Konoha Village, Root Base.
After Akihara Kagura led the Root to escort the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, back to the Hidden Mist Village and reported the mission to Sarutobi Hiruzen, he spent most of his time at the Root Base.
Besides that.
Uchiha Itachi's mission to join the Akatsuki Organization was also settled.
[System Prompt]: [Assisted Uchiha Obito in inciting the conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha, forcing Uchiha Itachi to defect and join the Akatsuki Organization. Mission completed. Reward: Fire Release: Mighty Dragon Fire Jutsu.]
[Fire Release: Mighty Dragon Fire Jutsu (B-level Fire Release Ninjutsu, unleashes several enormous dragon-shaped flames, extremely powerful.)]
[System Prompt]: [Safely escorted the Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, back to the Hidden Mist Village. Mission completed. Reward: Water Release: Water Dragon Bomb Jutsu.]
[Water Release: Water Dragon Bomb Jutsu (B-level Water Release Ninjutsu, by utilizing simplified hand seals 'Zi-Chen-Mao-Yin,' water can be rapidly gathered from the surroundings to unleash a water dragon made of water flow!)]
This jutsu is quite good.
Mainly because it doesn't require many hand seals.
Akihara Kagura had once seen Momochi Zabuza perform the Water Dragon Bomb Jutsu, with such complex hand seals that it made one dizzy, and the resulting Water Release Ninjutsu wasn't that strong.
Of course.
Ever since Akihara Kagura acquired the Rinnegan (Lin), he had already mastered six types of Chakra nature transformations and could simplify the hand seals for Ninjutsu himself.
During this time, Akihara Kagura had been using his limited Tsukuyomi World to train the surviving Uchiha clansmen, carefully selecting twelve of them.
These individuals, not much different in age from Akihara Kagura, had awakened the Three Tomoe Sharingan in the limited Tsukuyomi World and had awakened the Wood Release during the Hashirama Cell transplantation experiment.
However...
The strength of the Wood Release awakened by these surviving Uchiha was not satisfactory.
Now...
Akihara Kagura needed to find a way to settle these people.
If he wanted to settle them, he needed to find a way to make Shimura Danzo take the blame, but Danzo would certainly be unwilling to do so.
Coincidentally.
At this time.
Kabuto returned to Konoha Village.
When Kabuto met Akihara Kagura, the first thing he did was try to impart the Reanimation Jutsu he had memorized: "I've obtained the Reanimation Jutsu, but this jutsu may still need some improvements..."
"You improve it first."
Akihara Kagura wasn't in a hurry to learn it.
Because if the Reanimation Jutsu is incomplete, it's very easy for it to get out of the technique user's control, and the resurrected deceased won't have enough power.
On one hand, the sacrifices needed for the Reanimation Jutsu were not quite sufficient, and on the other, the jutsu's integrity itself was indeed lacking.
There is no doubt.
Kabuto is a genius.
This genius is capable of perfecting the Reanimation Jutsu.
"There's one more piece of news."
Kabuto brought up the person he was most worried about before: "Orochimaru told me that Danzo might still have some tricks up his sleeve and asked me to contact him..."
"I understand."
Akihara Kagura was more curious about another matter: "Where is Lord Orochimaru? The Akatsuki Organization actually expelled Lord Orochimaru. Isn't he homeless now?"
"Orochimaru went to the Land of Rice Fields."
Kabuto mentioned Orochimaru's whereabouts, adding: "Orochimaru wants to spend a sum of money to bribe the Daimyo of the Land of Rice Fields to establish his own Ninja Village there, finding a real place to settle, and secretly recruiting young talented ninjas..."
"That guy still wants to seize your body."
At this point, Kabuto adjusted his glasses and said: "I will find another opportunity to return to his side, continue learning his knowledge, and in the future, I must also remove this hidden threat..."
"Kabuto, you're too extreme."
Akihara Kagura shook his head, feeling Kabuto was a bit extreme: "Since Lord Orochimaru already knows our relationship is broken, yet still wants to seize my body, let him find the opportunity to try..."
"If he doesn't try..."
"How can that guy experience despair?"
"..."
Kabuto felt that his idea of removing Orochimaru was much more moderate than Akihara Kagura's attitude towards Orochimaru. Shaking his head, he said, "But there's at least one good piece of news: Orochimaru knows our relationship is broken, so he probably won't harm Dean Nonou anymore..."
Looking at Akihara Kagura, Kabuto continued: "Now there's only one thing we need to do, and that is to think of a way to get rid of Shimura Danzo, find a way to kill him..."
"Why are you even more extreme than I am?"
Akihara Kagura frowned, strongly disagreeing with Kabuto's suggestion and offered his own idea: "Once Danzo is killed, the Third Hokage will definitely first suspect us, who have a grudge against Danzo. This kind of retaliatory measure may implicate us first..."
While speaking, Akihara Kagura gently clenched his fist: "I've thought about it, Danzo is wholeheartedly for Konoha, so let him feel what it's like to be abandoned by Konoha, make him a traitorous ninja of Konoha..."
"..."
Kabuto fell silent for a moment.
Though Akihara Kagura's methods sounded somewhat merciful, Kabuto still felt that his idea of killing Shimura Danzo was a softer approach...
Shimura Danzo was almost seventy years old!
He was even once Konoha Village's Hokage Assistant; no matter how you counted it, he was part of Konoha's higher-ups, yet he was forced to defect from Konoha?