Promote the theory of threat to Konoha, why Kirigakure brings Hide! - Chapter 221

c220 Mrs. Hatake, you don’t want Kakashi to get into trouble, do you?

Chapter 220 Mrs. Hatake, you don’t want anything to happen to Kakashi, do you? (6.5K)

Bang!

“Is this what you call foolproof? Is this what you call stopping at the right time?”

Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed the information in his hand heavily on the table, angrily looking at Shimura Danzo in front of him, and kept accusing him.

“What did I say at the beginning? Suppress it, suppress it, just suppress his reputation a little bit, just make sure he withdraws from the position of candidate for the successor of Hokage, I didn’t ask you to crush him to death!”

“What did you promise me at the beginning? Danzo, don’t tell me you don’t know what Hatake Sakumo’s fighting power means to us now.”

“The hero of Konoha, the ‘Konoha White Fang’ who made other ninja villages tremble in fear, was not killed by the enemy, nor did he die on the battlefield serving Konoha. The cause of his death was actually suicide under the accusation of his own villagers. If this matter gets out, I can imagine how those people will laugh at us behind our backs!”

Sarutobi Hiruzen became more and more angry as he spoke, perhaps because he was angry that such a useful tool like Hatake Sakumo died just like that, or because he was angry that Konoha’s international reputation plummeted after this matter got out, or perhaps because he was disturbed by the guilt and panic in his heart.

In short, he had a rare quarrel with Shimura Danzo again since the end of the Second Ninja World War.

“You are also an old hand at this. Didn’t you make corresponding plans before the plan was implemented? Didn’t you think that something like this would happen? Now how do you let us explain to the villagers, how do we explain to those ninjas, and how do we explain to Hatake Nao and Hatake Kakashi?”

When he thought that he might lose the support of the village’s jonin and ninjas because of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn’t help but feel upset.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo made this plan secretly, as the saying goes, there is no wall that is impenetrable.

The news that Hatake Sakumo failed in his mission spread throughout Konoha overnight, and this matter itself revealed something strange. Combined with the topic of Hokage candidates caused by Jiraiya returning to the village and Sarutobi Hiruzen being attacked, anyone who thinks a little faster and has a little more information behind it can guess it almost right.

After all, everyone is not a fool, and everyone knows the reason why you, Sarutobi Hiruzen, don’t want to step down.

Everyone can see the constantly expanding territory of the Sarutobi clan, the constantly filling of clan members in various key departments, and the glaring presence of the Anbu Minister and Deputy Minister, who are the son and daughter-in-law of your Sarutobi Hiruzen.

They are all thousand-year-old foxes, and they have naturally read this Liao Zhai no less than a thousand times. Some of them have even used these tricks used by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Naturally, they are very clear about the various methods.

In this case, they can accept Sarutobi Hiruzen using means to suppress Hatake Sakumo and his reputation, after all, this is a “reasonable” political means.

But using this means to suppress Hatake Sakumo to death is beyond their tolerance.

After all, Hatake Sakumo can threaten Sarutobi Hiruzen’s position, and so can their ninja clan leaders and outstanding young people in the ninja clan!

You Sarutobi Hiruzen can suppress Hatake Sakumo to death today, who knows if you will take action against them tomorrow?

This is what Sarutobi Hiruzen is most worried about at this time.

Danzo Shimura was well aware of Hiruzen Sarutobi’s inner worries.

Rather, he went there for this purpose.

Rome was not built in a day, and Hiruzen Sarutobi’s reputation could not collapse in a day.

In Danzo Shimura’s plan, this was just an appetizer for his old teammates, and just the first step on his path to becoming Hokage.

Danzo Shimura knew that the death of Hatake Sakumo would certainly bring a crisis of trust to Hiruzen Sarutobi, but it was just a small trouble.

Because Hatake Sakumo was dead anyway, and among the remaining candidates for Hokage, Uchiha Fugaku was out of the question.

Although the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village had improved a lot before, due to the appearance of the Mangekyō in the Second Ninja World War, the image of their clan fell again, and now no one would support them.

The rest of Tsunade and Orochimaru were still young, and Hatake Sakumo probably had no outstanding achievements.

As for Shimura Danzo, there is not much hope now. Although he has won a lot of reputation with the Maitreya Church and the half-price supplies, the position of the leader of the Root still makes him gain a lot of points with the various ninja clans. Unless Sarutobi Hiruzen commits some unforgivable mistakes, he has no chance to take the position now.

So for now, if nothing unexpected happens, Sarutobi Hiruzen’s position as Hokage is temporarily stable.

Well, if nothing unexpected happens, something unexpected will happen next.

Shimura Danzo’s subsequent moves, the moves that will really ruin Sarutobi Hiruzen’s reputation, are about to be launched.

In the detailed plan that Kizuna Shingetsu gave him before, the character of Hatake Sakumo was described in detail.

In particular, the fact that Hatake Sakumo values ​​his companions and agrees with the original version of “Will of Fire” of Senju Hashirama was introduced in detail.

His detailed analysis of Hatake Sakumo was so detailed that even Shimura Danzo was panicked.

However, it was precisely thanks to this detailed analysis of Hatake Sakumo’s character that Danzo Shimura was able to use his family as a threat, causing the companion who was saved by Hatake Sakumo to turn against him.

Unknowingly, he revealed many clues to Hatake Sakumo, making him realize that the person behind this was Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Just like many people died when Big Brother disintegrated, under the conspiracy of the contemporary Hokage and the betrayal of his companions, and under the double attack of Konoha and Kirigakure, Hatake Sakumo’s faith in his heart really collapsed, and then he chose to die to clarify his ambition. , using death to pursue the dissipated Konoha in his memory.

Now that Hatake Sakumo is dead, the plan can move to the next step.

The trap set up by Ghost Deng Xinyue six years ago has finally come to close.

Now Sarutobi Hiruzen’s reputation for being lecherous has already spread throughout the ninja world. People in the ninja world have the impression that Sarutobi Hiruzen is capable and powerful but a lustful ghost.

Coincidentally, Hatake Sakumo’s wife, Hatake Nao, happened to be a rare beauty.

Here was a widow whose husband had just died and had to raise a young son, and over there was a lustful and hungry ghost who was famous in the ninja world.

If the widow confessed her will by dying at Hatake Sakumo’s funeral and said that Sarutobi Hiruzen used Kakashi as a threat to taint her, who do you think everyone in the ninja world would believe? !

At that time, wouldn’t it be the time for Sarutobi to betray his family and lose his reputation?

Isn’t it also a great opportunity for Danzo Shimura to reach the top and become the Fourth Hokage?

At this thought, Shimura Danzo seemed to have seen the scene where he was wearing the Hokage’s robe, standing on the roof of the Hokage Building and speaking to the people of Konoha. He almost couldn’t help the excitement in his heart and laughed out loud.

Fortunately, it was his years of forbearance and his years of working as a root that allowed him to develop the ability to keep his emotions and anger hidden, so he did not reveal his flaws in front of the angry Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Otherwise, Sarutobi Hiruzen was pointing at his nose and yelling curses, but he was laughing uncharacteristically, which would not be appropriate no matter what he thought.

So with the idea of ​​diverting attention, he quickly gave advice to Sarutobi Hiruzen, “Hiruzen, things have happened…”

But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was furious.

“…How many times have I told you, call your duties when you work!”

Shimura Danzo was stunned for a moment, then looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen. When he noticed his tough gaze, he instantly understood what Sarutobi Hiruzen meant. He was beating him!

Immediately, Danzo Shimura’s heart became angry.

Although I have my own thoughts on this matter, don’t you know? Don’t you agree with all this?

Now everything that happens is blamed on me. As Hokage, are you really a non-stick pan?

And this kind of thing doesn’t happen once or twice. As the root of Konoha, Danzo has long been accustomed to taking the blame for helping Sarutobi Hiruzen take the blame.

But today, maybe it was because the plan was about to succeed, or maybe because he was tired of taking the blame too many times. Anyway, he felt inexplicably unhappy with Sarutobi Hiruzen’s words.

Damn it, you’re going to step down soon, and you’re still pretending to be Hokage here, right?

Okay, let me give you one last taste of Naruto!

So he suppressed his anger and said in a calm tone, “…Hokage-sama, what happened has happened. Instead of discussing how to deal with me now, it is better to think about how to explain this matter to the outside world and how to appease Hatake Nao and Hatake. Kakashi.”

“No matter what the reason is, no matter what our previous purpose was, what outsiders see now is our hero of Konoha. ‘Konoha White Fang’ could not bear the words of his own people and eventually committed suicide.”

“Whether this incident is internal or external, it will have a profound impact on our image of Konoha.”

“So I suggest that we start from the following three aspects to try our best to downplay the impact of this incident on the village.”

“The first is to hold a grand funeral for Hatake Sakumo. The size of the funeral must be large, and it can even be buried according to the etiquette of the Hokage. In short, it is to show our recognition of Hatake Sakumo’s achievements during his lifetime and our respect for him. A compliment for what you have done.”

The funeral must definitely be held. If not, how will everyone in the village be summoned, how can they arouse everyone’s emotions, and how can they ruin Sarutobi Hiruzen’s reputation in front of everyone?

“The second thing is to appease Hatake Nao and Hatake Kakashi. Hatake Nao is now out of the ninja life. Her comfort is mainly based on pensions and honors, and the focus is on Kakashi. ”

“I suggest that Kakashi be included in the ANBU and serve as the Hokage’s bodyguard to appease the outside world. This method of father-to-son succession will show that the village will not forget any hero.”

If Kakashi doesn’t join the ANBU, how will I train this genius after I become Hokage?

“The last thing is to secretly guide public opinion and divert people’s discussion away from the village. In any case, the village can’t be wrong. The wrong people must be the people in the middle. We are just busy for a while, and we are not right about the village. Poor public opinion supervision and lack of timely intervention ultimately led to this disaster.”

“So throw out the ninja who was saved by Hatake Sakumo and let him attract the firepower of the people and remove the village from this incident! Anyway, the village must not bear the main responsibility at this time!”

After all, he will be the Hokage in the future. Saving the positive image of the village at this time is equivalent to helping himself, so Danzo Shimura will naturally take notice.

“As long as the above three aspects can be fully implemented, although this incident will have a certain impact on the village, the impact can be said to be negligible.”

Shimura Danzo talked freely, and this series of logically clear and highly feasible plans instantly attracted Sarutobi Hiruzen’s attention.

The reason why he had turned his face to Shimura Danzo before was that he disliked that he had not cleaned up his mess. Combined with Jiraiya’s practice, Sarutobi Hiruzen now encountered a crisis of trust.

But since Shimura Danzo had a solution, then naturally the anger dissipated a lot.

“…Okay, Danzo, I’ll give you another chance. Don’t let me down this time.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen knocked on his pipe, exhaled a long breath of smoke, and ordered Shimura Danzo to leave.

“Of course, I promise I won’t let you down this time.”

Shimura Danzo nodded in response, looking foolproof.

Can the above three measures solve the impact of this incident?

Yes, but it’s not enough!

What is the best way to solve a major public opinion crisis?

That is naturally to throw out a more important and more explosive public opinion to suppress this public opinion!

So…

“Huruzen… No, Lord Hokage, for the sake of the village, let’s sacrifice you!”

“As the Hokage, you must be willing to contribute to the village!”

Shimura Danzo looked up at Sarutobi Hiruzen, suppressed his desire for the Hokage’s office chair, and turned to leave.

——

“Kakashi, where have you been?”

Evening, Hatake’s house.

Hatake Nao looked at Hatake Kakashi who came back with scars all over his body, and a trace of worry appeared on her pale face.

The news that her husband committed suicide in the study a few days ago was like a bolt from the blue for her, a housewife who had long since left her ninja identity.

In the past few years as a housewife, she has lost not only the strength of a Chunin, but also the decisiveness of a ninja.

But just when she was at a loss and her heart was in turmoil, she suddenly discovered that her son’s behavior in the past few days was extremely abnormal.

After Hatake Sakumo’s death, Kakashi first locked himself in his room without eating or drinking for two days, and then after he finally went out, he stayed in the back mountain training ground all day long like a madman, from morning to night.

This made Hatake Nao, who was already uneasy, even more worried, fearing that something would happen to her son soon after her husband left.

But what could she, a woman and a housewife, do at this time?

Hatake Kakashi looked up at his mother, without showing any expression, and after turning sideways to bypass his mother, he went to the kitchen to find food for himself.

“Kakashi, I cooked for you, the food is on the table…”

Kakashi ignored his mother’s voice, and did not look at the still steaming food on the table. He took out a few cold rice balls from the kitchen and walked out the door. It seemed that he had to go to training.

“… Kakashi, don’t do this. I know your father’s death has hit you hard, but you can’t ignore your physical training like this!”

Hataki Nao stood at the door, opened her hands to block Kakashi’s way, and persuaded him earnestly.

She only has this one son, and she must take good care of him no matter what.

She was also a ninja. Although she no longer has the decisiveness and strength she once had, she still has experience. She knows that what Kakashi is doing now is just venting, and it has no benefit to improving his strength.

Kakashi looked up and looked at his mother for a while, and a hoarse voice came out of his mouth.

“… He is not my father, he is just a coward.”

Kakashi ignored his mother’s obstruction, and passed by her with a flash body technique and came to the door.

“Also, his story taught me a lesson.”

Kakashi put his hand on the door handle and looked at the portrait hanging opposite the dining table. Hataki Sakumo was looking at him with a gentle smile.

“Ninja, in the end, you still have to rely on yourself. Ninja… is just a tool to complete the task. What companions… is simply ridiculous.”

Hatake Kakashi’s lowered eyes revealed endless anger, but it was unknown whether the target of this anger was Hatake Sakumo, the group of villagers at that time, or others.

Bang!

Kakashi opened the door, but just as he rushed out, he seemed to hit a wall and was shocked back.

“Be careful, Kakashi… where are you going at this time?”

He looked up and saw a middle-aged man with half of his body wrapped in bandages and holding a cane standing in front of his house.

He naturally recognized that this was Konoha’s Hokage assistant, the leader of the Root, Shimura Danzo.

However, Kakashi, who was already filled with hatred at this time, naturally would not understand the purpose of Shimura Danzo’s visit. After spitting out an apology stiffly, he passed by Shimura Danzo and ran into the dark mountains without looking back.

The sun set, and the afterglow of the sunset fell on Kakashi’s running body.

The young body rose and fell on the ground, with endless darkness in front of him and the warm afterglow of the sunset behind him.

“Kakashi!”

Nao Hatake leaned against the door, watching her son run towards the darkness, her shouts filled with endless worry.

But Kakashi turned a deaf ear and continued to run hard. The boundary between light and darkness kept moving backwards on his body, gradually moving from the front to the back.

The sunlight seemed to be chasing him with its last bit of strength, but it still couldn’t catch up with the speed at which he fell into darkness.

Finally, with Kakashi’s powerful leap, he finally got rid of the sunlight and plunged into the endless darkness.

“It seems that Sakumo’s death has dealt a heavy blow to him!”

Shimura Danzo looked at Kakashi’s receding figure, and a hint of inexplicable meaning flashed in his eyes.

A genius who fell into darkness is also a genius, isn’t it?

For him, this kind of genius is more to his taste.

“…Danzo-sama, is there something going on here?”

Hataki Nao retracted her gaze from Kakashi, and immediately looked at Shimura Danzo with a vigilant look.

Losing her husband certainly made her feel at a loss, but it did not deprive her of her wisdom.

Although she didn’t know the specific details of the whirlpool of public opinion against Hataki Sakumo this time, it can be seen from the fact that the village did not care from beginning to end that the village certainly did not play any glorious role in this matter.

So Hataki Nao was still very wary of Shimura Danzo’s visit at this time.

She was not worried about what Shimura Danzo would do to her. She was mainly worried about Kakashi and what the village would do to him.

“Mrs. Hatake, won’t you invite me in for a chat? You can’t just let me stand here and talk to you!”

Shimura Danzo did not directly answer Nao Hatake’s question. He said vaguely and entered the room at Nao Hatake’s invitation.

The door slowly closed, and the last warmth of the sunset was completely isolated from the room.

——

After entering the room, Shimura Danzo first lit a stick of incense in front of Hatake Sakumo’s portrait, and after a simple worship, he talked about business with Nao Hatake.

That is, he was entrusted by Sarutobi Hiruzen to tell Nao Hatake that the village would hold a grand funeral for Hatake Sakumo, give her a generous pension, and let Kakashi enter the Anbu, and promised to catch the murderer who slandered Hatake Sakumo behind the scenes.

Except for Kakashi’s entry into the Anbu, Nao Hatake was not interested in anything else.

In her opinion, it was a good thing for Kakashi to join the Anbu. At least she didn’t have to worry about what he would do to her under the eyes of the Hokage.

Shimura Danzo looked up and down at the unconscious Hatake Nao, from her mature face to her plump body, and couldn’t help but feel satisfied with his choice.

Because Hatake Sakumo was in charge, Hatake Nao was wearing a black long skirt today. The loose dress couldn’t cover her exquisite body. With her pale face and haggard look, anyone who saw it couldn’t help but say:

What a pitiful widow!

With this dress, if someone said that Sarutobi Hiruzen was tempted by Kakashi’s beauty and threatened him with Kakashi’s life, outsiders would simply believe it.

At this moment, perhaps Shimura Danzo’s eyes were too naked, so that even the unconscious Hatake Nao could vaguely notice it, and immediately came back to her senses and looked at Shimura Danzo with disgust with her arms around her chest.

“By the way, Mrs. Hatake, there is one more small matter. I hope you can help me.”

Shimura Danzo didn’t care about Nao Hatake’s angry look. Under the gaze of Hatake Sakumo’s portrait, he slowly said what he asked her to do.

The extremely shocked Nao Hatake thought she had misheard at first, and was still looking at Shimura Danzo with a surprised look, but then she thought of his eyes just now, and the whole person immediately reacted.

Snap!

“You are dreaming!”

Nao Hatake stood up suddenly and slapped Shimura Danzo in the face. In extreme anger, her plump body kept rising and falling.

Although she knew some bad rumors about Shimura Danzo, Nao Hatake never thought that the man in front of her could be so shameless!

Now that her husband had just died because of the village, under the gaze of her husband’s portrait, she dared to make such a request to her as a hero’s widow!

Danzo Shimura slowly turned his face, ignoring the bright red palm prints on his face, and looked at Nao Hatake with a calm look, saying:

“Mrs. Hatake, you don’t want Kakashi to get into trouble, do you?”

Boom!

It was as if a bolt from the blue struck Nao Hatake’s head. The moment she heard this, her bones seemed to be pulled out of her body, and her plump body fell limply on the seat.

But soon, she came to her senses and looked at Danzo Shimura with gritted teeth.

“I will tell all this to Hiruzen Sarutobi… He will definitely be able to protect Kakashi.”

When Danzo Shimura heard this, a disdainful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, as if he was mocking Nao Hatake’s naivety, and as if he was mocking Hiruzen Sarutobi.

“Do you think Hiruzen can protect Kakashi from me?”

Shimura Danzo looked at Hatake Nao with a complicated expression on his face, and whispered a sentence like a murmur or a vent: “He is a leaf bathed in the sun, and I am a root buried deep in the dark. What he can’t do, I can do; and what I can do, he can’t do.”

Hatake Nao’s pretty face instantly lost all color after understanding this meaning, and the whole person collapsed on the chair.

Sarutobi Hiruzen is limited by his status as Hokage, and he can’t be as unscrupulous as Shimura Danzo.

And since Shimura Danzo has been planning for so long, he will naturally not give up the great opportunity to become Hokage in front of him. For this time, he will definitely do his best.

Wait!

If that’s the case… A terrible thought suddenly flashed through Hatake Nao’s mind.

“Are you the one behind Sakumo’s death?!”

Nao Hatake deduced this conclusion from Shimura Danzo’s determined request. Seeing the indifferent look in the man’s eyes, she wanted to stand up and fight with Shimura Danzo, and wanted to spread the news to the village.

But she gave up the idea in an instant.

As Shimura Danzo said just now, he is a root buried deep underground, and there are too many ways to attack Kakashi.

With this thought, Nao Hatake couldn’t help but smile bitterly in her heart, and her eyes passed by Shimura Danzo and looked at the portrait of Hatake Sakumo on the wall behind him.

“Sakumo, is this the Konoha you’ve been thinking about…”

After a long time, a lifeless voice sounded:

“I… promise you.”

And Hatake Sakumo, hanging on the wall, was still looking at everything in front of him with his iconic gentle smile.

Silently looking at the Konoha he had fought for all his life and died to practice his ideals.