"No, I don't."
"Thank you, Sakura-sama."
In the end, Iwashi Tatami still took it.
"How do you feel working in the Intelligence Division?"
Sakura looked at the silent man in front of her and spoke.
"It's... it's pretty good..."
Even though he was twice the age of the young girl standing before him, Iwashi felt an immense pressure facing this pink-haired kunoichi.
"I heard your home mortgage hasn't been paid off yet?"
That crisp voice rang out once more, making Iwashi not even dare to lift his head to look at Sakura.
"Ye... Yes, Sakura-sama."
Opening his mouth with great difficulty, Iwashi stared silently at the ants on the concrete ground.
"Ah, that really is a headache."
"After all, Iwashi-senpai's wife seems to be pregnant again. With that, your living expenses will increase significantly."
A slightly distressed tone leaked from her lips, causing the silent man's heart to tighten.
"Sakura-sama..."
Iwashi raised his head with difficulty, looking anxiously at the troubled expression on the girl's face, as if she truly felt bad for his troubles.
"After all, you already have a six-year-old son at home, and now she's pregnant again."
"The child needs to attend the Ninja Academy, and your wife can't work for the time being."
"The entire burden of the household falls solely on Iwashi-senpai's shoulders."
"It's truly hard work, Iwashi-senpai."
The young girl's words echoed in Iwashi's ears like the whispers of a demon.
"Sakura-sama..."
"Is there... something you need from me?"
At this moment, Iwashi remembered the nickname the outside world had given the girl before him.
The Witch.
"Ah?"
"It's nothing."
"Just a sudden whim. I wanted to come and visit Iwashi-senpai."
"After all, once I become Hokage, I might have a lot less time for myself."
???
Iwashi fell into a moment of daze.
Hokage? The Fifth Hokage?
Hasn't it already been decided that it would be Danzo Shimura-sama?
Why would Sakura-sama say that?
"Right, does Iwashi-senpai still remember the matter you helped me with before?"
Looking at the honest and simple man in front of her, Sakura felt helpless in her heart.
If she let him figure it out on his own, he probably wouldn't understand what she meant. She could only point it out directly.
The matter?
What matter?
Iwashi fell into a brief moment of confusion, and then suddenly came to a sharp realization.
The Seven-Tails?
Sakura had come to him before to look for intelligence on the Seven-Tails.
"Can Iwashi-senpai keep it a secret for me?"
Sakura looked at the man in front of her and spoke softly.
"Ah, well..."
Iwashi looked a bit conflicted.
"Is that a no?"
Sakura narrowed her eyes at the man who was at a loss for words.
Originally, she didn't want to resort to violence. If it really didn't work...
She would just have to call Hikari Uchiha over and subject him to Yachihoko...
Though doing so would mean she'd owe Hikari Uchiha a favor.
As for silencing him permanently?
Sakura still had a bit of a conscience.
Though not a lot...
"N-No, that's not it..."
"It's just that Elder Homura already came to me earlier to ask for intelligence regarding you, Sakura-sama."
Iwashi shook his head hurriedly.
Old man Homura?
Sakura felt a surge of helplessness in her heart.
Since Homura Mitokado knew, it meant the old man knew as well.
"I see..."
"Then it can't be helped."
Sakura sighed, then glanced at the middle-aged man and waved her hand, saying:
"The pay in the Intelligence Division is decent, but given your household expenses, you're probably barely scraping by."
"Come find me at the Hokage's office in a couple of days. I'll find you a good gig."
With that, Sakura prepared to leave. Seeing this, Iwashi couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Though he didn't know why, it seemed he had just latched onto a very powerful backer.
"Right, do you know what you should do?"
Suddenly, Sakura looked back at the man.
"Ever since the battlefield three years ago, I haven't seen Sakura-sama at all."
Since things had been spelled out to this extent, if Iwashi still didn't understand, he might as well find a block of tofu to smash his head against and die.
Leaving the Intelligence Division, Sakura couldn't help but stroke her chin.
Besides Iwashi Tatami, there was one more person.
The guard ninja at the border of the Land of Fire.
However, the border was too far, and Sakura didn't have the time to run out there.
Once things settled down at the Hokage building, she would just transfer that guy back to Konohagakure.
She wondered what the situation was like at the Hokage building right now...
"I have lived through the era of the Second Hokage, the Third Hokage, the Fourth Hokage..."
Danzo Shimura unscrewed the final sealing screw from his arm. With a heavy, dull thud, the protective arm guard crashed to the ground, revealing a pale hand.
"Now, it is finally my turn to become the Fifth Hokage."
Danzo Shimura's words continued. Because it was obscured by his sleeve, no one could see the Sharingan hidden within.
"Speaking of military exploits alone, during the First Shinobi World War, when I was still a young man, I charged through blood for Konoha, sustaining countless scars on my body."
"In the Second Shinobi World War, half of the battlefields were under my command."
"During the Third Shinobi World War, I buried myself deep underground, gathering endless intelligence for Konoha."
"For the dozen or so years after that, I eliminated countless hidden dangers for Konoha."
"To think you can erase my collective achievements with just a few casual words of yours—that is simply too ridiculous."
"I become Hokage with a clear conscience."
His single exposed eye was bone-chillingly cold as Danzo Shimura spoke slowly, recounting his life.
This also caused the surrounding Konoha ninja to feel a chill in their hearts.
This Lord Danzo... didn't seem to be that despicable after all?
Even Naruto felt a faint stirring of doubt.
Homura Mitokado looked at his lifelong friend standing ahead and couldn't help but sigh.
"Indeed, you have rendered distinguished service to Konoha."
"That is undeniable."
Sakura stood with her arms crossed, looking at Danzo Shimura not far away, her expression serene.
"Merits are merits, and crimes are crimes."
"Assassinating the Hokage, assassinating the Daimyo, conducting unauthorized human experimentation, and murdering fellow ninja of the same village—your transgressions are enough to warrant death as atonement."
Sakura spoke calmly, looking at Danzo as he attempted to incite the crowd to build momentum.
"Absurd! Everything I have done was for Konoha."
"If you claim my actions are a crime, then you are grievously mistaken."
Now that the seal on his hand was undone, Danzo Shimura didn't hide anything anymore. He raised his hand right in front of everyone.
As the wide sleeve slid down, an arm entirely covered in Sharingan appeared grandly before everyone's eyes!
!!!
Embedded within the wrinkled skin of that arm were a total of ten crimson, spinning Sharingan!
A bizarre, ominous pupillary power radiated from Danzo Shimura's arm, leaving countless people present so shocked they were rendered speechless!
"This... What on earth is this...?"
Sasuke's body trembled as he stared at the arm full of Sharingan.
"Ugh... How disgusting."
Hikari averted her eyes elsewhere, seemingly refusing to look at the man any longer.
"Danzo!"
"How dare you!"
Seeing this, Homura Mitokado flew into a violent rage and roared out.
"Homura, you are as foolish as always."
"Any power should be put to good use."
"And this..."
Before his words could finish, lightning flashed explosively!
Sasuke could not endure it. He could not tolerate the eyes of his clansmen being used like this by such a thoroughly disgusting creature!
"Danzo Shimura!"
Beneath his furious roar, lightning rampaged!
Fierce lightning erupted from his ninja sword, like a blade splitting the heavens, seeming intent on cleaving everything in front of him to pieces!
"Sasuke!"
A roaring voice sounded from behind as a golden figure followed without a moment's hesitation.
The golden figure brushed past Sakura, but as Sakura watched everything unfold, she made no extra movements.
Danzo only had one Mangekyo Sharingan from Shisui Uchiha. Even when facing the joint attack of Sasuke and Naruto, he would absolutely save the visual jutsu of that precious Mangekyo Sharingan for himself.
Even against Naruto and Sasuke's combined forces, he would definitely hold that particular Sharingan in reserve.
Right now, just by standing here, Sakura was the ultimate deterrent against Danzo Shimura!
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