Naruto: I became a super shadow in the Anbu.

Chapter 354 White Fang's Suicide, to Rewind for White Fang
The daimyo of the Grass Country looked grim; he hadn't seen his eldest son's banner.

When Hatake Sakumo and the others approached, the daimyo saw the servants wearing hastily made mourning clothes. His eyes turned to anger, but he suppressed the hatred in his heart and his eyes remained calm.

Before the strongmen of Konoha Village, he, a daimyo, had no right to be angry.

The only thing we can do is try to contact Iwagakure and ask them to protect us and our family.

Shimura Kogoro said, "Daimyo, His Highness was unfortunately killed by Iwa ninja during their attack. Even Konoha's White Fang couldn't save His Highness."

Shimura Kogo observed the daimyo's suppressed anger and thought to himself that the Danzo clan chief's arrangement was truly flawless.

In this way, the loss of the Grass Country mission share will be blamed on Konoha's White Fang.

No one would notice the deaths of three consecutive Guardian Ninja Captains of the Shimura clan.

Da Ming didn't say anything, but waved for the two tribal chiefs to follow him.

Several nobles entered the daimyo's tent, lowered the heavy curtains, and began discussing something inside.

Outside the tent, Yamashiro-ji was filled with anxiety.

At this point, whatever decision the Daimyo makes, Konoha will be in the wrong.

If even the White Fang of Konoha, the captain of the Guardian Ninja, such elite forces couldn't protect the eldest son of the Daimyo, then what's the point of the Daimyo paying such high prices to hire Konoha ninjas?
When the sky falls, the taller the person is, the more unlucky they are.

In this failed mission, Konoha's White Fang bears the greater responsibility.

Konoha's White Fang, in terms of both reputation and status, was superior to Shimura Kouji, the captain of the Guardian Ninja.

Yamashiro-ji swallowed hard.

The prestige that Sakumo Hatake had painstakingly built collapsed at this moment.

He couldn't even imagine what kind of storms and hardships Hatake Sakumo would face if he returned to the village.

Minato Namikaze approached Yamashiro-ji from behind and whispered, "Brother Yamashiro, I have a feeling something's not right. Everything's too coincidental. Have we been set up?"

Yamashiro-ji glanced at Minato Namikaze with admiration and whispered:

"Minato, your intuition is very sharp. I also feel that something is wrong, but I can't find the reason for it yet."

The ninja world is terrifying; darkness is like a giant boulder, suffocating people.

The mission to the Land of Grass was assigned by the village, and we've encountered so many troubles, leaving us constantly on the defensive.

We are in the light, the enemy is in the shadows. The enemy is adept at striking in the dark, while we don't even know who our enemy is.

Minato Namikaze thought to himself, "The darkness and enemies that Tera-nii spoke of seem to extend beyond just the Iwa ninja. It's clear from his words that he also harbors resentment towards the village."

Could the enemy be inside Konoha Village?
For the first time, a thought of doubt arose in Minato Namikaze's mind. Could it be that the village wasn't as the propaganda claimed, with the Will of Fire illuminating every villager of Konoha?
Several days later, in the Land of Rain.

The light was moving through the rainforest, searching for Madara Uchiha's whereabouts.

A notification suddenly came from the scroll at my lower back.

Nightlight signaled the leaf monkey squad to spread out and search for enemies in the surrounding area.

After the Leaf Monkey squad left, Night Light opened the Right Scroll of Yakushi Nonou.

Upon seeing the contents of the scroll, Ye Guang's heart tightened.

Yakushi Nonou received the latest intelligence: the Konoha White Fang mission failed, and the eldest son of the Daimyo of the Land of Grass was killed.

After Sakumo Hatake and his group left, the Daimyo of the Land of Grass contacted the Iwa ninja and expelled all the Konoha Guardian ninja!

Root began spreading rumors in Konoha Village. In order to protect his loyal subordinates and rescue his teammates, Konoha Sakumo failed in his mission, causing Konoha Village to lose its share of the mission to the Land of Grass.

Moreover, with the daimyo's eldest son dead, Konoha Village would find it difficult to retaliate against the daimyo of the Land of Grass.

Both morally and emotionally, Konoha Village is in the wrong.

Ye Guang closed the scroll, thinking to himself, "Oh no!"

With Danzo's methods, the rumors circulating in Konoha now are enough to completely ruin Sakumo Hatake's reputation.

If another teammate betrays him, then Sakumo Hatake will be close to committing suicide.

Is this the destiny of Konoha's White Fang...? The power of destiny is so strong.

The bell rang at the ninja academy.

Kakashi rushed excitedly towards the school gate, where he saw his father from upstairs.

"Kakashi! I'm catching up with you!"

Might Guy with the watermelon head was very fast. Just like Kakashi, he rushed down the stairs in two steps at a time.

Upon reaching the school gate, Might Guy saw Sakumo Hatake and immediately bowed, "Lord White Fang!"

Might Guy noticed that Lord White Fang simply patted him on the shoulder without saying anything.

Watching White Fang and Kakashi's retreating figures, Might Guy felt a little strange. In the past, White Fang would always encourage him with a few words, but this time, for some reason, White Fang left in silence.

Matt Kai immediately heard parents of students nearby talking loudly.

"Look! That's Konoha's White Fang. Because of rescuing his subordinates, Konoha lost its share of the Grass Country mission."

"That's strange. I participated in the War of the River Country, and Sakumo Hatake, as the deputy commander of the war, performed very well."

"I heard that in order to seize power and gain profit, they chose to preserve their subordinates and abandon the mission."

“In the Jonin team meetings, Sakumo Hatake had several conflicts with the higher-ups.”

Might Guy shouted, "Lord White Fang is not a ninja who abandons his mission!"

The parents ignored the ugly boy with the watermelon-shaped haircut and left with their own children.

"The Grass Country mission accounts for 10% of the Konoha missions. If we lose 10%, what are we going to do?"

"It's not just the quota of the Grass Country; I heard that the Daimyo of the Hot Spring Country can't stand it anymore either. If the Grass Country changes its suzerain state, they want to change it too."

"The Land of Hot Water probably has more tasks than the Land of Grass."

"I don't know what will happen."

"We won the Second Shinobi World War, but it feels like we lost."

"The Fire Country Daimyo has instructed the Third Hokage that he has heard the Fire Country Daimyo is demanding Konoha take responsibility for the Grass Country's defection to the Earth Country!"

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Matt Kai tried to chase after him to ask something, but his father, Matt Day, grabbed him and pulled him up.

“Kai! It’s not just a few people saying this! There’s no use chasing after them to argue.” Might Guy said, “Lord White Fang is one of the strongest ninjas in the village, you have to trust him.”

At the entrance of the ninja academy, only this father and son believed in Konoha's White Fang.

On his way home, Kakashi's mood quickly shifted from joy at seeing his father to confusion. Many people were pointing and whispering about them.

The teachers at the ninja academy have changed their attitude towards him these past few days, and he thinks it's because he hasn't performed well.

Now it seems it was because of my father.

Kakashi focused his attention on listening carefully to the conversations around him and overheard the rumors.

Could the failure of one of Father's missions lead to the village losing its share of the Grass Country mission?

Is it that serious?
After entering the house, Hatake Sakumo said, "Kakashi, it's alright. I'm applying to the Hokage to lead the team back into the Land of Grass. We'll definitely turn things around."

Kakashi nodded; he believed in his father.

Sitting at his desk by the second-floor window, Kakashi was doing his homework, calculating the parabola of Kunu, feeling frustrated and disturbed by the noise outside.

Outside the courtyard wall, two people were pulling at each other.

A man got drunk and cried out that his wife had sacrificed herself for Konoha in the Land of Grass.

Now that his share of the mission in the Land of Grass has been lost because of Sakumo Hatake, he can't stand it and wants to confront Sakumo Hatake.

The other person pulled desperately, trying to stop the former from breaking into Hatake Sakumo's house.

In the end, the two of them got away from their house after a tug-of-war, and Kakashi was extremely depressed.

Why does this happen?

Kakashi went down the stairs and saw his father sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at the water glass in front of him.

With Father's power, he must have heard the argument between the two at the door very clearly.

"Father."

Seeing that his father didn't respond, Kakashi quickly called out twice more.

On the third note, Hatake Sakumo blinked his sore eyes and turned to look at Kakashi.

"Kakashi, it's alright. As long as I go to the Land of Grass again, I'll definitely be able to solve these problems."

Meanwhile, in an abandoned house beneath the walls of Konoha Village.

Xinma collapsed in terror into the dust, his fingers gripping the rotting wooden floorboards tightly.

"No! I absolutely cannot do that!"

Across from him, Danzo turned and left, giving Singapore and Malaysia no chance to negotiate.

Either do as Danzo says, or... Root has captured Shinma's nephew, and the nephew won't be coming back today.

"Advisor Danzo! Lord Sakumo didn't even reprimand me, contacted the best medical ninjas for me, and spoke up for me in the mission scroll! How could I treat Lord Sakumo like that!"

Danzo ignored him and vanished in an instant.

Xinma slumped to the ground.

He has already paid a heavy price.

If he doesn't agree to Danzo's advice, and Danzo exposes his disgraceful role, he'll feel worse than dead.

His own nephews would be forcibly recruited into the Root, subjected to brutal training, and even die in a self-destructive conflict during a training exercise to cultivate murderous intent.

If he agrees to Danzo's request and completely submits to Danzo's command... it seems... given Lord Sakumo's personality, he won't do anything to him.
A daze, hesitation, struggle.

Xinma finally stood up, albeit unsteadily.

He gritted his teeth and looked in the direction of Hatake Sakumo's house, making up his mind.

The next day, as Yamashiroji was staring at the scroll, reviewing the failure of the mission, Shirokumo suddenly rushed in through the window in the morning.

"Something terrible has happened! Brother Tera! Shinma has gone to criticize Lord Sakumo!"

"Singapore and Malaysia are pointing to Shuo Mao?"

Yamashiro-ji suddenly stood up.

His fist slammed onto the scroll, the very section depicting the prince's eerie departure from the sacred mountain.

There's definitely something wrong with Singapore and Malaysia!
Yamashiroji rushed towards Sakumo Hatake's house, disregarding the village's ban on using the Body Flicker Technique on rooftops.

When the two of them arrived at Hatake Sakumo's house.

Moonlight Sect arrived first and sent Xinma flying with a single punch.

Xinma got up, his face showing a relaxed expression that seemed to say, "You all knew this would happen to me."

He pushed through the crowd and walked out.

Kakashi watched the people whispering outside the gate, covering their mouths, and occasionally looked up at his father, wondering what his father would do.

After landing, Yamashiro-ji immediately said, "Sakumo! I think there's something wrong with Singapore and Malaysia! Let's review the investigation scroll again!"

Minato Namikaze said, "Teacher, I'll go and bring Shinma back!"

Sakumo Hatake raised his hand and said, "There's no need to say anything more. The mission has failed, so there's no point in saying anything more. Thank you for your concern, I'm fine."

Sakumo Hatake chatted briefly with the others, then gestured for them to return to their respective posts to prepare for the next mission to the Land of Grass.

Kakashi saw off all the elders and closed the courtyard gate.

Finally, through the crack in the door, Kakashi saw many more onlookers in the distance of the street.

a few days later.

Nightlight opened a scroll and saw the latest information that Yakushi Nonou had given him.

Konoha's White Fang committed suicide!
More importantly, Ye Guang obtained the traitor's name.

Singapore and Malaysia...
Danzo's methods of manipulating people's hearts are still very sophisticated; he found such a suitable person.

Yakushi Nonou also said that the Hokage Building had been in an uproar for several days.

White Fang's suicide and the loss of his share of the Grass Country missions are difficult to quantify, as it's hard to say which is more detrimental to Konoha.

Besides gathering intelligence on White Fang, Night Light was also busy in the Land of Rain. After searching around, he finally found an elite Jonin from Amegakure, Hanzo's assistant, Lizard Rain, who died at his hands, and he gained 0.2 times the Kage-level chakra.

His chakra level reached 2.2 times that of a Kage.

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(End of this chapter)