Escape From Konoha

Mid-October.

During this season, there is already a refreshing coolness in the air.

Three days ago, the Kyuubi raided Konoha, bringing countless disasters and pain to Konoha.

Following a fierce and fierce battle, although Konoha successfully suppressed the nine-tailed demon fox, it also paid an extremely heavy price.

In the battle late at night three days ago, more than a thousand powerful ninjas were killed or injured by Konoha. The Fourth Naruto Namikaze Minato and his wife even sacrificed their lives in this battle to put down the chaos in Kyuubi.

This heart-breaking fact left many people in Konoha in disbelief.

But as the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen personally came forward to confirm this matter, everyone had to accept this cruel fact.

Konoha in the early morning was enveloped in a solemn and sad atmosphere.

Everyone in the village was wearing black mourning clothes, silently following the crowd, and walking towards the Ninja Cemetery with grief.

Everyone has a silent and sad expression on their face. Silence or complexity can be clearly seen on their faces.

It was not just the Fourth Hokage and his wife who died in the Nine-Tails Battle, but also many pillars of the family who died in the battle.

Naturally, compensation for these families must be implemented, and the lives of heroes cannot be allowed to be sacrificed in vain. But the most important thing right now is to mourn the ninjas who died in the Kyuubi War, hold funerals, and see off the heroes who died fighting the Kyuubi.

"The village finally restored peace thanks to the efforts of the fourth generation adults. I didn't expect it to be like this... Sigh..."

I don’t know who said this, which caused more grief and spread quickly among the crowd.

The night of the battle with Kyuubi three days ago, the situation was extremely dangerous.

Although the Konoha ninjas worked together to suppress the Kyuubi for a time, they were unable to harm the Kyuubi's body at all.

That was a real natural disaster. If the Fourth Hokage and his wife had not sealed the Kyuubi with their lives in time, Konoha would have killed and injured thousands of ninjas.

A disaster of that level cannot be resisted by human beings.

At the front of the team were naturally the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and other high-level officials, including the semi-retired root leader Shimura Danzo.

Compared to the laments of the others, there was no expression on his face. He just stared at the name on the commemorative monument - Namikaze Minato with an indifferent gaze, making people wonder what he was thinking in his heart.

Next to him, Koharu, who was sleeping, said in a low voice: "Go back, Hiruzen. Next, we have more important things to deal with."

Taking some time out of your busy schedule to mourn is already the greatest grace time.

It's not that I don't want to appreciate the contribution of the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato here, but that he has passed away and Konoha now needs to elect a new leader as soon as possible.

Because it was impossible to hide the sacrifice of the Fourth Hokage from the other villages. No matter how hard they tried to hide it, I believe that the Kages of the other shinobi villages would also get the news of the Fourth Hokage's sacrifice in order to seal the Kyuubi.

Sunagakure and Iwagakure suffered heavy losses in the previous battles, so there was no need to worry about them for the time being.

However, Kumogakure's power was not greatly damaged in the war, and he still looked covetously at Konoha.

There is also a Kirigakure village with the most intact strength. Konoha must take action as soon as possible to set up defenses on the border to prevent the ninjas of Kumogakure and Kirigakure from attacking the Land of Fire.

Although Konoha and Kirigakure did not have much communication in the past, and Kirigakure has not publicly expressed hostility towards Konoha, under the premise that the Fourth Hokage sacrificed his life, it is inevitable that Kirigakure will not have some careful thoughts.

Hiruzen sighed, closed his eyes and nodded.

Indeed, now is not the time to mourn the dead.

No matter how regretful he was, the sacrifice of the Minato couple was an ironclad fact, and nothing would change because of his regret.

As the Third Hokage, he has more important things.

How to let Konoha survive the upcoming difficulties and prevent other villages from raiding the Fire Country is the key point.

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The mourning ceremony is still going on, and the number of farewells for the heroes who died in the battle of Kyuubi is still huge and has not decreased.

Kakashi did not join such a team, and for him, going there would only add to his sorrow.

He sat alone on the top of the water tower of Konoha Hospital, quietly looking at the white clouds in the sky, and was lost in thought for a moment.

Not long after, there were crisp footsteps behind him, and someone was approaching him.

Kakashi, who was interrupted from thinking, twisted his eyes and saw an adult woman wearing a white coat walking towards him slowly and slowly, with a pair of black framed glasses on her chest, and her eyes always revealed The light of knowledge and intelligence.

But his appearance is relatively ordinary, not particularly outstanding.

Asami Masumi, director of the pharmacy department of Konoha Hospital, is a well-known figure in Konoha.

The reason why the Kyuubi brought trouble to Konoha, resulting in the death of the Fourth Hokage and his wife, was partly due to her.

Because she was the first to pass on the information about Kushina's delivery, which led to the Nine-Tails riot and indirectly triggered a series of tragedies.

"It seems that you are in a bad mood. Are you still sad about the fourth generation?"

Asami Masumi walked up to Kakashi and spoke softly.

"What are you doing here?"

Kakashi didn't answer the question.

The other party is one of Shiraishi's special spies who stayed in Konoha. So far, no one knows how much information has been passed to the Kingdom of Demons.

"Come out and get some air. I don't like crowds very much, and I don't like going to funerals either. Whoever's funeral, to a doctor, means that life is dying in the world."

"It's really not something someone like you can say."

Kakashi pulled the mask over his face.

Asami Masumi smiled slightly: "I'm just doing what I can. But I'm not lying, I hate death, whether it's myself or others. This is the professional ethics of a medical ninja."

"Really? I thought you were chuckling to yourself."

"How could it be? Anyway, this is the village where I grew up. I'm more or less a person who misses old love. However, I'm sorry about the four generations."

Looking directly into Kakashi's eyes, Asami Masumi's smile faded and she apologized seriously.

"No, I'm the one who should apologize. I knew everything, but I just ignored Minato-sensei's affairs and watched them die with my own eyes. After all, we are all the same kind of people."

Kakashi stood up from the edge of the water tower, then jumped down and left along the stairs downstairs.

Asami Masumi watched Kakashi leave with her hands in the pockets of her white coat, her shoulder-length black hair flying in the wind.

"Are we the same kind of people? Yes, we are no longer part of this village..."

Asami Masumi murmured to herself.

It sounds a bit self-deceiving.

He was clearly doing work that harmed the village, but he was condemned by his conscience for betraying information.

Without a strong and determined mind, one cannot be qualified for such a job.

And this kind of work is just the beginning.

In the future, more Konoha ninjas will die because of her information.

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Four people were sitting in a secret conference room on a certain floor of the Hokage Building. The retired former Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, two advisors Mito Kaden and Koharu, as well as the semi-idle leader Shimura Danzo.

Because the fourth generation Hokage Namikaze Minato died unexpectedly, the four of them had to reunite and hold an emergency meeting here.

After the Nine-Tails emergency passed, the wrinkles on Hiruzen's tired face became deeper, as if he had aged many years all of a sudden.

There was silence in the conference room. Hiruzen looked at his former comrades and colleagues beside him, and finally his eyes fell on Danzo.

The other party carries all the darkness of Konoha and is the most radical hawk in the village.

Because before secretly researching Mutun, and through Yuyin's prospecting, he used secret channels to trade human beings and conduct human experiments, and was then monitored by his dark department.

If the deal between Danzo and Amegakure Kanzo is exposed, it will be tantamount to tarnishing Konoha's face.

When the time comes, Konoha will receive more than just verbal and written criticism.

Konoha Ninja Village, which has always had a good image in the ninja world, will also be tarnished by Danzo's actions, causing its reputation to deteriorate.

He spent a lot of time and energy handling the follow-up matters for Danzo at that time.

"According to the battle damage statistics produced by Anbu, on the night when Kyuubi attacked Konoha, including Minato and Kushina, a total of 473 ninjas died, and more than 1,700 people were severely injured. Different injuries, currently recovering.”

After going to bed, Xiaochun took the lead in breaking the quiet atmosphere in the conference room.

What she is talking about now is the casualty data of Konoha in the battle with Kyuubi.

Taking the legendary strongest tailed beast Kyuubi as an opponent, he only sacrificed hundreds of people and suppressed Kyuubi. It can be said to be a great victory.

However, all four of them felt a little heavy about this result.

The reason is that the Fourth Hokage and his wife were killed in battle, and Konoha's losses this time cannot be taken at face value.

The importance of the Fourth Hokage to Konoha is self-evident. The reason why Konoha restored peace so quickly is inseparable from the strength of the Fourth Hokage.

In this era where frequent wars have just ended and the transition to peace has begun, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato is Konoha's greatest guarantee of peace.

Everyone knows the name of the yellow flash, and it has become Konoha's golden signboard to intimidate other Ninja villages. In the future, it can protect Konoha for decades, so that Konoha's international situation will not be passive.

It's a pity... all this beautiful vision was lost that night a few days ago.

"The villagers and buildings were not damaged at all, only the area outside the village was affected, which is a blessing in misfortune. In this way, the restoration work will be much easier. However, the problem is still on Yunyin's side, and there is another person whose attitude is temporarily unknown. Kirigakure.”

Mito Menyan frowned and expressed his concerns.

"Over at Kumogakure, I have asked Tofu to be on guard, and I have also given orders to Jiraiya and Tsunade, who are traveling in the ninja world, to return to the village."

"With the two of them back to take charge, there shouldn't be much of a problem with Kumogakure. Kirigakure... Hiruzen, how are you going to deal with it?"

Mitomon Yan asked.

Just as Hiruzen was about to speak, Danzo, who was standing aside with a cold face, suddenly interrupted:

"According to the spies I planted in Kirigakure, a piece of extremely important news just came early... There was an earth-shattering civil war in Kirigakure two days ago."

"civil war?"

Hiruzen and the other three were slightly stunned.

Danzo nodded and replied: "That's right. In order to seek the position of the fourth Mizukage, Kirigakure jonin Goju Yagura launched a coup and successfully ousted the third Mizukage. Because of this internal conflict, , most of Kirigakure Village was destroyed, at least a thousand ninjas died in the coup, and countless others were injured. Kirigakure will never recover without more than three years."

Danzo gave a more accurate time.

"Gotachibana Yagura... is a really scary guy. But this is a good thing for Konoha now."

Xiaochun breathed a sigh of relief when he went to bed, finally there was good news.

None of them were surprised that Danzo planted spies in Kirigakure.

Because this is the root's external mission, doing the most dangerous work at the forefront.

Although the level of spies may not be high and they do not have access to Kirigakure's core class, an event as big as the coup cannot be covered up even if they want to.

External matters have been generally resolved. Although the Fourth Hokage and his wife have been lost, Konoha will not lose its external deterrence.

Even if the yellow flash is gone, Konoha, which has Byakugan and Sharingan, various secret ninjas, and Sannin, will not be at the end of its rope.

What's more, among the new generation of ninjas, there are talents like Hatake Kakashi. In a few years, there will be another Konoha White Fang who can become a sharp blade to intimidate other countries.

As long as these geniuses can be given enough room to grow, they will be able to support the big tree of Konoha in the future.

In the past twenty or thirty years, the younger generation of ninjas in Konoha have never been disappointed. They will thrive one by one and become the cornerstone of solidifying the big tree of Konoha.

"Compared to the pressure from the outside, the hidden dangers inside are actually greater. For example..." Danzo paused here for a moment, not meaning anything, but directly announcing the objects that should be guarded against: "...Uchi The Bo clan.”

Hiruzen and the other three had different thoughts on their faces.

"The Nine-Tails was liberated when the Jinchuuriki was giving birth and the raid on Konoha was by no means an accident. It was a carefully planned plan by some people in an attempt to subvert Konoha. The Uchiha clan is the most suspect, as their Sharingan can control Kyuubi. But because of the Fourth Hokage, their conspiracy went bankrupt."

"Danzo, Uchiha are also members of the village. They should not be treated differently."

Hizaki frowned.

"However, the Uchiha ninjas did not come to help that night. Many ninjas in the village were also dissatisfied with the Uchiha. Without saying anything, they believed in their hearts that it was the Uchiha clan's ninjas who controlled the Nine-Tails and attacked the village."

Mitomon Yan also expressed his thoughts.

"That's because someone changed my order without authorization. My original intention was to let the Uchiha ninjas come over and use Sharingan to restrict the movements of Nine-Tails and buy more time."

Having said this, Hiruzen took a deep breath.

He didn't specify who it was, but Mito Kadoyan and Koharu, who were sleeping next to him, suddenly realized what they were doing and glanced at Danzo in a vague way.

"This might be playing into their hands."

Danzo remained unyielding.

"Danzo!"

Ri Zhan's face turned livid.

"So, how do you explain the Mangekyou Sharingan thing?"

Danzo looked sharply at Hiruzen, not afraid.

Sun Zhan was dumbfounded.

Mangekyō Sharingan... When he thought of this, Hiruzen started to beat his heart. Is this thing... really not the work of the Uchiha clan?

"Koharu told me that the Fourth Hokage's last words were to let us be careful about Chiba Shiraishi and the Mangekyou Sharingan's space-time ninjutsu, right? The Fourth Hokage is not a random person. What he said means that he is very likely to I fought against the owner of the Mangekyō Sharingan, and I determined that the opponent’s Mangekyō Sharingan ability is related to the space-time technique.”

"However, we cannot conclude that it was the Uchiha clan. In any case, they made great contributions in the previous wars."

"The reason why they are so desperate is to get their hands on the position of the Fourth Hokage. Their intentions are so bad that they are not worthy of trust at all. Moreover, speaking of controlling the Nine-Tails, Uchiha Ruri did this a few years ago. Although she was not controlling the complete Kyuubi at that time. Now that several years have passed, her eye power is even stronger than before, and it is not strange to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan."

Associating the Mangekyo Sharingan with the name "Chiba Shiraishi", Danzo has to think of such a thing.

Because this is the most likely, Uchiha Ruri has such strength and qualifications.

Otherwise, why would the Fourth Hokage put the Mangekyo Sharingan and the name 'Chiba Shiraishi' together as a reminder.

This itself is already stated clearly.

The masterminds behind the Kyuubi's attack on Konoha were three of Konoha's S-class defector ninjas, Chiba Shiraishi, Uchiha Ruri, and Hinata Ayane.

Danzo's words are irrefutable, because no matter how hard he defends the Uchiha clan, according to the tips left by the fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, this guess is the most appropriate and there are no logical loopholes.

"Duanzo's words are not unreasonable. Among the Uchiha clan, there may be spies left behind by them to monitor every move in the village and provide them with information. Moreover, any ninja who has any relationship with Chiba Shiraishi and the other three, They should all be thoroughly investigated.”

Xiaochun also felt that he should be careful when he went to bed.

Mito Kadoyan frowned and said: "But in this case, Hatake Kakashi is the biggest suspect. His father used to be the leading jounin of those three people. Before he defected, Kakashi had no contact with them. Very intimate.”

Hearing Mito Kadoyan say this, Danzo couldn't help but feel his heart tighten.

However, Hiruzen took the initiative to defend Kakashi: "It's impossible. Before this, Kakashi had been with the ANBU people and had no chance to convey information to the outside world. He is an outstanding jounin who inherited the will of fire. , is definitely not a tip-off person."

"Can……"

"It's really ugly." Danzo snorted coldly: "If Kakashi was a spy they deliberately planted in the village, then why did Kakashi risk his life to save Jiraiya who was seriously injured by the Xuanzhong a year ago? What? Wouldn't it be more in the interests of those three people to let Jiraiya die at the hands of the mercenary group Xuan Yuzhong? "

Only then did Mito Menyan give up.

After Danzo reminded him, he knew that he was overthinking.

Kakashi was highly suspicious, but he risked his life to save Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

As Konoha's high-end combat power, Jiraiya's importance is self-evident.

Kakashi's ability to risk his own life and not give up the belief of his companions is enough to prove that he inherited the will of his father Hatake Sakumo and is an outstanding ninja who truly cares for the village, and is by no means a traitor or traitor.

Hiruzen nodded in agreement, he had the same idea as Danzo on this matter.

Kakashi, who could do this, was definitely not a spy planted by the enemy inside Konoha.

However, Danzo's defense of Kakashi made Hiruzen a little surprised.

However, Hiruzen didn't doubt anything. Although Danzo's ideas were often radical, he was never ambiguous in his stance on right and wrong.

"Compared to problems arising from Kakashi, who is an Anbu, I think there is a greater chance of problems occurring in hospitals and schools. Chiba Shiraishi once worked in ninja schools and hospitals, and it is easy to place his informants there. Especially The information about the Jinchuuriki's delivery was leaked, most likely at the hospital."

Danzo shifted the focus of everyone's suspicion.

His insights naturally made the three of Hiruzen nod and agree with him.

Indeed, when it came to Kushina's delivery, the hospital made even greater mistakes.

After careful consideration, the outline of the Nine-Tails raid has become very clear.

The mastermind behind this was Chiba Shiraishi, and Uchiha Ruri awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan with the Space-Time Eye Technique.

There is a high probability that there are spies at Konoha Hospital to inform them.

As for the Uchiha clan, they cannot relax their vigilance. The probability of spies appearing within them is greater than that of Konoha Hospital.

"Send Anbu to monitor Konoha Hospital. In addition, we must further gather the Uchiha clan people to control them. These traitorous ninjas have attacked Konoha again and again. If the internal hidden dangers are not eliminated, Eliminate and use the Nine-Tails to attack Konoha will happen again."

This obviously has some kind of prejudice against Uchiha, but Danzo's statement is not unreasonable.

On the contrary, following Danzo's thinking, Uchiha does have such a problem.

"I will be responsible for handling Uchiha problems."

Hiruzen thought about it, but still didn't feel comfortable leaving Uchiha's problem to Danzo.

Danzo's actions will definitely anger the Uchiha clan, causing the Uchiha clan and the village to become incompatible with each other.

Even if Danzo's statement is logically true, it can only prove that there are problems with some Uchiha people, and most people still love Konoha.

"But if something like this happens again, how will you be responsible? Do it again and again, and don't hesitate on this kind of thing."

Danzo had a hint of persecution.

Hiruzen was unmoved and just replied lightly: "Don't worry, I have a suitable candidate. The last time I went to the Uchiha clan, I met the descendants of Kagami."

"mirror……"

Danzang and the other three looked in a daze, as if they were recalling some dusty events in the past, and they were all feeling something.

"His name is Uchiha Shisui. Like Mirror, he is an excellent ninja with the will of fire who can think outside the family's mind and reflect. As a member of Konoha, he will become a friendly communication between the village and Uchiha. bridge."

Hiruzen was so determined that Danzo couldn't say anything. He just mentioned his own affairs at the end:

"In that case, let him monitor the Uchiha clan. However, the mobility of the roots needs to be restored, the personnel also need to be expanded on a large scale, and the whereabouts of some rebellious nin must be followed up in a timely manner. Those three people have a lot of questions about Konoha. The danger is really too great. Is that okay, Hiruzen? The Wooden Ninja has been absorbed by you. If you train him well, you won't have to worry about the Nine-Tails going berserk in the future."

Danzo had something to say, leaving Hiruzen silent, then sighed, nodded, and agreed to allow Danzo to restore his root authority and expand his manpower.

Danzo was right, the whereabouts of the three traitorous ninjas must be known as soon as possible, and they cannot be allowed to go on any longer.

This time they dared to use the Kyuubi to kill the Fourth Hokage, and next time they dared to formulate a plan to destroy Konoha.

His Anbu needed to deal with the situation within Konoha and Kumogakure at the same time, and could no longer allocate more manpower to focus on the rebel ninja.

At this time, allowing Danzo's roots to resume their functions and always paying attention to the movements of Shiraishi and the three others will allow the village to prepare in advance and relieve him of a lot of pressure.

"That's it. I will update the arrest warrants for those three people, publicly stating that they are trying to touch the tailed beasts of the major ninja villages, and arouse the common hostility of other ninja villages towards them."

Hiruzen didn't know whether Shiraishi and the others had plans to get involved with the tailed beasts.

But it doesn't mean that he can't make a big fuss in this regard, divert attention, and arouse the vigilance and hostility of the rest of the Ninja Village towards Shiraishi and the others.

Anyway, rebels are a group of dangerous people who have abandoned their homeland and have no faith. Their voices are completely ignored internationally. They will not speak out, and it is meaningless to speak out.

The fact that one of the Five Shadows, the Hokage, personally testified it was undoubtedly more convincing.