Naruto: Hiding in the Anbu Until I Became a Super Kage

Chapter 517 517: Why Am I an Iwagakure Spy?

At the border of the Land of Lightning, Uchiha Obito saw Fox engage the Raikage in battle. A glint of delight appeared in his eyes before he activated Kamui and vanished.

Uchiha Obito appeared within Konoha Village.

In a Konoha training ground, Yozora was training in taijutsu with a somber expression. Uchiha Obito approached him. "How did you find the scroll? Do you believe now that you are an Iwagakure spy?"

Yozora swallowed with difficulty, pulling a scroll from his ninja pouch and staring at it with a dazed look. This scroll was a file—his mother's file. It contained a photo of his mother, Kyōi, as a child with her family of four. Both grandparents in the photo wore Iwagakure headbands. His mother and aunt in the photo smiled so happily. It detailed his mother entering Iwagakure's Ninja Academy, then dropping out due to excellent grades, being crafted by the village into an orphan from the Land of Grass to infiltrate Konoha. It recorded his mother working in various shops in Konoha, continuously transmitting intelligence back to Iwagakure.

Yozora glanced towards the Hokage Rock, where the Fourth Hokage Tsunade's face had just been completed. He had always believed he was a Konoha shinobi, but never imagined he was actually an Iwa-nin, a spy planted in Konoha by Iwagakure! The immense identity crisis tormented him.

Yozora's eyes suddenly turned a blood-red. Two tomoe slowly rotated within them. Upon learning his mother's true identity as an Iwagakure spy, Yozora had awakened the Sharingan, yet he was completely unaware.

The Uchiha Obito opposite him was very satisfied. Awakening the Sharingan directly with two tomoe—such high talent indeed. As expected of Indra's reincarnation.

Uchiha Obito said, "Yozora, your mother and you were spies upon whom the Third Tsuchikage Ōnoki placed great hopes. Now is the time to return and confront your mother. With Iwagakure suffering such a massive blow, ask her if she still remains loyal to her village."

Yozora handed the scroll back to Uchiha Obito and hurriedly ran towards his home.

Entering the Tsurugetsu Izakaya, Yozora dodged the hand of the waitress, Yuka-nee. Yuka was puzzled; she had always liked ruffling Yozora's hair, and he had never avoided it before.

Rushing into the backyard, Yozora saw his mother checking newly arrived for sake.

"Yozora, you're back? Why did you return from training so early today?"

After asking, Kyōi noticed Yozora didn't answer. She then turned from the sake barrel to look at him.

Yozora stared at his mother. "Mother, we are both Iwagakure spies, aren't we?"

Kyōi froze, then immediately asked, "Who! Who said that!" Her identity as an Iwagakure spy was her greatest secret. In all of Konoha, only her husband Kōji knew her true identity. She had long stopped wanting to be an Iwagakure spy. She only wanted to live a peaceful life in Konoha, watch Yozora grow up, and wait for Kōji to complete his never-ending missions away from the village.

"Mother, you ask who said it, instead of denying it. So it's true. Mother, are we both Iwagakure spies?"

Only then did Kyōi realize that having been out of active shinobi life for so many years, even her basic conversational logic was flawed.

Kyōi said, "Yozora, Iwagakure has already surrendered to Konoha. I am no longer an Iwagakure spy. You are not an Iwagakure spy either. You are the son of Konoha Chūnin Kōji. You are an ordinary Konoha shinobi. The shinobi world undergoes massive changes every day. I'm sure your sensei talks about it in class.

Yozora remembered his father. His father was a mediocre Chūnin, always taking the highest-paying missions outside the village. He rarely taught Yozora ninjutsu; his own strength wasn't great, just a Chūnin.

Yozora suddenly pulled out a kunai and hurled it violently at a sake barrel.

Crack!

The barrel shattered, making a sharp sound, startingling Kyōi. "Mother, come with me! Let's go to Iwagakure! Staying here, we'll eventually be discovered by Konoha. Konoha killed over twenty thousand Iwa-nin; we will definitely be killed too!"

Kyōi hurriedly said, "Yozora, don't panic. We are well-hidden here in Konoha. We weren't discovered before; we won't be discovered in the future."

Kyōi stepped forward, wanting to hug her agitated son, but Yozora pushed her away. Kyōi stumbled backward, stepping accidentally on a shard of the broken barrel. The barrel's surface had a layer of glaze, making it very slippery. Combined with the spilled sake on the ground, Kyōi fell backward.

Yozora tried to grab his mother's hand but failed. His mother fell backward, landing on... Yozora's eyes widened in horror. His mother, after falling, hit her head on the sake barrel.

Earlier, to express his determination to leave Konoha and return to Iwagakure, Yozora had broken the barrel with his kunai. The barrel had sharp, jagged edges. His mother's head... impaled itself on those jagged edges!

Blood flowed out, seeping into the barrel and onto the ground. "No! Mother!"

Yozora felt all the chakra in his body rush towards his eyes. The two-tomoe Sharingan spun rapidly, soon becoming three tomoe, which then quickly merged. The violent chakra fluctuation overloaded his nervous system, and he lost consciousness.

Uchiha Obito emerged from a spatial vortex. Glancing at the dead Kyōi, he grabbed the unconscious Yozora and used Kamui to take him away.

Once the spatial fluctuations completely vanished, the Flying Thunder God Formula on Kyōi's body glowed. Yōkō Body flickered into existence. He first waved his hand, dispelling any residual Lightning Release chakra from his fight with the Raikage.

It took some time to finally kill the Raikage.

Back then, to enhance his strength, he had chosen the Ōtsutsuki-derived bloodlines of Senju, Uchiha, Uzumaki, taking a shortcut. Now he was being used by the Sage of the Six Paths. He was too strong; the Sage's remnant soul likely couldn't guarantee victory against him. So Ashura and Indra reincarnated into his two sons.

They are good sons, but the remnant souls of Ashura and Indra? They all deserve to die.

Yōkō bent down and helped Kyōi up. Kyōi's vacant eyes changed, regaining their vitality. "Son, where is our son?" Kyōi asked for 'Kōji' immediately upon waking.

Yōkō had long ago modified Kyōi's soul using the Evil God's techniques. Kyōi also possessed an undying body.

Yōkō held Kyōi. "Our son was deceived, Kyōi. Don't worry, I will retrieve our son."

Kyōi wept bitterly in Yōkō's arms. "Why did I have to be an Iwagakure spy! If I were truly a Konoha shinobi, how much better it would be. Even if I were just an Iwa-nin who never became a spy, maybe our son wouldn't be like this?"

Yōkō gently stroked Kyōi's hair. After a long while, Kyōi calmed down somewhat.

Yōkō said, "Kyōi, I know a few Uzumaki clan shinobi. They are rebuilding Uzushiogakure. I will send you to Uzushiogakure. Hide there for now. I will visit you often using the teleportation altars. The 'main account,' Yozora, is a bit... flawed. Let's start a new one."

Kyōi knew her identity was exposed and had no choice but to follow Kōji's suggestion.

After calming Kyōi, Yōkō's gaze turned somber. Acquired the Lightning Release Chakra Mode from the Raikage. My control over Lightning Release has greatly increased, completing Lightning Release particleization. Must increase strength to the Six Paths level as soon as possible. Use the two sons to draw out the Sage of the Six Paths and the Ōtsutsuki. Then clean them all up. Who is whose son isn't so clear-cut yet.

(End of Chapter)