Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 51: The Snipe and Clam Dispute between Hiruzen and Danzo
The trio slowly entered the central circular tower.

Naruto was preoccupied, his brows furrowed as he continued to sort out the clues he had in his mind.

He looked at Sakura and couldn't help but whisper, "What were you doing before you traveled through time?"

Sakura looked at Naruto, seemingly surprised by his question. She pondered for a long time and muttered, "I can't quite remember... I think I was arguing with someone online?"

"How did you feel?"

"Huh?" Sakura was confused by this nonsensical question. "What on earth do you know?"

"Tell me first, were you in a particularly bad mood at that time?"

Sakura was stunned, with a strange look on her face: "I must be in a bad mood after arguing with someone."

"As expected..." Naruto nodded slightly. He felt Sasuke move on his back. The two of them laid him flat on the ground, and Naruto patted his face gently.

Sasuke woke up in a daze. He was stunned for a moment, but then he quickly reacted.

"Naruto, Sakura...wait, where is she? How is she now?!"

Naruto looked at Sasuke and said with a smile: "You were knocked down by the enemy's shadow clone at the beginning, but don't worry, the enemy has been eliminated."

"Really? But I remember it seemed to be you..."

"It seems your memory is a little confused," Naruto interrupted earnestly, "Let the boss take a look later and deal with the thing on your neck."

Only then did Sasuke feel the sharp pain in the back of his neck.

"So, I just lay there and didn't wake up until now?" He felt a little indignant. He had clearly gained extraordinary power, but he still couldn't help.

After hearing this, Naruto quickly comforted her: "In fact, you are still very useful. For example, during your coma, you played the role of a sleeping beauty. The female ninja couldn't take their eyes off your beauty."

"Even my seduction skills are inferior to mine, right, Sakura?"

He looked at Sakura calmly, who rolled her eyes and ignored them.

"Look, she didn't say anything, which means she agreed. Women are all double-faced creatures." He added to Sasuke in a very low voice.

The three of them stood up and opened the Book of Heaven and the Book of Earth at the same time. After Iruka was summoned, they finally officially passed the level.

After clearing the level, Naruto made an excuse to leave and used the little snake to contact Red Bean, informing her that the enemy had been eliminated and asking her to continue to pay attention to Orochimaru.

Since their progress was much faster than the original work, they had to wait for a while until the exam was completely over.

By evening.

Konoha Village, Hokage Building.

Sitting on the sofa in the office were four of Konoha's top brass: Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu, Shimura Danzo, and Sarutobi Hiruzen. They had only one topic to discuss tonight: Uzumaki Naruto.

"Huruzen, we're here today for no other reason than to discuss the matter of the Jinchūriki with you." Koharu spoke first.

"We heard from Danzo that you want to instruct Naruto personally, right?"

Hiruzen puffed out smoke rings, seemingly unsurprised by Danzo's actions. "That's true. As the Hokage, it's my duty to guide Naruto in the right direction."

"But," on the other side, Men Yan also spoke slowly with a serious expression: "As far as I know, Naruto has shown abnormalities, and your previous report said that his abnormality was caused by the bewitching of the Nine-Tailed Fox."

Koharu: "We all know that the Nine-Tailed Fox is the embodiment of hatred. As the leader of the village, if you are also affected by the Nine-Tailed Fox, it will be a disaster for our Konoha."

"Taking Naruto as your apprentice is too risky."

Hiruzen remained silent. He looked at the two people in front of him who were singing the same tune, and did not respond directly. Instead, he asked abruptly, "Are these your words, or Danzo's?"

Xiaochun and Menyan were both stunned. "Bang, bang."

Danzo tapped the ground with his cane and looked at Hiruzen with narrowed eyes: "Huruzen, this doesn't make sense, does it? We are discussing important matters of the village now, and personal feelings cannot be mixed in."

What a way of not mixing personal feelings... Hiruzen shook his head slightly and said to the three people: "You and I both know that Naruto must accept guidance. If this responsibility is not done by me, then you will do it. After all, you can't trust anyone else, right Danzo?"

Danzo remained silent.

"You wanted to place your own people to monitor Naruto, but you were afraid that if you said it yourself, it would appear that you had ulterior motives. So you first found these two and asked them to help convince me, but why should I believe you? You are so hostile to the Jinchūriki, what if you irritate him?"

"Enough, Hiruzen, is now the time for internal strife?" Men Yan shouted sternly, his face beginning to turn ugly.

Once Hiruzen and Danzo started arguing, presenting facts and reasoning became a question of who was on the wrong side of the fence, so Menyan signaled Danzo to keep quiet and let him and Koharu communicate with Hiruzen.

Men Yan: "We only speak with facts. The report shows that Naruto is affected by the Nine-Tails. This is a fact set in stone!"

Unexpectedly, Hiruzen was not afraid at all, but responded directly: "Your report is outdated. The latest evidence shows that Naruto is in very good condition and has performed exceptionally well."

"What?" Danzo couldn't help but stand up when he heard a knock on the door.

"Come in," Hiruzen said calmly.

The two instructors walked in, and when they saw the senior leaders, their expressions became serious.

Ibiki Morino, Anko Mitarashi.

This was Hiruzen's special preparation for tonight's conversation. He knew that to convince the higher-ups to accept his decision, simply engaging in a war of words with Danzo would not be enough; he needed strong evidence.

He had already learned about Naruto's situation with Ibiki in advance, and Red Bean, after all, was someone he promoted himself, so there was no way she would side with Danzo and the others.

"These two are the examiners for the first and second rounds of the Chunin Exams. Please tell them what they think of Naruto's performance."

Ibiki immediately understood what Hiruzen meant and gave Naruto a positive evaluation. He deliberately ignored the fact that Naruto was scheming and emphasized his stable condition.

There was a storm in Hongdou's heart.

Of course, she paid attention to Naruto's performance. It can be said that the combat power and wisdom he displayed completely surpassed the qualifications of a Genin, and he was definitely not a simple Chunin.

The Hokage asked her to report on Naruto's performance, which made her think of the little communication snake she gave to Naruto.

Could it be that this is also part of his plan?
Had he expected this day to come?
The more she thought about it, the more likely it was that Naruto's image in her mind suddenly became mysterious and tall.

After much deliberation, Hongdou decided to report truthfully: "Naruto performed extremely well in the second exam and his mental state is also very stable."

Hiruzen raised his eyebrows. He didn't expect that even Hongdou would give such a high evaluation.

His face was calm as he said to the three of them, "Is everything alright?"

Koharu and Menen remained silent, but Danzo did not want to give the opportunity to control the Nine-Tails to Hiruzen.

"Hearing what others say means little, seeing is believing." He turned to Hiruzen and said, "There will be a preliminaries after the second exam. Let's go and watch it together. If Naruto shows signs of transforming into the Nine-Tails, it means that his condition is unstable. Otherwise, there is no problem."

Xiaochun and Menyan thought about it for a moment and both agreed that there was no problem.

Hiruzen didn't object anymore, just nodded slowly and said to Anko, "Ask Gekkou Hayate to organize the preliminaries."

True gold is not afraid of fire.

"Yes." Hongdou agreed immediately. At the same time, a voice in her heart kept calling out in her mind.

She wanted to tell Naruto the news.

(End of this chapter)