It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

The strong impact of the explosion distorted the air and brought an extremely obvious shock.

Konoha has been invaded!

The first person to react to the sudden commotion in Konoha was undoubtedly the Hokage, who was responsible for protecting Konoha.

"Where was the explosion coming from!?"

The Anbu guard squad directly under the Hokage, which was originally hiding in the dark, also took the initiative to expose themselves because of the current emergency situation, and surrounded and protected Tsunade, the fifth-generation Hokage who was the symbol of Konoha.

The Hokage's secretary, Shizune, who was closer to Tsunade and holding her pet pig Tuntun in her arms, was also looking at the location where the black smoke was rising through the window whose glass was shattered by the explosion.

"It's the Intelligence Department."

Tsunade told Shizune the location of the explosion before she could.

Her tone was unfriendly, and she showed no sign of disguising her shock and anger.

"…Did Jiraiya come up with what he said…"

Although Tsunade had previously reached a consensus with Jiraiya that Naruto would invade Konoha, and had also made corresponding preparations.

But I didn't expect Uzumaki Naruto to take action so quickly.

"That's a bit strange, Hokage-sama. The enemy's attacks seem to have stopped."

The Anbu captain of the Hokage's guard squad, who was wearing an animal mask beside Tsunade, spoke of the abnormality he had noticed.

Even though he had made sufficient preparations, Uzumaki Naruto still had the means to launch such a large-scale attack on Konoha. Common sense would suggest that he should not stop the attack.

After all, Uzumaki Naruto destroyed most of Konoha three years ago. Even Orochimaru, who had originally joined forces with the Sand Village to invade Konoha, only killed the third-generation Hokage by decapitation, but did not cause greater casualties to other people in Konoha.

But now, Uzumaki Naruto's attack on Konoha controlled the scope so accurately that although the shock wave of the explosion was transmitted very far, the actual scope of damage was still only the Intelligence Department.

Based on Konoha's understanding of Uzumaki Naruto, he is definitely not the kind of guy who would give up easily.

"That guy chose to attack the Intelligence Department first. Sure enough, the Akatsuki member named Konan that Jiraiya-sama brought back must have information that Uzumaki Naruto must not reveal to Konoha!"

"But... if Uzumaki Naruto really marked the Flying Thunder God Seal on that member of Akatsuki as Jiraiya-sama said, why did he allow Jiraiya-sama to take her away?!"

"Maybe it was because he couldn't do it at the time? So that's why Uzumaki Naruto invaded Konoha so quickly?"

The Anbu members of the guard squad were talking at once, but Tsunade, the Fifth Hokage who had the decision-making power, remained silent.

“Pfft~”

It was not until the pig in Shizune's arms let out a puzzled cry that everyone stopped talking and waited for Tsunade's order.

"Let's stop making assumptions without intelligence. Deng, have your Deng team go to the Intelligence Department to learn about the situation. Prioritize confirming whether Haiyi and his deputy are still alive. Try to bring back the information before Uzumaki Naruto's next attack. If you encounter Uzumaki Naruto again on the way, retreat instead of fighting him. That guy is very dangerous!"

Tsunade decisively gave orders to the Anbu captain codenamed "Light".

"Sound the alarm, have all the ninjas still in Konoha immediately form ninja squads nearby and enter the highest level of combat readiness!"

"Where's Jiraiya?"

Tsunade suddenly asked again, this time her eyes turned to Shizune.

"I don't know, but Master Tsunade, you have previously told Master Jiraiya not to leave the village, so Master Jiraiya should have known about Uzumaki Naruto's invasion."

As the Hokage's secretary, Shizune knew nothing at such a critical moment.

But Tsunade did not blame Shizune too much. She knew Jiraiya's character too well, and it was enough for her to confirm that he was still in the village.

"Don't worry about him. He will make his own judgment based on the situation. Jingyin, go organize the collection of medical resources and arrange the evacuation of civilians. We must not repeat the mistakes of three years ago!"

"The rest of you, come with me to the rooftop of the Hokage's office and wait for intelligence. I will also summon slugs to assist with remote medical care and information transmission!"

After giving all the orders, Tsunade took the lead to leave the Hokage's office and walked towards the roof of the office, preparing to summon the slug.

"Yes!"

After receiving the instructions, everyone immediately set out to complete the orders they received.

Tsunade, who was walking quickly in the corridor, frowned and thought about the abnormality that Deng had noticed earlier.

"Uzumaki Naruto…what on earth are you thinking about?"

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"I think the guys in Konoha should have reacted by now, right?"

Looking at the shrine hall in front of him that was aging rapidly due to lack of maintenance, Naruto shifted his gaze away from the Uchiha clan emblem printed on the wall in the center of the hall and asked Karin who was standing beside him.

"The chakra of the ninjas has begun to gather in small groups. Most of them are now evacuating civilians. The rest of the chakra is probably searching for our location."

Karin opened her eyes and told Naruto the information that Kagura's mind's eye had detected.

Karin, who has a wide range of perception, can allow Naruto and his crew, the invaders, to understand Konoha's movements in real time, and ensure that they are in a dark place where Konoha cannot detect them before the next attack on Konoha.

"You are too dark. You actually used that method to launch an attack. Are you really a ninja of Konoha? Compared with you, even the Hidden Mist Village, which implements the 'Blood Mist Policy' and will kill and abandon their companions without hesitation, seems innocent."

Suigetsu Hozuki, who was sitting carefree on the altar of the shrine hall, stared at Naruto with a mouth full of shark teeth and suddenly spoke.

However, this child prodigy from the Hidden Mist Village, whose childhood was influenced by the special environment called "Blood Mist Village" and which led to his special values ​​and bloodthirsty mentality, criticized Naruto not from a moral point of view, but from a "hygiene" perspective.

——"Let me make this clear first. Don't let that human bomb that can revive infinitely explode next to me. I feel sick to my stomach when I think about using the water transformation technique and my body being filled with pulverized flesh and bones."

After reminding Naruto, Hozuki took off the Samehada from her back and began to caress it gently as if it were a rare treasure.

"You disgusting knife-sexual fetish!"

Watching Suigetsu Hozuki caressing Samehada, Karin felt a chill all over her body and felt uncomfortable both physically and mentally.

"Heh, you talk as if you're normal. You're a M-control freak who gets extremely excited just by imagining that Naruto can play with you!"

“Me! Me, me, me, me, me—I’m not a M-control!!!”

"You are already fantasizing, right? After all, Naruto looks serious and doesn't seem like someone who would satisfy your quirks. If he really did that to you, a M-control person like you wouldn't be able to handle the strong contrast!"

"Stop making up rumors here! I'll tear your mouth apart!"

With trembling hands, Karin straightened her glasses, which had become distorted due to her unintentional fantasy, but she did not, contrary to her usual behavior, rush towards Suigetsu Hozuki and wrestle with him.

Anyone can see the inner turmoil at a glance.

The bickering between Karin and Hozuki Suigetsu has become a daily routine for these people, but this time their remarks were so radical that Sakon, Ukon, Kidomaru, and Jirobo, the four Sound Ninjas who had been keeping silent on the sidelines, couldn't help but take a few steps back to prevent themselves from hearing more explosive remarks.

However, Tayuya, who was also one of the Four Sound Ninjas, still stood there, listening to the quarrel between Karin and Hozuki Suigetsu with great interest.

This is not surprising. After all, in the original work, Tayuya also made extremely explosive remarks about the Sasuke recovery team sent by Konoha.

But soon, Tayuya's attention shifted away from Karin and Hozuki Suigetsu.

The Nanga Shrine, built and managed by the Uchiha clan, contains the secrets of the Uchiha clan that have been passed down since the Warring States Period. After Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama founded Konoha, the stone tablet recording the secrets of the Uchiha clan was hidden in an underground secret room by the Uchiha clan without the knowledge of Konoha, and a shrine was built on it to cover it up.

Sasuke, who returned from the secret room, finally appeared in front of everyone again.

"It seems that you have finished reading the contents of the stone tablet?"

The heavy aura of Sasuke suppressed the originally noisy atmosphere. Only Naruto was not affected and asked Sasuke.

"The secret of Nanga Shrine was revealed to me by Itachi that night. Only the Sharingan can interpret the contents of the stone tablet. To read the stone tablet in its entirety, one needs the Mangekyō Sharingan."

Sasuke had already told Naruto about this, so Naruto was not surprised. He stared into Sasuke's dark eyes and continued to ask, "So what does the stone tablet record?"

"Itachi once said that the stone tablet records the meaning and true secret of the Uchiha clan's Sharingan."

"In the past, I, who possessed the three-magatama Sharingan, knew the significance of the Sharingan. The power of the Sharingan could easily control the nine immortal tailed beasts in this ninja world. Even Konoha, which did not know about the existence of the stone tablet, knew about this fact."

Uchiha Madara, who used the Sharingan to control the Nine-Tails in the past and had a decisive battle with the first Hokage, Senju Hashirama, in the Valley of the End.

And sixteen years ago, the Nine-Tails Rebellion occurred in Konoha again because of the Sharingan.

After thinking for a moment, Sasuke spoke again:

"Through the Mangekyō Sharingan, I have also learned the true secret of the Uchiha clan."

Sasuke looked back at Naruto, his dark eyes looking at Naruto's left three-magatama Sharingan which could not be closed because he was not from the Uchiha clan.

Instead of choosing to tell Naruto the so-called "real secret", he changed the subject.

"Go find those Konoha high-ranking officials who are stained with the blood of the Uchiha clan."

However, even though Sasuke had hesitations in his heart, Naruto had already known the so-called "real secret" of the Uchiha clan engraved on the stone tablet.

The content of the stone tablet that Sasuke is reading now through the Mangekyō Sharingan is not the information tampered with by Black Zetsu.

The stone tablet written by the Sage of Six Paths can only be modified by the power of the Sage of Six Paths. Black Zetsu was able to tamper with it because it and the power of the Sage of Six Paths came from the same source: Kaguya Otsutsuki.

Naruto also has the means to modify the contents of the stone tablet - the Rinnegan that was transplanted into Nagato by Uchiha Madara before his death.

Naruto knew that Sasuke would read the stone tablet again after he obtained the Mangekyō Sharingan, and Sasuke knew everything about the stone tablet from Itachi.

The truth about Itachi is Sasuke's lifelong nightmare and also the starting point for subverting Sasuke's understanding of the ninja world.

Therefore, long before the official invasion of Konoha, Naruto had already sneaked into Konoha and erased all the content that Black Zetsu had tampered with in the stone tablet, and once again modified it into the content he wanted Sasuke to see.

That was when Naruto got the Rinnegan from Nagato, and Sasuke was still unconscious in the Snow Country because of the duel with Itachi.