Chapter 252: Guilty Conscience Of A Thief
Back to Konoha Village, inside Konoha Village was a scene of tranquility.
Yoru arrived on the rooftop, looking toward the direction of the Shimura Clan.
Anyone holding a kunai must have the resolve to be killed by a kunai.
The internal strife unleashed by Danzo had no limits, so he must have the resolve to be caught in internal strife himself.
The destruction of the Uzumaki Clan, with Konoha High Command coldly standing by was already heartless enough, but Danzo directly intervened and sold out information, this was the first major sin.
Recommendations for ninja positions, the Five Great Clans had an ugly way of eating, leaving scraps and leftovers for others, this was the second major sin.
The high command’s other big and small malicious acts, those Yoru knew and didn’t know about, there were plenty.
Old and not dying, occupying the latrine without shitting was one thing, but the Konoha High Command that smeared shit on other Konoha people was too disgusting.
Time to crank up the intensity on that old thief Danzo.
The Shimura Clan occupied the position of Guardian Ninja Captain for the Daimyo of the Land of Grass, prioritizing selection of missions from the Land of Grass.
Just relying on missions from the Land of Grass alone could make the Shimura Clan eat until their mouths overflowed with grease.
Commissions from the Daimyo of the Land of Grass all counted as national-level missions, S-rank missions.
Recently, the Shimura Clan had been farming S-rank missions all thanks to the Land of Grass.
Conservatively estimated, the income the Land of Grass brought to the Shimura Clan was at least 60 million ryo per year.
Do you have that capability, yet you’re protecting the Daimyo of the Land of Grass?
The Sarutobi Clan’s Land of Fire and Land of Hot Water, Mito Mon’en and Koharu Utatane’s Land of Rivers, the Ino-Shika-Cho Clan’s Land of Whirlpools, the fattest positions were all occupied by the Five Great Clans.
Do you have that capability, yet you’re occupying so many benefits?
The next day, going to Root for training trust, Yoru carefully observed B and G.
Being a thief made him somewhat guilty, not knowing when Danzo would discover the anomaly.
At Ninja Hawk’s speed, from the Land of Grass to Konoha Village, it would roughly take two or three days.
On the third day at noon, an Anbu hurriedly entered Root’s training ground.
“Fox Jonin! Hokage summons you to the Hokage Building!”
It came!
Yoru arrived at the Hokage’s Office and found Sakumo Hatake also there, Third Hokage, Orochimaru, Danzo, Mito Mon’en, Kiiroinu, so many big shots.
He quietly stood behind the sofa, listening to the high command meeting.
After listening for a while, Yoru was very disappointed, it wasn’t news of Shimura Kabi being killed that had returned to the village.
Danzo sat steadily on the sofa like Mount Tai, not sad at all, which made Yoru somewhat sad.
Today’s topic was Hidden Cloud Village, so Sakumo Hatake was also here.
Cloud Village’s two Jinchuriki, Ryuuha and Buruubi, had been attacked one after another.
Konoha’s White Fang, Orochimaru, each more high-profile than the last.
White Fang at the port, under the watch of so many ships, cleaved a Tailed Beast Ball with his blade, beating Ryuuha into doubting if her Tailed Beast Ball was defective.
Orochimaru in Hidden Cloud Village directly caused Eight-Tails Jinchuriki Buruubi to go berserk and die afterward.
The two were like competing, and in fact they were competing.
Mito Mon’en said: “Sakumo Hatake, Orochimaru! You’ve gone too far!
You were there to probe intelligence, though killing Buruubi can deal a heavy blow to Hidden Cloud Village, it will inevitably lead to fierce retaliation from Hidden Cloud Village.
Large numbers of Cloud Ninja have already appeared on the border of the Land of Hot Water.
If not handled properly, it could easily trigger war!”
No wonder they had Yoru come listen in, the aftermath of the Jinchuriki was still ongoing.
What Sakumo Hatake did wasn’t out of line, he was probing Two-Tails Jinchuriki intelligence.
Orochimaru was indeed a bit excessive.
But the high command wouldn’t criticize Orochimaru alone, putting the two together for criticism.
Orochimaru said: “The early intelligence you gave was about perfect Jinchuriki and large-scale Tailed Beast Balls, I thought Buruubi was that formidable, but unexpectedly one secret medicine and she died.”
“Orochimaru!” The Third quickly stopped Orochimaru’s nonsense.
The effect of the illusionary secret medicine far exceeded expectations, but Hidden Cloud Village had more than just Jinchuriki, their ninja strength was also very strong.
The most headaches came from battling Hidden Cloud Village.
Cloud Ninja genin’s basic qualities were superior to Konoha’s.
Once war broke out, even if commanders and jonin could match evenly, the heavy casualties among genin would force Konoha to constantly retreat, even yielding the Land of Hot Water.
Sakumo Hatake said: “Hokage, fellow high-ranking officials, Cloud Ninja have already appeared on the Land of Hot Water border.
Please let me lead a team to the Land of Hot Water border to counter the Cloud Ninja harassment.
I’m skilled in Lightning Release, familiar with Cloud Ninja, I have the ability to hold off the Cloud Ninja!”
Yoru inwardly agreed.
After the jonin recommendation setback, Sakumo Hatake showed no dejection, becoming more and more proactive.
Proactively completing dangerous missions, proactively applying to go to tough places.
If he could lead the defense of the northern Land of Hot Water border this time, Sakumo Hatake’s prestige would undoubtedly increase further.
Crucially, Sakumo Hatake could use this opportunity on the front lines to push the ninjutsu assessment system, slowly changing Konoha ninja mindsets.
Through war, he could also cultivate followers like Shirakumo Hayama.
Yoru looked toward the Third Hokage.
Unfortunately, after hearing Sakumo Hatake’s volunteering, the Third Hokage remained unmoved.
The Third turned to Danzo and asked: “In the Second Ninja War, Hidden Cloud Village clashed with us and Hidden Stone Village successively, their casualties were also heavy.
Plus Hidden Cloud Village pursues an elite soldier route, with few ninja in number.
How many did they send to the Land of Hot Water this time?”
Danzo said: “My spy sent back intelligence, Hidden Cloud Village’s first batch sent at least 300 out of the village.
They went south leaving the Land of Lightning, arriving at the border of the Land of Moon and Land of Hot Water.
The leader is Hidden Cloud Village elite jonin, Storm Release Gari.”
“Storm Release Gari…” The Third pondered this person’s intelligence.
Gari performed outstandingly in the war with Hidden Stone Village, killing several famous Hidden Stone Village ninja multiple times, his bloodline limit strength extremely formidable.
Just as the Third hesitated, wondering how to suppress Sakumo Hatake and keep him from the front lines, a knock suddenly sounded from outside the door.
How could someone rashly knock at a high-level meeting of this caliber?
Yoru went to open the door and saw it was Root’s B.
Under his mask, he was a bit excited, had it come, was this the real one this time?
B hurriedly entered the office and whispered something in Danzo’s ear.
Yoru closed the door.
So urgent that B interrupted the high command meeting, could something major have happened in the Land of Grass?
After listening, Danzo just had his pupils contract, eyes fierce, but no loss of composure.
Yoru quietly walked back behind the sofa, not looking at Danzo, watching the flustered B.
Compared to Danzo, B’s performance was very poor.
He was slightly bent at the waist, facing Danzo on the sofa, his body swaying from time to time.
The Third asked: “What is it? Danzo?”
Danzo slowly closed his one eye, then opened it again, and said:
“Ninja Hawk just sent back intelligence, the Daimyo of the Land of Grass was attacked, including Guardian Ninja Captain Shimura Kabi, four guardian ninja died in the assault.”
“What!” Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly asked: “How is the Daimyo of the Land of Grass?”
Danzo said: “The four guardian ninja who sacrificed were all Shimura Clan ninja, the daimyo under their protection was unharmed…”
Yoru calculated inwardly, with such a big incident in the Land of Grass, Konoha stuck between a rock and a hard place, they couldn’t possibly block Sakumo Hatake from going to the Land of Hot Water as commander, right?
