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TUS Chapter 227: Unlikely Alliances and Power Plays
🕑 Added 2024-11-12 22:44:02 +0000 UTC"It has nothing to do with the Senju of Konoha?" The Raikage frowned and said: "Is there another place outside of Konoha where there is a Senju Clan that can also use Wood Release?"
"You're seeing things in a very limited way." Funan shook his head repeatedly and said: "Could it be that only Konoha has Wood Release? Only the Senju clan can use Wood Style?"
"Hokage, it's meaningless to say that." Onoki said coldly: "Wood Release has always been a unique ninjutsu of the Senju clan, and the Senju clan created Konoha."
Fuck, the Senju clan created Konoha, where did you put me Uchiha?
Funan glanced at Onoki. Is this revenge?
Is this a provocation?
Okay!
Come on, let's hurt each other!
"Onoki brat, you are surprised by what you have seen!" Funan laughed a few times and said: "Sarutobi Hiruzen snatched a child from Shimura Danzo back then. That child knew Wood Release. He is not from the Senju clan. It is said that he is the result of Shimura Danzo's research."
"What?"
"Shimura Danzo has reproduced Wood Release."
Shock filled the room and some of those presents even stood up.
"Of course!" Funan sighed and said: "This person's Wood Release is very weak. So far, he has only barely entered the level of Jonin, but he does know Wood Release."
"Really?"
"Nonsense!" Funan said unhappily: "If we have the power of Senju Hashirama, we don't have to fight this battle."
The people present looked at each other and nodded slightly. It was not that they were too cautious, but the power of the Wood Release was truly terrifying.
The scene fell into silence again. Everyone was thinking.
Had Danzo really managed to recreate the Wood Release?
This made everyone excited. They almost forgot the purpose of this meeting. If their village could also have Wood Release...
Especially the Raikage, he wanted to rush to Danzo immediately and snatch the investigation from him.
Once again, the one-eyed man became the center of attention.
"Everyone, let's continue talking about Akatsuki!"
Mei is very realistic. If Konoha couldn't do it, what can the half-crippled Kirigakure do?
The Raikage pondered for a moment and said: "Akatsuki's headquarters is in Amegakure, right?"
"That's right." Funan did not hide anything and replied: "It is a very closed village."
"Let's try to negotiate first!" Onoki said slowly: "If they don't agree to return the Six-Tails, we'll have no choice."
"Hokage!" Onoki looked at Funan and said: "If we decide to attack Amegakure, what would you do?"
"What else would I do?" Funan shrugged. "Obviously, I would go with you."
"That's good!"
With this, the Fourth Great Shinobi War came to a brief pause.
…
Konoha, Hokage Residence.
"The loss is still too great. More than 3,000 companions have left us forever!"
Funan put down the post-war statistics in his hand and sighed slightly.
"In fact, our losses are not great!" Nara Naoto said slowly: "Some people deserve to die."
This sentence made many people's faces darken.
This meeting included not only some clan leaders, but also several elite jonin and representatives of the civilian shinobi.
In such an occasion, Nara Naoto, how dare you say such a thing.
Nara Shikaku was shocked and angry.
Of course, they understood perfectly what those words meant. Those who deserved to die were, naturally, the shinobi of the Konoha Corrupt Quartet clans and those who were still loyal to Sarutobi Hiruzen.
During this war, these clans had contributed almost a thousand shinobi.
It can be said that Sarutobi Hiruzen's living space has been compressed to the extreme. Now he was like an old dog, curled up and hiding in the grounds of his Sarutobi clan.
To the Hokage, they were his enemies; if they died, then they died. But... could such a thing be said openly?
Shikaku had a particular concern: he feared that the Ino-Shika-Cho trio might also fall into the category of enemies of the Uchiha clan.
The power of the Uchiha had become increasingly dominant, and they were now beginning to cleanse those who remained neutral.
Sometimes, Shikaku wonders why Funan still keeps Sarutobi Hiruzen.
"Perhaps, there is another great battle to come. I advise you to prepare." Funan looked at the people present and said slowly: "Facing Akatsuki won't be easy. Of course, it's not necessary to send ordinary shinobi, only the strongest will be sent."
Those presents breathed a sigh of relief. If they only sent out the strongest, most of them would not be affected.
Someone couldn't help but ask: "Are we really going to fight Akatsuki?"
They all knew that Funan might be a member of Akatsuki.
Although this idea was difficult to accept, the popularity of the Uchiha in Konoha was at an unprecedented level.
The most important point was that Konoha was indeed thriving under Funan's leadership.
So, Funan, an unruly Uchiha, did some unruly things, and everyone could accept it.
Or at least, their capacity for acceptance had increased enormously during this time.
"Who knows?" Funan said nonchalantly. "If the other four villages ask us for help, we will go. If not, we will take a vacation. After a shinobi war, everyone is tired. It is time to rest."
Hearing this, everyone present looked strange, the war was so short that it left them perplexed.
"Oh, by the way!" Funan exclaimed, looking at Pakura, who was standing beside him. "From today on, Pakura will be one of the Elders of Konoha, understood?"
"Understood!"
Everyone couldn't help but look at Pakura twice more.
This heroine of Suna had actually come to Konoha and become one of its elders.
Of course, although she had the title and status, she did not possess any real power. Otherwise, many would not have looked upon the situation so well.
The meeting ended quickly.
The Fourth Shinobi World War seemed short, but there were many casualties.
There was a lot to sort out afterwards.
...
"Alas!" An ancient Jonin sighed.
Someone asked: "What are you sighing about?"
"Konoha has experienced four Shinobi World Wars. This time the compensation is the most. The other three combined are not as much as this time."
The man was silent for a while and said: "Let's not talk about the First World War, which is a bit far away. But, in the Second and Third World Wars, we experienced them first hand. As for the compensations, hehehe..."
The others were silent, and then quietly went to deal with their own affairs.
...
Nara Naoto walked to his office.
At the door of the office, Shikaku had been waiting for a long time. "Naoto, wait!"
Nara Naoto seemed not to see him and walked straight into his office.
Funan's first secretary is Yako, and the second is Naoto, who at the same time is also his advisor.
Seeing that Naoto ignored him, Shikaku could only stop him.
"What do you want, clan chief?" Naoto asked coldly.
Looking at Naoto, Shikaku sighed. "Naoto, are you really going to stand on the side of Uchiha Funan?"
"Ridiculous!" Naoto said coldly: "Uchiha Funan is the Hokage, the leader of Konoha. If I don't stand on his side, should I stand on the side of Sarutobi Hiruzen?"
Shikaku insisted: "You know that's not what I mean."
Naoto sneered and said: "What you think has nothing to do with me. I am Nara Naoto, and you are Nara Shikaku."
"It is enough for you to remember that your last name is Nara."
Naoto looked at Shikaku coldly and said: "Don't worry, of course I remember that my last name is Nara. Nara Naoto's Nara is not Nara Shikaku's Nara."
Even someone as cunning as Shikaku couldn't help but show surprise.
"Are you really determined to do this?" Shikaku's voice trembled.
Naoto said coldly: "Nara Shikaku, this world is not static, nor is anyone born what they are. Sarutobi Hiruzen was born a commoner, but he still became the Hokage, the longest-serving Hokage. I, Nara Naoto, am the same. I was not born to be a dog."
After that, he walked into the office and the door was shut heavily.
At the door, Nara Shikaku's face was livid, and he muttered to himself: "Rebellion, this is rebellion, this is a betrayal of the Nara clan!"
Nara Shikaku had long discovered that the clan had a tendency to split. He was shocked and angry, but helpless.
It was obvious that this situation was Funan's intention.
The Ino-Shika-Cho clans did not have the power to oppose him at this time.
Moreover, Uchiha Funan used an open conspiracy.
Funan valued Nara Naoto, which caused other members of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans to relax their vigilance.
Only Nara Shikaku and other members in power understood that the other party was shaking their position.
If Nara Shikaku is disobedient, then replace it with an obedient Nara.
Many members of the Nara clan did not seem concerned by this.
To them, what did it matter who led the clan? On the contrary, if having another leader gave them greater acceptance from the Hokage, some would see it as an advantage.
In fact, many people in the Nara clan have long been dissatisfied with Nara Shikaku.
Because ever since Konoha was established, the position of the Nara clan became hereditary. Also ever since Sarutobi Hiruzen took power, when Danzo came to take members of the Nara clan to his roots, he never took the children of the clan leader and the elders.
This made them wonder if the other members of the Nara clan were not members of the clan.
Therefore, the Nara clan is now divided into two factions.
