Naruto: This Uchiha is too innocent.

Uzuki Kaze's focus is on the back mountain. The two Takigakure ninjas mentioned that Tsunade was last seen in the direction of the back mountain, and given the news of her serious injuries, it's very likely that Tsunade is still in the back mountain.

Uchiha Sora's focus was on the Hero's Water. He had heard of it; it was a treasure of Takigakure. It was said that taking just one drop could increase chakra by more than ten times, making it a priceless treasure.

However, Uchiha Sora had some doubts. Logically speaking, would a ninja with superhuman strength like Tsunade really need chakra? In other words, there was no reason for Tsunade to steal the Hero's Water. Moreover, Tsunade was clearly on a mission near Iwagakure, so it was absurd for her to go to Takigakure to steal the Hero's Water.

Surely they can't steal the Hero's Water and sell it to raise money for gambling, right?

...Uchiha Sora fell silent. If the Hero's Water could be sold, it would be an astronomical sum. Given Tsunade's gambling addiction, perhaps, possibly, she really did steal the Hero's Water to gamble.

Haha, just kidding. After all, Tsunade is one of the legendary Sannin of Konoha with principles.

While Uchiha Sora was making wild guesses, Uzuki Kaze had already made up his mind. He jumped up a tree.

"Seven, let's go to the back mountain and inform the captain of this news while we're at it."

As he spoke, he took out his old-fashioned phone, only to realize there was no signal. He sighed, put it back in his pocket, and would contact Shinnosuke when he had a signal.

Although we can't notify them, we still have to go to the back mountain. If Tsunade is really hiding there, it could cause a disaster because they don't have any support.

"Hmm." Uchiha Sora nodded. It might not be the best decision right now, but it was definitely the most reasonable one.

With a leap from the wind, Mao Yue landed on the treetop, which was at least ten meters tall. From there, he had a wide field of vision and quickly pinpointed the location of the back mountain.

As for the reason? At a glance, there is only one direction with mountains, and only that direction can be called the back mountain.

Having made their decision, the two quickly approached the back of the mountain.

[Thump—]

[Post a task]

Mission Objective: Rescue Tsunade

[Reward: Unknown]

Uchiha Sora, who was moving through the woods, was taken aback, then thought to himself with a sigh:

"System, you released this task way too late. I've already started the task when you released it."

He was really afraid that the system would give him a hindsight attack later, for example, after he participated in the Battle of Jiegeng Mountain, it would issue him a task to do something else during the Battle of Jiegeng Mountain.

【Ding】

[The system has detected that Tsunade is in danger.]

Therefore, this task is being issued.

Uchiha Sora was taken aback. What did he mean by "detecting Tsunade in danger"? Hadn't Tsunade been in danger since this morning?

How come it's only now that we've detected that Tsunade is in danger?

Suddenly, a thunderclap exploded sharply in his mind.

"No, if the system isn't malfunctioning, then there's one possibility: Tsunade is indeed trapped, but wasn't in mortal danger before. Now, some unforeseen event has occurred, putting her life in danger!"

Over the years, Uchiha Sora has gained some understanding of the system, namely that it will not actively interfere with the general development of the original plot, and the tasks it issues will not affect the plot.

For example, if he were to become the leader of the Chunin Exams, whether or not he could get first place, it wouldn't have much of an impact on history. The world wouldn't revolve around him, so it wouldn't make a difference whether he's there or not.

For example, the Third Shinobi World War was triggered by Sasori's assassination of the Third Kazekage, and the search for the Third Kazekage by Sunagakure sparked the war.

In other words, he could have easily used the information gap to make Sasori's assassination attempt fail, thus preventing the Third Shinobi World War from starting prematurely. This was quite simple: he could just have a few people spread rumors in Sunagakure every day to put the Third Kazekage on his guard.

However, just as he was about to take action, the system issued a mission titled "[Do Not Interfere with the Beginning of the Third Shinobi World War]", with no reward but a penalty for failure!

The punishment back then was... death!

He didn't think much of it at the time.

Years later, this mission to "rescue Tsunade" has brought back memories of the strangeness of the original mission, especially the punishment for failure, which he simply cannot accept. It was not a mission, but a death order.

Returning to the current question, if what he thinks is true, then Tsunade is very likely to die. What would be the consequences of Tsunade's death?

Undoubtedly, this completely disrupted the development of Naruto, triggering various uncertain possibilities.

If my suspicions are true, then the existence of the system is actually to some extent to maintain the normal development of the plot.

So, what is the purpose of his existence? The system makes him stronger, but forbids him from disrupting the plot?

The more he thought about it, the uglier his face became. The mission to rescue Tsunade was a huge disaster for him, leaving him completely stunned.

If the system exists to maintain the normal development of the plot, then what comes next?

Rin dies, Obito turns to the dark side, and the Uchiha clan is wiped out!

He cannot accept this outcome!

clap clap!

Uchiha Sora slapped himself hard across the face, muttering, "Don't overthink it. Maybe it's just a coincidence? It's just a mission. There's no need for so many reasons behind it."

"It was just a coincidence..."

"It was just...a coincidence..."

He shook his head, not daring to pursue the matter any further, fearing he couldn't bear the truth behind it.

That being said, this incident planted a seed in his heart.

A seed that he deeply regretted after it sprouted.

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The back mountain of Takigakure Village is covered with weeds that are two meters high, and the mountain range has many caves of different sizes.

In short, once someone finds a place to hide, there's only one way to find them: a thorough, encircling search. And right now, dozens of Takigakure ninja are using this method to search.

"Hurry up, it will be much harder to find them after dark."

"Reconnaissance ninjas, search every single place thoroughly!"

"Hey you! Trying to slack off, huh? Want to eat shit? Hurry up!"

From the weeds a hundred meters away, two pairs of eyes watched the busy backs of the ninjas for a long time.

He lowered the leaves that had been stirred by the wind in the month of Maoyue, his expression serious.

"This is troublesome. They're all people; breaking through the defenses is practically impossible."

"Seriously, these ninjas are crazy, wasting so much manpower and resources searching for someone like this?" Uchiha Sora smacked his lips and put down the leaf.

"What do we do now?" he asked.

After pondering for a moment in the windy month of Maoyue, I picked up the phone, only to find that there was still no signal. Of course, it would be strange to have a signal in this deep mountain forest.

"Waiting like this definitely won't work. It would be terrible if Tsunade really was in the back mountain," he thought, taking out a kunai and unconsciously rubbing his fingers together—a subconscious expression of his distress.

Uchiha Sora thought about it for a moment. Although he had mixed feelings about the system, he really had to do the mission of rescuing Tsunade.

"Monkey, I'm small, so you'll have to make some noise to create an opening. I'll sneak into the back of the mountain first."

He offered a solution.