Uchiha: Starting from Imprisonment of Tobirama

"If you believe that there is still reality in this ninja world, then you should keep your word..."

"Even if I regret it, I am not afraid of having you as an enemy, but I understand the falsehood of the ninja world, which is worth it for me."

It was deeply rooted in Kakuzu's heart.

Qingshui was obviously a good boss. It was as if he had forgotten that he was an employee and he seemed to have a blind trust in him. He did not ask for money or ask him to do any outrageous tasks. His main approach was to let him do what he wanted.

What made Kakuzu happy was that Qingshui would gladly accept his information and banknotes, and would also write back to encourage him.

This shows that Qingshui didn't let him go out of pity like Senju Hashirama, but because he needed his value.

Kakuzu sometimes thought that Qingshui might be like him, with doubts about the truth and falsehood of the bonds and promises in the ninja world, so after hearing his story, he made this bet with him.

Otherwise, why let him go?

With Qingshui's strength and that dangerous eye power, Kakuzu would never think that Qingshui is just a simple kid!

The only explanation is that Qingshui and he have similar mental problems, and after listening to his story, he was touched...

With this mentality, the harder Kakuzu worked, the more fulfilled he felt. He found back the simple joy he had when he was young and fighting for the Takigakure Village, and he even felt nothing when he saw money.

Nowadays, Kakuzu's stance on things is somewhat like that of a Konoha ninja. He is thinking, if Konoha has to face the joint siege of the four hidden villages, how should it overcome this difficulty?

The most important thing is how can he help his boss earn enough military merit in this battlefield...

"Hello, you are Kakuzu, right?" A friendly greeting interrupted Kakuzu's thoughts.

Hatake Sakumo was wearing a comfortable black sportswear, carrying a backpack that Kakashi used to go to school, with a short sword hanging on his waist, and an excited smile on his face:

"Finally I found you. Your whereabouts are really secretive!"

When Kakuzu saw Hatake Sakumo's appearance, his pupils suddenly shrank - who the hell is this?

Everyone knows Hatake Sakumo's reputation and appearance. In the gold exchange's bounty list, Hatake Sakumo ranks very high.

But the Hatake Sakumo in Kakuzu's memory was a man as sharp as a knife.

Intelligence on the black market said that when Hatake Sakumo appeared outside Konoha Village, the murderous aura from him would cause people to feel skin pain.

But Hatake Sakumo, who was standing in front of Kakuzu, was dressed like a silly rich boy who was out for fun. His sportswear didn't look like that of a ronin or a ninja, but rather like a school bag carried by a child, and he had a short sword hanging around his waist, which was out of place.

Is this person crazy?

What Kakuzu didn't know was that this was the unique aesthetic of the Hatake family.

After the Fourth Ninja World War, Kakashi and Might Guy wore this outfit when they traveled in the Ninja World.

After attempting suicide once, Hatake Sakumo threw away many heavy burdens in his heart, put on this outfit which he thought was the most comfortable, and welcomed his new life.

Kakuzu forced himself to suppress the confusion in his heart. Even if he fought with Hatake Sakumo, he was not sure of winning.

"Why, has the White Fang of Konoha targeted me as a bounty hunter?"

Kakuzu simply threw the cash box on the ground and rolled up his sleeves: "It seems you have been following me for a long time..."

Hatake Sakumo waved his hand, "I'm not tracking you, Kakuzu-sama. I'm here to be your companion."

Kakuzu narrowed his eyes. He did know the information that Hatake Sakumo was framed, and he was the one who gave Qingshui the information.

Is this the traitorous ninja of Konoha?

Kakuzu felt a strange feeling in his heart. Hatake Sakumo's story was actually very similar to his own...

They were all betrayed by the village’s top leaders.

"this is for you…"

Looking at Kakuzu's distrustful look, Hatake Sakumo shook his head, took out a note from his backpack and threw it to Kakuzu.

Kakuzu carefully hardened his hands with the earth spear and took it.

This is the letter of appointment written by Qingshui, appointing Kakuzu as the Root Finance Minister, and also explaining a series of circumstances regarding Hatake Sakumo.

Kakuzu stared blankly at the contents on the note, unable to react for a moment.

More than a year ago, when Qingshui and Kakuzu met, he was still an ordinary Genin and was just beginning to see blood under Tsunade's guidance.

How did he suddenly become the leader of the root?

He even gave this bounty hunter a position and turned him into one of the leaders of the Root.

Hatake Sakumo walked over slowly and stuffed a bunch of scrolls into Kakuzu's hands: "These are what Qingshui asked you to do. Take a look..."

Kakuzu frowned, but looking at the font that belonged only to Qingshui and the familiar tone, although he was still on guard against Hatake Sakumo, he still let him come closer and took the scroll.

Kakuzu's eyes gradually became dull as he watched.

In the scroll, first of all, there are various five elements ninjutsu, from the Uchiha clan's fire ninjutsu to the Senju Tobirama's water ninjutsu, as well as various practical and unpopular earth ninjutsu, wind ninjutsu, and lightning ninjutsu. It is like a small book of forbidden techniques.

Qingshui called these rewards for his hard work. He advised him in the tone of a boss to study hard, recharge himself, and not always use the tricks of hard work, oppression, and pseudo-secrecy, which would damage the future image of Konoha Root.

After that, it was about the property status of the original Root. Qingshui stated that since he was the Minister of Finance, all matters related to the Root's financial management, investment, and fund management would be handed over to Kakuzu in the future. He didn't need to be asked about it and could handle it himself. However, he had to make sure to allocate funds to the orphanage on time.

Finally, Aoki talked about Hatake Sakumo's experience, and hoped that Kaku could talk to Hatake Sakumo as a veteran and a senior, and that the two of them could become good partners. At the end of the scroll, a formal letter of employment for the Root organization was written, signed with Uchiha Aoki's handwritten signature.

"That's about it, Kakuzu-senpai."

Hatake Sakumo chuckled: "It's quite strange to say that. Normally, I am called Senior in Konoha, but with your age, I'm afraid even Sarutobi Hiruzen will call you Senior..."

Hatake Sakumo handed a Konoha forehead protector to Kakuzu and motioned for him to accept it.

Kakuzu held the scrolls in his hands, and the feeling in his heart was difficult to express in words.

The escape techniques that Qingshui gave him were far beyond what the silver notes he had mailed to Qingshui before.

Kakuzu could tell at a glance that the explanations of the techniques, properties, and changes in the forms of the Five Elements' escape techniques in this book were priceless treasures, and even among the ninja clan, they were classics that could be kept as a treasure chest...

"Why, you don't agree? Kakuzu-senpai..."

"Kid, stop looking at me with such dangerous eyes. I am one of the founders of the New Root!"

Kakuzu keenly noticed Hatake Sakumo's increasingly threatening look, and took the Konoha forehead protector without hesitation, saying coldly: "Come with me, I will take you to complete the first mission now."

Hatake Sakumo shrugged. This guy was really quick to get into the swing of things. "What mission is that..."

"Take you to have a heart-to-heart talk..."

Kakuzu patted Hatake Sakumo's shoulder, and said with a hint of regret: "Qing Shui probably told you, right? I was once assassinated by the top leaders, and they even asked me to assassinate the first Hokage..."

Hatake Sakumo nodded silently and smiled in his heart.

At that time, he also complained to Aomizu that compared to Hatake Sakumo himself, Kakuzu's experience was more tragic and helpless.

Danzo Shimura's method was at least somewhat covert, while the higher-ups of Takigakure Village were just short of letting Kakuzu commit suicide by stabbing himself with eight swords in the back.

Kakuzu and Hatake Sakumo were walking side by side.

At this moment, the first meeting between the Minister of Finance and the Minister of Intelligence of the Root was finally completed...

The two men, who were not talkative to begin with, had completely different backgrounds but unexpectedly had similar experiences. As they chatted, they opened up the subject and even bought some wine and food and chatted while eating.

"Brother Shumao, I'm telling you, let's work hard at the root, this place is great!"

Kakuzu happily drank a mouthful of wine, chewed raw beef liver, and said with a big hand: "If you believe me, you will be right. I have seen more people in the ninja world than you have. Qingshui will be the future of Konoha!"

Hatake Sakumo and Kakuzu clinked their glasses, their faces also flushed a little.

After hearing how Kakuzu handled Takigakure Village, Hatake Sakumo was full of admiration for him.

Compared to him who committed suicide to prove his identity, Kakuzu was so stubborn that he slaughtered all the top leaders of Takigakure and stole the secret technique of Di Yuanyu before betraying the village.

Of course, there was the objective reason that Takigakure was weak, but Hatake Sakumo never even thought of resisting.

Compared with Kakuzu, Hatake Sakumo seemed to have learned a lot.

"I know, brother, if it weren't for Qingshui, I would have died long ago..."

Hatake Sakumo and Kakuzu clinked their glasses. The two people who were just testing each other quickly became warm and friendly after talking about their own experiences and Qingshui, and began to call each other "older brother" and "younger brother".

While Kakuzu and Hatake Sakumo were having a happy dinner together.

In Konoha, the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a worried look on his face.

"Other hidden villages have once again sent out condemnations, and the daimyo is also urging the village to respond..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and said, "This is difficult, Tsunade, what do you think?"

Tsunade frowned. If Sarutobi Hiruzen had not repeatedly emphasized that Shimura Danzo would not be released from prison for the sake of Qingshui's future, she would definitely refuse the assistant of Hokage.

In Tsunade's opinion, the position of Hokage's assistant is meaningless, she is just a mouthpiece for the Hokage.

The Hokage says all the nice things, and the Hokage assistants say the bad things...

"Old man, things like war will not change because of your attitude..."

Tsunade shook her head: "If other hidden villages decide to invade Konoha, no matter what the village says, it will not change their greed."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed.

How could he not know?

But the problem is that if he responds with an attitude of not wanting to start a war, then even after being defeated, his responsibility will be correspondingly smaller. After all, he did not add fuel to the fire and still wanted to negotiate.

But if he responds with a tough attitude, then if he is defeated he, as the Hokage, will have to bear all the responsibility.

Even though Senju Tobirama had told him this truth...

However, the eight tailed beasts from the other hidden villages combined, as well as the gap created by the arms race over the past twenty years and Konoha, all made Sarutobi Hiruzen terrified.

The Jinchūriki technology of Kumogakure and the number of ninjas of Iwagakure are far ahead of Konoha.

The Sand Village is so poor that the barefoot are not afraid of those wearing shoes, and the civil strife in the Kirigakure requires an external war as a pressure relief valve. Konoha will definitely face extremely vicious enemies.

It seems that in the past twenty years of peace, only Konoha has remained stagnant, while the rest of the hidden villages have been secretly competing with each other...

Utane Koharu and Mitokado En looked at each other and spoke slowly:

"Huruzen, why don't you re-employ Shimura Danzo... Tsunade's experience is still too inexperienced to handle a war."

Sarutobi Hiruzen still informed the top leaders of Konoha that the leader of the Root had become Aomizu, which made Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En very dissatisfied.

In their opinion, if Sarutobi Hiruzen could get rid of the Hokage's assistant, wouldn't it be even easier to get rid of these two Konoha advisers?

This makes them feel very insecure.

Danzo Shimura stepped down several times, and the Root was disbanded, but it was rebuilt in the original time and space with the support of these two.

Tsunade snorted and looked at them dangerously.