Capítulo 221: Chapter 221: The rules are set by the strong
"Koharu, you're going too far. Although Kirito disobeyed orders, his intention was to benefit Konoha, and he achieved a great deal. Not to mention the elimination of over 2,000 ninja from Sunagakure, his elimination of Sandaime Kazekage was definitely a great achievement.
This is a time of war, and if we severely punish someone who has done such a great service, it is really not appropriate. It will definitely seriously affect the morale of other ninja, and the losses will outweigh the gains."
After Utatane Koharu spoke sternly, Homura Mitokado immediately shook his head and spoke up for Kirito, which was rare.
"Hmph, I admit that he has done good deeds and his intentions are good, but I'm afraid that he's doing a disservice out of good intentions. We're currently negotiating peace with the Sunagakure, and what he's saying now is clearly not going to bring peace to Konoha. The Sunagakure have suffered such a great loss, do you think they'll just let it go?
Konoha is already in a difficult situation, with financial and human resources at their limits. Peace talks with Sunagakure are the best way forward. If we continue fighting, Konoha will lose more than it gains. Besides, if everyone defies orders like him, what will the Hokage's authority be? Konoha will be in chaos."
Utatane Koharu continued to speak firmly, focusing on Kirito's two major offenses: disrupting the peace and insubordination.
Mito Homura saw that he had no choice but to continue pleading on the basis that Kirito had done meritorious deeds and had not scared the other generals.
Senju Momo, who was standing nearby, didn't say a word either. She looked on amused as Utatane Koharu and Mito Homura put on their show, her eyes betraying her deep disdain.
She was old and wise, so how could she not see that these two old things were putting on an act? One was playing the white-faced villain, the other the red-faced villain. The one responsible for playing the red-faced villain, Homura Mitokado, seemed to be defending Kirito, but in fact he had an ulterior motive and was secretly cooperating with Utatane Koharu.
Their fundamental goal was to confirm Kirito's two charges of disrupting the peace and disobeying orders.
These two charges are not simple, and singling out one of them is enough to execute a ninja.
Since the beginning of Second Ninja World War, Konoha has been at war for almost ten years, and there was a period when it was fighting two fronts, against Amegakure and Sunagakure. Even with Konoha's strength and resources, after fighting for so long, it was indeed a little mentally and physically exhausted and really needed a period of peace to develop.
The people of Konoha are also tired of war and long for peace.
Therefore, when Sunagakure sent an emissary to negotiate peace, even though Sunagakure's intentions were impure, they were still warmly welcomed by the people of Konoha, which shows how eager the people of Konoha are for peace.
If someone deliberately disrupted the peace at this time, the raging public opinion could erupt.
And disobeying orders is even more serious. The Hokage is the supreme leader of Konoha, and his orders are absolute and not to be disobeyed by others, regardless of whether individuals agree or disagree.
This is a fact recognized by the vast majority of people in Konoha. Therefore, disobeying the Hokage's orders is equivalent to disobeying the will of the vast majority of people in Konoha.
In Konoha, disobeying the will of the majority is not acceptable, and you will not be able to get away with it.
If these two really let Kirito take the blame for these two crimes, even if Kirito gains more military merits, it will be difficult for him to gain the hearts of the people in Konoha. As long as someone with a heart tells others about these two crimes, many villagers will definitely get a very bad impression of Kirito.
With Kirito's current strength, it is naturally unrealistic to execute him, but the ultimate goal of these two is not to get rid of Kirito at all, but to eliminate the influence of Kirito's merits this time.
"Okay, stop acting. Kirito did not break the peace or disobey orders. On the contrary, it was the people of the Sunagakure who broke the peace. What Kirito did tonight was just self-defense. If you don't believe me, you can wait until specific news comes back before making a decision. There's really no rush to convict Kirito. Am I right, Hiruzen?"
After figuring out the key point, Momo resolutely interrupted the two men's performance.
In fact, she was not sure that Kirito had deliberately let Chizuru and the other Uchiha ninja use illusion techniques to control the Sunagakure ninja who were against the peace in order to achieve his goal. However, she knew that Kirito was definitely not a reckless person.
She was sure that Kirito had found a good excuse before doing this shocking thing.
After thinking about it, she came to the conclusion that the best excuse for Kirito to do this tonight was that Sunagakure had taken the initiative to break the peace. Only in this way would Kirito not be left with an excuse.
"But it's not easy to pull this off without Sandaime knowing. This kid really has grown up. Even without the help of the Senju clan, he already has enough power to do what he wants."
Momo noticed a slight unnatural change in Sandaime's expression, which immediately confirmed her judgment.
From today's incident, it is clear that Kirito has begun to form his own system, with a tendency to break away from the Senju clan.
Although she knew this would happen sooner or later, after all, Kirito himself is not really a member of the Senju clan, and he is an individual with ideas and abilities. It is only a matter of time before he steps out of the Senju clan and becomes a new system in Konoha on his own.
In fact, it is not really a new system. Kirito himself is from a commoner background, and his emergence happens to meet the needs of the current large number of civilian ninjas in Konoha.
Konoha has developed to the point where the number of ninja is no longer dominated by the ninja clan. Since the second Hokage established the Ninja School, the number of civilian ninja has been increasing, and in a very short period of time, it has surpassed the number of ninja from the ninja clan.
Although most of these civilian ninja lack the inheritance of ninjutsu and their achievements are generally not high, often the limit for them is the rank of chūnin, they are hard to ignore due to their large base, and there are always some geniuses who stand out.
Before the appearance of Kirito, Orochimaru was the best example.
However, Orochimaru was treated like a son by Sandaime, and his personality was solitary and arrogant. He basically had no interaction with the civilian ninjas and was considered to have left the civilian ninja ranks early.
In fact, in addition to Orochimaru, there were many outstanding civilian ninjas, but just like Orochimaru, many of them were absorbed by the major Konoha ninja families in various ways at an early age. Some of the remaining ones lacked outstanding ninjutsu inheritance, and their highest achievement was jōnin, so it was difficult to produce a powerful ninja who could unify the scattered ninjas.
The appearance of Kirito was unexpected, but also inevitable.
Momo personally believes that even if Kirito did not appear, sooner or later Konoha would have welcomed a Hokage from the common people in the future, and this was the general trend of events.
"What do you mean by that, Momo? Do you think that Hiruzen's intelligence was wrong?"
Utatane Koharu had already made up her mind to confirm these two charges against Kirito right now, and she asked coldly.
"I didn't say that. I just meant that the information may not be specific enough. As you can see, the content on this scroll is pitifully scarce, with no relevant details at all. You should know who Kirito is. Are we really qualified to so easily convict a powerful Kage-Level powerhouse like this? Especially since this Kage-Level powerhouse has just killed the Kage of a major ninja village."
Momo didn't look at Utatane Koharu, but at Sandaime instead, and sighed.
Upon hearing this, Sandaime, Utatane Koharu, and Homura Mitokado all changed countenance. Among them, Utatane Koharu's face was the darkest, and a fine layer of cold sweat was beading on her forehead.
In the world of the ninja, power is respected, which means that the powerful have privileges. If they don't, it can only be said that the ninja is not powerful enough.
The rules have always been set by the powerful. The essential purpose of them is naturally to make life better for themselves, rather than to allow a group of weaklings to use them to attack them.
If the original rules are already disadvantageous or useless to the strong, then naturally, in the simplest way of thinking, the strong will change the rules.
And once the strong have such thoughts, it will be a disaster for the weak.
In history, countless man-made disasters were born in this way.
"Cough cough, since Momo said so, I also feel that it is a bit premature to make a final judgment on what Kirito has done. Why don't we wait for more specific information to come back from the frontlines before we discuss this again?"
Homura Mitokado is a man who knows when to advance and when to retreat. Seeing that the situation was gradually getting out of control, he quickly stepped in to smooth things over.
Regardless, personally, he didn't want Konoha to continue to be in chaos, and even less did he want Konoha to be in turmoil for a short period of time, causing Konoha to be seriously injured and decline from there.
What Momo just said reminded him that Kirito Tosaka was no longer an ordinary ninja, and a ninja who could kill the shadow of an entire village was indeed too strong to be bound by ordinary rules.
Not only would this be pointless, but it would also make such a strong person dissatisfied with the existing rules, which would be a major disaster.
The only way to deal with such a strong person was to calmly reason with him. It was no longer appropriate to play petty tricks behind his back; it would only backfire.
"I think Homura Mitokado's proposal is very good. The intelligence sent from the front line is indeed a bit too sketchy. Kirito is a person who has done meritorious deeds and is also the pillar of Konoha. We cannot rashly jump to conclusions about him before we fully understand the situation. This is inappropriate and should not be done."
After Homura Mitokado finished speaking, Sandaime, who had been sitting calmly on the sidelines, finally spoke.
At the same time, he also felt a little regret.
His original plan was to use the information gap to convict Kirito in advance. His real goal was to suppress Kirito's contribution this time, and take the opportunity to approach Kirito's position as the commander in chief of the front line, so that Kirito could return to Konoha and become a figurehead.
After all, when Kirito attacked Sunagakure, he himself was unaware of it. In order to keep an eye on Kirito and prevent him from disrupting the peace, he not only sent many ANBU experts there, but also his proud disciple Orochimaru.
But even so, Kirito still managed to succeed, which shows that the measures Kirito took to keep the plan a secret before he attacked Sunagakure were excellent, and even Senju Momo was kept in the dark.
This is evident from the surprised expression on her face when she opened the scroll.
Unfortunately, in the end, it was all for naught.
Momo Senju had a keen sense of observation, and even though she hadn't communicated with Kirito beforehand, she quickly realized that Kirito had made preparations in advance for tonight's shocking event.
This was a tacit understanding and trust.
Sandaime couldn't help but feel envious. On the contrary, his own side, although there were many people, was not united. His own son was still singing against him, and controlling ANBU, the most important force in his hands, was really tiring for him.
The more he acts as Hokage, the more meaningless it becomes.
"But the position of Hokage cannot fall into the hands of the Senju faction again. I must hold on for a while longer, clean up the mess, and pass the position to one of my own, or else I will lose face."
Sandaime sighed as he looked at Momo, who was staring coldly at him.
"It was never going to work out. Sandaime, let's get down to business. With such a big incident, peace talks are definitely out of the question. What are you going to do about the people from Sunagakure?"
Momo smiled coldly as she saw Sandaime stop talking about Kirito.
Sandaime didn't speak right away, but looked at Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.
Utatane Koharu obviously favored peace talks, and when she saw Sandaime looking at her, she said with some dissatisfaction, "What else can we do? Let them go back. After all, these people were sent by Sunagakure to negotiate peace, they are peace envoys. Konoha definitely cannot commit such a barbaric act as killing an envoy."
"That's what you say, but the Sandaime Kazekage is dead, which means that the only remaining Kage-Level powerhouse in the Sunagakure is the old woman Chiyo. If we can keep her in Konoha forever, then it will be extremely difficult for the Sunagakure to rise again, and it may even decline. Even if it doesn't decline, the Sunagakure will no longer be a threat to Konoha for a long time.
Sunagakure has repeatedly made moves against Konoha, with the simple intention of wanting to lay their hands on our territory. If we can break its backbone once and for all this time, I think it's well worth the sacrifice of a little useless honor."
Momo didn't like to talk about pretty words and empty reputations. She liked real benefits and immediately pointed out the crux of the matter.
Utatane Koharu listened to Momo Hua's honest words and opened her mouth, but in the end she swallowed her words back.
She resents Momo, but she is not an unreasonable mad dog who opposes for the sake of opposition. What Momo just said is really reasonable. Right now, the last Kage-Level powerhouse of the Sunagakure, Chiyo, is here in Konoha. There is a high chance that they can keep her.
The thought that the last Kage-Level powerhouse of the Sunagakure will be buried here makes her heart excited.
Losing a little reputation in exchange for a neighbor that is no longer a threat.
This is a very cost-effective deal no matter how you look at it.
"Momo, your suggestion is very good, but Chiyo is no ordinary Kage-Level powerhouse. I have dealt with this old woman before, and she is a very cunning ninja. She is in Konoha, so she is unlikely to not be on guard against us. Maybe she has a way to get in touch with Sunagakure.
Hiruzen, what is the situation with Chiyo like now?"
Homura Mitokado said calmly, not having much hope of killing Chiyo.
The escape abilities of Kage-Level powerhouses are all extremely amazing. It is difficult to kill them unless you set up traps and ambushes beforehand. If a Kage-Level powerhouse is determined to escape, there is basically no possibility of killing them.
"The ANBU have been keeping a 24-hour watch, and there has been nothing unusual. However, this woman is indeed not simple, with very outstanding abilities in sealing techniques. She has set up a sealing barrier in her room that can block perception, and even Byakugan ninja are unable to see the true situation clearly."
Hearing this, Sandaime replied truthfully:
"That means we can't be sure if she's still inside the embassy, right?"
Momo frowned slightly and said, a little dissatisfied with the abilities of Sandaime's ANBU.
This person is already in Konoha, but he still can't accurately determine the opponent's location. This is really outrageous, his operational abilities are too poor.
Sandaime remained silent, indicating his tacit approval.
He doesn't trust his ANBU very much these days, so the task of keeping an eye on Chiyo was handed over to his son Sarutobi Takashi.
But his son is a stupid idiot who can't get anything done.
Obviously, his stupid son doesn't take Chiyo's matter seriously.
"The formation of a new ANBU is imperative,"
Sandaime suddenly thought.
As the most important force in the hands of the Hokage, ANBU is something he absolutely cannot let others get their hands on.
For this reason, he had already transferred Hatake Sakumo back from the front line. Once Orochimaru returned from the Land of Wind, he would appoint Orochimaru as the new ANBU chief, so that Orochimaru, as his successor, could personally form the new ANBU.
"It's not good if we can't confirm Chiyo's location. Once we spook the snake, it will be difficult to catch her again, and the reputation of our Konoha will also suffer,"
Homura Mitokado regretted.
At this time, Utatane Koharu said softly, "Since we can't be sure, let's just let her go. The journey from Konoha to Sunagakure is long, so it's normal for something to happen."
Momo was surprised to hear such a good suggestion from Utatane Koharu, and looked at her in surprise.
"Hmph,"
Utatane Koharu snorted at this, and was very dissatisfied with the surprised look in Momo's eyes.
"Koharu's proposal is good, as it will not damage the reputation of our Konoha, and it will also force Chiyo to come out, giving us the opportunity to take action,"
Homura Mitokado praised.
Sandaime also strongly agreed with Utatane Koharu's proposal, and nodded at her with a smile.
It seems that his little friend is sometimes quite reliable and doesn't always hold him back.
After the four of them agreed on an opinion, the next step was to discuss the specific implementation measures. The four of them were old foxes and knew very well the significance of this assassination of Chiyo. To be on the safe side, the four of them decided to mobilize Hatake Sakumo and twenty elite jōnin to take action, and Sandaime even decided to take action himself.
"Hiruzen, you are the Hokage, protecting the village is your most important responsibility. As a last resort, you should not go. Leave the assassination to White Fang. With him and twenty elite jōnin, Chiyo should not escape death."
Homura Mitokado was shocked to see that Sandaime planned to personally take on Chiyo, and quickly persuaded him.
"Yes, your leaving the village is a major event. Once your whereabouts are exposed, Konoha will be in danger. And if you are not in the village, what about Uchiha Homura? The group…"
Utatane Koharu also tried to persuade him, but she stopped in the middle of her sentence.
Momo was staring at her with murder in her eyes.
Utatane Koharu felt a little numb and uncomfortable when Momo stared at her like that.
But she was to blame for what happened. She had spoken out of turn out of her own impatience.
Even now, the name Danzo was taboo, at least in Momo's presence.
"Hey, Momo, that's enough. Koharu is not the enemy,"
Sandaime said, stepping in front of Utatane Koharu and smiling slightly.
When Momo saw that Sandaime was protecting Utatane Koharu, she withdrew her gaze and killing intent, and snorted.
She didn't want to hear the name Danzo again at all, because she would definitely feel upset whenever she heard it.
"Hiruzen, why don't you let Uchiha Homura work with White Fang to kill Chiyo? I don't think he'll refuse, and there's no reason for him to refuse."
Homura Mitokado continued, drawing everyone's attention back to the topic at hand.
Have Uchiha Homura work with White Fang to assassinate Chiyo.
Hearing this new proposal from Homura Mitokado, Sandaime, Utatane Koharu, and Senju Momo all fell silent, not knowing how to respond.
It was almost a consensus among the Konoha upper echelons to exclude the Uchiha clan from important matters in Konoha.
If you want to reap, you must sow.
How could they not know this truth? Once they asked Uchiha Homura to take action, they would have to give the Uchiha clan some benefits. And Uchiha Homura was a Kage-Level powerhouse, so the price of asking him to take action would definitely not be low.
As the head of the Uchiha clan, Uchiha Homura can hardly be swayed by money or ninjutsu.
Only power is most likely to impress this Uchiha clan leader.
But that happens to be what they can least afford to give.
"Hiruzen, as Hokage, it is inappropriate for you to leave the village. If you are worried that White Fang and the others will not be able to complete the mission, having Uchiha Homura go is most appropriate. As long as it can be successfully prevented that Chiyo will never be able to return to Sunagakure, it is actually not impossible to give up a little profit."
Of course, Mitokado Homura knew what the Sandaimes were worried about, and he immediately gave a good reason to try to convince the three of them.
Sandaime was a little surprised that Mitokado Homura would be so proactive in pushing him to let Uchiha Homura get involved in this matter, and looked at him with some surprise.
The same was true of Momo.
In her impression, although Mitokado Homura was not as hostile and wary of the Uchiha clan as Danzo, he was also a staunch anti-Uchiha faction himself, and his performance tonight was a bit unusual.
When there's something unusual, there's usually a catch.
"Is Homura Mitokado planning to dig a pit for Uchiha Homura? But what will be in that pit?"
Momo was filled with doubts.
Utatane Koharu was also surprised, but she already had a vague idea of Homura Mitokado's intentions and nodded without saying a word.
Sandaime himself wasn't sure what Homura Mitokado's real intentions were, but from what he knew of him, it definitely wasn't his intention to give the Uchiha clan a chance to gain power.
Then he associated Uchiha Homura's strength with the value of Chiyo's death. He quickly leaned towards accepting Homura Mitokado's proposal, and then turned to Senju Momo and asked, "Momo, what do you think of Homura's proposal?"
The division of power must be agreed upon by all the senior members.
He had no problem with it, so all that was left was Momo's opinion.
"Uchiha Homura is an old man and annoying, but his strength is undeniable. If he intervenes again, Chiyo will definitely die. Compared to the benefits of killing Chiyo, it's not a bad idea to give the Uchiha clan a little something."
Momo thought about it for a while and finally nodded, agreeing to Homura Mitokado's proposal.
In this way, all the senior management reached a unanimous decision.
Soon, new transfer orders were issued from the Hokage Building, and a large number of elite Konoha ninja quickly gathered there.
At the same time, in the Uchiha clan territory, in Chizuru's home, Uchiha Homura, who was watching the crescent moon in the pond from the corridor, suddenly wore a grave expression on his face. Then he turned his head and looked at a large tree not far away, and said, "Your visit in the middle of the night is not just for anything."
The next moment, a white-haired ANBU ninja wearing a dog mask slowly walked out from behind the tree.
Uchiha Homura blinked, and the white-haired ANBU ninja was already in front of him, and the other person was holding an extra scroll in his hand.
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