Naruto: Starting with Tsunade

Chapter 378 I stole the ninjutsu with my own skills, why should I return it?

Koharu Utatane chimed in, "Why did you do something like this in Kusagakure? And why didn't you report it when you left the village? Didn't you know that leaving the village without permission is illegal?"

"I forgot."

"forget?"

Aokiji said lightly, "I'm getting old, my memory isn't so good anymore."

"Are you in higher grades?"

"I'm almost fifty, isn't that normal?"

Aokiji's words only made everyone more aware of his youthful appearance, causing their lips to twitch uncontrollably. "You look like you're only twelve or thirteen, how dare you say that?"

However, the frustrating thing is that although Aokiji looks young for some reason, his age is still there.

According to seniority, apart from the four elders on stage, everyone else in the audience is a younger brother.

Koharu, who was turning over to her room, was most annoyed by Aokiji's face.

No woman is indifferent to her appearance. Over the years, Aokiji has grown younger and younger, which makes her jealous.

Mitokado Homura took a breath. "Even if you really have forgotten, what did you mean by causing such a ruckus in Kusagakure?"

Aokiji casually remarked, "Compensation for emotional distress."

"????"

Aokiji explained Karin and her mother's plight, saying loudly, "The Uzumaki clan has been our Konoha's most steadfast ally since ancient times. In addition, their clan has made special contributions to our village. Now that they are in trouble, it is not unreasonable for me to consider them as part of the village and stand up for them."

Although Aokiji's style of doing things is domineering, his starting point is ultimately good, and everyone felt that there seemed to be no problem with it.

"That doesn't make sense. You seem to still be in their village, and you specifically took their village's precious secret technique."

Upon hearing the word "secret technique," everyone present was both shocked and curious, wondering what kind of ninjutsu would make Aokiji point out the need for plunder.

These words put Aokiji in the spotlight. He wanted to see how Aokiji would explain it. Being able to point out the Dao technique meant that Aokiji was clearly after this secret technique.

Aokiji fell silent.

Mitomon Homura, thinking that Aokiji was panicking because of his appearance, was overjoyed and launched another attack: "Why did you take their village's secret technique?"

Aokiji looked up, a puzzled expression on his face: "Is it really necessary to explain this in detail? If you want something from another village, just plunder it. Isn't that a perfectly normal procedure?"

Hearing this overly straightforward answer, Mitokado Homura was completely dumbfounded: "W-what...?"

"If they want something from a small ninja village, they just plunder it and then wipe out the village without leaving any evidence. That's perfectly normal. I've already been merciful by not annihilating them. What complaints do they have about that?"

Aokiji strolled around, speaking with such ease that it was as if he were chatting about the weather.

Aokiji wasn't showing off; he was stating the facts.

In the original story, the Hidden Lightning Village, seeing the secret scrolls passed down through generations in the Sugino Village, simply led a small team to forcibly steal them. Afterwards, the Sugino Village was dissatisfied and spent a lot of money to hire the Xuanyuan Clan to retaliate. After all this commotion, the Raikage was angered and then led his men back to the Sugino Village and scattered all the ashes of the village.

This shows that such things are quite common.

However, Aokiji's calm and composed demeanor presented a completely different picture in the eyes of others.

On the steps, four elderly men looked rather grim upon hearing this.

They naturally knew about this.

But he felt that Aokiji was saying these things to show off his strength, and even to some extent to intimidate them.

Their conjecture was soon further substantiated.

"But then again, it's just that they stole something from Kusagakure, is there really any need for you to make such a fuss?"

Aokiji was puzzled, but then suddenly seemed to understand something.

He pretended to clench his fist and slap his palm, then said with a sudden realization, "Oh, I see, you're blaming me for not being clean, right?"

Then, Aokiji nodded to himself, a look of regret on his face: "That's right, after all, we are one of the five great nations, and reputation is still very important. This is my fault for being too compassionate. But don't worry, I know what to do next, and I will never leave any evidence to tarnish the village's reputation."

A sense of foreboding welled up inside Hiruzen Sarutobi: "What are you thinking?"

"What else can we do? Of course, we'll go back and take care of Kusagakure," Aokiji said casually. "I'll make some preparations and set off tomorrow. What do you think, Hokage-sama?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes widened. This guy...

Seeing the other person's expression, Aokiji frowned and said, "What? Does the Hokage think it's too slow?"

After saying that, he sighed, looking helpless: "Alright, once this meeting is over, I'll set off immediately and wipe out Kusagakure. Is that alright?"

After saying that, as if afraid that the other party would not be at ease, Aokiji flicked his nails and added, "Don't worry, although it was a bit rushed, with my strength, there won't be any surprises in this kind of small matter."

After hearing this boastful talk, everyone present widened their eyes, gasped, and their expressions were beyond words.

Judging from his tone, he seems to be planning to wipe out Kusagakure by himself.

This guy must be joking.

Although Kusagakure is weak, it is still a ninja village.

Moreover, they are considered quite prominent within the small ninja village.

The population base is quite large.

Let alone so many people, even if there were just that many pigs, you couldn't kill them all by yourself.

Among this group of people, Kakashi asked himself honestly, with his strength, even if those people just stood there and didn't move, he would probably be exhausted just by taking a sword and cutting them down one by one.

If this guy in front of me isn't joking, then just how powerful is he?

However, what made him more uneasy than the strength of this guy was whether his personality was actually this brutal.

When we first met, he seemed like a very kind person.

Seeing the fear on the faces of those around them, Yashiro and Inahime felt a surge of smugness.

As you can see, this is the true power of the Uchiha clan, a power from a different dimension than any of you here.

Jiraiya stared wide-eyed in astonishment, looking at Aokiji as if he were a complete stranger.

Jiraiya had no doubt that Aokiji possessed such strength.

He had seen Aokiji at his peak; a few Tailed Beast Balls and he could wipe out Kusagakure with ease.

What he truly couldn't understand was how Aokiji had become so brutal, to the point that he could practically treat human life as worthless.

His current appearance reminded Jiraiya of another friend—Orochimaru.

Orochimaru's transformation was somewhat understandable, but how did Aokiji become like this?

What happened to him that made him so cold and ruthless?

It's astonishing that he could so easily and without any burden utter such harsh words about wiping out an entire village.

Danzo's body trembled slightly. This guy in front of him was definitely saying that on purpose, so as to show off his powerful strength to intimidate them and achieve his own pleasure.

Hiruzen Sarutobi glared at the table, slamming his fist on it to vent his anger: "Don't do anything rash. Things aren't what they used to be."

Aokiji spread his hands, showing his helplessness.

Hiruzen Sarutobi gritted his teeth and said, "In short, you go and return the secret technique to Kusagakure first, and the village will naturally handle the rest."

He originally wanted to add an apology, but considering Aokiji's personality, an apology was probably out of the question.

However, he still greatly underestimated the other party's arrogant and domineering attitude.

"And the secret technique?"

Aokiji's eyes widened, his expression one of utter disbelief: "I stole this secret technique through my own skill, why should I return it?"

Everyone: ...

Is this even human language?

The person in front of me is probably the only one in the world who can describe robbery in such a fresh and elegant way.

Even third parties like them, who had no grudge against Aokiji, felt that he had gone a bit too far, completely overturning the image of this senior in everyone's mind.

Aokiji's attitude completely shattered Hiruzen Sarutobi's understanding, leaving him practically spitting blood.

Hiruzen Sarutobi still has a strong memory of Aokiji's behavior when he was a child.

However, as he got older, his behavior went in the completely opposite direction.

This guy's face practically screams arrogance.

Sometimes, even Hiruzen Sarutobi had to admire how Aokiji knew how to be patient at such a young age, and how he had even managed to perfectly deceive him.

Thinking about this, I truly regretted not listening to Danzo's advice and killing this guy directly.

Now things are different; the other side has fully matured.

Let alone in the village, there probably isn't anyone in the world who can reliably control him.

After Aokiji "reasonably" refused to return the secret technique, he continued with his own reasoned argument: "Besides, I still need to use this ninjutsu to revive Tsunade. Returning it is impossible."

"Nani—!"

These words were like a bomb, and the crowd, who had just been inwardly condemning Aokiji's domineering behavior, were immediately thrown into turmoil.

At this moment, even the four old men on the steps were getting restless: "You just said resurrection?"

(End of this chapter)