After the three members of Team-11 left the Hokage office, Danzo stood up and slowly walked towards the Hokage's desk with grim eyes and stated, "Hiruzen, it's time to decide!"
Sandaime shook his head, "The matter has not reached such a point yet!"
"Have you not considered how severe the losses of Konoha would be if they take the initiative?" after a short pause, Danzo urged, "Leave the matter in my hands, and I will make sure the damage is kept minimal."
Taking a puff of smoke, Sandaime stated, "Have you not learned anything from the turmoil of the Mist Village? I will handle the matter of the Uchiha Clan in the future, you don't need to interfere in this anymore."
Even Danzo was left speechless when Sandaime mentioned the turmoil of the Mist Village.
It wouldn't be wrong to say that the Mist Village has completely lost its strength to be considered one of the five great Shinobi Village.
Therefore, no matter how desperate the situation gets, Konoha can't afford to have a tragedy like that with its current troubles.
With a slight hesitation, Danzo said again, "Hiruzen, you can't let Uchiha Shisui stay in the Anbu. His strength has already surpassed what you or I can suppress; if he chooses to side with the Uchiha Clan; you will be in danger."
Sandaime nodded this time.
The reason why Sandaime readily agreed to Danzo's proposal of suspending the entire Team-11 was also because of the fear of Uchiha Shisui's strength.
Because of the story pulled off by Kuroto and Shisui, the Konoha Council now believes that the tragedy of the Valley at the Land of Lightning was Uchiha Shisui's doing and Hyuga Kuroto didn't have any part in that at all.
Therefore, the members of the Konoha Council are more vigilant of Uchiha Shisui. Coupled with his ability, Kotoamatsukami has raised the threat level of Uchiha Shisui even higher in their eyes.
In their beliefs, whether it is Sandaime himself or Danzo, there is no possibility of suppressing Uchiha Shisui in one-to-one combat.
And since the Anbu members under Hokage have the authority to directly enter and exit the Hokage building freely. Therefore, if Uchiha Shisui chooses to side with the Uchiha Clan, then one fatal attack is all it will take to kill Sandaime.
Although Hiruzen believes Shisui wouldn't betray the village, as the Hokage, he can't afford to take such risks.
This is why he had no choice but to suspend the entire Team-11.
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A week later, before the end of the two months, Kuroto returned to the village.
Upon returning he got to know of the suspension of Team-11 which didn't surprise him much, as the position of Anbu was no longer so important for him.
From the very beginning, Kuroto's purpose of joining the Anbu was to learn some advanced Jutsu, after that he would have naturally resigned from the Anbu department even if Sandaime didn't suspend him.
Now that he has already learned the entire layout of the Hokage Building, the details of security, and most of the information of all the Anbu members, he is confident in sneaking around if necessary.
Even the fact that he served in the Anbu department has been added to his resume. So, continuing any further in the Anbu would only be a restriction for him, which is not something Kuroto wants to be put under.
Although Anbu ninjas have all sorts of privileges, they are also subject to many restrictions.
For example, ordinary ninjas can leave the village after receiving a task at the task center without any restrictions, unless of course, there is some sort of mandatory task assigned by officials.
This is not the case with the Anbu ninja, all the tasks are given under Hokage-Sama's directive, their every movement is under the directive of Hokage-Sama. They must also report anything and everything to Hokage-Sama otherwise the consequences would be similar to that of now. In short, Anbu ninjas are too bound to the village.
And such a thing may not be a problem for ordinary Konoha Shinobi, but it is very troublesome for Kuroto, so the identity of being an Anbu ninja does more harm to him than good.
Therefore, he didn't care about the suspension.
But what confused him a little was why was the entire Team-11 suspended?
Thinking a little, Kuroto guessed that it was probably because of the fear the Konoha Council has because of Shisui's abilities and strength.
Since he guessed the possible cause, Kuroto threw aside this matter altogether.
Konoha will not make any move against the Uchiha Clan until the peace talks with Cloud Village are finished.
So, in this period Kuroto has to focus on the tailed beast project that will help him improve his strength by solving the low Chakra problem.
After all, strength is the most important factor in the shinobi world, if you are as strong as Madara, then no matter what anyone thinks or intends to do, you can single-handedly solve all the issues.
For the next few days, Kuroto spent some normal days along with the rest of the Team-11 in training and sparring sessions, interacted with some of the clansmen of the Hyuga Clan, and also spent private time with Yui, the purpose of this was to let everyone in the village know that he has returned.
Danzo didn't send anyone else to monitor him these days, and Kuroto didn't bother to investigate the possible reasons.
After Kuroto was done with all this, he isolated himself at his house to finally commence the Artificial Tailed Beast Plan.
Now he needs to create the shell or better yet the core of the tailed beast.
The material used for this is Purple Clay, as described in the Scroll given to him by Orochimaru.
Kuroto has already done several experiments previously and the result did indicate that the Purple Clay indeed has a very strong ability to isolate Chakra. It is the perfect material for making the core of the artificial tailed beast.
… Byakugan…
After scanning around his house to confirm that no one was spying on him, Kuroto took out the scroll that stored the Purple Clay, given to him by the Miko-Sama.
Looking at the pile spread in front of him, Kuroto opted to shape the core into a simple circular shell.
Choosing a simple round shape is to make the structure as simpler as possible for better stability.
After all, the artificial tailed beast is nothing more than a chakra battery for him, if he opts to make a fancy appearance like that of Ichibi or Kyuubi, there is a probability that the stability of the structure would decrease.
With this in his mind, Kuroto started to mold the Purple Clay as per the procedure recorded in the scroll.
One thing to note is that the molding has to be completed without a break, i.e., Kuroto has to complete it overnight, neither can he pause midway nor are any mistakes allowed.
Even the slightest of flaws will affect the stability of the structure, which might directly burst the core while filling in the chakra of the Dragon Vein in it.
For this reason, Kuroto directly activated the Tenseigan, and using the insight of the Tenseigan, he continued with the task.
He has to control the chakra extremely meticulously to avoid any after issues.
…
'It's accurate to say that when you do something with full dedication and focus, the passage of time only become faster'
By the time he was finished molding the shell, there was already dawn outside.
With a slight yawn, Kuroto looked at the time, as he deactivated the Tenseigan.
Spending the whole night in the molding process, and because of continuous Chakra consumption, Kuroto was really tired now.
After sealing the core of the artificial tailed beast that he molded in a scroll, Kuroto got up and stretched his waist to refresh himself while looking at the rising sun of the morning sky…
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It took two days of continuous rest for Kuroto to fully recover from the after-effects, from this alone the difficulty of the Molding process can be judged.
Now that the core of the artificial tailed beast is ready, the next thing Kuroto has to worry about is how to sneak out of the village quietly.
If the problem was to only sneak out of the village, then it wouldn't be such a big deal for Kuroto who stayed in the Anbu for a while, but the crux of the matter is that he will not be returning in just two or three days. After all, the distance between Konoha and Roran is thousands of miles so the journey alone would take a lot of time, therefore Kuroto has to leave behind a Shadow Clone at home to deal with any issues that may arise in his absence.
Now, this is where the main problem starts, half of his chakra is already being used to keep the Kazekage puppet activated all time and if he divides the remaining half to leave a Shadow Clone behind, then Kuroto isn't even sure whether he will have enough Chakra left to successfully break the seal applied by Yondaime-Sama on the Dragon Vein.
So, after thinking a little, Kuroto invited Shisui to his home.
Shisui asked curiously, "Kuroto-San, what did you call me here for?"
"There is indeed something I need your help with, but before that, I have to ask another thing," Kuroto said after a little thinking.
"What's up?" – asked Shisui.
"Do you remember how I mentioned that during the Kyuubi's rebellion it was being controlled by Sharingan?" after a short pause, Kuroto thought of the best words he could use, and then asked, "Have you noticed any strange person appearing around the Uchiha Clan grounds? Or anything strange at all?"
After a little thinking, Shisui shook his head negatively.
Kuroto again asked, "No abnormalities?"
Shisui said with a helpless smile, "Except for the Anbu ninja and Root ninja who are monitoring the Uchiha Clan, there wasn't any other strange individual around."
Uchiha Clan was originally at the center of the village but after the Kyuubi's rebellion, they have been moved to the edge of Konoha, which has resulted in their alienation, coupled with their reputation ordinary villagers dare not go to the Uchiha Clan grounds.
While Shisui was pondering, he suddenly thought of something that was kind of weird.
Kuroto didn't miss that and asked, "So, what did you remember?"
Although a little uncertain, Shisui still said, "There was indeed something strange if you consider it."
"What?" – Kuroto asked inquisitively.
"You should remember Shinichi, right?" after pausing a little, "He has been acting a little weird for some time, and the thing is that he has been going somewhere to train every day."
"What's strange about that?" – Kuroto asked while holding his chin thoughtfully.
Kuroto doesn't have a very deep impression of Uchiha Shinichi, since he defeated the guy by tricking him, the process was so fast that it didn't leave any deep impression on him.
So, Kuroto isn't quite sure how that's strange.
At this moment Shisui said with a worried look, "The strange thing is that the Root ninja who has been monitoring him disappeared for no reason. This has also escalated a headache for Patriarch with Danzo-Sama, if not for Hokage-Sama coming forward to act as a mediator, this could have resulted in a serious conflict."
"No wonder Danzo didn't send anyone to bother me these days…" – Kuroto muttered silently.
Kuroto felt quite strange in the past few days, as to why didn't Danzo sent anyone to continue monitoring him, now listening to Shisui's words, it seems Root ninjas had some trouble with the Uchiha keeping them occupied.
But one thing to notice is that Danzo didn't take any actions against Uchiha Shinichi, it could only mean that the disappearance of the Root ninja has nothing to do with Shinichi or that there is no evidence that it was Shinichi's handiwork.
Of course, Kuroto can't analyze the whole matter whether it was really Shinichi or not, but he has noted this matter to heart as it would require some investigation.
After learning the current situation of the Uchiha Clan, Kuroto turned the topic over to why he has called Shisui here today, "Shisui, I have a request, I hope you can help me with it."
Shisui hurriedly nodded, "Kuroto-San, you are being too polite, don't hesitate to tell me, and I'll try my best to help you!"
With a serious face, Kuroto stated, "I need to sneak out of the village to do something, and I don't want anybody to know of my absence, I hope you can help me with this by creating a Shadow Clone that can act as my cover until I return."
The reason why he asked Shisui is that with the Mangekyou, Shisui could apply an illusion over the Shadow Clone that would be difficult to be seen through even by the likes of Sandaime-Sama, unless of course, the clone itself gives away the cover.
So, Shisui is the best person to cover for him.
"Kuroto-San, what do you want to do?" – Shisui asked a little surprised and sorta panicked.
'Nothing Kuroto-San does secretly has anything good!' this was Shisui's thought.
Kuroto immediately waved his hand to calm down the guy, "Don't worry too much, my objective this time has nothing to do with the affairs of the village, it's just a personal matter."
Kuroto also knows about Shisui's character, so he explained it clearly.
The kid is so loyal to Konoha that he would rather commit suicide than choose the option of defection, even if betrayed by the highest authorities of the village, so if Kuroto didn't explain it clearly, Shisui might not help him even if they have a rather good interpersonal friendship.
After hesitating a little, Shisui finally nodded in agreement, "If that's so, then all right!"
Kuroto smiled, "I am afraid you'll have to work hard this time because I won't be able to come back in a short while."
As soon as he heard this, Shisui asked cautiously, "Kuroto-San, h-how many days will it take for you to come back to the village?"
After thinking a little, Kuroto said, "If everything goes well, then I should be able to return in about 15 days, but I can't be sure if there is some accident."
"What!?? 15 days!" – Shisui stood up in shock.
Maintaining a Shadow Clone and an illusion over it for half a month is not a joke, even for Shisui!
What's more, there are chances that Hokage-Sama might summon them anytime and Shisui really has no guts to deceive Hokage-Sama.
Kuroto patted Shisui's shoulder making him sit again, and said with a wicked smile, "You just agreed to help me a few seconds ago, now you can't go back on your words Shisui."
"B-but, Kuroto-San I- …"
Kuroto hurriedly interrupted Shisui's complaint, "Don't worry, you continue helping me, and I will most definitely resolve the issue between the Uchiha and the Village, we are friends, aren't we? And FRIENDS are supposed to help each other, aren't they?"
Although, Shisui was still very hesitant, listening to Kuroto's sweet-talk and emotional black-mailing; he finally nodded after pondering over it, "Okay, Kuroto-San, I'll try my best, but 20 days is the most I will be able to keep cover, if it goes any longer, I can't guarantee anything!"
Kuroto nodded, "20 days should be good enough!"
Although Kuroto has used the Kazekage puppet to keep track of Roran survivors, he can still fly using the Tenseigan Chakra Mode, and his flying speed will be extremely faster in the Tenseigan Chakra Mode compared to the flying speed of the Kazekage puppet.
So, after the two of them discussed some details that Shisui has to be especially careful about, Shisui left an almost identical Shadow Clone at Kuroto's house.
With a cover arranged, Kuroto didn't delay any longer and directly sneaked out of the village.
He had already selected the route he has to follow, so as soon as he sneaked out of the village, Kuroto immediately entered the Tenseigan Chakra Mode and flew in the direction of the Land of the Wind.
Kuroto also made sure to keep his flying height at an appropriate distance from the ground to avoid being accidentally discovered.
With the cyan light of Tenseigan Chakra Mode, the flashing figure appeared like firelight in the night as it rushed towards the Land of Wind.
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