Everyone gave Megumin some space to get over her embarrassing confession before they turned to look at Grindelwald, the only other wizard who could help Haruto improve his Chakra control.
"I too have a mission I would like to issue."
Mission Aim : Decipher all of Danzo's plans to keep the village under his control.
Mission Assigned By : Grindelwald.
Mission Reward : High Grade Chakra Control.
"Danzo's plan to keep the village under his control? Isn't he just using fear of the cursed tongue eradication seal to do so?" Haruto asked a little confused but then his eyes widened as a thought crossed his mind, "The Clans of the village won't support him if he was simply threatening to place the cursed tongue eradication seal on some of their shinobi…. There must be something deeper he's planned that is keeping the clans in check."
Grindelwald nodded. "Precisely… a king cannot rule without support. Knock them off and he'll be toppled by his own."
Haruto nodded, then he said something else, "I'll also try to work on that previous mission you gave me Grindelwald-san… the one to prevent Obito's assassination blame attempt on the Daimyo… if I get occlumency knowledge I might be able to fool the seal into believing that I'm adhering to Danzo's command while betraying him in reality."
"I was about to bring that up." Grindelwald smiled, "Although splitting your mind is dangerous and must be done cautiously, nothing is impossible if you have all my skill with it."
Haruto smiled. Truly his companions in this harrowing nightmare were a god sent relief.
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"Haruto's trying to break free!" Kushina said immediately after she saw what Haruto was trying to do in the bathroom.
"Indeed… that's what it looks like…" Sakumo said softly while nodding his head stiffly since he'd just heard an earful from Kushina and Minato about his son Kakashi's actions.
It wasn't until Tobirama reminded them that Danzo was going to test Naruto on these fundamentals that they quietened with worry.
"Mito baa-san… is there a way we can help him out sooner? A way to temporarily relieve him of the seal so that he can act against Danzo?" Kushina asked pitifully.
Mito looked wistful as she pondered while looking at the knowledge about the seal Hiruzen had written down on a scroll for her, a scroll provided by the enigmatic space, and sighed.
"No… unfortunately the seal has a backup in place, the second it is dismantled the chakra inside it will return to Danzo and alert him of the steps that were taken to do so."
Everyone's eyes widened.
"So there's no way to break control of the seal?" Kushina asked in a panicked tone.
Mito frowned but shook her head, "It's not that there isn't… It's just that to do so Haruto will need help from multiple people. He'll need knowledge of how to break the seal which we can give him but he'll also need to set up a barrier to contain the chakra when he breaks the seal so that he can safely dismantle it and disperse the chakra into the air when the seal breaks." Mito paused to let that sink in as Kushina's eyes widened when she realised what Mito was getting at.
Seeing Kushina catch on, Mito continued to explain for everyone else, "And the only barrier strong enough to contain chakra from a kage level shinobi without leaking any of it would be the Four Violet Flames Formation and that needs four other people."
Tobirama brought his hands to his chin and frowned.
"Can't we modify the four violet flames formation such that the people casting it remain inside it when they do so?"
"What good will that do?" Izuna asked, confused.
Tobirama snorted loudly but explained nonetheless since Hashirama hadn't understood too. "If the people casting it can stay within it then Haruto can use shadow clones to cast it himself since the shadow clones have Danzo's seal on them too… so the chakra in the clones also stays inside the formation and doesn't have a way to get to Danzo."
Everyone's eyes widened at Tobirama's brilliance. Truly only the inventor of a jutsu knew how to exploit it best.
"Hahahahaha!!" Suddenly Hashirama broke out into a fit of laughter. He slapped his thigh and spoke boldly, "Then what are we waiting for. Mito and Kushina, the both of you get working on the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal… once you both are done, one of you will send the solution to Haruto and the other will send the modified Four Violet Flames Formation to him that Tobirama creates!"
Kushina's eyes lit up with fire as she nodded, "Fine! Let's get right to it! With both of us working on it together, we should be able to work it out faster, dattebane."
Mito smiled and nodded.
***
"Did you see Kakashi activate his mangekyou sharingan?" Obito asked the Black/White Zetsu currently burrowed in the ground, only half peeking at him.
Black Zetsu nodded, "I saw Kakashi activating the Mangekyou sharingan. Now all that's left is to bring him outside the village and have him fight Jigen."
"And how do you propose we do that?" Obito asked softly, waiting to hear about his aides' plans.
"We can lure him out after you…" Black Zetsu replied after some thought.
"Lure him out after me? You mean to reveal that I was the attacker on the boy that night so that Danzo sends him after me? Why wouldn't Danzo just send someone else to investigate me instead? He knows me after all…"
Black Zetsu sneered. "Danzo wants Kakashi and Jiraya dead since they stand in his way of controlling the nine tails jinchuriki. If you give him a valid reason to send someone as important as Kakashi out of the village, he'll gladly do so."
"Hmm… important enough reason huh…"
"How about you assassinate the Daimyo and blame it all on the Uchiha? You want them dead anyway for how they treated you and your grandmother. Once word reaches Danzo that the Uchiha attacked the Daimyo he'll make things even more difficult for them… you'll score two birds with one stone."
Obito's lips cracked into a wild grin beneath his mask.
"The Daimyo huh… I always wondered why those fools ruled the ruthless shinobi world instead of us who're blessed by the burden of peace! I'll follow your plan… we'll get rid of the Fire Country's Daimyo and then we'll wage a war on the Uchiha from the shadows."
"As you wish Madara-sama…" Black Zetsu said softly before burrowing back into the Earth, presumably to go spy on the shinobi world he was manipulating from the shadows once again.
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The next morning, Haruto went to pick up his junior, Naruto from his apartment to go to the I.T department.
But no one quite noticed the shadow clone Haruto had left in his apartment.
Once a few hours ticked by, the clone emerged from Haruto's house disguised. Then the clone made a small pilgrimage. A journey to the house of one of the more famous shinobi in the village.
"Excuse me, grandma… could you guide me to Uchiha Shishui's house?"
"Oh! My dear child… thank you for helping me cross the road… Shishui's house is just round that corner… follow the gardens until you arrive at an entrance. But Shishui is probably not home during this time, do you want me to carry a message for you?"
"No Grandma… it's something personal… I'll wait for him there…"
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