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JST Chapter 107: When Keeping Secrets Goes Wrong
🕑 Added 2024-11-20 23:00:13 +0000 UTCHas Kakashi's father gotten into trouble?
Kazuki slowly opened his eyes and whispered: "Don't worry, Shisui. Explain to me in detail."
Shisui frowned and hesitated: "Word is spreading around the village that Sakumo-san failed a top-secret mission. The other villages are starting to accuse Konoha of trying to start a war, and public opinion in the shinobi world is against us…"
"And how do you know, Shisui?" Kazuki's eyes flickered and he shook his head. "You are just a student at the ninja school. Even if Sakumo-san had failed his mission, you should not be privy to such sensitive information."
"I find it strange too, brother. Right now, practically the entire village is talking about this. It's a scandal!" Shisui said in confusion. "At the ninja school, everyone knows about it, whether they are from shinobi clans or civilians. It's like someone is spreading the rumor on purpose…"
Kazuki chuckled in his heart and nodded in understanding.
The impact of this incident seemed to be much more intense than in the original Naruto Series timeline.
Because now, even a student of the ninja school like Shisui knew the details of the incident, and even knew of the reaction of the neighboring villages. This was, without a doubt, intriguing.
Kazuki remembered one of the intelligence reports Kakuzu had sent him, and it mentioned Sakumo.
The source of Kakuzu's information came from the black market, meaning Hatake Sakumo's whereabouts have long been leaked.
This didn't make sense...
Although there is news from various people on the black market, the information involving the five great shinobi villages has obvious delays and is almost not immediate.
For example, the economic crisis of Sunagakure, the Jinchuriki of Kumogakure, the civil conflicts of Kirigakure...
These events had been happening over a period of time before several intelligence dealers slowly noticed them, and compiled them into one piece of information, before selling it on the black market.
But with Sakumo, the information had spread even before the mission began.
And given Sakumo's level in Konoha, any mission he undertook had to be kept extremely confidential.
In other words, there was a traitor… well there was no need to think about it too much, it had to be Danzo.
Although Kazuki suspected or one could even say he was sure that it was Danzo, he still asked Tobirama: "Tobirama, what do you think?"
"Something went wrong in the village..." Senju Tobirama said with a gloomy face. "The report from that bounty hunter working for you confirms that Sakumo's mission was leaked in advance."
"After Hatake Sakumo's mission failed, the high degree of spread in the village shows that the information leak was not due to spies from the enemy village, but someone in a high position fanned the flames and attacked Hatake Sakumo with public opinion."
"So, this is a dirty internal fight in collusion with the enemy village shinobi!"
Just by listening to Shisui, Tobirama had already formed a conclusion.
For Tobirama, who was once the Second Hokage, detecting the root of the problem was effortless.
"That makes sense. Then, who do you think the traitor is?" Kazuki muttered the names of the top leaders: "Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura, or the leader of the ANBU, the Jonin Commander, or someone from the Konoha Council..."
With a cold face, Tobirama said slowly: "Every conflict, in essence, is a collision of interests…"
"If Sakumo obstructed someone's interests, then that person is the most likely one."
Kazuki nodded in agreement. "But, who among these top leaders will Hatake Sakumo block the way?"
"Although he has outstanding military exploits, he does not have any extra thoughts. He is an extremely loyal blade to the Hokage..."
Tobirama narrowed his eyes in thought.
Sarutobi Hiruzen? No… If it was before Kazuki appeared, there was still a possibility.
After all, Sakumo's popularity in Konoha had eclipsed that of Hiruzen's three students, and in order to ensure a smooth transition to the next Hokage, it was possible that he would want to limit Sakumo's influence to avoid conflicts with the lineage of master and disciple inheritance in Konoha.
But after Kazuki's appearance, and having heard the 'truth' from Mito, Hiruzen could no longer see Sakumo as a threat to Kazuki; Kazuki's power was on another level.
As for Koharu and Homura, the two Konoha advisors did not have such a strong motivation; their most likely conflicts of interest were with Danzo, not Sakumo.
As for the ANBU leader and the Jonin Commander, Tobirama eliminated them as suspects; their authority did not extend that far.
The only one left was Shimura Danzo.
Senju Tobirama's face was not good. He had no prejudice against Shimura Danzo. In fact, he had high hopes for him in the past.
Senju Tobirama simply thought that Shimura Danzo was not qualified to be the Hokage, but this was not a derogatory statement. Assistant Hokage was also an enviable rank for any shinobi. It was a position that many Konoha shinobi could only dream of.
However, Shimura Danzo's recent performance made Senju Tobirama suspicious of him...
Although all Uchiha have an inherently evil nature, this evil nature is not exclusive to them. Shinobi, due to having lived under high pressure since childhood, are prone to psychological breakdown and become paranoid, lose their rationality and ultimate goal in doing things, and start doing everything possible to achieve their goals.
Senju Tobirama recalled the look of jealousy and resentment on Shimura Danzo's face the day he stayed behind to ensure their retirement, the dispute with Sarutobi Hiruzen over the position of Hokage, the competition between the two since childhood and what Danzo had done recently, and he realized that something was wrong.
Danzo, due to his obsession with the position of Hokage, has become so paranoid as an Uchiha that his inherently evil nature has awakened!
Although Senju Tobirama had no proof, his intuition and wisdom as Hokage for many years, as well as his understanding of Shimura Danzo, made him extremely suspicious of this disciple of his.
"Tobirama, why don't you speak?" Kazuki looked at the silent Senju Tobirama, sighed and said: "The inner traitor is really difficult to deal with..."
"I think it's Shimura Danzo." Senju Tobirama said coldly. "Kazuki, help me investigate this incident, it is very important for the future of the village."
"Shimura Danzo?" Kazuki hid his inner satisfaction and pretended to hesitate:
"Could the traitor be the Hokage's assistant? Tobirama, I think your idea is a bit extreme. If the second highest ranking person in the village points the sword at his own people, that village cannot be saved."
"You must be fair. Although Danzo sometimes acts contrary to the Will of Fire, in matters of such importance, I don't think something like that would happen, right?"
Senju Tobirama sighed deeply. "Kazuki, you are still too naive..."
"People will change, especially in the shinobi world, people's hearts are the most unpredictable."
Senju Tobirama said in a deep voice: "Love, power, obsessions, nindo... For the fragile and at the same time strong heart of a shinobi, falling into darkness is something easy. That is precisely the reason why I proposed the Will of Fire. "
"Kazuki, do you think the Will of Fire is rigorous?"
Seeing Kazuki's confused expression, Tobirama asked a question that seemed strange. Kazuki laughed softly and replied: "It's okay, it can be regarded as a slogan that is more advanced than other hidden villages."
Tobirama's eyes lit up. "You are right, Kazuki, the Will of Fire is a slogan." Senju Tobirama said slowly: "The Will of Fire does not have strict rules and regulations, nor does it have specific implementation conditions. It is just a slogan to unite people's hearts and give over-stressed shinobi a glimmer of hope. It is a kind of inner sustenance."
"Is the Will of Fire important? It is important and not important..."
"What is really important is the philosophy deep down, the belief that one's relatives, friends, companions and village are all getting better and better, not simply repeating the Will of Fire while hiding selfishness."
Kazuki looked at Tobirama blankly and blinked.
Lately, Tobirama had been giving Kazuki ideas that seemed unconventional, different from the traditional Will of Fire. He wanted Kazuki to think like him, in the style of a Hokage, as if he was afraid that Kazuki would become an overconfident person.
Tobirama seemed to realize that he had deviated from the topic and coughed awkwardly.
After realizing Kazuki's talent and kindness, Tobirama was actually afraid that Kazuki would fall into the vortex of the will of fire, believing in the strange words of mutual understanding like his elder brother, and forgetting that war is caused by irreconcilable contradictions such as interests.
Back then, Tobirama was very upset that he couldn't persuade his brother's strange thinking, so he could only use some tricks to collect some benefits for Konoha, but he was still no match for his brother who bowed in the Five Kage Summit.
Poor Tobirama… he had done the best he could.
Finally, Tobirama had met Kazuki, and he wouldn't allow someone so special to become someone as naive as his brother.
"In short, this matter is very serious, you just listen to me, Kazuki."
"I know, Tobirama." Kazuki agreed with a smile.
A great spectacle was about to happen, and Kazuki was not going to miss the fun, nor the opportunity to reap lots of gold coins.
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