Several days passed in a row.
During the day, Uchiha Tunan spent the day in the welfare institute with the father and son, as well as the old men.
In the face of Uchiha Tunan's well-being and caring, almost every day or two, there would be an old man who surrendered.
As for the father and son pair, who were simple-minded, they naturally could not escape.
Uchiha Tunan didn't use any special moves at all. He just helped them economically.
By the way, he exchanged moves with them and easily won their recognition.
There was no other way, because Uchiha Tunan's reputation in Konoha was like the sun in the sky.
Anyone who mentioned Uchiha Tunan's deeds would give a thumbs up and praise.
With the disparity in status and strength, coupled with a good reputation, it was much easier to gain the approval of the simple-minded people.
Every night, after Uchiha Tunan and Yuankong underwent the transformation of the soft body, they would plant seeds of hope for those rations.
Recently, all the Ninja books in Konoha's bookstore were basically robbed every day.
They were all bought by those rations to go home to study.
They were just like Uchiha Tunan who just had a system, eager for power.
On this day, in the conference room of the Hokage.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat on the seat of honor, smoking a cigarette, his fingers tapping on the table: "Danzo, explain this matter to Daimyo. I believe he will agree."
Danzo sat in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi with no expression on his face. He glanced at the two sides of the room, not saying a word, like a quail -- water valve and a little spring.
"I know. Uchiha Tunan is indeed not suitable to participate in the Honor Chuunin Competition.
I will send someone to inform you later.
By the way, who will be the candidate?"
The corner of Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth slightly raised, and he spat out a mouthful of smoke:
"Kakashi, his strength is good.
Although he is young,
The younger he is, the more he can show the strength of our Konoha."
Danzo thought for a moment and shook his head: "Kakashi is not suitable."
"What do you mean?" Seeing that Danzo denied his opinion, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately narrowed his eyes and said in a cold voice.
All of a sudden, the temperature in the conference room seemed to drop a little.
Danzo lowered his eyes and said indifferently,
Don't misunderstand, I have no intention of competing with you in terms of candidates.
But Kakashi was White Fang's son.
According to the investigation, the lightning Ninjutsu that Abe Akira used was very similar to White Fang's secret technique.
I'm worried that it will cause a misunderstanding in the Fire Capital."
Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned and said, "Oh? Why didn't I know about this? You actually hid it from me."
"There is no need to tell you about this.
After all, I saw that you finally forgot about this matter, so it is not good for you to mention it in front of you, which will bring up your sad thoughts. "
Facing Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was currently at his peak, Danzo could only avoid him and said in a deep voice,
"Previously, the Daimyo suspected that White Fang was Abe Akira.
The reason they gave was that White Fang might have a grudge against Konoha.
Therefore, he disguised himself as Abe Akira to bewitch Shinnosuke to kill the former, so as to sow discord between the Daimyo and Konoha.
In addition, my subordinate told me that he had seen White Fanf use a similar Lightning Escape Secret Skill in mission.
I also thought it was possible.
So I investigated in private and ruled out this possibility."
Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes and his expression changed slightly. "You dug White Fang's grave?"
"I just wanted to confirm that White Fang is really dead." Danzo spread out his hands and said innocently, "I just wanted to collect a sample of the corpse to confirm that White Fang is really dead.
Don't worry, I won't do that kind of thing.
After all, White Fang is a hero of Konoha."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep look at Danzo, and finally chose to quiet down. He took a deep breath and said:
"Since it's not White Fang, what's the problem with letting Kakashi go?"
Danzo sneered and said in a strange tone:
"Kakashi is a good kid. I don't want him to become the target of anger for the Daimyo.
The Daimyo should not be the kind of person who talks about evidence.
Hiruzen, when did you become so naive?
If you want to take the opportunity to get rid of Kakashi, I have no objections."
When Hiruzen Sarutobi heard this, he felt that Danzo's words made sense. He immediately nodded in agreement,
"Alright, I will look for a Sarutobi Clan member tomorrow. When the time comes, report the name of the candidate."
After the matter was settled, Danzo was too lazy to continue to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi's face and immediately left.
Not long later, Hiruzen Sarutobi also returned to the office from the conference room.
He leaned back in his chair and thought about the information that Danzo had revealed today. He muttered,
"Where did White Fang get the Lightning Escape Secret Skill from? It should have been obtained on the battlefield.
No, he should have gone deep into the enemy to carry out missions to obtain such a powerful secret skill.
Where did he go during the second Ninja World War?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi only thought about it and found that White Fang had been to almost every village during the war.
After all, White Fang was good at collecting information and assassination abilities, so basically all the missions he carried out were the enemy's rear missions.
And the so-called Thunder Escape Secret Art might be the spoils of war White Fang had taken when he was on a mission.
For things like spoils of war, the village usually turned a blind eye to it and would not ask about it.
"It should be Hidden Cloud Village..."
After thinking about it, Hiruzen Sarutobi decided to place Abe Akira's identity on Hidden Cloud Village.
After all, only Hidden Cloud Village would have such a powerful lightning secret technique.
"This is a bit troublesome. Those boorish fellows estimate that ordinary diplomatic methods are useless against them.
Unless they start a war...
Shinnosuke, Asuma...
When the next war begins, I will avenge you."
A trace of guilt flashed through Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart.
It had only been a short while since his two sons had died, yet he had actually almost forgotten about them.
He immediately pulled open the drawer and was about to take a look at their photos and reminisce about it.
As soon as he pulled open the drawer, he found a photo lying in the middle of it.
It was the graduation photo of the day Uchiha Tunan became a Genin.
Hiruzen Sarutobi narrowed his eyes and picked up the photo to take a look.
In the photo, Uchiha Tunan had a calm smile on his face.
Looking at the photo, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but smile. He thought of the positive comments about Uchiha Tunan in the village during this period of time.
This child...
It really made people worry.
Hiruzen Sarutobi put the photos on the desk and continued to search for the photos of Shinnosuke and Asuma in the drawer.
But after searching for a long time, he could not find them.
Only then did Hiruzen Sarutobi remember that when he was afraid of seeing things and thinking about people, he seemed to have put their photos back home.
He couldn't help but feel a little guilty, feeling that he had let down his two sons a little.
If he couldn't see his two sons, then he would look at his enemies.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took out Abe Akira's information.
The two photos came into view.
One was black and white, and the other was colored.
The people in the two photos were exactly the same, but after Uchiha Tunan's reminder, Hiruzen Sarutobi paid attention to his eyes.
When he looked at them, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt as if he had discovered something, and his eyes gradually narrowed.
The eyes were indeed different, but if one looked carefully, they would find that the pupils of the eyes in the two photos were different from the proportion of the whites of the eyes.
This was very wrong.
"As expected, it is a spy disguise."
Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and became more and more angry as he looked at them. He threw the two photos into the drawer and closed it.
Then he picked up Uchiha Tunan's photo and looked at it to ease his mood.
After looking at it for a while, Hiruzen Sarutobi was ready to put away Uchiha Tunan's photo.
However, when Hiruzen Sarutobi's right hand touched the drawer, he was stunned.
He saw that when he closed the drawer, it was not tightly closed, leaving a crack.
From that crack, one could only see the eyes of the colored photo.
Without the influence of the facial expression, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly felt that this pair of eyes was a little familiar.
The office of the Hokage seemed to have fallen into a dead silence, so quiet that one could hear a pin drop.
Hiruzen Sarutobi quietly looked at the eyes in the seam of the drawer.
After a long time, Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the photo on the table shakily and placed it in front of him.
"Hu ---hu ---"
Hiruzen Sarutobi's entire body was drenched in cold sweat. He subconsciously swallowed his saliva and gasped for breath.
The next moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly opened the drawer and took out Abe Akira's colored photo.
Holding Uchiha Tunan's graduation photo in one hand and Abe Akira's colored photo in the other, he came to the window.
Facing the glaring sunlight, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised the two photos and slowly overlapped them.
Just like this, the two seemingly unrelated people overlapped each other.
Even though Uchiha Tunan had a gentle smile in the photo, Abe Akira in the other photo had a strange and ruthless expression.
However, their eyes perfectly matched.
At this time, the words that Uchiha Tunan and Danzo had said to him appeared in Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind.
"The eyes are the window of a person's soul. Different people have different eyes."
"And according to the investigation, the lightning Ninjutsu that Abe Akira used is very similar to White Fang."
White Fang had died at Uchiha Tunan's hands.
It was said that White Fang had taught Uchiha Tunan the saber technique before he was alive. Perhaps he had taught Uchiha Tunan this lightning secret technique as well.
Just as this thought rose in Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind, he immediately shook his head, wanting to throw this absurd idea out of his mind.
No...
Tunan was not such a person...
He had no reason to kill Shinnosuke and Asuma.
Not only did he have no reason, he also did not have the strength.
Suddenly, Hiruzen Sarutobi remembered the day Orochimaru died. Uchiha Tunan had fought with Orochimaru for so long.
After that, he used a super strong combination ninjutsu to blow Orochimaru up, leaving nothing behind.
Could it be that he had been hiding his strength all this time?
However, how could he explain the Transformation Jutsu? Ordinary Transformation Jutsu could easily be seen through.
At this time, Hiruzen Sarutobi's entire body was drenched in sweat, and his legs were trembling.
He turned around and propped his hands on the desk, recalling the path of Uchiha Tunan's growth in his mind.
Suddenly, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head and shouted, "Men!"
The Dark Group pushed open the door and knelt on one knee. "Hokage sama!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi pounded the table a few times and shouted, "Go and bring me the information of...
No! I will check it myself."
After saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi straightened up and used the Body FlickerTechnique to go to the information room.
After searching for a long time, Hiruzen Sarutobi finally found the information about the Three Link Yuan Liang.
The information about the Three Link Yuan Liang was very thick. Hiruzen Sarutobi meticulously flipped through it, afraid that he might miss something.
Finally, Hiruzen Sarutobi stared at a record on the information. His lips trembled as he said,
"Transformation... Transformation Technique..."
"Pa!"
The information fell to the ground.
Hiruzen Sarutobi staggered back two steps.
He recalled the time when Abe Akira appeared and disappeared from the information in his mind and compared it to Uchiha Tunan.
Some things did not seem to be connected, but when they were connected together, they would find that there were too many coincidences, and they could not withstand scrutiny.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's legs went soft, and he knelt on the ground, his hands on the ground.
"Ah!"
He roared like an aged lion king, his voice hoarse and sad, and his face was full of madness.
"Hokage sama!"
The Anbu, who was guarding outside the information room, pushed open the door and entered.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was red, and his eyes were bloodshot. He roared ferociously, "Get lost! All of you get lost!"
The Dark Group was so scared that they quickly left the information room and closed the door.
But from time to time, they heard the sound of smashing and Hiruzen Sarutobi's roar.
"Why is it you... Why is it you!"
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