Naruto: The Iceman of the Senju Family

"The conspiracy in Iwagakure Village has been successfully prevented, and our village is one step closer to victory!"

In Sand Hidden Village, tens of thousands of villagers gathered in front of the Kazekage Building. At this time, everyone's eyes were feverishly watching the figure on the roof platform.

"Oh!!"

"Kazekage-sama!!!"

"The victory in this battle is entirely due to this warrior--"

As the Fourth Kazekage spoke, he stepped aside to reveal Ye Cang behind him to the sight of the villagers.

"Storm Release Ye Cang, the hero of our Sand Hidden Village!"

"Woooooooooooooo!!!"

A burst of more passionate and high-pitched shouts suddenly resounded through every corner of Sunagakure Village!

Especially the young ninjas who have graduated and gone to the battlefield in recent years, do not care about the feelings of others and shout at the top of their lungs for their heroes:

"Master Ye Cang!"

"Master Ye Cang!!!"

"Everyone……"

Although he had been called "hero" more than a year ago, it was only a spontaneous honorific given by his companions or villagers.

This is the first time for Ye Cang to have the honor personally certified by Lord Kazekage on such a formal occasion!

So standing next to the Fourth Kazekage at this moment, looking at the dark scene below, where almost everyone was cheering for him, Ye Cang, who was not very young, suddenly felt uncontrollably excited.

I feel that for everything in front of me, all the efforts and sacrifices I have made are worth it!

"Whether you have the title of 'hero' or not, it doesn't actually matter..."

"Because to me, every villager in Sunagakure Village is my relative..."

"For the safety of our loved ones, and for everyone to live happily every day..."

"I will demand myself more strictly, continue to work hard on the front line, and crush every conspiracy and conspiracy in Yanyin Village..."

Because I was so excited, there were even obvious vibratos when talking about excitement in some sentences.

If it were just a speaker, this would definitely be considered a big mistake.

However, for the villagers below, it is precisely because of this imperfect flaw that they feel that Master Ye Cang is a more real and down-to-earth civilian hero!

"Woooooooo!!!"

"Master Ye Cang!"

"I will always support you! Master Ye Cang!!!"

"Hehehe..."

Seeing the villagers making such crazy noises and shouts for Ye Cang, even overshadowing himself, the Fourth Kazekage on the side just smiled warmly,

If it had been before the Chunin Exams, he felt that he might still have some feelings of envy or jealousy.

But it's different now!

For him now, the future of Sunagakure Village is the most important.

As long as it can make Sunagakure Village more prosperous, he can accept it even if it goes too far!

But unfortunately,

Although he has this awareness,

Although he is the highest-ranking Kazekage in the entire village,

But the human heart is often the most difficult to predict and control, and it will not change or shift according to one's wishes~

Just as Ye Cang was delivering her speech, behind her and the Fourth Kazekage stood all the senior officials of Sunagakure Village.

Although they couldn't see the grand scene below, just hearing such movements had already aroused some people's dissatisfaction and strange thoughts...

"Teacher~Teacher!"

After half a day, the enthusiastic crowd gradually dispersed. Ye Cang, who was walking home, suddenly heard a voice behind him that was trying to suppress his excitement.

"Real tree~"

Seeing the student he hadn't seen for a while, Ye Cang's sullen expression finally felt like meeting the snowflakes in the morning sun, and a bright flower bloomed in an instant.

"Why are you running in such a hurry? It's not like you don't know where my home is~"

"Hehehe~"

Maki's height is a bit taller than that during the Chunin Exam, and his figure has also improved a lot. However, when facing the teacher alone, he can't help but show the coquettishness of his childhood.

"I want to see the teacher soon and ask the teacher to help me practice~"

"Ah~ can't you let me go first~ Teacher, I just came back from a mission~"

Although he said this, Ye Cang's eyes were actually filled with smiles, and he began to actively walk towards the training ground commonly used by masters and disciples.

"Ping~pingping~"

"The speed is good. It seems that you have not relaxed your requirements on yourself during my absence~"

"Of course it is!"

While Maki carefully observed possible loopholes in Ye Cang's actions, he took time to answer quickly:

"Teacher, you are now a 'hero' certified by Master Kazekage personally. As your student, I don't want to experience something like that again because of my lack of effort!"

As for the specific "what" thing, Zhenshu didn't say, but Ye Cang thought of it immediately.

'Hehehe~ It seems like that exam is still useful~'

Although I feel very unhappy every time I think of that brat treating his students as tools, but since it can encourage Zhen Shu to practice harder, I can barely forgive him~

"Now that you have a direction to work towards, let's work hard towards that goal!"

"Family, village, friends, and the will to protect the village..."

"Any kind will do!"

"As long as you have this energy in your heart, you will definitely become stronger!"

"is teacher!"

******

It's still the Kazekage Building, but the location has been changed to a high-rise conference room that is absolutely inaccessible to ordinary people.

"Then, let's each express our opinions on the 'truce negotiation with Kirigakure Village'."

On the huge circular conference table, twelve senior officials from various departments in Sunagakure Village were sitting.

Due to the special climate of the Kingdom of Wind, at least half of everyone's face is hidden behind a thin white cloth, making it impossible for others to see their true reaction at a glance.

"Judging from the negotiation letters from Kirigakure Village, it is clear that the other party has no plans to reconcile with us."

"That's right! Since it's a truce negotiation, it doesn't matter if they don't give in, but they still make so many unreasonable demands. I think they just..."

"But don't forget! This is the critical period for the decisive battle with Iwagakure Village. We can't be fighting Iwagakure Village while also being prepared for Kirigakure Village, which may launch an attack at any time!"

"...It's true."

"agree."

"agree……"

"There is no other way. In order to win the war with Yanyin Village, I can only agree to their request and sacrifice..."

"Everyone, have you overlooked something?"

The Fourth Kazekage, who had been listening expressionlessly, finally spoke with a gloomy face:

"The reason why we are able to achieve such results in the confrontation with Iwagakure is because there are warriors like Ye Cang who are fighting risklessly on the front line!"

"Of course we will not forget the 'Hero''s contribution to the village! It is precisely because of her outstanding performance that we have the opportunity to negotiate with Kirigakure Village, right?"

While saying this, several senior executives at the table couldn't help but glance at each other covertly, and they could all see the contempt and ridicule hidden in each other's eyes.

'Haha, is it so easy to be a hero? '

"Yes, we will remember the 'Hero's' contribution to Sunagakure Village, and we will always be grateful for the opportunity she won for the village!"

"This is indeed an opportunity. If we reject Kirigakure Village this time, if they join forces with Iwagakure Village, we will still be the ones to suffer~"

"Yes, if they are really defeated by their joint efforts, it will still be our innocent villagers who will suffer. Lord Kazekage, you must not want to see that happen!"

"Don't talk nonsense, how could Master Kazekage do such a thing!"

"Yes~"

"Yes~~~"

"..."

Seeing these old guys talking to each other, the other party kept talking to tie the villagers together, so that he could not say a word of objection!

"Then~"

Seeing that the Fourth Kazekage was obviously furious with his face, but still clenched his fists and couldn't say a word, the few old guys smiled proudly at each other,

Of course they are not mentally ill and deliberately harm their own people.

Sand Hidden Village really needs heroes.

But what they need is an obedient "hero" who can bring benefits to themselves.

Compared with one's own interests, a "hero" who is out of control and does not stand in line with himself will only become a constraint in the future.

The troubles in Kirigakure Village and the war in Iwagakure Village are just excuses for this community of interests to move to the surface in order to exclude dissidents.

In the end, it was the senior executive who set the tone for this meeting:

"Since no one has any objection, then for the sake of the village, we can only let our 'hero' sacrifice~"