Planning

"In one of the hiding places, I found an old laboratory walled up. It was there. I doubt we will need him again, but as far as I know, there is a ninja with a seal in Konoha, his former student." Sasuke handed me the scroll and returned to consume dessert.

Since I was already full, all I ordered was tea. Sitting in the same cafe, we created a strange atmosphere that already managed to scare away all the visitors who, seeing the giant sword behind Suigetsu, tried to get around us for a kilometer.

When I opened the scroll, I was surprised but did not give it outwardly. After reading it to the end, I folded the scroll and handed it back. Who would have thought that Orochimaru planned to die in order to resurrect? His notion of immortality was clearly... corrupted.

"Nasty thing. Are you planning to get rid of your seal?" – glancing at the place where the seal of Jugo was, I asked Sasuke.

"No. All it gives me now is strength. I can accumulate and use natural chakra passively. As long as it gives me the strength to kill Itachi, I can endure the pain."

Nodding, I finished my tea and switched to Suigetsu.

"Suigetsu, why did you follow Sasuke? From the information I have, I don't really understand your motives."

Putting aside a huge glass of water, he smiled wide with razor-sharp teeth.

"Sasuke didn't tell? I'm with you as long as it helps me collect the swords of the hidden mist. Partnering with someone strong like you and Sasuke will help me achieve my goals."

"Understandably. I have no claim to the seven swords. My only sword was not from their collection, but I believe It was on par with them. No matter how many blacksmiths I hired, they could not tell what alloys were used in the creation of the blade. It looks new, but I'm sure its a lot older than the rest of us put together. Especially judging by its handle."

Suigetsu seemed to have found a new life after hearing about the unusual blade, his eyes sparkled with stars. Turning his eyes full of interest to my belt, he stared at the scabbard.

"Amazing! Can I have a look?"

"No. What you see is a basic blade the same size as my old one. The blade I spoke of is in the hands of the Hidden Leaf. I'll have to... visit them and pick up my things. This brings me to one topic. Sasuke, I want to go to the leaf village and talk at the table with the Kage and the village council."

Sasuke put down his spoon and thought. He clearly believed that he knew me and tried to understand what my goal was.

"What is your purpose there? Except for the sword. I don't think you're going there just for fun."

"Actually, there are a lot of goals. But first, Sasuke, you and I, as the last of the Uchiha clan, are still descendants of the clan. In the future, we will have to found the Uchiha clan and expand it."

Nodding, Sasuke folded his arms and began to look at me with a sharp look, as if trying to see my every micro-movement. Damn, is he trying to read me?

"However, at the moment, the leaf village considers you and me to be deserters, mere apostate ninjas. The fact that we must convey to their brains that you and I are clan members. Yes, there are two of us, but our individual strength is at the Kage level separately. To be honest, I have a lot of techniques in reserve that will allow me to destroy entire hidden villages without getting injured. After the Uchiha clan united with the village, their destruction was doomed, as there were many individuals who hated the clan and constantly tried to humiliate it. For example, it was the second Hokage who sowed the hatred of the village towards the members of the clan by making them the Konoha police. The people were AFRAID of them. The ones who protected them. However, already in the last years of the clan, many of the gifted members were killed or disappeared. Of course, it was Danzō's adviser and the Third Hokage who eliminated them for fear that the Uchiha would become too strong."

"I knew that the village was suppressing the clan, but I did not know that the roots of the problems went so far. Why did Madara even agree to join?"

"It's simple. He lost to Hashirama ."

Suigetsu smacked his lips as if drinking not water, but high-quality wine.

"You just talk about legendary ninjas like they're mediocre. No, well, of course, I understand that Madara lost, but why did he decide that the union was a good idea? Given that the clan itself later disowned him." - he asked.

"I don't care what happened in the past." - Sasuke closed his eyes and took a deep breath. Having decided something, he opened his eyes again. - "I don't care what happened or why in the past. What matters now is the present and the future. I thought for a long time what I would do after killing Itachi and the fourth Uchiha, but I didn't have any special plans. Apparently, you already decided what we need a long time ago?"

"Yes. We need a place we can call home. We may be ninja runaways forever, but it's much better to have a home. But a dirty house, near which there are trees with rotten roots, will not work. I plan to cut hundreds. Thousands. Millions of rotten roots. Soon there will be an opportunity, and I will be able to create a world that will strive for the ideal. A world without dirty villages, mired in debauchery and vices. Villages can unite, but they will only be able to do this in a global catastrophe, two villages have already united, which proved it. They must know pain, as one of my old friends said."

Giving a nervous laugh, Karin adjusted her glasses.

"Why did it sound like you were going to create a genocide, you're joking right?"

"…"

" R-right?" - Karin somehow quieted down thinking something bad.

"I'm sure you know what you're doing, although it sounded a little… strange. However, you said that there are many reasons to talk to the Kage. What else are there?" Sasuke asked, continuing to glare at me.

"Oh, the simplest reason is still there. Akatsuki is not our enemy, but some of them will have to be killed. You see, one of those who participated in the massacre of our clan and the one who leads the Akatsuki will arrive at the Kage meeting, and I'm sure of it. As far as I know, it will be soon, although I do not know the exact date. For now, I want Tsunade to hire us for her defense as proof that we can cooperate. I want to start my village unification plan from Leaf Village, where the Uchiha clan will be on top of the world."

"Fourth Uchiha... " Sasuke muttered, realizing who I was talking about.

"He is. Calls himself Madara Uchiha, but he is an impostor, and we must remove his mask to understand who he really is. That he is an Uchiha is no doubt in the scroll I gave you about him was briefly written. He calls himself Toby now, hiding from his own."

"How complicated…" Jugo muttered, holding the bird on his finger and feeding it with cake crumbs.

"Anyone from Akatsuki will do to find Itachi. When are we starting?"

" I have a secret cosmic technique, I will transfer all of us to the gates of Konoha later. In the meantime, I'll go to the toilet." - pushing the chair, I went with a serious face, barely holding back the urges of nature. Plates rattled behind me and I could swear I heard my plate, which had a piece of cake on it, rattle as well.

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Final decision - name will not be changed

Why does it seem to me that my muse is cheating on me with other authors?

:C