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TUS Chapter 176: Funan's Hidden Plan
🕑 Added 2024-08-24 15:20:41 +0000 UTCHokage's Office.
After Funan cut off communication with Konan, he opened his eyes and fell into deep thought.
The emergence of the Four Tails had forced the Akatsuki organization to advance its plans.
This is a trouble, but also an opportunity.
He can collect the power of the nine tailed beasts faster.
The power of the Six Paths...
Before that, he had better become a Jinchuriki.
With his eye technique, as long as the contact time is long enough, no matter who it is, he has the confidence to make the other party loyal to him.
The tailed beasts are no exception.
"Anyway, if I'm going to become a Jinchuriki, let it be a powerful tailed beast, and let no one find out."
Funan determined the target in an instant.
"Come here!"
"Here!"
An ANBU appeared and knelt on one knee in front of Funan.
"Is there any progress in the investigation into Konoha's missing-nin?"
Since Funan took over as Fifth Hokage, he had intensified the pursuit of missing-nin.
"In the Land of Tea, there are traces of Orochimaru."
Funan nodded slightly and said: "Let the Tetsuhi team go. I want Orochimaru alive."
"Yes!"
The ANBU left in an instant.
Uzumaki Yako walked in. She asked in surprise: "You want to capture Orochimaru alive? Won't it be too difficult for Tetsuhi and his team?"
Funan just shook his head. "I have my reasons."
He stood up, walked to a map, and looked at it silently.
Uzumaki Yako stood behind him and reported some important matters in a low voice.
"The Daimyo has sent a letter again, insisting that you meet with him."
Funan said nonchalantly: "Haven't they already cut off our funding? And yet he still wants me to visit him? After all these complaints?"
"It's been four years." Yako said helplessly: "You have made the daimyo wait for you for four years. Maybe he will abdicate."
"Humph!" Funan snorted. "Before I die, I will definitely see him."
The Daimyo had not stopped trying to make his life difficult.
A year after Funan took office and without having met with the Daimyo, the latter cut off all financial support to Konoha.
At the time, this caused great unrest in the village.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and others took the opportunity to attack him.
Fortunately, Funan had managed to stabilize the situation.
Once that initial hurdle was overcome, subsequent problems were easier to handle.
Now Konoha is completely independent and has its own way of operation.
It can be said that Konoha has gotten rid of the financial support of the Daimyo.
The Daimyo was now bewildered and could no longer say anything to Funan.
Funan simply hadn't gone to see him.
He hadn't even carved his face into the Hokage rock.
He never formally assumed the position of Fifth Hokage in public.
It's just that the Jonin recognized him and called him the Fifth Hokage.
"As long as they don't accuse me of not following the rules, I don't care about anything else." Funan said: Tomorrow I'll be leaving for Kumogakure. With any luck, I'll pass through Amegakure on the way."
"Amegakure?" Yako pouted and joked. "How does it feel to press the Angel beneath you?"
"Of course it's quite enjoyable!" Funan smiled and said: "After I leave, Konoha will be in your hands."
"There are not many places where I am needed. You have arranged everything so well." Yako couldn't help but sigh.
Many of Funan's ideas were innovative, even radical, but in the end he always proved to be right.
Under his step-by-step strategy, the living space of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others has been compressed to the extreme
The most speechless thing is that he focused on dealing with Sarutobi Hiruzen, and he let everyone else go.
Including the Sarutobi clan.
This led to the Sarutobi clan's subtle split.
Many of them believe that Funan will let them go after Sarutobi Hiruzen dies.
Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen has become the most unpopular person in the Sarutobi clan.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was so angry that he almost fainted.
For a moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but feel a little hopeless, and at the same time, his murderous aura was also aroused.
If he couldn't move on, then nobody else should.
That was the reason why he had retreated to the clan, to resolve the clan's internal problems first.
...
Kumogakure.
A large number of shinobi were running around, busy preparing the stage.
The Chunin Examination is a large-scale event.
The Hokage's attendance had been confirmed.
It was still unknown if the other Kage would come. No matter how much they hated Konoha or the Hokage, they had to do what was necessary.
At least, they would show the power of Kumogakure.
Even the normally impetuous Raikage was in his office, calmly signing documents.
However, not everyone was calm.
"Hey, guys!" Killer Bee shouted excitedly.
"Oh, yeah!" The shinobi around him responded.
"Let's make our youth shine!"
"Oh, yeah!"
"I'm so touched!" Killer Bee shouted, overcome with excitement.
Ever since Killer Bee heard that Funan was coming, he had been more excited than ever, unable to sit still. If he wasn't scribbling lyrics for his raps, he was with a microphone in his hand, shouting all over the village.
By this time, he had gathered a sizable group of shinobi, all wearing a white ribbon tied around their foreheads.
...
Funan has always paid special attention to the new generations of shinobi, so it had established a specialized department to educate children, under the direction of Shisui.
"Don't let Itachi's situation happen, understand?"
Funan said this in front of Fugaku when Shisui took office.
Fugaku's face was completely gloomy at this moment.
For this trip to Kumogakure, Funan brought along several elite Genin selected by the new Education Department, including his disciple, Kurama Yakumo.
This girl with delicate appearance kept writing and drawing along the way, and her lips were slightly raised from time to time. Those who watched her couldn't help but smile.
Funan, seeing her, also smiled and said jokingly: "Ido, stop making mischief and don't bother Yakumo."
"Hehe!" The young girl looked up and smiled mischievously: "Sensei, how did you guess that I'm not Yakumo?"
Although her face was the same, her attitude suddenly changed. The innocent young girl took on an air of malice, and her eyes filled with a dark and dangerous light, as if she was ready to attack at any moment.
"The style of the painting doesn't fit." Funan pointed at the painting the girl was making and said: "Although you've tried your best to imitate Yakumo, you're still far from being able to deceive my eyes."
The girl pouted in dissatisfaction. "Fooling sensei's eyes is practically impossible. Even without looking at my drawing, you realized something was wrong, right?"
She was not Yakumo, or rather, she was the monster Ido that inhabited Yakumo's body.
As the heiress of the Kurama clan, Yakumo not only possessed exceptional talent, but had also awakened her clan's Kekkei Genkai. However, due to her fragile constitution, she had given up on becoming a kunoichi at one point.
Funan found her and decided to change her destiny. He considered Yakumo's ability to turn illusions into reality extremely valuable.
But the situation was different from what Funan expected. Under the pressure of his powerful strength, Ido was obedient.
Because it was discovered early, Yakumo's parents were still alive and Ido did not have such a strong resentment, and the direction of development also changed.
Ido even remained dormant inside Yakumo, without manifesting herself.
Finally, Yakumo and Ido shared one body, both becoming disciples of Funan, as if one person had two personalities. In this way, Yakumo became an angel with a dual nature: the innocent Yakumo and the evil Ido.
Over time, Ido became increasingly bloodthirsty and evil. Fortunately, the influence of Funan's Mangekyo Sharingan was strong enough to control Ido, who developed a deep devotion to him, coming completely under his control.
At this moment, Funan looked around and suddenly said: "Ido, do you want to go out and play for a while?"
"Okay!" Ido's eyes lit up and said: "Are you going to kill someone?" She licked her lips, her eyes filled with desire.
"You don't always have to think about violent things, but yes, there will be a fight." Funan replied with a slight smile.
He looked to the side, where an ANBU silently appeared and nodded at him.
[Swish!]
Funan disappeared in an instant.
…
Three figures entered the forest, moving at high speed.
Suddenly, the figure in the lead stopped under a big tree, staring straight at the big tree in front of him.
"Right here?"
Funan looked surprised.
"Yes!" The person in front replied, removing the ANBU mask and revealing a beautiful face. "It's one of Orochimaru's secret laboratories. When I left him, he was still performing experiments here."
She sighed softly, her expression was a little painful, but indescribably moving.
It was Guren, who had been held captive for several years, but had succumbed to the influence of Funan's Mangekyo Sharingan, becoming his subordinate.
Funan smiled and said: "I hope we find something useful this time."
Guren was silent for a moment before moving towards the tree, quickly making a series of seals with her hands.
"Open!"
[Crack!]
With a creak, the tree began to open, revealing an entrance.
