Konoha's Way of Death

Hatake Sakumo came back after going out for a while, bringing back a lot of scoldings.

He returned to the Hatake Tribe in silence all the way. Everyone thought that he was feeling very uncomfortable now, and that maybe it wouldn't be long before he took the responsibility, bowed his head in front of the public, admitted his mistake, and begged everyone for forgiveness.

But in fact, after he returned, he locked himself in the house and reduced his appearance. After that, when it was time to eat and drink, Jingji took a knife and practiced in the house by himself, without being affected by the villagers' voices at all.

In other words, apart from the necessary reduction in appearances, it has no impact at all.

He had long predicted that he would hear such sounds. Even if some people were led to make such sounds louder than expected, he had already understood his tolerance and would not make wrong choices because of this.

The reason for reducing the number of appearances is not even because of those people's comments, it is just to draw some people out so that they can take action.

After all, he can't take action first, so he can only let those guys take action, and then he will fight back. In this way, no one can say anything, and when he takes action, he can also give them titles such as "Rebel" and "Killing Companions". .

In the days that followed, things intensified, and the noise became more and more violent, as if someone's death was not enough for the people to be angry.

Of the two people who followed Sakumo Hatake on his mission, one thought he was sorry that he never showed up, and the other came out in public to accuse Sakumo Hatake and then did not show up again.

For a moment, it seemed as if all the executors of that mission had disappeared, and only Hatake Sakumo was being scolded.

Sarutobi Hiruzen would stand in front of the window and look at Hokage Rock every day, his eyes were deep and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The people in the root group secretly surrounded the Hatake tribe without leaking any gaps, watching every move of Hatake Sakumo.

A few days later, Shimura Danzo became a little anxious.

The villagers had been talking about it for so long, but Hatake Sakumo didn't seem to be affected at all except not going out.

"Sir, Hatake Sakumo doesn't seem ready to do anything. What should we do? Keep waiting?" someone asked.

Danzo Shimura had a gloomy face, shook his head when he heard this, and said: "Public opinion has a time effect. No matter how big the matter is, if people talk about it for too long, they will get bored. Maybe people will always remember this matter, and from time to time in the future Take it out and make a few comments, but if you don’t take advantage of this time to do something good, there will be no such good opportunities in the future.”

He said to the people below: "Go down and guide some villagers to discuss outside the Qimu clan. It would be better if someone smashes the door of Qimu's house. But we don't want our people to do this kind of thing, let those villagers Just do it.”

Shimura Danzo gave instructions, and then gave some warnings because he was afraid of being caught.

So the next day, some villagers began to gather around the Hatake tribe, shouting something loudly, pointing the finger at Hatake Sakumo, as if they had a deep hatred for the death of their son.

Another day later, some villagers actually came to the Hatake tribe and yelled. Because of the friction on the northern front, some people died on the battlefield, and their parents or friends in the village directly blamed Hatake for all this. On Sakumo's head.

More and more people participated, and everyone seemed to be united in shouting and cursing outside the Hatake clan. Some even started to smash the door of the Hatake family.

But in the face of all this, Hatake Sakumo remained silent, neither admitting his mistake nor standing up to say "I think it's right."

At first, people were angry, thinking that Hatake Sakumo was looking down on them.

But as Danzo Shimura said, public opinion is effective.

People have their own lives. At first, they would keep talking because of their own emotions.

But after all, he still had to live his own life. Hatake Sakumo never showed up, and his anger began to leak out.

A few days later, staring at the roots of the Hatake tribe, I found that fewer people came to the outskirts of the Hatake family, and even some of those whose relatives died on the battlefield no longer showed up.

Nebe immediately reported the matter to Shimura Danzo.

Shimura Danzo frowned and almost crushed the crutch in his hand.

"Hatake Sakumo is a rat, he doesn't even have the guts to stand up and take responsibility!"

He spoke to the people below, venting his dissatisfaction. Those root members lowered their heads when they heard this.

"Sir, do you want us to take action..."

Before he finished speaking, Danzo Shimura's sharp eyes glanced over, scaring him so much that he shut his mouth.

"Idiot, Hatake Sakumo is a former hero after all. He has made indelible contributions to Konoha. If we take action, the nature will change."

While he praised Hatake Sakumo for his past strength and contribution, he gritted his teeth and hoped that this guy would do something wrong so that he could kill him.

"Humph, not only do I not have the guts to take responsibility, I don't even have the guts to jump out and argue with others."

Danzo Shimura was really angry, after all the shadow of the village was not him but Hiruzen Sarutobi.

He could advise Hiruzen Sarutobi to give any order to Hatake Sakumo, even the wrong order.

But he didn't have the right to deal with Hatake Sakumo.

He dared to stand up to Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Hatake Sakumo was different. That guy really dared, had the ability and was willing to kill him.

He yelled in his heart: "You can just jump out and point at people and curse them when they knock on the door. Then I can ask the people at the base to 'prevent you as a ninja from wanting to attack civilians'" There is a reason to detain you. If you refuse, then you will be charged with 'disobeying orders', 'resisting law enforcement', etc. If you agree to be captured, am I not the one who has the final say when it comes to bringing you here? So I think Do whatever you want, even if Hiruzen Sarutobi orders you to be released, so what, kill him first."

It's a pity that Hatake Sakumo didn't do anything. You can't send someone to jump in and hold him down to admit his mistake, right?

Um?

'If you think about it, it's actually okay. 'Shimura Danzo thought.

"If I lead someone to sneak in, and when the time comes to take action, I will say that I want to persuade him to take responsibility, but he will attack me. Even if this is not the case, the root of the testimony is not credible, but then there will be no Outsiders know the truth of the matter, so even if I fail to kill Hatake Sakumo, I will not have any responsibility."

"However, there is only one chance to deal with him. This should not be used as a last resort."

So he said to the people below: "Continue to keep an eye on those villagers and guide them by the way. If the number and discussion continue to decrease, come and report immediately."

Two days later, Danzo Shimura was silent for a long time while listening to the reports from the people below.

Things were developing towards the situation he least wanted to see. Even if he sent someone to guide him, fewer and fewer people went to discuss and curse around the Qimu tribe, and the discussion about the matter in the village also began to decrease.

Obviously, even though there is a lot of talk about this matter, people start to get tired of it when there is too much talk about it.

He narrowed his eyes, finally sighed, and said to himself: "I still have to take action personally. I just hope that Hiruzen will not make a mistake and miss the opportunity to get rid of Sakumo, so as not to bring worse consequences to Konoha." result."

He said to the people below: "A, take 50 people tonight and follow me to the Hatake Clan ground to meet Hatake Sakumo. B, lead the rest of the people to surround the Hatake Clan land and don't let anyone else enter." ."

"Yes!"

The people below shouted in response.

Now there are only about 80 people left in the root, and the remaining root members have been dispatched to various places in the ninja world.

Even if all the root members are added together, there are only about 200 people.

This was the result of Sarutobi Hiruzen's connivance, otherwise even if he was in a high position and powerful, he would not have been able to obtain "private soldiers".

After all, in addition to the orders of the Hokage, even the orders of the elders, as long as there is no warrant from the Hokage, the ninja has the right to refuse.

The fact that he can lead such a ninja army with strength comparable to ANBU is already the most unique existence.

The next night, everything in Konoha Village was silent.

Fifty roots sneaked into the Hatake tribe from all sides, and finally surrounded the house where Hatake Sakumo was.

Each of them held a ninja tool in their hands, or put their hands together to make a prelude to the seal, ready to take action at any time.

More than 30 people gathered around the Qimu tribe. If there is any noise inside and attracts some people to investigate, they will be responsible for stopping these people.

"Ta-bang-ta-bang-"

Shimura Danzo walked out of the passageway, squinting his eyes and staring coldly ahead.

At this moment, the door of the house surrounded by them was opened from the inside.

The door was opened, and at that moment all the people were staring there, as if they would take action immediately if there was anything wrong.

Hatake Sakumo was ready to go, holding the white sharp blade in his hand. When he saw the people surrounding him, he showed no signs of surprise, as if he had expected such a moment.

His eyes as sharp as a knife glanced around at random, making everyone who looked at him feel terrified.

Even though they have long been prepared to die at any time, even though they have long put their lives behind them, their body's induction of death and danger still makes them tremble uncontrollably.

At this moment, no one spoke. Hatake Sakumo was as casual as looking at the scenery by the river, so casual that he treated them all equally, including the leader of the root group, Shimura Danzo.

Such a look made Danzo Shimura's face look horribly gloomy.

He doesn't mind the disgust and anger of others, nor the hatred and fear of others, but he can't tolerate anyone who dares to ignore him.

So he snorted coldly and said: "Hatake Sakumo, why don't you invite me to come in and have a seat?"

He stared into Hatake Sakumo's eyes, expecting that this person would angrily wave his hand and tell him to get lost in this situation at this moment, or pretend to be calm and say, "Why should I invite you if you're not already here?" He turned around and entered the house with disdain and prepared himself for the attack by his own people, but nothing he predicted happened.

Hatake Sakumo didn't seem to hear what he said. After he glanced around like an emperor touring his territory, he said calmly: "Ah, you are here."

He was as indifferent as meeting an old friend he had met two days ago. Since he was a friend but there was nothing to discuss for a long time, and he did not want to give a hug to express his joy at meeting, so he could only ask: "How are you, have you eaten?"

Konoha's way to death