From undercover in Konoha, to I am the Hokage!

Chapter 41 Preparation (5k)

"Given the current situation of the village, I will probably be transferred to the front line of Wind Country and be responsible for part of the defense work."

"The Sandaime asked me to ask for your opinions."

"Are you going to the front line with me as a team, or are you going to split up and stay in different parts of the village? First of all, I personally think it's better for you to go together."

The spring breeze brings warmth and the grass is green.

Hatake Sakumo sat on a tree stump, threw away the apple core, picked up a piece of grass root in his mouth, and talked about the follow-up deployment issues in a normal manner, as if it was just a trivial matter.

But he is really not good at lying.

Sawara Kiri looked at Hatake Sakumo who was sitting on a tree stump. When he said this, he crossed his fingers and frowned slightly. Even though he deliberately put a piece of grass in his mouth to appear relaxed, the root was almost chewed to pieces by him, and he kept standing on tiptoe.

You know, on ordinary days, Hatake Sakumo is a man who is even more relaxed than an old gay, and his whole body can't help exuding a nonchalant aura.

Even facing an opponent of the caliber of the Third Raikage was like taking a child on an outing.

But now, it's too serious.

"."

The three people present looked at each other for a while, obviously aware of his problem.

Finally, it was Minato Namikaze who asked:

"Hatake-sama."

"Excuse me, has something happened in the village?"

Hatake Sakumo obviously didn't expect that after he had finally told a lie, the children in front of him could see through it so easily. His expression was a little stiff.

After hesitating for a while, he finally decided to tell everything.

"Rather than saying something has happened, it's better to say something is 'about to' happen."

"Things are very complicated."

"Since you also carried out the Tsunade rescue mission last time, there is a high possibility that you will be affected. If you are on the front line, the impact may be less."

"Some guys are targeting you."

Hatake Sakumo sighed, spat out the rotten grass roots in his mouth, and frowned deeper and deeper: "Minato, Yayoi, the situation of you two is not bad."

"Mist-kun, you are actually the most dangerous one."

Hearing this, Sahara Kiri immediately recalled the scene a few days ago when Tsunade pointed at Shimura Danzo's nose and cursed him in the Hokage's office, and he suddenly understood.

What happened that day did not end there, but instead intensified in a place they could not see.

To the extent that, Hatake Sakumo, who sensed the coming storm, even had to send several young people who might be involved in this incident to the dangerous front lines - in his eyes, even the front-line battlefield with swords and sabers was probably much safer than this bloodless political arena.

Among the three of them, Minato Namikaze has the protection of Jiraiya, and Yayoi has the Uchiha clan as his backer.

Only him, all alone.

No.

He was even bound to a certain extent to Tsunade and the Senju clan, who were at the center of the storm.

but
Sawara Kiri smiled nonchalantly.

Wasn't this something that was expected?
"fog?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Yayoi, who had not yet reacted, subconsciously let out a low cry.

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When Minato Namikaze heard this, he understood what was going on, but he did not speak immediately. Instead, he looked in the direction of Sawara Kiri, waiting for his opinion.

After the last mission and that exhibition match.

The name Sawara Kiri has already established a deep enough position in Namikaze Minato's heart.

He wanted to hear what decision this man, who was superior to him in wisdom, talent and ability, would make.

Hatake Sakumo also looked at him, quietly waiting for his opinion.

Sawara Kiri paused and asked, "Lord Sakumo, do you think that if we run to the front line, we can avoid the swords coming from the rear?"

"Lady Tsunade and I will continue to discuss the matters at the rear." Hatake Sakumo spoke after hesitation, but it was obvious that he had no definite plan in his mind.

In fact, he didn't expect this matter to become so big at first.

Sawara Kiri also knew this.

In the original work, whether it was Hatake Sakumo's suicide or Tsunade's departure from the village due to disappointment, they were all the result of the combined influence of a series of events triggered by similar causes.

Although these are different things that happened in different stages, they can still make people see——

These two young men are still no match for those old foxes.

The body is held too straight and the wrists are too soft.

How is this possible?

When it comes to political struggle, it has to be done by a Kirigakure undercover agent like him who is despicable, dirty, and knows how to recite the classic quotes from "Yes! Prime Minister".

so.
"If I remember correctly, last time Lady Tsunade launched an inquiry into corruption among the Hokage's advisory council."

Sawara Kiri directly turned the topic to the substance: "Now the problem has been magnified, right?"

Hatake Sakumo was startled when he heard this and looked at him in astonishment.

There were some issues and resolutions above that only the top-level jonin like them could learn about through the meeting, but they didn't expect that this young man could see through them all at once.

"Where did you hear that?" Hatake Sakumo thought subconsciously.

Sawara Kiri smiled helplessly, "During the days when Master Sakumo was in the meeting, similar news was circulating in the streets and alleys - the various ninja clans were taking bribes in Konoha's financial system and were corrupt within the clan territory, but there was rarely any news about the corruption of the advisory group. The spearhead began to deviate when it was not intended."

"obviously."

"While you and Lady Tsunade were still discussing, they had already started to take action."

Hatake Sakumo's expression suddenly became serious.

Even Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Yayoi realized the seriousness of the problem, and their expressions became increasingly tense.

Sawara Kiri still smiled gently.

Konoha is a village.

The Hokage is a "village chief" who manages tens of thousands of ninjas and hundreds of thousands of civilians who rely on this system for food, drink, and shelter.

Because the vast majority of ninjas are in the form of ninja clans and civilian mercenaries, the management team of the Hokage Building only has a few hundred people from top to bottom.

After graduating, Sawara Kiri spent most of his time hanging around in the Hokage building. He knew very well what a simple structure this management team had, with unclear responsibilities and no division of business.

Even such a crude administrative system took less than forty years from its emergence to its stabilization.

Before this, all ninjas were primitive people who fought against each other for thousands of years as a group called "clans".

Until now, all the rulers at the top, named "Shadow", have been determined by relying on the master-disciple relationship and fists, just like the primitive tribes fighting for the position of chief.

Among them, the most frequently used and main means of political struggle are rumors and assassinations.

Although some people have used the same method to deal with Emperor Chuan recently, and even someone might be attacked while playing golf, the problem is that these people in Konoha use these two methods no matter who they are dealing with.

Who doesn’t know this?
Facing an opponent of this caliber, if you ask Sawara Kiri to carry out the execution and confront others head-on in the political arena, he, who lacks experience, might really mess things up.

But if you let him be a military advisor to others
Eh!
He would raise a finger.

Because of this, what Sawara Kiri needs most right now is just one sentence.

"Do you have any solution?" Hatake Sakumo looked at him seriously.

"I have!"

Sawara Kiri gave him a calm smile, looking relaxed and at ease.

Will you lose?

will win.

At this moment, just as at that moment.

Hatake Sakumo's eyes became more profound.

After hesitating for a long time, he patted his butt and stood up.

Now, he didn't care about the other two students and said directly to Sahara Kiri:
"Come with me."

Hokage Building, Jonin meeting room.

The principle of holding small meetings for big matters and big meetings for small matters applies everywhere.

At this time, it was obvious that a small-scale meeting was taking place inside.

As for why he made such a judgment?
Because Tsunade was roaring in anger and cursing very dirty.

"What do you mean?"

"Dan and Ando shed their blood for the village. Kime has not been able to leave the hospital until now! They sacrificed their lives to ambush and kill the Third Raikage!"

"Now, you're saying that all this is because they and Team Hatake failed to complete their mission?!"

"Do you think you can escape the charges of corruption and information trafficking?"

In the room, Shimura Danzo's voice was steady and calm: "Tsunade, slandering the Hokage's advisor is a serious crime. Don't talk about things that you haven't investigated."

Mitomon En was still arguing: "Eh! That's right."

"The village is under great pressure right now. To the west, we are fighting with Sunagakure. To the north, we have to face the pressure from Iwagakure and Kumogakure at the same time. There is no hope of ambushing the Third Raikage again."

"Now let's suffer for the deceased heroes and hand over their bodies. This will ease the situation with the Hidden Cloud Sect. How many people in the northern garrison can be saved from death? Besides, we will be the ones to bear the blame!"

Utatane Koharu was even more blunt: "What's more, killing the Third Raikage was your team's mission. The village provided you with the best personnel and gave you enough time."

"Isn't it your fault that we failed to complete the mission?"

"And that Hatake Sakumo, as a reinforcement, he failed to arrive in time to provide support. Shouldn't he be punished?"

"Yeah! That's right." Mitomon En nodded slightly with an affirmative look, "Being able to contribute to the village in the end, I think even those heroes who died would feel gratified."

The next moment, Tsunade's voice seemed to explode the entire conference room:

"What the fuck are you guys (*Konoha swear*)—!?"

Outside the door, Sahara Kiri had a mocking smile on his face.

When it comes to beasts, you are the ones to be reckoned with.

In terms of being inhumane, the top leaders of Konoha are doing exactly the same.

When I turned around again, as expected, Hatake Sakumo's face was also ashen.

Even though the two of them had a general discussion on the way about some of their actions and the situation they might face now, Hatake Sakumo still couldn't hold back. The coldness in his bones seemed to seep out slowly with his breathing, freezing the ground around them.

Accept punishment?

Killing the Third Raikage or rescuing Tsunade's team from him is an S-level mission of the highest difficulty even in the entire ninja world, and would cost at least three million ryo on a normal day.

However, since the war mission was issued in the name of the village, after completing the mission, the four members of the entire Sakumo team only received a total reward of 500,000 taels.

And still have to accept punishment?

Now that Sawara Kiri thinks about it, it was Miss Yayoi who had predicted this scene long ago and whose words came true.

Is it really the instinct of politicians to pass on the blame?

Sawara Kiri thought so in her heart, turned her head and looked at Hatake Sakumo beside her:

"Teacher Sakumo, do you have any questions now?"

Hatake Sakumo looked at him, his livid face showing a hint of struggle: "You should know that it is a serious crime to rebel against your superiors."

"It's just a show..."

Sahara Kiri was full of confidence: "After all, this is for everyone in Konoha. Besides, they don't have the courage to take action in this disadvantageous situation."

Hatake Sakumo finally closed his eyes.

When I opened my eyes again, I was already feeling awed.

This is also for Konoha.

"Bang."

As the two walked into the room, the entire conference room suddenly became quiet.

Hatake Sakumo had a stern face and walked in front with big strides, while Sawara Kiri followed behind him.

As soon as they entered the room, they saw Tsunade with one foot on the table, picking up Mito Kado En's collar with one hand, and swinging her fist towards him fiercely.

But judging from the calm and composed demeanor of the others, Tsunade, who appeared the most ferocious, was actually the weakest one in terms of momentum.

Konoha F4 has reached the third place.

At this time, everyone turned their heads and looked in the direction of Hatake and the other two.

"Hatake Sakumo."

When Shimura Danzo saw him, he probably remembered the report from Beiruo before, and his brows immediately knitted. While secretly refining his chakra, he coldly scolded:

"A high-level meeting is going on here."

"How dare you come in here without permission?"

As he spoke, his one eye glanced in the direction of Sahara Kiri and said coldly, ".And you brought a little fellow with you, how dare you do that."

"If any secrets are leaked, can you afford it?!"

The first half of the sentence was clearly directed at Hatake Sakumo himself, but the second half immediately directed the criticism at Sawara Kiri.

Hey.

He can't afford to offend Hatake Sakumo, but can't he afford to offend this little brat?
Because he had personally witnessed the exhibition match between Sawara Kiri and Namikaze Minato, Danzo Shimura was still full of confidence, even though Hatake Sakumo and Tsunade's mission reports had roughly summarized the process of his "interference" with the Third Raikage in somewhat vague terms.

Take advantage!

Sawara Kiri was not annoyed when she heard this. She just smiled, turned her head and looked into his one eye.

In an instant, there seemed to be endless bright stars shining in the depths of those azure pupils.

Shimura Danzo frowned slightly.

Faintly, he seemed to sense that something was left in his body, but it also seemed as if he had not noticed anything.

"Oh, confidential?"

Hatake Sakumo turned his head without any hesitation, swept his cold eyes across his neck, and said in a cold voice: "Are you saying that the village intends to give the remains of the heroic ninja who ambushed the Third Raikage to the Hidden Cloud Village as a 'secret' of compensation?"

"how?"

"You dare to do it, but you don't dare to let all the ninjas in Konoha know?"

"boom!"

As if a sore spot had been touched, Utane Koharu, who had a hot temper and was the most confused, immediately slammed the table and stood up, shouting:
"Hatake Sakumo!"

"How dare you act so presumptuously in front of us?"

They have long been used to bullying this honest man. Even if he is strong, what does it matter? How dare he act wildly here?
But today, Hatake Sakumo's reaction surprised everyone.

"boom--"

As soon as he finished speaking, an explosive chakra reaction mixed with murderous intent suddenly burst out around Hatake Sakumo, forming a circle of storm that spread out in the surroundings, and the wooden floor under Hatake Sakumo's feet cracked.

Just that murderous look made everyone present feel a sense of dislocation, almost like an illusion.

Bitter and arrogant.

That was his will that was pure to the extreme, not as a ninja, but as a swordsman.

Utane Koharu, who was still threatening in the last second, seemed to be locked up and couldn't even move a finger.

His hand was clearly not on the hilt.

Utane Koharu suddenly had a strong illusion that if she made a move, she would be chopped down by the knife.

Whole body stiffness.

Danzo Shimura and En Mitokado could no longer sit still, so they stood up together and confronted the man in front of them.

However, the momentum was three points weaker.

What's wrong with him today?

Hatake Sakumo's eyes swept across the three people, his expression was disdainful, and his voice was cold to the bone:

"correct."

"How are you doing?"

This is the arrogance of him, a ninja who is at the peak of his powers and one of the strongest in Konoha today.

Just as he could kill himself to fulfill his own wishes, he could also kill others to fulfill his own wishes.

What Hatake Sakumo despised most in his life were those people who could abandon their companions for various reasons and even insult the corpses of heroes.

Out of loyalty to the village, he had never been as arrogant as he was before today - but that didn't mean he was afraid of the people in front of him.

Konoha F4?

Even if Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was also at his peak, came, in a one-on-one fight he would at most be 60-40 against him. If he got close to him, the odds would be 30-70, and he would be beheaded if he was not careful.

What are these three old guys who have been away from the battlefield for almost ten years?
All he did was protect the village.

Taking advantage of the opportunity created by Sawara Kiri today, Hatake Sakumo suddenly vented his anger here.

Everyone present was just as he said.

like a statue.

Who dares to face the anger of an honest man without knowing the situation?
At this moment, even Tsunade who was standing beside her couldn't help but be intimidated by Hatake Sakumo's momentum.

Although she usually has a hot temper, this woman who is able to patiently study medicine just to save people is actually a very soft-hearted person.

As a pillar on the front line, she knew that Hatake Sakumo, who seemed nonchalant and could joke with anyone on weekdays, was the angriest person in the whole of Konoha.

If someone really lost control of his temper and used a knife today, at least three people in this room would die.

At this moment, Sahara Kiri, who was ignored by everyone in the room, suddenly spoke.

"Sakumo-sensei."

"It's almost time."

With just this one sound, Hatake Sakumo, who was full of murderous intent just a second ago, suddenly restrained his momentum.

Everyone present felt relieved.

Leaving aside Danzo Shimura, as for Mitomon En and Utane Koharu, who are in charge of finance and law respectively, as everyone knows, they have long lost the spirit they had when they fought for their lives on the battlefield in the past.

Hatake Sakumo glanced at them and walked out the door first.

"Tsunade-sama, we are here to see you."

"Please come with us."

Sawara Kiri still greeted politely.

When Tsunade saw that it was him, she felt inexplicably relieved. She nodded slightly, got down from the table, and followed him out the door.

Finally, Sawara Kiri smiled gently and nodded to the remaining three people:

"excuse me."

After saying that, he walked out of the door as if nothing had happened.

When the seat opposite the long table was empty, the three consultants suddenly looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a while, Shimura Danzo suddenly shouted in frustration and rage:
"Asshole!!!"

　Thanks to book friends Tan Chen Chi Bu Xu Kan Chu, book friend 160805224237990, Yuan Shi Xing Kong, and people called Brother Zhuo for their monthly tickets!
　　
　　Wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

　　The next chapter will be around 12 o'clock.

　　By the way, let's test the popularity of Uchiha Ancestor Guang.

　　
　　Note: Some book fans may have different opinions on Hatake Sakumo's strength. They may think that he is not that strong, or that F3 is not that weak.

　　But, anyway, the original work never showed it directly, and the only one who showed his skills, Mr. Danzo, performed a weak operation of SL to catch the shuriken and kunai piercing Susanoo, so for the needs of the plot, I just created it casually, and I hope you can understand.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)