Konoha Notes.

Chapter 533 Falling from the Sky

Chapter 533 Falling from the Sky

When abnormal chakra, which was not within the scope of the Secretariat's backup, entered the Director's office, the Perception Squad's alarm sounded immediately.

Two patrol teams sealed off the rooftop corridor within forty seconds.

Then they saw Kakashi, the silver-haired chief leaning against the doorframe, facing his menacing subordinates, and he gave an explanation.

"It's nothing, they're secret intelligence agents."

Kisame Hoshigaki, the leader, did not believe him.

"Please, Director, confirm your identity with us first."

Kakashi didn't resist. He first pushed open the office door so that they could see what was happening inside.

Then he walked to the front of the line, ready to be inspected.

Itachi arrived at the scene and said to Kisame, "Kisame, let me help you confirm the chief's identity."

Kisame agreed, allowing one team to enter the director's office for inspection, while he himself led his men to surround Kakashi and walk to the other side of the corridor to confirm his identity.

After confirming everything was in order, Itachi turned to the team that had already completed the search of the office, and they also confirmed that there were no other issues.

Kakashi said, "We can mask that chakra reaction from earlier tonight. We'll just say the Sensory Team was undergoing temporary maintenance and it was a false alarm."

Since there are no other unusual factors interfering with the director's office, the director's orders have the highest priority under the current circumstances.

"Next time, please have your secret agents report before entering, Chief Hatake. It will save you unnecessary trouble."

Kisame said before agreeing.

"After all, it's not easy to do something like this to your boss."

"Intelligence personnel are always so capricious, there's nothing I can do about it, thank you for your hard work," Kakashi said.

Kisame led the patrol team away.

Itachi didn't leave, and Kakashi didn't avoid his presence.

After the office door closed, a third person appeared in the director's office.

Obito Uchiha no longer wore the mask, and his face was much calmer than when he was last seen in his life.

"What a sorry sight, Kakashi," Obito said. "It seems the position of director isn't very useful after all."

Kakashi said, "This is all thanks to you, Obito—was Orochimaru the one who brought you back from the dead?"

Obito found it a bit boring: "Judging from your completely unsurprised expression, you probably already guessed this, didn't you? It's Shuuji again? That guy is a monster; there's almost no flaw in his defenses."

Kakashi said, "I've heard enough praise for him. So, is there anything you want to tell us?"

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Obito was silent for a moment: "—Seeing you all like this, I'm not so keen on saying what I wanted to say anymore."

If someone who was once an absolute enemy and caused great harm to Konoha suddenly changes their attitude, Kakashi might be okay, but wouldn't Itachi Uchiha be a little suspicious?

Jue Ke had unwavering faith in him while he was still persisting with the Eye of the Moon project.

Itachi asked, "Is their target still the Tailed Beasts?"

Obito sighed, "Have they already excluded me from their list? — But whether it's a tailed beast or Shuji, we can't be sure."

"Even if the ultimate goal is to defeat the tailed beasts, it's difficult for such a plan to succeed without taking down Shuji."

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Itachi asked again, "You don't know either?"

Obito said, "After being reincarnated this time, I wasn't told much. The main purpose of summoning me was to trick Shisui into using his eye technique."

"After that incident two years ago, his eye technique power was no longer a secret."

"At that time, the thought of refuting Shuji kept rising in my mind."

"It has been speculated that his eye technique has a coercive control effect, and conversely, it has also been speculated that the strongest effect consumes a huge amount of energy."

"After all, Shuji, who possesses the ability to unleash the complete Susanoo, did not choose to completely rewrite my will. This in itself has already exposed everything they wanted to know."

Itachi said, "Release the seals for the Impure World Reincarnation—"

Obito said he knew: "But if I form that hand seal, Orochimaru will find out and expose my situation too early."

"In short, try to act a little more nervous during this period."

Kakashi then changed the subject.

"Has Madara Uchiha been resurrected?"

"I don't know. Contact with Orochimaru has always been kept under control." Obito answered without hesitation. "Judging from the current situation, Orochimaru still holds considerable initiative. It's quite possible that Madara wasn't summoned."

A coffin suddenly rose up behind him.

"It seems my time is up for now."

Obito glanced back at the coffin.

"My final piece of advice: Don't trust Nagato too much."

"He tacitly approves of Xiao's current actions."

The village's reaction exceeded Hiashi's expectations; he had not anticipated that the village's final choice would be to hang Toneri.

At first, Toneri seemed quite pleased. Even though Hinata wasn't sent to the Taketori territory as he had hoped, the successive arrivals of the Hyuga clan proved that the letter was working.

He even dined with Nisashi several times for this purpose, during which he spoke politely and thoughtfully.

But Japan can see that.

Those good moods are gradually wearing away.

Sheren stopped seeing him. Occasionally, when they met during the day, he would ask when the main family would be able to set off.

This boy, who had once appeared calm and proper under Yu-i's care, is now beginning to show his willful side.

He had lost patience to play the role of a considerate head of the household. When he didn't get what he wanted, he began to show signs of anxiety.

Can such a person shoulder the future of the Hyuga clan? Even if he possesses power that even the village fears.

Hijikata completely denied this possibility. If it were Taketori Yoichi, he might have wavered slightly for various reasons.

But there is a child—on the other side of the scale he stands on is Konoha Village, and the entire ninja world.

How can we entrust our clan to someone who is even relatively powerful in terms of military strength?

Hiashi Hyuga completely lost faith in Toneri. When Toneri summoned him again, Toneri asked, "Has Konoha discovered the problem?"

Hiashi said, "The Hyuga clan has only been coming in and not coming out lately, so it's normal for the village to become suspicious. Neji is someone the village is grooming for success. If we can get him to go back and explain the situation here, it might dispel their concerns."

After listening, the attendant remained silent for a while. Rizu didn't take it to heart; this had been his usual behavior lately.

Then Toneri walked up to Hiashi, and a green chakra ball lit up in his palm.

Before Hiashi could even react, the ball of light had already been pressed into his chest, locking Hyuga Munenaga's body from the inside out, preventing him from lifting even a finger.

The servant covered his eyes with his hands.

"There's no need to put him at risk. If Hyuga Neji is also captured by Konoha, it will be a significant loss for the Hyuga clan."

"You will become the future of the new world, and you will not need to go back."

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A sharp pain exploded from the depths of his eyeballs, and the world of Japanese football went dark.

Sheren's fingertips gently brushed over the two white eyes he had just acquired.

"Although the purity is not quite as good, it's enough to restore my eyesight."

His chakra soothed the wound around Hiashi's eye socket without leaving a single drop of blood.

A puppet stepped forward and wrapped snow-white gauze around the eyes of the Hyuga clan leader.

"I will send someone to pick them up. The end is coming soon, and the people of Konoha should feel it too. They won't have time to stop this."

After giving himself a disapproving look from Hiashi, Toneri got used to it and found it somewhat novel.

"Go and settle the people of your tribe, Rizu. They need to return to their homeland where they will live in the future."

The green chakra ball dissipated. Hiashi regained his mobility.

The pain lingered, and a burning emptiness deep within his eyes throbbed with each breath. Anger rose almost instinctively, only to be suppressed back into the deepest recesses of his chest with each breath.

He mustn't lose his temper here, he mustn't lose his composure here. His clansmen are still waiting behind him, Hinata and Hanabi are still waiting in the village.

He subconsciously raised his hand, his fingertips touching the gauze on his eye socket.

Where is my hometown?

Sheren smiled, quite satisfied with the question: "Very close, right above the moon."

The puppet stepped forward to help him up. Hiashi was led through the corridor. Along the way, they heard the voices of the Hyuga clan members—suppressed gasps of surprise, forcibly restrained anger.

Neji's footsteps drew closer.

"Lord Hiashi, your eyes..."

"It's alright, Neji."

Hiashi calmly explained, "I need to leave first with His Highness Toneri and a portion of the clan. You stay here and join the remaining clan as the second group, understand?"

"—Yes, Lord Hiashi."

The puppet helped Hiashi up again and led him to another location.

Neji watched his figure disappear, followed by a portion of the Hyuga clan members who had come here, including even the most unfathomable Toneri and most of the puppets in the mansion.

The mansion suddenly became empty.

The remaining Hyuga clan members quickly gathered together. Although their numbers were small, they were enough to dwarf the number of puppets left behind.

It was under these circumstances that Hyuga Tokuma found an opportunity to speak with Neji alone.

"You go back first, Neji."

"The village warned that the only person the bamboo tug clan needed to be wary of was that Toneri."

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"We'll hold these puppets off here, you take the intelligence out."

"We know the route to the moon, the place they went, deep inside a cave tens of kilometers away from here."

"There is a pool of glowing spring water."

Neji didn't dwell on his comrades and their sacrifices at this moment. He swept away the nearest escape route with his Byakugan and quickly rushed out of the mansion.

Soon, the sounds of battle erupted from the buildings behind them: the booming of exploding tags and the cracking sound of Neji breaking the puppet's joints.

The voices followed him, but he didn't look back for a moment.

Puppets appeared in the sky.

Pursuers riding birds swooped down from the clouds, and several dark figures emerged from the ground.

Green light shone from their palms, striking Neji's moving trajectory one after another.

He deflected all the attacks with a backflip, and rubble and dirt exploded around him.

Using the momentum from his return, he rushed into the dense forest, employing every inch of the terrain to fold his path. Mountains, caves, fissures, underground rivers.

Neji didn't know if he had ever fainted or stopped. His body seemed to be out of control of his consciousness, moving forward entirely by instinct and the inertia of his training.

He simply moved forward, just as he was about to leave the territory where the Bamboo Cutter lived, and the outline of the Land of Fire seemed to appear before him.

The shadow of the giant bird swept across the sky, clearing away the pursuers in the clouds one by one.

The puppets on the ground didn't chase after us; there was some trembling in the forest, and then everything went quiet.

A figure appeared in front of him.

"The Sixth Generation----"

Neji's voice was so hoarse it was almost squeezed out of his chest.

Shuji said gently, "Thank you for your hard work. It took a little while to wait for you."

A man with short orange hair stood beside him, looking up at the sky. Neji had seen that face on the wanted poster.

Payne.

Nagato said, "The moon in the sky is already dangerously close."

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Shuji said, "We'll have to wait until you regain your mobility."

"And there's still time."

According to the latest intelligence he received, the village had already been attacked once, but Hinata and Hanabi were not taken away.

Since the person is still alive, they will eventually lose things later.

With the last vestige of his sanity, Neji recited the information Tokuma had given him, word for word.

The road to the moon.

Deep within a cave, dozens of kilometers from that mansion, lies a pool of luminous spring water.

"Lord Hiashi's eyes have been taken away."

Shuji listened for a moment and then gave a signal. Not long after, a group of Konoha ninjas appeared from the forest.

"Take him back to the village."

After Neji was taken away, Pain withdrew his gaze from the moon.

"There's something about that Hinata that's worth paying attention to."

Shuji assumed he was referring to the traces left by the multiple iterations of White Zetsu cell implantation and cursed seal experiments within Neji's body. He didn't explain, but simply smiled.

As expected, Obito was resurrected using the Impure World Reincarnation technique, and as expected, he brought information. However, Nagato's tacit approval of Akatsuki's current actions does not change the fact that the two are currently on the same side.

When faced with an enemy that wants to reshape the entire Earth's ecosystem, the issue of stance can be put aside for now.

First, bring the person to your side, then bring them to the moon, separating their ambiguous intentions from Xiao's completely different intentions, and then slowly exert influence. This approach will be easier.

The important thing is to get started.

"Let's go."

The Konoha ninjas carried Neji and hurried towards the village.

He struggled to stay alert on the road. His people were still in the bamboo-harvesting territory, while Lord Hiashi and the first group of his people had been taken to the moon. These thoughts swirled in his mind.

As the group approached the village, something suddenly blocked out the sky.

At first he thought it was a cloud.

Then, a huge meteorite was hovering above the territory of the Joint Affairs Bureau, so large that it gave him his first real understanding of the description "covering up the sky".

"impossible----"

How could something like this appear here without any warning?

However, reality did not change based on his, or anyone else's, shock.

The meteorite began to fall at an accelerated pace.