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Chapter 196: Status of the Hidden Rain Village, Clones?
"The Hidden Rain Village is in a state of unofficial chaos," Gaara answered mechanically.
"It has been occupied by a powerful criminal organization called the 'Mujina Bandits' for a long time. Their influence is huge, and they engage in various illegal activities."
Konan's eyes turned colder.
"Due to its special location bordering various countries and the chaotic issues left over from history, the Land of Rain has become a gathering center for black market transactions, criminal activities, and fugitives in the Ninja World."
As the Kazekage of Sunagakure, Gaara naturally knew many secrets about the Land of Rain today.
"The Land of Rain has now degenerated into a paradise for criminals, extremely chaotic and dangerous. Transactions and usage of various illegal scientific ninja tools, human experiments, and trafficking... fierce conflicts and fights happen every day."
"Is that so..." Konan's eyes turned completely cold.
Unexpectedly, after the death of her parallel self, the Hidden Rain Village and the Land of Rain had fallen to such a state. Becoming a paradise for criminals and a hotbed for various conspirators.
Alex asked curiously, "Don't you Five Great Ninja Villages plan to eliminate the criminal gangs in the Land of Rain?"
Gaara: "Although the Ninja World is generally peaceful, conflicts and dark matters still occur. There needs to be such a place as the price of peace, as well as a place to resolve disputes."
The Land of Rain was now the dark side of the entire peaceful Ninja World. Gathering all the trash and conspiracies of the Ninja World, it was a gray and dark land.
Alex hadn't expected the future Hidden Rain Village and Land of Rain to become like this either. Without the deterrence and protection of Pain and Konan, and located at the junction of various countries, it naturally became a chaotic zone for criminals to revel.
Konan gazed in the direction of the Hidden Rain Village, silent for a long time.
Until Obito Uchiha killed her, the experience of this parallel self should be exactly the same as hers. Standing before Nagato's corpse, she entrusted the dreams of Yahiko, Nagato, and even the entire Akatsuki organization to Naruto. Moved by Naruto's Talk-No-Jutsu and will, she decided to believe in him.
But seeing the outcome of the future Hidden Rain Village and Land of Rain now, clearly, the initial trust and entrustment were absolutely wrong. Entrusted to the wrong person.
Naruto, more than a decade later, was no longer the Naruto of the past. The so-called arrival of a world where people understand each other was ultimately just empty talk. Just empty talk and slogans, unrealistic.
Allowing the Land of Rain and Hidden Rain Village to become what they were now was merely out of realistic considerations.
Konan was thoroughly disappointed with the set of things Naruto shouted about. The true peace of the Ninja World ultimately had to be created by herself and Alex.
"Hmm?" Just then, Alex suddenly looked at the sand surface on the left. It looked ordinary, seemingly without anomaly.
"Hmph, really think I can't find you..."
Sheets of white paper inserted under that layer of sand like lightning, wrapping up a small creature with a huge single eye.
Squeak, squeak, squeak!
It struggled and screamed, trying to break free from the white paper's constraints. In the big single eye, three pitch-black tomoe rotated. It was the Sharingan. And they were connecting, merging into a tilted crosshair pattern.
—Mangekyo Sharingan!
A semi-transparent void vortex began to appear around the one-eyed creature's body, somewhat similar to Kamui.
"Hmph!" Alex sneered. "Trying to teleport away? You can't go anywhere!"
Black twisted runes suddenly appeared on the surface of the white paper, emitting extremely strong sealing power. Instantly sealing all of the one-eyed creature's Chakra. Losing Chakra supply, its Mangekyo Sharingan closed automatically. The ocular technique was interrupted, unable to teleport and escape anymore.
"You come out too..."
Alex controlled a small piece of white paper, pulling a boy out from under another sand surface. His skin was pale and creepy. In his eyes were also three-tomoe Sharingan. On the back of his clothes was a ping-pong paddle symbol—the Uchiha clan crest.
"Uchiha?" Konan looked at the boy's Sharingan, frowning slightly. "Except for Sasuke Uchiha, hasn't this clan been exterminated... Could it be..."
She examined the boy carefully, hesitating, "Could this guy be Sasuke Uchiha's son?"
"But he doesn't look like it..."
"He's not Sasuke Uchiha's son." Alex shook his head and laughed. "This boy has nothing to do with Sasuke Uchiha; he is a clone, belonging to a person named Shin Uchiha."
He roughly introduced Shin Uchiha's situation to Konan.
From very early on, this guy volunteered to become Orochimaru's test subject to learn cloning techniques. Shin Uchiha's constitution was very special; transplanting any tissue or organ wouldn't cause rejection reactions. Danzo's right arm, studded with Sharingan, belonged to Shin Uchiha.
Orochimaru created many clones for him.
Finally, naturally, the joyful betrayal occurred. Shin Uchiha took his clones, escaped from Orochimaru, and set up his own faction. He had been hiding and accumulating strength until he came out to be active in the Boruto era more than a decade later.
Konan nodded. "So, Shin Uchiha is actually not an Uchiha clansman?"
"Correct." Alex flew back to her side. "This guy extremely worships Itachi Uchiha, fanatical enough to give himself the Uchiha surname. Moreover, he attempts to revive the Akatsuki organization, believing the Ninja World needs turmoil and war, and shouldn't be immersed in cowardly peace."
"In short, Shin Uchiha is a fanatical warmonger, fearing the Ninja World isn't chaotic enough."
"Actually worshiping Itachi Uchiha..." Konan expressed disbelief.
She fully understood Itachi Uchiha's life from Alex. She really didn't know what kind of brain circuit would make him make such a choice. Taking such a person as an object of worship, Shin Uchiha's brain and thoughts could be imagined.
Konan said coldly, "Kill him."
Shin Uchiha was unworthy of reviving the Akatsuki organization, unqualified to call himself Akatsuki, and even less qualified to represent Akatsuki! This was a blasphemy against the Akatsuki organization, and she absolutely wouldn't allow it.
She activated the Mangekyo, instantly controlling the clone.
"Speak, where is Shin Uchiha's main body?"
Under higher-level ocular power, this clone, even with a three-tomoe Sharingan, couldn't resist Konan's genjutsu interrogation.
He answered blankly, "In a cave more than three hundred kilometers southeast, on the border of the Land of Fire and the Land of Wind."
Obtaining the intelligence, Alex retracted the white paper, letting the clone fall to the ground.
Konan's wings flapped behind her back, soaring into the sky. First, kill this Shin Uchiha who caused trouble under the name of the Akatsuki organization, then go to the Hidden Rain Village and Land of Rain to take a look.
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