Asahi was determined to find evidence during the last battle against Sunagakure about Sasori assassinating the Third Kazekage. That could have caused civil strife in Sunagakure, and in doing so, Asahi would have done a great service for Konoha.
It's just that, at that time, Asahi was too weak and he didn't dare to go find Sasori alone, which made the plan ultimately come to nothing.
But it was different now. Although Asahi's current strength was still insufficient to battle against Sasori, with the improvement of his status, Asahi already had a lot of available resources. If he could make good use of it, these resources might be able to help him against the current Sasori.
Judging from the timeline, Asahi guessed that the current Sasori should be less than twenty years old. Even if he was powerful, he would be far from the level shown in the original work.
Moreove, Asahi's purpose was not to kill Sasori, but to force him to use the Third Kazekage's human puppet. As long as he exposes the Third Kazekage's human puppet, then who is the murderer of the Third Kazekage would be clear as a day.
Although Sunagakure was currently waging war against the outside war, there were also quite a few conflicts within the village itself.
Rasa had just succeeded as the Fourth Kazekage, but most of the power in Sunagakure was in the hands of Chiyo. If the murder of the Third Kazekage by Sasori was revealed now, then Sunagakure would inevitably be in a civil strife, and Rasa would also take this opportunity to seize power from Chiyo's hands.
As long as there's a civil strife in Sunagakure, the pressure on Konoha would be reduced by a lot.
Heaving a sigh of relief, now that he had made a decision, Asahi immediately started taking action.
First, he secretly ordered some of the wounded in the medical team camp to help inquire about Sasori's whereabouts after they recovered from their injuries. In order to prevent the matter from being exposed, the ninja chosen by Asahi were all civilian ninjas with no background and mediocre qualifications.
These civilian ninjas all grew up from being cannon fodders and they all have a good impression of a talented civilian ninja like Asahi. In addition, Asahi healed their injuries and asked them just to do a simple thing, which was just to inquire about a person's whereabouts, there was no danger in that matter.
And the most important point was that these civilian ninjas would not be attracted by any forces because they have no talent.
Of course, nothing was absolute, and it was inevitable that some unreliable people would expose Asahi's affairs. But inquiring about a person's whereabouts would not have any impact on Asahi at all, and one Asahi's plan succeeds, the village higher-ups would only think that he was far-sighted for being able to deduce this much based on inferences.
The following days returned to the original calm life. In addition to daily training, Asahi basically traveled back and forth between the medical team camp and Orochimaru's laboratory. Occasionally, when he had time, he would research the drug that could suppress Hashirama Cells.
It wasn't until a month later, when someone told Asahi that Sasori was seen near the Land of Tools, Asahi's heart began to get excited again.
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"Chizuru-senpai, long time no see!" Uchiha Chizuru, who had returned from finding a mission in the camp, stepped forward and was greeted by Asahi with a smile on his face.
"Huh? It's you little brat!" Chizuru said unhappily when he saw Asahi.
Asahi walked up to Chizuru and whispered, "Chizuru-senpai, are you interested in collaborating once again?"
"Not interested! What can I accomplice with a brat like you?" Chizuru snorted.
"That's not necessarily the case." Asahi smiled mysteriously, and then whispered again, "This is not the place to talk, come with me."
Chizuru glanced at Asahi, frowned, and finally followed Asahi out of the camp and came to a deserted place.
"Tell me, what's the matter?" Chizuru asked first.
Asahi smiled and said, "There is one matter on which I want to cooperate with you. You help me accomplish that one thing, and I will tell you how to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan."
Chizuru was the helper Asahi decided to use to deal with Sasori.
First of all, Chizuru had the strength of a Jonin, and should be able to fight against Sasori. Secondly, Chizuru possesses the Kekkei Genkai - Sharingan. With the dynamic vision provided by the Sharingan, he could avoid the hidden weapon attacks of most puppets.
As a medical ninja, Asahi could also assist Chizuru. If Asahi and Chizuru join forces, there might be a real chance of forcing Sasori to use the Third Kazekage puppet.
The condition of exchange with Chizuru was the secret of the Mangekyo Sharingan.
"You actually know the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Chizuru's face changed slightly when he heard this, and asked in surprise.
"Of course." Asahi smiled and said, "My teacher is Tsunade. I obviously know somethings due to the relationship between Senju and Uchiha. I once read one of Second Hokage's notes at Tsunade-sensei's place. The notes mentioned the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan and the Second Hokage's speculation on awakening the Mangekyou Sharingan."
The Second Hokage, like Orochimaru, was very interested in studying ninjutsu. Moreover, Konoha's suppression of the Uchiha clan also started with the Second Hokage's reign. If it was the Second Hokage who knew how to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, this reason would definitely convince Chizuru.
And the people of the Uchiha clan were absolutely incapable of resisting the temptation of the Mangekyou Sharingan.
"..."
Chizuru fell into deep thought after hearing this. Although Asahi's proposal was very attractive to him, he could not judge whether Asahi's words were true or false.
After pondering for a long time, Chizuru still couldn't find any flaw in Asahi's words, but he still asked hesitantly, "How did you came in touch with the Second Hokage's notes?"
"Of course I read it at Tsunade-sensei's house." Asahi saw that Chizuru was already a little moved, so he decided to add fuel to the fire, "The former famous brothers Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Izuna had both awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan, but since then, the Mangekyou Sharingan has never appeared in the Uchiha clan. You must know about this."
When he heard about Madara's younger brother, Chizuru completely believed what Asahi said.
If Asahi knew just Madara's name, perhaps it could be said that he heard it from somewhere, but the name Uchiha Izuna, in the entire Konoha, except for the Uchiha and Senju clansmen, as well as the top management of Konoha, other than that, probably not many people know about it.
"How do I know your method works? Can you really help me awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan?" Chizuru asked in a deep voice.
"Among the Uchiha clan, there may be a way to open the Mangekyou Sharingan. You must have tried it before, but the result must have been negative." Asahi looked at Chizuru and said mysteriously, "It's because you are still missing something."
"What?" Chizuru asked.
"As long as you help me with the one thing I am planning, I will tell you." Asahi said with a smile on his face, "You should believe in my integrity. After all, we have already cooperated once before."
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