Chapter 223 Senior, I will help you
Chapter 223 Senior, I will help you
Itachi looked at the subtle expression on Lu Li's face and suddenly understood.
He realized that the current situation was very strange. He was an Anbu of Konoha and was carrying out the mission of hunting down Senior Lu Li.
The mission has failed so far, three of his Anbu colleagues have been killed, and he is in a passive state of waiting to die, but he is expecting Senior Lu Li, a traitorous ninja, to tell him how to save the Uchiha?
After all, what good does it do for Senior Lu Li to do these things?
Even if Senior Lu Li has deep feelings for Konoha, his current status as a traitor ninja cannot be redeemed, and he has no obligation to tell me how to save the Uchiha.
Thinking of this, Itachi realized something in his heart. He said solemnly, "Senior, if you can help me save Uchiha, I will work for you in the future."
In Itachi's opinion, Lu Li is not a vicious person and he still has Konoha in his heart. Even if he helps Lu Li, Lu Li will not let him do something that will completely destroy Konoha.
Besides, his current situation is very embarrassing. The third generation sent him to carry out this mission, which clearly showed that they did not trust him and even treated him as a pawn.
He is indeed loyal to Konoha Village, but that does not mean he is blindly loyal to the Third Hokage. As long as the village can develop well and the Uchiha family can continue, he doesn't care who he hangs out with.
He had even originally planned to exterminate his entire clan, take the blame and become a traitor, and join the Akatsuki organization to gather intelligence for the village and make a difference.
He felt that God had finally favored him today by allowing him to meet Senior Lu Li, giving him the opportunity to change his fate.
Senior Lu Li is both intelligent and capable. If they can join forces, I believe they can save the situation for the Uchiha clan, and perhaps they can do something beneficial to Konoha in secret in the future.
"Oh? Itachi, do you know what you're talking about?"
Lu Li didn't expect Itachi to be so cunning. He originally just wanted Itachi to help him learn some forbidden techniques in Konoha, but the other party surrendered directly.
"I know exactly what I'm talking about, Senpai, if you can save the Uchiha, I'll do it for you."
Itachi repeated his words firmly, "As long as it doesn't harm Konoha, I can help you do it."
Lu Li smiled, "You don't have to be so serious, but I can't guarantee that I won't endanger Konoha or anything like that. After all, if Konoha sends someone to kill me again, I can't help but fight back, right? I won't let go of the high-ranking officials who let me fall to such a fate."
Itachi was a little hesitant after hearing this, but he thought that if the Uchiha clan was to stand up, the current high-level structural system of Konoha would probably undergo major changes.
Including the Third Hokage, Danzo who controls the Root, and the advisory elders, they are all obstacles to his execution of the plan, so what Senior Lu Li said makes sense. It is too unrealistic to want to complete the redemption and rise of Uchiha without harming the people of Konoha.
Thinking of this, his determination became less firm. "As long as Konoha won't be seriously damaged or destroyed, I can do anything else."
Lu Li was very satisfied with Itachi's answer. It had exceeded his original expectations. If he asked Itachi to join him in some plan to support Konoha, Itachi would definitely not do it.
But what he was going to do would definitely encounter obstacles from the Konoha's high-level officials, and a violent conflict was certain to break out at that time. He was already very satisfied that Itachi could stand on the side like this.
After confirming Itachi's attitude and position, Lu Li could speak out his suggestions to the Uchiha clan without any scruples, "Itachi, why don't you tell me about the current situation of the Uchiha clan, is it critical?"
Itachi remembered upon hearing this that he had not yet told his senior about the current situation, so he quickly recounted it, telling him about the deal between him and the Third Hokage, and how he was going to personally exterminate the clan.
After listening to this, Lu Li completely confirmed the timeline and thought to himself, if he had met Itachi two days later, the Uchiha family would probably have become history.
"Since the situation has reached a critical point, it is a bit too late to consider a marriage alliance now. After all, other wealthy families will also have concerns. The first thing you need to do now is to put away your unsheathed swords."
Lu Li said that after reading many comments from the smart bosses in the space, he was now fearless.
"Senior, do you want me to persuade my father and his friends to give up their rebellious thoughts and show an attitude of peaceful coexistence?"
Itachi is one of the few normal people in the Uchiha family. He immediately understood what Lu Li meant. "But father and his family are very stubborn and won't listen to my advice."
Lu Li looked at Itachi speechlessly, "That's because you never communicated well. If you told your father about the plan of marriage and selling off your offspring, I believe he would understand that it is easier to get money and power this way, right? With money and power, your status in Konoha will be infinitely high. As long as you have enough personal strength, you can choose the position of Hokage whenever you want, right?"
Itachi pondered for a moment, "What you said makes sense, Senior. I will try to discuss it with father later."
"After all, Itachi, do you really know your father? You don't really think you can easily slaughter the entire clan by yourself, just with those eyes of yours?"
Lu Li felt that Itachi would not lie to him now, but when he told him everything just now, he did not mention anything about the masked man Obito, which meant that Obito had not contacted Itachi yet because of the changes in the world line.
In fact, in the original work, Uchiha Itachi did not destroy the entire clan alone, but with the help of Obito. Lu Li suspected that Obito was the main attacker.
And the strongest man of the Uchiha clan, the clan leader Uchiha Fugaku, who held meetings every day but neither started a rebellion nor took the peaceful approach, simply lay down and waited for death after seeing that his son had made his choice.
In fact, considering that he is a veteran who has experienced two Ninja World Wars and has the Mangekyō Sharingan, Itachi may not be able to defeat his father.
"Senior... Actually, my eyes are very powerful. I haven't used my full strength just now. If we fight to the death, you may not be my opponent."
Itachi said tactfully that he had already mastered Susanoo and was ready to fight Lu Li to the death, but Lu Li's words made them start chatting.
"Oh? You just said that Brother Shisui also opened the Mangekyō. Why do you think that only you two young people have it, while your father, the strongest person in the clan, doesn't?"
Lu Li asked with a smile.
Itachi was stunned for a moment, and suddenly realized that he had become a little arrogant after awakening the Mangekyō Sharingan. Yes, his father was also a genius among geniuses, and he had experienced the battlefield and lost his brothers and friends, so it was possible that his father had also opened the Mangekyō Sharingan. Seeing Itachi stunned, Lu Li continued: "So, don't underestimate your father too much. If you explain it to him clearly, he will understand. When the time comes, you and your son will join forces, and your strength alone will be enough to make Konoha cautious."
"I understand. Senior said that we should put away our swords first and show a peaceful attitude. What should we do after that?"
Itachi asked.
"After that? After that is the routine I just mentioned. After the situation eases a little, who wouldn't covet your Sharingan? In Konoha, you can't bring yourself to sell seeds, so why not arrange marriage? Your family specializes in producing handsome men and beautiful women, are you afraid that it will be difficult to find a partner outside?"
Lu Li said, "Just find a few families to unite with, and Konoha won't dare to touch you for the time being. This is not difficult."
Itachi pondered the feasibility of Lu Li's strategy, and he found that it didn't seem difficult.
Although I am a little bit that, but their family members are generally good-looking, so if they are free to fall in love, it will be easy to find a partner.
It is a bit difficult to marry into a wealthy family like the Hyuga family that is equally closed, but it should be easy to marry into a family that has no bloodline limit and only family secret techniques.
There is no need to look for families with great influence. Just find a few to stabilize the situation first, and Konoha will not be able to take action.
"But Senior... the situation is still not resolved even with this. If the Konoha high-level officials are aware of our strategy, we cannot rule out the possibility that they will be ruthless and attack the Uchiha directly."
Itachi expressed his concerns. Given his current understanding of how ruthless Danzo and the Third Hokage were, this was not impossible.
Hearing this, Lu Li stroked his chin and thought, "This possibility does exist, but let's not talk about the fact that your Uchiha family's combat power is not to be underestimated, and I didn't say that the plan is so simple."
"Senior, do you have any other plans?"
Itachi asked expectantly.
"Didn't I say at the beginning that there are three strategies: the best, the middle and the worst? I won't talk about the worst strategy now. The middle strategy combined with the best strategy can solve the problem you just mentioned."
Lu Li said, with a smile on his face, "Itachi, I want to destroy Konoha a little bit first."
Itachi became nervous when he heard this, "Senior, I just said..."
Lu Li raised his hand to interrupt Itachi, "I said it was just a small destruction, it wouldn't really hurt Konoha's vitality. Do you remember the Third War? In fact, the relationship between your family and the village was already quite tense at that time, but why was it okay? Because Konoha had external enemies at that time, and Konoha needed the power of you Uchiha to fight against several major powers at the same time."
Itachi understood immediately, "Senior, what you mean is to use external threats to force internal unity?"
Lu Li nodded, "That's it. We need to make those old men in Konoha understand that it's not that you can't leave Konoha, but that Konoha can't do without the Uchiha. If an external enemy attacks and Konoha ninjas are defeated one after another, what will happen if your Uchiha family comes out to save the situation?"
Itachi's eyes slowly turned due to his emotions, "Our reputation in the village will completely change!"
Lu Li smiled and said: "Not only that, you will also further gain the power you deserve, and considering the external threats, Konoha will not dare to touch the Uchiha."
"But Senior...are you the one who should do this? Konoha will completely hate you, and the risk is too great."
Itachi has already started to consider Lu Li. He feels that Lu Li is also a person who cares about Konoha. If he is hated by Konoha, he must feel very uncomfortable.
This is what he had thought about from his own perspective. If he had killed his clan members and defected as planned, and was hated by the people of Konoha Village and Sasuke, he would definitely be very miserable.
"You are right. The Uchiha family is not weak, and Konoha is no pushover. I will not take the risk of attacking Konoha alone. If I cooperate with you in the play and die in Konoha, it will not be worth it."
Lu Li pondered, "So, regarding the plan to destroy Konoha, I still need to think about how to do it."
"Sure enough, saving the family is not that easy..."
Itachi sighed, saying that even though his seniors had opened up the horizons and ideas for him, there were still many difficulties in implementing them.
"Don't worry. Although I haven't figured it out yet, I already have a general idea. If I have any news later, I will contact you."
Lu Li stood up and said that he did have a good candidate in mind to carry out this plan, and he believed that the other party would be happy to work with him.
"Senior, are you leaving now?"
Itachi felt a little disappointed when he saw Lu Li stand up, he actually had a lot of things he wanted to ask.
I always feel that they only said a few words and decided on such a big matter as saving the Uchiha clan, which was very hasty.
"What else? What's the point of just talking? You have to go back and change your father's mindset first. It's impossible for me to go back to Konoha with you."
Lu Li patted the dust off his windbreaker and said, "Leave me your contact information. I'll let you know when I have the next plan."
(End of this chapter)