[Otsutsuki Bloodline: 66%!]
As his Otsutsuki bloodline reached nearly two-thirds, Rasa could increasingly feel the changes in his own body.
It was not a simple improvement.
It was more like a leap in the level of life itself.
An intelligence ninja entered the Kazekage's Office.
"Kazekage-sama."
"What is it?"
"This is a secret letter sent by Jiraiya."
"Jiraiya?"
Rasa raised an eyebrow, accepted it, and opened it.
There was only a short passage.
"Konoha ninja who left Konoha for the Fire Capital were attacked. Jiraiya went to investigate and fought two attackers. One was the bounty ninja Kakuzu. The other is suspected to be Sunagakure's missing ninja, Sasori of the Red Sand?"
But Rasa knew this was not merely suspected.
According to the information Sasori of the Red Sand had previously sent back, within Akatsuki, he was currently assigned to act together with Kakuzu.
In other words, this was Akatsuki's operation.
"Akatsuki has reached a cooperation with Danzo?"
Rasa's expression could not help turning strange.
Others might not know, but Rasa knew very clearly.
Between Akatsuki and Danzo, there was an irreconcilable blood feud.
The companion Nagato and Konan treasured most, Yahiko, had died at the hands of Danzo and Hanzo.
There was no way Nagato and Konan could let go of that hatred.
"This was most likely not arranged by Nagato and Konan. It should be Uchiha Obito."
Rasa made his judgment.
Logically speaking, Uchiha Obito should also be dissatisfied with Danzo.
After all, Danzo had played an extremely crucial leading role in the targeting of the Uchiha clan.
That included the period when Uchiha Obito was still in Konoha.
Uchiha Obito had also been affected.
But Uchiha Obito was not someone who could be judged by common sense.
He could easily kill Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki, who had treated him very well.
Cooperating with Danzo was naturally no problem either.
"If Akatsuki is helping Danzo solve his problems, then what will Danzo give Akatsuki?"
"Pure money?"
"Or a jinchuriki?"
Rasa knew what Akatsuki desired most.
By collecting the Tailed Beasts, they would complete the Eye of the Moon Plan.
"Danzo keeps saying everything he does is for Konoha. But when matters involve himself, will he truly still put Konoha first?"
Rasa found that unlikely.
If Danzo truly wanted what was best for Konoha, from the start, he would have contacted Tsunade and Jiraiya.
"In other words, Danzo may very well have already sold out the Nine-Tails jinchuriki."
"Naruto really is pitiful."
"His parents both died because of Uchiha Obito, and now he himself has fallen into Uchiha Obito's hands."
"As a disciple, Uchiha Obito has gone through his teacher's entire family of three, one after another. The whole family, neat and complete. Truly, what an extraordinarily filial disciple."
Rasa had only just put down the secret letter sent by Jiraiya when another intelligence ninja entered.
In his hands was a wooden box.
The box opened, revealing a puppet.
It was precisely the intelligence Sasori of the Red Sand had sent back.
Sasori of the Red Sand briefly described the process of Danzo entrusting Kakuzu to slaughter those fleeing Konoha, and Akatsuki sending him and Kakuzu to carry out the mission.
One was responsible for taking action. The other was responsible for monitoring.
Many people had died.
Until Jiraiya appeared.
What Sasori of the Red Sand emphasized most was Uchiha Obito's next plan.
"Uchiha Obito is preparing to take action against Sunagakure?"
Rasa's eyes narrowed slightly.
"After obtaining the Nine-Tails, his confidence has exploded?"
"But even if he obtains the Nine-Tails, so what?"
Even if the current Uchiha Obito possessed both Mangekyo Sharingan and the Nine-Tails, Rasa did not believe he was no match for him.
The only issue worth worrying about was Uchiha Obito and Nagato acting at the same time.
On one side was the Mangekyo Sharingan.
On the other was the Rinnegan.
At this point in time, Nagato's physical condition should not yet be so terrible.
Once Rasa was held back by one of them, the other could inflict enormous damage upon Sunagakure.
If he mishandled even one part of it, he would lose sight of one thing while dealing with another.
And Sunagakure would suffer heavy losses.
"This is indeed a problem."
"However, according to the information Sasori of the Red Sand sent back, this operation against Sunagakure will not be carried out immediately. Uchiha Obito first wants Sasori of the Red Sand to collect intelligence."
"In other words, Sasori of the Red Sand can decide the timing of Uchiha Obito's action."
"As long as it is not delayed too long."
Rasa pressed a switch on the puppet.
Immediately—
Crack!
Bang!
The entire puppet shattered instantly.
"Before Akatsuki moves against Sunagakure, aside from setting up defenses within Sunagakure, making preparations, and having Sasori of the Red Sand send back false intelligence, I can also split Akatsuki from within."
Rasa thought of one point.
That was using the destruction of Uzushiogakure as an article.
Nagato was from Uzushiogakure.
Uchiha Obito called himself Uchiha Madara.
"If the fall of Uzushiogakure is pinned onto Uchiha Madara, will a crack appear between Nagato and Uchiha Obito?"
"Even if Nagato no longer feels attachment to Uzushiogakure, and even if his mind is filled only with making the shinobi world understand pain and achieving peace in his own way, will Uchiha Obito still trust Nagato?"
Rasa felt that, most likely, he would not.
Uchiha Obito was not someone whose power had been obtained step by step through steady effort.
Instead, under Uchiha Madara's design, he had suddenly received it.
People like that were easily suspicious.
Furthermore, Uchiha Obito trusted no one. Aside from Nohara Rin and Kakashi, he cared about no one.
Naturally, he would not trust Nagato one hundred percent either.
Night fell.
A figure entered Konoha and arrived at the Sarutobi clan compound.
Uchiha Obito looked indifferently toward the room where Hiruzen Sarutobi lay.
The woman responsible for taking care of him left.
The entire bedroom became quiet, leaving only Hiruzen Sarutobi's faint breathing and heartbeat.
"What… happened to me?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's consciousness seemed to recover slightly. His eyelids struggled to open.
A large number of memories replayed inside Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind.
Rumors targeting him, one after another.
Jiraiya and Tsunade's betrayal.
And all those frame-ups and filth thrown onto him.
Then came the death of Sarutobi Asuma.
And the death of his eldest son, Sarutobi Shinnosuke.
Intense pain stimulated Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi remembered.
Under that extremely intense stimulation and agony, his consciousness had sunk into darkness, and he had fainted.
"This place should be the Sarutobi clan."
"How long have I been unconscious?"
"What is Konoha's situation now?"
Right then—
Uchiha Obito's eyes moved.
Hiruzen Sarutobi instinctively raised his head and saw two massive scarlet eyes appear high above him, complex patterns spinning within them, as if they could drag a soul out of its body.