Konoha teaches, then stands in the sky

"Lord Hanzo, this matter is not as simple as you think." The Root Ninja did not give up.

Danzo Shimura gave a death order, requiring Hanzo and the Root to surround and kill Sosuke at all costs.

"This time, we from Konoha will also send forces to help you kill..."

Before the Root Ninja could finish, Hanzo interrupted and said, "I have caught a cold recently and need to rest more. We can talk another day."

The Root Ninja looked at Hanzo speechlessly. He looked so full of energy that he didn't look like he had a cold at all.

But before the Root Ninja could figure out how to persuade Hanzo, the Rain Ninja Anbu suddenly appeared and took him out of the office.

After putting on a complete show, Hanzo left the office and returned home.

"Shimura Danzo, what on earth do you want to do?" Hanzo entered the study to read, but his mind couldn't help but think of what had just happened, and he couldn't concentrate at all.

He couldn't understand why Danzo Shimura wanted to drag him into the encirclement and killing of Sosuke and destroy the Ninja Clan.

Danzo Shimura's previous reason was that he wanted to ask him to act as a middleman to mediate the dispute between Iwagakure and Konoha, and then he happened to see the Ninja Clan committing a crime, so he helped out.

Since Danzo Shimura was well prepared, even if Hanzo recalled it now, he couldn't find too many faults with Danzo Shimura.

But Shimura Danzo's previous reasons are no longer valid now, because Konoha does not need him to mediate now. Konoha is the advantageous side in the war with Iwagakure, and Konoha has just annihilated a large number of Iwagakure ninjas not long ago.

And now Hanzo also knows that the Shinobi Clan is an organization that truly pursues peace, rather than a ninja organization that stirs up trouble under the banner of peace.

So Hanzo can't figure out what Shimura Danzo's motives are. Is there any benefit for Shimura Danzo to do this?

"Sosuke, Ninja Clan." Hanzo, who had been unable to concentrate on reading the book, put it down and sighed slightly.

He didn't know what Shimura Danzo's motive was, but the Rain Village did have reasons to take action against the Ninja Clan.

Because it is impossible for the Rain Village and the Ninja Clan to coexist, there is currently no country in the ninja world that has two villages in one country.

Although the Ninja Clan did not say that it was a ninja village, in Hanzo's view it was a ninja village.

The Rain Village is now cooperating with the Ninja Clan because the current situation is chaotic and they have a common interest in protecting the Rain Country.

With this common interest, many problems between them can be covered up.

Once the Ninja World War is over and those hidden problems are exposed, confrontation will be inevitable sooner or later.

"Even if only one of the Shinobi Clan and the Rain Village can remain, this is the business of the Rain Country." Hanzo said softly, as if he was talking to himself.

Maybe there will be a war between the Ninja Clan and the Rain Village one day, but not now.

……

After waking up, Lao Zi did not go to look for Sosuke immediately. He waited until after two o'clock in the afternoon before going to the Ninja Clan.

Because he felt that Sosuke's time did not mean he was free all day, but he would not be busy all day.

Lao Zi was worried about disturbing Sosuke at work, so he went to see him in the afternoon.

The fact is just as Lao Zi thought. As the leader of an emerging ninja force, Mu Yue rarely has nothing to do all day.

When Lao Zi arrived at the Ninja Clan, Mu Yue was still talking about school matters with Kakuzu.

"I think the Ninja School can be put on hold for a while. There are still too few Ninjas in the Ninja Clan. Including the newly recruited Ninjas, there are only exactly 208 of them.

To open a ninja school, at least dozens of ninjas would have to be recruited, which would slow down other aspects of the work. In addition, it would take too much time for a ninja school to train ninjas, which would be detrimental to the early development. "Kakuzu shook his head and said.

Ninja school had to be run, but Kakuzu felt that it wasn't a good idea to run it now.

Because the Ninja Sect is currently in a period of urgent need for development, if those dozens of ninjas are not selected to be teachers, but are given other work to do, the development brought to the Ninja Sect within three years will definitely be better than teaching.

"Since there are few ninjas, we can hire ordinary people to be teachers and handle some chores. We can also limit the number of students and raise the standards to admit the best candidates." Mu Yue stated his solution.

Although Mu Yue was just a normal school student in her previous life and did not really become a teacher, in the Naruto world, Mu Yue actually worked as a teacher for quite a while and knew the ninja school very well.

In Mu Yue's opinion, the jobs of some ninja teachers in the ninja school can be completely replaced by ordinary people.

For example, Chinese, mathematics, history, etc., these theoretical courses require zero knowledge of ninjas, and ordinary people can take them as well.

There are also some clerical jobs, which are positions that ordinary people can do.

"That seems to be possible." Kakuzu thought about it and realized that according to Sosuke's idea, not many people would be needed.

Kakuzu had never been a teacher. He only knew about schools because Sosuke said he wanted to open a school, so he went to investigate.

Since all the teachers in the ninja schools in the ninja villages are ninjas, Kakuzu subconsciously thinks that all the teachers in the ninja schools must be ninjas.

But if you think about it carefully, this is actually a waste of ninja resources.

However, most ninja villages have enough ninjas in ninja schools.

"Not only ninja schools need it, but ordinary schools also need to start planning." Mu Yue continued.

Mu Yue is well aware of the importance of education. No matter how poor one is, one must not be short of education. If one wants to truly change the world, one person is not enough.

Just when the two were almost done talking, there was a knock on the office door.

"Come in." Mu Yue said after a pause.

"Teacher Sosuke, Shirakawa is looking for you." said the Shinobi clan ninja who walked into the office.

"Let him come over." Mu Yue nodded and replied.

Shirakawa is actually Lao Zi. In the Land of Rain, Lao Zi certainly cannot use his real name openly.

In order to make it easier for Lao Zi to move around in the Ninja Sect, Mu Yue greeted the Ninja Sect ninjas and allowed Lao Zi to move freely in non-important places.

When Lao Zi walked into the office, he saw Kakuzu who was still drinking tea and had not left.

"If you have anything else to do, you can deal with it first. I'm not in a hurry here." Lao Zi said quickly.

"We've talked about it. Let me introduce him to you. He's Kakuzu, the director of the military and finance departments of our Ninja Clan." Mu Yue introduced Kakuzu with a smile.

Lao Zi looked at Kakuzu. He had never seen Kakuzu before, but he was familiar with Kakuzu's name. After all, Kakuzu could be considered the second-in-command of the Ninja Clan.

"He is Shirakawa, from the Land of Earth..."

When Mu Yue introduced Lao Zi's fake identity, Lao Zi shook his head and said, "I am Lao Zi, a former Iwagakure ninja, and currently a wandering ninja."

Lao Zi felt that there was no need to hide his identity in front of the high-ranking members of the Ninja Clan, because Sosuke and Nagato already knew his identity. If the Ninja Clan had any intention of harming him, the Iwagakure ninja would have taken him away at night.

"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki?" Kakuzu raised his eyebrows, a little surprised.

The fewer people who know Lao Zi's identity, the better, so Mu Yue did not specifically tell Kakuzu about Lao Zi's identity.

"You defected?" Kakuzu couldn't help but ask.

There are only traitorous ninjas in the ninja village, there are no ninjas who have quit.

"It depends on how you understand the term traitor. If it refers to a ninja who is identified as a traitor by the ninja village, then I probably am not one of them." Lao Zi replied.

Lao Zi estimated that he would not be able to become a rebel ninja in the short term.

Of course, this is not because Ōnoki is kind, he just wants to use the empty city plan to prevent other ninja villages from properly estimating the strength of Iwagakure.

"You still need to understand the rebel ninjas. Once they leave the ninja village, they are all rebels. The fact that they haven't been classified yet only means that they have some concerns, or that what you have done has not yet reached the point where they are desperate." Kakuzu smiled.

Kaku knew a lot about the rebel ninja. After all, when he was a rebel ninja, it was hard to say where Lao Zi was born or where he was.

"That's right." Lao Zi nodded in agreement.

Although he ran, he just ran.

After chatting with Lao Zi for a few words, Kakuzu glanced at Sosuke.

As the leader of the Shinobi Clan, not everyone can see Sosuke. The fact that Lao Zi was able to directly let the Shinobi Clan ninjas find Sosuke was obviously because Sosuke had given notice in advance.

Mu Yue just smiled faintly in response and didn't say anything.

Kakuzu retracted his gaze, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, then spoke:

"Come to think of it, Iwagakure seemed to have suffered a major defeat not long ago. Did they put the blame on you?"

There are many traitorous ninjas in the ninja world. Not every traitorous ninja is betrayed by his own village. Many traitorous ninjas also violate the law themselves.

Kakuzu felt that Lao Zi must have been betrayed by the village, because if a lawless person defected, Sosuke would usually help clean up the mess.

"Partly." Lao Zi couldn't help but sigh when he thought about what happened to him after returning to the village.

"That's only a part of it. It seems that the top leaders of Iwagakure just want to warn you, rather than abandon you. This is much better than what happened to me before." Kakuzu said after listening.

"You?" Lao Zi looked at Kakuzu in confusion.

He knew Kakuzu, but he didn't know much about his past experiences.

"I am also a traitor, a traitor to Takigakure." Kakuzu spoke generously about his experience.

"That was a long time ago. The village asked me to go to the Land of Fire alone to assassinate the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama."

Lao Zi's eyes changed slightly when he looked at Kakuzu. Assassinating the Shodaime Hokage alone, this is not a mission, this is simply seeking death.

Who is Hashirama Senju? He is a terrifying existence known as the God of Ninja and is recognized as the strongest ninja since the era of the Ninja Village.

"I went, but Senju Hashirama was very strong and my assassination attempt failed. I tried my best to escape back to Takigakure."

In Lao Zi's mind, Kakuzu's strength became unpredictable. It was too difficult for him to assassinate the God of Ninja and survive.

"Then the village imprisoned and severely punished me for failing a major mission, and then I became a traitorous ninja."

Although he had guessed the result, Lao Zi was still stunned when he heard about the ending of Takinin Kakuzu.

Faced with a mission that almost ensures his death, Kakuzu chooses to risk his life to complete it, but Takigakure takes advantage of Kakuzu's weakness and directly sentences him to prison.

This is indeed much more miserable than his. Jiao can still live well until now, which Lao Zi thinks is quite amazing.

"There's no need to look at me like that. I've made those people pay the price they deserve, and life is better now than before." Kakuzu put down his teacup and said slowly.

Unlike Lao Zi who left quietly, Kakuzu directly killed all the relevant senior executives and vented his anger.

"You should think more about yourself. You are very important to Iwagakure."

It was no secret that Kakuzu was in the Ninja Clan, but Takiguni Village had never gone to the Rain Country to cause trouble for the Ninja Clan.

Do the current leaders of Takigakure understand Kakuzu's suffering? Of course not, because there is no benefit in killing Kakuzu, and the Ninja Clan is not an easy bone for Takigakure.

"How did Kakuzu join the Ninja Clan?" Lao Zi couldn't help but become curious.

If he had experienced something like what happened to Kakuzu, he might never have trusted anyone else in his life, nor would he have joined the ninja organization.

Chapter 604: Konoha destroys the Ninja Clan?

Shimura Danzo's reaction was beyond Hanzo's expectations.

He originally thought that the attitude he showed to the Root Ninjas would be enough to make Danzo Shimura give up.

But Danzo Shimura did not give up. Instead, he came to the Rain Country in person.

"Lord Hanzo, Danzo Shimura wants to see you." The Rain Ninja Anbu reported.

Hanzo frowned. Shimura Danzo's mobility was a bit abnormal.

He just left the Root Ninjas alone for a few days, but Danzo Shimura came to the Rain Country in person. Given Danzo Shimura's identity, this shouldn't have happened.

"Bring him here." Hanzo said.

After all, Danzo Shimura is the Hokage assistant who can represent Konoha.

Even though he felt uncomfortable hearing the name Shimura Danzo now, he couldn't treat Shimura Danzo like an ordinary Konoha jonin.

The Rain ninja ANBU nodded and quickly walked out of the office, soon bringing Shimura Danzo to Hanzo's office.

After bringing the person here, the Rain Ninja Anbu quietly left the office and closed the door.

Hanzo looked at Shimura Danzo expressionlessly.

Danzo Shimura's face was a little gloomy, and the one slender eye that was not covered by the bandage was staring at Hanzo.

Hanzo was unhappy, and Shimura Danzo was also unhappy.

The plan to surround and kill Sosuke in order to obtain the Rinnegan was something he did without telling Sarutobi Hiruzen. The longer he was out there, the more likely it was that he would be discovered by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Danzo Shimura originally wanted to come to the Rain Country when the plan was only about to encircle and kill the enemy, but Hanzo's attitude forced him to come earlier.

"I wonder why Danzo came to the Rain Village?" Hanzo asked in a calm voice.

Danzo Shimura is the Hokage's assistant after all, so Hanzo can't really fight him.

Unless Hanzo is ready for war with Konoha.