Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 218 Elder Itachi, you've deceived my feelings, damn it!

Under the hostile gazes of the villagers, Aokiji arrived at a building—the Hokage's office.

Aokiji was slightly confused. Shouldn't he be taken to the place where the Jinchūriki would live in the future?

Filled with doubt, he followed the staff into the Hokage's office and saw a powerful figure inside, the Third Hokage.

The person had been brought to the scene, and the relevant personnel wisely chose to leave.

Upon seeing that Aokiji had arrived, Hiruzen Sarutobi, as usual, did not put on any airs and wore a deceptively warm smile. Anyone unfamiliar with him could easily be fooled by his friendly expression.

Aokiji feigned compliance: "What does the Hokage want with me?"

"It's nothing, I just called you over to share my thoughts."

"What else can I feel? It's definitely not going to be any good."

Seeing the wounds on Aokiji's face, Hiruzen Sarutobi used it as a starting point: "You look pretty disheveled from your journey."

Aokiji sighed deeply: "I can understand what happened. If this can make the villagers feel better, I have no regrets."

Hiruzen Sarutobi lifted Aokiji high and praised him, "You've learned to put yourself in others' shoes. It seems you've grown a lot and have developed some of the thinking skills of a Hokage. That's truly rare."

What is the Naruto's way of thinking?

Upon hearing this, Aokiji immediately became alert and adopted a humble attitude: "The Hokage's way of thinking? Third Hokage, you flatter me."

What the hell is Naruto's way of thinking?

Aokiji even suspected that in the original work, Itachi Uchiha was misled by this one sentence because he was young.

At first glance, the Naruto's way of thinking seems like a compliment.

But upon closer reflection, it's terrifying.

What is the Hokage's way of thinking? Isn't it simply looking at problems from the Hokage's perspective?

From the perspective of the Hokage, the issue is this: Although the Uchiha clan made many sacrifices for the village, although the village treated the Uchiha clan unfairly, although the village suppressed the Uchiha clan, and although the village was very wary of the Uchiha clan...

However, if the Uchiha clan is dissatisfied, then it is the Uchiha clan's fault.

Itachi Uchiha, whose mind was not mature enough, was easily fooled and his allegiance was completely skewed. In the name of so-called righteousness, it is not surprising that he ended up wiping out his entire clan.

"I'm not exaggerating," Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly shook his head, continuing, "But you shouldn't always think about shouldering everything alone. An individual's abilities have their limits, and you should occasionally try to trust in the power of your comrades."

This guy called me to the Hokage's office, it couldn't be just to say some trivial nonsense... Aokiji pretended to listen and fell into a serious thought.

Hiruzen Sarutobi seemed quite satisfied with Aokiji's attitude, and hesitated for a moment, wondering whether he should speak up.

Aokiji realized that the other man seemed to be waiting for him to ask a question, so he went along with it and asked, "What's wrong? Does the Hokage have something to say to me?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, I shouldn't have told you this, for fear of causing unnecessary misunderstandings, but now that things have come to this, I have no choice but to tell you."

"What's wrong?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly began to speak: "It concerns the death of Itachi Uchiha."

Aokiji was taken aback and pressed for an answer: "What do you mean?"

"This is a long story, and it goes back to the battle between Madara Uchiha and the First Hokage..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said a lot, and Aokiji listened quietly and summarized it, roughly meaning:

The First Hokage's lifespan was shortened due to excessive cell division during his battle with Madara Uchiha, indirectly leading to his death. Naturally, the village harbored hostility towards the Uchiha clan.

Someone saw this contradiction and planned to create an opening to sabotage the relationship between the village and the Uchiha clan from within. So, someone impersonated a member of the Uchiha clan and caused the Five-Tails' rampage in Iwagakure. Iwagakure naturally demanded that Konoha either hand over the most respected member of the Uchiha clan or start a war.

When the village learned of this, they informed Elder Itachi. Elder Itachi chose to sacrifice himself rather than start a full-scale war with Iwagakure, as that would have too great an impact.

After saying this, Hiruzen Sarutobi added, "I think that this time, in addition to destroying the village, someone summoned the Five-Tails mainly to tear apart the relationship between the village and the Uchiha clan, thereby causing internal destruction within the village."

To outsiders, Iwagakure's act of throwing the tailed beasts into the village was an act of revenge, with the target once again being the Uchiha clan.

From the Uchiha's perspective, it was a different story. Clan members went to the battlefield to fight for the village, but accidentally had tailed beasts implanted in their bodies, causing losses to the village. Instead of showing sympathy, the village was full of hostility, which naturally exacerbated the village's dissatisfaction with the Uchiha.

Aokiji nodded.

At first glance, Yanyin Village launched this tail beast attack for revenge on Konoha, but if you look carefully, you will find that it is actually for the tearing between Konoha and the Uchiha clan.

Those who discover the truth will believe it to be true, unaware that there is another layer of meaning behind the truth.

Aokiji had more information than Hiruzen Sarutobi, so he could see further ahead.

If analyzed directly, Aokiji naturally wouldn't be able to figure out what the Uchiha were trying to do.

However, considering Madara Uchiha's experiences in the original work, as well as what the Five-Tails had just told him, he would easily make connections and think in that direction.

The general outline of the matter becomes clear.

He had someone kill Tsunade in front of him, and then two things happened to him: first, the power of the tailed beast within him went berserk; second, he awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan.

If you were a native, you would feel despair towards the world at this moment. Then, Madara Uchiha would make his grand entrance and start to deceive you, planning something like the Infinite Tsukuyomi, claiming that it was the content of a stone tablet passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan and was absolutely reliable.

Oh, right, in the dream, you can also meet your favorite Tsunade. Would you like to do that?

Wait, a stone tablet?

He remembered that among the belongings Elder Itachi left him before his death was a stone tablet...

With this in mind, Aokiji continued to delve deeper into the matter, his mind wandering.

He remembered that in the original story, before Madara Uchiha tricked Obito, he came into contact with Madara Uchiha Obito by "accidental" chance, then induced Obito Uchiha to awaken the Mangekyou Sharingan, and only then did he officially begin to trick him.

If it were to happen on my side, and I were to suddenly appear after activating my Mangekyou Sharingan, wouldn't that seem too contrived?

In other words, Madara Uchiha had actually been luring him all along, and this stone tablet was the lure. It seemed that he was following Madara Uchiha's trail, but in reality, Madara Uchiha deliberately left clues for him to find.

And this clue was provided by that person.

Following the usual pattern, people who proactively provide you with clues are generally suspicious. While I'm willing to speculate like this, "Elder Itachi," who provided this information, is highly questionable...

This time, his mission was so unlucky that he encountered a group of ninjas, and their leader, Uchiha Akari, was one of Elder Itachi's men...

It's really hard not to let one's imagination run wild.

Let's assume that Itachi's cause of death wasn't revealed by Hiruzen Sarutobi himself, but rather that he discovered it himself. In Madara Uchiha's eyes, he, as a "native," would undoubtedly cause huge conflicts with the village.

Furthermore, considering that he rarely uses his Sharingan, very few people know that he has it; excluding Tsunade and others, only Elder Itachi is known to have it.

Thinking about all this, Aokiji felt a chill run down his spine.

Gan!

Elder Itachi.

wrong.

Madara Uchiha, that old bastard, he deceived my feelings!!!

(End of this chapter)