Konoha: From Aburame to God.

Chapter 26: The White Fang Incident
These days, Aburame Shiyi has been living a very regular life. Except for completing ninja missions, Aburame Shiyi has been staying in the Aburame clan's territory.

The Aburame clan has many places for cultivating insects, all of which have been built with a lot of resources. Of course, Aburame Zhiyi would take advantage of them if he could.

Death parasites and soul parasites are the focus of Aburame Shiyi's experiments, and are the two directions in which Aburame Shiyi improves his strength.

Needless to say, the parasite has basically taken shape. Without a great opportunity, it can't be improved too much for the time being. I still have to go to the ninja world and find someone to turn it into a little opportunity.

The parasitic worms were what Aburame Shiyi spent a lot of time cultivating, but due to lack of opportunity, the results were minimal.

Without the right opportunity, it is too difficult to just rely on simple cultivation. Even the Aburame clan spent countless hours to produce the parasitic worms.

Aburame Shiyi plans to go to the village to relax and find some inspiration.

Walking out of the Aburame clan's territory lazily, Aburame Shiyi arrived at the bustling streets of Konoha and instantly felt something was wrong. The vendors on the bustling streets had no intention of hawking their wares.

"The atmosphere was not right. Everyone was whispering, as if they were afraid of being discovered. But they were so open and honest, covering their mouths with their hands, assuming that no one else could hear them."

Aburame Shiyi looked at this scene and felt that something was wrong. The spread of such a large-scale atmosphere must have involved the involvement of Konoha's high-level officials, otherwise the Anbu would have stopped it long ago.

"There is a problem. It's a big problem. I need to get some information."

Aburame Shiyi became serious, which was a ninja's subconscious reaction when faced with unfamiliar information.

So Aburame Shiyi went to the barbecue restaurant. He was an old customer of the barbecue restaurant and did not attract much attention.

Moreover, there are many people and a lot of information in the barbecue restaurant, which is a good place to collect gossip. Maybe you can't get more confidential information, but it is still easy to get information like this one that is everywhere on the street.

Aburame Shiyi walked casually to the Akimichi clan's barbecue restaurant, greeted the owner of the barbecue restaurant and sat down.

"Have you heard? Hatake Sakumo failed in his mission, and the other ninja villages are blaming us, saying they want an explanation or else they'll start a war."

"Yes, yes, Hatake Sakumo failed because a teammate gave up the mission. Really, a ninja should put the mission first."

"That's right. The mission failed and caused heavy losses. Hatake Sakumo's teammates asked to abandon him, but Hatake Sakumo refused to listen and insisted on saving him."

Aburame Shiyi extracted useful information from the noisy environment, and after listening for a while he found that everyone was discussing Hatake Sakumo.

"Is this... the White Fang incident that led to Hatake Sakumo's death?!"

The White Fang incident is actually very simple. It is that Hatake Sakumo gave up the mission in order to save his teammates.

But the White Fang incident had a huge impact, not on the villagers, but on the ninjas.

Although the public opinion on the White Fang incident is one-sided now, most of that public opinion is discussed by villagers, and it is easy to manipulate them.

The key is the ninja. The ninja is the armed force of Konoha and the one who holds the power. The ninja has not spoken yet.

This is because some Konoha ninjas are indeed confused between the Will of Fire and the Ninja Mission Code and don't know what to do.

Another group of Konoha ninjas approved of Hatake Sakumo's approach, but were unable to speak out due to their status.

After all, it was able to stir up public opinion among the people of Konoha, and in a short period of time, every villager in Konoha knew about Hatake Sakumo's affairs, and it had not been suppressed by the Anbu ninja for such a long time.

The person behind the scenes is not ordinary and they cannot afford to offend him.

You have to know that Hatake Sakumo was carrying out a confidential mission, and it was very bold of him to directly expose the mastermind behind the mission.

Besides, the Third Hokage hasn't expressed his opinion yet, so they dare not say anything.

As for whether the Third Hokage knew about it, you must be kidding. The Third Hokage definitely knew about it. The Konoha ninjas are still very confident in the Third Hokage and believe that he can handle it well.

But even so, many ninjas are still worried, fearing that something might go wrong with the Will of Fire and the Ninja Code. This is no trivial matter.

The Will of Fire is not only the foundation of the Hokage's rule, but also the spiritual sustenance of many Konoha ninjas. Once there is a problem, it will be a big problem.

In fact, the Will of Fire does not have a strict set of rules and regulations. To put it bluntly, it is just a slogan, a slogan that can support the hearts of Konoha ninjas in high-pressure environments.

For ninjas, completing the mission has always been the highest principle.

The conflict between the two today has created a logical paradox.

The ninjas of Konoha must follow these two contradictory iron rules.

If you don't follow the will of fire, you are a traitor to Konoha. If you don't follow the mission as the highest principle, you are not a qualified ninja.

Of course, these two iron laws are in a vague state, and Konoha ninjas usually avoid them intentionally or unintentionally.

The Konoha high-level officials also knew about this situation, but they were unable to solve it.

The Will of Fire is the basis of their rule, and the Ninja Mission Code is also the basis of their rule, but it can only be deliberately blurred.

But now someone is playing dirty and doesn't intend to blur the issue anymore. They are directly using this matter, which is wrong no matter what, to undermine Hatake Sakumo's prestige.

"It's a problem. Maybe the Third Hokage just wanted to suppress Hatake Sakumo at the beginning. After all, Hatake Sakumo has threatened the Hokage master-disciple system, so he allowed Shimura Danzo to spread rumors. But he didn't expect that the situation would get out of hand and Hatake Sakumo committed suicide!"

Aburame Shiyi was sorting out the current situation while eating barbecue.

"The consequences of Hatake Sakumo's death are very serious. It not only means that Konoha has lost a high-end combat force, but more frighteningly, Konoha ninjas have begun to question the Will of Fire."

"If we don't even rescue our companions, what's the point of the Will of Fire? Bonds become ridiculous, and companions become untrustworthy."

This was a major blow to Konoha and also had an impact on the morale of the entire Konoha.

If it weren't for the appearance of Minato Namikaze in Konoha during the Third Ninja World War, it would be hard to say whether Konoha could have won given the dire consequences brought about by White Fang's death.

After Hatake Sakumo's death, the White Fang incident became a taboo, and everyone tacitly avoided talking about it.

But someone must be responsible, otherwise the people of Konoha will be unstable.

The conflict between the Will of Fire and the Ninja Mission Code caused by the White Fang incident must also have a result.

The abdication of the Third Hokage and the rise of Minato Namikaze to become Hokage may have been partly responsible for White Fang's death, and it can be considered an explanation given by the Third Hokage.

"This is an opportunity, an opportunity to be at the center of the storm of public opinion and be noticed by the top leaders of Konoha."

After eating the barbecue, Aburame Zhiyi leaned back in his chair and rested for a while.

"But you must also be careful not to draw the storm to yourself. It is best to be in the center of the storm, where the storm cannot harm you but you can attract the attention of Konoha's top leaders."

Aburame Shiyi thought quickly, deducing the direction of the White Fang incident, and suddenly thought of his friends in the ninja school.

"Kakashi, Kakashi is a good opportunity to intervene."

(End of this chapter)