Promote the theory of threat to Konoha, why Kirigakure brings Hide!

"Mangosteen, have you heard about it? There seems to be a new religion in the village recently. It is said that the believers in the religion are all brothers and sisters. As long as you join, if you are bullied by outsiders, all the other believers will come to help you!"

In a corner of Konoha Village, in the slums, two idle ronin were leaning against the wall, gossiping with each other.

"Oh? Is it true? How do you know?"

The guy named Mangkhut was obviously suspicious of this. He didn't believe that there was such a good religion in the world that could help them for free.

"Of course it's true! Didn't you see the injuries on my face? They were all because the family I visited to collect protection money happened to join that religion, so I was beaten afterwards!"

As idle ronin all day long, their source of income is also very simple, which is extortion.

But they are also very smart. They never blackmail locals. They only dare to blackmail those who have moved in from other villages and live in slums.

"Then what will we do in the future? Outsiders can't move, and locals can't move either. Is it possible that we have to learn to work?"

"Hehe, then you can go work for yourself. I have already found a way and joined that religion. With so many brothers in the church, I can now blackmail the locals!"

Seeing the proud look on the person in front of him, Shanzhu was so anxious that he quickly grabbed his arm and begged him to give him a hand.

After seeing that the person in front of him finally agreed, Shanzhu finally let go of his worries and thought about the good days in the future, but he did not see the deep chill in the eyes of the person in front of him.

Religious initiation rituals require murder and sacrifice, so how can one enter it so quickly? He was worried about where to find someone to serve as a sacrifice, but he didn't expect that the sacrifice would be delivered to his door.

At this time, Namangosteen finally remembered that he still didn't know the name of this religion, so he quickly asked his companions to find out.

Facing the doubts of his companion, the guy thought for a while and then slowly answered:

"It seems to be called...Maitreya Cult."

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Since religion is to be spread, the name "Evil God Cult", which regards the gods it believes in as evil gods, can no longer be used.

Originally, Ghost Lantern Crescent wanted to pay tribute to the number one cult in the world and named the religion the White Lotus Sect.

When the time comes to shout "I have no birth mother, my hometown is empty", wouldn't that mean the cards are full?

But when I turned around and thought about it, the name of the first Mizukage in my village was White Lotus. Wouldn't this religion be calling itself White Lotus?

And you said it wasn't your Kirigakure Village that did it?

Therefore, Ghost Light New Moon had no choice but to give up this idea with regret, and could only turn around and learn from the Buddhist thoughts that existed in the ninja world, and named the religion "Maitreya Sect".

Anyway, Maitreya Religion is also a well-known religion in the heavens. It is commonly seen in various martial arts and fantasy worlds, which is not bad at all.

It happens that it can also be used to connect the concepts of luck and reincarnation with the Buddhist principles of fate and afterlife, making it easy to understand.

With the full preparations of Kirigakure and various "fishing law enforcement", as soon as the transformed Maitreya priest appeared, he firmly controlled the slum areas of each shinobi village and won the support of the majority of civilians, especially outsiders.

Under the temptation that all members of the sect are brothers, and that sacrificing others outside the sect can accumulate fate and lead to a good pregnancy, the Maitreya Sect can be said to have blossomed everywhere in the ninja world, just like a spark of fire that continues to ignite in various areas of the ninja world.

In contrast, in slum areas across the ninja world, the number of disappearances has been rising sharply.

After all, compared to ninjas and civilians with families and businesses, these poor people who had no one to rely on and relied on doing odd jobs to make a living disappeared and no one cared about them at all.

What's more, the Ninja World War is about to start at this time, and the Ninja World is full of people who don't have enough to eat and turn into bandits. It's completely normal for people to disappear.

For nobles and Ninja Village managers, as long as those with permanent property do not disappear on a large scale, the disappearance of unemployed vagrants is not a problem at all.

Rather, it's a good thing.

But this situation can only last for a period of time. If this trend continues, this abnormal number of disappearing people will definitely be discovered one day.

After three months of this, the first person to discover this situation was of course Danzo Shimura, the famous "Ninja Darkness" who had been in charge of the root of Konoha for a long time!

In other words, Gui Deng Xinyue deliberately let him discover this.

"Maitreya Religion? Through rituals, you can obtain the fate of sacrifices, and the accumulation of fate can affect the next life. All members of the sect are brothers, revenge for blood relatives, and justification by faith?"

In the dim underground with dim lights, Shimura Danzo quietly listened to the reports of his men.

"After our investigation, we found that the Maitreya Cult has only appeared in the village for three months, but now one-fifth of the entire peripheral area of ​​the village has become the parish of the Maitreya Cult, and even some civilian ninjas have also accepted its teachings. Attracted to join this religion.”

"According to estimates, before the end of the year, perhaps half of the entire village will believe in the Maitreya religion."

Looking at the root ninja kneeling in front of him to report, Shimura Danzo's eyes flashed and he instinctively grabbed the crutch in his hand.

Ever since the last time Sarutobi Hiruzen apologized in disguise, Danzo Shimura was still a good brother who helped him rule Konoha and an old comrade in arms who maintained Konoha's hegemony.

But in fact, the darkness in Shimura Danzo's heart had already quietly grown, and it was gradually corroding his soul in this dark underground.

He has gradually become tired of this dark underground, longing to stick his head out and bask in the sunshine outside.

However, he knew that all this was not easy. He wanted to do this, and the biggest obstacle was his old teammate Hiruzen Sarutobi who stood in front of him.

As long as Sarutobi Hiruzen reigns for one day, he will never reach the top.

And besides him, Sarutobi Hiruzen's new disciple Uchiha Fugaku is also a problem.

After Uchiha Fugaku became a disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he not only had outstanding talents in ninja training, but he was also polite in dealing with others. He did not have the arrogance and arrogance of the Uchiha clan in the past, and won the respect of Konoha. unanimously praised.

After all, humans are such complex creatures. When a guy who has done all the bad things suddenly turns good, people will have unlimited recognition for him. The same is true for Uchiha Fugaku.

Being born in the Uchiha clan, as long as he behaves in an approachable manner, he will be considered a gentleman in the eyes of others.

Even Shimura Danzo, who has always disliked the Uchiha clan, has to admit that this guy is indeed an alternative among the Uchiha clan.

In terms of work and life, he is very similar to one of his former comrades-Uchiha Mirror.

Thanks to Uchiha Fugaku's efforts, the reputation of the Uchiha clan in the village has a tendency to change - after all, Uchiha Madara has been gone for decades, and the people have gradually forgotten Uchiha Madara's deeds. As long as Uchiha The Bo clan is more restrained, and the reputation can still be easily reversed.

Therefore, in recent times, Uchiha Fugaku's position as the Fourth Hokage, who seemed to be a flower in the mirror, actually seemed to have a faint tendency to fulfill his position.

Shimura Danzo naturally couldn't bear this.

As the root leader who possesses intelligence, he naturally knows what outsiders say about him, but so what?

After him, commenting on his faults is easy;

In his position, it is difficult to do his thing.

How can anyone be the leader at the root?

He believed that his contribution to Konoha was unmatched by anyone, so he could not accept being stepped on by others, especially members of the Uchiha clan.

"What a pity. Who allowed you to have the blood of the inherently evil Uchiha clan flowing through your body?"

Danzo Shimura looked at the information in his hand and kept thinking about how to deal with the Uchiha clan.

As a master who also started out as a conspirator, Danzo Shimura judged the evil nature of the Maitreya Sect at a glance. When he first saw it, he thought it was the work of Ghost Lantern Xinyue, but then he thought something was wrong.

The doctrine of justification by faith is destined to make Xiandeng Xinyue, who is far away in Kirigakure Village, unable to command these people. If he parachuted a "Buddha", it would be too easy for Konoha to pay attention to him.

There is no way that Ghost Light Crescent Moon can do good deeds for free and give Konoha a cohesive force for free, right?

So after ruling out the Ghost Lantern Crescent Moon, he tried to connect it with the Uchiha clan - wasn't this method of bloody sacrifice the work of the inherently evil Uchiha clan?

Coupled with the fact that the Uchiha clan controls the Konoha security forces, this kind of thing is simply not easy for them.

But then, he also ruled out the idea.

Nothing else but the doctrine of justification by faith.

Due to the existence of this doctrine and the fact that Maitreya Religion does not have the position of leader, Shimura Danzo could not imagine who was planning all this behind the scenes.

Because of this large-scale propaganda, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that someone is behind the scenes.

But soon, he thought of a solution - wouldn't it be enough if he became the "Buddha"?

No matter what the people behind the scenes want to do, as long as he has a firm grasp on the organization, what to do is not his decision?

Although he only understood it on paper and did not conduct in-depth investigation, Danzo Shimura clearly understood the potential contained in the Maitreya Religion - it was a force that could shake Konoha.

Those civilian ninjas who huddle together for warmth under the teachings of the Maitreya Cult are all apparently unique to Sarutobi Hiruzen, a power that he cannot touch!

How could he not salivate over this?

So under his order, the Maitreya Sect in the Konoha area soon came into the hands of Shimura Danzo.

With Danzo Shimura standing behind him, the Maitreya Sect's sphere of influence expanded rapidly like a balloon, and by the end of the year, it had successfully taken over half of the area outside Konoha.

In addition, nearly a hundred civilian ninjas have joined this organization, and the strength of the Maitreya Sect has grown stronger.

Still worried that Sarutobi Hiruzen and others would notice, Shimura Danzo took the initiative to slow down the expansion, otherwise his Maitreya Sect's sphere of influence could double!

But soon, Shimura Danzo no longer had this worry.

Because Mito Uzumaki was about to face the end of his life, everyone in Konoha was nervously carrying out the transfer and sealing ceremony of the Nine-Tails, and no one paid attention to the Maitreya Sect.

Not only that, the death of Uzumaki Mito also made one thing clear:

The second ninja war is about to begin!