Chapter 17 Previous Mission 1: Excellent Word-of-mouth Effect

The Third Hokage said that he would carefully consider the contents of the plan, and at the same time asked Shinon not to spread the matter about the plan for the time being.

Shinyan nodded in agreement and talked about another matter: "Master Sandaime, can you help me find a ninja brother named 'Chi'?"

Shingon has always wanted to improve the travel conditions of the villagers of Konoha, but the foolish elder brother never came back, causing his plan to be unable to be implemented.

"Idiot?" The Third Hokage frowned. This name didn't sound like a normal ninja's. It sounded more like a code name given by an Anbu member. However, he didn't remember any such person among his Anbu members. If he wasn't one of his subordinates, then it was most likely an Anbu member of the Fourth Hokage.

"What do you want to do with this person?" asked the Third Hokage.

"I feel that our village lacks means of transportation, so I want to customize some bicycles to improve the villagers' travel conditions." Zhenyan roughly talked about asking Brother Chi to help find a craftsman.

The Third Hokage looked at Mangon and he was suddenly a little absent-minded. Since the Second Hokage, the relationship between Uchiha and the village has gradually become tense. Under the current situation, Uchiha still has a young man like Mangon who is dedicated to the village. This made him feel emotional and very relieved at the same time.

"The person you are looking for may be an Anbu under the Fourth Hokage." The Third Hokage said, "You can ask Kakashi for details."

"I've already asked Kakashi, and he said he didn't know him, and also said that Chida might be a ninja from the Root." Shingon said. He always felt that some organizations in the village were a bit redundant, such as the Root. When he asked around before, many villagers said they didn't know what the Root did. They only heard that the person in charge of the Root was a high-ranking official of Konoha, whose name seemed to be Danzo.

"Root?" The Third Hokage couldn't help but frown. He walked to the table, took out a stack of documents and started reading.

The Root is similar to the Anbu, except that it is under the independent jurisdiction of Danzo Shimura.

When Shimura Danzo first proposed this request, the Third Hokage, in order to prevent Danzo from doing anything radical, had proposed a condition, which was that Danzo must register the information of every Root member with the Hokage. However, after reading through all the information, he did not find the Root member codenamed "Chi"...

"Master Third, is there any problem?" Shingon asked. He saw that the Third Hokage seemed to have encountered a problem, and the wrinkles on his face deepened with worry.

The Third Hokage turned his gaze to Zhenyan, his expression slightly relieved: "The ninja you are looking for may not have had time to register yet. I will have someone notify you when there is news in some time."

Although he told the truth, the Third Hokage had another guess in his mind. He thought that Shimura Danzo had deliberately concealed the information of some Root members. Thinking about the recent small actions of Danzo because of the Fourth Hokage's departure from the village, the Third Hokage had a headache again. He thought that he might need to talk to Danzo...

Not long after Shingon left, the Third Hokage went to the Root and met Danzo Shimura. He said earnestly: "The man behind the Nine-Tails incident has not been caught yet. The village needs to unite now. Danzo, I hope you won't hide anything."

Shimura Danzo scowled, holding his cane tightly in one hand: "What do you mean by saying this? The Fourth Hokage was solely responsible for the Nine-Tails incident. Do you suspect that the Root was involved in this matter?"

Looking at the current state of his old friend, the Third Hokage couldn't help but sigh: "When the teacher was still here, we were teammates fighting side by side. Although the teacher is gone now, I hope our relationship will not change. Danzo, are you still going to keep it a secret?"

After the Fourth Hokage left, Danzo Shimura did take some actions for the position of Hokage, but they were discovered by the Third Hokage. After that, the Third Hokage had a talk with him once and stopped his behavior on the grounds that he was not suitable to be Hokage. Now that the matter has passed and the Third Hokage has been reinstated, he did not expect that the other party would keep holding on to this matter.

Thinking about this, Shimura Danzo's face became more gloomy: "Third generation, what do you mean?"

Seeing that Danzo was still stubborn, the Third Hokage's expression turned cold: "Does the list you submitted include all the Root members?"

Shimura Danzo couldn't help but be stunned: "You mean the list of Root members?"

"Do you have a ninja codenamed 'Chi' in your Root?" The Third Hokage simply explained.

Realizing that the Third Hokage suspected him of hiding a member of the Root, Shimura Danzo's expression quickly turned gloomy again: "I don't know where you heard that, this person is not a member of the Root."

The Third Hokage was very disappointed. He didn't expect that Danzo Shimura was still unwilling to admit it.

"I don't want to talk about the past anymore. I just hope you can submit a new list of Root members." The Third Hokage decided to give Danzo Shimura another chance for the sake of his former teacher.

It was the first time that Shimura Danzo felt so aggrieved. He stared at the Third Hokage and said through gritted teeth: "I have already given you the list, just that one!"

...

Shingon had no idea what kind of trouble his actions had brought to the Root leaders, and after leaving the Third Hokage, he went to visit Naruto again.

When Minato Namikaze came back before, he did not show up in the village except to meet his family and the Third Hokage. Shingon was busy preparing the plan, so he was not aware of it. When he came to visit, Minato Namikaze had already left.

Zhenyan felt it was a pity. Last time he met an alien again, that alien looked stupid and could not even communicate. He thought he might have misunderstood the alien, and the Nine-Tailed Fox incident might have nothing to do with the aliens.

As for the purpose of the aliens appearing here, all Zhenyan could think of was a movie he had watched a long time ago, where they were accidentally stranded on Earth, away from home and without any relatives or friends, and were treated as aliens by humans, so they could only hide everywhere...

If that's the case, then the alien is quite pitiful...

Of course, the above is just Shingo's speculation. If you want to verify it, there is a way. Shingo took the opportunity to visit Naruto and also visited the Nine-Tails.

"Hello, big fox!" Zhenyan greeted the Nine-Tailed Fox inside the sealed gate.

"..." Nine Tails lay on the scaly water surface without even lifting his eyelids.

"Big fox, are you asleep?" Shingon asked again, and at the same time opened his Sharingan to observe the flow of the Nine-Tails' chakra. He found that the Nine-Tails' chakra was churning, and it was obvious from its excited look that it was not asleep.

"Big fox, I want to ask you something, do you know aliens?" If Nine Tails doesn't know aliens, then the appearance of aliens is likely to be a coincidence.

Kyuubi finally opened his eyelids a little, glanced at Shingon, and said, "What I hate most is Uchiha."

"Ah, why do you dislike Uchiha?" Shingon blinked his red Sharingan, "Don't you like red? But your eyes are also red."

Nine-Tailed Fox: “…………”

The Nine-Tails felt even angrier. It hated the Uchiha because it was once controlled by Uchiha Madara with the Sharingan and was forced to fight the First Hokage. Not only did it lose, but it was also sealed by the First Hokage on the grounds that its power was too strong...

Kyuubi refused to communicate with Zhenyan, closed his eyes, and lay back down.

"Big Fox, Big Fox, you haven't answered my question yet." After not getting a response, Zhenyan thought for a moment and said, "Big Fox, what do you like to eat? I'll bring you some next time I visit."

It was his fault this time. He should have brought some souvenirs when asking someone to help. But this place was very strange. How could he bring in things from outside?

Zhenyan looked down at his hands and feet. He felt very strange now. He could sense his own existence, but it was different from the reality.

Shingon thought about it carefully. He was able to come here because of the use of chakra. Itachi also told him that chakra is a combination of spiritual energy and physical energy, so he here is probably just a form of chakra, and the sealed space in front of him is also a world constructed by chakra.

Since it's all chakra, it's easy to deal with. Zhenyan released some chakra, used his imagination, and molded the chakra into the shape of a roasted chicken...

"Big fox, do you like eating chicken?" Shinon pushed the chakra roasted chicken he made into the sealed door, but the Nine-Tailed Fox didn't move at all.

"Don't you like roast chicken?" Zhenyan molded the roast chicken into a roast duck. "What about the roast duck?"

Kyuubi still didn't respond. Zhenyan stood outside the door, looking at the big fox that was locked alone inside the door. He suddenly realized that Kyuubi usually didn't even have anyone to talk to, so what he needed most must be a little companion!

Zhenyan once again used his imagination...

The words "spare his life" that Zhenyan said back then were so deeply rooted in Jiuwei's soul that even now, these words would occasionally repeat in its mind, so it didn't want to hear Zhenyan's voice at all.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was like an old monk in meditation, determined not to pay attention to the truth, but soon it realized something was wrong, as if something was pulling at the hair around its mouth...

The Nine-Tailed Fox opened its eyes a little, and saw a strange human standing in front of it. This human had two fox ears on his head, nine fox tails behind him, and was playing with a strange ball of light in his hand...

The human with a fox tail suddenly threw the ball of light in his hand towards it, and then said leisurely: "Want to play with me? Don't blame my tail for being ruthless!"*

Nine-Tailed Fox: “…………”

The Nine-Tailed Fox demonstrated with its actions what it meant to have a ruthless tail. With a sweep of its huge tail, it shattered the image of the fox that Managao had worked so hard to create.

"Why don't we just talk nicely? How can you just do that?" Zhenyan accused. Ah Li was a character in a game he had played before, with fox ears and a tail. His appearance was very complex and it took him a long time to imagine it.

Zhenyan thought again of the last time he had an eye-opening debate with the Nine-Tailed Fox. This time he was determined to make things clear to the giant fox. He had studied the art of talking in order to increase his persuasiveness. If he didn't use it now, when would he?

Zhenyan started a one-on-one verbal persuasion mode, trying to persuade Jiuwei: "Big fox, although you are locked up here now, you still have a chance to reduce your sentence. As the saying goes, it is a great virtue to admit one's mistakes and correct them. As long as you are willing to show..."

Kyuubi could no longer hear what Zhenyan said next. He felt as if someone had driven a bomber into his brain, and countless bombardments bombarded his sensitive nerves, making him dizzy and seeing stars, as if the brain matter in his head was boiling into a pot...

The Nine-Tailed Fox tried to plug its ears with its claws, but it was completely useless. The sound of the truth had already occupied its entire mind...

Finally, the Nine-Tailed Fox could no longer bear it and roared to the sky: "Roar——"

Shingon blinked and met Naruto's clear blue eyes, while Naruto was staring at his Sharingan curiously, waving his two little hands upwards.

Shinyan reacted and realized that he was yelled at by the Nine-Tailed Fox, and he had only said half of his words... Shinyan held Naruto's hand and said, "Naruto, Shinyan brother still has something to say to the big fox. I will play with you later."

Shingon released his chakra and tried to enter the sealed space again. However, the Nine-Tails, which often leaked chakra in an attempt to break the seal and escape, actually collected his chakra completely this time, without leaking a single drop...

Without the Nine-Tails' chakra to lead the way, Shingon cannot enter the sealed space...

As expected of a fox spirit that had practiced for thousands of years, he actually failed twice. Zhenyan, who was rejected, couldn't help but sigh. He decided to find an opportunity to challenge Nine-Tailed Fox next time.

...

When Shingon returned to the Uchiha clan, he heard that Itachi had returned from his mission, so he rushed to the clan leader's house immediately.

Since coming to the ninja world, he has never left Konoha and doesn't know what the outside world is like. He also wants to go and see it, but before that, he can listen to Itachi first.

Shingon came running over excitedly and called Itachi's name as soon as he entered the room, but it was Uchiha Mikoto who came out of the room.

"Aunt Mikoto," Shingen greeted, then asked, "Is Itachi back?"

"I'm back." Uchiha Mikoto said, but her expression looked a little strange.

Shingon poked his head into the room. In the past, Itachi would come out to meet him when he came over. Why didn't he react this time? Was he injured outside?

Shingon looked at Uchiha Mikoto again: "Is Itachi okay?"

Uchiha Mikoto shook her head slightly and said, "Itachi is in there with Sasuke..."

Shingen was even more confused. Could it be that Sasuke was sick?

Uchiha Mikoto saw that Zhenyan was confused, so she explained: "Sasuke has started talking recently, Itachi..."

"Ah." It turned out that it was Sasuke who spoke. Shinon understood immediately. Several times when he came over, he saw Itachi, who was obsessed with his brother, say to Sasuke, "I'm the brother, I'm the brother." He thought that the first words Sasuke said must be "Brother".

Shingon couldn't wait to run into the room. He also wanted to hear Sasuke call him brother. After all, if you think about it, he is also Sasuke's brother.

As soon as Shingon entered the room, he saw little Sasuke sitting on the tatami, while Itachi was standing beside him blankly, looking like he was too happy to react. Instead, little Sasuke noticed him first and looked over.

"Grab...grab grab..." Sasuke said vaguely.

"?" A question mark appeared on Shingon's head. He blinked and asked Itachi, "Did Sasuke speak just now?"

Hearing his question, Itachi turned his head stiffly, and at this moment, Sasuke started talking again...

"Catch some shrimps... Awesome..."

"Hmm???" This doesn't seem to be talking about my brother. Who is so good at catching shrimps? Sasuke can't forget him so much, even better than Itachi who always talks about him in his ear!

Zhenyan listened carefully again and found that what Xiaozusuke was talking about was not a person who was very good at catching shrimps, but a person who caught the best shrimps...

Catch the talented person? Zhenyan felt that this sentence sounded familiar, as if it was something he had said before...

On that night, it was dark and windy, and Naruto was born. A fox spirit with nine tails came out to cause trouble. In a hurry, he started to talk and shouted "Spare his life". Because he was too excited at the time, he accidentally broadcasted it to the whole village. He didn't expect that this shout would also help little Sasuke to be enlightened, but...

"Claws... claws of a powerful person..." Sasuke spoke again, and his words were clearer than before.

However, looking at Itachi who seemed to have lost his soul, Shingon suddenly felt a little guilty. He scratched his head and said, "Well, how about... I start talking and say to Sasuke 'Itachi is my brother'?"

Itachi: “…………”!