Chapter 169 Seizing the Ninja Sword
The war continues.
A trivial incident happened in June of that year.
The Uchiha clan welcomed a newborn.
"Itachi, just call him Uchiha Itachi."
Uchiha Fugaku rushed back to the village after receiving the news and gave his eldest son a not very auspicious name.
Although she lamented her husband's poor naming skills, the virtuous Uchiha Mikoto still approved of this name.
Uchiha Itachi, what a useful person.
This is Danzo's innermost thought.
Without this person's full support in the previous life, how could the Uchiha clan be completely annihilated without damaging the reputation of the top leaders?
"How long will you stay when you come back this time?"
Looking at Fugaku, who was holding his son with a look of joy on his face, Mikoto hesitated for a long time, but finally asked the question in her heart.
"I won't be leaving in the short term."
Hearing Mikoto's question, Fugaku put Itachi back on the crib and turned his gaze towards Mikoto.
"You also know that Master Jiuyuan's body..."
Uchiha Hisahi, the man who had seen Uchiha Madara's elegance when he was a child, the clan leader who had maintained the Uchiha clan for many years and successfully led the village to integrate into Konoha, finally couldn't hold on.
Maybe it was the joy brought by the newborn, or maybe it was the satisfaction with Fugaku's growth.
In short, after learning the news of Itachi's birth, the old man fell into a coma with a satisfied smile.
Although the position of elder had been abolished under Danzo's iron fist, the former elder Uchiha Ming was also sent to guard the gate of Nanga Shrine.
But there is still a possibility that the resurgence of the evil will occur, and Fugaku must train his own team during the time when Hisaon is seriously ill.
Although Hyuga Hiashi next door went to the front line after his father was killed, he also left his younger brother Hizashi as a backup.
With Hizashi around, the three Hyuga elders still maintain a leisurely life of drinking tea and walking their birds.
Konoha March 46.
The former ninja of the Hidden Mist Village, Hoshigaki Kisame, killed the Anbu leader, Xiguashan Fuguki, and then defected.
He was listed as an S-rank traitor by the Hidden Mist Village and offered a bounty of 4000 million taels.
The reason why Hoshigaki Kisame defected was very simple. By chance, he learned that the reason why the whereabouts of his team was known by the Takumi Ninja was all due to the work of his former boss.
By selling the intelligence he had, the Xiguashan Puffer Ghost made a fortune during the war.
This made Hoshigaki Kisame, who was determined to atone his sins and continued fighting on the battlefield, feel betrayed.
In the end, the village he served was nothing more than a nest of termites.
After killing the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon, Hoshigaki Kisame, who had nowhere to go, suddenly thought of the encounter in the cave.
"When you think that the world you see is a lie, and even your own existence is false, come to Kakuzu Trading in the Land of Whirlpools to find me."
The words that Danzo said through the resurrected Kari lingered in Hoshigaki Kisame's ears.
"Well, let me see what's so special about the so-called Kakuzu Trade."
With a smile on his face, Hoshigaki Kisame looted all the supplies from the Watermelon Mountain Puffer Demon and left the gloomy nest of the Anbu without looking back.
Konoha March 47.
The Hidden Cloud Village could no longer withstand the pressure from the Hidden Iwagakure Village and prepared to negotiate peace with Ōnoki.
Upon learning the news, the Konoha Village quickly issued combat orders to Jiraiya.
Jiraiya, who had been maintaining small-scale operations on the border of the Land of Earth, issued an order for the entire army to attack after receiving the order.
He even used the powerful weapon called Sage Mode.
He used the large-scale ninjutsu of Senpo Goemon to teach the Iwagakure a good lesson.
However, Ōnoki, who had been prepared for this, eventually blocked Konoha outside the Iwagakure Village. After six months of attack and defense, Jiraiya, who tried his best, failed to advance the front line at all.
At this time, the importance of roots is once again reflected.
With the example of Takigakure Village as a precedent, Danzo copied the same method and carried out a night of village annihilation.
They raided the Iwagakure camp late at night.
Konoha March 47.
The Hidden Cloud Village and the Hidden Iwagakure Village negotiated peace.
Large tracts of land in the Land of Thunder were ceded.
Konoha March 47.
The Hidden Mist Village negotiated peace with the Artisan Village.
The two sides reached unconditional peace, and the territory remained the area under their actual control before the end of the war.
The Hidden Mist Village, which had unconditional peace with the Artisan Ninja Village, could finally mobilize all its forces to fight against the Hidden Cloud Village.
All the remaining members of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen were sent to the front lines.
The Fourth Raikage once again demonstrated his spirit of doing things personally. When the Seven Ninja Swordsmen ambushed the supply troop of the Hidden Cloud Village, he single-handedly challenged five of them.
Kikujiro, Tousou Yaeto, and Murishinpachi were killed in the battle.
From then on, only Biwa Juzo was left among the Seven Ninja Swordsmen.
Taking the remaining ninja swords, he fled to the territory of the Land of Water in a panic. Without a chance to catch his breath, Biwa Juzo chose to take a temporary rest on an unknown island.
Little did he know that his whereabouts were completely exposed to Danzo's sight.
Roots are everywhere.
Even if the Xiguashan Puffer Demon had not betrayed the information, Danzo still had countless ways to obtain intelligence.
"who?"
A Mist Ninja was the first to notice something was wrong.
"Oh my, isn't this Biwa Juzang-sama?"
Ignoring the Mist Ninja in front of him who was drawing his sword, the man set his sights on the wounded Biwa Juzo.
"You kid, are you Hoshigaki Kisame?"
Biwa Juzang, who had met the other person once before, recognized the identity of the person.
"Oh, and there's also Kizuna Shikimori. Wow, all the traitors are gathered together."
"Traitor? When did the Hidden Mist Village start treating us, the Kirigakure clan, as the same kind?"
Regarding the title of Biwa Juzo, Hozumi Shikimori expressed some of his own opinions.
In his opinion, the separation of the Ghost Lantern clan could not be considered as defection at all, it was just self-protection at best.
"It's useless to talk. Let's do it."
Knowing that he could not win the argument, Biwa Juzang raised his beheading sword.
In contrast, Hoshigaki Kisame also took out his big sword, Samehada.
After learning from Nara Maruichi that Hoshigaki Kisame had come to seek refuge, Danzo generously took Samehada from the Kisame clan and gave it to Hoshigaki Kisame.
The other party's trust made Hoshigaki Kisame's cold heart feel a long-lost touch of softness.
Everyone in the ninja world has different goals and methods, but what they are pursuing in the end is mostly a bond.
January 47, Konoha 1.
Biwa Juzo disappeared, and dozens of Mist Ninjas who guarded him were killed.
The remaining ninja swords disappeared.
Without the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, there is no room for training. Without the Ninja Swordsmen, the so-called Seven Ninja Swordsmen are just an empty shell.
The fourth Mizukage, Karotachi Yagura, sealed this title and secretly vowed to take back the ninja sword.
This title will be permanently sealed until the Hidden Mist Village regains all seven ninja swords.