Chapter 16 - Yes, Hiruzen
"Be careful, don't let anyone die."
After opening the door and coming to the outside of the secret room, the Third Generation gave a few instructions to the Blast Squad guarding outside, then left the Anbu and returned home.
From beginning to end, the third generation and Yamanaka Jiayu did not speak a word to Li Yao who had woken up.
Because there is no need.
In their minds, anyone who enters the Anbu interrogation room will die.
Regardless of whether he can obtain intelligence or not, Li Yao's fate is death.
Li Yao, who didn't know that he was doomed, learned from the conversation between the third generation and Yamanaka Jiayu that he had not been induced by illusion and his memory had not been explored by the mind-confusing body technique. He thought that there was still a chance to save his identity and that he still had a glimmer of hope.
This body is indeed Kimura Yo's.
And he does have Kimura Yo's memories, although not many.
But his predecessor, Kimura Yomoto, was just a six-year-old child. How much memory could he have in six years?
Although the memories Li Yao inherited were not many, they were enough for him to disguise himself as a real Kimura Yao.
As long as he insists that he is Kimura Yao, there is still a glimmer of hope.
Li Yao bet that the third generation would show a kind side like in the original work, care about the lives of the villagers, and would not easily kill any Konoha villager.
As long as the third generation recognizes him as Kimura Yo, he has a great chance of surviving.
"The next step is to show off your acting skills."
While Li Yao was carefully recalling Kimura Yao's memories, he was thinking about what kind of expression he would use if he got the chance to speak.
Considering his current sudden situation, how should he react to be consistent with Kimura Yo's character.
That night, Li Yao desperately thought of a solution. He longed for a chance to survive.
…
"Grandma, I'm going to school."
"Well, walk slowly, Minato-chan, don't fall."
"knew."
The next morning, the same scene was repeated at the front door of the Minato family villa.
Minato smiled and waved goodbye to his grandmother. In his hand, he still held a large lunch box for two people, which was still filled with rice balls that he and his good friend Kimura Yo liked.
The only difference from yesterday morning was that this time Minato was more anxious. He responded hurriedly to the greetings from his classmates and walked quickly through.
A night passed.
How's Yao's situation?
Has Lord Hokage caught that bastard who controlled Yao?
Did Yao go home and sleep safely last night?
Will I be able to see Yao when I get to school today?
Minato felt very nervous and uneasy, not knowing what the best outcome would be for his friend.
With this uneasy heart, Minato came to school early.
Arriving at his class and pushing open the back door, Minato's eyes immediately turned towards the window seat on the left side of the third row.
"Um!"
Minato's eyes darkened. His good friend Kimura Yō was no longer in his familiar position.
"Maybe... maybe he hasn't come yet?"
"Yes, that should be the case."
Minato thought again, then with a smile on his face he went to sit where they usually sat.
Time passes slowly.
There were gradually more and more students in the classroom.
"Morning, Minato."
"Morning, Shota."
"morning..."
Minato smiled back at the students who came into the classroom and greeted him, while looking towards the back door and the front door, hoping to see that familiar figure.
However, until the bell rang and the teacher entered the classroom, my friend still didn't show up.
"Well, is that boy late or didn't come?"
The ninja teacher glanced at the seat next to Minato and also noticed that Kimura Yao, who came to class yesterday, was absent. He frowned slightly, wondering what was going on with that boy.
"You guys..." Just when the Ninja teacher wanted to ask the students who lived near Kimura Yao if any of them had seen Kimura Yao.
clang!
Minato stood up suddenly, his anxious expression evident on his face, but before he could turn around and leave his seat, the teacher's words came over.
"Minato, what's wrong with you?"
"Teacher, I..." Minato hesitated to speak. After thinking about it, he decided not to tell anyone about his friend because he didn't know what was going on with the Hokage and didn't dare to say anything.
"Then do it. Let's go to class first. We can talk about Yao's matter after class."
The ninja teacher calmed down and asked Minato to sit down first. He thought Minato was worried about Kimura Yao's absence.
Actually...that's right.
"knew."
After the Ninja teacher's interruption, Minato calmed down and sat down obediently.
If anything had changed about his friend, it would be useless for him to go to Hokage-sama now.
If you are not careful, you may easily cause some accidents because of yourself.
He might as well go and ask the Hokage after school like he did yesterday to find out how Yao is doing now.
Deep down, Minato didn't want to and didn't want to think about the possibility that his best friend might be gone.
Hokage Building.
In the office.
The third generation had just sat down and had not had time to light the pipe in his mouth when the door was pushed open.
"Huruzen, I've heard about what happened last night. The Uchiha clan is too arrogant."
Before he saw the person, Shimura Danzo's voice had already reached the ears of the Third Hokage, and he didn't care at all about the unfriendly words about the Uchiha clan being spread.
Looking at Danzo who walked in with a gloomy face, the third generation frowned slightly, feeling a little unhappy.
Is it necessary for this guy to hold such a grudge?
He has inherited the position of Hokage for so many years, but he is still unwilling to call himself Hokage-sama.
If that doesn't work, Lord Hiruzen can do it!
The third generation complained internally, then said, "What are you doing here?"
As he was speaking, two more people walked in behind Danzo.
"Yes, Hiruzen, the Uchiha are too arrogant. They even dared to attack the Anbu who are directly under the Hokage. It is really lawless."
Mitomon En came to stand beside Danzo, with an equally unhappy expression on his face.
Last night, two brats from the Uchiha clan confronted the Anbu, and if Hiruzen hadn't intervened, a fight might have broken out.
Even though Hiruzen came forward, the two brats from the Uchiha clan still dared to speak out. They were so arrogant.
After one night, almost all the top leaders of Konoha's major families knew about this incident this morning.
It goes without saying who spread the news.
There can't be anyone else except Uchiha.
The purpose is nothing more than to use this to undermine Hiruzen's prestige as Hokage.
Once the Hokage's prestige drops to a certain level, Uchiha can launch an impeachment and remove Hiruzen from office.
Such blatant and despicable behavior. As the Hokage advisors who share the same fate with Hiruzen, they cannot continue to tolerate the Uchiha clan's unscrupulous behavior.
"Yes, Hiruzen." After closing the door, Utane Koharu came over. Although she was a woman, she looked ruthless at this moment. She said, "We can't go on like this. The Uchiha clan's arrogance must be suppressed, at all costs."
"That's right, Hiruzen." Danzo then suggested, "If it's not convenient for you to take action, let me establish a root specifically to eradicate the Uchiha clan. The Uchiha clan must not be allowed to continue to do so."
state!
As soon as Danzo finished speaking, the Third Hokage slammed the table, glared at the guy, and said righteously: "Watch your words, Danzo. The Uchiha clan is also a member of Konoha. Do you think you should use words like eradication to describe your own people?"
"Come on, Hiruzen, there's no one else here, so you don't have to maintain your Hokage persona anymore."
Danzo secretly curled his lips. Everyone here was the one who inherited the will of the Second Generation Lord Tobirama, and they knew very well about the Second Generation Lord's plan to destroy the Uchiha clan.
Likewise, Danzo knew very well how much Hiruzen wanted the Uchiha clan to disappear.
If we were to ask who among the four of them most wanted the Uchiha clan to disappear, it would not be him, nor Menyan and Koharu, but Hiruzen himself.
He was clearly the one who most wanted the Uchiha clan to disappear, but he always acted as if he was looking at things from Konoha's perspective when speaking to him.
If they hadn't been together for so many years, Danzo would have really believed that Hiruzen was a selfless Hokage.
Unfortunately, attitude can be acted, but actions cannot be acted.
"Anyway, I don't want to hear anything like that anymore except from Uchiha. Do you understand, Danzo?"
There are some things that can be done but not said, because he is the Hokage, and he cannot tolerate others saying them in front of him. Those are words that challenge his position as Hokage, and Hiruzen will not let them go easily no matter who they are.
"Huruzen, you..." Danzo wanted to retort and complain a few more times, but finally gave in under Hiruzen's serious gaze and replied, "I understand."
The third generation nodded, and then finally had time to light his own cigarette.