While Danzo mistakenly thought he couldn't use Kagami's Mangekyo at its full power and was losing sight of that Mangekyo because he wasn't an Uchiha, his jealousy towards the Uchiha grew.
Because of that, he didn't care that Natsuo posed no danger to him and decided that he would eliminate the boy at the first opportunity that presented itself.
Of course, it won't be now because the village benefited from his skills and will wait until the war is over first.
Remembering that the boy was close to the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki, Danzo hoped that two years apart had made the Jinchuriki forget the Uchiha boy.
But in the end it didn't matter, even if Hiruzen declared that he did not agree to eliminate the child, Danzo had known his friend for many years and knew that he would not act to stop him.
Calling one of his subordinates, a Root ninja appeared kneeling in front of him and listened to his order before retreating.
Having delegated the task of eliminating Natsuo Uchiha in the future, Danzo continued reviewing other, more important reports.
After all, his job as leader of Root is more important than taking care of an Uchiha child who hasn't even managed to awaken the Sharingan.
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"Your disciple is becoming known," Orochimaru said.
The Third Hokage's three students were sitting in the main tent, meeting up to hang out.
After reaching a stalemate at the border with the land of rain, the army camped here has spent the last few months keeping any rain ninja who want to enter the land of fire at bay.
While Orochimaru led the camp, Tsunade guided the camp's medical staff, and Jiraiya was in charge of leading the scouting team.
Although he held a high position, Orochimaru could not be proud of it due to the poor results his camp was achieving.
While the army he led showed no results, the Leaf army in the land of rivers was steadily advancing and would soon drive the Sand ninjas back to the land of wind.
Even in the land of grass, the leaf had better results than in the land of rain, but Orochimaru could do nothing more than maintain the situation as it was because he did not want to attract Hanzo's attention.
In the early stages of the war, Hanzo led the rain army, and his master arrived in response.
He and his team also arrived with him and saw for the first time a battle between leader-level ninjas from a large village.
Even in the land of rain where Hanzo had the advantage, his master was still able to fight evenly against the leader of the rain village.
The two fighters did not fight for long before stopping because they realized it was not the time to let loose so early in the war, and even if they achieved a victory, they would end up tired and injured.
Orochimaru previously thought he was strong, but discovered that he could only flee if faced with opponents of this caliber.
Frustrated, he could only stay put without daring to lead an attack against the land of rain.
It was good that they only needed to stay here until the land of rain could no longer continue the war.
"I didn't expect her skills to grow so quickly," Tsunade replied, sitting by the table as they played cards.
Thinking about her student, Tsunade remembered that she hadn't seen him in 2 years and wondered how much he had grown.
The last time she saw him, Natsuo was taller than the children his age and she thought he would surpass her height.
Remembering Natsuo, Tsunade couldn't help but think of her brother as well, and her mood dipped again.
On days like this, he wondered if he should have forced Nawaki to stay at the academy and taught him to be less reckless.
She knew about her brother's reckless behavior and always reminded him to think before he acted, but Nawaki never listened and ended up dying from an explosive tag trap.
Hiding her sadness at her brother's departure, Tsunade continued playing.
Knowing Tsunade, Orochimaru and Jiraiya noticed her low spirits and knew why.
Since Nawaki's death, Tsunade has been like this, and they wisely chose to change the subject, and Jiraiya mentioned the situation in the land of rivers.
Although his camp and the one in the land of grass have not made any progress, the camp in the land of rivers, led by Hatake Sakumo, the famous White Fang of Konoha, has.
Although they knew before that Sakumo was strong because he was the ANBU commander under the Third Hokage, they never knew that Sakumo had such strength capable of rivaling the Third Kazekage.
And if you analyze the strength of the Third Kazekage who fought against his Hanzo and against Onoki, and the latter also fought against the Third Hokage, it was easy to realize Sakumo's strength.
With another ninja of such a high level of power in the village, everyone was a little more at ease.
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While the war was going well for the Leaf Village, their enemies continued with their plans.
"We will accomplish this mission, Lord Kazekage," said two ninjas, a man and a woman.
Looking at Chito's son and his wife, the Third Kazekage nodded and dismissed them.
After almost a year and a half of war, the sand village slowed down and focused on storing supplies, and now after two years of war they were ready to resume the conflict.
Of course, during the first part of this war they realized the strength of the Leaf Village and the advantage they had over them.
Medical Ninjas
While all villages placed great importance on their medical system, only the Leaf Village could take it to a high level due to their greater resources.
With more and better medical ninjas, the Leaf Village could recover injured ninjas who would rejoin the fight, and they did not have that privilege.
Knowing Konoha's advantage, the Third Kazekage and his advisors devised a crucial plan for this restart of the conflicts.
Attack Konoha's medical ninjas by surprise and eliminate their advantage.
Of course Konoha could bring more medical ninjas, but it will take time and they might gain the upper hand for the rest of the war.
Of course, Konoha wasn't going to make this attack easy, and Hatake Sakumo was present, so Chiyo's son would lead an elite team to attack Leaf Village teams and lure Hatake Sakumo out.
Meanwhile, another team will be tasked with eliminating the medical ninjas from that camp.
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Meanwhile, at the Rock Ninja camp in the Land of Grass, someone else came up with the same plan as the Third Kazekage.
Kitsuchi, son of the Third Tsuchikage, was analyzing the reports that ANBU from the Village Hidden in the Rocks had discovered about the Village Hidden in the Leaves.
And like the Third Kazekage, he too came to the conclusion that he had to eliminate the medical ninjas from the Leaf Village camp if he wanted to have any chance of reversing the course of the conflict.
This war wouldn't end soon, and he had to do something if he didn't want the Rock Village to be at a disadvantage in the future.
Kitsuchi wished her father were here and that the Hidden Stone Village would use all its strength to defeat Konoha, but she knew that the Hidden Stone Village also had to be wary of its other enemies.
For example, the cloud village.
When the first world war was about to end and the second Raikage died, the Village Hidden in the Rock invaded the Land of Lightning, and they in turn invaded the Land of Earth when the second Tsuchikage died along with the second Mizukage.
Since then, the two villages have been in conflict and must watch their backs.
Even if Cloud Village has not joined the war, various reports indicate that they do not intend to stay away forever.
It makes sense that they are waiting for the Rock Village and the Leaf Village to tire themselves out before attacking.
Not to mention the village in the fog, which also hasn't participated.
So far, the Rock Village is fighting on 3 fronts: against the Sand Village, against the Rain Village, and against the Leaf Village.
If they want to have enough strength to fight against other villages, they must be smart in defeating their enemies and suffering as little damage as possible.