Ch-55 Planning.

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After receiving approval from their fathers, they met each other once again.

"So, should we go and meet Uchiha Karan?" Inoichi asked.

"No, we can't go there ourselves. After all, there must be Anbu ninjas and ROOT ninjas around our clan compound keeping an eye on us," Shikaku replied.

"Then how should we approach Uchiha Karan?" Choza inquired.

"Inoichi, you know what to do," Shikaku said with a smile.

Inoichi nodded, approached the window, and spotted a cat on the wall. He then used the 'Mind Body Switch Technique'. After possessing the cat, he left the Nara clan compound and soon entered the Uchiha clan compound. Upon reaching Uchiha Karan's house, as soon as he got close, multiple shurikens stabbed the ground in front of him.

"Who are you? State your purpose. You're clearly trying to get inside Master Karan's house," Hiroshi, who was on the roof of Uchiha Karan's house, demanded.

Inoichi, in the cat's form, wrote about the meeting with his paw.

"You want to meet Master Karan?" Hiroshi inquired.

Inoichi, still in the cat form, nodded.

Hiroshi thought for a moment and said, "Wait here; I will inform Master Karan about this." He then entered Uchiha Karan's house, where Karan was meditating. Hiroshi bowed before him and said, "Master Karan, it seems someone wants to meet you, and that person has sent a summon, a cat, to deliver the message."

Karan opened his eyes and said, "Bring it in."

Afterward, Hiroshi brought the cat inside the house.

"So, your master wants to meet me?" Uchiha Karan asked.

The cat nodded in agreement.

"Ino-Shika-Cho?" Karan inquired.

The cat nodded once again.

"Is there a sealing around the meeting house to hide the Chakra signatures?" Karan asked.

The cat nodded again.

"Very well, then. Let's go," Karan said as he held the cat by its neck and disappeared from the room.

"I should also inform the others of Master Karan's departure," Hiroshi said before vanishing from the house.

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Inside the Nara clan compound, Nara Shikaku paced back and forth in the room, while Choza enjoyed a bag of chips. Inoichi's body lay on the ground, having been subjected to the 'Mind Body Switch Technique'.

Suddenly, Uchiha Karan silently appeared in the room. "Well, well, what do we have here? The 15th generation of Ino-Shika-Cho," he remarked.

All three of them were horrified to see Uchiha Karan appear like this.

Karan took a seat and continued, "And here I thought that this cat was some kind of summon, but it seems the clan head of the Yamanaka clan has possessed the cat. Am I correct?"

Shikaku simply admitted by nodding his head.

"So, what do you guys want to talk about, and that too so late at night?" Karan inquired.

"I'll be blunt and straightforward. You know very well the consequences of your actions today, yet you insist on doing this. Why?" Shikaku asked.

"Nothing. I just want to check whether Ino-Shika-Cho is loyal to the Hokage or Sarutobi Hiruzen," Karan replied.

At this point, Inoichi returned to his body and said, "We have no other option for staying in power. The Hokage has done many things, and those who opposed him were somehow removed."

"So if we support the Hokage tomorrow and speak in his favor, are you going to accept it as if nothing happened?" Shikaku questioned.

"Not at all. From my actions, at the very least, you know one thing: I never suffer a loss, and if I do, I make the opponent pay an even heavier price," Karan declared.

"So, what will you do exactly?" Shikaku inquired.

"It's very simple, actually. If you don't tell the truth, then tomorrow my reputation will be ruined, and I'll have to sacrifice many things. So, I will make the Hokage lose one of their strategic supports," Karan explained.

"Which support are you talking about?" Shikaku inquired, having a hunch. After all, he wasn't known as the most genius person in Konoha for nothing.

"I will completely destroy the Yamanaka Clan. There are two ways: one is silently, without anyone knowing, and the other is by proving them traitors. With my abilities, achieving this is quite easy. Given your IQ, Nara Shikaku, you should be able to guess a few methods," Karan said, a smile on his face.

"You..." Inoichi began to point at Uchiha Karan in anger, but Choza held him back as instructed by Shikaku.

"You're right; you can accomplish this with ease. However, we have to protect the Hokage. Our families live here in Konoha, and while you may be powerful, we don't trust you," Shikaku stated.

"Hmm, understandable. So how about I make you an offer? Tomorrow, you can speak in favor of the Hokage, and I won't harm any of your clan members. But you must assist me in achieving something," Karan proposed.

Shikaku glanced at Choza and Inoichi, both of whom nodded in agreement. He then turned to Uchiha Karan and said, "Let's hear it."

"You will help me in destroying the Shimura Clan," Karan declared.

"What!? Are you crazy?" Choza exclaimed.

"Not at all; I'm perfectly sane. But if you all want to stay safe, then you have no other choice," Karan asserted.

Shikaku recognized that all of Uchiha Karan's claims were absolutely correct. If they didn't do as Karan said, he would undoubtedly destroy the Yamanaka Clan.

Taking a deep breath and making a decision, Shikaku said, "We agree."

The next morning, in accordance with the deal, Inoichi said exactly what Uchiha Karan had instructed him to say. The scenes of Uchiha Rin fabricating his illusion were all created by Karan. While channeling chakra into Inoichi, Karan used genjutsu to make everyone witness the false events he wanted to show.

On the same day, he sent Nakamura and others to Sunagakure through teleportation to make a deal with Chiyo. The deal was straightforward: "If Sunagakure can provide Uchiha Karan with thirty 'Death Ninjas,' individuals who are willing to die for the village, essentially a death squad, he will release the Kazekage. However, if any of those ninjas fail in their duty or cause Karan's plan to fail, he will not only kill the Kazekage but also destroy Sunagakure."

This decision was not a difficult one for the high-ranking officials of Sunagakure, and they quickly assembled 30 'Death Ninjas'.

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