Chapter 458 Dirty Fireworks

"Regardless of whether this Five Kage Summit is a conspiracy or not, I must attend," Kakashi said.

The Hokage's office was filled with all of Konoha's upper echelons, except for the Fire Country Daimyo. It was practically a scene for deciding the next Hokage candidate. The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, Shimura Danzo, Nara Shikaku, Might Guy…

"Guy, Naruto, and Yamato will act as guards for the Hokage, and they will meet up with the Fifth Kazekage, Gaara, at the border of the Land of Fire before heading to the Land of Hot Springs."

"During my absence from Konoha, I would like to trouble the Fifth Hokage to temporarily assume the duties of Hokage."

Kakashi finished explaining his various tasks and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Well done, Kakashi," Tsunade encouraged Kakashi.

"I never expected that this Five Kage Summit would be initiated by that old man, the Third Tsuchikage. He got ahead of us," Kakashi sighed.

"According to the ANBU intelligence, two Jinchūriki from Kumogakure will accompany the Fourth Raikage to the Land of Hot Springs. With Gaara and Naruto also present, there will be at least four Tailed Beast Jinchūriki at the Five Kage Summit," Jiraiya said.

"In addition, many small countries bordering the five great powers were also invited, comparable to the one initiated by the first generation. However, this time many small countries dared not come, fearing assassination."

"But why choose the Land of Hot Springs?" Nara Shikaku pondered, stroking his chin with a furrowed brow.

"Won't you understand when you get there?" Matt Kai smiled confidently.

"I'm so sorry, Naruto, you were on your honeymoon." Kakashi felt very apologetic, but also somewhat helpless.

"It's alright, Kakashi-sensei."

"But I want to ask why we didn't invite Sasuke?" Naruto asked.

“Sasuke…he must stay in the village.”

The reason wasn't clearly explained to Naruto, but Kakashi secretly glanced at Shimura Danzo standing by the wall.

"Alright, Naruto, you should go home now. We're leaving tomorrow. Explain things to Hinata properly tonight, and I'll personally apologize to her when I get back," Kakashi said.

"Ah."

The next day, Kakashi Hatake and his group left Konoha.

Kakashi is no longer in the village, but "Roots" in Konoha has resumed its activities.

Danzo couldn't resist the urge to take down the last two Uchiha from Konoha.

Everyone else trusted Sasuke Uchiha and Hikaru Uchiha, but Danzo Shimura had no belief that Sasuke Uchiha would obediently become a teacher at the Ninja Academy.

Danzo Shimura both craved the power of the Uchiha clan and feared them.

After school, Sasuke held Hikaru's hand and walked a long way from the bustling school to the secluded and quiet Uchiha clan territory.

Uchiha Sasuke is the current head of the Uchiha clan. Even though there are only two Uchiha left, the territory that Konoha allocated to the Uchiha has not been cut off or taken back.

The Uchiha clan's territory included lakes, rivers, mountains, forests, and fields. Sasuke rented out hundreds of acres of land and made a living from the rent; during the rainy season, he would go up the mountains to gather delicacies; and the lakes and rivers were teeming with fish.

"Ok?"

When they were one kilometer away from the Uchiha clan's territory, Danzo Shimura, along with Kaze Yamanaka and Torune Aburame, blocked Sasuke and Hikari's path.

"Elder Danzo, what are you doing here?" Sasuke asked calmly.

“I’ve been waiting for you, Uchiha Sasuke,” Danzo said.

"What? You're waiting to die?"

"Kakashi-sensei has only been gone from the village for a day, and you couldn't resist showing up in front of me," Sasuke said coldly.

“I’ve come to invite you,” Danzo said.

"Oh, you're inviting me to join your Anbu training department? To be a teacher too?" Sasuke chuckled. Shimura Danzo stared at Sasuke expressionlessly, secretly activating Kotoamatsukami with Uchiha Shisui's eyes under the bandages wrapped around his head.

"Do you think I wouldn't notice?" Sasuke tilted his head slightly, watching with interest as Danzo used Kotoamatsukami on him.

Sasuke doesn't use his magnetic field to read the thoughts of people he trusts, but he observes the thoughts in the minds of others without any hesitation.

Sasuke saw through Shimura Danzo's plans.

Danzo wanted to use Kotoamatsukami to brainwash Sasuke, turning him into his puppet, and also to cultivate the still-child Uchiha Hikaru into a tool using the Root method.

He's too old; there's no chance he'll become Hokage.

Danzo intended to place Sasuke Uchiha, who had become his puppet, into the position of Hokage.

Orochimaru was imprisoned in Konoha's secret prison, and Danzo would often sneak into the prison to communicate with Orochimaru.

Orochimaru voluntarily taught Danzo the forbidden technique of "Reanimation Jutsu," which fueled Danzo's even greater ambitions.

After elevating the puppet Sasuke to the position of Hokage, he then used the "Reanimation Jutsu" to possess Sasuke's young and powerful body, using Sasuke as a base to accomplish an even greater undertaking.

"You filthy bastard, die!"

Sasuke pointed his sword at Shimura Danzo, then pointed his fingertip towards the sky, and Shimura Danzo rose into the sky as well.

Sasuke clenched his fist again, and Shimura Danzo turned into fireworks under the azure sky.

"Grandpa turned into fireworks!" Uchiha Hikaru exclaimed, his eyes wide as he looked up.

"Ugh!" Yamanaka Fu and Aburame Torune were also sent into the sky by Sasuke in a panic, and two more fireworks bloomed in the sky.

With Hikaru by his side, Sasuke eliminated Danzo Shimura in the most entertaining way possible.

"Lord Danzo!!"

More than a dozen of Danzo's men charged out from the bushes on both sides, but before they could launch a full-scale attack on Sasuke, they were sent flying into the sky by Sasuke.

Tsunade was looking out the window listlessly when she suddenly saw fireworks going off in the distance, and her eyes lit up.

"The Hokage has ordered me to hold an autumn fireworks festival." Tsunade instructed the Hokage's ANBU to relay the message to Nara Shikaku and make the arrangements.

"Will the uncles come down again?" Uchiha Hikaru asked Sasuke curiously.

"No, they've all become stars in the sky," Sasuke replied earnestly to Hikaru as he crouched down.

Back home, Sakura had already prepared dinner and was waiting for the two of them to come home for dinner.

Halfway through dinner, Sasuke suddenly remembered that he had forgotten to remove the Sharingan that Danzo had transplanted from Shisui.

He began to forget his pride in the Uchiha clan.

If it were my past self, I would never have let that dark old man, Danzo Shimura, die so easily.

I had originally planned to start investigating the things my older brother had experienced when Xiaoguang turned five, but now Xiaoguang is seven and I still haven't done anything...

Sasuke realized that he was already bound by ordinary life and family ties.

But what's wrong with that?

The world should be like this; everyone should enjoy the peaceful life of an ordinary person.

His ninja skills are still there, without the slightest decline, but Sasuke feels that he can no longer go back to being a ninja.

"Sakura, will you still be a ninja?" Sasuke asked Sakura, who had grown her hair long.

(End of this chapter)

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