“Danzo won’t make it that easy for us to find evidence,” Tsunade muttered darkly.
Kitazawa folded his arms, thoughtful. “I suspect the ninja who leaked the intel has already been... silenced.”
Tsunade sighed, rubbing her temples. “Given Danzo’s nature, that’s entirely possible. But we can’t sit idly by. We have to investigate.”
“Who will you send?” Kitazawa asked.
“Anbu,” she replied after a pause. “Itachi should handle it.”
Kitaza...
2025-10-13 13:02:13 +0000 UTC
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A cave somewhere in the Land of Fire
Uchiha Obito had remained there since his injury.
There was no need to return to the Hidden Mist Village—and he dared not face Nagato until he was fully recovered.
After all, Nagato possessed the Rinnegan—a power even Obito feared.
More troublesome still was Konan. She had never liked him, and if she saw him wounded and weakened, she might decide to finish him off herself.
Obito sat silently at th...
2025-10-12 18:32:43 +0000 UTC
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“This is the personnel data of the Military Police Force.”
When Roshi opened the file before Itachi, the young man’s eyes twitched slightly—he could see everything inside without obstruction.
“Has Father already come to an agreement with you, Captain?”
Itachi’s gaze lowered. “Personnel data… so it’s a purge. How did you convince him to agree? No—if it’s you, then you must’ve offered a plan he couldn’t refuse.”
Dealing with the pol...
2025-10-12 11:46:49 +0000 UTC
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After two days secluded in the Forbidden Jutsu Room, Roshi had finally grasped a basic understanding of the Flying Thunder God jutsu.
At its core lay the Flying Thunder God Formula. Only by mastering that intricate mark could one perform true spatial transfer, moving instantly to any location where the formula had been placed.
Learning the formula required proficiency with cursed seals—not the twisted kind developed by Orochimaru, but the traditional ones, like Danzo’s Ton...
2025-10-12 11:37:45 +0000 UTC
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“I’ve been secretly investigating the Fourth Hokage’s death,” Fugaku said at last, his tone unreadable. “But so far, there have been no results.”
His expression flickered—conflict, doubt, restraint—before settling back into that familiar Uchiha calm. When he finally spoke again, his voice was smoother and calmer.
Roshi simply nodded. Whether Fugaku truly had no leads or was concealing something didn’t matter. He already understood the situation—and knew that ne...
2025-10-12 11:25:04 +0000 UTC
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Speaking with the Sharingan was an Uchiha custom—only those with equal tomoe had the right to speak as equals.
Fugaku had seen it. He had witnessed the scene of Roshi and Itachi conversing.
He closed his eyes. When he opened them again, they were just a pair of ordinary, weary black eyes.
“I understand.”
“I’ll handle the rest.”
Then he rose to his feet, preparing to leave.
“Clan Head…” Shisui began, as if to speak, but Fugaku only gave him...
2025-10-12 11:07:26 +0000 UTC
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Of course, claiming he had no opinion would’ve been a lie.
If he truly didn’t care, he wouldn’t have spent nights studying the Uchiha’s predicament.
But Roshi lived by one rule—anything gained too easily was rarely worth much.
He wanted to help, yes.
But that didn’t mean he would go out of his way to curry favor.
It would only hold meaning if the Uchiha sought him out of their own will.
He walked home under the quiet wash of evening.
Grand...
2025-10-12 10:55:38 +0000 UTC
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Roshi didn’t respond right away.
Instead, he wandered until he found a quiet park, sat down on a swing, and began to sway gently, his toes brushing the ground.
Itachi followed in silence, taking a seat on a nearby bench.
For a long while, neither spoke. Roshi’s thoughts drifted—not to the present, but to his origins.
An old clan. Old blood. Once proud, now diminished.
He’d seen the same story unfold countless times in his previous life—families and corporations ...
2025-10-12 10:45:31 +0000 UTC
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Yagura was forced out of his full Tailed Beast transformation after being pummeled by Tsunade and Kitazawa.
Though he hadn’t lost consciousness, his strength was gone. The battle was over.
The moment the Three-Tails’ chakra vanished, panic rippled through the Hidden Mist camp.
“Save the Mizukage!”
Ao’s pupils shrank in shock as he barked the order.
The sight of Tsunade and Kitazawa standing unharmed at the center of the battlefield told him everything...
2025-10-11 13:29:40 +0000 UTC
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Kitazawa’s expression was grave as he faced Yagura.
It might have looked like he held the upper hand—but he knew better.
Yagura was a perfect Jinchūriki. Until now, he hadn’t even revealed his true strength. The real battle was only beginning.
Yagura’s eyes locked on Kitazawa, blazing with fury. His restraint snapped, and the crimson cloak of the Tailed Beast flared violently, expanding in an instant.
A monstrous surge of chakra erupted outward, turni...
2025-10-11 10:00:27 +0000 UTC
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Under the moonlight, Kitazawa finally saw him—the Fourth Mizukage, Yagura Karatachi of the Hidden Mist.
Just like in the original records, he looked deceptively young—almost boyish, with a calm, childlike face. Yet in reality, the man before him was old enough to have a grandson—Kagura Karatachi—already born.
Kitazawa’s first thought was simple and chilling: There’s a traitor in Konoha.
This raid on the Hidden Mist’s stronghold was a t...
2025-10-11 09:21:00 +0000 UTC
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“Will the arrival of the Fourth Mizukage change the Hidden Mist’s tactics?”
Chōza broke the silence, his voice heavy with concern.
“I believe it will,” Hiashi said after a pause, his expression thoughtful. “A Kage’s strength and influence alone can shift the momentum of a war.”
“Even if he’s strong, so what?” Yashiro countered confidently. “Lady Tsunade isn’t any weaker. His arrival won’t change the outcome.”
Kitazawa listened quietly as ...
2025-10-11 08:35:11 +0000 UTC
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Battlefield Camp – Early Morning
When Kitazawa opened his eyes, the first thing he saw was Kurenai’s beautiful face hovering above his.
He blinked, momentarily disoriented. “Did I sleep for too long?”
“No,” she replied softly, lying across his chest. “It’s not even eight yet. I just happened to wake up a few minutes before you.”
“Is that so?” Kitazawa smiled, feeling the warmth of her body against his. “I thought I’d ...
2025-10-10 14:03:09 +0000 UTC
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The news of Fuguki’s death spread through Konoha’s main camp like wildfire, igniting a storm of discussion among the shinobi.
It wasn’t just because of his notorious identity—Fuguki’s squad had been tormenting Konoha’s forces for over a week, their hit-and-run tactics turning every mission into a gamble with death.
Entire squads had been kept on edge, forced to stay constantly alert. The mere mention of Fuguki’s team meant one thing—someone wasn’t coming back...
2025-10-10 13:43:15 +0000 UTC
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Living in Konoha, crossing paths with Danzo was almost a rite of passage—an unavoidable scar one earned simply by existing too long in the village. Roshi had expected this day to come. From the moment he woke to find Hashirama’s cells coursing through his body, he had quietly prepared himself. A clash with that man was inevitable.
He just hadn’t expected their first confrontation to arise not from the secret within his body, but over a mission reward.
Still, Roshi knew that ...
2025-10-09 14:25:41 +0000 UTC
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A conflict with the Village’s Anbu was no small matter, and Roshi was quietly relieved that his two teammates stood firmly by his side without a moment’s hesitation.
Of course, he wouldn’t let them carry unnecessary worry either.
As they traveled beneath the faint silver light of dawn, Roshi began to explain.
“The Anbu currently operates with four standard squads—seventeen members each, including a squad leader.”
“This structure dates back to the Second H...
2025-10-09 14:17:11 +0000 UTC
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“Speaking of which, Itachi,” Anko said casually, hammering in the last tent peg with a practiced hand, “you and Roshi went on a mission together before I joined, right?”
Itachi, who was leveling the ground nearby, gave a quiet hum. “Mm.”
“This guy’s really changed,” Anko muttered, keeping her back to him. “Even though we’re the same age, he feels… older. Before, he was just excellent. Now he’s like—an old man trapped in a young body.”
“It’s ...
2025-10-09 14:08:49 +0000 UTC
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Samehada flew through the air, its chain hissing like a serpent.
“Shuriken Shadow Clone Jutsu!”
Kitazawa flicked a kunai forward, his fingers weaving through seals in a blur. Chakra surged—and in an instant, the single kunai split into hundreds, multiplying across the sky like a storm of steel.
The air shimmered with the reflection of countless blades. They swallowed Samehada whole and followed its chain back toward Fuguki, f...
2025-10-09 13:50:24 +0000 UTC
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Training Sage Mode was hardly suitable for Deai Port. After gaining the necessary insights from Katsuyu, Roshi decided to shelve the matter for the time being.
As Lady Tsunade had predicted, Itachi’s recovery was going smoothly. He had already resumed light taijutsu training, chakra control, and even short bouts of ninjutsu practice. In truth, he looked healthier than before his injury.
Itachi himself seemed rather calm about the whole ordeal.
“At least this time,” he ...
2025-10-08 17:58:51 +0000 UTC
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Roshi couldn’t make heads or tails of the thick ledgers stacked before him. After a moment’s struggle, he decided not to pretend otherwise and went straight to someone who might actually understand.
“Oh?” Lady Tsunade’s brow arched, a flicker of surprise lighting her amber eyes as she studied him. “There are things even you don’t understand? Hmph—now you actually sound like a fourteen-year-old.”
Her finger tapped the ledger lying open on the table.
“This ...
2025-10-08 17:56:40 +0000 UTC
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After explaining the situation, Tsunade pushed open the door and stepped out.
Roshi followed a moment later, leaving the quiet room behind.
The hallway was dimly lit, shadows stretching long across the wooden floor. He quickened his pace to walk beside her.
“Will Itachi’s condition relapse?” he asked.
Tsunade glanced at him briefly, her stride steady. “I have no reason to lie to you. It was completely removed—no aftereffects.”
Roshi exhaled softly, sh...
2025-10-08 17:40:41 +0000 UTC
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Kitazawa and his squad moved swiftly toward the coastline.
Although Itachi and the Anbu unit were accompanying them, they remained unseen—moving like shadows through the trees. Torune’s insects scouted ahead, spreading out in every direction in search of Fuguki’s team.
After traveling some distance, Kitazawa vaulted up onto a tall tree branch.
Once he was far enough from Kurenai, his pupils shifted—the Byakugan activated. To conceal its chakra signature, he simultaneous...
2025-10-08 17:07:43 +0000 UTC
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After April began, the weather turned warmer, though the evening breeze still carried a trace of spring’s coolness.
Kitazawa, Kurenai, Kabuto, and the others sat outside their tent, enjoying a simple dinner after completing another A-rank mission.
“Hard to believe it’s already been two weeks of nonstop fighting,” Kitazawa sighed, checking the new jutsu granted by the system—Fire Release: Intelligent Hardwork and Wind Release: Pressure Damage.
“T...
2025-10-08 14:28:41 +0000 UTC
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Kitazawa didn’t destroy all the bodies—he deliberately left two behind.
There was a reason for that.
His squad had a mission system tied to their fame and reputation, and Ameyuri Ringo was a name that carried weight in the Hidden Mist Village. She held a position similar to Uchiha Itachi’s status among Konoha’s younger generation—a prodigy, a symbol of promise.
Her death would make waves.
If the Mist didn’t find any remains, they ...
2025-10-08 14:11:12 +0000 UTC
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The curfew’s remnants still clung to the streets—overturned crates, torn banners, and the faint scent of smoke—but the suffocating chaos had already faded into uneasy calm.
At a quiet corner near Haifi Pavilion, Roshi was taking care of the final loose end.
Genshoku’s body would never return to the Village; it was to be erased here.
The fire crackled quietly, its orange tongues devouring what remained. Roshi stood motionless before it, his expression unreadable as the f...
2025-10-07 16:58:27 +0000 UTC
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While Kurenai and the others fought outside, Kitazawa activated his Byakugan.
His vision expanded in every direction—but there was no sign of the Hidden Mist supply ships yet.
'Good. There’s still time.'
“You all did well.”
Deactivating his Byakugan, Kitazawa stepped into the outpost.
Three of the four Mist-nin lay dead. The only survivor—a Special Jōnin—was barely clinging to life, his chest crushed by a Rasengan.
...
2025-10-07 16:43:37 +0000 UTC
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Roshi pushed open the familiar courtyard gate, his gaze sweeping across the quiet garden. The dry landscape remained unchanged; the stone steps were cool beneath the shade—yet the woman with golden hair and a sake cup in hand was nowhere to be seen.
The veranda lay empty.
His eyes drifted toward the closed paper door. Silence lingered beyond it—not even the faint clink of glass or the rustle of movement.
He walked to the edge of the veranda, hesitated, and instead of ope...
2025-10-06 17:02:37 +0000 UTC
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It was noon.
After traveling all morning, Tsunade and Kitazawa’s group finally reached the southeastern border of the Land of Fire.
“Lady Tsunade.”
Hiashi stepped forward with several Jonin in tow.
Under normal circumstances, the Hyuga Clan’s main family never left the compound, guarding the Byakugan above all else. Missions were out of the question. But war was different—war demanded everyone’s hand. Even the main family couldn’t stay sheltered.
Af...
2025-10-06 15:08:28 +0000 UTC
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“So weak?”
Kitazawa’s lips twitched in mild disappointment.
He had planned to learn two more Earth Release jutsu today, but at this rate, he would have to postpone. Still, it wasn’t a loss—this war would drag on, and he would have countless chances to observe, copy, and master new jutsu. No need to rush.
His gaze sharpened.
Not far away, a Mist chūnin finished weaving hand seals, exhaling a thick fog—Water Release: Hidden Mist jutsu.
In an i...
2025-10-06 12:42:32 +0000 UTC
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Roshi subtly shifted his stance, his left hand brushing his waist. A second kunai slipped into his palm, its blade tip hidden in the shadow of his sleeve.
Focus. Refine.
Pale-blue chakra flared to life, burning like ghostly fire as it surged over his entire body.
Boom!
A violent gale burst outward from where he stood. Dust, rubble, and shattered weapons were flung away, crushed beneath the weight of raw chakra pressure.
Jubei faltered mid-swing, surprise...
2025-10-04 15:00:09 +0000 UTC
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