What the hell is making games in the Ninja World?

Three days passed in the blink of an eye.

The leaders of the other four nations had already learned about the Genjutsu game through the spies they had planted in Konoha.

In the Land of Water, in Kirigakure, the newly appointed Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura, furrowed his brows deeply.

As the youngest Mizukage in Kirigakure's history, he had a long scar under his left eye. But due to his naturally short stature of about 1.4 meters and his youthful face, he didn't appear terrifying or menacing. Instead, he gave off a feeling of 'this child is pitiable.'

In reality, however, this man was already married, and he even had a son. When he was with his wife, it always gave off the feeling that his wife was the one in control.

As a young Mizukage with great ambition and goals, Karatachi Yagura had always wanted to change the blood mist policy that had been in place since the Second Mizukage's time. Despite facing immense difficulty, he worked hard toward this goal.

To that end, Karatachi Yagura paid close attention to every move of Konoha, the strongest ninja village in the world. He sent many spies to Konoha and the Land of Fire to gather intelligence, hoping to uncover the key factors behind Konoha's continued strength.

So, even though he was far overseas, Karatachi Yagura was able to obtain information about the Genjutsu game as quickly as possible.

"Genjutsu game, Uchiha clan... Why would this happen? Isn't the Uchiha clan always being suppressed and ostracized by Konoha's higher-ups? How could they suddenly pull off such a big event, and why didn't Konoha's leaders stop them? What are they thinking? Have they reconciled?"

He muttered to himself, his fingers rhythmically tapping on the table as his brows furrowed even more.

After thinking for a long while, Karatachi Yagura finally decided to send more spies to Konoha, some of whom would directly pose as merchants, hoping to gather more information by observing the large amounts of Genjutsu game supplies flowing into Konoha.

Though it was just some written information, Karatachi Yagura, the youngest Mizukage, was not lacking in intelligence. He could easily tell just how significant the Genjutsu game could be for the ninja world.

This man also considered that the genjutsu game sold outside of Konoha was likely a censored version, so he directly sent his subordinates to buy the "internal version" of the genjutsu game from Konoha.

As for studying the genjutsu game and attempting to replicate it, they were prepared to do so, but it would only start once they had obtained the genjutsu game.

However, Karatachi Yagura's inner thoughts were pessimistic about whether it could be replicated, as it directly involved the Uchiha Clan—according to the intelligence from the spy, this was a secret technique created by the Uchiha Clan, so it must be related to the Sharingan.

Without the Sharingan, even if they obtained all the information about the genjutsu game, they wouldn't be able to replicate it.

Karatachi Yagura's actions were mirrored by several other major nations and some small ninja villages with their own agendas. 

The major forces who received the intelligence made nearly the same arrangements as Karatachi Yagura.

It's not that there were no differences, but the differences were minimal.

Among them, the Third Raikage A, originally wanted to send people to infiltrate Konoha and rob the game, just like during the Second Ninja World War when they sent people to Konoha to kidnap a jinchūriki candidate.

However, this reckless action was stopped by the Raikage's advisory council.

The reason they were able to kidnap a jinchūriki candidate back then was that many of Konoha's powerful ninjas, including the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, were on the frontlines, leaving Konoha vulnerable. That's when they dared to make a move.

Now, in peacetime, Konoha was full of powerful shinobi and had strong defenses. Sending people to rob them would only be sending them to their deaths.

So, under the arrangement of the advisory council, the Cloud Village sent a merchant convoy and spies to Konoha, with a special arrangement. 

The official boss of the merchant convoy was actually a special jonin from the Cloud Village, someone who usually handled administrative work and had no field intelligence but was very sharp, wise, and resourceful. 

That's why he was sent this time.

The Third Tsuchikage, Onoki, upon receiving the information, considered that the Stone Village was secretly but actively preparing for the Third Ninja World War, and they were short-handed, so he decided to hire professional personnel to handle the matter—mercenaries, the favorite of Iwagakure!

Even the poorest village, the Sand Village of the Wind Country, had the Third Kazekage send someone after receiving the information.

However, the dire situation in Sunagakure left the Third Kazekage with few people to send, so there wasn't much that could be done. But the importance of the Genjutsu game was evident.

After a brief moment of thought, the Third Kazekage called upon his trusted subordinates.

Soon, a red-haired boy who appeared to be in his teens, with a melancholic and handsome aura, entered the office with another man in his twenties, who was reasonably handsome with dark red hair.

"Lord Kazekage," both of them greeted in unison.

The Third Kazekage nodded. "Rasa, Sasori, you're here. I have an important task for you. I need you to go to Konoha."

Upon hearing this, both Rasa and Sasori froze for a moment. Then, Rasa immediately responded respectfully. "Yes, please give us your instructions."

Sasori didn't say anything. He only looked calm, but there seemed to be a certain emotion stirring in his eyes.

However, Sasori concealed it well, and neither the Third Kazekage nor Rasa noticed.

The Kazekage then handed over the intelligence about the Genjutsu game to Rasa and Sasori. After they reviewed it, he explained the task of going to Konoha to investigate the Genjutsu game further.

Additionally, he arranged for them to travel under the guise of Sunagakure's emissaries—since Sunagakure and Konoha were still allies, this would give them some flexibility.

Meanwhile, in a mysterious underground space, Uchiha Madara, who had grown so old that he required long periods of sleep and life-support devices to sustain himself, slowly opened his eyes.

Even though his eyes were extremely old and clouded, they still carried the sharpness and authority that could overwhelm anyone, making them hesitate to meet his gaze.

However, the strange white figure standing before Madara was an exception. It was a faceless figure, with a spiral-shaped face and a body that seemed twisted into a spiral shape as well, looking abstract and eerie.

"You're awake, you're awake! Madara, you've finally woken up!"

Uchiha Madara's deep, hoarse voice echoed: "Zetsu, what's going on? Has the Ninja World War started again?"

Zetsu immediately shook his head: "No, no, Madara-sama, the Ninja World War hasn't started yet. It's something happening in Konoha, it's your clan causing some new trouble."

"Very interesting, very interesting, super interesting! Zetsu, I want to play too, really want to play. But why is it useless for me? Ah, ah, White Zetsu can't play, how sad..."

The earlier part made sense, but then it turned into a whiny complaint, and his body twisted and turned, making it seem like this guy was a bit crazy.

Uchiha Madara's aged face twitched. He really wanted to use his Susanoo to slap away this abstract nonsense.

However, at this moment, Uchiha Madara had no one to rely on. Although Zetsu was abstract, he was loyal and had strange abilities that were often quite useful.

For example, gathering intelligence was far more effective than most methods in the Ninja World.

After patiently asking Zetsu for a while, the most abstract White Zetsu finally explained the details of the Genjutsu game.

And then, he directly pulled out a set of Genjutsu game scrolls that had already been released—specifically, the "Return Home" and "Fruit Ninja" sealing scrolls.

Looking at the Genjutsu game scrolls in his hands, Uchiha Madara narrowed his eyes: "Genjutsu game? Hmph, those useless descendants of mine have fallen so far that under that sly and treacherous fool Senju Tobirama's influence, they're now researching these 'toys'?"

A cold sneer appeared.

He didn't bother hiding his disdain.

To Uchiha Madara, any 'realistic illusionary world' was nothing more than a child's game. After all, having wielded the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, when he used Genjutsu, he could make his enemies feel 'real illusions.'

Uchiha Madara then prepared to see the effects of this Genjutsu game—after all, it was quite boring down in this underground world, so trying it wouldn't hurt.

As for the need to fully relax his mind when using the Genjutsu game scroll and not resisting the Sharingan's illusion, Uchiha Madara had absolutely no psychological pressure.

Why? Because of his confidence.

Uchiha Madara was confident that even though he wasn't using his original eyes, these Genjutsu created by mere descendants could be broken anytime he wished!

With that, Uchiha Madara directly activated "Fruit Ninja," sending his consciousness into the game.

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