Are you afraid? Of course, you're afraid.
You sit down at the table in a battle array.
You're waiting for someone to arm wrestle with you.
Then, a hand suddenly grows out from under the chair and gives you an ultimate move, Millennium Kill.
Everyone can guess that your opponent is the earthworm claw that ate the rubber fruit, but you can't jump up and fire back at him with the Armstrong Cyclotron Jet Armstrong Cannon. You don't care about evidence.
But you really don't want to be in front of everyone.
Admit that you have hemorrhoids.
"Yes, I'm just worried that the hemorrhoids will burst." Hatake Kakashi felt that he was really a magical person. His father told him that he was old enough to take the ninja school exam. He was so excited that he couldn't sleep for a few days. But when he arrived at the exam hall.
That was all. The Anbu informed him.
Your father is dead. His vision darkened and his ears buzzed.
But when he saw the corpse.
That was all. And then.
One thing after another.
One person after another.
Someone appeared in his life.
Someone disappeared from his life … He was happy, sad, angry, tangled, suspicious, nervous, and finally accepted it all.
F * ck if he's capable enough to be Naruto! He's already one. F * ck Shinobu Iwa Tsuchikage Uchiha! I don't care who it is, I don't care what they do! Your master Hatake Kakashi's journey is the sea of stars!
"Now.
Meeting! "
Konoha, Land of Fire.
Naruto Building Small Conference Room.
"Mikoto, that stupid woman, is crazy."
"Uchiha has failed to live up to the expectations and trust of Four Generations."
"They're always there when someone picks a fight.
It's all them. "
"World War One, World War Two, and World War Three.
All the families that joined Konoha have at least two digits on the Memorial Tablet. Some surnames can only be found on the Memorial Tablet. Just them … "
So far, they only have one Uchiha Obito who sacrificed himself for the country … But he was still alive, and his name was scratched out and became an unknown Uchiha.
It wasn't that Uchiha had ulterior motives towards Konoha, but Konoha had been ostracizing Uchiha.
Everyone was eating from the same pot, but he was picky and wanted to set the chopsticks, wash the dishes, and negotiate with everyone … Even if they were now able to sweep the floor without being picky, but thinking about the anger and hunger they had suffered before, he probably didn't want to let it go so easily.
But Kakashi must protect Uchiha.
If someone was secretly complying with the first and second generation, then they had to be careful of Thousand-Hands and the Uzumaki family. Sarutobi, InoShikaCho, and InoShikaCho were not to be trifled with. Since someone refused to help the Four Generations find a masked man, the Four Generations had no choice but to ask Uchiha, who also had no allies, to open the Hot Soup House together.
In other words, as the successor of the Four Generations, the Fifth Generation … he and Uchiha were bound together for good or ill. Dealing with Uchiha was like dealing with the Hot Soup House and dealing with the Four Generations. Without Uchiha, although the Fifth Generation wasn't completely isolated, he wouldn't be as tough as he was now.
…
Kakashi realized this terrible fact for the first time this morning. "First of all, I have to reflect."
Kakashi raised his hand to lower his voice. "Previously, the external intelligence was contaminated by traitors. According to precedent, it should all be abolished. But I didn't listen to sensei, and instead, I screened and accurately attacked them one by one, saving my subordinates who were innocently implicated by Aoha Yamashiro. "
"…"
"Of course, I succeeded in preserving this mature system, saving the huge cost of rebuilding it, receiving gratitude and praise from the grassroots, and increasing the popularity of New Naruto. But at the same time, I wasted precious time, resulting in half of Konoha's intelligence personnel working normally for half a year. "
"Fifth Generation …"
"It's still my fault." Kakashi suppressed his voice again. "Normally, as long as the intelligence is sealed and the Uchiha doesn't know, there won't be an excessive reaction. But this time, the Uchiha received the investigation report earlier than Naruto. The report from the Land of Hot Soup to Konoha had to pass through several hands, but any Uchiha who found something wrong could directly inform their relatives and friends, using Thor's communicator. "
"…"
"Before sensei fell ill, he had doubts that the current rules couldn't adapt to the new situation. But because the changes to the rules were cumbersome and troublesome, I thought it wasn't the most important thing, so it was delayed until now. "
"Cough, it's not just your problem. Who would have thought that the enemy's angle would be so tricky? The communicator is our trump card." Genma inexplicably felt that Kakashi was a little different. He was still sitting in a slack posture even though he was trying hard to straighten his back. His hand that always wanted to grab his hair, and his dead fish eyes that always drooped down … Eh? Where are the dead fish eyes?
"Yes, yes, yes. A ship sailing on the sea depends on the helmsman, but the watchtower can't see the iceberg, the sailors can't beat the pirates, the heavens can't open its eyes, the wind and the waves can't be strong, the cat can't catch the mouse, the beans can't sprout … "Hinata Hizashi also helped to explain, but as he spoke, he suddenly found that everyone's eyes were somewhat similar." Wow, Kakashi, where's your dead fish eye? "
Kakashi didn't care about his unlucky eye, "I want Itachi to continue to deal with his family matters."
"It's up to you." Sagittarius didn't care about Uchiha and immediately raised his hand to support him, "Is it too late? Itachi isn't in Konoha now, right? "
"Yesterday, I went to the border and asked for a defector ninja, and Itachi happened to be the leader." Kakashi was glad that he was lucky, "Now they should have reached the National capital."
"Then there's no problem." Youjiwei was also very straightforward, "I just released a bug in the main house of Uchiha, those old guys have a meeting that won't end so quickly."
"But now that it's come to this, it's no longer a simple family matter." Shikaku Nara still retorted, "Accusing Naruto of colluding with foreign enemies, if this is a family matter, then there's no such thing as a defector ninja in the world."
"Even if it's suspected, it's not allowed." Hiroyuki Yamanaka added, "If this is a family matter, then in the future, if someone in the Yamanaka family commits a crime, can I, as the head of the family, deal with it in private? If it's possible, Konoha is nothing. If it's not possible, why is Uchiha so special? "
"There's nothing special about Uchiha." Kakashi of course knew that he was breaking the rules. It was legal and unreasonable to not let the general public know about the operation under the table, but if it was made public, it would be called Naruto taking the lead in corruption and bending the law. "But why don't you listen to my opinion first?"
"Here's what I think." Kakashi seamlessly followed up, "The conflict between Konoha and Uchiha is no longer a problem of the village or the family after Uchiha Fugaku's death. It's a conflict between the young people who can sacrifice the interests of the family and the old people who are stubborn for the sake of the village. "
"…"
"In the beginning, I defined Madame Uchiha as a family matter because I didn't want to stir up the internal conflict in Uchiha. It's not appropriate for the head of the family to not even protect his own mother. "
"…"
"And now I'm still defining Madame Uchiha as a family matter precisely to stir up the internal conflict in Uchiha." Kakashi imitated his teacher and only raised his eyelids to scan the audience, "Since the public opinion can't be suppressed anymore, we'll use the internal conflict in Uchiha to replace the conflict between Uchiha and Konoha — the old guys in Uchiha who only think about their own interests, and the young head of the family who is united with the village."
"…"
"The internal conflict in Uchiha is much less harmful than the internal conflict in Konoha. The head of Uchiha who has Konoha's support won't lose to a few elders who rely on tradition and the family to maintain their power. "
"…"
"In this way, even if Itachi can't resolve his family matter peacefully," Kakashi imitated his teacher and narrowed his eyes, then suddenly opened them again, "it's not Konoha's fault."
"But …"
"Preventing things from developing in the direction that the enemy expects is our top priority. We can't be led by the nose anymore." Kakashi's gaze finally stopped on Shikaku Nara and Hiroyuki Yamanaka's faces, "As for the problems that need to be discussed or may arise, we can solve them later … There are some other things that I can cooperate with, you guys can put them aside first."
"…" Cooperate with, you guys. I don't know if you really want to do something to Uchiha or if you're just trying to divert attention. In any case, if you insist on making things difficult for Itachi and me and breaking our unity, then we'll have to explain Sandaime-sama's broken arm first.
Hiroyuki Yamanaka didn't expect that he would be able to hear Kakashi's subtext in his lifetime.
Shikaku Nara, on the other hand, wasn't surprised. People called him the genius Itachi and the genius Kakashi, but they'd never used the word genius to describe him with his IQ of 200. A person with a high IQ could learn things quickly, but a genius would naturally know what he needed to know, whether it was reading, calligraphy, ninjutsu … or even how to become a village head.
"Nara-san?" In the past, Kakashi didn't feel any pressure from his elders, and he even used the fact that he was the younger generation's favorite to do something inappropriate. But after becoming Naruto, he finally had a deeper understanding of what it meant to be in the upper echelons of society. In this meeting room, there were more people standing behind every chair. Whoever had more people, who had more power, and who had more connections, had more power. "Is there anything else you'd like to add?"
"No, no, there's nothing wrong with working together to deal with the outside world." Shikaku Nara sincerely thanked Shinobu Iwa and Tsuchikage. If they hadn't tried so hard to cause trouble, Kakashi would've definitely cooperated with Watergate. Watergate even killed the Sandaime this time, so he obviously lost his mind and didn't want to be kind. "But family matters don't mean that we don't do anything. We can seize the time to discuss how to cooperate with the young Patriarch, and solve the problem quickly, safely, and secretly. If it goes well … "
"We still have a chance to turn the tables on Tsuchikage."
"Since Shinobu Iwa wants to take advantage of the chaos to launch a surprise attack, we'll give him a chance."
That's it, being a Naruto was like this. Kakashi watched the ministers efficiently exchange ideas and quickly do what they should do. He watched as the whole Konoha began to operate under his command, and he suddenly had a very strange feeling.
If you truly know that your every thought, every judgment, can affect many people and change their fates, then you'll know that you'll be able to do it. Your every choice, every action, would change the world little by little, and one day, the world would be completely different because of your will …
So, this was the so-called power.
It was indeed much more satisfying than putting yourself in the shoes of a certain TV series, fantasizing before bed and hoping for a good dream.
"Hey, you're almost done. Your eyes are so long, aren't you tired?" Genma stayed behind as usual and put the coffee to Kakashi's nose without adding any milk or sugar.
Kakashi took the coffee and swallowed a mouthful of sour bitterness. "The stylist you helped me find last time, please help me find another one, and then inform Mute that I want to try the artificial eyes she suggested before."
"Oh?" Genma also picked up the coffee. "You've thought it through."
"I've thought it through." Kakashi took out a handful of biscuits. "When Bo Fung Watergate, who has no family background and no power other than himself, is madly loved by most people, no matter what he wants to do, those who oppose him will have to reserve their opinions. No matter how old he is, no matter how deep his roots are, he's still insignificant to Konoha and the entire Fire Country. "
"Yes, everyone can drown him with a mouthful of saliva." Genma took out the cream and sugar cubes.
Kakashi fought for the milk and sugar. "Putting on makeup and being an idol can save a lot of trouble. Why not?"
"But no matter how you dress up, you're not the blond lover, good husband, good father, and hero of the Four Generations." Genma didn't fight for Kakashi's milk and sugar. "Don't expect too much. Your personal worship is probably limited."
"You all said that I'm handsome."
"It's just a compliment. Real handsome people don't wear masks all the time."
"It's called keeping a mystery. Girls love it."
"But the boys will think you're pretending."
"… I don't care. I just want to wear a mask and be a national idol. The details are up to the General Staff." In the end, Kakashi managed to grab two sets of milk and candy. He was satisfied. "Is Sandaime awake?"
"Don't worry. When you need him to wake up, he'll wake up immediately." Genma looked at Kakashi's sharp eyes and felt a little uncomfortable. "Hinata and Asuma are both here."
"Hinata?" Kakashi didn't think too much about it. "Do you think Asuma is going to be like Itachi?"
"Dad and mom are different, right?" Genma drank the bitter coffee. "Ah, I didn't have a mother like you. You can't imagine how a good son can be in front of his mother. I can't imagine either."
Kakashi glanced at Genma. "What about Four Generations? Tell me the truth. Has he contacted you?"
"No."
"Has he contacted Hinata Hizashi?"
"Not even. That guy brought the logistics team to reinstall the surveillance equipment for the whole night." Genma pursed his lips. "And he dares to call himself a close friend."
"…"
"…"
Silence spread. Only the biscuits were left being chewed.
Genma couldn't help it. "Call Naruto and ask him to come back. As long as Naruto stands at the entrance of the village, Four Generations will definitely respawn like NPCs. "
"Let's wait a little longer." Kakashi drank the last mouthful of coffee. "Ask Naruto to come back. Sasuke has to come back too. If there's an accident, Sasuke will be more useful in our hands. "
"…" Genma hated Kakashi today.
"…" Kakashi also hated himself today. "I hope that Sensei can appear after I settle all the mess."
"No. No matter how late he slept last night, it's about time for him to wake up. "
"Then do you think that after Sensei respawns, I'll give him a cup of warm sweet milk. Will he continue to sleep?"
"If you drug him." Genma waved the surrounding Dark Ops to retreat and growled. "You're Naruto and he's also one. Can't you discuss it with him properly? With his current body, how can he use drugs indiscriminately? "
"I just don't want to cause any more trouble …"
Before he could say anything, he heard a beeping sound.
"Yours, yours, your communicator." Genma quickly jumped three steps away. He never wanted to remember the time when Kakashi casually pointed at him on the map. "Even the mask can't block your stinky mouth!"
Kakashi calmly answered the call and hung up. "Itachi said he's in the village."
Genma breathed a sigh of relief. He heard the beeping sound again.
Kakashi calmly answered the call and hung up. "Sensei respawned automatically."
"Where is he?" Genma didn't have time to jump for joy before he was dragged into the next office by Kakashi. Kakashi quickly put on the tactical vest, stuffed the dagger detonator, put on the Naruto cloak, and put on the bamboo hat. He slowly turned around, revealing a watery and familiar dead fish eyes.
"Genma, Sensei asked us to go to the gate of Uchiha. He said that he wants to solve this problem completely today."
The main house of the Uchiha Clan, also known as the Main House, sat on the wooden door of the Uchiha Clan. Behind Watergate was the noisy back of a white head, and in front of him was the travel-worn Uchiha Itachi.
Itachi was dumbfounded as he recalled what happened last night. Before he went to bed, he was informed that a dam in the River country had exploded. When he was halfway there, he was informed that it was related to his mother. When he was three-quarters away, he was informed that his family's elders wanted to take the opportunity to make trouble and hurry home. When he rushed home, he was blocked by his Uncle Naruto — this was different from what he had agreed on!
Watergate was even more dumbfounded as he recalled what happened last night. He celebrated his birthday happily, but didn't even get to eat a piece of cake. He felt that he wasn't calm enough to deal with the problem, so he went to sleep. But when he woke up, his wife refused to let him go out. When he finally snuck out, he discovered that the dam that shared the same name as him had exploded overnight. The image he had painstakingly maintained was about to collapse. Shinobu Iwa, which he had planned to fight, was almost at his doorstep. Mikoto Uchiha was also involved … In his impression, Madame Uchiha, who should have been at home arranging flowers and baking, wasn't in Konoha. She was in the Land of Hot Water. "Fifth generation leader, good morning. Did you bring your communicator?"
"Sensei, we already have a plan and have discussed it. I can handle it. " Kakashi hurriedly pushed Genma in front of him and clutched the communicator tightly in his hand. "Leave it to me, okay?"
"Leave it to you?" Watergate glared at Genma, pried open Kakashi's ten fingers, snatched the communicator, pressed four eights, and connected it to the loudspeaker at the village entrance. "I'm the leader of the Four Generations, Bo Fung Watergate, Naruto. I have something to say to everyone. Now, listen to my orders. All Konoha Ninjas, except for those who can't be absent, gather at me. "
A gathering is a community of elements.
…
January 26, 63 Konoha
The turning point.
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A reader found the unedited word count drama. If anyone else sees it, please help pass it on. It's time to wrap it up. It's time to resolve the various historical issues — Fugaku's doesn't count! I'm not done with that yet! (Tragically screwed over by backstage = =.)
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