Ch. 28. Tenacity of Third Hokage. [1]
In order to prove Mizuki's crime, Sandaime brought many people, including four people from Kaiban.
Mizuki is burning a fire and letting out smoke to attract the attention of the villagers.
What happens next, the more people, the better.
Soon, some villagers noticed the smoke and came here.
When Sandaime came with a group of people, more than a dozen villagers had gathered here.
Third Hokage:
- "He didn't run away, but instead burned smoke to attract the villagers. What does this mean?"
He was very confused.
But no matter what, there is no doubt that Mizuki killed someone.
Third Hokage gave the order:
- "Take down the murderer Mizuki!"
And two ANBU immediately teleported behind Mizuki and held his arms.
Mizuki immediately shouted: - "Sandaime-sama, wait a minute, I didn't kill the person, he committed suicide out of fear of crime."
Third Hokage snorted coldly and said: "That's a bunch of nonsense."
Mizuki:
- "Please allow me to explain the matter in detail."
Third Hokage didn't give him a chance at all and said:
- "If there's anything to explain, I'll keep him in custody."
Mizuki said loudly:
- "Sandaime-sama, I came here to fish and didn't bring any ninja tools with me. How can I kill him with a kunai? Is it just because he is an ANBU ninja with a noble status that Sandaime-sama will find a scapegoat at will?" "
As soon as this statement came out, the surrounding villagers immediately started talking and even pointing.
Sandaime's expression changed.
Third Hokage:
- "Okay, if you say you didn't kill him, I'll give you a chance to explain."
- "Don't say you didn't bring a ninja tool. The kunai is not yours. What if you snatched it from him."
Mizuki sneered in his heart, and then explained:
- "I was fishing here. Just when a fish was taking the bait, I suddenly heard something moving behind me."
- "I didn't think much about it at the time and just used the [Substitute Technique]."
- "When I looked back, there were already three kunai stuck in the wooden stakes used as my stand-in. Look, they are right there."
"Then this ANBU jumped down from the tree and said:
- I can't even kill an ordinary chuunin in a sneak attack. I am such a waste, how can I see Lord Orochimaru again?"
- "Then he inserted a kunai into his own throat and committed suicide."
After speaking, he looked at Sandaime and said:
- "I have never touched these kunai. I don't believe you can detect fingerprints."
Sandaime didn't believe a word of Mizuki's words.
He just wanted to convict Mizuki immediately and then execute him directly.
But when the villagers looked at the wooden stake with three kunai stuck in it, they started talking louder.
Sandaime needs to maintain his image as Hokage. He cannot be convicted with just one word, there must be evidence.
Therefore, he could only find a Medical Ninja and start detecting fingerprints.
Soon, the results came out.
Medical Ninja:
- "Hokage-sama, the four kunai only have the fingerprints of the deceased."
- "There are no fingerprints on Mizuki!"
- "And there are no traces of later fraud, Mizuki, he has never touched kunai at all."
As soon as these words came out, the villagers' eyes changed when they looked at Mizuki, and there was no longer any doubt.
Sandaime's eyes couldn't help but twitch.
The evidence shows that this person really committed suicide, but this is obviously unreasonable. A ninja who commits suicide for no reason?
Third Hokage:
- "Mizuki only knows [Three-Body Technique], and doesn't know any genjutsu at all."
- "And even the Sharingan can't do the genjutsu that can make people commit suicide."
He was completely confused and had no idea what was going on.
He glanced at Might Guy who was standing aside, feeling very angry.
If Team 3 shift hadn't knocked on the door at the critical moment, he would have know what happened.
At this time, the ANBU also checked the surroundings several times, but could not find any evidence that could prove Mizuki killed someone. Instead, they found evidence that the Root-ninja was hiding in secret and attacked Mizuki.
Sandaime was even more speechless.
- "Damn it!"
He cursed in his heart.
After scolding Danzo for being stupid, the men he sent were so useless.
Second, scolding Mizuki for being cunning, but it was impossible to convict him. It was really unreasonable.
But now that the matter was over, there was no point in getting angry. He could only declare in public that Mizuki was not guilty.
So helpless!
Third Hokage:
- "It's over, let's all disperse!"
Everyone dispersed, and Mizuki didn't dare to continue fishing.
Mizuki thinking:
- "Sandaime even carried out assassination tempt, which shows how determined they are to kill me."
- "I will never go fishing in such a remote and uninhabited place again, or even go alone again."
- "Recalling what happened today is really thrilling."
- "I almost lost my life."
- "Fortunately, there was only one Root-ninja. If there was one more, it might not be so easy for him to deal with it."
- "If you want to kill people by disembodiing, after all, there are too many limitations."
- "If the enemy uses physical skills when they first come up, then even if he changes his body, he can only save his life, but cannot kill him."
- "In addition, this technique consumes too much chakra and cannot be used a few times."
- "The hard power is still insufficient!"
In the Hokage Tower, Sandaime was a little unhappy.
ANBU asked:
- "Hokage-sama, do you want the body to be sent to the Torture Department and handed over to the Yamanaka Clan to explore its memories?".
Sandai said:
- "Well, send it over."
An ANBU picked up the body and prepared to go to the torture department.
But at this moment, the office door opened, and Danzo walked in on crutches with a cold face.
Danzo said to ANBU:
- "Put the body down and let the others go out. Hiruzen and I have something to talk about."
Several ANBU glanced at Sandaime and upon seeing his signal, they all retreated and the body was placed on the floor again.