Ch. 29. Tenacity of Third Hokage. [2]
Hiruzen:
- "Danzo, what kind of trash you sent can't even deal with a single Mizuki."
He directly questioned.
Danzo did not follow this trick and struck later:
- "Hiruzen, you want to send the body to the torture department so that the Yamanaka clan can find out that I ordered them to assassinate Mizuki, so as to ruin my reputation, don't you?"
- "You're afraid that my reputation will be higher than yours and take away your position as Hokage, aren't you?"
Hiruzen didn't care when his thoughts were revealed to his face, and asked instead:
- "Why, the Root's of Konoha, the Darkness Hidden in the Sun, are you afraid of a bad reputation?"
Danzo was furious:
- "You..."
I don't care about reputation, but you want to ruin my reputation so openly, do you have the forbearance?
Hiruzen:
- "You're just scared, huh!"
"Danzo:
- I took the body away, and all my ninja roots were cursed. Even if you send it to the torture department, you will get nothing."
Hiruzen:
- "Only Yamanaka Inoichi, the current leader of the Yamanaka Clan, can explore the memory of the deceased. It would be too wasteful for you to take the body back and dispose of it."
- "As Hokage, I order you to remove the [Curse Seal] on him and then send him to the torture department. I need to know what he went through before his death."
- "I want to know what other secrets Mizuki is hiding."
Danzo snorted coldly:
- "If you lift the curse seal and let Inoichi explore the memory, won't all the secrets of my roots be exposed? By then, the loyalty of the Yamanaka clan to you will be greatly reduced."
- "The three tribes of Ino, Shika and Cho are advancing and retreating together. If one tribe in the mountain is separated, the other two tribes will also be affected."
- "Aren't you worried that the position of Hokage will not be secure without the support of Ino-Shika-Cho?"
This makes sense. Sandaime frowned and weighed the pros and cons while smoking his pipe.
Danzo added:
- "Besides, he's just a chuunin and a commoner. How can he have any secrets?"
- "I will send people again. Then kill him and let Inoichi investigate. Then all his secrets will be known."
Hiruzen put down his pipe, sighed, and said:
- "Okay, just do as you say."
Danzo:
- "Don't worry, that Mizuki, I won't let him survive more than three days."
Hiruzen shook his head:
- "No, the villagers are talking about what happened today. If Mizuki is killed within three days, it will cause a lot of turmoil in the village."
- "And after today's assassination, he must be more vigilant, and it will be difficult to find another chance for him to be alone."
- "In this way, after the villagers forget what happened today in a few days, I will arrange for him to leave the village. By then, if he dies outside the village, it will have no impact."
Danzo had no objection.
So, early the next morning, Mizuki was called to the Hokage's office again.
Third Hokage:
- "Mizuki, now that the ninja school is on vacation, you have nothing to do all day, and you even went fishing."
- "As a ninja, this is not allowed."
Mizuki said helplessly:
- "But, I don't have anything else to do."
Third Hokage:
- "Okay, as a tool of the village, ninjas cannot be too idle. From today on, the village will assign you tasks."
- "The 100,000 ryo compensation you have not yet paid to the village for that incident. To earn money to pay it off, you have to do more tasks."
Mizuki scolded his mother in his heart: - "Damn old guy, you are so persistent, you are so determined to kill me."
Mizuki:
- - "Yes, I will try my best."
Third Hokage nodded:
- "Well, go to the mission hall to pick up the mission."
From this day on, Mizuki began to take on tasks.
Sandaime did not do anything too obvious. The tasks assigned to Mizuki at the beginning were all D-level tasks, such as weeding, chopping down trees, killing wild boars for the villagers, etc.
They are all simple tasks that do not require leaving the village.
What was abominable was that the mission reward could not reach him at all, so Sandaime withheld it and used it as compensation for the 100,000 ryo.
Mizuki worked for the village in vain.
None of this mattered, because Mizuki knew that the real storm was yet to come.
Soon, half a month passed, and the Sandaimw started to get angry.
Mizuki received a new mission, which was completely different from the previous mission.
C-level mission, go to the eastern border and eliminate the bandits in the mountains.
The executor is Mizuki.
Mizuki:
- "The bandits on that mountain are all ordinary people. There are no ninjas. If you just be careful, there is no problem at all."
- "The mission reward is 80,000 ryo."
- "I will set off early tomorrow morning and return to the village after finishing as soon as possible."
He accepted the task, feeling a sense of urgency in his heart. It was obvious that this mission was a trap to get him out of the village and die.
Walking out of the mission hall, I happened to meet team 7 coming to hand in the mission.
Mizuki:
- "Kakashi-senpai, and Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura. We haven't seen each other for a few days. You look good."
Naruto pouted and said:
- "Mizuki-Sensei, it's not good at all. Every day there are boring tasks like weeding, catching cats, and taking care of children. I'm tired of it."
Mizuki smiled and said:
- "I will leave the village on a mission tomorrow, and it will take a while before I can come back. I'm treating you tonight, Ichiraku Ramen, do you want to come?"