ps: It’s the end of the year and I’m really busy. It’s hard to determine the update time. There’s even the possibility of the update being discontinued. I’d like to report this to all my book friends in advance. If I really don’t have time to stop updating, I’ll do it in the future.
We will definitely make up for it. We still have this reputation, so please don’t worry!
Although the senior officials in Konoha were clearly aware of Shoji's arrival when Shoji and his party arrived at the border of the Land of Fire, and had made corresponding adjustments on a psychological level, but after more than a year and a half,
, when once again facing Uchiha Shoji, a vicious and evil traitor in their eyes, Mito Kadoyan still couldn't help the restlessness and anger deep in his heart, and his eyes were slightly cold.
All of them prove Mito Katohan's hostility and fear towards Shoji. Although there is a certain possibility that the hatred will gradually fade away as time goes by, it will take at least ten years for the Uchiha clan to leave Konoha.
It has only been a year and a half since the first battle, and the past that they considered sordid was enough to make Mito Kadoen and others extremely resentful and wary of the Uchiha clan!
As the leader, Uchiha Shoji is even more important. If it were Mito Monen in his youth, he might just vent his hatred directly. If the white knife goes in, the red knife goes out, how could it be possible?
Are you as calm as you are now?
After all, this group of people has witnessed many turmoils in the ninja world with their own eyes. They have all witnessed the three ninja wars, and their mentality and tolerance have been honed long ago. Looking at the Uchiha General who is getting closer and closer,
Mito Kadoyan took a deep breath to calm down his expression, and then stepped forward.
"Welcome to the gentlemen of Iwagakure Village! Hokage-sama has been waiting for you for a long time!"
This is obviously a formulaic smile that is forced to smile.
Mito Kadoyan greeted the arriving Shoji and his party and said in a calm tone.
Unlike Mito Kado's obviously forced smile, Shoji really looked at Mito Kado with a leisurely attitude and replied with a slight smile: "Oh? That's really troublesome, Hokage-sama."
Oh, by the way, I am the deputy squad leader of the jounin squad of Iwagakure Village, Uchiha Shoji, who is the leader of this mission, the elder Mitomon, this is our first meeting, so please take care of me!"
These are meaningful words, and the tone is deliberately emphasized on the words of the jounin of Iwagakure Village, the first meeting, etc.!
The sarcasm and malice can be clearly heard.
'snort!'
Mito Monoyan snorted deep in his heart.
It was also a look that became slightly more dangerous and fierce.
"No, this is our side. Please give me some advice, Uchiha Shoji-kun!"
These are almost all words that have a bit of gritted teeth, and they are also a trace of profound hostility revealed by Chi Guoguo.
But Shoji was unmoved at all. It was still the same sentence. Now in Konoha Village, the only person Shoji is really afraid of is Jiraiya. Once the sage mode is turned on, Jiraiya's strength can definitely be regarded as a super shadow.
level, but even so, Jiraiya's strength is only slightly higher than that of Shoji. Not to mention that when Shoji wants to escape, Jiraiya is 100% unable to retain him.
Even in a head-to-head confrontation, Shoji's winning rate may not be very low.
When the battle between ninjas comes to this level, as long as there is no "qualitative" gap between the two, it is not surprising who wins and who loses.
In a moment of confrontation, the difference is often just a matter of millimeters.
Yes!
If Konoha really wants to keep the general and make sure to kill him!
Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Sarutobi Hiruzen must all attack together. It is indeed difficult for Shoji to survive with his current strength, but as long as the battlefield is in Konoha Hidden Village, Shoji has the ability to make Konoha pay extremely heavy losses.
cost.
Anyway, it is Konoha's buildings that are destroyed, Konoha's property that is lost, and Konoha's people who die. Shoji can be unscrupulous, but Sarutobi Hiruzen cannot be 'mindless'. This is why after hearing that the envoy of Iwagakure Village
When the leader of the group was Shoji, the Third Hokage almost planned to restrict Shoji from entering the village.
This encounter was full of gunpowder.
The Konoha ninjas and Iwa ninjas at the side could clearly sense this. Of course, the expressions of the people below became tense. Only Ogata looked at Shoji and Mito Kadobu with great interest.
Conversation between two people.
In his opinion, his Tsuchikage-sama's arrangement of Shoji as the team leader was really evil. As a quasi-high-level executive of Iwagakure Village, Ogata was very aware of Shoji's heroic record in the Battle of Konoha's breakaway. To put it bluntly,
Shoji's hatred value is probably maxed out, but as an Iwa ninja, he is very happy to see this unfold!
The once wealthy family of Konoha is now the solid guarantee of their Iwagakure Village.
Then he will confront Konoha's top management head-on. No matter how you watch this scene, it's so exciting!
A few simple words of 'greetings' ended.
The Shoji and his party followed the Mito Gate Flame, passed through the majestic Konoha main gate, followed the central avenue, and headed straight towards the Hokage's office building in the core location.
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All the way.
Shoji and others naturally attracted the attention of many Konoha people.
These ordinary people looked at the Iwa Ninja group with very complicated eyes, especially Uchiha Shoji who was walking at the front and received the most attention.
Of course, for Shoji, these sights are not much different from the past. Anyway, the reputation and popularity of the Uchiha clan in Konoha are getting worse year by year. Among senior officials such as Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo,
Under their deliberate guidance, the vast majority of these Konoha people feared and rejected the Uchiha clan. This is even more true now that the Uchiha clan rebelled against the village.
However, there was only fear and rejection, but little hatred. This was also because during the Battle of Leaving the Village, the Uchiha clan had already moved its headquarters once, away from the center of Konoha Village. That battle did not affect the general public at all.
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There is absolutely no comparison with the Nine-Tails Rebellion.
At most, the families of those ninjas who died in the war will hate the Uchiha clan, but this is already a small thing.
To put it bluntly.
In the eyes of the people of Konoha, the image of the Uchiha clan has not changed much from the past, except that the "Iwa Ninja" symbol is added to the prefix.
The general doesn't even care about the opinions of these ordinary people. Even if he wants to take revenge on the Hidden Leaf Village in the future, it will basically be limited to those high-level figures. The so-called hatred has nothing to do with these low-level people.
At most, the family members of those who died in the war are included.
Keep up the pace.
Go straight to the Hokage's office building.
The following members of the mission are placed in the bottom positions.
Only Shoji and Ogata were allowed to meet the Third Hokage. This was also the standard meeting standard in various countries. Naturally, the two of them were familiar with each other. They stepped onto the high-rise building and came straight to a brand-new office. The reason why it was brand-new was because
Thanks to Shoji's uncontrollable anger a year and a half ago, Susano burst out under his impulse and almost destroyed a small part of the Hokage's office building.
Including the Hokage's exclusive office was rebuilt later.
This is Shoji coming here again after a year and a half, and he is still serving as a jounin of Iwagakure Village. It has to be said that fate has played a trick on people, and such an unfolding is a path that Shoji had never imagined when he first came to this world.
can only say.
'All of this was created by you, Sarutobi Hiruzen!'
The door opened.
The pace of progress.
When the third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sitting in the front position, came into view, a faint bright color appeared in his calm eyes, and he couldn't help but think of this sentence in the depths of his mind.
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"Iwagakure Murakujonin and Uchiha General pay their respects to the Hokage!"
The figure steps forward.
This is at least a superficial courtesy.
The generals and Ogata also bowed slightly and greeted Sarutobi Hiruzen in the first position at the same time. This is the default rule between the five major countries, even if the battle is life-and-death on the battlefield, even if the two countries have already
It’s a sea of hatred!
But as long as they are facing the shadows of the Five Kingdoms in regular situations, ninjas from all countries must also respond with standard etiquette.
This is an approach to safeguard the interests of the five major countries.
It was Chi Guoguo who announced to the entire ninja world that only the heads of the five major nations are qualified to be called Shadows!
"Shogi-kun, Ogata-kun came all the way on behalf of Lord Tsuchikage. It's really hard on you two. No need to be polite, please take a seat."
An old fox is an old fox.
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen does have some fatal problems, in these aspects, Sarutobi Hiruzen is worthy of being one of the longest-reigning shadows. His attitude and speech are all very good.
I can't see at all the deep hatred between senior people like myself and the Uchiha clan.
'It's really easy to disguise this aspect!'
Shoji sneered inwardly, and on the surface he kept the etiquette and thanked him briefly before sitting down on the sofa nearby. Ogata glanced at the Third Hokage one more time. To be honest, excluding all objective factors and past facts, there is no way
Talking about it, just based on the first subjective impression, Ogata really thinks that the Third Hokage is quite kind and kind.
No matter how you look at it, he is a leader with a gentle personality.
But it happened that such a 'kage' actually forced the largest wealthy ninja clan in his own ninja village to break away from the entire clan.
This is a history-making act!
Because before the Uchiha clan left Konoha, rebellions against ninjas were common in the ninja world, but there really had never been such a large-scale rebellion.
'So, does this mean that people should not be judged by their appearance? Yes, the Third Hokage, who can live in the same era as our Tsuchikage-sama and has been in charge of Konoha for more than thirty years, this superficial image must be disguised by him
's appearance!'
Ogata was thinking silently in his heart while still maintaining a calm expression on the surface. He would remain silent for the rest of the process. Anyway, all the control was given to the general. When should he do it?
Ogata believed that Shoji was well-informed as to what kind of judgment he made. Before setting off, his Tsuchikage-sama also explained it.
You only need to do some work to check for omissions and fill in the gaps.
A simple greeting.
Then it went directly to the topic. Although Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to be a little more tactful and conduct some roundabout explorations, Shoji obviously would not do so.
He started with the topic: "Hokage-dono, you should have understood the purpose of our trip, right? After all, the back and forth text is too inconvenient, so I came here on the order of Lord Tsuchikage and wanted to ask your village about your village's success.
The organized ninjas penetrated deep into the hinterland of our country, and even fought with the ninjas of our village, causing bloodshed. I wonder what your village's attitude is, and how the Hokage plans to deal with this situation?"
The general said calmly.
When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard these words, he suppressed the formulaic smile on his face and looked at General with a slightly cold expression, but he did not say anything.
"Deal with it? I think there may be some misunderstanding in your village. As far as we know, our Konoha ninjas have not had any missions recently that require them to enter the territory of the Earth Kingdom, let alone go deep into the suburbs of your village.
In this position, did your village make a mistake in judgment?"
Instead, a man standing nearby, wearing a Konoha Jounin uniform vest and with two obvious scars on his face, spoke at this moment.
This figure is also the only one in the Hokage's office at this moment, except for Sarutobi Hiruzen and Mito Kadeni, who is allowed to enter the office. This figure is none other than Nara Shikama, the head of the Nara clan whom the Third Hokage trusts most.
Long.
The reason why Nara Shikaku appeared on this occasion was because Sarutobi Hiruzen deliberately summoned him when he learned that the leader of Iwagakure Village was Uchiha Shoji.
This is a person worth looking forward to and trusting in all aspects of his abilities. The most important thing is that he has an irresolvable hatred with General Uchiha. The three clans of Ino, Deer and Butterflies are one, and Akimichi Takafeng is the strongest among the three clans.
A respected elder.
In the previous battle to break away from the Uchiha clan, in order to protect Shikaku and others from leaving the 'Destroying Thunder' area safely, they paid the price of their own lives. This kindness and this hatred, Ding Zao, Haiyi, Shika
The three of them have always kept it in mind.
Even though this is a very common development and result in the ninja world, it is still the same sentence. As long as you are a human being, you will inevitably have seven emotions and six desires. Nara Shikaku is undoubtedly a very rational and intelligent person, and he will not gamble for revenge.
Regarding the future of the three clans, he will also examine the relationship between his three clans and the Uchiha more deeply.
The most direct point is that the three clans must stand on the side of the current top management of Konoha, that is, the Third Hokage, because one thing that can be seen intuitively is that the Uchiha clan joined Iwagakure Village.
The strength that is like the overwhelming strength of Mount Tai will make Konoha, which is already in a fierce battle with Kumo ninja, a little breathless. Once Konoha declines and is completely suppressed by Iwagakure, the Uchiha will definitely suffer in the future.
The revenge and liquidation of the clan, by that time the three clans will definitely face the crisis of being weakened or even destroyed.
There are many ninja clans in the ninja world who are dying step by step like this!
Therefore, even for the future of the three major ninja clans, Nara Shikaku's judgment must be firmly on the side of the current Konoha high-level officials. This is actually the inevitable choice of the vast majority of ninja clans in Konoha Hidden Village.
Facing the steady gaze of this man who is considered outstanding even among the previous heads of the Nara clan.
Shoji smiled softly: "Misunderstanding? A senior spy, the elite of the two teams, and a jounin of the Aburame clan, tsk tsk, I don't know what kind of misunderstanding should be there to cause such a situation. For a long time
I heard that Shikaku-san is one of the most resourceful people in the Nara clan, so why can he say such low-level lies? Haha, there are no outsiders here, so Shikaku-san doesn’t need to use this method to prevaricate me.
It has only been a year and a half since we, the Uchiha clan, left Konoha, so we cannot mistake the identities of our former companions, right?"
Do you want to do Tai Chi?
Want to fight in a roundabout way?
Sorry, Jiang Si has no such interest at all. Jiang Si said that he doesn't understand the so-called diplomatic negotiation skills at all. It is his rhythm and method to directly highlight the topic!
What's more, one of the biggest goals of this trip to Konoha is to see how far Konoha will endure under the extreme pressure and provocation from its own ninja village, and what kind of decision it will make in the end.
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Based on this, the general will naturally be aggressive in his words and will not make any concessions.
When Lu Jiu heard what Shoji said, his brows furrowed slightly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen and Mito Kaden's expressions even darkened. Such fierce words were rare in the diplomatic history of the five major countries in the past. How could anyone be on the verge of breaking up as soon as they started negotiating? Not all of them.
Test it step by step and proceed step by step?
The general's way of negotiating leaves almost no room at all. He wants to draw a conclusion directly here today, either to satisfy me, or to simply stop talking and conclude that the two countries have started fighting!
No matter how well-trained Sarutobi Hiruzen was, his expression turned slightly cold at this moment.
The more Shoji behaved like this, the more Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that the appearance of this evil boy from the Uchiha clan in front of him was all disguised in order to deceive himself. It was also at this moment that Sarutobi Hiruzen
He also hates the Third Tsuchikage who accepted the Uchiha clan!
Generally speaking, it is an act of provocation for a ninja village to accept a rebellious ninja from another ninja village, let alone the behavior of the Iwagakure Village that accepts thousands of people from the Uchiha clan.
To put it bluntly, it was reasonable for the two countries to go to war directly!
"So? Is this what your Tsuchikage means? Are you planning to hold us Konoha accountable?"
On the sidelines, Shikaku was about to say something to refute Shoji.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had already spoken in advance.
Following those words, an extremely cold aura filled the air around Sarutobi Hiruzen. This power was unique to Kage, and Ogata, who was sitting next to Shoji, could sense this aura.
At this moment, his face couldn't help but change slightly.
However, Shoji smiled casually, and the figure that deliberately stood slightly forward blocked the pressure released by Hiruzen Sarutobi, but he still said with a leisurely look: "Accountability? No, our Iwagakure Village
We are just here to demand justice as the invaded party. Do you think that the dignified Hidden Leaf Village still wants to do such a rogue thing? Your Excellency, Hokage!"
The more he talked about it, the colder his tone became, and the aura that seemed to be there before became as strong as substance at this moment.
Collide in this space.
The pervasive fluctuations.
Mito Menyan and Nara Shikakuzu looked increasingly tense at this moment.
If you don't reach this level, you will never be able to appreciate the power of this level. If the jounin is the top existence of the pyramid in the ninja world, the shadow is an existence similar to a 'god'. Although it is not invincible, even if it is
The weakest shadow, if you want to accumulate victory purely by numbers, you must have three or four thousand people!
This has to be based on Ying's willingness to fight to the death.
Therefore, to ordinary people, the existence of shadow is a symbol of invincibility.
That is to say, Mito Kadoba, Nara Shikaku, and Ogata all survived the blood sea of the mountain of corpses. As long as they are replaced by a younger generation of ninjas who are weaker and have not experienced real battles, they don't need to be real.
If you take action, these people will be intimidated by this momentum.
This emotion called fear will completely occupy their hearts and spread to the whole body. Beings with a slightly smaller capacity and mentality may even choose to commit suicide.
"justice!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to sneer.
That sharp look fell on Jiang Si.
The general was not afraid at all, he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with a slightly cold expression, as if he might take action at any time.
But it was only for a moment.
"I understand what your Yanyin Village means, but this kind of thing has always been just words, right? If your village wants to claim this, it must provide corresponding evidence, and it also needs to be given some time.
Let us Konoha conduct verification, I think you won’t deny this bit of common sense, right?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen also changed the subject, as if he really wanted to discuss relevant issues seriously.
"Of course, as the Hokage said, this is what we should do. We have brought all the things that should be provided, a lot of them. As for the time you asked for verification, haha, okay, we
I can stay in Konoha for two or three more days, and I hope I can get a satisfactory answer this time! Is that okay? Your Excellency, Hokage!"
Shoji's face seemed to be full of smiles, but in fact there was a hint of sarcasm and provocation in his pupils.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression instantly darkened.
But in the next second.
The Third Hokage, who was nearly sixty years old, responded with a smile instead of anger: "Of course!"
The cold meaning revealed in those words was so clear and strong at this moment!
"Then don't worry, it's getting late today, so we'll be rude first!"
The general seemed to have heard a very satisfactory answer, and the figure who stood up straight seemed to treat himself as a master.
To Sarutobi Hiruzen, Mito Kaden, and Nara Shikaku, they are as hateful as they seem to be!