Konoha Village, northwest, twenty miles away.
There was originally a hill here with an altitude of about 100 meters.
There is nothing surprising at first, but the headquarters of Roots is underground in this mountain.
At this time, the entire mountain had completely disappeared, leaving only a huge crater with a diameter of nearly a kilometer and a depth of more than a hundred meters.
About a few hundred meters away from the giant pit, the soil suddenly loosened.
An arm broke out of the soil and stretched out.
Then he danced vigorously, breaking up the surrounding soil.
An ANBU ninja climbed out of the ground, the mask on his face full of cracks.
Immediately afterwards, three more Anbu climbed out of the narrow hole.
"Quick! Danzo-sama!"
The four ANBU dug hard at the soil, opened the hole, and pulled out an old man covered in mud from below.
Danzo was pulled out from the ground and collapsed on the ground in a state of disgrace. He did not have the aura of the powerful Hokage advisor in the past.
At this time, the five people had time to look at the sky.
The huge mushroom cloud has gradually dissipated, but the strong wind caused by the turbulent airflow can still make people unsteady even if they are hundreds of meters away.
The clouds in the sky moved away from the center, as if someone had poked a big hole.
"This this......"
Witnessing the scene in front of them at close range, even though the ANBU ninja had been trained to lose normal human emotions, he couldn't help but open his mouth wide and look at everything in front of him absentmindedly.
The inner shock cannot be expressed in words.
"Danzo-sama, what should we do now?" He pursed his dry lips and asked the ANBU ninja.
Danzo walked forward without saying a word.
The five people soon arrived at the location of the giant pit.
A huge crater with a diameter of nearly a kilometer came into view.
The root ninja looked down, and there was a bottomless, dark pit underneath.
There was supposed to be a mountain here.
The root ninjas are extremely familiar with this place, because the headquarters of the root is directly below.
What kind of attack could instantly defeat the multiple defense barriers of the root headquarters and bring down the entire underground stronghold?
"Ding, use your sensory ninjutsu to see how many people are still alive." Danzo recovered from the shock.
The most serious losses are those of the members of the Roots. Although most of the members have missions and are away from the headquarters, many of the Anbu who remain stationed are special talents. The loss of any one of them is a huge loss.
"Master Danzo, the chakra fluctuations around me are too strong. My perception ninjutsu has been affected. I can't sense it now. The front entrance has completely collapsed. I can only search and rescue through the secret passage we just came out of."
"Go." Danzo said solemnly: "A, you stay."
Among the four ANBU, A is the shortest among them. Judging from his stature, he is probably only five or six years old. He is completely like a child. Hearing Danzo's order, he immediately stopped and came to Danzo's side.
The other three ANBU quickly returned to the "dog hole" they crawled out of.
Danzo's face was as dark as water, and he looked at A beside him without saying a word.
The losses have been so huge. A is his hope of becoming Hokage in the future, so naturally he cannot return to the underground for adventure.
Even if all the ninjas at the base were to die, it would not be more serious than losing their armor.
The three Anbu returned underground to search for survivors at the root, and after a while, more than a dozen people were rescued.
After careful counting, I discovered that, apart from all the casualties, no one died.
Is it a coincidence?
still......
Seeing this situation, Danzo felt relieved. After all, most of the ninjas in the root were selected from the ninja clan. If they died inexplicably, it would be a lot of pressure for him.
Danzo's heart bleeds just at the thought that the headquarters he has worked so hard for twenty years is gone.
Many of the experimental equipment and materials inside were probably destroyed.
Once again, go back to before the First World War.
"Someone is coming!" the ANBU ninja with the ability to sense said.
At this time, Orochimaru's figure appeared in the sight of the five people.
Orochimaru came to Danzo, looked at his disgraced look, with a sarcastic look in his eyes, and said, "Duanzo, the third generation has called you to see him immediately."
"Orochimaru, do you know what happened?"
Seeing Orochimaru coming here with a clear purpose, Danzo frowned.
"Only you have the right to know."
Orochimaru said calmly.
Danzo heard this and waved his hand, and the root members quickly moved away.
"Kushina successfully mastered the Nine-Tails Chakra, but your subordinates attacked her and was killed by Bai Yu. In order to test the power of the Nine-Tails Chakra, Kushina released a small tail outside the village. The beast jade, I didn’t expect it to hit the root headquarters, you are so unlucky.”
Orochimaru looked at Danzo coldly, with a hint of gloating in his tone.
"The jinchuriki successfully mastered the nine-tailed chakra?! Just hit the root?" Danzo's face darkened.
How could he believe this perfunctory rhetoric?
"This is what the third generation meant. Kushina will not pursue the matter of the root ninja attacking her and Bai Yu. The same goes for you. This matter ends here." Orochimaru added.
For Sakumo's death, the Third Generation and Danzo were inevitably to blame. Seeing Danzo suffer a big loss, Orochimaru's heart was filled with joy.
"I understand." Danzo already understood what the third generation meant. It must be that the jinchuriki can extract the nine-tails chakra like Uzumaki Mito and learned the nine-tails chakra mode.
Otherwise it would be impossible to successfully use the Tailed Beast Jade to cause such damage.
He could make the third generation surrender and give such an order.
One can imagine how terrifying the strength of the jinchuriki has reached.
Even if it's not as good as Uzumaki Mito's heyday, compared with other normal Kage-level ninjas, it's definitely a step up.
Damn Hiruzen... Danzo cursed in his heart, feeling extremely aggrieved. The ANBU under his command didn't know what to do, so how could they directly attack the Jinchūriki?
But no matter what, the current situation is stronger than others, and the third generation is obviously trying to please the Jinchuuriki and pass the blame to him.
Thinking of this, Danzo showed a smile that was uglier than crying, his face twitched slightly, and he said:
"Please express my apologies to Kushina and Bai Yu on my behalf. This matter was made by the ninjas at the root and I was unaware of it."
Before Kao grows up and fully masters the Wood Release, he can't afford to offend the Jinchūriki for the time being.
"I think Kushina and Bai Yu will forgive you generously." Orochimaru nodded, deliberately making Danzo disgusted.
Orochimaru felt a little disappointed with the appearance of the third generation and Danzo.
Is this someone from the top management of Konoha?
Is the position of Hokage really that tempting? People are twisted like this, or politicians are all so ugly.
"Well, I'm going to see the third generation right away."
Danzo turned and left with a sullen face.
The root headquarters was completely destroyed, and it was unknown how much manpower and material resources would be needed to rebuild it. The amount of money was not a small amount. After the Shimura clan was disbanded, his source of income mainly relied on the village.
After Danzo left, Orochimaru came to the giant pit and looked down at the bottomless pit. His heart could not be calm for a long time, and his eyes gradually showed a look of fanaticism.
"Is this the power of Kyuubi?"
...
the next day.
In the morning, Kushina opened her sleepy eyes, and a ray of sunlight shone through the window, hitting her face, which was warm and soft.
Fresh air entered the room through the gap in the ajar window, and a pleasant feeling filled my heart.
"Yeah~!" Kushina sat up and stretched hard.
It was such a comfortable sleep!
Kushina rubbed her messy hair and walked out of the room.
"Are you awake so early? Why don't you sleep a little longer?" Bai Yu walked upstairs. He was holding a tray with breakfast in it. It seemed that he was going to send it to the room for Kushina to eat.
"Uh-huh?"
Kushina was still a little sleepy, so she answered randomly. Then he suddenly realized that this was Bai Yu's home.
When she thought of how she had just woken up at home in the past, Kushina let out an "ah" and shouted, "Don't look at me, I'm so ugly!"
As she spoke, she covered her eyes and ran to the right.
"The bathroom is downstairs, and the storage room is on the right."
Bai Yu reminded.
Kushina turned back and when she passed by Bai Yu, she reached out and covered his eyes: "Don't look at me."
"Okay, okay, don't look."
Thump thump thump!
Kushina let go of Bai Yu and ran quickly downstairs.
Bai Yu turned his head and looked around, and saw that Kushina's beautiful red hair was messy, and a small bunch of hair stubbornly stood up on the top of her head. It looked like stupid hair, and it swayed from side to side as she walked.
The most real side of her is quite cute.
"Kushina, do you want me to comb your hair?!" Bai Yu called downstairs.
"No!"
Kushina's embarrassed voice came out of the bathroom.
Although she has established a relationship with Bai Yu and often comes to his house to play, it is only the first day of living together and she has to maintain the image of a beautiful girl.
Um.
Convinced.
...
Konoha's main road.
After yesterday's "Light Pillar" incident, the enthusiasm of the villagers for the New Year was affected.
Although the Third Generation later explained the reason to everyone, it was the village that was developing a new S-level ninjutsu. But the movement was so terrifying that quite a few people felt it was safer to stay at home for a few days.
The number of pedestrians on the street has decreased by nearly half.
Shop owners whose businesses were affected only made a few verbal complaints about this.
After all, the stronger the village, the more stable their lives will be.
At this time, a white-haired young man wearing a mask was walking expressionlessly on the busy main street. The pedestrians were talking and laughing, but he was the only one with dull eyes, as if he were dead. He walked silently across the street, Walking towards home.
If all the ingredients at home were not eaten, Kakashi would not want to go out.
Human beings' joys and sorrows are not the same. He only feels that the people around him are noisy.
"Kakashi~!"
At this time, a shout came from behind Kakashi, and a rush of footsteps came.
A thick-browed boy wearing green tights and a Kappa-like hairstyle rushed to Kakashi's side, holding a large pile of ingredients in his arms.
"Kakashi, I haven't seen you for a long time!" Metkai said excitedly.
"Um."
Kakashi responded coldly.
"You guys are too cold! Dad and I went out to buy groceries, and why don't we go to my house for dinner? It must be boring for you to celebrate the New Year alone, right?"
Matkai pointed at Matdai who was walking slowly behind.
Alone... Kakashi's expression darkened, he clenched his fists and said, "No, I'm going back first."
After saying that, Kakashi left directly.
"Uh." Metkai froze in embarrassment. Did he say something wrong? It seems that Kakashi shouldn't be mentioned alone, after all...
As soon as Kakashi walked to West Street, he met Bai Yu and Kushina.
"Senior Bai Yu, senior Kushina."
When passing by the two of them, Kakashi said hello.
"Kakashi." Bai Yu said with a smile: "We are going to eat, shall we together?"
Kakashi shook his head slightly: "No, I'll go home and cook."
"It's so troublesome to cook, and you have to wash the dishes yourself after eating. And... you don't want to talk to me?"
Bai Yu said.
Kakashi's eyes flickered slightly, as if he thought of something, and asked: "Senior Baiyu, can you tell me what you said to my father before?"
"Of course, but you don't want to talk about such a sensitive topic on the street, right?" Bai Yu smiled slightly: "Let's go, let's eat first."
"Um."
Kakashi followed Bai Yu and Kushina into the high-end restaurant.
However, during the meal, Bai Yu and Kushina took turns picking up food for him, and were not prepared to talk until they finished eating.
It's scary to think that everyone has as big a appetite as you two... Kakashi rolled his eyes.
However, the feeling of not talking the whole time and eating immersed in this way is very familiar.
After meal.
The three of them walked out of the restaurant.
Bai Yu: "Kushina, I'll take Kakashi home first."
"Well, I'll wait for you." Kushina smiled and waved, "Goodbye Kakashi."
"thanks for treatment."
Kakashi bowed slightly and left with Bai Yu.
...
Halfway through, Bai Yu spoke first:
"No one will disturb you now. If you want to ask anything, you can ask it casually. As long as it is something I know, I can tell you everything."
"Senior Bai Yu, is there any secret behind my father's death? Why did he commit suicide? I know my father, he is not a weak-hearted person!" Kakashi clenched his hands tightly, with confusion and hope in his eyes.
He wanted real answers.
"You can say yes or you can say no." Bai Yu responded.
"What's the meaning?"
"Senior Sakumo's choice to commit suicide was his own decision. With his reputation, no one can force him to commit suicide. However, there are many reasons that contributed to his suicide." Bai Yu explained.
"Your father was a great ninja, and the will of fire was his firm belief. And he committed suicide because his belief collapsed and someone trampled on the will of fire! So he wanted to use his life to sound the alarm to some people."
"Who?!" Kakashi's eyes were cold, full of murderous intent.
"Three generations..." Bai Yu said slowly: "There are also those villagers who follow the trend and accuse."
"Sandai?! How is that possible?" Kakashi looked in disbelief. After Sakumo died, the third generation cared about him very much. How could it be the third generation?
"Sakumo-senpai's mistake was not a matter of prioritizing tasks or companions. Because there is no right or wrong in this kind of question, and the final interpretation is in the hands of those in power. His only mistake was that he was too strong, and his reputation It’s too high. But it’s not strong enough and its reputation isn’t high enough.”
Bai Yu then asked.
"If you are Hokage, and you don't want one person to succeed, but he is the one with the highest voice in choosing the successor, then just suppressing him and making him lose everyone's trust is obviously better than killing him directly.
But...the tool in his hand that can be tampered with at will is belief and spiritual support in the eyes of some people!
Ignorant people like to follow the trend, thinking that Naruto represents the will of fire and that Naruto is the authority, so they become accomplices. "
"How could this happen?" Kakashi looked at Bai Yu with blank eyes: "That's why you said that the will of fire has become a tool."
"My words are just a reference for you. It doesn't matter whether they are correct or not. What is important is that you use your own eyes to find the truth."
Bai Yu patted Kakashi on the shoulder, then turned and left.
"Find the truth for yourself..."
Kakashi stood there, lost in thought.
If he becomes Hokage, will he be able to find out the truth?
...
"How's it going?" Kushina asked: "What did that kid Kakashi say to you?"
Bai Yu: "It's nothing. I just planted a seed. Whether it can take root or sprout depends entirely on the soil and has nothing to do with me."
