"That's enough, Mr. Sheng. I'm also very sad about White Fang, but it's over."
The Sandaime Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke. In the final analysis, this matter also had his shadow and his acquiescence. Otherwise, the situation would not have gotten out of control to the point where Hatake Sagumo would have died.
After this incident, he once again lost the restraint on Danzo, allowing Danzo to take power again to gain the 'root' to cultivate his power.
"not enough!"
Gu Sheng turned his head and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi and White Fang of Konoha without any hesitation. The heroes of the Fire Country who made their enemies frightened were deliberately slandered and spread rumors just because of the failure of a mission and because they chose to save their companions.
When our heroes are fighting hard on the front line and risking their lives, they may be stabbed in the back by their own people, made sarcastic remarks, or even forced to death. Can this kind of thing be forgotten?
The war is about to start again, but if the military morale is really available, can this matter be forgotten?
Gu Sheng's words seemed to flow in rapid succession, but this time Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent, and the eyes of the major families and many ninjas were shining with light.
The White Fang incident was really sensational at the time, especially among the jounin.
As the upper-level combat force of the village, jounin is at least the leader of a team. Every jounin may encounter White Fang's situation, and no one can guarantee that he will be able to complete the task smoothly and perfectly.
Although White Fang's mission was not perfect, it was not really a failure. Although the piece of information was taken away, White Fang cruised within the national borders for several months afterwards, ensuring that the losses were suppressed to the maximum extent.
At the lowest point, even if the information is not leaked, the result may not be smaller than that loss.
But it ended like this. After White Fang returned to the village, not only was he not treated like a hero, but instead rumors spread among the lower class civilians and some ninjas.
During the period of time when he worked hard to remedy the situation, the rumors in the village had become "fact" that it was because of his choices that the mission failed and so many people died.
This statement is naturally impossible to rise among the upper echelons of Konoha. An experienced Jonin knows the difficulties of that situation better than anyone else, and White Fang didn't do enough afterwards!
However, the situation still developed in a direction that no one wanted to see. Hatake Sakumo, who returned to the village, was increasingly faced with bad words and did not utter a single refutation. In the end, Konoha lost White Fang and lost
A hero who shocked the four nations.
Almost all the Jonin knew something about what happened six years ago, which was why it was even more unacceptable. However, the silence of the Hokage made everyone know something, and no one has spoken out about it until now...
"Shimura Kūkaku!"
Following Gu Sheng's cold snort, a middle-aged jounin who was sitting behind Danzo very close to him stood up. This man's appearance was somewhat similar to that of Danzo in his youth, but he was surprisingly handsome.
"Acting Hokage-sama!"
Shimura Kūkaku stood up, not so calmly, and there was a bit of lechery under Gu Sheng's gaze. He even subconsciously looked at Danzo when he stood up.
Gu Sheng sneered and glanced at Danzo, "I would like to ask, back then, when Lord White Fang returned, you accused him for no reason at the gate of Konoha, saying that the mission failure caused by him led to countless deaths on the front line.
sacrifice."
"That's what I said, but I don't think there's anything wrong with it."
Shimura Kūkaku chose to stand up back then, so he was naturally prepared to be questioned. However, what he didn't expect was that this questioning would come six years later, which made him unable to react for a while.
Generally speaking, if this kind of conspiracy is refuted at the time, similar witnesses will not say that it is leak-proof, at least it will not reveal too many flaws. However, as time goes by, only two situations will appear.
One is that Danzo Shimura has determined that White Fang should indeed bear all the responsibility for this matter, and what he did is right. The other situation is that he is still uneasy despite being in a high position, and it is not because he feels guilty
But he himself couldn't convince himself.
It is obvious that he does not have such a good mentality regarding this matter. The island country has had a tradition of committing seppuku since ancient times. After an island person adopts such a radical approach, no matter what he has done, he will be recognized by others.
After White Fang's accident, the rumor trend changed, and Shimura Kukaku became the target of criticism. Although due to the connection based on blood, Danzo not only did not give up but kept cultivating him, but after that, his psychological
The pressure has never been low.
"But I heard that he gave up the mission in order to save you fellow missionaries. If it weren't for your rashness, that mission would never have failed."
Gu Sheng's words did not make Shiba Kukaku unduly panicked. Regarding this matter, he had imagined many situations six years ago, including this. At the beginning, Gu Sheng's questions really made him nervous.
, but as he calmed down, he became more and more calm, and his behavior became more natural.
"I do not deny Lord White Fang, no, Sagumo Hatake's help in saving my life."
Shimura Kūkaku answered calmly and naturally, then clenched his fists and shouted: "But that time, he was really wrong. Ninjas are based on missions. In that case, his best choice should not be to save people, but to
Choose to complete the task.
If he completes his mission and retrieves the information, the most that we, the ninjas involved in the mission, will sacrifice. This is our mission and our responsibility.
But he chose to compromise, let important things be taken away, and caused innocent sacrifices. This was his mistake, and he must be held responsible for it.
Although I was saved by him, I am still dissatisfied with his behavior. I would rather sacrifice myself than cause innocent tragic death..."
Shimura Kūkaku's powerful speech made many people raise eyebrows. His mission-first theory is quite popular. In fact, as far as the profession of ninja is concerned, a pure ninja should do whatever it takes to complete the mission, even at the expense of his companions.
"Understood!"
Gu Sheng nodded, looked at him seriously and said, "This means that for Konoha, you will sacrifice everything, even your own life."
"certainly!"
Shimura Sokaku responded without any hesitation, but the next moment he suddenly looked into a pair of blood-red eyes, his body froze, and then his face was full of expressions of disbelief.
Komori's figure suddenly appeared in front of Shimura Kukaku, and a bloody sharp knife protruded from his back. All this happened so unexpectedly that even the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, did not expect it.
Subsequently, Gu Sheng's behavior made many people change their temper. He slowly pushed Shimura Kuzaku away and said to Shimura Danzo: "This matter ends here. If he does not die, the military morale will be difficult to use.
Issue a notification of fallen martyr to his family. You report it and I will agree. If you want to have this power, I, as the acting Hokage, still have it."