Late at night,
Inside the Hokage's Office
After listening to the report from his subordinates,
Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly,
"Why did Uchiha Chiya invite Naruto to eat ramen? For him to go out of his way to gain Naruto's favor… he must be targeting the Nine-Tails sealed inside Naruto!"
In his eyes
Chiya inviting Naruto for ramen was absolutely suspicious.
Otherwise, why not invite anyone else?
"Uchiha possess the Sharingan the power that can suppress and even control a tailed beast."
"Rihyō, we must be extremely cautious!"
Danzō spoke with a grim expression.
"The Nine-Tails Rebellion seven years ago must never be repeated."
"You're right."
Hiruzen nodded solemnly.
At this point, caution was not optional, it was necessary.
After all
A single Uchiha already brought the village endless trouble.
If they were to acquire the power of a tailed beast on top of that, the balance of the village would collapse overnight.
"It has been nearly a month since the new school opened," Danzō continued.
"And it's not even one month until the Chūnin Assessment."
"I have never believed that brat agreed to your 'conditions' out of impulse."
"Rihyō, you understand better than anyone the elite curriculum of that new school is far beyond the old academy. Broad subjects, physical development, chakra discipline, practical classes, tactical training… Every student there is improving rapidly."
"And the quality of instructors they're incomparable to the standard academy faculty."
"Hiruzen, we cannot keep waiting passively."
"If that little brat truly fulfills the conditions you set, the result will strike a blow to both the academy and us!"
Danzō's voice deepened.
Hiruzen glanced at him.
He knew that Danzō would never come to him at this hour unless he had prepared something.
Sure enough
In the next moment,
Danzō clapped his hands lightly.
Immediately
Several Root operatives entered, dragging three tied-up shinobi.
Hiruzen frowned slightly.
"These are?"
The three captives were clearly two adult men with muscular builds and a young girl.
The girl was attractive, with a clean ponytail tied high behind her head.
A filthy rag had been stuffed into the girl's small mouth, and at this moment she looked almost lifeless.
"These three are spies from Iwagakure that I captured recently,"
Danzō said expressionlessly.
"I originally intended to interrogate them for intelligence Tsuchikage Ōnoki has been increasing border patrols lately, and these infiltrators might have given us useful information. After that, I planned to exchange them as hostages with Iwagakure for certain diplomatic concessions…"
"But now I have a new use for them."
Danzō's single visible eye narrowed.
"My men will find an opportunity in the next few days to assassinate the teachers of that new school Chiya established. Then we will frame these Iwa spies."
"Afterward, we eliminate the Iwa operatives themselves dead men tell no tales."
"At that point, even if that brat suspects us, he'll have no evidence."
"…Once the teachers are gone, that school will collapse into chaos."
The Root Commander's tone grew colder.
When the beautiful girl heard she would be violated and discarded by Konoha's treacherous ninja before being killed, she let out a muffled, terrified whimper through the cloth gag.
…
Hiruzen walked slowly to the window, looking at the night sky outside he neither approved nor objected.
He simply remained silent.
But Danzō, his old rival and oldest comrade, saw through him instantly.
This old fox never changes, he thought with dark amusement.
Always pretending to be "the good one," always making me carry the burden in the shadows…
Holding back his contempt, Danzō turned and left the office.
...
Weather: sunny.
Uchiha District.
Office.
Chiya looked at the clan members lined up neatly before him.
"Previously, I arranged for all of you to work at the Sweet Dream Experience Hall. Your daily task was to constantly cast genjutsu on customers. And that is both your job… and your training."
"After this period of focused practice, how are your genjutsu abilities?"
One clansman stepped forward.
"Patriarch, our illusion skills have improved greatly!"
After all
For months, they had done nothing but cast illusions repeatedly every day.
Naturally, their mastery of genjutsu had advanced at an extraordinary rate.
Hearing this, Chiya nodded with satisfaction.
"Next, I am giving you a new mission. It is still to use genjutsu on others…"
"But this time, your targets are your fellow clansmen."
"And it will no longer be peaceful dreams you're to create nightmares. The more intense, the more terrifying, the more despair-filled… the better."
Give the clan nightmares?
Everyone looked stunned.
Ryunosuke frowned in worry.
"Patriarch… is this really feasible?"
In his understanding, whether a member of the Uchiha awakens their Sharingan is entirely dependent on chance and powerful emotional trauma something that cannot be artificially created.
If one experienced devastating loss, and if one's innate talent was strong enough, the eyes might awaken.
Otherwise, they remained dormant.
But not long ago, Chiya had explained to him that the key to awakening the Sharingan was emotional stimulation.
Since the key factor was "stimulation," the source of the stimulation did not matter.
It did not have to come from real life.
In theory, if you placed someone under a powerful illusion and forced them to experience extreme emotional pain within that "reality," then that might also trigger the Sharingan.
When Ryunosuke first heard this idea, it had sounded absurd…
But the more he thought about it, the more plausible it became.
Still
This was something unprecedented in Uchiha history, something no one had ever attempted.
Naturally, he remained worried about whether the plan would truly succeed.
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