Born in Sunagakure, dedicated to antagonizing Konoha for decades

Having spent so long in the ninja world and fought countless battles, large and small, he wasn't one to be rigid in his thinking. Blindly charging forward would only lead to certain death; knowing when to advance and retreat was the key to survival. Now that this guy was leaving, he was genuinely a little reluctant to let him go. He even hoped this guy could help him teach his son a little longer, ideally two or three more months before leaving. The Hatake clan wasn't short of money; they could afford to support one more person...

796. With a terrorist father, who dares to touch her?

"Ah, there are important matters in the village. Would you be more comfortable letting Kakashi come with me to Sunagakure?"

Shinto raised an eyebrow and said that Kakashi's education this week had not yielded good results. After all, for a mentally mature boy like Kakashi, it was really difficult for outsiders to have any effect. Moreover, his verbal skills were not as powerful as the Savior's. The best way for a mentally mature kid like Kakashi is to let him understand and experience things on his own. However, at this rate, Shinto estimated that it would take another ten years or so for Kakashi to become the Savior's disciple. Moreover, it was clear that both the already deceased Minato Namikaze and the resurrected Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to train Kakashi as the second White Fang. Before discovering that Kakashi could not reach the level of Sakumo Hatake under normal training, they might consider letting Kakashi leave the Anbu.

Sakumo Hatake naturally wanted Kakashi to stay in the Konoha Anbu, since he had built the Anbu from scratch over the decades. Although Tobirama Senju was the one who created the Anbu, it was Sakumo Hatake who perfected it and brought it to its glory. So even though Sakumo Hatake left the Anbu, the Anbu still doesn't have a proper Anbu leader. It's estimated that Minato Namikaze and Hiruzen Sarutobi are leaving the position for Kakashi.

After all, his father was already the captain of the action team at the age of twelve and the head of the ANBU at the age of fourteen. Kakashi is sixteen now. Although he has the Sharingan as a burden, he was still a famous super genius when he was young, so it doesn't matter if he grows up a little slower.

However, based on his "close contact" with Kakashi this week and his experience teaching his nephew Sasori, a super genius, this kind of kid can't be educated without top-notch talk-no-jutsu. Only by letting them experience things firsthand and learn a profound lesson will they change. Otherwise, no matter how much you say, it's useless.

Kakashi's problem is that he's too reckless. He witnessed his comrades being turned into meat sandwiches by the Nine-Tails, and then his teacher was pierced through the heart. This changed Kakashi's mentality, which was already affected by the death of his comrades. As a result, he developed an attitude of indifference to life and death and a "fight if you're not convinced" spirit. No matter how much he was taught to develop in a sneaky way, it was completely useless. A few days ago, when he and his new comrades discovered the Cloud Village spy, he was incredibly reckless. His comrades were all fighting 1v1, but this kid was fighting two against one, and the opponents were both elite Jonin. However, if the reinforcements hadn't arrived in time, this kid would definitely have been injured again.

Although Kakashi is also a Jonin, he is young and his body is not fully developed yet. In addition, due to the constitution of the Hatake clan, his current chakra is barely enough to support the output of Obito's Sharingan. He gets weak in the knees after using two ninjutsu and can only fight enemies with taijutsu. However, his Hatake sword technique is only good for cutting vegetables. He can kill Genin, but he can't show off against Chunin.

While his physical skills were decent, it depended on who he was compared to. The Cloud Ninja were trained in hand-to-hand combat, and they were facing two adult James. If it weren't for Obito's Sharingan capturing the movements of the two Jameses, he would have been beaten to death.

So, Shinto has given up on helping Sakumo Hatake educate his son. However, seeing that Sakumo Hatake seems quite supportive of him continuing to educate Kakashi and reluctant to let him leave, I'm quite surprised. Doesn't he have any idea what kind of son he has?

However, this guy really doesn't seem to know how to teach his son, otherwise his son wouldn't have caused so much trouble because of what he did.

"...Let's forget it. Konoha is in a special period right now."

Hatake Sakumo shook his head. He was joking. Sending his son to Sunagakure with this guy would mean he'd be brainwashed before anyone knew it. In Konoha, with him watching over him, there wouldn't be any problem. This guy probably couldn't brainwash his son as well as his old leader for three generations. But he wouldn't feel comfortable sending his son to Sunagakure with him.

Everyone knows that Sasori, the Sand Village's greatest genius, became a rogue ninja because of this guy's poor teaching. How could he possibly let his son go to the Sand Village with this guy?

"Tch! I'm leaving first. My Sand Village underlings will take over later. I'll have Hiruzen Sarutobi prepare my appearance fee."

Seeing Sakumo Hatake's expression, Shinto knew exactly what he was thinking. He pursed his lips, too lazy to say anything, and soared into the sky, flying towards the border of the Land of Fire.

Ever since Sasori's nephew was judged a rogue ninja, Sasori's career as a teacher became a stain, and an indefensible one at that. Although Sasori was a puppeteer, which was not his specialty, and Chiyo was actually Sasori's teacher, Sasori was indeed trained by Chiyo for a year or two after graduation. Sasori's file clearly lists Chiyo's name as his teacher. If it weren't for Chiyo's name, you couldn't even change it with correction fluid.

So he couldn't be bothered to explain anything. After all, he was Handsome Scorpion's uncle; he couldn't very well sever their uncle-nephew relationship...

Furthermore, the Akatsuki will reach its peak upon its debut, and Sasori, as a core member of the Akatsuki, will also gain fame. This might not be a bad thing, since bad fame is still fame. In addition, Sasori's looks are the best in the Akatsuki, and his temperament is comparable to Itachi Uchiha. He might become famous in the ninja world again.

Therefore, he will never be able to train disciples again. Makina was only able to become a babysitter for handsome Scorpion because he had already promised Mada and Chiyo was blocking his door and demanding that he return to lead the team.

Now that Maki has taken over, and Handsome Scorpion has joined Xiaotian Group with a high-paying job, and Xiuli has become a mother, it seems that no one in the village needs him to be their wet nurse anymore.

Furthermore, Sunagakure truly lacks any readily apparent geniuses. Gaara can only be considered half a genius, possessing only ordinary sand control abilities with no distinguishing features. If it weren't for the fact that he is a Jinchūriki, his strength would only be mediocre, and Rasa wouldn't have the prestige to hire him as a nanny for his son and daughter.

As for Karin, with a terrorist father, who would dare to touch her?

Sometimes, the name "Handsome Scorpion," a terrorist, is more intimidating than his real name, "Golden Lion"...

...

"Phew... that guy is finally gone."

In the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi, having just recovered from the grief of his wife's death and then faced the news of his youngest son leaving home to start his own business, received a message from his subordinate immediately after Shinto left Konoha. He breathed a huge sigh of relief. If the threat posed by Shiki wasn't clear enough before, after the Nine-Tails incident, Hiruzen's vigilance towards Shiki was now at its peak. This guy was capable of taking down the Nine-Tails, even more ferocious than the Third Raikage. If this guy were to unleash his fury in Konoha, Sakumo wouldn't be able to stop him. Releasing the Nine-Tails wouldn't be enough; now that the Nine-Tails was only half full, releasing it would be suicide...

797. The Golden Lion is now a nuclear threat.

Although Shiki had been quite well-behaved in their village and hadn't done anything illegal or disorderly, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still nervous. This bastard's criminal record in Konoha was almost the same as the Uchiha clan combined; this bastard was a damn nuclear threat.

However, since the other person had helped them fight the Nine-Tails and was covered in sweat, he felt embarrassed to ask them to leave. Nevertheless, he was on tenterhooks every day. Now that he heard that the bastard had left, he naturally felt relieved.

"Prepare this bastard's appearance fee. When the Sand Ninja come to collect it, just hand it over to them."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said to Koharu Utatane.

"It's ready, but isn't this a bit too much?"

"Turn to the next room," said Xiaochun.

Their friends had promised to pay Golden Lion an appearance fee, but hadn't specified the amount. Golden Lion never came to negotiate. Their cultured Mitokado Homura had been all set, bringing several bowls of chicken soup every morning to the Hokage's building, waiting for Golden Lion to come and discuss the price. But he didn't show up. The resources their friends had asked them to prepare wouldn't have been a problem before; Konoha's accumulated wealth over the years was undoubtedly the best in the ninja world, and these were just a drop in the ocean. But now the village needed rebuilding. Even if they went to the Daimyo, he couldn't provide enough for a complete reconstruction all at once. Often, they would have to rely on themselves. And now, these resources were insignificant. If converted to rope trees, these resources were equivalent to two and a half rope trees…

"Give it to him. We in Konoha are not so bad as to lack these things. Otherwise, that bastard will keep spreading rumors everywhere. At this time, the village needs to stabilize."

Mitokado Homura first used words, considering that guy had helped them resist the Nine-Tails before. Although they lost some people, the losses were not too great. Apart from the Fourth Hokage and his wife sacrificing themselves to seal the Nine-Tails, the most important person they lost was Shinku, the head instructor of the Chunin Team. Konoha still had many talents like that, but none of them knew how to behave in front of Shinku.

......

"How strong is the Nine-Tails? Didn't you say you had suppressed it? How come the Fourth Hokage and his wife are still dead?"

As soon as Masato got home, Chiyo, Ebizo, and Sasori's parents had been waiting for him for a long time, while Shuri was probably taking Karin to sleep. As soon as he landed, Chiyo asked.

The shock caused by the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha was unimaginable, not to mention that the Fourth Hokage and his wife were killed. Moreover, the Nine-Tails was known as the strongest tailed beast. Everyone in the village who had a tailed beast knew how powerful they were. When Shinto agreed to go to Konoha to defend against the Nine-Tails, they were still a little worried, especially after learning how powerful the Nine-Tails was from Shuri and the Seven-Tails in her belly. Historically, only Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha were able to defeat the Nine-Tails.

Although Shinto could make the Seven-Tails cry, according to the Seven-Tails, the Nine-Tails' power is greater than the combined power of the One through Eight Tails. This has made them very anxious lately. If Shinto can't defeat the Nine-Tails, losing face is a minor matter; if he's defeated, Sunagakure will be devastated. Chiyo is old now. Although she's in good shape, old age is old, and her strength has declined significantly—that's an undeniable fact. The village's hope, Sasori, has gone off to pursue his dreams again. He didn't even come back to visit his daughter after she was born. The village now depends on Shinto. Although Sasori's father and Meirasa are both double-flowered red-ranked members, they're not top-tier and can't support such a large village.

They were only relieved when they received intelligence from their underlings in Konoha and witnessed Shinto defeat the Nine-Tails and withstand its Tailed Beast Ball unharmed. Since ancient times, the trap of a beautiful woman has been the tomb of a hero. If Shinto had really died, their Sand Village's genius would have died even more humiliatingly than Sunagakure's suicide.

However, there are some advantages now. The news that Shiki fought the Nine-Tails and even managed to send it flying has spread throughout the ninja world, and the reputation of Sunagakure has risen considerably. Although Sunagakure is poor, its people are fierce; they can even send the Nine-Tails flying...

The person in the family is the Jinchūriki. Chiyo is most concerned about why Minato and Namikaze died in the end. Their Jinchūriki had gone berserk before, but Bunpuku, apart from losing some life force, was basically unaffected as long as it was done in time for the Kazekage. She didn't expect that the Nine-Tails would be so dangerous.

Her granddaughter-in-law is now the Seven-Tails Jinchuriki, so it's impossible not to be nervous.

"It's just so-so. It's a bit stronger than the Seven-Tails, and its Tailed Beast Ball is stronger than the Seven-Tails'. However, it's quite arrogant and will give in no matter how you fight it. In the end, Minato and Namikaze couldn't forcefully seal it and were killed by it. Don't worry, the Seven-Tails is much easier to deal with than the Nine-Tails. Besides, Shuri and the Seven-Tails are getting along quite well now, and the Seven-Tails doesn't have the same power as the Nine-Tails."

Masato knew what Chiyo was worried about, so he explained and comforted her.

"Phew... I didn't expect the Nine-Tails to be so difficult to deal with. You must be tired too, so take a rest."

Chiyo breathed a slight sigh of relief. Seeing her nephew's confident demeanor, she felt much more at ease. At least their Seven-Tailed Fox wasn't as difficult to deal with as the Nine-Tailed Fox. The Nine-Tailed Fox had been trapped inside her stomach for decades but would still go berserk, much like their One-Tailed Fox. However, their One-Tailed Fox, Shukaku, was better off, since they already knew how to get along with Shukaku.

"But Rasa plans to make his unborn son his jinchūriki. Dude, is that really okay? The One-Tailed Beast has finally managed to stabilize its emotions for a few years now..."

As soon as Masato entered the room, Sasori's father rushed in, frowning as he spoke.

The village is now divided into two factions. One faction, represented by Rasa, supports continuing to seal the One-Tailed Shukaku inside a Jinchuriki. After all, sealing a tailed beast in an altar exposes it too much. Just look at the Five-Tailed Beast of Iwagakure; it didn't have a Jinchuriki back then and was often used by their Golden Lion Shiki for important tasks. So, sealing it inside a Jinchuriki is more reassuring.

Moreover, sealing it in the altar is not a long-term solution. Although Shinto can still fight now, no one knows how many more years he can fight. After all, he is getting old. The reason nothing is happening now is because Shinto is protecting him, and other villages don't dare to come and let the One-Tail break the seal, fearing that Shinto will retaliate against their villages. But what about in the future? In ten or twenty years, when Shinto is really too old to fight, and others come and release the One-Tail, no one in their villages will be able to withstand it.

On the other side, the leaders of the two major families, Umekawa Naito and Yusaka, unusually stood on the same side, opposing the sealing of Shukaku, the One-Tailed Beast, inside the Jinchūriki's stomach. After all, they had now found a way to coexist with Shukaku, and there was no need to keep it locked up in a dark room. As long as they continued to coax Shukaku, even if they couldn't deepen their bond with it, and let it see their respect and trust, then even if it got too old to fight and someone came to cause trouble, Shukaku might not only not beat them up but might even help them instead.

798. With seven tails, one more is like a free gift with a phone top-up.

Of course, besides this reason, it's hard to say whether Umekawa Naito and Yusa Kakuma have other intentions. After all, they are the top two families in the village. Apart from the puppeteers, the Umekawa clan is considered the main fighting force of Sunagakure. The head of the Umekawa clan holds a high position and great power in the village. As for Yusa Kakuma, although the Yusa clan has been declining since Yusaori married Sasori's father, her power in the village has never diminished. After Sunagakure disappeared, Ebizo was too busy to pay much attention to anything else. During that time, these two also frequently intervened in other departments to consolidate their power. Both of them are shrewd. As long as they don't touch the Anbu and the puppeteer forces, and even arrange for family members to enter the Anbu to share the burden for the village, Chiyo and Ebizo won't go crazy.

So before Rasa took over, they had people in various departments of the village and wielded considerable power. After Rasa took over, they only took over the power of the Anbu and the Jonin. In other departments, Rasa's words were not as effective as those of Naito Umekawa and Yusaka. If Rasa's son were to become a Jinchūriki, good heavens, Rasa's combat power would skyrocket. They might have to vomit up everything they had gained before. Power is addictive and can make people lose themselves in it, so naturally, the two of them did not want Rasa to have a Jinchūriki, such a powerful weapon.

Moreover, when it came to positioning, both sides had roughly equal numbers of troops. At this point, the choice of which side Handsome Scorpion's father, the puppeteer's unit leader and honorary member of the Dark Division, should take became crucial. However, since both sides' analyses seemed to make sense—one side was his father-in-law, and the other was his uncle's grandson—Handsome Scorpion's father didn't know who to side with.

He considered himself a grandfather figure, so he couldn't very well go and ask his mother and uncle. He also couldn't get a proper answer from discussing it with Sasori's mother. After all, Rasa's analysis wasn't wrong. The One-Tailed Beast was still a threat in the altar. Tailed beasts have infinite lifespans, while human lifespans are indeed very short, and a ninja's career is even shorter. What if his older brother really couldn't fight anymore one day, and the One-Tailed Beast hadn't been converted by them? That would be a disaster. Sealed inside a Jinchuriki's stomach, their village possessed a complete sealing technique. At least for the next few decades, when his older brother couldn't fight anymore, they wouldn't have to worry about anyone causing trouble.

However, his father-in-law's idea was not wrong, and it would solve the problem once and for all. If the One-Tail could really develop a bond with the village and have feelings for it, they would no longer have to worry about the threat of the One-Tail. After all, they had found a way to get along with the One-Tail, and their relationship had obviously improved. But if they sealed the One-Tail in the stomach of the Jinchuriki, it would be like locking the person in a dark room for decades. At that time, their relationship might go back to square one.

So, Handsome Scorpion's father was wavering between the two sides, unsure which side to choose, and could only wait for his older brother to come back and give him some advice.

"...Actually, whether or not the One-Tail is sealed inside the Jinchuriki doesn't really affect us. After all, with the Seven-Tail, the One-Tail isn't much of a threat to us. We should focus on the Seven-Tail. As long as we control that cowardly Seven-Tail, the One-Tail is just a freebie to us. Even if I get old and can't fight anymore, the Seven-Tail and the One-Tail going berserk won't cause any trouble. And Rasa is, after all, the grandson of my old leader and your uncle's grandson. Besides, he's the village chief now. Sometimes we should stand up for him. Although your father-in-law and Naito Umekawa haven't offended our family in recent years, they've become quite arrogant. If this continues, it won't have a good impact on the village."

After listening to what Sasori's father said, Masato patted him on the shoulder and said...

Honestly, since obtaining the Seven-Tails, if it weren't for the fact that the village had raised it for so many years and Chiyo had developed a deep affection for it and couldn't bear to give it away, Shinto would have wanted to send it to Takigakure or the Land of Iron long ago, at least to gain some practical benefits for the village.

This fat cat isn't very capable, but it has quite a temper. It acts like a big shot in the village, but it's completely useless. So Shinto really doesn't like this fat cat. However, this fat cat is Gaara's cheat code after all. Since Rasa wants it, he can have it, so that the sealing squad's underlings won't suffer along with it.

.....

"How is it? Is that old bastard Danzo dead yet?"

The day after Shinto returned to Sunagakure, Tsunade skipped the casino and eagerly came to his door to ask him something.

However, her expression was clearly not good. She had anticipated the Nine-Tails' attack on Konoha after Shinto's warning, otherwise she wouldn't have asked Shinto to help Konoha. However, the sacrifice of Minato and Kushina made her feel sad. It didn't matter that Konoha was destroyed, as it could be rebuilt. But Minato and Kushina were her cousins, one having learned her great-grandfather's Flying Thunder God Technique and the other being her distant cousin who grew up in the Senju clan. Their sacrifice touched her deeply.

However, what she cared about most was Danzo, the old man who dared to lay a hand on her younger brother. After all, he was the chief assistant to the Hokage of Konoha, and Hiruzen Sarutobi was protecting him to the death, so Tsunade couldn't easily make a move against him. She had survived being hit by her unleashed ultimate attack, and she couldn't find an opportunity to attack Danzo again.

So what she hoped for most was to take Danzo with her when the Nine-Tails went berserk.

Danzo was one of Konoha's four great leaders and the leader of Root. With the Nine-Tails going berserk like that, there was no reason why he wouldn't show up. Given that old guy's brain was waterlogged, he had no ability and loved to show off, there was no reason why he wouldn't be killed by the Nine-Tails.

"Don't even mention it. That night, of the four giants of Konoha, I only saw Hiruzen Sarutobi. Homura Mitokado only showed up after seeing me take down the Nine-Tails. I didn't see Koharu Utatane or Danzo Shimura at all... I heard from Sakumo that the old guy went to find Hiruzen Sarutobi that night and caused a scene because of the Jinchuriki issue. He's still living the high life in Konoha. You know how tough that guy is. He's been attacked so many times over the years and he still hasn't died."

Masato rubbed his sleepy eyes and spread his hands, saying.

"boom!"

"Damn it, that old bastard....(▼へ▼メ)"

When Tsunade heard that Shimura Danzo hadn't shown up that night, she was so angry that she slammed her hand on the gold-rimmed table in front of her, smashing it to pieces.

“This kind of guy is very afraid of death, so he won’t die so easily. But you don’t need to be too discouraged. As the saying goes, karma is a cycle and no one can escape it. Shimura Danzo has done more bad things than I have over the years, and he doesn’t have any real skills. He will get his comeuppance one day. By the way, how has your brother been doing while I was away?”

Shinto stared at the table, now smashed to pieces, his teeth aching. This was an antique from who-knows-how-many years ago! If Chiyo saw it, his bets were over...

799. Could the Senju clan be in such a chaotic state?

"Still the same, that idiot hasn't made any progress at all..."

When talking about her younger brother, Tsunade looked quite annoyed.

"What's going on? Didn't things go really well when they first met? They even went to a fancy hotel. How come there's been no progress at all? (⊙_⊙)?"

Seeing Tsunade's expression, Shinto was also completely dumbfounded. The reason why Tsunade was difficult to flirt with was because this girl had followed Hashirama Senju to various casinos since she was a child. Casinos were full of all kinds of people, and she had come into contact with too many. The tricks she had seen at such a young age were beyond what ordinary people could compare to.

So she's probably more familiar with many flirting techniques than I am.

But his disciple, Yekura, was different. Although her family was only a small one, her upbringing was a traditional elite education, much like the Hatake clan. She started training in basic skills at the age of three and began to learn chakra refining. She basically never left the house. When she reached the appropriate age, she went to school, and her life was a boring routine between school and home. The people she usually interacted with were her parents and classmates. Children growing up in this environment, except for a few oddballs, are generally very dull. Yekura was like that. After graduating from school, she basically never left the village except for one or two trips with him. Not to mention that she had been working in the Anbu for many years, and she had never seen any of the tricks of the trade in the city.

On the contrary, Nawaki was much more colorful than Sunagakure, with a full range of cultural and entertainment facilities. Even after leaving Konoha with Tsunade and frequenting various casinos, she had seen far more tricks than a naive girl like Pakura. Didn't the novel say so?

Normally, a female protagonist like Yekura would easily fall for a man's tricks if she met a male protagonist from humble backgrounds. Their initial meeting confirmed Masato's idea, but now, judging from Tsunade's words, it seems that's not the case.

Do they go to a fancy hotel just to have a simple dinner? Don't they do any exercise afterward?

Impossible, right? (⊙_⊙)?

"That idiot just went out for dinner with someone that day, and then spent the whole night chatting. Your disciple is probably out of the village on a mission during this time, so that idiot has no chance at all."

Tsunade waved her hand irritably. She got angry whenever this was mentioned, and she had given her stupid younger brother a good beating these past few days.

He managed to get her drunk on the first day, had dinner with her, and then stayed out all night. And this idiot actually chatted with her all night long.

Those who don't understand this certainly wouldn't believe it—where in the world could such a person exist?