Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 309 Sasuke: For You

A mountain bandit stronghold some distance outside Konoha Village was wiped out by Sasuke's unleashed power.

Having dealt with all the bandits in the stronghold, Sasuke stood at the entrance, somewhat lost in thought.

After returning to Konoha and confirming that Orochimaru had not lied to him and that Naruto had indeed been captured by Kumogakure, Sasuke regained his trust in Orochimaru.

His choice to undertake a mission to wipe out mountain bandits was part of Orochimaru's training plan for him.

According to research, extreme arrogance is essentially caused by extreme inferiority.

He said that if he couldn't maintain a calm attitude towards the increase in his power, then every time his power increased, he would impulsively seek out someone stronger to get a beating.

So after improving his strength, Orochimaru recommended that Sasuke "smash weaker opponents" to break the cycle and stabilize his mentality.

"Big brother~"

As Sasuke was lost in thought, the villagers below the mountain cheered and ran towards him after he had wiped out the bandits. Leading them was a little boy.

"You're welcome……"

"Big brother, why didn't you come sooner? If you had come half a month earlier, my mom and dad wouldn't have died! You're the one who killed my mom and dad! Give them back to me!"

Just as Sasuke was about to feign indifference while actually speaking gently and turn away, he heard the little boy running in front begin to criticize him.

Sasuke was stunned.

If he remembered correctly, this mission was a nationwide crackdown operation.

It was a carpet-style purge carried out by the Hokage after the Daimyo disappeared, in order to gain control of the entire Land of Fire.

In short, the task was not initiated by the villagers, and they did not contribute any money.

The mission was initiated by the government, by Konoha, and by the Hokage.

It wasn't that the villagers issued the mission and Konoha deliberately delayed; rather, they hadn't issued any mission in the first place.

This band of bandits was only recently discovered and recorded by the intelligence department, and only after being returned to Konoha headquarters did it become a mission.

"That's right. If the Konoha ninjas had come sooner, my money and food stored in the granary two years ago wouldn't have been stolen."

"There's practically nothing left in the stronghold. You must have hidden it all away. That's all our hard-earned money!"

"You can't leave. If you leave, what will we eat?"

"Yes, what do you want to eat?"

As soon as the child uttered his first words, the villagers behind him started chiming in, one after another.

What's in the mountain stronghold?

Sasuke said he didn't take anything.

As a member of the noble Uchiha clan, he disdained picking up stolen gold and silver.

And listen to what these villagers are saying.

The money that was stolen two years ago has all come back.

These are bandits, not a bank.

What about as a deposit?

Can you deposit money and then withdraw it?

Aren't mountain bandits all living for the moment, taking it one day at a time?

Let alone two years, the money stolen today might be gone tomorrow.

Sasuke felt increasingly exhausted, and his vision began to blur.

As Sasuke listened to the villagers' words, he felt like his head was about to explode.

—Is he about to unleash a kaleidoscope?

Or is it simply that you're about to die of anger?

suddenly.

Sasuke thought of the way of life that Orochimaru had taught him.

To be precise, this is how Amegakure is doing things now.

Sasuke, who had been clutching his head with a headache, raised his head and scanned his surroundings with his three-tomoe Sharingan, which glowed red.

One day later.

Having completed his mission, Sasuke returned to the Hokage's office and handed in the mission scroll.

"It's a bit slow, are you having any trouble?"

When Kakashi stamped the document, he casually asked a question.

This was just a habit; Kakashi never imagined anything unexpected would happen.

It was just dealing with a bunch of bandits.

Even a few recent graduates from ninja academies could accomplish this.

"Something happened..."

"Orochimaru, who is inherently evil, used the Reanimation Jutsu to possess the bodies of a poor little boy and a kind villager. It took me a while to deal with them."

Sasuke said calmly.

Using the Amegakure solution Orochimaru provided, I felt much better.

"Huh? Orochimaru?"

Kakashi was a little confused.

Orochimaru has been redeemed... uh, and they've made up?

Didn't the matter of Sasuke misunderstanding Orochimaru's deception a while ago already make things clear?

Why is Orochimaru here again?

Is it because Danzo, the master of scapegoating, has disappeared, and now people are just randomly shifting blame?

"It's Orochimaru."

Sasuke slowly began to explain, "Every cursed seal Orochimaru leaves on others is essentially a part of his soul, and he can use it to resurrect them through the Reanimation Jutsu."

Orochimaru's main body is now somewhat normal, but the soul fragments within the cursed seals he previously separated will not change immediately.

Orochimaru is extremely afraid of death, so he cast a wide net...

That's all.

"Really?"

Kakashi was skeptical.

Wasn't it agreed that we would cooperate with Amegakure to deceive Sasuke?

Why does it seem like he was the one being fooled by Sasuke?

"I heard that there are selection criteria for Orochimaru's cursed seal vessel, which is why I came to you. I originally planned to use you as a vessel, but the Sound Four and others are simply not qualified to be Orochimaru's vessel..."

"Do I understand Orochimaru better than you?"

Sasuke interrupted Kakashi's question and asked a question in return.

He then stopped talking to Orochimaru.

He returned home silently and crawled straight into bed in broad daylight.

Sasuke dealt with the villagers using the same methods employed by Amegakure, gaining temporary satisfaction, but his happiness quickly faded.

Being bullied by the inherently evil villagers reminded Sasuke of Naruto when he was a child.

Was sending Naruto back to Konoha really the right decision?

Sasuke originally wanted to go to Kumogakure to bring Naruto back, just as Naruto came to Otogakure and wanted to bring him back.

But now, Sasuke endured it, painfully enduring it.

She trembled under the covers.

—Good news, Sasuke has an extremely strong mental resilience.

—Bad news: Sasuke has an extremely strong mental resilience.

He still hasn't awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

— Bai Mo's plan was a complete set, but Bai Mo himself didn't know at which stage Sasuke would awaken his Sharingan, or what abilities he would gain.

For example, if Sasuke were to awaken his Sharingan at this moment, according to the principles of the Mind-Reflecting Eye, he would expect to obtain something similar to Bai Mo's [Miracle for You], which he could apply to Naruto and himself, causing pus to flow from their mouths and sores to grow on their faces whenever someone insults them.

If the Sharingan was awakened while searching for Naruto, then it should have been a search-type eye technique.

If you awaken your Amaterasu when you're defeated and humiliated by the Cloud Ninja, you might really end up in jail playing with it.

—Those who play as Uchiha should never pursue power, but only love and other emotions.

Madara Uchiha, who was most obsessed with power, did not display his Butt Eye Technique.

Secondly, Itachi and Sasuke, who both pursued power, were given a B-rank Amaterasu.