In order to avenge the Uchiha clan, I will definitely kill you, brother.
So, under the persuasion of all the Uchiha Impure World Civilians, Sasuke finally walked to Orochimaru's side.
Seeing this, Orochimaru smiled and said:
"Welcome, Sasuke-kun."
Sasuke snorted coldly upon hearing this:
"Stop talking nonsense and start making a training plan for me. I need to become stronger as soon as possible! You don't want the body you get in the future to be a waste, right?"
"Of course." Orochimaru nodded.
"I will use all my means to make you stronger, Sasuke-kun. I guarantee that you will surpass your brother within three years. Of course, that will also be the time when I take over your body."
"Really? Then let's see in three years whether I can kill you or you can take over my body?"
Sasuke felt very satisfied when he felt the dangerous aura from Orochimaru. Only by being around such a dangerous person all the time could he stay alert for a long time and do everything he could to become stronger. On the contrary, Uchiha Izumi was a little too gentle. And what Sasuke feared most now was the gentleness of his fellow tribesmen, because that would make him unable to sleep or eat.
Seeing that Sasuke had made up his mind, Uchiha Izumi didn't know what to say. She just looked at Uchiha Itachi not far away, and finally said:
"Uchiha Itachi, I hope you'll still be alive the next time I attack Konoha."
Uchiha Itachi heard this and said angrily:
"You've already turned the village into this state. Even the Third Hokage died in your hands. Isn't that enough?"
Uchiha Izumi sneered:
"Who made Konoha choose to kill all of us Uchiha when they attacked us Uchiha? Since Konoha treated us Uchiha in this way, we Uchiha will naturally respond with the same attitude. Konoha chose to exterminate the clan, so I will naturally choose to exterminate the village!"
"Not only that, I will also turn all the history of Konoha into a scorn of Konoha. I will make Konoha Ninja Village never be reborn, and make all the Konoha ninjas from the first Hokage to the present be disgraced! An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth! For all the humiliation that the Uchiha clan has suffered in Konoha, I will make Konoha pay it back a hundredfold!"
When Konoha wanted to kill the entire Uchiha clan, Uchiha Izumi wanted to wipe out the entire Konoha clan; when Konoha slandered the Uchiha clan as an evil clan, Uchiha Izumi wanted to turn Konoha into an evil ninja village. She, Uchiha Izumi, was such a fair person!
Chapter 72: Sarutobi's Extermination
The plan to destroy Konoha is over.
Even Uchiha Izumi did not expect that his actions would bring such huge losses to Konoha.
Konoha, which originally had a civilian population of nearly 400,000, lost at least 200,000 people. Of the remaining 100,000 people, nearly half were injured or disabled. There were less than 100,000 civilians who could still walk in the entire Konoha Village.
As for the Konoha ninjas, who originally numbered nearly 20,000, at least 10,000 were sacrificed in the Konoha destruction plan, and countless others were injured and disabled. Although the elite ninjas did not suffer much loss due to their strength, the loss of Genin and Chunin was a serious blow to Konoha. At this moment, the number of ninjas who could still fight in Konoha Village was far less than that of the weakest of the five major nations, Sand Village.
In addition to the casualties, Konoha's economic losses were also huge. The once prosperous village had long been reduced to ruins under the burning flames. The few houses that could be lived in were now filled with wounded people. Property, medicine, food, and even clean water were all consumed by the burning flames.
And this is because Danzo sacrificed himself in time and used the Four Symbols Sealing Technique to seal the flames. If it weren't for Danzo, Konoha's losses would be even greater, and it might even be removed from the five major ninja villages.
All in all, Uchiha Izumi was very satisfied with the result of the Konoha destruction plan. If there was any flaw, it was that after killing Sarutobi Hiruzen, he failed to break Uchiha Itachi's turtle shell and continue to kill Uchiha Itachi.
As for Sasuke following Orochimaru, Uchiha Izumi was not too worried. After all, Sasuke had Indra's chakra in his body. If Orochimaru really dared to use the Reincarnation Technique on him, it could only be said that he was tired of living.
Compared to Uchiha Izumi, the ninjas in Konoha Village were not in a good mood at this time.
At this moment, Uchiha Izumi has become the biggest enemy of most ninjas in the entire Konoha Village. Her name has surpassed Uchiha Madara to some extent and has become the spokesperson for contemporary evil ninjas. Countless Konoha ninjas hate her to the core, but at the same time, most ninjas are also afraid of the name of Uchiha Izumi.
In addition to Uchiha Izumi, there is another person who is hated by the Konoha ninjas. Even this hatred is more intense than that of Uchiha Izumi. After all, Uchiha Izumi's entire family was killed by Konoha, so it is natural for them to attack Konoha. Even the Konoha ninjas themselves can't say anything. Not everyone is as shameless as the Konoha high-level officials, who would kill your entire family and persuade you to give up your hatred.
Needless to say, the person that the Konoha ninjas hated the most at this time was the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, who died at the hands of Uchiha Izumi.
The Hokage, who was once loved by everyone in Konoha Village, was now hated by almost everyone in Konoha. When his body was brought back from outside the village, almost the entire Konoha Village shouted and killed Sarutobi Hiruzen. Even the ninjas who were carrying the body did not take good care of Sarutobi Hiruzen's body and just threw it to the ground during the transportation. Then, the people of Konoha kept trampling and cursing on it.
People hated his kindness towards Orochimaru, which resulted in the plan to destroy Konoha; people also hated his incompetence in diplomacy, which led to the siege of Konoha by the four major ninja villages; what people hated most was his genocide against the Uchiha clan, which resulted in the creation of a terrible enemy like Uchiha Izumi for Konoha.
The current misery of Konoha is ultimately caused by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.
It was his obsession with power that drove Orochimaru away, and it was his determination to hold on to the position of Hokage that led to the extermination of the Uchiha clan to intimidate his political enemies. If he had given the position of Hokage to Orochimaru, or to Uchiha Fugaku, all the disasters that Konoha is experiencing now would not have happened.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you are a sinner!"
"You almost destroyed Konoha for your own ambition, do you know that?"
"You bastard, the Second Hokage must have been blind to choose you as the Hokage!"
……
Amid the people's curses and trampling, Sarutobi Hiruzen's body was trampled into mud.
And that’s not all. While everyone in Konoha was despising Sarutobi Hiruzen, another bloody massacre began.
Under the watchful eyes of a group of Konoha ninjas, civilians and ninjas died one after another. The murderer was the new head of the Sarutobi clan, Asuma Sarutobi. And the victims were members of the Sarutobi clan, Asuma Sarutobi's blood relatives.
First the old people, then the middle-aged, and finally the children. Konoha's Anbu surrounded the Sarutobi clan's escape route, and Sarutobi Asuma, who belonged to the same clan, wielded a butcher knife. Everything was a repeat of the past. The tragedy of the genocide of the Uchiha clan once again happened in the dark ninja village of Konoha.
Wailing, begging, and cursing were heard everywhere as Sarutobi Asuma cruelly slaughtered his tribe members one by one. He did not walk up to Konohamaru until all the tribe members were killed.
The young Konohamaru looked at the blood-stained Asuma and almost collapsed:
"Uncle Asuma, why did you kill them? Aren't they all our relatives? Aren't they all our people? Isn't it enough that grandpa died without a burial place? Why, why..."
"Konohamaru, if you want to hate someone, hate me!"
Looking at his nephew crying at his waist, Sarutobi Asuma sighed. Then he stretched out his right hand, which was stained with the blood of his fellow tribesmen, and stroked Konohamaru's forehead and said:
"I have no choice. When the old man was the Hokage, he offended too many people. If I don't take action, those who were suppressed by the old man will just kill our Sarutobi clan. Then not only will everyone die, but you, as the old man's grandson, will definitely not be able to survive."
“How could this happen, how could this happen… Why, Grandpa, why on earth is this…”
Not far away, Uzumaki Naruto and Haruno Sakura were also watching this tragedy under the leadership of Kakashi. Uzumaki Naruto watched the Konoha ninjas surround the Sarutobi clan's residence, and then forced Sarutobi Asuma to kill all his clansmen. Such a bloody and cruel scene shocked Uzumaki Naruto's soul. The physical discomfort made him nauseous and vomited for a while, and then he said to Kakashi:
"Kakashi-sensei, why do you treat the people of the Third Grandfather's clan like this? Is this different from the way the Third Grandfather once exterminated the Uchiha clan? Aren't you worried that this will give rise to new hatred, and the cycle will continue endlessly?"
Kakashi didn't know how to answer this for a moment, so Haruno Sakura said:
"Naruto, it is precisely to prevent the birth of an infinite cycle of hatred that the people of Konoha will exterminate the Sarutobi clan. Because only when the Sarutobi clan is exterminated like the Uchiha clan, can Konoha rebuild the bottom line of internal struggle. Only then can the people of Konoha protect their families and friends and will not be affected by the struggle for power!"
Chapter 73 The price of breaking the bottom line
Uzumaki Naruto was confused by Haruno Sakura's explanation. Seeing this, Kakashi helplessly held his forehead and thought:
Jiraiya-sama was right, Naruto really didn't have the talent to become Hokage. In comparison, Sakura was better.
Kakashi then added:
"Naruto, you have to know that there are some bottom lines that cannot be broken in internal struggles. Because once the bottom line is broken, what awaits Konoha will be endless civil strife and massacres. Just like after the Uchiha clan was exterminated, the Third Hokage certainly consolidated his position through blood and deterrence. But if there are newcomers who want to become Hokage, how will they view the extermination of the Uchiha clan?
"For example, Uzumaki Naruto, after you learned the truth about the genocide of the Uchiha clan, aren't you worried that you will end up like the Uchiha clan?"
Uzumaki Naruto was startled when he heard this, and then asked in confusion:
"But, Kakashi-sensei, the Uchiha clan wants to stage a coup and become Hokage through dishonest means! And I want to become Hokage through fair means and let everyone recognize my existence. How can this be the same thing?"
Hearing this, Kakashi was speechless and thought:
If the Uchiha clan could become Hokage through fair means, how could they possibly launch a coup!
Naruto's brain seems to be only good enough to be a Genin. If he really becomes Hokage, he will just be a puppet to be played by others. Just like the ministers in the capital, they seem to be busy all day long, but in fact, the important decisions have been made by the civil servants below. It's useless to be busy all the time.
Seeing this, Haruno Sakura also said disdainfully:
"Launch a coup, an shady method? Hoho! What coup, what shady method? Did the Uchiha clan ever do what you said? In the final analysis, these are just one-sided words of Sarutobi Hiruzen. And even if the Uchiha clan has ambitions, they have not taken action. Without taking action, the Uchiha clan is actually just like you, Uzumaki Naruto, they are just chasing the dream of being called Hokage."
"The Uchiha clan was exterminated because of their dream of becoming Hokage. Can you, Uzumaki Naruto, guarantee that your clan will not be exterminated because of this dream? Or are you more valued by Sarutobi Hiruzen than Konohamaru, so that he would choose you, a yellow-haired boy, as Hokage instead of his own grandson, and hand over his clan and glory to you?"
"So, now you understand! In the eyes of the Third Hokage, you Uzumaki Naruto and the Uchiha clan are the same, both are threats to the Sarutobi clan's position of Hokage. So, how can you guarantee that you will not end up like the Uchiha clan? Even if you choose to believe in Sarutobi Hiruzen, will your relatives and friends bet their lives on the trust of the Sarutobi clan?"
After hearing this, even someone as confused as Uzumaki Naruto realized what a bad move Sarutobi Hiruzen made to exterminate the Uchiha clan.
Just like the Sima family usurping the throne of the Cao family and killing Emperor Cao Mao in the street, Sarutobi Hiruzen's actions also broke the bottom line of the power struggle and turned Konoha's internal struggle into a life-and-death family melee. Once eliminated in this game, not only will the person fighting for power die, but even his relatives and friends will be buried with him.
"This is also the reason why everyone in Konoha decided to collectively exterminate the Sarutobi clan." Kakashi said:
"Because only when the Sarutobi clan dies will everyone realize that there is a price to pay for exterminating a clan. If you exterminate someone else's clan when you are in power today, then on the day you lose power, your clan will also be exterminated by everyone. So after the Sarutobi clan is exterminated, extermination of a clan will become a deterrent in Konoha Village."
"Not only do those vying for the position of Hokage have to worry about their families falling into the same fate as the Uchiha clan, but those who want to protect their own authority will also worry about their families falling into the same fate as the Sarutobi clan. With mutual deterrence, the possibility of another genocide is much reduced. Although, this is a bit cruel."
"But..." Uzumaki Naruto wanted to refute, but his mind was in a mess and he didn't know what to say.
At this moment, he has just experienced the first major change in his life. His best friend Uchiha Sasuke chose to leave Konoha; the girl he liked, Haruno Sakura, became his rival in the competition for Hokage; the Third Hokage he admired ended up being spurned by Konoha, and Sarutobi Konohamaru, who once had a good relationship with him, was now also exterminated by his relatives like Sasuke once was!
He instinctively wanted to stop it all, but he had no idea what to do. He was like a primary school student who suddenly went from school to the underworld. He felt that the world was changing too fast, and everything he was familiar with was different now. Especially at this moment, Kakashi was still beside him and said earnestly:
"Naruto, Konoha's world has changed. This is no longer the ninja village where you can play pranks as you please. The Third Hokage has lost his former glory. Now everyone in this village who is related to the Third Hokage may be purged, including us."
"Master Jiraiya has decided to take you away from Konoha to travel in the ninja world. You will stay with Master Jiraiya in the future, and you must practice hard and work hard to become stronger. In this cruel ninja world, strength is your only support. For example, Uchiha Itachi of the Uchiha clan, even though everyone in Konoha hated him, he did not end up like the Sarutobi clan, and that's because he was strong enough!"
Facing Kakashi's teachings, Uzumaki Naruto nodded and said:
"I understand, Kakashi-sensei, I will work hard to become stronger. Then I will work hard to become Hokage, bring Sasuke back to Konoha, and then change Konoha back to its original state. You will watch, I, Uzumaki Naruto, will keep my word!"
Seeing that Uzumaki Naruto had not given up his dream of becoming Hokage, Kakashi felt distressed. In the past, Uzumaki Naruto had the potential to become Hokage. After all, he was a direct descendant of the Hokage lineage, the son of the Fourth Hokage, and the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. As long as the Third Hokage died early and did not bring Konohamaru up, he would have a great chance of becoming Hokage.
But now the Third Hokage has fallen from grace, and the reputation of the Hokage lineage in Konoha Village has also been ruined. Now if he wants to become Hokage, he can only save Konoha with absolute strength like the Fourth Hokage did. And even if he becomes Hokage, it will be difficult for everyone in Konoha to recognize him, after all, he has long been deeply marked as the heir of the Third Hokage.
Especially now that he claims to make Konoha return to its original state, this is even more of a taboo for Konoha now. After all, Sarutobi Hiruzen was denied, and Konoha's past was also denied. And Uzumaki Naruto didn't realize all this. It would be a hundred times more difficult for him to become Hokage than before.
In contrast, Kakashi is more optimistic about Haruno Sakura. After all, Haruno Sakura's recent performance is more amazing than the former Fourth Hokage. Unless the future Naruto has the power comparable to the First Hokage, Kakashi really doesn't think he has the possibility of defeating Haruno Sakura and becoming Hokage.
Chapter 74: The Turbulent Ninja World
The extermination of the Sarutobi clan and the departure of Uzumaki Naruto were only part of the internal disputes of Konoha. At the same time, the two elders of Konoha, Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En, were liquidated and then secretly executed. However, these two elders were essentially just subordinates of the Third Hokage, so even after they left the stage, they did not receive much attention.
What really attracted everyone's attention in Konoha Village at this time was the competition for the fifth generation Hokage.
In the original work, the Fifth Hokage is the granddaughter of the First Hokage and the disciple of the Third Hokage, Tsunade. As the most legitimate person in Konoha Village, it is natural for her to rise to the top. But now that the Third Hokage has been denied, as a disciple of the Third Hokage, she naturally cannot become a Hokage as in the original work.
So in a collective meeting of Konoha's major jonin and families, representatives of all forces in Konoha Village were in dispute over the position of the fifth Hokage. Some supported Tsunade, while others chose to support Kakashi, but they were all rejected because they were the disciples of the third Hokage. But except for the disciples of the third Hokage, other Konoha ninjas simply did not have the talent to become Hokage. For a while, the selection of the fifth Hokage was in a stalemate.
While Konoha was in a mess over the position of Hokage, major events that changed the situation in the ninja world were also happening one after another outside Konoha.
First, as an ally of Konoha, the Sand Village took the lead in uniting with the other three ninja villages to form a ninja coalition against Konoha and the Land of Fire. Taking advantage of the gap when Konoha was severely damaged, they rushed to the border with ninjas, preparing to jointly exert military pressure, force the Land of Fire to cede land, and sign various humiliating treaties.
Secondly, as the nominal head of the Fire Nation, the Fire Nation's daimyo suddenly died at this critical moment. After his death, the Fire Nation's ministers unanimously bypassed the daimyo's eldest son who was in the prime of life and chose Princess Chizuru, who had the least foundation among all the daimyo's children, to succeed him.
The former Fire Nation Prince was naturally very dissatisfied with this.
However, his dissatisfaction could not be expressed at all because of the third incident.
The third major event that changed the situation in the ninja world was that a ninja named Uzumaki Nagato, a descendant of the former Senju clan, led a group of ninja mercenaries named Akatsuki from the Rain Country into the Fire Country, and with the support of the Fire Country officials, established the second ninja village in the Fire Country.
Its name is, Akatsuki Village!
With the establishment of Akatsuki Village, officials of the Fire Nation had the military support of ninjas. Although the Fire Nation's crown prince also had a few ninjas under his command, they were nothing compared to the Akatsuki organization. So under the suppression of Akatsuki Village, the crown prince and his followers were quickly suppressed, and the entire Fire Nation immediately entered a constitutional monarchy with officials in charge.
Although the above three events occurred in different fields, their root causes are the same.
That is, after the Konoha destruction plan, Konoha no longer has the absolute strength that once dominated the ninja world. After the strength was weakened, Konoha's control over the situation was naturally weakened. The ecological niche originally occupied by Konoha would naturally be divided up by other forces in the ninja world.
The four major ninja villages, led by the Sand Village, valued the territory occupied by the Fire Country. The internal forces of the country, led by the officials of the Fire Country, naturally valued the national power of the Fire Country. That is why they killed the previous daimyo who had a very good relationship with Konoha and supported a useless puppet to become the new daimyo.
In fact, with the development level of productivity in the ninja world, the daimyo system that has been passed down from generation to generation has long been due to its elimination. The fundamental reason why it has always existed is the major ninja villages headed by Konoha.
Ninjas do not have the ability to govern the country. In order to ensure that their interests will not be harmed by state agencies, they can only choose to support spokespersons in the national system to support their own interests. Facing the same crisis of the times, the hereditary land nobles headed by the daimyo are the best allies of the major ninja villages in the state agencies.
Relying on the backward and corrupt Daimyo system, the major ninja villages were able to continuously seize national resources for their own use, rather than being constrained by the national system due to logistical constraints. The Daimyo of major countries also relied on the military support of the ninjas to suppress various domestic forces that opposed the Daimyo and maintain their own generations of wealth and beautiful life.
The daimyo and the ninja village colluded with each other to maintain their own rule. And this alliance collapsed with the weakness of Konoha. Relying on the support of the Akatsuki organization, the various forces in the Fire Country no longer had to worry about the threat of Konoha's force. The wave of change was released, and then it washed away everything like a flood.
Instigated by the petty nobles, the peasants began to attack the local tyrants of the great nobles; hired by the merchants, the hangers-on began to attack the royal warehouses; the nobles who had been sitting in the court for generations and doing nothing had no choice but to hand over their power to the young generation who were eager to take the throne, hoping that they would have a broader horizon if they took a step back. Then, they lost their lives in such delusion.
The wheel of history began to accelerate at this moment. The reformers wielded the butcher knife and forced the times to move forward with blood. Countless people were affected by this, and countless people benefited from it. In just half a month, two-thirds of the officials in the Fire Nation had been replaced. The speculators cheered that the good times had come, but the conservatives and backwards could only be swept away by the torrent in pain.
Everything has changed!
Just like Uzumaki Naruto was at a loss in the face of the changes in Konoha, the ninjas of Konoha at this time looked at the disturbances in the outside world and felt that the familiar world had disappeared, and a new era that had never existed appeared before them. In this world, Konoha will no longer be the protagonist, and it may not even be a supporting role.
What Konoha needs most now is to find its position in the new era. But unfortunately, no one in Konoha has such vision and prestige. The first reaction of the Konoha ninjas, who are in a mess, is actually the same as Uzumaki Naruto. They also want to go back to the past and change the world back to its original familiar appearance.
But how is this possible?
After all, not all Konoha ninjas are as stupid as Uzumaki Naruto. Soon someone came up with the best strategy that Konoha should implement now.
Join forces with the newly formed Akatsuki Village!
The person who proposed this strategy was Haruno Sakura. At this time, she had become a Chunin of Konoha because of her performance in the Chunin Exam. In addition, her words at a critical moment had a certain influence in Konoha Village. In this chaotic situation within Konoha, Haruno Sakura stood up again:
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