Starting as a working person from Naruto

Chapter 9 The Current State of the Ninja World

The base of the root organization.

Danzo Shimura's office.

As the assistant to the Hokage of Konoha and the highest leader of the Root organization, Danzo Shimura was extremely busy with official duties, receiving intelligence scrolls from various channels every day.

Based on the information compiled from these intelligence scrolls, Shimura Danzo needed to consider how to benefit himself... no, it should be said, how to benefit Konoha.

"The Land of Rain... is still embroiled in civil war..."

"Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure, has gone into seclusion..."

"Hmph, that bastard Hanzo of the Salamander, we helped him wipe out the Akatsuki back then, and he still refuses to abide by our alliance..."

"News from the Land of Wind..."

"The Daimyo of the Land of Wind has once again cut funding for Sunagakure..."

"Gaara, the One-Tailed Jinchuriki of Sunagakure, went berserk after being assassinated, but was suppressed by the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa, using Magnet Release: Gold Dust. Hmph, Sunagakure is still delusional about using the Tailed Beast..."

"News from the Land of Earth..."

"Terrifying explosions frequently occur outside Iwagakure (Hidden Stone Village)..."

"This is suspected to be the work of a student of the Third Tsuchikage, Onoki. Yakushi Nonou really knows how to gather a lot of information for Konoha..."

"but…"

"Why does this woman want Kabuto Yakushi's picture again?"

"News from the Land of Thunder..."

"Someone else claims that the Fourth Raikage stole his family's secret technique..."

"Kumogakure has always been ambitious, and they've always wanted to seize Konoha's Byakugan. We need to find a way to suppress them. Let's try instigating a conflict between them and Iwagakure..."

"The Land of Water..."

Still no news.

"What exactly happened in Kirigakure? All the intelligence agents who wanted to infiltrate Kirigakure have disappeared. Is some kind of conspiracy brewing?"

Danzo Shimura sat at his desk, his expression shifting between anger and uncertainty as he reviewed all the external news before turning his attention to another stack of intelligence on the desk.

This stack of intelligence reports details the internal movements of Konoha Village.

"Look at the past two days since I left..."

"Something must have happened in the village..."

As an old man with lofty ambitions, Shimura Danzo certainly didn't just focus on the outside world. He also sent people to secretly monitor Konoha, eliminate factors that could destabilize the village, and try his best to maintain the village's superficial stability.

"Ninja Academy New Semester Opening Ceremony..."

"The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, is giving a speech at the school..."

When Shimura Danzo saw this message, his expression suddenly turned rather ugly, but he could only let out a contemptuous snort: "Hmph, that's not how the Hokage does things. That monkey... still likes to waste time on these useless things!"

This message is useless.

What Shimura Danzo hated most was this constant reminder that his old friend Hiruzen Sarutobi was still serving as Hokage under the sun…

However, Shimura Danzo had no choice but to keep a close eye on Sarutobi Hiruzen, hoping to find something wrong with him and, ideally, remove him from the Hokage position...

or…

Try killing him.

Danzo Shimura casually flipped through the news of the opening ceremony and saw the information on the second sheet of paper, which was the list of new students enrolled in the Ninja Academy.

"Hinata Hyuga...the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan's main branch..."

"Aburame Shino...Inuzuka Kiba..."

"Nara Shikamaru of the Nara clan, Akimichi Choji of the Akimichi clan, Yamanaka Ino of the Yamanaka clan—the entire Ino-Shika-Cho trio of this generation are all here..."

"Uchiha Fugaku's youngest son, Uchiha Sasuke... Hmph, he actually named his youngest son after the monkey's father just to please the monkey..."

Under normal circumstances…

Danzo Shimura wouldn't care about these children.

Unfortunately...

There is a child among the new students at this year's Ninja Academy who deserves to be watched.

Even though this child is only six years old, the entire Hidden Leaf Village must be extremely vigilant and cautious towards him, as this child could trigger a crisis that could destroy the Hidden Leaf Village at any time!

"Naruto Uzumaki..."

Danzo Shimura slowly spotted the name he cared about most, a shadow falling over his eyes: "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki... he shouldn't have been sent to the academy in the first place!"

Tailed beasts.

The most terrifying creature in the ninja world.

There are a total of nine tailed beasts in the ninja world.

Sand Hidden Village, Ichibi.

Yunyin Village, two tails, eight tails.

Hidden Mist Village, Three-Tails, Six-Tails.

Iwagakure Village, Four-Tails, Five-Tails.

Konoha Village, Nine-Tails.

The Seven-Tails is possessed by a small village called Takigakure.

The more tails a tailed beast has, the greater its chakra reserves, and people often use this to judge its strength.

Tailed beasts are born with terrifying amounts of chakra and immense power. Once a ninja village uses a tailed beast in a war, it can immediately change the course of the war.

However, the tailed beasts are naturally irritable and easily angered, and they are never easily manipulated by humans.

In order to enhance their national strength by utilizing the tailed beasts, the major nations of the ninja world creatively sealed the tailed beasts into human bodies, creating the tailed beast jinchūriki who could borrow the tailed beasts' chakra.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War, most of the Jinchuriki, the tailed beasts, became human weapons in the war, and other ninja villages often used tailed beasts to decide the outcome of the battle.

Konoha, however, has never used the Nine-Tails, because the Nine-Tails is the most powerful tailed beast in the ninja world. Konoha does not dare to use the power of the Nine-Tails and even protects the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Until... six years ago.

A Nine-Tails attack erupted in Konoha Village.

The Nine-Tails suddenly broke free from its Jinchūriki's seal and went berserk, resulting in the sacrifice of Konoha's Fourth Hokage and a large number of elite ninjas, causing Konoha to suffer heavy losses in this turmoil.

From then on, Konoha was beset by internal and external troubles.

Fortunately, in order to protect Konoha, the Fourth Hokage resealed the Nine-Tails into a child named Naruto Uzumaki before his death, thus preventing Konoha from losing the Nine-Tails.

However, this has led Konoha into a very awkward situation: they have the strongest tailed beast, but they cannot use it, and they even have to find a way to prevent problems from arising with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

To prevent the Nine-Tails from causing chaos again, the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura racked their brains.

After all other options failed, Danzo Shimura proposed to stop protecting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's identity to avoid making him too fragile. Instead, he suggested using the experience of other ninja villages in training Jinchuriki, which might give Konoha a chance to acquire a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki they could utilize.

To make Naruto Uzumaki suffer a miserable childhood like the other Jinchuriki from other villages, and to let him know that he is a monster in the eyes of others!

If we force this child to get used to a miserable life from a young age, he will be able to remain calm no matter what happens in the future, and we can also prevent the tailed beast inside him from going out of control.

but.

This is also somewhat dangerous.

To prevent Naruto Uzumaki from experiencing an emotional breakdown during his growth, which could cause problems with the Nine-Tails within him, the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, would often appear at crucial moments to comfort the child and encourage him to bravely face his tragic life.

If you give someone warmth when they are in darkness, that warmth will be like a fire, encouraging them to hold a torch and face the darkness.

on the other hand…

It is also the most important.

The Third Hokage, in order to reinforce the Jinchuriki seal on Naruto Uzumaki at the first sign of the Nine-Tails going out of control, prevented the Nine-Tails from going berserk.

Theoretically speaking...

This is not fair to a child.

however…

Having witnessed firsthand the cruelty of war, the Third Hokage did not consider this unfair; in fact, he believed that Naruto Uzumaki was a very lucky child.

timeline.

This is a timeline I compiled myself based on anime and manga, similar to the timeline in the mastermind's book.

I remember the story begins in Konoha year 60.

In this book, Akihara Kagura and Uchiha Itachi are the same age, but four years older than Uzumaki Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke.

(End of this chapter)