Renya and Shimura Danzo looked toward the sound and saw Uchiha Obito and Uchiha Sasuke standing not far away.
"I'm really curious. You're an Uchiha—why won't you admit your own identity?"
The one speaking was Sasuke. He couldn't understand why Renya was clearly one of his clansmen, yet refused to acknowledge it.
He was very curious about this clansman who possessed the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Didn't he tell you?" Renya pointed at Uchiha Obito and said, "I said it already—I am the adopted son of the Second Hokage. I joined the Senju clan long ago, so naturally I'm no longer an Uchiha."
"Impossible!" Uchiha Sasuke shouted in rebuttal. "An Uchiha joining the Senju is impossible!"
Although he hadn't lived through the Warring States Period, he still knew the deep hatred between the two clans.
The Second Hokage was Tobirama Senju. It was even more impossible for him to adopt an Uchiha, and the Uchiha higher-ups would never agree either!
After being around Renya for so long, this guy hadn't said a single truthful sentence.
Renya's age alone proved he was lying.
The Second Hokage had been dead for so many years. If this guy were really the Second's adopted son, he'd be at least fifty or sixty.
No way he could be this young!
"You bastard, why won't you tell me the truth?!"
Uchiha Sasuke was extremely displeased with Renya's dishonesty.
For the dwindling Uchiha, Sasuke wanted to meet more clansmen.
Maybe the old family mindset hadn't completely disappeared yet.
After resolving all the hatred, he still hoped to rebuild the Uchiha clan.
At least, that's how he felt after meeting Renya...
"Unbelievable. These days, no one believes you when you tell the truth." Renya gave Danzo a bitter smile. "Looks like I'll have to make up a lie to fool him."
Shimura Danzo: "..."
Is it really okay to say that so openly in front of them?
"Sasuke, don't you want to know my identity?" Renya said with a serious expression. "Actually, my identity is extremely secret. Only Uchiha Itachi and Uchiha Shisui know!"
Uchiha Sasuke's pupils shrank abruptly, and he repeated subconsciously, "Itachi and Shisui?"
In his memories, he had indeed seen Uchiha Shisui, and Shisui had a very good relationship with his older brother.
"Uchiha Shisui knew that he and Itachi couldn't save the clan's fate, so he secretly sent me out of the village. If their plan failed, I'd continue the clan's flame..."
Uchiha Sasuke and Uchiha Obito: "???"
Could it be that this guy's existence was really Shisui's secret arrangement?
If so, then it made sense that he was a survivor who slipped through the net on the night of the massacre.
Uchiha Itachi might have treated him as the Uchiha's final trump card.
If the Konoha higher-ups failed to keep their promise, he could attack the village together with Uchiha Itachi.
Sometimes, unrestrained headcanon is the deadliest!
Shimura Danzo: "???"
Renya really doesn't even blink when he lies!
The key point is, those two seem to believe it.
"Hey, you aren't really buying that, are you?" Renya asked in surprise. "I just made that up."
What is wrong with this world?
No one believes the truth, but say a random lie and they take it as real.
With this level of intelligence, no wonder Obito could be so easily fooled by Uchiha Madara.
The two of them: "..."
For a moment, they couldn't tell whether Renya had told the truth or not.
If it was a lie, the 'Second Hokage's adopted son' story was obviously even more fake. If it was the truth, they still didn't trust Renya's character.
"Alright, what did you come to me for? If it was just to learn my identity, you can leave now."
Renya felt there was no point in them getting hung up on his identity.
After all, he hadn't lied from the start—it was just that they didn't believe him.
"Are you willing to join us?" Uchiha Obito asked, stating the purpose of this trip.
He thought Renya would be a very good helper. If he could be talked into joining, the chances of achieving their ideal would be higher.
The power shown by a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan was enough to defeat many ninja allied forces.
"I'm not interested. Once I get Shisui's other eye, I'll leave this place."
"You don't need to worry about me getting in the way of your plan. Even if the 'Eye of the Moon' Plan really succeeds, it won't affect me."
"I won't be taking part in the Fourth Shinobi World War."
Renya was telling the truth. He wasn't from this timeline anyway, and the one getting hung on a tree to cosplay White Zetsu wouldn't be him.
Whether the 'Eye of the Moon' Plan succeeded or not had nothing to do with him.
Besides, later on there would be Naruto and Sasuke, two overpowered cheaters, and with protagonist plot armor, winning would be perfectly normal.
Even if Danzo weren't interested in this timeline, he still wouldn't stay here for long.
At the very least, he had to leave before Obito became the Ten-Tails jinchūriki...
Otherwise, wouldn't he just be asking to get beaten up?
Unless he became the Ten-Tails jinchūriki before Obito—but the risk of that was too high.
And with Danzo still around, he couldn't take such a gamble.
So leaving this timeline honestly was the wisest decision!
Uchiha Obito hadn't expected Renya to say he wouldn't participate in the war. "I hope you mean what you say!"
With that, he took Uchiha Sasuke and vanished from the spot.
Although he was very wary of Renya's Mangekyō Sharingan abilities, that didn't mean he was afraid of Renya.
If this guy dared to stand on the opposite side of them, he definitely wouldn't be as easygoing as he was now.
So what if he had the Mangekyō Sharingan?
No one could stop him from carrying out the 'Eye of the Moon' Plan!
Rin, I'll soon be able to create a world with only you in it!
"Honestly, that intangibility ability is really convenient."
Renya looked at the spot where Obito disappeared and said with some emotion.
With an ability like that, you basically fear no one.
Even if you can't win, you can just run away...
"Danzo, let's go look for Shisui's other eye, and then we can leave this timeline."
"Whatever you say."
Shimura Danzo nodded and followed behind his good brother.
The two began searching the ninja world for Naruto Uzumaki's whereabouts.
...
On the other side.
"Kakashi-sensei, when are we going to find Sasuke?!" Naruto Uzumaki said anxiously.
Sasuke had joined the Akatsuki and kidnapped Killer B, and in his rage, the Raikage issued an execution order for Sasuke.
Naruto didn't want to see Sasuke killed, so he intercepted the Raikage halfway, trying to persuade the Fourth Raikage to give up the idea of killing Sasuke.
Unfortunately, he was mercilessly rejected.
His never-failing talk-no-jutsu was completely useless against the Raikage.
Naruto learned that Sasuke had caused a huge scene at the Five Kage Summit.
He had to hurry and stop Sasuke, or Sasuke really might get killed!
"We're almost there," Kakashi Hatake said.
Sasuke was his student, so he naturally didn't want to see that happen.
"Wait, it seems someone is coming!"
Kakashi suddenly said, as if he had noticed something.
Naruto Uzumaki and Sakura Haruno stopped at the same time, looking ahead warily and preparing for battle.
"Don't be nervous. We don't mean any harm."