Chapter 76 Main Mission 5: Obito is surrounded by enemies
This year's opening ceremony was very grand, and Shimura Danzo was used to hiding in the dark, looking for the right moment to strike. He didn't like crowded places, and normally he wouldn't attend such occasions, but this time was different...
Ever since he saw the Three Kage authorization letter that Shingon took out, Danzo Shimura has been in a state of confusion. He wanted to refute it, and even told himself that Shingon's authorization letter was forged, but there was another voice in his heart telling him that the authorization letter was real.
And what Managamo said, personally confirming it with the Second Hokage, was like a heavy hammer hitting his heart.
He can indeed perform the Earth Reincarnation and summon the previous Hokage, but what will he say when he sees his teacher? Will he say that he is doing this to protect Konoha? But is that really the case?
Shimura Danzo suddenly realized that the excuses he had been making for himself were no longer valid...
At this moment, Shimura Danzo realized that he had no face to face his former teacher.
When did things start to become like this?
Danzo Shimura was once an ambitious young man, but that time was so long ago that he himself had forgotten it.
It was not until he saw the signature of Senju Tobirama Ryuuto Hobu on the authorization letter that Danzo Shimura suddenly recalled what he was like when he practiced with his teacher.
Shimura Danzo looked back at the past, and he realized that the disciple who once followed his teacher had long been corrupted by desire and power, and had become the person he is today who is too ashamed to face his teacher...
"Elder Danzo, please come with us and cooperate with the investigation." The Anbu sent by Tsunade found Danzo Shimura and wanted to take him to be investigated.
The Root Ninja behind Shimura Danzo jumped out to block them and confronted the Anbu Ninja. Shimura Danzo stood there in a daze for a long time, and finally said, "All of you retreat."
Danzo Shimura was finally brought before Tobirama Senju.
Seeing his former teacher, Danzo Shimura's face turned a little gray. He opened his mouth, but the word "teacher" seemed to weigh a thousand pieces of gold, pressing on his throat and he couldn't utter it.
Senju Tobirama's mood was also very complicated. Shimura Danzo was his disciple. His disciple made a mistake, so how could he, as a teacher, have no responsibility at all?
The place where the two were was the conference room used for meetings of Konoha's top executives. At this time, there were only the master and the disciple in the conference room. Everyone else took the initiative to avoid suspicion. Everyone tacitly left the matter to Tobirama Senju to handle.
Senju Tobirama looked at his trusted disciple in silence, and asked the first question: "Why are you targeting the truth?"
Danzo Shimura looked at his teacher and wanted to say that it was suspicious that an Uchiha like Shingon could use Wood Release.
But Shingon is building a house for the new campus, and the Hokage should have agreed to this...
"Did you steal Uchiha Shisui's eyes?" Senju Tobirama asked again.
Danzo Shimura moved his mouth. He wanted to say that Uchiha Shisui's Sharingan was too powerful, and if it was used by Uchiha, the village would be in danger.
But if Shisui really had that intention, he wouldn't have exposed the ability of his eyes to the top leaders of Konoha...
Shimura Danzo's silence made Senju Tobirama sigh heavily. He said, "It was my fault for not giving the correct guidance at the beginning."
"teacher……"
Senju Tobirama raised a hand to stop Shimura Danzo from saying anything else. He only said, "Please accept the investigation yourself."
In the ninja world, the relationship between a master and his apprentice is sometimes closer than that between a father and his son, just like the Third Hokage and Orochimaru. In order to stop Orochimaru, the Third Hokage was even willing to sacrifice his own life. And now, no matter what Shimura Danzo did, Senju Tobirama did not deny the former master-apprentice relationship, but it was precisely because they were master and apprentice that he had to avoid suspicion. He could not deal with Shimura Danzo privately for the sake of his own face. The truth must be revealed to the world, so as to be worthy of those who sacrificed for the village.
Senju Tobirama decided to hand over the matter of what Shimura Danzo had done and what punishment he should receive to the village.
Before leaving, Tobirama Senju placed his hand on Danzo Shimura's shoulder and patted him hard: "Don't make the same mistake over and over again."
The leader of the Root, Danzo Shimura, requested to resign for investigation. This was a big deal for Konoha, and in order to avoid causing unnecessary panic, the matter was not made public until a concrete conclusion was reached.
The villagers, unaware of the situation, were still excited about the new school's enrollment and the gathering of the Five Kage.
Unlike the villagers, the ninja family in the village got the news early on.
In fact, as early as when the five Kage gathered for the opening ceremony of the school, the families in the village had a premonition that something big might happen in the village, but they did not expect that the person to be dealt with this time would be one of Konoha's high-ranking officials.
Danzo Shimura controlled the Root and his power was close to that of the Hokage, but this time he suffered a major setback. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that the wind direction in Konoha Village had changed, and the one who caused the change was Uchiha Shingon, who first proposed the agricultural and sideline industry development plan and then proposed school reform.
Before the Five Kage gathered, Shingon was with the Five Kage, and everyone saw it. This time, the incident with Shimura Danzo made everyone reach a consensus, that is, don't mess with the Uchiha in the village who can use Wood Release, or the Senju who opened the Sharingan...
Shingon didn't know yet that he was on the courtesy list of each family. At this time, he was happy about obtaining the authorization of the Five Kage.
To show seriousness, Shingon framed the Five Kage authorizations and hung them on the wall.
"Kakashi, who in our village do you think is most likely to become the Sixth Hokage?" Shingen asked Kakashi.
"Why are you asking this?" When Kakashi heard Shingen's question, his first reaction was to worry about the future Sixth Hokage.
"Nothing, I just think Naruto is still young, and when it's Naruto's turn to be Hokage, he might be the Seventh Hokage." Shingon pointed to the authorization letter on the wall and said, "I want the future Sixth Hokage to sign his name on it, so I want to build a good relationship with him in advance."
Kakashi stared at the authorization letter with his eyes wide open. He had seen people collecting stamps, but he had never seen anyone collecting the Hokage's autograph.
"No matter who it is, I don't think anyone will refuse to give you an autograph." Kakashi said. After all, if they want to refuse, they have to see whether the five people in front of them agree.
"I also think there are still many good people in our village." Zhenyan also said.
Kakashi: “…………”
Being remembered by Shingon, Kakashi at this time lit candles in advance and observed a moment of silence for the future sixth generation.
"You came to me this time just to ask this question?" Kakashi asked Shingen.
"Ah, no." Zhenyan reacted and took out a newspaper.
The newspaper is the Ninpo published by Shingon. The content of the current Ninpo is much richer than before. In addition to interviews with ninjas, there is also the story of "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother" serialized by Shingon, as well as some major events in the village worth recording.
For example, at the opening ceremony not long ago, Shingon took a picture of the five Kage gathered together and published it in the newspaper.
Zhenyan did this to promote the school so that more and more children in the village could go to school.
At this time, Shingon gave the newspaper to Kakashi for another purpose: "If Obito-kun is still alive, he will be very pleased to see that our village is getting better and better."
"So, I want you to help bring the newspaper to Obito-san."
Kakashi looked at the newspaper in his hand, he was a little absent-minded. Shingon had asked him to send things to the Kamui Space before, he didn't know how Shingon knew about Obito, but every time he heard Shingon talk about Obito, that familiar and natural attitude always made him have an illusion, as if if he sent something over, Obito would really receive it.
Kakashi did not reject Shingo. In fact, because of Shingo's attitude, he also had a little hope. He hoped that his old friend could see the changes in Konoha today...
This time Shingen didn't write a note, Kakashi wrote one and sent it to the Kamui Space along with the newspaper.
Sensing that something had entered the Kamui Space again, the veins on Obito's forehead couldn't help but jump, and he entered the Kamui Space with a gloomy face to check.
The first thing Obito saw was a newspaper. He looked down at it and did not pick it up, but his good eyesight still allowed him to see the contents of the newspaper clearly.
On the front of the newspaper was a lively scene of the Five Kage gathered together. Seeing this scene, Obito was stunned for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and scanned the note next to the newspaper. This time the note was unfolded, and the handwriting on it made him look both strange and familiar.
[Obito, Konoha has undergone many changes recently. These changes all came from a person. You probably can't imagine that he is a member of the Uchiha clan like you. His name is Uchiha Shingon, a naive guy who is more troublesome than you.
I often think that if you were still here, you would be able to become like-minded friends. Even though it would be noisy and the troubles you would cause would double, I find such a scene somewhat exciting.
Sometimes when I see Shingon and the younger generation of ninjas, I feel that although you are no longer in the village, you have left behind the most precious things. Those things have been passed down from generation to generation, just like a fire that is burning more and more vigorously, and just like a village that is becoming more and more prosperous, and they will never disappear. 】
Obito stared at the note full of words. He was lost in thought for a long time, but in the end he turned around and left decisively...
In the empty Kamui space, only Shingen's newspaper and Kakashi's note were left, along with an unmoved "It's too late..."
"At that time, Obito was always late, and even missed the opening and graduation ceremonies." Kakashi and Shingon talked about Obito, "Later I learned that every time he was late, he was helping others."
"You're a complete idiot for making a mess of yourself trying to help others."
"It's really stupid." Shingen nodded in agreement. He looked at Kakashi and said, "But I think Obito-san must be a person who likes to be lively. Let's send a copy of each newspaper to Obito-san in the future."
"Let Obito-san's spirit be in heaven and know the changes in the village at any time, so that when we meet in the Pure Land in the future, there will be no dull moments because we have no common topics to talk about."
Obito, who had just come out of the Kamui Space, couldn't help but sneeze, and his face was very dark behind the mask.
Obito found Black Zetsu and said, "Tell White Zetsu to tell that little brat Shingon that next time he throws it into the Kamui Space..."
"Did Shingon send you something?" Obito was interrupted by Black Zetsu before he could finish his words, "Why didn't I receive it?"
Obito: “…………”
"Obito, you won't embezzle the things that Shingon gave us, right?" White Zetsu, who was possessed by Black Zetsu, asked.
Obito took a deep breath. He was too choked to speak. Although Mana was not in front of him now, the people around him seemed to be assimilated by Mana, making him lose control of his emotions.
"Who wants to collect things from that brat? Anyway, tell that brat not to throw garbage into the Kamui Space again!" Obito said angrily.
Bai Jue passed the message to Zhenyan.
"Obito said not to send him anything."
"Hei Zetsu said to send him something."
Shinon received the message and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport directly in front of Obito and Black Zetsu.
"Uncle, Obito... Chi-big brother." Shingo greeted the two first. He had talked to Kakashi about Obito-brother so much that he was not used to calling him Chi-big brother anymore...
Although Obito was wearing a mask so his expression couldn't be seen, the air pressure around him was so low that it seemed as if there was a layer of dark clouds surrounding him.
Shingen seemed to be unaware of anything. He said innocently, "The newspaper was sent by Kakashi."
Shinji had no guilt at all. Although he was the one who gave the newspaper to Kakashi, it was Kakashi who finally sent it into the Kamui space.
"If you don't want to accept it, you can choose to tell me in your dream, and then I will tell Kakashi."
Obito: “…………”
Obito did not respond, and Shingon turned to Black Zetsu and gave him the newspaper he brought with him: "Uncle, this is the newspaper I published. It serializes the story of "Splitting the Mountain to Save Mother". Many people who read this story are impressed by the protagonist's filial piety, and I was inspired by uncle!"
Hei Zetsu took the newspaper and read the story. He was deeply moved. The person who understood him best in the entire ninja world was Shingen.
"Obito, if you don't want to receive newspapers, you can send them to me." Black Zetsu said to Obito.
Obito: “…………”!