Naruto: The whole world knows I am the savior

Chapter 49 Negotiations Break Down

"Third Hokage, today we must give Kumogakure an explanation. Our comrades could not have died for no reason!"

Idaru questioned angrily, already quite impatient with being dragged along by two or three Konoha ninjas during this time.

After seven or eight days without any response, the excuses were either crude, like "the Hokage has a cold," or they were being asked to visit Konoha attractions to delay them.

What's so great about visiting this run-down village?!

"If I don't get an answer today, I will set off back to Kumogakure."

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained unmoved upon hearing this. He lit his pipe, took a puff, and calmly said, "What explanation? Your village is utterly unreasonable. Your ninja died in the Land of Rice Fields, yet you come to Konoha demanding the killer? This is utterly absurd."

As for Shirakumo Yosuke, he's already a member of Konoha. Konoha wouldn't hand him over to the Cloud Ninja. Please convey this to the Fourth Raikage.

"Good, good, good! It seems the Third Hokage has no sincerity whatsoever; he's just stalling us these past few days."

Upon hearing this, the Cloud Ninja Itaru angrily stood up and said, "In that case, I will relay the Third Hokage's words to the Raikage."

After saying that, Idaru walked away, seemingly not intending to stay in Konoha Village.

After everyone left, Jiraiya, who had been listening in from inside, finally spoke up: "Old man, is war truly unavoidable?"

"Hmm, judging from the appearance of the Hidden Cloud Village, they won't give up."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed inwardly. The sudden war had left him feeling mentally exhausted, making it difficult for him to handle what was to come.

"Jiraiya, for the time being, do not leave the village. Await further orders."

Jiraiya nodded and said, "Yes, I understand, old man. But how many years has it been since the war? The comrades who died for peace last time must be resentful knowing that war has broken out so soon."

Peace lasted only seven or eight years; to be more precise, the war had only truly ended six years ago.

In six years, a generation has not grown up, and those who participate in this war will definitely be the same group as before; moreover, Konoha has also lost the Uchiha clan, making its strength even weaker.

Hiruzen Sarutobi offered words of comfort: "There's nothing we can do about it. We don't want to face war, but the Cloud Ninja are being aggressive."

Jiraiya also felt a little guilty. The excuse that the Hidden Cloud Village used this time was that he had taken care of those three ninjas in the process. If he had handled things better at the time, the Hidden Cloud Village might not have had this excuse.

However, Jiraiya knew that if the Cloud Village wanted to find an excuse, they would find one; moreover, those three Cloud ninja who infiltrated were no good either, and they had planned to attract the attention of the Konoha ninjas by causing trouble before infiltrating.

"By the way, where's Shikaku?"

Jiraiya asked curiously, "He rushed back after leaving Mount Myōboku. Didn't Shikaku always have to be there when dealing with envoys from other villages?"

"In the previous mission, Inoichi had a bit of an accident. Shikaku and Choza should be busy with Inoichi's affairs."

"Could it be him, Haiyi?"

Jiraiya's face showed disbelief. Yamanaka Inoichi's status and strength were among the top in Konoha, and his accident was something Jiraiya could never have imagined.

However, seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly nod, Jiraiya still believed that something had happened to Inoichi.

"Things have changed too fast, old man. The ninja world should have been peaceful."

Jiraiya said in a somewhat heavy tone that he had been gathering material in Kabukicho, hoping to achieve peace once he found the Chosen One; however, he suddenly dreamed of the future, and everything changed.

According to the Great Toad Sage, the future is arbitrarily changed by people, and it is constantly changing; it shouldn't be like this.

"If it weren't for Shirakumo Yosuke, Konoha probably wouldn't have had so many problems, right?"

Jiraiya couldn't help but blurt out, and his words immediately drew Hiruzen Sarutobi's attention.

"Jiraiya, what do you want to do?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi gave Jiraiya a deep look, then instructed him, "Don't do anything unnecessary. Konoha can't do without Tsunade right now. She values ​​Yosuke Hakuun highly, and other ninja villages are vying for him, which is enough to prove his importance."

"Haha, why would I do anything unnecessary? You're overthinking it."

Jiraiya scratched his head and chuckled a few times, then lowered his gaze to hide it. He had indeed had some other thoughts just now. What the Great Toad Sage had said to him was rather vague, telling him to do what he wanted to do, but not to do anything unnecessary.

Jiraiya is completely confused about what he should do, and he doesn't know if what he wants to do is superfluous.

"Jiraiya, I'm very old now, and I often feel exhausted when dealing with things."

Seeing that Jiraiya seemed somewhat downcast, Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered for a moment before bringing up another matter: "Do you have any suggestions for the Fifth Hokage?"

"What advice could I possibly have? Old man, you don't mean to make me Hokage, do you?"

Jiraiya was halfway through his sentence when he suddenly realized Hiruzen Sarutobi's plan, so he quickly shook his head and waved his hands: "I can't do it, don't look for me. What kind of master becomes Hokage after his disciple? Besides, Tsunade is still in the village. If you want to find Hokage, look for Tsunade."

"I definitely wouldn't have asked you before; Tsunade would undoubtedly be the most suitable candidate, but now..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and said, "She is too confident in her choices. After becoming Hokage, she will definitely support Yosuke Hakuun. I will not agree to Tsunade's request until I have confirmed the benefits or harms Yosuke Hakuun would bring to the village."

Currently, only three people in the village know about the future. Jiraiya and Danzo do not have a good impression of Yosuke Shirakumo, and Hiruzen Sarutobi is also very conflicted.

"Even if you say that, I won't become Hokage, and you're doing just fine as one, aren't you?"

Jiraiya shook his head, then jumped onto the window and said, "I'll go see Shikaku if he needs any help. If anything happens, have the Anbu notify me, old man."

After saying that, Jiraiya jumped out of the window and left. He was afraid that if he stayed, Hiruzen Sarutobi would keep asking him about the Fifth Hokage and Yosuke Shirakumo.

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It was time for the ninja school to let out in the afternoon.

Just as Shirakumo Yosuke was about to go home, someone called out to him. He turned around and saw it was Haruno Sakura, so he asked, "Sakura, what's wrong?"

"Um, Yosuke-kun, do you know why Ino didn't come today?"

Since Ino Yamanaka stopped talking to Sakura Haruno about competing for Sasuke Uchiha, their relationship has improved a lot, and they even trained together by climbing a tree last time.

Sakura couldn't help but worry about her friend Ino, whom she hadn't seen all day.

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