Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 204 True and False Hokage
A violent shock wave swept across the entire daimyo's palace. With one strike of the Tailed Beast Ball, the royal palace that had been passed down for a thousand years was instantly reduced to ashes.

Sasuke controlled it very well and kept the range of the Tailed Beast Ball firmly under control.

With one strike, only the Daming Prefecture was completely destroyed.

There was no damage at all outside Daming Prefecture.

The wall surrounding Daming Prefecture seemed to separate the two worlds.

On one side are the peaceful and happy homes of the people, and on the other side are the shocking ruins.

It was so before, and it is so now.

"You, who are you?"

The honest-looking boy was thrown to the ground by Sakura and looked at the four people in front of him in panic.

"Minamoto Musashi, right?"

"Nanabi attacked the daimyo's mansion. Before the daimyo died, he asked me to take away his will."

"He will live and die with the Daming Prefecture."

"From now on, you are the daimyo."

Sakura threw the imperial edict in her hand at him, and the boy's face showed an expression of incomprehensible surprise.

Will my father live and die with Daming Prefecture?
Is he a famous person now?
The amount of information was so overwhelming that the mind of this boy, who was only eleven or twelve years old, was completely confused.

He quickly opened the imperial edict in his hand, and the familiar handwriting came into his eyes.

My dear son, seeing your letter is like seeing you in person.

The Fire Nation has been passed down for thousands of years, but now it is facing a catastrophe that is rare in a thousand years.

As the daimyo of the Fire Nation, I bear the heavy responsibility of the people and will live and die with my capital.

But I can die, but the people cannot perish.

Without the Daimyo, the Fire Nation would be plunged into unprecedented chaos.

Now I happen to meet the Konoha ninja Haruno Sakura, and I ask her to bring this edict out.

I hope that my beloved son can regroup, ascend to the throne of Daimyo, and stabilize the situation in the Fire Nation.

The 78th Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Yuan Yangtai's last work.

The edict was quite brief, one could even describe it as sloppy, but the young man named Minamoto Musashi couldn't help but feel tears in his eyes as he looked at the suicide note from his father.

The sound of sniffling came out of his mouth.

Sakura glanced at Musashi, then looked at the Nanabi in the sky.

"Take care of him."

He gave an order to Karin, then shot up towards Nanao.

Karin responded softly to Sakura and looked at the young man in front of her who was sobbing silently while holding the imperial edict.

In the ninja world, not only ninjas have chakra, but everyone has chakra.

It's just a matter of how much chakra you have.

Karin felt that the insignificant chakra in the boy's body seemed extremely...pure.

The other person should be a good child, or a good person?
After releasing the Tailed Beast Ball and razing the daimyo's mansion to the ground, the Seven-Tails did not make any extra movements, but just floated quietly in the air.

Although the entire capital was thrown into chaos because of the Tailed Beast Ball and many people fled out of the city, this does not mean that everyone has left.

There were still quite a number of fearless people who were looking at the Seven-Tailed Fox in the sky curiously.

Now all Sakura needs to do is subdue the Seven-Tails in front of these people.

Dissociate himself from Nanao.

Under the watchful eyes of almost everyone, Sakura and the Seven-Tails staged a "life-and-death contest". The fight was so intense that several Tailed Beast Balls "missed" and exploded in the clouds. In the end, the Seven-Tails was defeated by Sakura's "all-out punch" and fell miserably into the ruins of the daimyo's mansion.

As the Seven-Tails fell to the ground, Sasuke took the opportunity to cancel the tailed beast transformation of Kaede.

Looking at Kaede who had regained her human form and was curled up unconscious on the ground, Sakura took out a sack from her ninja tool bag and packed it up and took it away.

When Sakura returned to the group again, Musashi had stopped sobbing.

"You are Haruno Sakura."

"What should I do now?"

Looking at Sakura who had just taken down the Seven-Tails with such great power, Minamoto Musashi was somewhat at a loss and subconsciously looked up at Sakura.

Even without what happened just now, Minamoto Musashi knew Sakura's name.

Even he, who grew up in Daming Prefecture, knew something about the opponent's outstanding performance on the battlefield.

Now that he has personally captured the "culprit", Minamoto Musashi trusts Sakura even more.

Sakura narrowed her eyes at the seemingly innocent boy in front of her, then spoke slowly:

"Now that ninjas have brazenly attacked the daimyo's palace, the capital is no longer safe."

"I suggest you return to Konoha with me to prevent any lawless outlaws from attacking the new daimyo again."

Minamoto Musashi nodded without hesitation in response to Sakura's words.

"Okay, I'll listen to you."

Then Minamoto Musashi looked at Kaede, who was wrapped in a sack by Sakura, and his eyes showed no sign of hiding his hatred.

"Then what should this person do?"

"She was just being manipulated, and there was someone else behind it."

"This is also for your safety. Returning to Konoha with me is the best option."

Sakura answered Minamoto Musashi's questions fluently.

Minamoto Musashi had no objection to Sakura's words.

He was entrusted with the imperial edict by his father, the previous daimyo, and he personally led him to escape the devastating attack and then bravely captured the Nanao.

All of this laid a foundation of trust in his heart.

Konoha ninja, Haruno Sakura, is loyal and reliable, has unparalleled strength, is dedicated to her country, and is a role model for all ninjas!

"Okay, let's go."

— Time goes back to one day ago —

The entire Konoha was plunged into a strange atmosphere.

All ninjas have some doubts about life.

All this was because of the announcement released by the Hokage Building.

The Fifth Hokage has been confirmed, and he will be the leader of the Root, Danzo Shimura.

The Konoha ninjas may have been unfamiliar with this Shimura Danzo before, but he was very familiar to them three years ago.

This is the commander who was defeated in Kawanokuni three years ago.

And Sakura Haruno, who was originally shining, was not even mentioned in this announcement.

Kakashi squeezed in the crowd with his hands in his pockets, looking at the announcement in front of him, without any expression in his eyes.

"This Mr. Shimura seems a little old, right?"

The ninja next to Kakashi scratched his head in confusion.

"I heard that he is a disciple of the Second-generation Master, just like the Third-generation Master."

"Um...what about Lady Sakura?"

"Isn't Lady Sakura still young?"

"How can someone become Hokage at the age of sixteen?"

"But this Mr. Shimura is already over seventy, right?"

"The longer you live, the more experience you gain. Doesn't this also prove Shimura-sama's talent?"

"But Sakura-sama has already been handling official business for Sandaime-sama for a long time before this?"

"What do you know? That was just the Third Generation Master's intention to train his disciples."

Hearing the conversation around him, Kakashi sighed silently, then turned and left.

There are people with roots among the masses.

Even though Sakura has taken over the Hokage's political affairs, Konoha's governing system has been almost completely renewed, and the people's livelihood is handled quickly and efficiently. Everyone in Konoha praises the efficiency of the higher-ups, but Danzo Shimura lightly brushes it off with a remark about training his disciples.

All this is just because Sakura is too young.

When the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze took over as the Fourth Hokage at the age of 22, he was already regarded as a stunning figure.

What's more, the sixteen-year-old Sakura wanted to take over as the Fifth Hokage.

The phrase "you are too young and need more training" can easily overshadow your military achievements and political accomplishments.

But this is also the only place where Sakura can be attacked by Danzo Shimura.

Kakashi walked alone on the street in silence, wanting to find Sakura and ask her what she thought.

After all, on the battlefield that year, Sarutobi Hiruzen told Kakashi almost clearly that this was the future Hokage and he must be protected at all costs.

However, when I went to Sakura's house, the training ground, and the Hokage building, I didn't see the pink-haired figure.

But when leaving Haruno's house, Kakashi looked up and frowned.

Someone is watching the Haruno family, is it the Anbu... the Root?
"Kakashi."

Kakashi, who didn't find Sakura, was about to go to Sarutobi Hiruzen to check, but was stopped by a sudden voice.

"Jiraiya-sama?"

Kakashi looked at Jiraiya behind him and was a little dazed.

"Looking for a place to chat?"

Jiraiya's expression was somewhat serious, which made Kakashi's heart sink.

In a private room of the Konoha Tavern, Jiraiya opened the barrier to make sure no one was watching, then he slowly spoke:
"After Mei Terumi returned to Konoha yesterday, she was detained by Danzo on the charge of being a spy for another country."

Kakashi's eyes widened upon hearing this.

"How can this be!"

spy?

What a joke!

At the Frost Country battlefield, if Mei Terumi had not held back Killer Bee, the entire Frost Country Konoha Command would have been wiped out with blood, and Ino and Karin, who played a key role in it, would not have been spared!
Later, when dealing with the Eight-Tails and Kakuzu, Mei Terumi also made great efforts!

If this is a spy, then we'd better bring more of them!
"How is Ming now?"

Kakashi felt confused when he thought of the woman in blue.

"She's fine. She didn't resist and was very cooperative being held in the torture department."

"Because of her military merits, the people from the torture department didn't dare to torture her."

Jiraiya motioned Kakashi to be quiet, and then continued:
"Not only Mei Terumi, but Ino from the Yamanaka family was also visited by the torture department."

"It is said that the child was implanted with puppetry by the enemy forces and needs to be detained. Even Tong Haiben was not spared."

Kakashi clenched his fists at Jiraiya's words.

This is nonsense!

Forget about Ino, who is Yamanaka Inoichi?

He is a veteran jonin who is proficient in the secret arts of the Yamanaka clan and is also the patriarch of the Yamanaka clan!

How could the enemy implant puppetry into me?

"Even the Senju residence was visited by people from the Root, who wanted to arrest Karin. Fortunately, Karin was not in Konoha at the moment, so Tsunade threw all those people out of the Senju residence."

Speaking of Tsunade, Jiraiya couldn't help but smile helplessly.

"Even Karin..."

Kakashi understood now.

This is Shimura Danzo eliminating dissidents.

"He doesn't dare to touch Tsunade and me yet, but it will be his turn soon..."

dong dong dong~~~
Before Jiraiya could finish his words, there was a knock on the door of the tavern's private room.

Without Jiraiya and Kakashi's permission, the door was violently pushed open.

Three Root members dressed in ANBU attire and wearing striped masks on their faces appeared in front of the two.

"Hatake Kakashi, you have been planted with a puppet spell by an unknown force. Now we need you to come with us."

“This is a detention notice.”

Without waiting for Jiraiya and Kakashi to speak, the Root members had already shown them a document stamped with the approval of the Torture Department for detention.

"It's a joke."

Kakashi whispered, then stood up silently.

He did not choose to resist. Now it was just fake. If he really started fighting, the fake would become real.

Jiraiya watched all this silently and drank the sake in front of him.

He hated, hated this kind of thing.

In fact, it's not just Kakashi, Mei Terumi and the others, even the number of surveillance members near Naruto's house has doubled.

Currently, Jiraiya and Tsunade have not been targeted by the Root because of their own influence, but Jiraiya believes that this is a matter of time.

Jiraiya stood up, took out a banknote from his pocket and placed it on the table, then turned and left.

He hated this kind of thing, but that didn't mean he would just sit there and wait for it to happen.

They suppressed dissidents and detained innocent people. Except for Jiraiya and Tsunade, almost everyone who had a connection with Sakura was visited by the Root.

Obviously Danzo wanted to serve as the Fifth Hokage and didn't want any mistakes to happen.

Naruto... Is Naruto really that attractive?
Jiraiya shook his head and decided to go find Tsunade.

The old man can't stand the torture now, and only Tsunade, the granddaughter of the first generation, can compete with Danzo.

Senju House

Warm emerald light emanated from her hands. Tsunade was conditioning Sarutobi Hiruzen's body, while Shizune beside her was silently assisting her.

"You are the same. You are so old, why are you still so impulsive?"

Tsunade complained to Sarutobi Hiruzen, but she didn't stop the medical ninjutsu in her hand. Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent.

Now that the Daimyo has named Danzo as the Hokage, everything Sarutobi Hiruzen did before seems like a joke.

Sakura was leaving Konoha with Karin and Sasuke at this moment, which made Sarutobi Hiruzen even more at a loss.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know what Sakura was going to do, but he understood Sakura.

Sakura is definitely not the type of person who would allow herself to be attacked without fighting back.

"Have you found any news about Sakura?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke.

"No."

Tsunade replied directly.

Compared to Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade is more interested in how Sakura will deal with Danzo Shimura.

"Ugh……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed for the umpteenth time without realizing it.

He regretted that he should have taken down the enemy directly when Shimura Danzo was defeated.

Otherwise, the current situation would not have occurred.

"Don't worry, Sakura isn't the kind of person who would act rashly. She will definitely find a way."

Tsunade patted Sarutobi Hiruzen on the shoulder and signaled to the people outside to come in.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Tsunade with a conflicted look.

Yes, Sakura is not the rash type, but she wants him to rest assured.

How can he be assured?
"Is Hiruzen feeling better?"

Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu walked in, and looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen lying on the hospital bed, they couldn't help but speak with concern.

"I'm fine. The most important thing now is to find Sakura."

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head.

After these words were spoken, Mitomon En and Utane Koharu couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Shimura Danzo's actions were completely beyond their expectations.

Now, they didn't even dare to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen about Shimura Danzo's massive purge of dissidents, for fear that their old friend would become angry.

"Now we can only wait for Sakura to come back."

"Sakura is always steady in her actions, Hiruzen, you can rest assured."

Mito Kado En could only comfort Sarutobi Hiruzen.

To be honest, if it was just a simple coup d'état by Shimura Danzo, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen was seriously ill.

Just say a few words and Shimura will be punished for treason, and the Konoha ninja should kill him.

Countless ninjas would regard Shimura Danzo as their enemy and rush forward to kill him without hesitation.

Even if Danzo Shimura had ten lives, it would not be enough to die.

But he has the Hokage edict from the daimyo.

The orthodox and legal Hokage edict gave legitimacy to Danzo Shimura's actions.

The moment the seal of the daimyo was stamped on the Hokage's edict, Sarutobi Hiruzen was no longer Hokage.

The current Hokage is Danzo Shimura.

It is not necessary to hold a Hokage succession ceremony before Danzo Shimura becomes the Hokage. The succession ceremony is just to announce to everyone who the new Hokage will be.

But how should Sakura break this situation...

Mizuto Menyan couldn't help but think of the pink-haired girl who had left at that time.

There was no respect for the daimyo in his eyes.

if……

Mito Kado En was in a state of confusion and wanted to discuss something with Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him, but when he thought of the blood that Sarutobi Hiruzen had spit out in anger, he couldn't help but swallow it back.

next day
The weather was refreshing and the sun was shining brightly. The whole of Konoha was decorated with lights and the sound of cannon fire could be heard in the sky above Konoha.

Today is the succession ceremony for the new Hokage. All the villagers spontaneously gathered at the entrance of the Hokage building, surrounding it tightly.

Danzo Shimura climbed onto the rooftop of the Hokage Building in high spirits. Wearing the Hokage's conical hat, he looked at the endless crowd below with a happy mood.

at last……

at last!

Finally waited until this day!

Even though he turned the entire Konoha upside down and still couldn't find the pink-haired man, he still felt a little uneasy.

But it doesn't matter anymore.

The overall situation is decided!

Now, in Danzo Shimura's view, even if the king of heaven comes, he will not be able to turn things around.

"Konoha 64 years..."

Danzo Shimura looked among the crowd for Sarutobi Hiruzen, but did not find the familiar figure.

This couldn't help but make him feel a little regretful.

Hiruzen...

If it weren't for the position of Hokage, we would probably have been lifelong friends.

But, it's not my fault.

If you want to blame someone, blame the world.

Only I am qualified to lead Konoha, and only I can bring Konoha to its ultimate glory!
Look at me in your final moments, Hiruzen.

Konoha will prosper in my hands!
"As the Third Hokage is seriously ill, I, Danzo Shimura, will serve as the Fifth Hokage."

"I will lead Konoha to the glory of the Shodaime era!"

"I will..."

"What about Sakura?"

As the crowd was quietly listening to Danzo's speech as Hokage, an untimely voice rang out among the crowd.

This made Danzo Shimura frown in dissatisfaction.

But at this moment, with everyone watching, Danzo Shimura couldn't get angry.

"Haruno Sakura is still young and not qualified to be the Hokage."

Looking at the person who spoke in the crowd, Danzo narrowed his eyes.

The Inuzuka family...

Ya was about to say something, but a hand tightly covered his mouth.

Ya looked over with dissatisfaction, only to find that his sister was looking at him sternly.

whispering sound……

Ya curled his lips.

"I am the successor of the will of the first and second generations..."

Jianya closed his mouth, but Shimura Danzo's speech continued.

"… in the face of numerous difficulties, he turned the tide and saved Konoha from the dire straits."

"That's why..."

Naruto was among the crowd, staring blankly at the old man on the rooftop of the Hokage Building, feeling a little confused.

Isn't it said that Sakura is the Fifth Hokage?
How come there is an old man on top?

That old man looks very weak. If such a person can become Hokage, then I can do it too, right?
Naruto scratched his head, trying to find Sakura in the crowd.

But none was found.

At this time, Sakura is not here?

Where is Sakura?

Not only Sakura, but even Kakashi-sensei, Ino and the others were not there.

And even the third generation grandfather is not here...

……

Konoha Gate
"Finally back, hope to catch up."

Sakura couldn't help feeling helpless as she looked at the familiar Konoha gate in front of her.

The speed could have been even faster, but since he had to carry an ordinary person like Minamoto Musashi with him, he had no choice but to slow down.

"Reached?"

Minamoto Musashi couldn't help but feel curious as he looked at the unfamiliar Konoha in front of him.

Am I going to live here from now on?

"Ah."

Sakura looked up at the gates of Konoha and nodded.

"Sakura?!"

Looking at the pink-haired girl who appeared at the door, Gang Zitie was extremely shocked.

"what happened?"

Sakura couldn't help but feel confused as she looked at Gang Zitie who was guarding the gate diligently.

Gang Zitetsu quickly stepped forward and informed Sakura of what had happened in Konoha over the past two days.

Gang Zitetsu is considered a fairly powerful Chunin in Konoha, but even so, he knew that Danzo had ascended to the throne of Hokage today, and he also knew that someone had been looking for Sakura everywhere in the past two days.

Mei Terumi, what happened to Kakashi and the others has nothing to do with him.

"That's it..."

Sakura stroked her chin in thought.

"Isn't this just perfect? ​​We can take him down in public."

Uchiha Guang on the side spoke disdainfully.

All this had nothing to do with her.

But wherever Sasuke is, there she is.

A proper personal female bodyguard.

This also forced her to get involved.

Sakura did not object to Uchiha Hikaru's words, but calmly led a group of people into Konoha.

The roads in Konoha were extremely empty, without a single pedestrian.

Apparently they all went to attend the succession ceremony for the new Hokage.

As they passed a corner, Sakura raised her eyes and looked in one direction.

"Uncle, aunt, and little Future are all at home."

"But there are quite a few people around watching my uncle and aunt."

Karin spoke softly.

"Ah."

Sakura nodded and led a few people towards the Hokage building.

At this moment, Danzo's speech on the rooftop of the Hokage Building finally came to an end.

"Today, I, the direct disciple of the Second Hokage, will be here."

"A fellow disciple of the Third Hokage."

"Serve as the Fifth Hokage!"

"Konoha will become more glorious because of me!"

"If you have any questions, please ask!"

"I will tell you everything I know, and I will tell you everything!"

As soon as Danzo finished speaking, a voice rang out.

"Where's Sakura?"

If the person speaking isn't Naruto, then who else could it be?

"I don't know where Haruno Sakura is. This has nothing to do with the succession of Hokage."

Danzo responded to Naruto slowly.

"Then I have a question."

"Can the man who once assassinated the Third Hokage and now uses illusions to control the daimyo also ascend to the position of the Fifth Hokage?"

An untimely voice rang out among the crowd like a thunderclap.

"and……"

The words contained secret information that could almost shock people. The crowd subconsciously dispersed following the voice, revealing the identity of the person.

With her pink hair flying, Sakura, who had disappeared for two days, appeared in front of everyone again.

"Compared to a rebel like you, I..."

"That's the real Hokage."

This sentence made everyone present stunned.

Then Danzo Shimura on the Hokage Building calls himself Hokage, and Sakura in front of the crowd also calls herself Hokage?

Danzo and Sakura's eyes met in mid-air.

At this moment, everyone looked at the two of them, somewhat at a loss.

Real or fake Naruto?

Who is real? Who is fake?
(End of this chapter)