Naruto Shadow Mage

 "Minato-sensei, now that you have decided..."

"The important task of protecting Kushina-sama will be left to me and the Third Hokage!"

Looking at the figure of the Fourth Hokage leaving in a hurry, Cross Country said nothing, and immediately began to practice the Uzumaki clan's spiritual arts again.

As for what the Fourth Hokage said before leaving, what is the most intuitive feeling for off-roading?

 The most intuitive feeling for off-roading is that the Fourth Hokage deeply trusts the Third Hokage!

Even if the cross-country reveals that Madara is probably not dead, the Fourth Hokage is willing to put the life and death of Kushina Uzumaki on the Third Hokage's body with peace of mind!

 Obviously, this is the final thought of the Fourth Hokage.

 The fourth Hokage also made a decision and prepared to put his identity as Hokage first!

As a Hokage, is it possible that the Fourth Hokage does not know the importance of Kushina Uzumaki?

　　Not to mention that Uzumaki Kushina is the wife of the Fourth Hokage, let’s just say that Uzumaki Kushina’s identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki is of great importance to Konoha Village and the Country of Fire.

 However, before worrying about his wife and the safety of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, the Fourth Hokage was still prepared to put the interests of the Country of Fire and the Leaf Village first.

 So, for the sake of the Country of Fire and the interests of the Leaf Village, the Fourth Hokage still insisted on going to war with the Kumo Ninja Village of the Country of Thunder.

It is also because of this that the Fourth Hokage handed over the important task of protecting Kushina Uzumaki to the Third Hokage, whom he trusted very much.

certainly.

Other than the Fourth Hokage, the only person in Konoha Village who is likely to protect Kushina Uzumaki is definitely not Cross Country, but the Third Hokage.

After all, the Third Hokage is very powerful personally and holds many rights. It seems that he wants to protect Kushina Uzumaki. In addition to the Fourth Hokage doing it himself, only the Third Hokage has the power to protect Kushina Uzumaki.

 However, those who are familiar with the plot of the original work have a different view on off-roading.

 It is good for the Fourth Hokage to trust the Third Hokage, but neither the Fourth Hokage nor the Third Hokage really take their enemies seriously.

 They didn’t really pay attention to the BOSS hidden behind the scenes of the Mist Ninja Village, Uchiha Madara who could compete with the first Hokage!

Therefore, even in the original plot, the Third Hokage tried his best to protect Uzumaki Kushina, but the final result was that the Third Hokage's beloved wife died, and the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina died together in the Nine-Tails The result of the battle.

However, after a good discussion with the Fourth Hokage, Cross Country somewhat understood the difficulties of the Fourth Hokage.

　　It’s not that I don’t want to protect Uzumaki Kushina, it’s also not that I don’t want to stay by Uzumaki Kushina’s side.

 In fact, as the Fourth Hokage, as a Hokage, at some point, he must distinguish between the use of the country and his personal interests. Many times, the Fourth Hokage has to put the interests of the country and the village as the starting point, putting personal interests behind. There is a scene where the Fourth Hokage gives the important task of protecting Kushina Uzumaki to the Third Hokage.

　　If the same choice is given to Cross Country, without knowing the plot of the original work, the choice of Cross Country may naturally be the same as that of the Fourth Hokage.

 It's just that Cross Country knew the tragedy in the original plot, which led him to value Kushina Uzumaki more.

 Now that he has had a detailed discussion with the Fourth Hokage, Cross Country knows that he has finally thrown out Madara, and cannot shake the Fourth Hokage's will, so he must give up his previous plan.

 However, giving up the previous plan does not mean giving up on the Fourth Hokage and giving up on Uzumaki Kushina.

Since the Fourth Hokage is unwilling to put all his energy on Uzumaki Kushina and the interior of Konoha Village, from the cross-country perspective, he can only rely on his own strength to avoid the tragedy of the Nine-Tails Battle.

 So, after the Fourth Hokage left, Cross Country silently began to practice the Uzumaki clan's spiritual arts.

As long as he can complete the recovery of his own strength in the next two months, and then complete the subsequent deployment, Cross Country, who has returned from the Land of Rain, feels confident that he will have a good game with Madara and save the tragedy in the original plot. , making it unnecessary for the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina to perish in the battle of the Nine-Tails.

And when Cross Country is practicing peacefully at home, through some information, Cross Country can understand some changes in the outside world.

 First of all, the Fourth Hokage's attention was focused on the war, while the Third Hokage's attention was on Uzumaki Kushina.

Occasionally when you need to relax, the first choice for cross-country travel is to go to Kushina Uzumaki.

At Uzumaki Kushina's place, Cross Country did not see the Fourth Hokage. Naturally, it was because the Fourth Hokage went to deal with the war that was about to begin. Instead, beside Uzumaki Kushina, in addition to finding Kakashi hiding around, Cross Country also saw many new faces in the ANBU. Obviously, these new faces in the ANBU were deployed by the Third Hokage.

 Furthermore, it may be that Cross Country and the Fourth Hokage mentioned Madara's matter. The deployment of the Third Hokage is obviously much stricter than in the original plot.

In this way, Cross Country, who wants to use his own strength to change the tragedy, feels a lot more relieved. After all, the more the Third Hokage values ​​Kushina Uzumaki, the easier the game between Cross Country and Madara will be, right?

  Secondly, regarding the arrangements of the families in Konoha Village.

 Externally, we have to face the war with the Kingdom of Thunder, and internally, we have to guard against the weak period of the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki.

 In addition to the deployment of the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage, Cross Country clearly saw the arrangements of various families in Konoha Village from the information coming from the outside.

Among the various families in Konoha Village, except for the Uchiha clan who still strictly guard Konoha Village, only the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans who are loyal to the Hokage faction choose to stick to Konoha Village. Even the members of the three clans The clan leaders Shikaku, Haiichi, and Choza did not go to participate in the upcoming war. It can be seen that when the Third Hokage wanted to protect Uzumaki Kushina, in addition to the ANBU deployment, he still stayed inside the Leaf Village. Trump card.

  But the two pieces of information obtained earlier are good news.

The piece of information obtained later during the cross-country trip will be classified as bad news.

 Finally, what information did Cross Country obtain through external intelligence?

 The news is that when one of the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage was busy with foreign affairs and the other was busy with internal affairs, Danzo Shimura, who was hiding in the shadows, did not make any arrangements, just like watching a play hidden in the dark side of Konoha Village!

 It was precisely Danzo Shimura's attitude of preparing to watch a show that made the cross-country feel a bit unpleasant.

 So, in addition to practicing and going cross-country to Kushina Uzumaki, I planned to visit Danzo Shimura when I had time. Who would have thought that every time he went to visit Danzo Shimura, he failed, which undoubtedly made him feel even heavier. He was secretly guessing whether Danzo Shimura was hiding behind the scenes in the Mist Ninja Village. There is a certain connection with Mr. Ban.

Undoubtedly, if Shimura Danzo really has any connection with Madara for the position of Hokage, then things will become complicated.

Unfortunately, Cross Country has no way to prove whether Shimura Danzo has contact with Madara, so with the haze hanging over his head, Cross Country can only speed up his own training process and strive to speed up some progress in restoring his strength.

Time passed, and soon a month passed.

 For a whole month, apart from planning the details of the Nine-Tails Battle, Cross Country was basically practicing the fine arts of the Uzumaki clan.

 After a month of hard training, the progress in cross-country is obviously very good.

In addition to the improvement in the "quantity" of mental energy, cross-country can already cultivate chakra, but it can't use all the chakra in the body to fight.

However, despite the fact that Cross Country still cannot use all the chakra in his body to fight, he still has not regained half a step of quasi-shadow level strength.

But from the cross-country perspective, as long as the Yin Escape Brand can be condensed and completed, it will only take a matter of minutes to regain half-step of quasi-shadow level strength.

 So, after completing the previous month of hard training and one month of basic training, in the final sprint stage, Cross Country is ready to complete the training of Yin Escape Brand and further restore his own strength.

And in the haze brought by Shimura Danzo, he had been practicing hard for a whole month. On this day when he was preparing to "leave the country", Cross Country also received good news from his own guard!

The good news is that Shikaku's son, Shikamaru in the original plot, was born!

“Shikamaru’s birth will soon be the day when the protagonist of the original work, Uzumaki Naruto, is born.”

“Unknowingly, Shisui, Itachi, Kakashi and I, along with them, have almost transformed from newcomers to seniors!”