as Hokage.

How could Danzo allow this to happen?

If the person sitting in the position of Hokage is the third generation, he still has the ability to fight, but if that person becomes Uchiha Mana, once she returns to the center of power, she will immediately be able to firmly grasp the power.

The ninjas of the Uchiha clan will definitely support her who has the same bloodline, and the third generation and two advisors, who are representatives of the small family and civilian ninjas, will also lean towards her. In this way, Shimura Danzo will never be able to hold power in his life!

No matter how reluctant he was to admit it, Danzo knew a fact subconsciously in his heart.

That is, once Mana Uchiha takes the position of Hokage, he will not even dare to think about competing for it.

For this reason, before that, he must drive Uchiha Mana out of the center of power!

Mana didn't care about Danzo's doubts: "Of course you can ask me to prove it, but Danzo, you have to understand that not everyone has the qualifications to question me. Monkey is now the Hokage, so in what capacity are you questioning me? I?"

"you--"

Danzo was immediately annoyed and angry.

"Okay, okay," seeing the atmosphere becoming tense, the third generation immediately began to smooth things over, "Mana, the teacher once gave me a confidential scroll and asked me to give it to you. I have never opened it in these years. I guess the teacher had something to say. I want to tell you alone, just take a look."

Sandai took out an old scroll that looked a bit old: "This is what the teacher left for you."

Zhenna didn't shy away from it. She looked at the spells painted on the seal of the scroll and simply raised her hand to form a seal: "Unsolved!"

The scroll that had been sealed for decades was finally opened. Unexpectedly, this confidential scroll protected with a special technique seemed to be just a letter.

Until Zhenna saw the end of the letter, she couldn't help but clicked her tongue: "I see."

With that said, Mana casually threw the scroll to the third generation: "You and the two advisors can take a look."

The third generation was a little confused, but he still read it as he was told. After reading it, he frowned and handed the scroll to the two consultants. After the two consultants finished reading, everyone's eyes fell on Danzo.

After turning to bed, Koharu even had a look of disbelief in his eyes: "Duanzo, you are so brave, how dare you - how dare you!"

Mito Katoenzhi sighed: "Danzo, you are really crazy!"

An ominous premonition arose in Danzo's heart: "What happened? We are talking about Uchiha Mana now!"

After going to bed, Xiaochun smashed the scroll directly into his face: "See for yourself!"

Danzo quickly caught the scroll, omitted all the caring words at the beginning, and quickly turned to the end.

"This is……"

Mana sneered: "Duanzo, I have always known that you are very courageous, but I inevitably think that you have high ambitions and low abilities, but I didn't expect that you would dare to do such a thing. In this way, I am looking down on you."

At the end of the scroll are written the results of Senju Tobirama's investigation into Mana's unexpected appearance near the battlefield between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.

She was indeed led there on purpose, and the person who led her there was Danzo.

However, Mana knew very well that Danzo's intention at the time was probably just to force her to watch the battle, and no matter how she reacted, Danzo could guide public opinion in a direction that was not favorable to her.

Danzo just wanted her to become Hokage to become a controversial matter, and he didn't want to kill her. As for her accidentally falling into another world, this was beyond Danzo's control.

But Danzo's act of framing a fellow village ninja in this way has already violated the taboo.

The third generation didn't dare to smoke, so he had no choice but to knock the table with his pipe: "Duanzo, of all the things you have done over the years, you told me that every one of them was for the good of Konoha, and I tolerated you again and again, but How can you defend this matter today?"

Is it also for Konoha to frame Uchiha Mana?

Danzo never expected that this matter would be revealed again after decades.

Of course, he couldn't say that framing Mana was for the good of the village. Everyone knew that the logic of this statement did not make sense at all.

Danzo could only force himself and said: "Sarutobi, after all, I have been working for Konoha for so many years. If I hadn't done those dirty jobs for you in the past decades, Konoha would have been destroyed by you just because of your indecisive character." With my hands, Konoha can prosper, and I have no merit but hard work, do you want to deal with me for this matter?!"

The three generations were speechless for a moment.

After going to bed, Koharu and Mito Menyan also sighed and stopped talking.

Danzo is their teammate who has been together through life and death, and his feelings are always different from others. What's more, what he said is right. He has indeed done a lot for Konoha over the years.

Zhenna smiled: "What are you thinking?!"

"In this world, merit is merit, and fault is fault. Merits have always been clearly distinguished. How can there be any reason why meritorious deeds in the past can be offset now?"

Danzo sneered: "So I have worked hard for Konoha for so many years——"

"You have indeed worked hard for many years," Mana said. "Although I have not been here these years, I can tell from the monkeys' and their reactions that you have indeed done something for Konoha, but Danzo, ask yourself, you have done After so many things, rights and status, haven't you been rewarded? No double reward for every effort, no double punishment for every misdeed. Now that you have been rewarded, why do you need to say anything about hard work and great achievements? Or, Monkey and Xiaochun They have all treated you badly and never given you any compensation? Have you ever received any benefit? "

"If that's not the case, you can just shut up."

Danzo was furious: "Uchiha Mana, you——"

"I'll give you a chance."

Mana said: "Master Tobirama did say that with a monkey's character, it would be difficult to support him without the help of a ruthless person, so he kept you. Of course, this is also my responsibility. If I can come back early, , he doesn’t have to think about monkeys anymore, so I give you this opportunity.”

Danzo's expression didn't improve at all because of these words. He knew Mana too well, so he said coldly: "You? What chance can you give me?"

Uchiha Mana is not only a child taught by Senju Hashirama, she is also a child taught by Senju Tobirama and Uchiha Madara. Danzo does not think that she is a soft-hearted person. This has been the case since then.

Zhenna said: "You are indeed old. I will give you a chance to resign and deal with your messy forces. You can go home and retire without worrying about me retaliating against you again."

Danzo was almost angry to death at these words.

"Okay! Okay! Uchiha Mana, you are really good!"

At this time, Mana asked him to resign, and Sarutobi and his advisors were obviously biased towards her, so she could take over the power in the blink of an eye.

She didn't even have to poach people from Sarutobi and his advisors in order to cultivate new cronies, and she didn't have to have any conflicts with them, because she could recruit Danzo's subordinates with confidence.

Danzo knew that when things got to this point, he had already lost.

Although he has the power of Gen, if the Hokage and his advisors don't support him, even Gen can't do anything. If he had the ability to overturn the world, he wouldn't be able to overthrow the third generation even now.

What's more, Uchiha Mana has opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, and those eyes... are enough to make her one of the top experts.

Regardless of power or momentum, Danzo had no chance of making a comeback.

Zhenna held her chin in one hand and raised the corners of her lips slightly: "I think even you wouldn't want to end up with a fight that ends in a life-threatening situation, right?"

"You can go back and write your resignation letter."

She raised a hand toward the door: "Please."