People raise Hokage in Yunyin

"Master Danzo, the mission has failed."

The masked root ninja lowered his head and knelt respectfully in front of Danzo.

"We have performed illusions on Nonoyu according to your request, and she did perform according to your plan, but in the end the expected goal was not achieved."

Another root ninja added next to him, with deep apology in his words.

They are all Danzo's personal guards, secret ninjas who don't even need names. They are not afraid of being punished by Danzo. The only thing they worry about is that it will affect Danzo's plans.

"I expected it."

Danzo's deep voice sounded as if nothing was beyond his judgment, but his unnaturally clenched fists undoubtedly betrayed this.

Danzo sighed silently, and said with a hint of resentment: "I shouldn't have too many extravagant hopes. I've long known that he doesn't have such a capacity."

Thinking about some of the previously recorded Mangekyou Sharingan eye-openers, whether it was Uchiha Madara or later Uchiha Fugaku, they were at least the best among the Uchiha clan.

And what about Uchiha Sasuke? Based on the talent and thinking he has shown so far, he is at best an upper-middle-class Uchiha clansman. It can only be said that he is an existence that has not hindered Uchiha's reputation as a genius.

As for how talented you really are...

Comparing the performance of his brother Uchiha Itachi at the same age, you can see something.

The reason Danzo was so fond of him was simply because of his blood relationship with Uchiha Fugaku.

"It's okay, I have an alternative plan."

He pinched his frown and comforted his men and himself.

Yes, the alternative plan is Uchiha Itachi. Since there is no way to make Uchiha Sasuke open his eyes, he can only find a way to make Uchiha Itachi open his eyes.

At least compared to Uchiha Sasuke, Uchiha Itachi's ability is more reassuring to Danzo.

'It's a pity that such a good fighting force...'

After simply thinking about the alternative plan to free himself from the previous failure, Danzo instantly felt better again, as if everything was under control.

"Is everything done?"

he asked casually.

"Everything has been handled properly. The body of pharmacist Nonoyu has been recovered and the scene has been cleaned up."

The root ninja answered as he presented a scroll, and there was a corpse in the scroll.

"Destroy the body."

Danzo simply glanced at it and stopped paying attention.

In the ninja world, there are techniques to resurrect the dead, such as the Reincarnation of the Earth, but as long as there are no bones at all, there is no chance to activate the ninjutsu.

The root ninja bowed his head in response, and with the blazing flames, the last trace of Yakushi Nonoyu was also cleared.

……

Among the pile of bones, a man with gray hair slowly crawled out.

He pressed his forehead with one hand, the tearing pain in his mind almost making him unconscious.

After staggering a few steps, he climbed to the side of the river and immersed himself in the water.

The cold water greatly relieved his physical discomfort, and at the same time, a different memory gradually flooded into his mind.

After a while, a figure rolled onto the shore from the water. He lay on his side on the shore and tilted his head to look at the water below.

A familiar yet unfamiliar face came into view, with a pair of round eyes that had been carefully held in the water. The slight glass cracks on them seemed to show everything was different.

He is Kabuto Yakushi, but he is not the original Kabuto Yakushi.

It was obviously a spy operation, but he was suddenly ambushed by the root ninjas who came to respond. If he hadn't been on guard, he might have died in the first wave of sneak attacks.

But even so, he was not good at fighting and still fell into a hard fight afterwards. Fortunately, at the critical moment, a flow of chakra from the future merged into his body, helping him complete the final counterattack.

Now, he is the new Kabuto Yakushi, a brand new Kabuto Yakushi with memories of the future.

He raised his eyes subconsciously. The unfamiliar memories in his mind formed a sharp contrast with the familiar muscle movements, giving him an inexplicable feeling of unfamiliarity.

He clearly knew what was happening to the most important person to him in Konoha at this moment, but he couldn't cry at all.

A dull, indescribable emotion weighed on my heart. It was an emotion that was far beyond ordinary sadness and anger. It was an emotion that could tear apart time and space after knowing everything.

But this reflected on Kabuto Yakushi now, making him feel extremely empty.

He lay quietly on the ground, feeling weak all over.

"I think you need some help."

A gloomy voice sounded, and Yakushi Kabuto turned his head and saw a pool of dark mud rising from the ground, gradually forming a human shape.

He knew what it was, a conspirator named Hei Jue. If nothing unexpected happened, he would have been saved by it, and then helped it do a lot in deception and deception.

But Kabuto Yakushi didn't want to hear that lie-like introduction again. The moment he saw the black figure, he suddenly knew what he should do.

As if he suddenly had a goal in life, his dull eyes under his transparent eyes seemed to light up for an instant, and a very appropriate smile graced his cheeks at the right time.

"Yes, can you help me?"

As if he was still awake after being hit hard, he replied in a sleepy tone while stretching out one of his hands feebly.

Black Jue hesitated for a moment, this was different from what he imagined.

But after a little observation, it tentatively stretched out one of its hands, trying to pull up the man on the ground.

I was casually passing by and encountered something interesting like this. I was betrayed by a friend from the same village. What kind of person could be better controlled than such a ninja?

And according to Hei Zetsu's observation just now, the man in front of him is not very powerful, not strong, but he has a certain amount of resourcefulness and hatred for the village. This is simply the candidate given to him by his mother!

It tried its best to grin, revealing a somewhat charming smile, while holding onto Yakushi Kabuto's hand.

Just after coming into contact with Yakushi Kabuto, Hei Zetsu couldn't keep the smile on his face.

An inescapable attraction came from the contact between the two people, "gluing" Hei Zetsu and Yakushi Kabuto together.

The powerless man seemed to have stretched out his fangs, watching Hei Jue fall into the trap bit by bit.

"You... what did you do to me?"

Some frightened sounds came from Hei Jue's mouth. Once again, it was plotted in an incomprehensible way.

Its body was pulled bit by bit in the direction of the pharmacist's pocket, and a tearing pain came from the place where the two of them came into contact.

Yakushi Kabuto didn't say a word, but slowly sat up, and hugged Hei Zetsu, who was not very tall in front of him, into his arms. As the two people's limbs came into contact with each other in a large area, what could be seen clearly was Hei Zetsu's body. Slowly poured into Yakushi Kabuto's body.

"It just allows us to cooperate better."

After a while, Yakushi Kabuto stood up and his appearance changed.

The naked upper body is covered with black markings, and a pure black, slender, snake-like twisted thing grows from the abdomen. The slender body can even wrap around the pharmacist, appearing at the same height as his head.

And at the forefront of this snake shape, was the head of Hei Jue, which was looking at his deformed body with a horrified look on his face.

Ignoring Hei Zetsu's heart-rending roar, Yakushi Kabuto randomly picked out a robe from the ground and covered his weird figure in it.

"Don't worry, I will fulfill your wish, but in my way."

He showed the most perfect smile, held up his eyes, and walked into the darkness behind him.