Chapter 60: Telling Sasuke About the Night of the Clan Massacre
After Naruto arrived at the mountain hollow, he used Kagura Minds Eye and quickly sensed that there were still about a dozen people guarding the treasure site.
Naruto did not sense any Chakra fluctuations from the guards, so he knew the guards at the entrance were not Ninjas.
Naruto still decided it was better to be careful. He left a Flying Thunder God Mark before entering the mountain hollow, and then created a Shadow Clone to go and deal with those guards.
In less than twenty minutes, the Shadow Clonesent back news that all the guards had been dealt with and all the money was in the safe.
Naruto used Flying Thunder God to arrive in front of the safe and was somewhat speechless; this safe also required a password.
After observing the surroundings, Naruto pressed his hand against the safe door and decided to use the Spirit Spring Space to take the safe door away directly.
The first attempt was unsuccessful, so Naruto had his Shadow Clone use Rasengan to loosen the area around the safe.
Naruto tried again, and this time he easily took the safe door into his space.
After entering the treasure vault, Naruto found that most of it was gold and silver, while banknotes only accounted for a small portion.
"I'm rich now!"
After saying that, Naruto began his collecting spree. After collecting everything, Naruto put the safe door back. Although it was a bit loose, an ordinary person really wouldn't be able to open it.
After finishing up, Naruto used Flying Thunder Godto arrive near Tazuna's house.
He created a Shadow Clone and then retracted it.
Soon, the Shadow Clone at Tazuna's house went to the market in the Land of Waves. Naruto also took advantage of this interval to dispel the Shadow Clone, bought some rice, flour, grain, and oil, and then returned to Tazuna's house.
When Kakashi saw Naruto coming back with some rice, flour, grain, and oil, he didn't think that Naruto's original body had already returned.
After all, Naruto had only been out for two days; it was impossible for him to return in such a short time.
Seeing that Sasuke and Sakura were not there, Naruto asked Kakashi, "Where are Sasuke and Sakura?"
Kakashi lazily pointed to the woods not far away and said, "They're training over there!"
Naruto nodded and went to find Sasuke and Sakura.
Naruto saw two of Sasuke's Shadow Clones sparring with each other, while the original body was sitting there refining Chakra.
Sakura was there practicing Chakra Precision Control.
Sensing Naruto's arrival, neither of them intended to come forward and greet him, continuing with their own tasks.
Naruto walked up to Sasuke and said, "Come with me for a moment; I have something to talk to you about."
Just as Sasuke was about to nod, Sakura said bristling with anger, "Naruto, is there anything you can't say here? We're in the same class, we're a team. Is there anything I can't know?"
After glancing at Sakura, Naruto looked at Sasukeand said, "It's about the massacre of your clan. If you want her to know, I have no objection."
Sasuke frowned and looked at Naruto, saying, "You want to talk to me about that man?"
Naruto thought for a moment, shook his head and then nodded, saying, "In a way, yes, but also no. In short, this matter involves a lot. You decide for yourself!"
"Can you tell me how far it reaches?"
"It involves the Konoha Leadership!"
Sasuke looked at Naruto in disbelief. Naruto's single sentence made him think of many things.
After pondering for a while, Sasuke glanced at Sakura and said, "I'll go with Naruto for a bit. There are some things it's better you don't know."
Sakura looked at Sasuke with some concern, then at Naruto. She always had a feeling that there was a faint barrier between her and Naruto and Sasuke.
Sakura's intuition told her that if Naruto took Sasuke away now, Sasuke would leave her one day in the future.
But with Sasuke's firm attitude, Sakura had no way to refuse. She could only lower her head dejectedly, tacitly allowing Sasuke to leave with Naruto.
Just as Naruto and Sasuke had walked a few steps, Kakashi suddenly jumped out.
Kakashi stared at Naruto for a good while before saying, "If you tell him now, he might be in danger."
Naruto sighed helplessly and said, "If I don't say it now, I'm afraid I won't have the chance to tell him after we return to the Village. You know that once he and I return to the Village, we are being monitored at all times."
Kakashi also knew the situation Naruto and Sasukewere in within Konoha. Although there was monitoring outside the Village, they would at least maintain some distance. But once back in the Village, the monitors could be said to be pervasive.
Kakashi sighed and used the Body Flicker Technique to leave. He also tacitly allowed Narutoto tell Sasuke about the Uchiha Clan massacre.
Naruto and Sasuke soon arrived at the lake's surface. After Naruto used Kagura Minds Eye to investigate, he began to explain why the Uchiha Clan was moved away from the center of the Village, why a rift developed between the Uchiha Clan and the Village, the real reason for Uchiha Shisui's death, and why Uchiha Itachi slaughtered the entire clan.
After hearing this, Sasuke's emotions were extremely unstable. His Two-Tomoe Sharinganshowed signs of evolving into a Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
Seeing this, Naruto patted Sasuke's shoulder and said, "Anger can never solve the problem. What you need now is to stay calm, hide your emotions, and sort everything out first."
Hearing Naruto's words, Sasuke also calmed down and retracted the Three-Tomoe Sharingan that was about to evolve.
Seeing Sasuke calm down, Naruto also breathed a long sigh of relief. He was really afraid that Sasukewould turn evil right then and there. It wasn't that Naruto didn't want Sasuke to turn evil, but now was not the time.
After adjusting his emotions, Sasuke looked at Naruto and said, "You mean the Uchiha Clan was massacred because it was planned by the Hokage high-ups?"
"You could say that! After the Third took over, Konoha has been targeting the Uchiha. When the Fourth took over, the relationship between the Uchiha and the Village originally began to ease, but the Fourth's reign was too short. Coupled with the Mangekyo Sharingan seen in the Nine-Tailed's eyes on the Nine-Tails Attack Night, the relationship between the Uchiha Clan and the Village became even more tense."
"Are you saying that on the Nine-Tails Attack Night, it was the Uchiha Clan that controlled the Nine-Tailed?"
Naruto shook his head and said, "That's not what I mean; it's the message the Hokage high-upspassed on to the Konoha villagers. On the Nine-Tails Attack Night, the entire Uchiha Clan was kept under watch by Danzo's Root; it was impossible for anyone to control the Nine-Tailed. Furthermore, more than ten years ago, in the entire Uchiha Clan, only your father, Uchiha Fugaku, had awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan. No one else had that kind of strength."
After hearing this, Sasuke said somewhat confusedly, "You said my father awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan, but why was he still killed? That doesn't make sense!"