"I'll leave these two children to you. Take them to see the world! Although the Federation doesn't train 'ninjas', they can't really grow up if they stay in the house all day!"
"I'll leave this kid to you. Staying in the laboratory all day seriously affects the progress of my experiment. I have nothing to teach him now. After all, he is not interested in the 'White Snake Eternal Life Technique'... If you find it troublesome, just throw him away."
Guan Liyuan recalled what Tsunade and Orochimaru said to him before leaving, and looked helplessly at the three "burdens" behind him.
[Really, can't you take care of your own disciples? And I'm not going out for a picnic...]
That's right, after knowing that Guan Liyuan had a "secret operation", Tsunade "entrusted" Sakura and Karin, and Orochimaru "entrusted" Sasuke to Guan Liyuan to take care of!
As if "we are so hard-working, and you, as the Grand Speaker, go out and be lazy, it's not too much to take care of the children"...
Of course, they are called "children", in fact, the three of them are now at the age of Shippuden in the original work, which is considered to be real adults in the world of Naruto.
As if he had heard Guan Liyuan's thoughts, Sasuke, the least lovable of the three, said coldly: "I'm not that guy's disciple. If I'm in trouble, I can act on my own."
"Forget it... You are the most worrying guy. I don't want to go to war with Konoha in advance." Guan Liyuan rolled his eyes.
If Sasuke acts on his own, he is likely to fight with the Hokage. Even if Itachi doesn't care, Konoha will probably take the opportunity to do something.
"Konoha... will it really go to war with Konoha?" Sakura asked worriedly.
Guan Liyuan looked at Sakura hesitantly, and then he remembered that Sakura's situation was different from that of Karin and Sasuke!
Although Karin has the blood of the Uzumaki clan, the Uzumaki clan has been extinct for so long. Karin has no concept of the Land of Whirlpools. When she was a child, she lived a miserable life in the Hidden Grass Village and never received any support from Konoha. It is impossible for her to have any special feelings for Konoha, the ally of the Uzumaki clan. Instead, she has the deepest feelings for the Federation... Well, she also has the deepest feelings for Haku!
If Orochimaru had not recommended her to Tsunade as a disciple, Karin would have always wanted to apply to join the Snow Battle Corps.
As for Sasuke... he had a deep hatred for Konoha and Itachi.
Without Itachi's infusion of eye power and "nod to kill" before his death in the original work, Sasuke simply knew that it was not Itachi who defected and killed the whole family, but the Uchiha clan, which showed signs of rebellion, was exterminated under the planning of the roots of Konoha. This did not constitute any reason to "forgive" Itachi except that Sasuke hated Konoha.
But Sakura is different from Karin and Sasuke. As a disciple recommended to Tsunade by Jiraiya, Sakura was "further studied" as a Konoha Genin until she was taken out of Konoha by Jiraiya.
And she was a disciple of the granddaughter of the first Hokage, so she should be a legitimate heir!
As a result, they "inexplicably" stood on the opposite side of Konoha...
When Konoha and the Federation nominally ceased fire and reconciled, Sakura was relieved, but later Sakura found that no one, including her teacher Tsunade, seemed to take the "truce and reconciliation" seriously!
"How should I put it... It can't be considered a war with Konoha. Whether it is a war against Konoha depends on how you understand 'Konoha'." Guan Liyuan said.
"How do you understand Konoha?" Sakura asked in confusion.
"Your teacher Tsunade is the granddaughter of the first Hokage. You know this, right?" Guan Liyuan asked back. "
Of course." Sakura nodded immediately. "
Lord Hashirama established Konoha to keep war away from the ninja world, hoping that children can grow up in peace and eliminate conflicts between everyone... But Lord Hashirama failed." Guan Liyuan said.
"Failure? The first Hokage did establish Konoha, and the ninja village system appeared. After that..."
"The Uchiha clan, who founded Konoha together with the Senju clan, was exterminated." Sasuke interrupted Sakura coldly.
Although Sakura was not obsessed with Sasuke at this time, but had some vague feelings for Naruto, as one of Sasuke's best friends, she did not want to see Sasuke like this, and was even more unwilling to provoke him at this time. She did not know how to persuade the complicated situation of the Uchiha clan.
However, Guan Liyuan said, "Yes, in order to prevent the Uchiha clan from rebelling and damaging the overall interests of Konoha."
"Rebellion or something, who knows if they made it up?" Sasuke's tone became colder.
"It was also for Konoha that the Byakugan was with your teacher..." Guan Liyuan continued.
That's right, the Byakugan of Hyuga Hiashi was robbed back by the Federation when he just returned to the Land of Lightning.
"He is not my teacher." Sasuke continued to be arrogant.
"Mr. Speaker, what do you want to say?" Sakura reacted a little.
"You can just call me Brother Liyuan outside... I want to say that your teacher Tsunade, as the granddaughter of the first Hokage, is willing to stay in the Federation and even be the enemy of Konoha because she does not think that the beast devoured by interests in the Land of Fire is the Konoha established by the first Hokage. Now she wants to burn the real Konoha fire throughout the ninja world." Guan Liyuan said.
Sakura seemed to understand, but still asked: "Does it have to be such an extreme method? And, and... are you really the same as the first Hokage?"
Hearing this, Sasuke also looked at Guan Liyuan. Sakura probably felt that her question was a bit abrupt and couldn't help but feel embarrassed.
"There is no 'definite' method. Perhaps there are other options besides war. As for whether I am the same as the first Hokage... Of course I am different! Although the ultimate goal is very similar, but... I am not as talkative as that sir... Ahem, I mean 'I will never resort to violence if I can reason with him'.
I also hate violence, but I will not choose an overly idealistic method because of my fear of war. I am not as confident as he is in the 'future'. I prefer to solve all the problems that can be solved now. The future generation will have their own problems!"
If Hashirama's idealistic method really worked, then when the surname "Senju" disappeared, Konoha should have completely solved all the conflicts between family ninjas and civilian ninjas... However, there are very few families willing to cancel their surnames like Hashirama.
In this regard, Hashirama was taking things for granted.
"Senju... Hashirama. Humph, is he also a boring 'saint'? Hey, what do you think would happen to the Uchiha clan if Hashirama was replaced by the guy in the position of Hokage?" Sasuke suddenly asked.
"You little brat, saying 'hey hey' is too rude, isn't it? But if Hashirama were to... he would probably kneel at the gate of the clan and kowtow vigorously to persuade everyone to give up the rebellion. Hahaha..." "
Is this something that can be solved by kowtow?" Sasuke said disdainfully.
"Of course, while kowtowing, the guys in the clan who are going to attack Konoha, and the guys in Konoha who are going to strangle the 'rebels', should all be hung up and beaten." Guan Liyuan speculated.
"Oh? What if Hashirama is not that strong?"
"How is it possible? How can such a stupid guy live to this age if he is not strong?"
"..."
Sasuke's face was full of smiles - what you said makes sense, I was speechless.
But Guan Liyuan found that Karin had been writing something in a small notebook beside him...
Guan Liyuan couldn't help but sweat on his forehead and said: "Little Karin, what are you writing? Personal worship is not popular in our federation, so forget about writing quotations..."
"Nothing, I'm just organizing the words and deeds of the great speaker, and the teacher may be interested later." Karin's glasses reflected a light.
"Wait, I think there is something I need to consider in what I just said..."