Konoha's Ninja Successor

The conference hall of the Ninja Hall is very spacious, large enough for large-scale meetings with thousands of people present. There are no particularly fancy decorations in the lobby. Apart from a seat for the core leaders, there is only a central platform located in the innermost part. That’s all.

At this time, Hiruzen Sarutobi, Danzo Shimura, Koharu Koharu, and Mito Kadeni were already sitting on the leadership seats. In addition, the chiefs of the major Konoha core families had also taken their seats. There are big clans such as Hinata, Kurama, Inuzuka, Akimichi, Yamanaka, Nara and so on. This is basically the standard lineup for every conference.

However, this time the Uchiha clan leader who had not attended the meeting for a long time was Uchiha Fugaku himself. Since the Nine-Tails turmoil eight years ago, the Uchiha clan has never participated in the political center and has been completely isolated.

Among them, Hyuga Hizashi and Uchiha Fugaku looked at each other and immediately looked away. There was a slight conflict between the two families. Although the two clan leaders were not hostile to each other, in order to prevent the clan members from thinking too much, they The person has no unnecessary communication and ignores the other person tacitly.

Fugaku and Nizu would unconsciously shift their gazes to an empty seat, obviously very concerned about the person sitting in that seat. That seat was to the left and right of the Hokage's seat.This seat is very particular, and usually only those in power who are under the Hokage sit there.

In the past, the fifth generation Hatake Sakumo was seated to the left and right of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo, but now the person on the right is still the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. As for Danzo sitting on the left seat today, he is in the last seat and is obviously a senior executive. Among the people present, except for the insiders, only a few sensitive ninjas could detect it, such as Hatake Kakashi who stood at the front of the Jonin team in the audience.

"Have the seats been changed? Danzo-sama is actually at the bottom of the seat..." Kakashi squinted his eyes and looked at the serious-looking Konoha senior officials, feeling more and more that there would be something big in today's meeting.

Except for a few jounin who were on missions, the rest of the jounin were all gathered in the lobby, including the special jounin, which was nearly a thousand people. This was the foundation of Konoha.

Except for some people who knew the situation, most of the ninjas were unaware of the battles and explosions that occurred in the village last night. However, by the time the ninjas rushed over, there were already a large number of ANBU and Root members surrounded the scene and no one was allowed to come near, so they didn't know exactly what happened.

They were all whispering to each other, trying to get information from each other, but in the end they found nothing.

At this time, after confirming that all the ANBU ninjas registered at the door had arrived, and nodded to Sakumo Hatake, who had been waiting at the entrance of the lobby, Sakumo Hatake picked up the Hokage hat in front of the table, put it on, and walked slowly towards took the podium.

The whispers among the ninjas below immediately stopped. Unable to get an answer, they were also curious about what Hatake Sakumo wanted to say.The Jonin of the Uchiha clan showed obvious dissatisfaction with Hatake Sakumo, but they were relatively honest under the restraint of Fugaku's eyes.

"Everyone, I think everyone is aware of the anomaly that happened in the village last night. Today, I, the Fifth Hokage, Hatake Sakumo, will tell you the details of what happened yesterday. Last night, Konoha was attacked by forces from outside the village. The civilian ninjas Hundreds of casualties." Hatake Sakumo said in a low voice.

The Jonin below also frowned. Although they had some guesses, they did not expect that the village was really being attacked.But they still have doubts in their hearts. If the village was attacked, why didn't they mobilize the power of their jounin? Moreover, Konoha who had the courage to attack the five major ninja villages was definitely an unusual person. Why did the chaos calm down overnight?

There are too many doubts here, and some even turned their attention to the Uchiha jounin among the jounin crowd, and began to wonder if Uchiha had launched a rebellion, and the top management of Konoha deliberately concealed something for the sake of stability?

Feeling the hostility and suspicion, the Uchiha jounin immediately clasped their hands, and some even almost wanted to open their Sharingan. Fortunately, at this time, Hatake Sakumo continued to speak to divert their attention.

Hatake Sakumo coughed lightly and spoke softly: "Yesterday's attack on the village was a premeditated attack, and this incident involved the Nine-Tails Rebellion eight years ago. One of the attackers was exactly eight years ago. The mastermind behind the Nine-Tails turmoil!”

"What!?"

"It's actually related to the demon fox from eight years ago?"

"Damn it, who is the mastermind!"

The expressions of the jounin below suddenly changed. Many of them had relatives and friends who died in the Nine-Tails Rebellion eight years ago. Many of them hated the mastermind behind this incident. This kind of hatred No less than the Kyuubi who killed his relatives.

"The specific details need to be explained to everyone by the person who withstood the attack. This person must be familiar to many people. He will speak next." After finishing speaking, Hatake Sakumo turned to the figure behind the curtain on one side. He nodded and then walked back to his seat alone.

The man behind the curtain smiled and glanced at the Konoha forehead protector in his hand. After tying the forehead protector on his forehead and wearing it, he walked to the podium wearing a gray robe and exposed his true appearance to the public.

"Shi...Master Teru Shimura!" Kakashi's pupils shrank slightly. He was shocked to see the living Teru Shimura appear on the podium, and even wondered if he was delusional.

"Is this fake?"

In addition to Kakashi, there were also many ninjas who knew about Teru Shimura's existence, and they all looked at him in disbelief, and many of them were admirers of Teru Shimura.

Even eight years have passed, Shimura Teru's influence is still huge. After all, he is a figure who is often compared with the famous Yondaime.

After asking the seniors who looked at them with admiration, the few juniors who were newly promoted jounin also learned that Shimura Teru was the hero of Konoha who was often mentioned in the ninja class when they were children, and they also joined the fanboy camp one after another. After all, I grew up listening to his stories.

"Ahem..." Teru Shimura coughed slightly and suppressed the commotion underneath with one hand. Looking at the faces staring straight at him, Teru Shimura also had a smile on his face.

"Everyone must be wondering why I am still standing here talking to you alive? Now I will explain to you that when the Kyuubi was in turmoil eight years ago, although the Fourth Hokage sealed the Kyuubi at the cost of his life, he still The person behind the attack was not caught. In order to investigate the truth behind the Kyuubi Rebellion, I accepted an urgent order from the village to lurk and investigate the truth behind it, so I faked my death and disappeared from people's sight, so that I could secretly action."