Chapter 62 Main Mission 3: Defectors must be brought back

As an Uchiha, suddenly finding a relative in the Senju clan, Shingon felt that it was necessary to tell Itachi about this matter. As for the study abroad procedures, the process was too complicated, and Shingon was afraid that Itachi would worry if he told him everything, so it was better to explain it simply and directly using the relationship of relatives.

Itachi didn't know Manabu's life experience before, but soon he thought about Manabu's awakening of Wood Release and figured out the key.

Itachi was not a person who cared much about family bloodline, so he quickly accepted the fact that Shingon had suddenly become half a Senju, and he had no objection to Sasuke's study abroad.

To some extent, the Sharingan is indeed a cursed eye, because the Mangekyō Sharingan, which can only be opened after the death of a loved one, ultimately results in blindness. To break the curse, one must transplant the eyes of a loved one, but isn't this method of breaking the curse itself another kind of curse?

At that time, Shingon broke the deadlock of the Uchiha clan, and now Shingon seems to have found a way to break the Sharingan curse.

And it's not just the Uchiha who have been changed by the truth, the Konoha's ninja school is also going to be reformed. The ripples stirred up by the truth are spreading outward little by little, and Itachi suddenly has a hunch that he might really be able to see the future ninja world that the truth described.

Shingon didn't feel much about the changes around him. He just did his own thing step by step. After getting Itachi's approval, he left a Flying Thunder God Mark on Itachi, and then used the Flying Thunder God Technique and returned to Konoha.

Since learning the Flying Thunder God Technique, Shingon has left a return mark at home, and also left one for Sasuke.

This time when Shingo returned to Konoha, he appeared directly in front of Sasuke.

"All the procedures have been completed. Next, I will send you to study abroad in Sound Village." Shingen said to Sasuke.

Sasuke had been prepared for a long time. His goal had always been to surpass his brother Itachi, and since seeing Naruto's Tailed Beast Mode, his obsession with becoming stronger has deepened.

Shingon took Sasuke to the Sound Village. Since they forgot to leave the Flying Thunder God Mark with Orochimaru, the two of them ran there. The reason they didn't ride a bicycle was because Sasuke was not used to it.

On the way, Shingon thought that he would not be able to see Sasuke often in the future, so he could not help but speak up: "If there is anything that Orochimaru, the teacher, does not do well, you can ask Bai Jue to send a message to me, and I will come forward to negotiate with Orochimaru."

"Once we're at Otogakure, if you need anything, you can always ask Bai Zetsu to contact me and I'll rush over."

"There is also the matter of self-cultivation. It cannot be accomplished overnight. You should relax occasionally. Combining work and rest may be more beneficial."

Although Sasuke has a goal in his mind that must be achieved, he is not a person with a lot on his mind. Once he has a goal, he will simply run towards it.

But at this moment, listening to Zhenyan's words, Sasuke suddenly had many complicated thoughts.

His goal is to surpass Itachi, so he is eager to become stronger, especially after seeing Naruto's progress, his desire to become stronger has become even stronger.

If he could only become stronger by becoming a traitor, then he would choose to become a traitor, even though he knew that becoming a traitor meant betraying the village and severing all ties with everyone.

But now, he left the village, but not as a traitor...

"Brother Shingo..." Sasuke wanted to say something, but he has never been good at speaking.

Shingon seemed to have understood what Sasuke hadn't said. He smiled and said, "Don't ever forget that you still have your family. So, no matter what happens, you don't have to handle it all by yourself."

"Hmm." Sasuke finally responded with one sound, and those unspoken words were swallowed up by the heavy emotions spreading from the bottom of his heart. This kind of heaviness was not the heaviness of bearing the truth of the extinction of his clan, but the stability of having someone to rely on, and the peace of mind that although the goal is far away, someone has already paved the way for him.

Shingo and Sasuke rushed to Orochimaru's base.

"Welcome, both of you." Orochimaru looked at Shingon who came with Sasuke, and asked playfully, "Are you planning to defect to me with Sasuke?"

"I'm afraid Uncle Shewan will be disappointed." Zhenyan said, "We are following the formal study abroad procedures."

"I didn't expect Tsunato would agree." Orochimaru obviously understood his old classmate very well, so he was a little surprised.

"It seems that Uncle Snakemaru also knows that he is an unreliable teacher." Zhenyan said, "I will let Bai Zetsu stay here with Sasuke. If Uncle Snakemaru lacks teacher ethics, I can always use my mouth to make up for it for Uncle Snakemaru."

"I don't think it's necessary now." Orochimaru smiled, looked at Shingon, and suddenly said, "Since Tsunayoshi agreed, I will also give Konoha a 'return gift'."

In the past few days, Tsunade has been preparing for Rock Lee's surgery, and after she increased the success rate of the surgery to 58%, she finally performed the surgery.

The operation was successful, but before the surgeon could feel relieved, Zhenyan came back.

Looking at the person brought back by Zhenyan, Tsunade couldn't help but ask, "Who is this little devil?"

"Uh..." Zhenyan paused and said, "Uncle Shewan sent it..."

"Someone sent by Orochimaru?" Based on Tsuna's understanding of Orochimaru, she didn't think that Orochimaru would send someone here for no purpose.

"Kimmaro is sick, and Uncle Orochimaru said it's not his area of ​​expertise." Shingon explained, "Uncle Orochimaru said that Sister Tsunade is a great doctor and might be able to cure Kimmaro's blood disease, so I brought him back."

Looking at the sickly pale silver-haired boy in front of her, Tsuna pinched her brows subconsciously. When she looked at Zhenyan again, she couldn't help but flicked a finger at him: "You think I'm too easy as a Hokage, right?"

Although Shingon sensed Tsunade's movements, he did not have the reaction awareness of a ninja, so he was hit again.

Zhenyan covered his forehead, took a few steps back, and said in defense: "I just wanted to avoid being at a disadvantage, so I brought back an exchange student."

Tsuna laughed in disgrace. She glanced at Kimimaro again and raised her iron fist to Shingen: "Next time you cause me trouble..."

Zhenyan quickly stated: "There won't be a next time!"

In the end, Kimimaro was admitted to the Konoha Hospital, but the main mission of Sasuke's defection encountered some twists and turns.

The truth has already sent Sasuke to Orochimaru, but the deviation rate still remains at a relatively high value of 50%.

[In the comic author's imagination, after Uchiha Sasuke defected, the ninjas of Konoha Village would go to retrieve Sasuke and fight with the ninjas of Sound Village.] The spiritual system numbly scanned the spiritual world and found out where the problem was.

【…………】Makoto suddenly fell silent. He had finally processed the study abroad application for Sasuke, but the system told him to get Sasuke back? This was not the way to joke!

[System, are you sure this is what will happen next? ]

[That’s right, the protagonist Uzumaki Naruto will fight Uchiha Sasuke in this chase.] The spiritual perception system explained in detail.

Mantra: […………]

Zhenyan: [Tell me the result first. Was Sasuke finally recovered? ]

Spiritual system: [No, Uzumaki Naruto did not convince Uchiha Sasuke, and Uchiha Sasuke finally stayed in Orochimaru's base.] Upon learning the final result, Shingon breathed a sigh of relief, but soon his head began to ache. Tsunade warned him not to cause trouble again. If he said now that he wanted to lead the Konoha ninja to chase Sasuke, he might not have to endure the Diamond Finger.

Shingon thought of the scene in the manga where Jiraiya was beaten to pieces by Tsuna. He thought that the mission could be put on hold for now, and his brain also needed to calm down...

Shingon went home first. After Sasuke left, he thought that an empty house was waiting for him, but he saw Jiraiya standing against the wall outside his door.

"Uncle Raiya." Zhenyan quickly understood what was going on. He greeted him very naturally and invited Jiraiya to come in.

"You don't seem surprised to see me." Jiraiya spoke first after entering the room.

"Uncle Kuraya and Uncle Orochimaru are classmates." Shingen said, "It's normal for Uncle Kuraya to be concerned about news about his classmate."

"It seems that you have already learned about Orochimaru." Jiraiya looked at Shingon with a serious expression, "So this is why you feel comfortable sending Sasuke to Orochimaru?"

Shingen nodded. He would naturally feel uneasy if he didn't examine Orochimaru.

"How can you be sure that the Orochimaru you know is all there is to know?" Jiraiya said, "I have known Orochimaru for so many years, but I still don't know what he is thinking."

Zhenyan was a little surprised: "Hasn't Uncle Laiye asked before?"

Jiraiya: "What do you want to ask?"

"Ask Uncle Orochimaru what he is thinking." It was natural for Shingon to say this because he got to know Orochimaru through interviews.

Jiraiya: "Why do you ask such a question?"

True Words: “Just ask directly.”

Shingon took out the small notebook of his interview and showed it to Jiraiya: "It's just like this."

Jiraiya took it and fell silent after reading it. He didn't know what to say for a moment...

Shingon brought Jiraiya a cup of bubble tea. Jiraiya looked at the aroma of the tea and suddenly asked, "Do you know where that guy is?"

Shingen nodded and sat down opposite Jiraiya. He said, "But Uncle Orochimaru has been immersed in research recently and may not want to be disturbed. If Uncle Kuraya wants to see him, I will go and ask him."

Ziraiya didn't comment. He looked at Shingen opposite him and returned to his usual frivolous look.

"Were you the one who came up with that school reform?" Jiraiya suddenly talked about the ninja school.

"Well, the planner sister asked me to write a plan before." Zhenyan said truthfully.

"You call me Sister Tsunade?" Jiraiya seemed a little unhappy, "You call me and Orochimaru uncle?"

"Well..." Shingon looked at Jiraiya's gray-haired figure. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Actually, when I first met Uncle Kuraya, I wanted to call him Master."

Master Lai Ye: “…………”

"You little brat!" Jiraiya glared, "Do I look that old?"

"Not old, not old," said Zhenyan, "but he looks more experienced."

Jiraiya: “…………”

Jiraiya looked at Shingon and couldn't help but say, "You little brat, you don't look very experienced, where do you get all these ideas from?"

Jiraiya came this time, not only to ask about Orochimaru, but also because Tsunade wanted him to be in charge of the reform of the ninja school, so he wanted to talk to Shingon.

Thinking of what Shingon said before, Jiraiya added: "Before you said you wanted to ask directly, I just happen to have a few questions for you now."

"Uncle Laiye, please tell me." Zhenyan made a respectful gesture.

Jiraiya was not polite and asked many questions about the reform of the ninja school.

After communicating with Mangon, Jiraiya discovered that Mangon did have a lot of ideas, but most of Mangon's ideas were unconventional and broke the convention.

This reminded Jiraiya of the defected Orochimaru, with whom Shingon was now working.

Jiraiya could not help but have some doubts. He looked at the boy who was so bold as to cooperate with the rebel ninja, and suddenly his expression became serious again: "I hope you can answer the next question honestly."

Zhenyan smiled and asked, "Uncle Laiye, wasn't my answer just now honest?"

Jiraiya also raised his lips and corrected himself: "Then I hope that your answer from now on will be as honest as before."

Zhenyan nodded and said, "Uncle Laiye, go ahead and ask."

Jiraiya lazily leaned on the sofa and did not start asking questions immediately. Instead, he said, "Naruto is not good at lying."

"It's really bad to tell lies." Zhenyan followed.

"So, have you seen the Nine-Tailed Fox?" Jiraiya's first question was very sharp.

"I have seen it." Zhenyan said, "When Mingren was born, Xiaojiu came out to cause trouble. I saw it before."

Jiraiya: "Xiao Jiu?"

"It's the Nine-Tailed Fox," Shingon explained.

Jiraiya: “…”

"What happened after Naruto was born?" Jiraiya continued to ask.

"I've seen it before." Zhenyan said truthfully.

Jiraiya: "Why do you want to see the Nine-Tails?"

Zhenyan pointed to his eyes and said, "I saw Xiaojiu's chakra, and out of curiosity I followed it, and then entered the sealed space."

"Do you often see the Nine-Tailed Fox?" Jiraiya asked again.

"I found out that Xiaojiu wanted to escape from prison, so I persuaded him to reform himself." Zhenyan roughly recounted the process of how he met Jiu Lama. "Later, rumors of a demon fox appeared in the village. I thought it was a rumor and would affect Xiaojiu's reformation, so I wanted Xiaojiu to come out and clarify it, but the Third Generation Master refused."

Jiraiya: “…………”

Jiraiya was silent for a moment, then suddenly said, "Naruto's ability to use the Nine-Tails' chakra is definitely related to you."

However, after hearing this, Zhenyan shook his head and said, "It was Mingren who insisted on helping Xiaojiu clarify the rumors, and finally they became friends."

Jiraiya looked at Shingon, and he knew very well in his heart that Naruto did this because he was influenced by Shingon.

The nine-tailed demon fox, who is feared by everyone, is a victim of rumors in Shingon's eyes. Orochimaru, who defected and attacked the village, is a collaborator who can be used in Shingon's eyes.

Now, the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox has become the force that protects the village, so will Orochimaru ever change his mind?

Jiraiya didn't know the answer to this question, but he realized something through Shingon's thoughts and Naruto's words and deeds. If he gave up on his friend, Orochimaru would never look back, but if he insisted, then the answer to the question would always remain a possibility.

Jiraiya smiled silently, then looked at Shingon and asked, "Did you know that Orochimaru once joined an organization?"

This time Zhenyan paused for a moment, but still told the truth: "I know."

Jiraiya looked at Shingon, who still had a calm expression until this moment. He paused for a moment, as if thinking about what to ask next.

After a brief consideration, Jiraiya spoke again. He did not continue to ask about the Akatsuki organization, but asked Shingon: "You said you are not a ninja, but you can use chakra, and you learned ninjutsu from the first and second generations."

Shingen nodded, and Jiraiya asked again, "How strong are you?"

This time Zhenyan was a little confused. He said, "I have never fought with anyone."

"No." Zhenyan quickly corrected, "I fought Itachi once, and I was knocked down in less than three seconds."

"What if I let you fight me?" Jiraiya suddenly asked.

Zhenyan was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I can't beat you, uncle."

Jiraiya is one of the three most famous ninjas in the entire ninja world. If he only uses his fists, he really cannot defeat Jiraiya. If he wants to win, he needs to use his mouth.

"One last question." Jiraiya suddenly straightened up, looked into Shingon's eyes, and asked, "Will you do anything that is detrimental to the village?"

"Uncle Laiye, do you have any misunderstandings about me?" Zhenyan said, "I also contributed to the construction of the village. If anyone wants to destroy the village, I will be the first to disagree."

"The last time Xiaojiu came out, I specifically reminded him not to damage the buildings in the village."

Jiraiya believed in the truth, at least he believed in the truth at this moment, but he had witnessed many like-minded companions who eventually went astray for various reasons.

He failed to stop Orochimaru back then, and today, he doesn't want to see any of his companions leave.

If one day Zhenyan goes astray, he will use his own power to stop it.

Jiraiya's purpose of coming here has been achieved, and he is ready to leave. However, before leaving, he hesitated and said to Shingon: "I want to see Orochimaru."

"I'll ask for Uncle Raiya." Shingon said. Thinking of the main mission this time, he also wanted to ask Jiraiya for help. "Uncle Raiya, can you help me ask Sister Tsunade for a mission?"

"What mission?" Jiraiya asked.

"It's like this. Last time I went to Otogakure, I found that there are many excellent ninjas there, so I want to organize an exchange battle between the ninjas of Konoha and the ninjas of Otogakure." Shingon stated his purpose.

"Why don't you go find Tsuna yourself?" Jiraiya asked.

Zhenyan touched his forehead subconsciously and said, "I am afraid of Sister Tsuna's Diamond Finger."

Jiraiya suddenly laughed: "You are afraid of something too!"

"So come on, uncle, please help me get a mission."

Jiraiya rubbed his ribs and said, "I'm also afraid of Tsuna hitting me."

Mantra: “…………”

Jiraiya waved his hands and said to Shingon before leaving: "Tsuna's attack on me was much more severe than on you, so you should handle this matter by yourself."

Mantra: “…………”

Zhenyan decided to try other methods first.

"Kakashi." Shingon came to see Kakashi next door, "Is there any way to take the ninjas in the village out for training without notifying the Hokage?"

"What are you going to do?" Kakashi had a hunch that Shingen would not do anything good.

"I want to organize an exchange battle with Sound Village." Shingon said truthfully.

Kakashi remembered that Shingon and Orochimaru had cooperated to send Sasuke away. He couldn't help but stare at Shingon with dead fish eyes and said, "Becoming a traitorous ninja, you don't need to notify me."

"I'm not a ninja, and I'm not a traitor if I leave the village," Shingon said. "At most, I'm a traitor."

Kakashi: “…………”!