Chakra surged on Jiraiya's body, he showed signs of taking action, "I've only ever heard of the great name of the Mangekyo Sharingan, never had the chance to see it…"
Rengoku immediately cut off Jiraiya's words, "Don't even think about testing the Mangekyo Sharingan."
"If you dare to make a move, our Uchiha Clan will immediately storm in."
Jiraiya's expression changed drastically, "You're rebelling against Konoha?"
Rengoku waved his hand, seemingly too lazy to waste words with Jiraiya, "Don't try to pin labels on me. If you dare to act, we Uchiha will retaliate."
"You can try, see if you can stop me, a Mangekyo Sharingan user, from even sending out a distress signal."
Jiraiya was completely restrained. He did want to test the power of the Mangekyo Sharingan, to probe the Uchiha's bottom line.
Unexpectedly, Rengoku didn't take the bait at all. He had a "let's burn together" attitude.
Although Jiraiya felt Rengoku was bluffing, he didn't dare to gamble.
If the Uchiha really went all out, the casualties wouldn't be just one or two.
Jiraiya was utterly stifled, but could only grit his teeth and give up the idea of attacking.
With the pressure on him lessening, Rengoku knew Jiraiya was still afraid.
He had already predicted that Jiraiya wouldn't dare to make a move, and now let out a scornful laugh.
"You think I'd be dumb enough to let you understand what makes the Mangekyo Sharingan powerful?"
Jiraiya snorted angrily, "Uchiha Itachi has already defected from the village. You guys only have two Mangekyo Sharingan left."
Rengoku chuckled softly. This Jiraiya really was rough on the outside but meticulous inside, still trying to probe for more intel.
However, Rengoku didn't mind tossing out a little information, "So what if Itachi defected? He didn't defect from the clan."
Jiraiya stared at Rengoku, "Your Uchiha Clan accepting a defector like him, are you planning to defect from the village too?"
Rengoku was completely immune to such low-level word games from Jiraiya, "Think what you want. Uchiha Itachi was persecuted by your Hokage's advisor and forced to defect. That's something the entire shinobi world already knows."
"As for whether our Uchiha Clan will defect, that depends on how Konoha deals with Danzo."
"You Uchiha publicly placed a bounty on Konoha's high command, what's the meaning of that?", Jiraiya also knew placing a bounty on Danzo would cause massive turmoil in Konoha, and was truly furious over it.
Rengoku found it amusing, "Don't tell me you don't have proof that it was our Uchiha Clan who placed the bounty."
"Even if you did have proof, so what if we placed it?"
"He wants to wipe out our entire clan, and I'm supposed to keep him alive for New Year's?"
"Instead of wasting time with me here, you might as well go kill Danzo quickly and trade his head on the black market for five hundred million."
Honestly? Jiraiya really did want to kill Danzo and cash him in for five hundred million.
Even though he wasn't short on money, if Danzo died, the tension between the Uchiha and Konoha would definitely ease.
But Jiraiya could only think about it. Since the Third Hokage wouldn't allow it, he had no way out either.
At this point, Jiraiya couldn't keep up his tough stance. He could only argue stubbornly, "The village's Hokage advisor can't just be dealt with like that."
"Besides, Danzo hasn't even woken up yet, there's no way to investigate."
When it came to verbal battles, Jiraiya was no match for Rengoku.
Besides, Rengoku was the one pulling strings behind the scenes here. He had long predicted Konoha's responses and rhetoric.
Danzo ending up like this was because Rengoku had Itachi spare him, for the sole purpose of making him the scapegoat.
A fall guy must do their job properly.
Rengoku didn't care at all, "Then just wait for Danzo to wake up. We Uchiha will just take a break for now."
Jiraiya had no way to handle this. If the Uchiha hadn't placed a bounty on Danzo, it would still be manageable.
But once they did, the situation became complicated.
At that moment, the bell signaling the end of class rang. Rengoku ignored Jiraiya and walked off with Sasuke.
Among the crowd was Naruto. Jiraiya didn't dare lower his guard and followed close to Rengoku.
Kakashi, having gotten no real results here, could only go report to the Third Hokage first.
The break was relatively long, and since the next class was outdoors, the students all headed to the training field.
Seeing a few unfamiliar adults in the school was normal for these academy students.
After all, many ninja clan members often came to check on their kids.
Aside from Rengoku wearing the clearly recognizable Uchiha clan uniform, Jiraiya was the only one dressed strangely.
Jiraiya had been away from Konoha for a long time and wasn't very familiar with Naruto's situation.
He saw Naruto yelling around with a dumb smile on his face and thought Naruto was doing just fine.
"Sasuke, you don't seem energetic today."
"Wanna have a running race again?"
Sasuke was always surrounded by girls in class, something Naruto was extremely envious of.
He envied that Sasuke, without doing anything, still had people liking him.
While he had to do a lot of things just to get people's attention.
Everyone inexplicably hated him, called him a monster, but he hadn't done anything and didn't know why it was like this.
He didn't want to be ignored by everyone either.
Even being hated was better than being alone.
Though Naruto always called Sasuke arrogant, Sasuke was actually one of the few people who didn't reject him.
But today, Sasuke wasn't in the mood.
Sasuke glanced at Rengoku in the distance, "Next time, Naruto."
Naruto froze, Sasuke never turned down his challenges before.
'What's going on today?'
Seven-year-old Naruto wasn't exactly clever, but he had his own way of handling things.
"Oh! Sasuke, you're admitting defeat?"
"You know I'm going all out today, so you're giving up?"
Sasuke was only seven too, and since it was Naruto, just two sentences and he was provoked.
"Hmph! You? You've never beaten me!"
Sasuke temporarily pushed aside thoughts of his brother and started bickering with Naruto.
The only reason Naruto hadn't developed psychological issues so far was his incredibly thick skin, "That was before! Today I'm serious, and you're gonna lose for sure!"
"Just say whether you dare or not!"
"Why wouldn't I?"
Several girls in class whispered on the side, "Look, that idiot Naruto is challenging Sasuke again."
"Hehe, so overconfident. He loses every time and still has the nerve."
"Whatever, we're here just to watch Sasuke."
"Sasuke looks so cool today, too."
"Aaaah! Sasuke is so handsome!"
A group of girls whispered and made all sorts of noises on the side.
Rengoku leaned against a tree, listening to everything clearly.
After all, Sasuke was the number one pretty face in the shinobi world. Even as a kid, he was super popular.
Though the girls weren't speaking loudly, Rengoku still heard every word.
He wasn't interested in Naruto and Sasuke's competition, but as his gaze swept over the field, he spotted many familiar faces.
Among the group of girls: one with pink hair, one with blonde hair.
And one girl with white eyes sneaking glances at Naruto from the side.
In a nearby corner, one kid with a dog, one with sunglasses, one looking both lazy and impatient, one crazily munching on chips…
The other three seemed to be from a different year, so he didn't see them.
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