Konoha: From meeting Kaguya Otsutsuki

"It's been less than twenty seconds... It turns out that you can pass it to me like this, then why did you have to do it yourself before?" Yang Xi said with resentment.

“There is no difference.” Kaguya laughed in her heart, trying to maintain a calm tone, “Besides, you have never touched this level of power before, so you can’t control it perfectly. You are also not sure how long your body can withstand it. If you are not careful, your body will collapse.”

There is a difference, of course.

It doesn’t matter how you distribute your things.

If I give it to others to waste, I will feel uncomfortable.

However, now she is a little less concerned.

"..." Yang Xi had nothing to say.

I could have been invincible a long time ago...

"Kaguya, don't you think it's a bit cheap for a supreme being to fight monsters by yourself?"

Kaguya: "Let's stop chatting. Tsunade and the others will be here soon."

Yang Xi: “…”

...

Even though he had only experienced a spiritual connection, from the lush wooded Myoboku Mountain to the towering Konoha, Jiraiya still felt as if he were in another world.

Seeing his appearance, everyone in Konoha had different expressions.

Because of the previous assassination of the Daimyo of Yunokuni, many daimyos of other countries publicly announced a boycott of Jiraiya, which also caused some people to have bad thoughts about him.

Ignoring the looks from these people, Jiraiya walked into the Hokage Building calmly.

No one stopped him and he successfully arrived at the Third Hokage's office.

"Are you here?" Sarutobi Hiruzen greeted casually.

Jiraiya nodded.

"Jiraiya, I also encountered the thing you mentioned. Just like what you said, he was pretending to be Hinata Haruki."

As he spoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen brought Jiraiya into a room where White Zetsu's body was placed on a platform.

"Did you gain anything from him?"

"Not yet." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head in distress.

They both sighed, sat on two single sofas and began to discuss.

"Jiraiya, what do you think? Should we target the Hyuga clan?"

After briefly explaining what happened to the Hyuga clan, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked with a complicated expression.

Jiraiya was silent.

She couldn't help but sigh at how good Kaguya was at choosing people.

But one of them is the apple of the Hyuga family's eye.

But the only one who can make the distinction is Naruto.

But few people cared about what Naruto said.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel a headache.

Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly said quietly: "Jiraiya, you shouldn't have taken Naruto away. If he was in Konoha, he would have friends and classmates he often spend time with. There would at least be a few people who would be willing to believe in him."

What's the point of saying this now?

Jiraiya was also holding back some anger in his heart, he suddenly said: "Yes, teacher, if Naruto was not a demon fox, it would be easy for him to make friends with others."

Now it was Sarutobi Hiruzen's turn to remain silent. He knew that he was in the wrong for making Naruto endure so much negative criticism since childhood.

Chapter 102 Naruto's Identity Revealed

The workshop where Sarutobi Hiruzen and Jiraiya were working fell into a brief silence.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen felt guilty, as a superior and an elder, it was obviously impossible for him to admit his mistake on his own initiative.

After venting a little of his resentment, Jiraiya began to think.

With external enemies at hand, now is not the time for internal fighting.

After a long time, he spoke again: "Old man, announce Naruto's true identity."

Hearing him call him "old man" instead of "teacher", Sarutobi Hiruzen breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Jiraiya was ignoring the fact that he had allowed Naruto to bear the criticism, and he began to think about what Jiraiya said.

"…But, then Naruto is likely to be targeted by someone with ulterior motives."

Jiraiya shook his head and said, "The words of the hero's son are definitely more convincing than the so-called "demon fox."

When Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't seem to react, Jiraiya continued, "Kaguya has now occupied several countries as their bases. We must prevent them from expanding."

"So, now we need someone who can gain the approval of the majority, who can then disclose the information about Kaguya to the public, and finally gather a group of people to fight together..."

"Jiraiya, can't you do it?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked, and at the same time, thought in his heart: Or, can't I do it either?

He understood what Jiraiya meant. Wasn't it just about praising someone and building momentum?

However, this method is generally used when selecting shadows.

Jiraiya explained, "My reputation is mixed right now. The Kingdom of Hot Springs is clearly trying to discredit me..."

Having said that, a wry smile appeared on his face.

Although he was recovering from his injuries for a long time, he was always paying attention to news from the outside world.

The Kingdom of Hot Spring, the Kingdom of Frost, and some other large and small countries that are on good terms with them have been spreading the word that he is a rebel, someone who dares to raise a sword against the daimyo, and someone who intends to cause cholera in their countries.

And his home country, the Fire Nation, has never once defended him.

"As for you, teacher..."

After a pause, Jiraiya reluctantly said something against his will, "Teacher, you are a political figure. If someone has a different standpoint from you, they may not want to listen to what you have to say."

"The people we want to unite are not just the people of Konoha, but also people from other countries."

If it was Sarutobi Hiruzen from decades ago, even his enemies would admire him.

But it’s better not to mention him now.

Jiraiya only remembered one person who was able to be consistent from the inside out and make both the enemy and us convinced, and that was his apprentice Minato Namikaze who died young.

He is also Jiraiya's proudest disciple.

The past is like smoke. If we bring up the past again, it will only make the declining Konoha even weaker.

The memories in his eyes faded, and Jiraiya continued: "Naruto does not have such a complicated identity. Minato died to protect everyone. Once Naruto's identity is revealed, everyone in the village will feel guilty about him. Besides, this is the life Naruto should live..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly.

Soon, he asked his men to come up with a set of rhetoric, disguised themselves as ordinary people, and began to spread it in the streets and alleys.

An Anbu member transformed into an ordinary man and walked into a store carrying a shopping basket. While selecting goods, he chatted with other customers in the store.

"Hey, have you noticed that I haven't seen that little yellow-haired kid for a long time?"

"You mean, that demon...that monster?"

"Yeah, I haven't seen him for a long time."

"Isn't that great? It would be bad luck if you run into him."

"You're exaggerating. Anyway, when I was at the Hokage Rock this morning, I suddenly realized that the kid looked like the Fourth Hokage. Then I thought about it again, there were so many coincidences..."

As soon as he said this, the other people in the store burst into laughter and interrupted him with their chatter.

"What nonsense are you talking about..."

"The Fourth Hokage is a recognized handsome man in Konoha. That sloppy kid is not like him in any way."

"Are you old and blind?"

"No." The ANBU who had brought up the topic argued, "Didn't you notice that the brat's birthday was the same day as the Fourth Hokage and his wife passed away?"

A few people were stunned, and then someone muttered, "Who cares about that kind of thing?"

"Actually, I've always been wondering, didn't the Fourth Hokage and his wife have a child? Where did that child go?" the Anbu continued.

"I've thought about this question before..." someone in the crowd said.

The Anbu ninja took a closer look at the man and found that he was not an arranged agent.

It's not that no one in Konoha has speculated about Naruto's life experience, but everyone is minding their own business and no one cares. Immersed in anger and sadness, they gradually stop worrying about it and just go with the flow.

"I don't know if you have ever attended the wedding of the Fourth Hokage. My family still has the wedding invitation from that time. Uzumaki Kushina, besides the Fourth Hokage's wife, the only one in the village who has the last name Uzumaki is that little... guy..."

Everyone suddenly became cheerful, as if they had guessed the answer. Their faces were complicated and they hesitated, "You mean..."

"Are we all wrong..."

“But I just followed everyone else and did that…”

“Why didn’t you say it then?”

Seeing these people's faces full of thoughts, and occasionally a flash of guilt in someone's eyes, the discussion continued, and the Anbu ninja quietly left.

The same scene is happening in many places where crowds gather.

...

Naruto also returned to Konoha, and after tidying up the house he lived in, he walked out of the house.

When he walked to a busy street, the noise suddenly disappeared, everyone fell silent and looked at him.

Naruto felt a chill in his heart, was something like that going to happen again?

In his memory, wherever he appeared, the atmosphere would inexplicably become heavy. Those who were originally talking and laughing would stare at him straight, with all kinds of looks in their eyes that made him feel painful.

What's worse, those people would throw things at him.

Even if he didn't look closely, he could feel those strange looks.

Naruto lowered his head, the expected damage did not come.

He looked up, and the looks in those people's eyes seemed very different from what he remembered.

It's not contempt, it's not disgust, and it's not hatred...

Naruto was slightly startled.

At this moment, a little girl walked out of the crowd with flowers in her hands.

She came up to Naruto and handed him the flowers in her hand.

"This is for you, Naruto-nii-san."

"what?"

The little girl stood on tiptoe and whispered in Naruto's ear: "My parents asked me to apologize on their behalf. They said they shouldn't have hit you with things before."

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then he put on the biggest smile on his face.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay, I don't care."

As he spoke, he kept waving at the people who were looking at him.

Seeing the smile on his face, the quiet crowd also smiled, as if they were relieved.

At this moment, everyone who was forgiven became kind and generous again.

Naruto maintained a smile on his face, reached out to take the flowers handed to him by the little girl, waved and left.

After walking for a while, the smile on Naruto's face slowly faded, and he couldn't help but look at the street again.

Everyone started to get busy again, pedestrians came and went, and the streets became as bustling and lively as before.

Naruto was in a trance.

This was obviously what he hoped would happen, that everyone would stop ostracizing him, but why wasn't he as happy as he had imagined?

Chapter 103 Shimura Danzo: I'm not trying to whitewash Orochimaru

After the Uchiha clan was exterminated, Shimura Danzo's Root was ordered to disband.

However, no one can remove the curse on the Root members, and these people are still loyal to Danzo Shimura.