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Chapter 17 - Chapter 17 : The Organization's Escape Plan Failed!

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[At 6 years old, after entering the Ninja Academy, you displayed extraordinary talent.]

[At 6 years and 6 months, you proactively sought out Shimura Danzo, exposing the impending rebellion of the Uchiha clan to him and expressed your willingness to follow him.]

[Shimura Danzo placed the Curse of the Tongue Eradication on you, making you a member of the Root.]

[At 6 years and 7 months, you were monitoring the Uchiha clan.]

[At 7 years old, the Night of the Massacre erupted, and the Uchiha clan was annihilated.]

[When you opened your eyes, you found yourself in the Root organization base. Danzo gave you a new identity. From today, you are not an Uchiha, but codenamed Hungry Wolf.]

[At 7 years and 1 month, you carried out a mission under Shimura Danzo's orders, killing a Konoha ninja.]

[At 7 years and 5 months, knowing what would happen in a month, you chose to escape during a mission and hid in the Land of Earth, but Danzo quickly realized your actions.]

[Danzo ordered Root ninjas to hunt you down.]

[You killed 4 Root ninjas who caught up with you.]

[You were on the run for half a month.]

[A squad of elite Root ninjas appeared in front of you. Unable to match them, you were killed.]

[Before dying, you broke the opponent's mask and recognized them.]

[The leader was Kabuto Yakushi.]

[This simulation ends.]

[Please choose your reward from the two options below.]

[1: None.]

[2: The item you held in your hand before dying.]

Uchiha Setsuna opened his eyes.

"It's still not working. Even if I sided with Danzo, joined his faction, and did many things for him, Danzo would never trust me and would constantly monitor me. Even when I'm carrying out missions outside. With Chūnin-level strength, there's no way to escape from Danzo's grasp. I need to think of other ways to survive under Danzo for half a year. Otherwise, the benefits I can gain will still be very limited. Just like this time."

Uchiha Setsuna looked at the two options.

"I choose 2!"

In the next moment, Uchiha Setsuna felt something appear in his hand. A kunai, a bloody kunai. Clearly, this was the kunai he held while fighting the Root ninjas in the life simulation. Uchiha Setsuna cleaned the kunai and tossed it aside. Just a kunai, it was of no use to Uchiha Setsuna.

He entered the classroom. The morning was cultural studies. But Uchiha Setsuna had no mind to listen.

'How can I survive this half-year period under Danzo's control? In the life simulator, Danzo didn't reveal any reasons. And I didn't trigger any special events. This proves Danzo only gave me half a year. Wait.'

'I actually don't need to find a breakthrough from Danzo. In the life simulation, the one who killed me was the Root ninja led by Kabuto Yakushi. I can seek a breakthrough from Kabuto Yakushi.'

Memories of Kabuto Yakushi surfaced in Uchiha Setsuna's mind. A war orphan, his adoptive mother was Nonō Yakushi. And Nonō Yakushi was once a member of the Root. Under Danzo's orders, Kabuto Yakushi also joined the Root organization and carried out many missions for the Root.

In terms of talent, Kabuto Yakushi is very strong. Without special bloodlines or Kekkei Genkai, he is not inferior to those ninjas. But more importantly, Kabuto Yakushi's abilities are not limited to ninjutsu. In scientific research, he can become a capable assistant to Orochimaru. Later, he even learned the Sage Mode that Orochimaru couldn't master. During the Fourth Shinobi World War, without Kabuto Yakushi's help, Uchiha Obito wouldn't have been so successful.

However, such a person wasn't always so dark and crazy. In fact, Kabuto Yakushi was once a very positive and sunny person. He longed for family and friendship. The reason Kabuto Yakushi later became like that was entirely due to Danzo's design. Danzo orchestrated the mutual killing between Kabuto Yakushi and Nonō Yakushi. He shattered Kabuto Yakushi's longing for family, causing his psyche to collapse. From then on, Kabuto Yakushi's mind gradually became twisted, seeking only to vent.

'What if I reveal the truth about Nonō Yakushi to Kabuto Yakushi? Would Kabuto Yakushi betray Danzo?'

Setsuna thought this possibility was very high. Because for Kabuto Yakushi, no one is more important than Nonō Yakushi.

'In tomorrow's life simulation, I can plan in this direction. Use Kabuto Yakushi to buy time. To gain more benefits.'

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