Naruto: My mother, Haruno Sakura, is so smart that she is almost a demon

Three days have passed since the Konoha Collapse Plan was launched. During these days, under the leadership of the Elders and the Jonin Squad, the treatment and compensation of the dead and wounded have been preliminarily completed, and the post-war reconstruction work will also proceed in an orderly manner.

However, on this rainy day, Konoha had something more important to do than rebuilding:

Send three generations on their final journey.

All the ninjas of Konoha were dressed in black mourning clothes and lined up to present the bouquets in their hands to the mourning hall of the Third Hokage.

When it was Sakura's turn, she looked at the portrait of the Third Hokage with a complicated expression:

I'm sorry, old monkey, I have to let Tsunade become the Hokage, and I don't think you are capable enough to lead Konoha to deal with the next crisis. Although Tsunade's strength is not as good as that of the real top powerhouses, she has the courage to die without leaving any trace.

As the saying goes, when one dies, all debts are settled. Even though Sakura hated the hypocrisy of the Third Generation, she still sincerely mourned for him for a while, bowed, and then left.

In Sakura's heart, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen is an excellent politician. Whether it is his handling of White Fang, the exclusion of the Fourth Hokage, or his control over the Jinchūriki and public opinion, as well as his shaping of a positive image for himself, Sarutobi Hiruzen has demonstrated outstanding political skills.

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not a qualified ruler. He lacked the most important ability that a political leader in a high position should have - the ability to check and balance.

When the Second Hokage was in office, he used the Police Department to successfully split the Uchiha clans from other ninja clans. In addition, with the large number of forbidden techniques developed by Tobirama, those outstanding civilian ninjas and ninjas from small families also got the opportunity to acquire powerful ninjutsu.

It can be said that during the Second Generation period, a delicate balance of strength and power was achieved between civilian ninjas, Uchiha clans, and ninja clans:

The Great Ninja Clan has the most ninjas and is the strongest, but they get the least power. Apart from the majority of seats in the Jounin class, only Akimichi Torikaze has access to the core decision-making circle. Even the most useful Nara and Hyuga clans, both literary and military, were not valued by the Second Generation.

Although the number of Uchiha ninjas is far less than that of other ninja clans, the clan has the most elite ninjas. As long as a clan member has three magatama, he can at least fight one against two on the battlefield. Tobirama not only promoted Uchiha Kagami to join the Shadow Guard, but also gave the very important Police Department to Uchiha for full management.

The police department seems to have great power, but maintaining law and order is a job that offends people. The second generation's actions have undoubtedly greatly damaged the goodwill of the Uchiha in the hearts of the villagers and prevented the Uchiha from gaining more power.

In addition, the Police Department is independent of Konoha's ninja system, which not only prevents the Uchiha from occupying too many seats in the senior ninja class; it can also use differential treatment to isolate the Uchiha from the great ninja clans; it can even allow the Uchiha clan's combat effectiveness to degenerate in the pampered environment of the Police Department, gradually reducing the Uchiha's strength.

As for those small ninja clans and civilian ninjas, although they are the weakest due to the lack of inheritance, they have received strong support from the Second Hokage: they have four seats in the six-man Shadow Guard. To put it bluntly, the Shadow Guard of the Second Hokage is the reserve of the elders. The small ninja clans can be said to be the emerging force that the Second Hokage has high hopes for.

Sakura guessed that in the vision of the Second Hokage: compared to the ninja clan, civilian ninjas have an absolute numerical advantage, and the number of talented ninjas produced under such a huge base will certainly increase day by day. With the nourishment of the massive forbidden techniques he created, mass production of masters will definitely not be a problem; and these masters will become the backbone of the ninja clan after the decline of Uchiha.

Sakura felt that if Sarutobi Hiruzen had followed the established policy of the Second Hokage, not only would Konoha not be in any trouble, but it would also be much stronger than it is now.

It's a pity. If the second generation was given more time, perhaps he would be able to teach the old monkey the importance of checks and balances.

Although the Second Hokage had a blood feud with the Uchiha clan, he still gave the Uchiha clan a lot of power and was merely on guard against the Uchiha clan.

This is the mentality of the superiors. Besides, it is not wrong for them to guard against the Uchiha clan. This kind of ninja clan whose combat effectiveness increases as more people die is simply a bug. If the masked man and Itachi had not massacred the Uchiha clan and left half of the clan members behind; Sakura couldn't imagine what the old monkey would feel when faced with a large number of three-magatama and even Mangekyō that appeared out of thin air.

The old monkey and Danzo are indeed good at political struggles, but the checks and balances they create seem to be based on relying on Nong Xie.

They used every possible means to suppress the Uchiha: persecution, propaganda, centralized isolation, 24/7 surveillance...

But things often have two sides. Where there is oppression, there is resistance; the more severe the suppression, the stronger the backlash will be.

The high-pressure policy against the Uchiha eventually forced the Uchiha to rebel, and the Third Generation had to "bear the pain" of carrying out a large-scale purge, achieving the complete de-Uchihaization of Konoha.

In the struggle with the Uchiha clan, the Third Hokage seemed to have eliminated his political enemies, but what he did weaken was the strength of Konoha, which he ruled, and he also lost his prestige as Hokage.

Those in a position of power who know how to manage may show partiality for the sake of the balance of factions among their subordinates, but they will never directly participate in the struggles among their subordinates. Even if they do, they will intervene as referees.

Because once one side is overly biased, the lack of fairness will cause the person in power to gradually lose authority.

Just like when two students are fighting, the best thing for the dean to do is to find the right moment to stop them, so as to avoid someone getting killed, and then give them both fifty lashes afterwards;

If you are afraid that the weaker party will be beaten to death, it is understandable to take sides occasionally.

But what does it mean that the dean of studies directly picked up a brick and joined the battle?

The losing students will feel aggrieved and resentful towards the dean; the winning students will become emboldened by the dean’s favoritism and gradually grow into school bullies.

In Konoha, Uchiha was undoubtedly the unlucky guy who was knocked down by a brick, while Shimura Danzo eventually became the overlord of Konoha, and his status was truly second only to the emperor.

After Sakura presented the flowers, she found that Kakashi had disappeared. She knew that Kakashi had gone to visit Obito, so she decided to go look for him.

"Sakura, it's you."

Kakashi was standing in front of the memorial tablet blankly when he noticed Sakura's arrival without even turning his head.

"Kakashi-sensei, why are you here alone?

Are you thinking of your former companions again? "

Xiaoying asked calmly while holding an oil-paper umbrella.

Kakashi didn't answer, agreeing with Sakura's statement.

"I think it's time for our team 7 to have a meeting to discuss our future development and the issue of Karin."

Sakura directly stated the purpose of her visit to Kakashi.

However, Sakura's words made Kakashi fall into deep thought:

I remember Sakura said that in order to protect Karin, she was willing to look for Tsunade...

Did she know that the Third Hokage would sacrifice himself?

Plus she said she wanted to change the Hokage...

"Sakura, are you...

Are you involved in it? "

Although Kakashi was reluctant to doubt his student, he believed that with Sakura's wisdom, it would not be difficult to use Orochimaru to get rid of the Sandaime.

Although there is no evidence, now that the Third Hokage is dead, Konoha has not suffered too much damage. Doesn't this exactly fit Sakura's idea?

“No, but I did guess what Orochimaru was planning but didn’t report it.

Because Orochimaru doesn't seem to be out to destroy Konoha?"

Sakura answered truthfully, and thought in her mind how to dispel Kakashi's suspicion.

"Sakura, why are you so sure that Orochimaru will not destroy Konoha?

Are you betting Konoha's safety on Orochimaru's character?"

Kakashi continued to stare at Sakura expressionlessly.

“No, I hate gambling.

The reason I can be sure of this is because I have followed Kabuto Yakushi and learned about their plan to assassinate the Kazekage.

I believe you already know about the assassination of the Fourth Kazekage.

If Orochimaru's goal was really to destroy Konoha, he would have no reason to kill the Fourth Kazekage. Even if it was to get close to the Hokage, he could have told the Kazekage and then disguised himself as the Kazekage. I believe Rosa would not refuse.

Even if it is for the right to command, it is not worth it. Can all the ninjas who sneaked into the Sand Village this time be defeated by Rosa?

What's more, the moment Orochimaru revealed his identity, it became impossible for him to give orders to the invaders from Sunagakure.

So I think Orochimaru had only one purpose in killing the Kazekage - to make sure the impact of this incident was within his control."

Sakura's almost perfect words didn't seem like something she had just made up. Hearing this, Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that Sakura still has her heart set on Konoha.

“Forget it this time, though.

But Sakura, next time something like this happens, I hope you can tell your companions, or at least tell me, your teacher.

So as to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings like this time."

Kakashi believed Sakura's words, but still gave her a few words of advice.

"I understand, teacher."

Sakura responded with a smile and handed the oil-paper umbrella in her hand to Kakashi:

"As a punishment for doubting me, you must hold your umbrella tightly when you go back home!"

"That's really too much!"

Kakashi took the umbrella.

He knew that Sakura didn't want to get wet in the rain, so she decided to share an umbrella with him and go back.

As Kakashi held the umbrella high in his right hand, Sakura got under his arm. Kakashi intentionally or unintentionally moved the umbrella towards Sakura, unaware that the rain had already wet his left shoulder.

On the way back to meet with Naruto and Sasuke, Sakura discovered that Uzuki Yugao did not come to the memorial like in the anime.

However, Sakura immediately figured out the reason. Uzuki Yugao came to pay tribute to Hayate, and because of her, Hayate is still alive... and well?

Tooth white! Sakura felt like she had forgotten something very important...