From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 176 Shadow (5k)

Upon hearing this question, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

But soon, Namikaze Minato, who was on the side, reacted. He turned his head to look at Sahara Kiri and Uchiha Yayoi beside him, with a look as if he had realized something - because he was inside the Nine-Tails barrier yesterday, he did not hear any movement outside, but he was more or less aware of the actions of the Anbu. In order to protect the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki closely, he stayed in Kushina's room and did not go out.

It's only now that I have a rough idea of ​​what happened last night.

Did that woman actually rush into Konoha?
Moreover, the target is the seed of the sacred tree.
Namikaze Minato felt a little heavy in his heart, but when his eyes fell on Sawara Kiri beside him, he felt inexplicably relieved.

Now, whenever Sawara Kiri appears in front of the Konoha ninjas, she has the ability to calm people's hearts.

However, his behavior at that time did seem to be difficult to describe.

Minato Namikaze couldn't help but recall the scene of Kiri-kun and that woman sticking together, and his expression was a little subtle.

"actually."

Just when he was about to speak up to defend Kiri-kun, his voice was interrupted by Sawara Kiri.

"I'll do it."

Sawara Kiri's face turned serious as he recounted in detail how the Sand Village ninja broke into the Fire Country's borders, lifted the seal, and tried to create chaos behind Konoha, but their conspiracy was foiled by them.

The expressions of the three ninjas on the opposite side gradually became solemn as he spoke.

A powerful Uchiha who can use Susanoo as freely as Uchiha Madara did in the past. This is not an easy character to deal with.

What's more, he is an Uchiha who has been sealed for a hundred years.

However, after hearing the last part, the Sannin couldn't help but be stunned.

"A kiss?!"

"you boy"

Jiraiya widened his eyes and looked at Sahara Kiri in front of him in shock, as if saying, I didn't expect a boy like you with thick eyebrows and big eyes would do such a frivolous thing.

Tsunade had an even colder face and looked back and forth at Sawara Kiri with a scrutinizing gaze, as if she wanted to cut him into several pieces with her eyes.

Miss Yayoi, who was sitting next to her, didn't move at all, her expression was as stiff as a piece of wood, as if she was completely fixed in place.

Sawara Kiri forced a smile and sat there, looking a little embarrassed.

He couldn't say that he just wanted to try out whether Sister Tongzi's "strategy" was effective, right?
However, the murderous aura coming from the sides and in front of him still made him feel a chill in his back.

"All right."

Finally, it was Orochimaru who broke the delicate atmosphere and changed the subject:

"Anyway, Wu-kun has never had any contact with her except that one time, right?"

"Do you have any idea of ​​her changes and her purpose?"

Upon hearing this, Sawara Kiri immediately gave Orochimaru a thankful look, and then he regrouped and said, "I suspect that Uchiha Hikaru should be the 'successor' mentioned by Uchiha Madara when he left behind. Only her strength can support one of the three major forces mentioned by the future team of Loulan, namely the 'Moon Organization', the 'Kara Organization', and the 'Rebel Ninja Union'. If not, I'm afraid they would have been wiped out by my future self long ago."

Upon hearing this, everyone present nodded. The moment Uchiha Hikaru appeared, they immediately thought of the various crises mentioned by the future team.

"As for how Uchiha Hikaru obtained the information about the 'Seed of the Sacred Tree', I don't know. It may be related to these organizations hidden in the underground of the ninja world."

"Or maybe the seed of the sacred tree itself was left behind by one of them."

Sawara Kiri said in a calm tone.

However, his conclusion startled many people present. They all looked at him, obviously hearing the hint in Sawara Kiri's words.

Although after hearing what the Future Team said, they have almost accepted the conclusion that the legendary 'Kaguya-hime' in the ninja world is a powerful alien, this does not mean that they are ready to become enemies with such a monster.

What's more, isn't the time mentioned by the future team still ten years away?
How come there are Otsutsuki active in the ninja world now?

Sawara Kiri looked at their astonished expressions and slowed down his tone a little: "Although we still don't understand why the Otsutsuki want to attack the ninja world, they will probably make sufficient preparations before attacking the strongest ninja."

"Or maybe, they had already started preparing for it many years ago, but due to various reasons, they never had the chance to act."

"I think we need to continue to be several steps ahead of the overall reform of Konoha and be prepared at all times."

"You have a point."

Orochimaru was the first to accept Sawara Kiri's point of view, but his brows were also furrowed, and he even sighed faintly.

Why is this happening?
Konoha had just ended the Second Ninja World War, and had a ninja who would become the strongest in the Ninja World in the future. These two happy things coincided with each other, and it should have been a happy time like a dream. But why did it turn out like this?

"Ugh."

Sawara Kiri secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

However, it is not clear whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to search out Isshiki Otsutsuki who is hiding in the Kara organization in advance and let Konoha be prepared.

Although it will take decades for Otsutsuki Isshiki to defeat Naruto in heavy particle mode, even Sawara Kiri himself cannot say for sure how strong he is now after having been lurking for a thousand years.

Now, he can only put his hope on the next round of card drawing activity.

"What about the reason why Uchiha Hikaru stole the seeds of the sacred tree?" Tsunade still frowned.

"This may be related to the Wood Release that Uchiha Madara performed before his death."

Sawara Kiri organized his words: "If I remember correctly, Uchiha Madara is recorded as a ninja who will not lose his eyesight no matter how much he uses his 'eye power'."

"Even within the Uchiha clan right now, no one knows the reason - or maybe someone knows, but keeps it strictly secret from Yayoi and the others."

"However, judging from the power displayed by Uchiha Madara and the eyes of Uchiha Hikaru that will not lose their sight, there is a high possibility that it is related to the bloodline limit of the Senju clan."

Said Sahara Kiri, focusing his gaze on Tsunade: "The rumors about the Sage Body and Sage Eyes are very likely true. When put together, they will produce some incredible effects."

"Or maybe, Wood Release Chakra and Mangekyō Eye Power have some kind of complementary effect."

"However, how this is to be demonstrated and realized depends on the scientific department of Lord Orochimaru."

Orochimaru nodded slightly.

He has always maintained a strong curiosity about these unknown things and naturally would not push them away.

After all the questions were answered, Jiraiya clapped his hands:
"Look, I told you there's no problem with this kid Wu!"

"Now that we've talked it out, it's over!"

"The key is to keep the enemy out. We can't let anything go wrong among our own people. The Otsutsuki clan is waiting covetously somewhere!"

Just these words dispersed the originally heavy atmosphere in the office.

In fact, after Sawara Kiri confessed that he was an undercover agent of Kirigakure, this kind of worry existed to a greater or lesser extent in the hearts of these senior executives. Even though they knew he was one of their own, they still couldn't help but worry - after all, he was too strong. What if he suddenly had a brain cramp one day?

No one can say anything good about this kind of thing. After all, their beloved teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen was a decisive and heroic man in his old age, but when he grew old, he became unrecognizable to them, didn't he?

Building mutual trust is bound to be a long process.

Sawara Kiri just listened with a smile on his face, seeing through the situation but not saying anything.

The elephant in the room, if moved even slightly, will cause an earthquake.

There's nothing we can do about it.

Konoha is still too small.

However, after hearing Jiraiya's words, he remembered something else.

"correct."

"Excuse me, is it time to start the election for the Fourth Hokage?"

Sahara asked casually, "Whether it's the next search for underground forces or the implementation of comprehensive reforms, we need your help, don't you know?"

Hearing him suddenly point out this long-delayed matter, Namikaze Minato looked at him in surprise and whispered:

"Mist-kun, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

He was still worried about Kushina.

It is an established rule that the Kage of each village must have a strong enough bond with the Jinchūriki of that village.

But now the only Jinchūriki of Konoha is his wife.

What if something unexpected happens?
The wife-protecting maniac Minato-kun had some dark thoughts in his mind.

Sawara Kiri waved her hand: "As long as I am alive, Kushina will have nothing to do with the battlefield."

"Konoha is different now than it was before."

Minato was stunned when he heard this, it was indeed true.

The three ninjas behind the desk looked at each other and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Originally, they wanted to drag it out for a few more years as a "full-line group", until Kiri-kun was a few years older and had established enough prestige (which was actually enough), and then directly let him ascend to the throne of the Fourth Hokage, directly skipping the previous transition step. Anyway, he was already the Fifth Hokage appointed by the future people, and he was doing a good job, so it was obviously a done deal, right?

However, Wu Jun doesn't seem to think so.

That's okay.

Orochimaru looked around, then glanced in the direction of Minato, and said calmly: "The Third Hokage has not woken up yet, it's about time now."

However, despite saying this, both he and Jiraiya's eyes were clearly on Tsunade.

Whether it was the relationship with the Jinchūriki, or the bloodline and title, she was obviously the most suitable - not to mention, she had Sahara Kiri, a 'disciple' who kept pushing her forward, standing behind her.

"whispering sound."

"I think you just don't want to work."

Tsunade curled her lips in annoyance, but didn't say much. Her eyes fell on Sahara Kiri, who was still smiling.

Tsk, this brat.

It really causes trouble for people.

But, the Fourth Hokage?
Tsunade turned her head and looked at the familiar faces carved on the cliffs far away outside the window, feeling inexplicably melancholy.

This time, I owe him a favor.

After this secret meeting, Konoha suddenly launched a large-scale clearing operation against underground bounty houses in the three countries of Fire, Wind, and Thunder, as well as a series of secret organizations. The momentum of various underground forces was suddenly suppressed, and they all hid deeper in the shadows. This also cleared up the business environment of the surrounding small countries, and even the number of caravans increased a lot.

However, during this operation, many rebel ninjas were killed, but no information related to the seed of the sacred tree was found.

It was not until the end of one round of mopping-up operations after another that news came from Konoha that Tsunade would succeed as the fourth Hokage.

However, this news did not cause much stir in the ninja world.

Now anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that Sahara Kiri, the strongest in the ninja world, has already grasped the position of Hokage, and all those who have ascended to this position before him were merely a transition for him.

However, the three reforms that were launched at the same time as the Fourth Hokage's succession knocked many people within Konoha off their feet.

The Ninja High School, the rank of Jonin, the multiple specialized training of ninjas, etc., were all drastic changes that completely changed the ninja village customization that was originally inherited from the Second Hokage. In the end, even the daimyo and major nobles of the Land of Fire sent letters to inquire about the situation, to support a small group of great ninja clans that had already begun to decline.

But in the end, nothing was done about it, and they took advantage of the victory of the war to implement all these reform measures.

Everyone understands that as long as Konoha is allowed to develop for another ten or twenty years, they will have no rivals in the entire ninja world.

For this reason, other ninja villages also began to follow suit - as for the various disturbances and infighting that occurred during the imitation process, there is no need to mention them.

The pain of reform is not unique to Konoha.

but
“The struggle of an ant.”

In front of the long table, Jixian supported her cheek with one hand, held the goblet with the other hand, slowly shook the wine in the glass, and listened to the information brought by Kakuzu from various channels, without any change on her expression.

In fact, he does have the qualifications.

If it weren't for the fear of Princess Kaguya who was still sealed on the moon, and the eye that remained in the void after death and was always observing the ninja world, it would only take a snap of his fingers for him to overthrow the entire ninja world.

Even Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama were just bigger ants in his eyes.

As an Otsutsuki, he has the qualifications to say such things.

Now, looking throughout the entire ninja world, the only one worthy of his attention is Sawara Kiri - the qualified body he has reserved.

"Besides this, has that guy done anything else?"

Kakuzu, who was wearing a black robe, knelt on the spot and said in a deep voice: "Sawara Kiri is still looking for Uchiha Hikaru's trace, but there is no result for the time being."

"After the previous failure, Uchiha Hikaru moved underground and even handed over the management of Takigakure Village to them."

"The loss must be quite big."

"waste."

After hearing the results of the previous action, Jigen uttered a light word, subconsciously shifted his gaze, glanced in the direction of Kakuzu, and then turned away.

Even if Kakuzu was partially transformed by him, he probably wouldn't be able to pose any threat to that guy Sawara Kiri.

What's more, Sawara Kiri's body has not yet grown.

This last period of waiting is really frustrating.

A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step, this is probably the truth, right?

Just as he was thinking about how to divert Sawara Kiri's attention and let him further improve his body so that he could contribute the best body to him, Jigen's expression suddenly froze.

Kakuzu raised his head slightly, also surprised.

This was the first time in such a long time that he saw this monster show such an obvious expression.

"Dang Cang."

The next moment, Cixian suddenly threw down the wine glass and strode outside, while releasing all his senses and looking into the distance.

"This familiar chakra."

Jigen, or Otsutsuki Isshiki, had an extremely ugly expression at this moment, with his brows furrowed:

"Pursuers?"

With a loud bang, a twisted gap suddenly exploded in the center of the forest far away in the Land of Thunder, and it swallowed up all the rising smoke and dust like a wind hole. Even the sound that had just spread not far away seemed to be swallowed up by this boundless cave.

It turned into an eerie silence.

The next moment, several white figures suddenly jumped out from the gap, looking extremely miserable.

"Damn it, failed again!"

"I said there was something wrong with that time point, it must be a singularity, why did you insist..."

"Alright, Urashiki!"

"Master Shiba's power is limited, and the number of times he can jump world lines is limited. If you want to change the destructive future, now we can only rely on a few of us."

"What time node is this now? Let's check it out."

"Converted, it should be Konoha. Konoha's forty-first year!"

"Um?!"

The moment they heard this time point, the four Otsutsuki present all perked up, obviously more excited than before.

"Forty-one years?!"

The leading Otsutsuki Momoshiki looked at Urashiki behind him in astonishment, and then the corners of his lips almost couldn't help but curl up, and his eyes widened, as if he saw some hope.

"Yes, forty-one years!"

Otsutsuki Urashiki was also more excited than before, and his tone was filled with strong impulse.

"Don't act rashly. Don't forget what you suffered last time."

Another tall and strong Otsutsuki suddenly spoke, interrupting their excitement and causing the atmosphere to cool down a bit.

Otsutsuki Momoshiki couldn't help but reveal a hint of lingering fear on his face.

After Lord Shibai was killed, they received an oracle and kept traveling through several different world lines to eliminate the unspeakable human at the root.

The last time, they jumped to the 59th year of Konoha, and after making sufficient preparations, they launched an attack on that guy.

The results were extremely tragic.

Of the seven Otsutsuki who attacked, he killed three with one sword. Even the few remaining ones who barely escaped were injured to varying degrees and were in urgent need of recuperation.

At the same time, the death of Lord Shibai in that world line is probably already inevitable.

That damn inferior race.
What a monster!

Everyone present couldn't help but feel a lingering fear whenever they recalled that devastating scene, but they still tried hard not to show it at all.

At this moment, it goes without saying how much pressure has accumulated in my heart.

Now, the power to support them to continue their leap is getting less and less, so they must seize every opportunity to take action.

After calming down, Momoshiki, the temporary leader, spoke:

"Anyway, let's find a place to convert energy and replenish the consumed energy first."

"Yes!"

(End of this chapter)