Three hours later, Orochimaru put down his chopsticks in satisfaction and praised: "I didn't expect that your cooking skills are so good, Uchiha You. I couldn't stop eating and I ate too much without realizing it."

Miwa Masayo slammed the table angrily, "That's too much, meow! Orochimaru, you ate up all my food!"

Orochimaru laughed and apologized, "I'm sorry, Miwa Masayo-sennin, your cat food is so delicious that I ate it all without noticing."

"I am willing to compensate you, whatever you want, it's no problem."

"Really, meow?"

"Really, I, Orochimaru, never compromise on my promises."

“I want… wuwu…”

Before Miwa Masayo could finish her words, Uchiha You hugged her in his arms and stuffed a small dried fish into the kitten's mouth, interrupting her words.

He held the tabby cat in his arms and said to Orochimaru, "Lord Orochimaru, it is not proper for you to lie to my cat-sage like this."

Orochimaru continued to smile, and said to Uchiha You: "My guess was right. You are the one who makes the decision between the two of you."

Uchiha You smiled but said nothing.

Orochimaru knew that although the Uchiha in front of him was only 19 years old, there was a real old fox living in his heart. He was a ninja that could not be controlled at all.

Otherwise, Orochimaru would not have deliberately eaten the food of the Cat Sage, taking advantage of the Cat Sage's anger to extract information, trying to obtain information about Uchiha Yu in a roundabout way.

Now the attempt failed, Uchiha You blocked the cat hermit's mouth in time.

So Orochimaru didn't waste any more time and said, "I came to you to get your help, and I also need to confirm some information."

"You were the one who killed Shimura Danzo, right?"

"Yes, it's me."

“Hiss~~”

When Orochimaru received the order from the Third Hokage and learned that Danzo Shimura was dead, he guessed that it was Uchiha Yu who did it, after all, he himself had contributed to the matter.

But when he learned that Shimura Danzo was killed by a Wood Release Ninja and understood the consequences of a conflict between the Wood Release Ninja and Konoha Village, Orochimaru was completely stunned.

He couldn't see how scared he was, but he saw how terribly scared the other jonin who were qualified to know were.

So Orochimaru subconsciously overturned his own judgment. After all, it was Wood Release. How could an Uchiha ninja master Wood Release?

However, as the true emotions gradually faded, Orochimaru ruled out other possibilities and finally linked the Wood Release Ninja and Uchiha Yuu together.

He still held out a glimmer of hope that perhaps the killing of Danzo Shimura was done by the cooperation of the Senju ninja who had awakened Wood Release and Uchiha Yuu, just like the current cooperation between Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara.

Because of this suspicion, Orochimaru deliberately returned early. He wanted to understand the specific information so that he could determine his next strategy.

The political ally before becoming Hokage is Uchiha Yu alone, or an alliance between the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan. For Orochimaru, the difference is too big, and he has to be cautious.

Now Orochimaru finally knows that it was Uchiha You who mastered Wood Release and killed Shimura Danzo.

While being surprised at Uchiha Yu's powerful strength, Orochimaru also breathed a sigh of relief.

Although Uchiha You combines the advantages of Senju and Uchiha and is unexpectedly powerful, this also shows that he is not a spokesperson pushed forward by a certain alliance.

If he is the spokesperson for the Senju and Uchiha Alliance, he must serve the interests of the alliance. However, the alliance itself is synonymous with instability, and even the point of interest may change at any time.

In Orochimaru's eyes, Uchiha You's brain is invincible. Coupled with his extraordinary strength, he can definitely control the Uchiha family firmly.

Then he will have great stability, and as his ally, he will be very reliable.

Orochimaru smiled with satisfaction.

After laughing for a while, he put away his smile and asked seriously: "Uchiha Yu, I would like to invite you to support me to become the Fourth Hokage, do you agree?"

Uchiha Yuya sat up straight and answered seriously: "I promise: I will support Orochimaru and support him to become the Fourth Hokage, even if the Third Hokage opposes."

Orochimaru's eyes narrowed as he murmured, "Even if the teacher objects? Do you think Sarutobi-sensei would object to me becoming the Fourth Hokage..."

After a slight hesitation, Orochimaru's eyes regained their firmness, and he continued, "I promise: after I become the Fourth Hokage, I will recruit an Uchiha as my disciple."

"My first disciple after the Thousand Hands Rope Tree."

Uchiha You raised his right hand, staring at Orochimaru, and asked in a questioning tone: "Has the alliance been reached?"

Orochimaru also raised his right hand and looked at Uchiha Yu calmly. Their hands clapped together, making a snapping sound.

Then he said in an affirmative tone: "The covenant is concluded!"

These two people, the new generation leader of the Hokage lineage and the new generation leader of the Uchiha clan, ignored the Third Hokage and Uchiha Fugaku and made an alliance in their own name.

This covenant can probably be called the coup maker's covenant.

Of course, as they each replaced the current leaders of their own forces, this covenant can also be called the Fourth Hokage Covenant.

The alliance was reached, and after eating and drinking, Orochimaru said goodbye and left.

He quietly returned to Konoha Village alone, sneaked in by taking advantage of a loophole in the barrier, and met with Uchiha Yu in secret.

The reason why Orochimaru went to so much trouble was to be able to hide it from the Third Hokage and have substantial contact with Uchiha Yu.

This shows that he was very wary of his teacher in his heart, so he chose to act in secret.

So after everything was discussed and the alliance was confirmed, Orochimaru had to leave Konoha Village as soon as possible and return to the camp in the Land of Hot Springs before anyone noticed and complete the handover of work.

After that, follow the normal procedures and return to Konoha Village openly.

After more than three hours, Uchiha You once again stood at the door to see someone off.

He watched Orochimaru disappear into the darkness and said with a smile, "Orochimaru will be busy tonight."

Miwa Masayo yawned and complained, "I hate it when you two talk to each other, meow. You never say the whole thing, and it makes me sleepy just listening to you, meow."

"I'm sorry for wasting your training time."

"Sorry..., You, I remember now! Orochimaru ate my cat food, he should compensate me, but you messed it up, you have to compensate me, meow!"

"Okay, what do you want, Lihua-chan?"

"Ten dried fish pieces, no, 20 pieces, meow."

"no problem."

"Meow? Did I ask for too little, meow?"

Uchiha You laughed loudly. He closed the gate, paid the compensation, and prepared to start his night training.

After putting away the delicious dried fish, Sanlun Yashio immediately ate one. The delicious taste defeated all his doubts and unhappiness.

The Cat Fairy walked out of the door in a happy mood. She also had to practice Howling Moon at night and try to enter the state of bright moon and night sky. Time was precious.

When he reached the door, Miwa Masayo thought of a question, so he turned around and asked, "Yu, have you figured out how to help Orochimaru become Hokage?"

Uchiha You was stunned and asked back: "Why do you ask this question?"

"I'm just curious, meow. If I were in your shoes, I wouldn't know what to do, so I'm curious about what plans you would have, meow."

"Lihua-chan, you're overthinking it. I don't have a plan."

"Meow? You don't always have a plan, meow?"

"That's not so exaggerated. I'm not a wise man who can plan everything out. Besides, I won't interfere in Orochimaru's affairs. He is my ally, not my subordinate."

"Ah? But, but what if Orochimaru fails, nyan?"

"Hehe, what does Orochimaru's failure have to do with me? I support him to become the Fourth Hokage, but I can't guarantee that he will become the Fourth Hokage. In the final analysis, it all depends on his own efforts and determination."

Miwa Masayo couldn't help but turn around and walk back, staring at Uchiha Yu's face carefully for a long time, and then said with certainty: "So Yu thinks Orochimaru might fail."

"How is this possible, meow?"

"It's possible. Orochimaru may seem cold and ruthless, but he is actually quite emotional. He loves and cares for the people closest to him, even to the point where he is willing to sacrifice himself."

"I can't tell at all, meow."

"That's because there are too few people who can enter his heart. At most, there are only four people: Jiraiya, Tsunade, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and Senju Nawaki."

"Oh, one has died. There are only three left."

"As long as these three people resolutely infringe on Orochimaru's interests, he will put on a vicious resistance and then quickly give up his interests."

"I can't understand it, but what should we do, meow?"

"Simple, I just need to place multiple bets."

"Namikaze Minato-nyan?"

"Yes, it's him."

"It's so complicated. I don't want to think about it anymore."

Miwa Masayo figured out one problem, but then had several more that he couldn't figure out. He finally decided to give up using his brain and just practice according to his instinct.

[Meow, maybe after transforming into a human, my brain will be enough, meow, don’t waste time now, meow. ]

It was late at night and everyone was asleep, but the cat's shrill cries filled the sky, gradually becoming louder as the full moon rose. I don't know how many neighbors had nightmares because of them.

…

Before dawn, Uchiha You opened the door and stood on the treetop in the yard with Miwa Masayo, facing the east to absorb the purple air of the morning sun.

After sunrise, Miwa Masayo went to find a place to sleep, while Uchiha Yu went to Uchiha Shisui's house.

After being away for nearly a year, the Uchiha family has undergone considerable changes. He doesn't know where the ninjutsu and tactics training is now, nor does he know who is in charge.

Uchiha You could only go to Uchiha Shisui. After all, Shisui had not yet attended the ninja school and had spent the whole year in the study club, so he must be very familiar with the situation.

On the way, he greeted the neighbors who got up early, received many complaints about the cat's meowing, gave many smiling faces, and bought a lot of extra breakfast to apologize.

Uchiha You ate up all the breakfast and started thinking about buying another house specifically for Miwa Masayo to use for fun at night.

[Just like I thought before, I'll buy it next to the Sarutobi family and make some noise. 】

Maybe it was just a joking idea before, but now Uchiha You is seriously considering it.

This time when Uchiha You killed Shimura Danzo, he was worried that Shimura Danzo would have special means to fight back, so he mercifully killed him quickly.

But what was unexpected was that such a big thing could be easily handled by the Third Hokage, so that the whole incident did not ferment enough and failed to implicate Uchiha Yu's first target, the Sarutobi family.

This true number one wealthy family in Konoha Village is still like a giant crocodile underwater, shrinking quietly under the water, perfectly hiding its huge and fat body without leaving any flaws.

Seeing that his plan had failed, Uchiha You felt it was a pity and wanted to provoke the Sarutobi family by moving.

It’s not because his bounty is not as high as Asuma Sarutobi’s, absolutely not!

Uchiha Yu is considering the future Fourth Hokage!

Only by constantly struggling and causing the Third Hokage's reputation to decline, could he gain control of all the power of Hokage when the Fourth Hokage ascends the throne, thus avoiding being sidelined or even restored.

In fact, the best solution would be for Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation to become negative, and he would fail the vote of confidence in the Jonin meeting, and be so embarrassed that he would have to resign voluntarily.

In this way, those ninjas who support Sarutobi Hiruzen will take the initiative to cut ties with him, and their position will become to oppose the Third Hokage continuing to be in power, and they will become the most radical and resolute group of people.

With this group of political enemies who knew the Third Hokage best, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no chance of turning things around after losing Danzo Shimura and not having the strength to suppress the ninja village alone.

Even if something unexpected happened to the Fourth Hokage, the next step would be for everyone to elect the Fifth Hokage, and the Third Hokage would not have any chance anyway.

When Uchiha You arrived at Shisui's house, the door of his house was already open and the hired servants were already cleaning the ground in front of the door.

These servants were all low-level members of the Uchiha family and were very familiar with Uchiha You. They told him that Master Shisui had gone out for a run and would not be back for a while.

"You, you can go find old housekeeper Xin Yin. He is drinking tea in the yard."

As this guy spoke, he winked and hinted to Uchiha You that old man Xin Yin had been very unhappy these days, and it was because of him that he was unhappy.

Uchiha You knew it was his fault that he did not say hello and had a conflict with the clan leader at the banquet, which resulted in him being put in solitary confinement, disrupting their plan to take over the study session.

Before last night, Uchiha You was indeed worried about how to explain to Uchiha Shinin, but after the envoy of clan leader Fugaku arrived, the plan had already been achieved ahead of schedule, so naturally there was no need to explain anything.

So he walked into Shisui's house easily, and after seeing Uchiha Shinin, he sat opposite him without hesitation, picked up the teapot, poured himself a cup of tea, and took a big sip without fear of the heat.

Old man Xin Yin was stunned when he saw Uchiha You. When he finished a cup of tea, he guessed what happened. The old man's gloomy mood quickly improved, and he asked happily: "Did the clan leader release you from confinement?"

Uchiha You nodded and said, "Someone was sent to inform me last night."

"Also, Patriarch Fugaku has appointed me as the president of the study group. I will take up the position today."

"What?" Old man Xin Yin jumped up from his recliner excitedly and asked, "Is this true?"

"Really." Uchiha You quickly grabbed the old man and asked him to sit back.

When we first met last year, this old man was already in his eighties. Even though Uchiha You used medicine and dried fish to help him recover his health, he couldn't jump around like that.

Uchiha Shinyin's mood at this moment could no longer be described as good, but rather the sky was clear, the sun was shining brightly, and it was bubbling with beauty.

Ever since Uchiha You returned from the Land of Hot Springs, he and the two elders had been worried for several days, but they could not think of a way to convince the clan leader to agree to let Uchiha You take charge of the study session again.

As a result, Uchiha You and Fugaku had a big fight at the banquet and severely contradicted the clan leader. After being put in solitary confinement for seven days, the problem was actually solved.

Suddenly the old man took a breath, looked at Uchiha You and asked, "You boy, is this also your plan?"

This question confused Uchiha You, and he quickly shook his head to deny: "Of course not, how could it be possible? I'm not a god."

"At that time, I was pushed to the limit by Uchiha Setsuna. I thought that I was the leader of many people, so I had to stand firm and could not give in and embarrass you, so I attacked Setsuna."

"My method was very covert. I thought Uchiha Setsuna and the others wouldn't be able to find any evidence, so they would just have to swallow the loss and the matter would be over."

"I never thought that Setsuna's youngest son would be so stupid that he would yell at me just for a suspicion, and ended up making things completely out of hand."

"You should have heard about what happened next from Ryunosuke and Yuichiro, old man."

"I've heard that."

Uchiha Shinin listened to Uchiha You's explanation and description, and combined with the information he had learned beforehand, he determined that Uchiha You did not have any premeditated plan.

So he finally felt relieved.

As news of Uchiha You's performance on the battlefield came back, the exaggerated record made the two elders and Xin Yin start to worry whether Uchiha You would become arrogant.

Fortunately, his performance after returning was the same as when he left, which made the three people feel a lot more relieved. However, the sudden outburst a few days ago made them start to worry about Uchiha You's mental state.

Now I am finally relieved.

Then old man Xin Yin sighed and said, "Setsuna's son is really stupid. He has no sense at all. It's so disappointing."

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "It's not stupidity, but the arrogance and naivety that are unique to the second generation of power."

"But I think this is more terrible than just being stupid. It's even hopeless."

"Old man, I'm telling you in advance. I will be ruthless to any of the powerful second-generation elders who are hopeless."

Uchiha Xinyin was stunned. He asked uncertainly: "Are you going to kill them?"

Uchiha You replied: "For the safety and future of the Uchiha family, I have to be ruthless."

"Why? What on earth could have forced you to go to such an extreme degree?"

"Old man, since you are not strong enough, I can't tell you the reason."

"Please believe that I am not a bloodthirsty bastard. If the threat level decreases in the future, I will let them go."

Uchiha Xinyin was silent for a long time before he said, "I believe you."