"So what do you want to talk to me about? " Izanami asked as she sat down on top of Minato's stone statue head.
Yes, the place where Izanami teleported Itachi is on top of the Hokage rocks. After all, what better place is there for a talk with some peace and quiet?
Itachi took a deep breath to calm himself from the sudden teleportation. Although he knew Izanami was a hidden master—after all, this is the person who awakened his Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan—even he never expected that Izanami could use the famous Flying Thunder God jutsu.
After somewhat calming down, Itachi looked at Izanami and asked seriously, " Lady Izanami, what was your intention in showing me those scenes that day and even awakening my Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan? "
Itachi knew that in this world, there is no free lunch. Especially for Uchiha, who never got any good treatment in Konoha.
So, Itachi wanted to know why Izanami helped him. If it was anything dangerous to the village, then Itachi would not hesitate to attack her even while knowing his chances of winning are very low.
This is because although he is grateful for her, he still knows when to separate his feelings from his duty. He is a Konoha ninja first before being Itachi Uchiha.
Yes, even when Itachi saw the future, he still didn't change much. After all, this is expected. Itachi, who is very arrogant, knew that his clan was definitely not safe for his brother. So his only hope is the village, and although he may not massacre his clan like in the original, he would still protect Konoha, as in his mind, 'Protecting Konoha = Protecting Sasuke '.
This is the terrifying effect of the most dangerous genjutsu of the entire Naruto series. The Will of Fire. This is especially deadly to the Uchiha, who always tend to have an abnormal thinking pattern.
In fact, Izanami strongly suspected that Tobirama made this will of fire as another one of his schemes to deal a devastating blow to the Uchiha clan. After all, logically, only those who are emotional would be affected by this, and in the Uchiha clan, those who are emotional are always the strong ones. And if those strong ones are loyal to Konoha, then the Uchiha would be put in an awkward position where they could only complain inwardly while keeping a stiff smile.
The more Izanami thought about this, the more she felt this should be true. Although it may sound absurd, when it comes to Uchiha and Tobirama, things really connect. Unfortunately, she didn't have much interest in Tobirama or even when Konoha was founded to see things through.
If she remembered correctly, at that time she must have been on her vacation to the Pokemon world.
"Well, if you are wondering why I helped you, well, to be honest with you, it was just out of curiosity. I really wanted to know what choice you would make even after knowing what you may do in the future. Will you still show that blind loyalty to Hiruzen, or would you actually do something that helps your clan and the village together" Izanami said as she looked at the young Itachi with a smile.
She was being honest there. She really wanted to know what Itachi would do in the future. Would he still be arrogant and decide the fate of others, or would he change for the better?
Well, Itachi really doesn't have a choice here. If he didn't change, Izanami would just give a lesson on why an elder's advice is important and hand him over to Kyomi for additional discipline.
Since he is Kiyomi's younger brother, it naturally falls on her shoulders to make sure the younger siblings don't go on the wrong path.
Hearing Izanami's answer, Itachi fell silent. As someone who was known for having the mindset of a Hokage, Itachi quickly realized what Izanami was after. She wanted to see what faction he would be supporting.
Whether it was Tsunade, who is the real Hokage, or Hiruzen, who looks kind but is full of malice.
After realizing this, Itachi inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. It seems Izanami didn't want to harm Konoha. As for what faction he would join, well, it is obvious. He had always been loyal to Konoha. And in Konoha the Hokage is Tsunade, not Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Seeing Itachi's expression, Izanami knew that this kid had understood what she was asking. Although she was a bit disappointed at being able to beat some sense into him, she still nodded in satisfaction.
"Since you have already made up your mind, come with me. There is a very interesting place you may like," Izanami said as she jumped down from Minato's head. With a backflip, she landed on Tobirama's head.
Itachi also followed her while looking at her with suspicion. But suspicion turned into shock when he saw opening a passage in Tobirama's stone statue.
Interestingly, there is an entrance for Danzo's old Root base in Tobirama's stone statue's nose. Maybe Danzo wanted to see what it feels like to do things under his teacher's nose.
Izanami had to admit that guy Danzo was definitely a philosopher. He perfectly brainwashed himself that all his actions were for the best of Konoha. And in addition, he even dug a tunnel in his own teacher's stone statue.
Coming through the tunnel Izanami and Itachi came towards a hidden cave that was dug under the Hokage rock.
"Welcome to Danzo's old root base No. 001," Izanami said as she looked at Itachi with a smile.
Itachi didn't reply to her. He was shocked at the sight in front of him. In front of him were monitors of various places all over Konoha. In fact, the surveillance here seems to be more thorough than what he was familiar with in the Anbu unit.
In addition, this cave is very spacious and has some other facilities as well. For example, there seems to be a small library near the dark corner, a door that clearly says Lab 1, and many more.
"Shocking, right? Well, this is Danzo's first original base of operation. " Izanami said with a chuckle. She remembered Danzo spending a massive amount of money to make this place those days. But unfortunately for him, before Danzo even got time to use his new base Izanami came and manipulated his memory, making him build another base.
And since he invested a massive amount of money for this project, he could only build a dilapidated base at the edge of the forest of death. And even before Danzo's defection, the poor bastard had no idea that he even had a base like this.
Of course Izanami is not short on money for her to steal some labs from others. The reason why she did this is because she wanted to mess with Danzo and Hiruzen. And in the past, the restrictions on her forced her not to be able to do anything large.
So she could only have some revenge by using such small tricks.
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