Ninja Ice House

In early February, the inland Konoha Village was already relatively warm.

In this year's Ninja School Entrance Ceremony, there were obviously more children participating in the selection than in previous years. In addition to the children sent by the Fusagi family who had been appointed by the Gusu family, there were also many people from outside the village who came here to attend.

Not all civilians are ignorant and do not realize the role of education in the future of their children.

Some families are really in trouble and want to try their luck, and some families are in a decent financial situation, with enough food and clothing, but lack the necessary skills and connections to cross the class ceiling. The Konoha Ninja School is a good platform.

Inaba Academy on the east coast is also an opportunity, but its reputation is too small. It was founded not long ago, and its hardware facilities are very complete, but there is a serious shortage of teachers, so it is far from being recognized.

"It will be great when the school I run has such popularity. It is too difficult to ask grandpa and grandma to let illiterate parents send their children to school. There are only practical things like taking care of food and giving money."

The benefits will open their eyes."

Gushan Bushui stood in the crowd with his arms folded across his chest and his face as deep as water. He couldn't help but sigh when he saw the sweaty children performing hard and the large group of parents who were watching and waiting for the results.

It has been nearly ten days since his father, Kosugi Masaki, came to Konoha Village to discuss a new cooperation plan. He originally thought that a consensus could be reached as soon as possible, but it turned out that the difficulty was beyond imagination.

When it comes to core interests, the conflicts are more obvious and are not easy to resolve.

Until Gushan Bushui arrived, the situation was still in a stalemate. Fortunately, although the two sides had great differences, the atmosphere of the negotiations was still relatively harmonious.

Before there was substantial progress, Gusugi Fusui was not suitable to act in advance with great fanfare, so he had no choice but to wander around, visit relatives and friends, and stop by the Ninja School to see the future of Konoha Village.

The lazy ninja with messy white hair and a forehead protector covering his eyes listened to Gushan Bushui's complaints while reading a palm-sized book and responded casually:

"If you, the Young Governor, would just stay here and reduce the pressure on the guards, I would be grateful."

"That's not the answer, Kakashi. After all, we are also students of the same grade who have interacted with each other before, so there is no need to be so polite. As you know, I don't actually need any guards. It's just that there have been too many big things recently, so I have to be prepared. The Sandaime... is too nervous.

"

"I know that although you were very strong in the past, even at the level of Ebisu and Genma, you were much less of a threat than Kai. Now when I'm around you, I feel a thorn in my back. You... have become a lot stronger.

."

My old father, Masaki Kosugi, and the daimyo, have been with the Hokage Sandaime, and are protected by ANBU, so there is no need to worry. A nobleman like Kosugi, who has some ability in Bushui, but his strength has not been proven, and his mediocre record, always

There will be people who will try to take desperate risks.

Let Hatake Kakashi be responsible for protection, not because there is any real danger, but to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"It's a great honor for the future Hokage to be my personal bodyguard."

"Thank you for your kind words."

Hatake Kakashi shrugged without caring, put away the book in his hand, raised his head, glanced around with lazy eyes, found nothing unusual, and then made a gesture to ask the subordinates who were secretly responsible for maintaining order to lower their defenses.

grade.

"I have also secretly observed the child named Bai. To be honest, you were able to fish out such a genius from under the eyes of Kirigakure Village. This ability to pick up leaks is really amazing. Over there... just

No comments?"

"My personal relationship with Mei Terumi is okay. The Kiri ninja owes me two favors and hasn't repaid them. It's just a small thing, so there won't be any trouble. Don't you know that the baby-faced Yondaime Mizukage is going to kill one of his own people?"

Neither of them showed mercy, Shui Wuyue and Kaguya were not convinced, so they left..."

I would rather let the two powerful blood succession limits of Ice Release and Corpse Veins disappear in Kirigakure Village, but I would also carry out the reform to the end. Gouju Yagura is a ruthless person.

"Teimi Mei? I have a bit of an impression..."

"That's it? Let me tell you, that female Mist ninja is definitely the next Mizukage. No one among the seven ninja swordsmen in a head-on conflict can be her opponent..."

"Rumors say that Orochimaru suffered some losses at her hands. It seems true?"

"If you ask someone else, I would be too lazy to answer."

Gushan Bu Shui curled his lips,

"Among your peers in Konoha Village, you and Kai are the only ones who are qualified to compare with him. The others are far behind."

"how about you?"

"I'm not a Konoha ninja. There is no substantive conflict between the Furusugi family and Kirigakure Village. Civil cooperation is actually quite frequent. As long as there is no war, the relationship is fine. It would be better if they had fewer rebellious ninjas and didn't cause trouble.

Every year in the Land of Waves, the Land of Tea and the Land of Bears, more than twenty defective Mist ninjas above Chunin and above are intercepted and killed, which is too many..."

Most of them were paid for by underground bounties, and a small number were seized by various levels of government, and some were entrusted to the Konoha Murakami Jounin to capture and kill them. In the past two years, Hatake Kakashi has been dispatched three times for this matter.

It's not a big deal, but it's too many, too complicated, and annoying.

"Ah……"

The Copy Ninja, who chuckled a few times, tilted his head and motioned Gushan Bu Shui to step aside and find a quiet place to talk about something.

A few minutes later, in a relatively secluded reception room of the ninja school, Fusugi Fusui and Hatake Kakashi were sitting and talking to each other.

"Tell me, what does the Sandaime have to say?"

"About Orochimaru..."

"Um?"

Gu Shan Bu Shui was stunned,

"What does he... have to do with me?"

"The Sandaime wants to know what he did in the Kingdom of Water. In the past few years, our Hidden Leaf Village's secret posts in the Kingdom of Water have almost been uprooted. The intelligence there is really weak."

"So, you want to start from the Gushan family?"

Gushan Bushui thought for a while and then said,

"It seems to be a feud between the previous generation. In fact, it has only been more than five years since Orochimaru defected. Since the Fourth Generation Hokage competition began, the Nine-Tails attacked the village, and the 'Golden Flash' couple died in the battle. Cloud Ninja's plan

Stealing the Byakugan blood succession limit, abducting the Hyuga clan daughter, causing Hyuga Hizashi to commit suicide, Orochimaru was expelled and defected, and the Uchiha clan was exterminated, a series of events that took place nearly nine years ago."

Gushan Bu Shui said with a self-deprecating smile:

"I went from a ninja school dropout who couldn't graduate to a financial owner who is now waving banknotes and slapping me in the face..."

"You have more than money..."

Hatake Kakashi said seriously,

"There are many financial backers who have money and leisure, and they are not as difficult to deal with as you."

"Because I almost became one of you, so I know the basics."

Gu Shan Bu Shui responded without hesitation,

"Don't worry, the difference between the daimyo and the Hokage is the right to speak and the interests. The meat is blocked in the pot, and it is a matter of eating more and less. Let's get back to the topic, regarding Orochimaru, I am very curious about the attitude of you Konoha ninjas. I keep shouting

He shouted to kill him, but actually he didn't think about doing anything to him."

With a wave of his hand, Kosugi Bosui stopped Hatake Kakashi's defense.

"I don't care what you say, just do what you do. The Anbu's pursuit of Orochimaru is just a perfunctory job, not as active as the 'root' organization. I don't believe that Elder Danzo and Orochimaru 'fall in love and kill each other'. The Third Generation doesn't have any idea."

Not sure. So, this is intriguing..."

As long as they are not harming one of their own people, Konoha Village has very little incentive to hunt down traitorous jounin-level ninjas.

If you pay more and gain less, you might as well invest your limited manpower and material resources into entrusted tasks.

In fact, all major ninja villages seem to adopt this strategy.

Unless the defector is a Jinchuuriki, or there are extremely special reasons, the ANBU pursuit is just a show.

Of course, there are exceptions. If those traitorous ninjas do something so outrageous that a clan like the Kosugi family offers a huge bounty, the Leaf Village won't mind showing off their true abilities.

"See through but don't tell, young governor, this is your wise words once."

"Come on, just call me Water Divination."

Gu Shanbu Shui, who was lazily leaning on the sofa, took a sip of hot tea.

"After signing the agreement, I will hand over the information about the Kingdom of Water. Of course, only the part that concerns Orochimaru. After all, making money from the Mist Ninja is quite satisfying."

"I will tell the Sandaime..."

"Yeah! I'm kindly giving you some inside information. What you are worried about is very reasonable. Spend some money to get the information and you won't suffer any loss."

"I really have to cheer up to talk to you. Maybe I'll be betrayed by you at some point, and I'll have to thank you."

"Just think of it as a compliment."

Gu Shan Bu Shui changed the topic and started talking about some personal matters.

"I remember reminding him about Obito back then, and Lin. I always felt like I was being plotted against."

"Yes, the teacher said the same thing, but the clue is broken."

"Obito's body hasn't been found yet?"

"I know what you mean. The Uchiha family also spent great efforts to search, but found nothing. Due to the general situation, they did not take back the Sharingan Obito gave me, but they could not sit back and watch another one disappear. I doubt Obito

Earth's body was stolen, and then there were more than one or two people who stole the Sharingan. The disruptor who appeared on the night of the Uchiha genocide had revealed the Sharingan, and he might have been a chess piece pushed out by the mastermind behind the scenes.

"

"This is how your Konoha village interprets it?"

Hearing Kakashi Hatake's words, Fusugi Fusui was also a little surprised.

The aftermath of the Battle of Kannabi Bridge was greater than imagined. Neither the Leaf Village nor the Uchiha family gave up on the Sharingan on Obito Uchiha. However, as time passed, the hope of getting it back became more and more important.

Smaller.

"Is there a problem? I personally think the guess is reasonable..."

"It's not a question of rationality, but..."

Gu Shan Bu Shui sneered,

"Without the promotion of stakeholders, it's a bit unjustifiable. After doing so much, you have to do something, right? Eliminate all possibilities and return to the core of Obito. I have some doubts. You said that the mastermind behind the scenes has taken a fancy to him.

Which point? In other words, what role does you, Lin, play in it? "

"You know something?"

Kakashi Hatake's face turned solemn and he asked in a deep voice.

"Onlookers should be clear. I have no interest entanglements, so I feel strange. The battle of Kannabi Bridge, and the subsequent incident of Nohara Rin's Three-Tailed Jinchuuriki. Konoha Village, Kirigakure Village, and Iwagakure Village were all victims, so who gets it?

Is it any good?"

Although the outcome of the ninja war is to hurt each other and there is no winner, there is still some clues to follow when it comes to specific things. Events caused by a series of coincidences are unlucky enough to happen once. If they happen one after another, then

There must be some force pushing it.

"I remember what you said, but I am just an ordinary jounin, and some things do not count."

"Ah……"

Gu Shan Bu Shui smiled slightly mockingly,

"I can't stand and talk without pain in my back. It doesn't have much to do with me anyway. The Uchiha family's affairs will not be buried just because of the night of genocide. The water here is very deep. Now is not the time to lift the lid. You

……Be careful."

"You knew already?"

Hatake Kakashi's pupils shrank, his gaze was as sharp as a knife, and he stabbed Gushan Bu Shui.

"Your Gushan family's intelligence is really good."

"Look forward and don't dwell on the past."

Kosugi Fusui was not nervous at all because of Hatake Kakashi's attitude.

"Don't worry if you have doubts. The so-called clues on the night of genocide are just bait to deceive others and do not touch the real key."

"What's the key? The battle of Kannabi Bridge?"

If the person facing him was not the young master of the Fusagi family, Kakashi Hatake would have wanted to arrest him and lynch him.

"If you don't know something yet, it means you haven't reached the level of carrying this heavy truth. Kakashi, no matter if it is the third generation or who entrusts you, or even if you investigate on your own initiative, just show off.

"

"No wonder it's running into trouble everywhere. It turns out that the Gushan family really has a hand in it."

Hatake Kakashi sighed, and Gusugi Fusui curled his lips in disdain:

"Our Fusagi family has not deliberately tried to embarrass the 'copy ninja'. You can think of it with your heels. Who else can make you run into obstacles everywhere besides the Leaf Village?"

Gu Shan Bu Shui pointed at the sky.

"There are people above who don't want you to be troublesome. As for us Gushan, how can we have time to care about the grievances and disputes between you ninjas? If you think it is our hand, then someone must have paid a huge price and hope that we will do this."

"So, Uchiha... someone really escaped?"

"Do you want them all to die, or do you want some to survive? Even if Uchiha Itachi colludes with foreign enemies, what is the possibility that the entire family can be killed silently?"

Some things cannot withstand scrutiny. The defense system of Konoha Village is so fragile, there is no way it can survive to this day.

In fact, in September last year, there was news that the Leaf Village realized that the Uchiha family was very likely to slip through the net. At that time, the war was in chaos, and there were too many opportunities to fish in troubled waters.

After more than half a year of investigation, there were no substantive results. After eliminating one suspect after another, there were not many "suspects" left, and the Gushan family was particularly conspicuous among them.

There may be a time when the scandal will be revealed to the world, but it is definitely not now. Konoha Village needs time to lick its wounds, and Furugi Bosui does not want to cause trouble at this time.

"Uchiha Mikoto, maybe this is a good move. Things like bonding are often more important than strength. When her daughter is born, should she contact Uchiha Itachi? This is a high-quality tool man who values ​​emotions."