The System: Civilian Shinobi

'Hmm that Kabuto really did tell the Truth, that kid is good, to be able to sense me and instantly react like that… That Uzumaki Barrier though is getting more of a nuisance, I need to stop infiltrating Konoha so casually though, maybe I should have Zetsu… no even he can't get past the barrier...'     

I just arrived back from Konoha and was regretting not killing the kid, he will be a nuisance in the years to come especially with no eyes inside Konoha.     

I made my way through the hideout thinking about the dangers that Konoha possesses, Konoha is always known for its bloodlines but there are multiple hidden villages that can counter Konoha and its vast number of bloodlines…     

'What makes Konoha truly dangerous isn't bloodlines but the cute little monsters they can seemingly pull out of their arse whenever they need… no matter which hidden village you look at, they have their villains and legends, but the monster individual that Konoha produces makes them all the more dangerous...'     

I turned around a corner and came face to face with Zetsu.     

"What information did you get out of Kabuto?" I know I was only away for half an hour at most but that should be enough for him to at least get a read into what our newest potential recruit is made up of…     

"He certainly has potential, to be an S-ranked? No one can guarantee that"     

'Fair point, S-ranks are a little different from normal categories...'     

"I can guarantee that our little friend in Konoha will reach that… and soon, his speed is already there along with destruction potential, he just needs to get his reflexes up which shouldn't take more than a couple of years..."     

Zetsu stared at me with a weird expression on his fae before he said, "You didn't kill him?"     

I gritted my teeth as phantom pain broke through my body, i rubbed my muscles as I said, "Let's just say that there are shadows in Konoha that were quite invested in his protection and they have started to learn more uses out of the Uzumaki barrier, I would recommend not trying to infiltrate Konoha… as for the kid, his time will come soon… very soon..."     

Zetsu acknowledged as he said, "But that will make it 4 S-rankers in Konoha's control, put that alongside Itachi whose allegiance is always unclear… that is more S-ranks than even a major village should have..."     

'He isn't wrong, I may know Itachi's story, and other than manipulating Sasuke or dragging Konoha's reputation a little, it is not a price I would pay for letting Itachi go back to the leaf...'     

"You think we should force this issue, I just instructed Nagato to lay low for some time..."     

"And letting him grow into proper S-rank, I don't like our chances against 4 S-ranks with two among them being Sanins..." Zetsu's words made sense, I sometimes think that Madara was wrong, this really seems like a manifestation of his will...     

"We need war then, Suna is already plotting to eradicate our problems but I don't trust a simple chunin to get anywhere close enough to be able to harm him, no matter what poisons Sasori supplied..." Contingency plans were already running through my brain as I thought over what to do with this new hurdle that is in my path…     

"We need to pit Konoha against all the three hidden villages, Kiri is still not stable enough to enter this war but we can manipulate the rest of the villages to go to war… It will still take more than a year or two to get things ready, with a year or half of the war, all the Jinchuriki's would be ripe for the picking..." Zetsu said as he had a creepy smile on his face…     

'I was the one along with Nagato that was holding off this war because frankly I never thought that we needed to work that hard to capture the Jinchuriki's, with Zetsu's infiltration capabilities it should have been effortless but the barrier protecting Konoha is messing things up… and the little monsters festering in Konoha aren't any better...'     

"Get ready then, start with Iwa and Suna, our reputation isn't that great with Kuma but Suna doesn't have what it takes to reject our proposition and Iwa hates Konoha with a passion, just tell them Sensei's child is still alive and that should do it… to rope in Kumo we would need both Iwa and Suna already against Konoha, and then give them a drastically overlooked version of Konoha's military strength..."     

Zetsu has a curious expression on his face after listening to my words as he said, "Do you really think we need to give Kumo a false report even after having Iwa and Suna at our side?"     

I turned away from the resident infiltration specialist as I said, "The kid will probably be S-rank by the time war starts, One thing you should never do is never underestimate Konoha's prodigies… the kid will be a massive hurdle once the war starts, Suna doesn't have any S-ranks at the moment, and Iwa alone can not compare to Konoha, we need the Raikage brothers out there otherwise that speedster will destroy the frontlines more than you could think… I have seen those eyes before, the eyes of someone with absolute confidence in his speed, He may not be fast enough to kill 2000 shinobi's in a flash, but Iwa won't take on another speedster with their slow-moving rock techniques..."     

'Kamui'     

As I was leaving I said some final words, "Also see if you can get something out of Kabuto, we at least need the ring back..."