Konoha's Scarlet Flower Moon

Tsunade walked down the street.

She had just come out of Konoha Hospital and wanted to go back to the Senju Mansion to get something.

Spending these days in the hospital, she felt like she was about to become an earthbound spirit.

At this time, Huayue should be taking the exam, right?

Tsunade stretched and saw the sky at 10:00 in the morning.

There is peace in my heart.

Just as she was enjoying the long-lost sense of comfort, some discordant words reached her ears.

……

"That Hatake Sakumo..."

"It's that coward! He didn't complete the task and caused the village to suffer such tragic losses!"

"How can you say that..."

"You don't know, right? The son of so-and-so from next door died because of the failure of this mission. Their family was all sad and sick yesterday!"

"But, didn't you say it was to save the remaining companions?"

"The nature of a ninja exists for missions. If the mission fails and more companions die, wouldn't that be more abominable?"

Tsunade frowned, these rumors...

Really too much!

She approached the speaker with a stern look on her face:

"Where did you hear these things?"

The two people looked a little ugly, and it would not be a good feeling to be found out about someone behind their back:

"Master Tsunade..."

The person who was somewhat protective of Hatake Sakumo gritted his teeth and said, "Actually, this rumor has appeared since this morning, and people are talking about it everywhere..."

After hearing this, Tsunade figured out what was going on almost instantly.

In Konoha, the only one who can do such a thing is that hateful person!

Tsunade ran towards the Hokage Building in a menacing manner.

At the entrance, she saw Orochimaru who was also coming.

"Together," he said.

……

The rumors about Hatake Sakumo spread faster than the third generation expected.

For those ninjas who sacrificed their lives in the Water Kingdom, the family compensation work has just begun, and it is impossible to spread so fast.

Obviously the rumors are targeted and have a purpose.

Without even thinking about it, the driving force behind it must be Danzo.

Even if Danzo has not lost his mind, the contents of the rumors are only somewhat true.

There was no mention of the annihilation of all the top-secret Water Country intelligence personnel, but it effectively served the purpose of suppressing Hatake Sakumo's prestige.

This is to kill someone!

The Sandaime understood that Hatake Sakumo was a proud man.

With guilt for his dead comrades and regret for the failure of the mission, that person may indeed commit suicide and become a martyr...

This must not happen!

He thought of his two most popular disciples, Orochimaru and Tsunade, who came to him to plead for mercy.

Orochimaru repeatedly reiterated the urgency of catching the traitor.

Tsunade, on the other hand, was directly sarcastic.

If a ninja can perform a mission regardless of whether his companions live or die, then what's the use of medical ninjas? If they are injured, they can just kill them with a knife.

This heart-wrenching remark made Sandai so angry that he smashed his cigarette rod.

Tsunade has always been very dissatisfied with Danzo who is behind these rumors. He knows that there is some truth to what he said.

He understood that Hatake Sakumo's choice at that time preserved more elite power.

In the causes and consequences of this task,

On the surface, it was the failure of this mission to bring back the spies, which led to the exposure of the Water Country's intelligence network and the deaths of the one hundred and fifty ninjas...

But more likely,

At that time, the other party used the possibility that Konoha's spy might have been exposed as a bait to gather reinforcements;

After the high-level spies failed to be brought back to Konoha, he killed all Konoha intelligence personnel in the Kingdom of Water;

He also hoped that after Konoha fell into the trap, he would doubt his own people and cut off his arms.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who survived countless war conspiracies, clearly realized that this was a serial conspiracy.

The result they are facing now is the common mistake of all decision-makers involved in the mission.