Naruto : Hidden Cloud

It took Sato an entire hour to explain how he managed to convince Shisui and learnt the Hyuga's plan.

Even then Yugito and C weren't able to believe how Sato managed to pull this off so quickly.

"This is insane."

C fell on the sofa with a blank stare.

He knew Sato was a dangerous boy ever since that Hyuga elder incident, but even then C couldn't believe how sharp he was.

Regardless of how easily Sato put it, he knew it wasn't easy to convince someone like Shisui to betray their village.

And Sato could not only convince Shisui but was confident enough to take the Uchiha clan under him.

This was no longer as simple as being sharp, Sato was a born leader.

"This is a big deal, we have to tell Raikage sama."

Yugito said out loud, she was in a similar situation as C but she was more happy for Sato than anything.

"Yes!"

C quickly got up from the sofa, they must tell the Raikage about this.

Taking in Shisui, an S class enemy ninja was tricky, much less taking in an entire enemy clan like Sato was thinking of doing.

"The sooner we tell Raikage sama about this the better."

"Then there is the Hyuga clan's scheme, we should let him know about this as well."

"How dare they try to trick us."

C scowled, he hated being tricked by Konoha in such a simple way.

In response to C, Yugito picked up her Ninja pouch and removed a paper and a brush.

C got up and walked upto Yugito, they both started writing everything important in the letter.

They will send this letter to Raikage immediately.

Sato meanwhile was lying down on the bed, building a trap for Konoha step by step.

'The Uchiha clan can't betray the village immediately.'

'Not every Uchiha knows that Konoha wants to kill them, they can't just leave the village and join me because I said so.'

'Convincing the Uchiha clan to follow me will take some time, I'll give it a three years at most.'

'In three years the Uchiha clan is supposed to revolt, they need at least three more years to be fully disappointed with Konoha.'

Sato tapped the bedframe in thought, his eyes showing a deep look.

'I managed to convince Shisui to betray the village, but it's only because he was anyways going to die within an year at most, trying to stop the coup.'

'He was already desperate when I got to him, if he wasn't completely out of options he won't put his trust in me at all.'

'I can't be this hasty with the Uchiha clan, their emotions need to accumulate more before I can tame them completely.'

Sato knew this process will take a while, even with him pushing everything behind the scenes, he can only make it faster, not instant.

'I don't need to worry about the Uchiha clan's matter right now, this is a long term misson.'

'I'll convince Shisui to wait the next time I meet him.'

'His and Itachi's help is necessary if I want to get the Uchiha clan.'

Itachi was a wild card but Sato wasn't worried about him.

Getting Itachi on his side was possible, Shisui had already joined him, Itachi can't escape his grasp either.

'Now that Uchiha clan's problem is out of the way, I have two more issues I need to deal with.'

'The Hyuga incident and my business deal with Ichiraku.'

'For the business deal, I'll finish it by tomorrow morning.'

'This is my ticket to achieving a strong financial background, the things I need to do can't be achieved by mission rewards alone.'

'Running around everywhere as a ninja for hire is not economical.'

'I am taking the route of a big boss, I need to have class or the noble clans won't follow behind me.'

Sato was slowly but steadily building a team, a team of strong ninjas belonging to him and him alone.

Everything he was doing, from getting Shisui to investing in business, it was all for his real goal, the goal of building the strongest Ninja squad.

He had both charisma and the shrewdness needed to achieve this, and he already had his first real fighter with Shisui.

'With Karui and Shisui, I have two loyal memebers at hand, Karui will take care of logistics and Shisui will take care of field work.'

'I'll think of how to use them after this trip ends.'

Sato narrowed his eyes, he had mostly sorted out everything he needed to do in the future. 

Now only two real missions remained which had to be done right now.

"The Hyuga incident.."

Sato muttered, this first mission might not be his goal, but it was the goal of hidden cloud.

C and Yuguto were going to handle this mission, it shouldn't need his interference.

'Then there is only one thing left for me to do, the last mission I received from the Raikage.'

'Roam around the village and fight the clan kids.'

'This will put the fear of hidden could in Konoha 12.'

'I'll work on everything else after I leave Konoha.'

Sato had decided to target Konoha 12 in particular from tomorrow.

They fullfill both the criterias he needed, they were important clan members and the village's future pillars.

'I hope none of them have trained in their clan arts yet, I am especially wary of Ino Shika cho.'

'If Ino knows how to do her mind body swap technique, I'll lose very badly.'

'Hopefully she dosen't know it yet..'

Sato rubbed his chin and gave a basic danger rating to everyone he needed to fight.

'Kiba Inuzuka, he dosen't even have akamaru yet, he is wild but will be much easier to handle.'

'Sasuke Uchiha is a weakling right now, he'll at most do some Uchiha katas.'

'Naruto Uzumaki is my friend, there's no need to fight him'

'Sakura Haruno's danger rating is.. hahahaha.'

'Shino aburame.. I would rather stay away from him, his bugs can kill me in a second, he's not worth the risk.'

'Hinata Hyuga, she is a sweet girl who doesn't want to hurt a fly, she already fears the hidden cloud anyway, there is no need to target her.'

'Rock Lee.. he is a weakling but his commitment is worthy of respect, no need to target him either, let's just make friends.'

'Ten ten, she should be weak without a ninja background, she'll at most know some weapon techniques, fighting her is possible.'

'Neji Hyuga.. the genius of the Hyuga clan, he might prove to be the strongest guy I need to face, I'll have to be careful.'

Sato categorised everyone according to their danger ratings, except for Naruto, Rock Lee, Hinata and Shino, everyone was on his list.

And he had already decided who he was going to challenge tomorrow.

'It's you, Shikamaru.'

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