From the Navy Admiral to the Gotei 13

After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up from his chair with a shocked expression. How long has it been?

Not long ago, we were sitting here drinking tea together, right?

At the same time, he was actually somewhat interested in Uchiha Shisui's plan. If he could do it that way, it would definitely be much better than killing the entire Uchiha clan.

But what happened? Just as this hope appeared, it disappeared?

Thinking of this, he looked directly at Danzo Shimura with a questioning look in his eyes.

Danzo Shimura naturally noticed this scene, and he really couldn't stand it this time.

"I'll say it again!!! It's not me!!!" Danzo Shimura roared without waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen to speak.

This time, Danzo Shimura was too self-righteous, and he looked like he had nothing to regret, which made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel a little embarrassed. However, he still glanced at Sarutobi Shinnosuke inconspicuously, and seeing that his son was shaking his head secretly, he was sure that maybe it really wasn't Danzo who did it.

That’s true. If it’s really him, then his efficiency is too fast, right?

Under Shinnosuke's surveillance, how could he kill a master like Shisui in such a short time?

If he had this ability, the last assassination wouldn't have been so disappointing.

Nara Lu Xun came down to smooth things over and asked directly, "What exactly happened? Didn't Shisui just leave? Shinnosuke, tell me."

"The story goes like this. Shisui went to the Uchiha clan as planned, and I followed Danzo to the Root organization to gather manpower and support Shisui to prevent any accidents," Sarutobi Shinnosuke said. ...Please give me flowers.

The others nodded, with nothing to say.

Then, Sarutobi Shinnosuke said: "During this period, we didn't see Shisui for about ten minutes. When we caught up with him, Shisui had already died, and his Sharingan was also destroyed. We judged based on the surrounding situation..."

Soon, Sarutobi Shinnosuke recounted all his on-site inferences.

Danzo Shimura and Kakashi also added some comments.

After hearing this, the people in the room were all in disbelief. Sarutobi Hiruzen asked directly, "Diarmait?"

"It's unlikely. Kakashi and the others have been monitoring the situation of the Hyuga family, and the Hidden Cloud Village also took action at this time. ... In terms of strength, I also suspected Diarmait at the first time, but as for motives, I can't find his motives at all, unless he accepted a secret mission to assassinate Uchiha Shisui, but... this is not very likely, especially at today's gathering, only a few of us involved know about it, and Shisui's whereabouts should also be kept confidential. There is no reason for Diarmait to obtain this information." Sarutobi Shinnosuke said.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and others nodded in agreement to what he said, thinking it made sense.

At this moment, there was another knock on the door. Sarutobi Shinnosuke happened to be at the door and opened it. Then a ninja from the Anbu whispered to him, "Captain, the test has been completed. The damaged Sharingan is definitely Shisui's eyes."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke sighed, then nodded and said, "I understand. Protect Shisui's body. No one is allowed to touch it again without my order." "Yes, Minister." The Anbu ninja responded and left.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke closed the door and said in a deep voice, "It has been confirmed that Shisui's eyes have not been taken away. The damaged Sharingan is his."

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Itachi on the side couldn't help but clench his fists, and then asked in a deep voice: "What's going on? Are Shisui's eyes so important? What issues were you discussing before?" Kakashi was also a little confused at this time, because he didn't know the inside story.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent for a moment, then sighed and said, "Now that things have come to this, it's no use hiding it from you, Itachi. Perhaps you can sense it yourself. Although Shisui is an Uchiha, his heart is with the village. According to his intelligence, your Uchiha clan is currently out of control. The young radical members have already swayed the will of the Uchiha clan and persuaded your elders to launch an armed coup against the village. Your father, Fugaku, has also remained silent on this. To prevent the situation from getting worse, Shisui proposed a solution. I don't know if you know that his Mangekyō Sharingan has a very special power called..."

When Itachi Uchiha heard the news that the Uchiha clan was going to rebel, he was already confused. After all, as a man on the front line, he naturally knew what the Hidden Cloud Village had been doing during this period.

If the Uchiha clan rebelled, war would surely break out.

Afterwards, what about Shisui's Kotoamatsukami and the plan made Uchiha Itachi stunned.

"That's basically what happened. Shisui recommended you to me many times. He trusts you, and we trust you too. Otherwise, I wouldn't have told you these things. But you were on the front lines before. ... Now that something like this has happened, since you're back, Shisui's mission on the Uchiha side will be temporarily handed over to you. Do you understand?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

Uchiha Itachi???

No, we're not talking about that, are we? We're talking about something else, right?

Why did it come to this?

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Chapter 654 Sarutobi Hiruzen: Come on, let’s fight, who’s afraid of who!

Konoha was in a turbulent time. That night, Sarutobi Hiruzen and other high-level officials did not sleep at all, and the Anbu were still investigating the cause of Uchiha Shisui's death.

Early in the morning, the people of Konoha discovered something was wrong. The Konoha defense system, which had already been relaxed, was tightened again, and all entry and exit of Konoha needed to be carefully checked.

Uchiha Itachi finally returned home with mixed feelings. He reluctantly chatted a few words with his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke who knew nothing yet, and then locked himself in the house, not wanting to eat.

Before leaving the Hokage's office, Danzo Shimura specifically hinted to Itachi Uchiha, asking him to make some time to find him.

On the contrary, Diarmuid, the instigator of last night's incident, went straight to sleep after returning to the Hyuga family.

Black Zetsu did not disturb him too much, and quickly left Konoha to meet up with Uchiha Obito who was on standby nearby.

The whole Konoha felt like a storm was about to come.

Although the Hidden Cloud Village sent some ninjas to the Hyuga family to cause trouble last night, not the entire delegation went, only a part of them.

The ambassador waited in the foreign affairs embassy all night, but found that no one came back. Early in the morning, Konoha began to tighten its defense system again.

This made him feel very nervous. After thinking for a while, he took the people from the Hidden Cloud Village and went to Sarutobi Hiruzen to ask for an explanation.

"887"

The Hokage's office was filled with smoke. Sarutobi Hiruzen had not slept the whole night. Now there might be a powerful enemy whose identity was unknown lurking in Konoha.

So many things happened last night. As an old man, he was really tired and very angry.

Looking at the envoy from the Hidden Cloud Village who was talking nonsense in front of him, Sarutobi Hiruzen bit his pipe, and his eyes flashed with impatience from time to time.

"We came here with the philosophy of peace and friendship, but after one night, six members of our Hidden Cloud Village disappeared in Konoha. Is this Konoha's attitude towards our Hidden Cloud Village? Also, what exactly does the investigation you started today mean? Are you preparing to launch a war abroad, so are you screening intelligence personnel from various countries in Konoha in advance?" The ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village asked angrily.

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave him a cold look, then said, "Is that all you have to say?"

"Sander Hokage? What's your attitude? I come here on behalf of the Hidden Cloud Village and represent the will of the Fourth Raikage!" The ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village said firmly.

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen let out all the anger in his heart. He opened his drawer and pulled out a stack of photos. He did not have the demeanor of a Hokage at all. It was as if the person in front of him was not the ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village, but just some random person. He threw the photos directly in his face.

The ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village was a little stunned by this sudden attack. Before he could react and lose his temper, he heard Sarutobi Hiruzen angrily questioning: "You come to ask me where your people have gone? I also want to ask you, since when have the diplomatic embassy delegations been able to sneak into the territories of the major clans of Konoha in the middle of the night? Aren't you going to ask where they went? Look for yourself! I tell you, they went to the Hyuga clan!!!"

The ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village picked up the photos from the ground in a panic, and then his face turned pale, because these photos clearly captured the people of their Hidden Cloud Village staying up late at night and climbing over the wall to visit the Hyuga family.

However, those who could come out as envoys were all smart people. Therefore, in just a moment, the ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village reacted and quickly said, "We, the Hidden Cloud Village, have some confidential matters to discuss with the Hyuga family on behalf of the Fourth Raikage. That's why we resorted to this desperate measure. But even so, Konoha should not have detained our people. Please release them."

These words somewhat sowed discord between Konoha and the Hyuga clan.

If Sarutobi Hiruzen hadn't really known the situation a long time ago, there might still be a slight possibility and he would have doubted it.

Now...

Sarutobi Hiruzen sneered, then angrily said, "You resorted to such a desperate measure? Do you know how much trouble your despicable behavior has brought to Konoha? Do you know why the Anbu took these photos near the Hyuga family last night?"

"Why?" The ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village asked in confusion.

He was also very confused. This mission was a confidential one. It was impossible for Konoha to receive the news in advance, right?

So why are they hanging around the Hyuga family?

"The S-rank wanted criminal in the entire ninja world, Rodriguez Diarmait, has already sneaked into Konoha last night. According to our intelligence investigation, he is lurking in the Hyuga family. We and the Hyuga family are planning to jointly capture Rodriguez Diarmait, but just before this operation, your ninjas from the Hidden Cloud Village inexplicably appeared there and sneaked into the Hyuga family. Then... hehe, they successfully alerted Diarmait. Now I tell you clearly, all of your ninjas have died at the hands of Diarmait. Our Konoha's capture last night was... "The capture operation has failed, and it has also resulted in the loss of many members of the Anbu, including but not limited to our own war heroes. "Shunshin Shisui, your Kumogakure Village bears full responsibility for this matter. I've already arranged for a delegation to go to Kumogakure to hold them accountable. I want to see what the Fourth Raikage has to say. I'm not afraid to tell you that this morning's investigation was designed to track Diarmait's whereabouts and eliminate all Konoha spies. If you believe we're preparing for war, then understand it that way!" Sarutobi Hiruzen said firmly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was already full of anger, and now there was a great god like Diarmuid, who was just the right person to take the blame for Konoha.

He didn't care whether this would anger Diarmait or not, because he knew very well that Diarmait didn't care about it at all.

This was also something Hinata had communicated with the village.

Diarmait can definitely take all the blame for the Hidden Cloud Village.

As for what the Hidden Cloud Village thinks... It doesn't matter to Diarmait anyway. He killed the Third Raikage, who was the Fourth Raikage's biological father. There is an irreconcilable conflict between him and the Hidden Cloud Village. There is nothing wrong with him taking the blame, and he can even help Sarutobi Hiruzen out.

But what Diarmait didn't expect was that Sarutobi Hiruzen easily put the blame for Uchiha Shisui on Diarmait.

Although he did do it...

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen was already prepared. After all these matters were dealt with, he would go and meet Diarmait in person to talk about Uchiha Shisui.

Uchiha Shisui is a well-known figure in the ninja world, so it is basically impossible to completely cover up his death.

In short, a relatively reasonable reason is needed that allows Konoha to maintain some face.

We can't tell everyone that Uchiha Shisui was killed in ten minutes, and we in Konoha can't even find out what the murderer looks like, right?

At this point in time, the appearance of Diarmait is just the right time to write a story.

As for the Uchiha side, with Uchiha Itachi there, they would naturally understand that Diarmuid was just the scapegoat and he was not the enemy.

Of course, even if it was him, it wouldn't matter. Diarmuid didn't care anyway. After all, the Uchiha clan wouldn't be around for many days...

A series of information flooded the mind of the Hidden Cloud Village ambassador, and he was a little confused.

And he understood what Sarutobi Hiruzen said.

In fact, I vaguely believed it in my heart.

After all, even if Konoha really discovered their invasion of the Hyuga family in advance, it would be impossible for Konoha to kill them all in one go.

Leaving at least some prisoners behind would be more beneficial to them.

Plus the death of Uchiha Shisui.

The ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village had already believed it almost completely at this point.

At the same time, I was cursing in my heart, isn't it too unlucky?

This one hit Diarmait's hand?

Who is Diarmait? He's a well-known figure in the Hidden Cloud Village. After all, the Third Raikage died at his hands.

Apart from the Land of Earth, the Hidden Cloud Village is also the ninja village that tracks the Yorozuya most closely.

But all along, they have been unable to do anything with the Yorozuya, let alone Diarmait, because Diarmait is not only powerful, but also mysterious. You can't even see him, so what can you do?

Besides. Isn't this a wrong approach?

We in the Hidden Cloud Village haven't even started the threat of 'war blackmail' yet, so why did you in Konoha start it already?

This made the ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village really panic. Although they always talked about going to war, as the confidant of the Raikage, he knew very well that the Fourth Raikage had no intention of going to war with the other villages.

The Hidden Cloud Village does not have the conditions to start a war now.

Once Konoha gets anxious and angry, it will be unable to help but start a war. He won't even know how he will die if he goes back.

Thinking of this, the ambassador of the Hidden Cloud Village panicked a little and quickly said, "Sandaime Hokage, this incident was really an accident. We didn't mean to do that."

"Okay, you don't have to say more. What's going to happen next is not something you, an ambassador, can negotiate. Pack up your things and get out of Konoha today. Go back and tell the Fourth Raikage that if you, the Hidden Cloud Village, don't give us an explanation for this matter, then wait for revenge from Konoha!" Sarutobi Hiruzen still said with a tough attitude.

The envoys from the Hidden Cloud Village were dumbfounded. Doesn’t this mean that the Third Hokage of Konoha is a dove?

Why is he so tough?

But now that things have come to this, he can't say anything. He can only nod awkwardly and quickly leave the Hokage's office.

Only after the ambassador from the Hidden Cloud Village left did Sarutobi Hiruzen breathe a sigh of relief, feeling that he had finally vented some of the frustration he had felt that night.