Naruto: The Abstract Strategist of the Akatsuki

Chapter 145 Why is Konoha so obsessed with thesis defense?

"Uh, First Hokage, Second Hokage, you've all misunderstood. This has nothing to do with the Uchiha."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, the only one who knew the truth, looked embarrassed.

"Yes, I also think it should be different from what the Second Generation said. Our family and Misaka's family have a good relationship."

"Oh, that's the Uchiha clan head's family back then."

Seeing that she had a chance, Kushina quickly chimed in and added some explanation.

"Really? Then it was Danzo who did it?"

Tobirama Senju frowned and shifted his suspicions.

Danzo is a cunning guy. He was probably unhappy about passing the Hokage position to Sarutobi, so he developed the History Release technique...

"It has nothing to do with Danzo either."

Hiruzen Sarutobi was immediately ashamed.

Danzo has already been blamed for too much; it's unacceptable to pin this kind of thing, like throwing excrement, on him as well.

"Hey monkey, tell me who did it! What's the point of just denying it? Is it fun to keep us guessing?"

Hashirama was anxious.

He was eager to know who had constructively created the new branch of the Will of Fire—the Will of History.

The original Will of Fire, with the burning of Konoha as nourishment, refers to the physical sacrifice of the previous generation for the sake of future generations.

The will of history refers to the fact that for the sake of the village, he himself is despised like dog excrement, but he can become nourishment for the village.

This perfectly fits the definition of "a ninja is someone who can endure anything"!

The will of history is truly magnificent!

"It's Naruto."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had no choice but to reveal the culprit.

"Naruto? Why would he do that?"

Kushina was stunned, but she quickly filled in the blanks with her own imagination and found the reason: "I understand, it must be that Naruto was bullied because he didn't have parents when he was young, and he blames us for abandoning him."

Kushina didn't think about what kind of preferential treatment Naruto would receive as the son of the Fourth Hokage.

She was originally from Uzushiogakure, an ally of Konoha, and was even adopted and cared for by Mito Uzumaki, the widow of the First Hokage. Yet, she was still bullied.

Therefore, it is assumed that Naruto was bullied by the Konoha villagers, who were naturally inclined to bully others, because he had no parents.

"Uh, more or less."

Hiruzen Sarutobi hesitated for a moment, then decided to tell the truth, since he was already dead anyway. "Actually, I didn't tell Naruto about you and Minato."

Naruto often played pranks to get attention; throwing paint on the Hokage Rock was a common occurrence for him.

"Is that so? Trying to attract attention? You sound like Obito?"

But Naruto's problem isn't because he has a girl he likes, it's just because he's lonely, right?

Kushina sighed softly.

Yes, that's right.

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked somewhat guilty.

It's certain that Naruto was lonely as a child.

What's strange is that, despite the fact that Naruto didn't have any friends when he was a child, and that he was always alone in his memories, it's quite strange.

However, in some cases, a scene will suddenly be inserted showing Shikamaru, Choji, and others playing happily with Naruto when they were young, to prove that they were good friends since they were very young.

That's terrifying.

It's comparable to the new Three Kingdoms where, even though the Battle of Wancheng never happened, Zhang Xiu and Jia Xu are still remembered by everyone.

Even though Naruto was always alone as a child, this illogical and beautiful childhood suddenly appeared in everyone's memories at a certain moment.

—Who the hell secretly used Kotoamatsukami?

Why is it said that Naruto's basic premise is that he was alone from a young age?

Because in the first episode, Iruka was the first person to acknowledge Naruto, and that was the beginning of everything.

If Naruto already had friends before Iruka, he wouldn't have had such a strong emotional outburst.

Moreover, when Naruto activated shared memories during the Fourth Shinobi World War, everyone saw Naruto all alone, watching others play, looking very lonely.

It would be hilarious if Shikamaru and Choji were Naruto's friends back then.

During the day, I happily went out to play with Shikamaru and Choji.

In the evening, they went home for dinner. Naruto started posing for photos, but suddenly felt lonely as he sat on the swing.

Is this reasonable?

In short, at least for now, no one has been infected by the gods.

"Let's forget about the kid being bullied. You mean he used paint?"

Tobirama Senju broke the heavy atmosphere, and after asking Hiruzen Sarutobi his question, he looked at Kushina.

"Is it really paint?"

Kushina also realized what was happening and frowned as she asked the Third Hokage.

Of course, she had wiped her hands clean; it was impossible for her to bring something dirty as evidence.

Therefore, it's impossible to verify it again.

Kushina herself now doubts whether she is being too sensitive and has misjudged the situation.

Perhaps it really was just yellow paint?

Perhaps Naruto had only heard that Minato's nickname was "Yellow Flash" and that he had yellow hair, so he was planning to dye Minato's hair with yellow paint?

Even if it's just random scribbling, using paint is much better.

"Oh, the one about Minato was indeed a defense."

Hiruzen Sarutobi thoughtfully added a further explanation.

Kushina's previously relieved smile froze instantly: "Why?"

How can there be such differential treatment?

"It seems that Naruto's budget was limited, and the paint was quite expensive, so after painting the first three, there wasn't enough left..."

But I always make that kid clean it thoroughly. Kushina, you accidentally touched it today. It's probably because Naruto wasn't very careful when he was cleaning it, and there was a little bit left over..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi awkwardly offered his explanation.

"Haha, this kid has potential."

"Brother, please stop laughing."

Tobirama Senju interrupted Hashirama's laughter and looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Then what was that Sharingan that people were talking about when my brother and I came here, about it being able to suck up septic tanks?"

"Speaking of which, I just remembered, wasn't the Uchiha clan wiped out, leaving only Sasuke and Itachi? Which of them did it?"

"That's Kakashi's."

"Uchiha Kakashi?"

"Uh, Kakashi Hatake."

Hiruzen Sarutobi briefly explained how Kakashi obtained the Sharingan, and then began to explain what the villagers had said:

"During Orochimaru's Konoha Crush plan, a septic tank in Konoha exploded."

In order to protect Konoha, Kakashi used the space-time ability of his Mangekyou Sharingan to absorb all the explosive energy into his Sharingan.

The Sharingan itself puts a certain burden on Kakashi's body, and this time, using the Mangekyou Sharingan caused Kakashi to faint.

It's strange, I don't know why Kakashi woke up so quickly.

"Big brother, you didn't secretly give Kakashi some of your cells, did you?"

Tobirama looked at Hashirama beside him with a suspicious expression.

"fart!"

Hashirama panicked. "I'm dead now, how can I give you cells? Besides, I only just found out about this, just like you! What nonsense are you thinking, Tobirama?!"

And why use the verb "hit" to describe giving cells?