Restarting Life: Call Me the Leader of Konoha

"Pah-Pah--"

A series of crisp and strange noises fell into my ears.

Like the sound of water dripping into the sink when the faucet is not tightened at home...

The vague consciousness gradually returned to the body.

Kakashi opened his eyes, staggered two steps, and then barely stood still.

There was another 'patta patta' sound coming from under my feet.

The scene before my eyes was still dark, and I could only vaguely see ripples spreading out from the ground.

"Where is this...?"

The memories in my mind gradually revived.

The roaring beasts under the moon, the surging sand sea, the dazzling sand towers and the swift spears...

Scenes flashed by quickly.

Kakashi clearly remembered that he should be in Sand Village!

Is this a dream?

Ever since the Nine-Tailed Fox Rebellion, the blurry images from before have never appeared again...

But the impression is still there in my heart.

That feeling is a far cry from now.

It feels like stepping on the shallows of a lake.

Kakashi stopped and looked down at the ripples that were gradually calming down.

The lake is as clear as a mirror...

And therein is reflected his own reflection!

“This is the lake of your heart.”

A voice came from behind.

Shukaku?

This sound is very recognizable.

Kakashi's eyes narrowed and he turned away.

The huge figure standing tall in front of him, covered with complex and mottled marks, was none other than the tailed beast that attacked Sand Village - the One-Tailed Shukaku!

"Hey kid! What's with that look on your face? I don't look as fierce as that stinky fox, do I?"

That fox...

After searching his mind for a while, Kakashi finally reacted.

Kyuubi?

It is not uncommon for the tailed beasts to know each other.

One-tailed Shukaku, in front of him is a huge raccoon dog.

It does not look as ferocious and violent as the Nine-Tailed Fox.

In a sense, it can even be considered 'cute'?

But Kakashi doesn't have a good impression of the tailed beasts.

"I thought that stinky fox was free again, but it seems that is not the case."

Shukaku placed his hands on his sides, one head drooping.

A pair of cloudy pupils appeared in front of him.

These eyes, which were mistakenly thought to be the size of soybeans, were actually the size of one's palm, but they looked pitifully small against this huge body.

Kakashi weighed the options silently.

"Fortunately, the ninjas of Konoha are quite capable. Hey! Now I feel relieved..."

'Have a hand'?

It is obvious what a heavy price Konoha paid to seal the Nine-Tails.

This guy......

Can you see my memories?

"Don't be too surprised. We tailed beasts are a collection of chakra. It's easy for us to use some tricks to enter your heart and check this memory..."

"But you are about to be sealed now, right?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly. The so-called 'easy' doesn't sound very convincing, does it?

The other party went to so much trouble. If he really wanted to check his memory of the Nine-Tailed Fox, then the body suppressed outside would undoubtedly fall into the seal again.

This is not a good deal.

If it were me, I should be thinking about how to get out of this predicament...

"You are really my type!"

Shukaku sneered, not caring at all about the temptation in the words.

There was no way to tell what was meant by those dim eyes.

"I can see the resentment in your heart. Even if you try your best to hide it, it is all exposed in front of me.

"You hate that stinky fox, but you hate yourself even more..."

“Look at this dark lake of the heart.

“This is you!

"Hatake Kakashi..."

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"Sir, the results of the inspection are in. Among the list of Genin students who participated in the Chunin Exam, none of them escaped. They were all killed by a single blow from the kunai.

"And the only one who survived... was Momochi Zabuza."

The Kingdom of Water, the Hidden Mist Village.

This is a country shrouded in blood mist all year round.

However, this village of blood mist has finally ushered in the most tragic bloodbath in history...

The young man wearing the Kirigakure Ninja forehead protector stood to one side, his hands trembling as he clutched a few pages of report papers.

What he didn't say was that the force inflicted by the kunai was extremely clever, even the angle and direction of the stab...

Everything was just enough to kill with one blow, without any unnecessary loss of strength!

This technique seems to be done by one person...

This can only be achieved through absolute crushing strength.

These sheets of report paper were the perfect testimony of his evolution of killing techniques from crude to sophisticated!

'Ghost' - Momochi Zabuza.

This was the name that came out on the second day of the Chunin Exam.

Worthy of the name!

That child...

Born for assassination!

This was the most brutal murder he had ever seen in his many years as a prosecutor!

"Knock knock knock—"

There were more than a dozen figures sitting in front of the square conference table, of different heights, weights, genders, ages.

At this moment, no one spoke, and all their eyes were fixed on a brown-haired man sitting on the main seat.

Under the hood with the word "water" in azure blue is a young face.

The Fourth Mizukage, Karatachi Yagura.

In the empty and quiet room, only the dull knocking sounds echoed.

The atmosphere was particularly depressing...

"I understand. You go down first."

Glancing at the slight trembling of his knuckles as he held the report, Yagura frowned and waved his hand to send the other person away.

Momochi Zabuza.

I have noticed him since the Anbu operation last year.

A child that even the Anbu are helpless against...

The file states that he has the ability to participate in the Chunin Exam.

So, without even the qualifications to be a lower-ninja, he participated in the Kirigakure Chunin Exam.

The result was beyond everyone's expectations!

Not only did he kill his companions in a group and successfully obtain the qualification for promotion to Chunin, he even killed all the more than one hundred students in the same class!

This is undoubtedly a major blow to Kirigakure, which is short of talent!

But at the same time…

Yagura let out a long sigh and looked up at the faces in front of the table.

It really is true that there is no construction without destruction...

This is also an important opportunity for Kirigakure!

An opportunity to change the blood mist!

"In the name of the Fourth Mizukage, I have decided to abolish the blood mist system that has been passed down from generation to generation in Kirigakure..."