Hokage: Comrade Danzo

Danzo and the two caught up with another caravan, which Danzo had repeatedly confirmed was safe. Otherwise, if another incident in the Naruto world happened, Danzo would probably leave Sasuke behind, because the protagonist can always Encountered all kinds of messy plots.

It took five days for the two of them to arrive at the Kingdom of Iron. After a brief formality, Danzo took Sasuke to meet Mifune, the current leader of the Kingdom of Iron.

The layout of the building is very simple, and it is an ancient-style building. At first glance, it looks somewhat similar to the Konoha Hyuga clan.

"Is this Mr. Danzo of Konoha?" The door was opened, and an old man with a pair of dead fish eyes and long blue hair appeared in front of Danzo.

"Come in quickly! It's quite cold outside." He greeted with a smile, although the dead fish eyes on his face didn't look friendly.

After a few simple polite words, Danzo observed the surrounding environment and suddenly felt that the existence of such a samurai country made sense. After all, the mission concepts of samurai and ninjas were different. Such a samurai country could also appear to contain them in the future. The possibility of war between the five powers.

"I wonder why Danzo-sama came to our Iron Kingdom at this time?" Mifune was not wearing a samurai armor, but there was a vague evil spirit lingering around. It seemed that many people were killed during the war.

"I heard that your Iron Country seems to be in civil strife. How about I help you solve this problem?" Danzo looked at Mifune with a smile.

"Does Danzo-sama want to destroy the treaty signed between our Iron Kingdom and the five major powers?" Mifune was a little surprised when he heard Danzo's statement. After all, the consequences of breaking the treaty would be to be punished by the other four major powers.

"No, Mifune-sama, you are overthinking. I am discussing this matter in my own name, and it is not me who does it, but him!" Danzo pulled Sasuke in front of him.

"He? Danzo-sama is joking. It seems that a child can't change the situation of a country, right?" Mifune saw Sasuke's ability, but he didn't think it had any effect.

"Brother Mifune, although we don't know each other very well, I have been close to you for a long time. I know that you are not a pedantic person. You have long been looking forward to the reform of the Iron Kingdom warriors."

"But some of your subordinates don't seem to want change. As a result, the future of the Iron Country will be determined by the samurai arena in a few months." Seeing Mifune's move, Danzo continued to confuse.

"My disciple's veins are now damaged and he cannot use chakra for the time being, so I want my disciple to learn the samurai's sword skills. At the same time, you can also use him to win the samurai competition and establish the revolutionary faction. How about victory?"

"This... the deal is a good deal, but Danzo-sama... I still need to hold a meeting to discuss it with a few of my subordinates. Please stay for a few days while I send someone to arrange a room for you."

Danzo felt that the possibility of Mifune agreeing was very high. After all, with or without Sasuke, the reformists would win in the future. But Mifune is not a time traveler, so how can he know the future results. He just wanted to add a boost to the reformists who were not too strong now, so it was difficult for Mifune to refuse.

"Teacher, do I have to stay here for a long time?" Sasuke asked Danzo. In fact, Sasuke didn't want to stay here. He felt that Danzo might have to do something big, otherwise he wouldn't be able to leave him now. After all, the original plan was to go to the Iron Kingdom a year later.

"Yes, if Mifune agrees, you will accept their training until the next samurai arena is held. If I haven't come after that, you can go back to Konoha by yourself." Danzo smiled slightly and said to Sasuke said.

"Teacher, it is clear that ninja ninjutsu is very restrained to samurai, why should I learn samurai stuff?" Sasuke was a little confused. In the history of the ninja world, samurai did dominate an era, but since the development of chakra, ninjas have appeared. More and more, eventually replacing the samurai.

"No, no, no, ninjas are indeed stronger than samurai, but it's not absolute. With your current ability, even if the curse seal is transformed, the three ships can kill you in two moves, and it's neat and clean."

Without retorting to Danzo, Sasuke pondered the possibility.

"In addition, the spirit of a samurai is more valuable than that of a ninja. Let me ask you, do you think Naruto is more like a ninja or a samurai?"

"Naruto? Samurai, after all, no one has the appeal of the rising sun like him." Sasuke thought of what Naruto usually said.

"This is the difference. Many people, including the Third Hokage and the First Hokage, think that mastering ninjutsu is a ninja, and having the right beliefs is a ninja. It is completely wrong. Because they are just a group of samurai who have mastered the powerful power of ninjutsu." Danzo Ichi Astonishing words.

"A true ninja is a poisonous snake hiding in the dark waiting for the opportunity to deliver a fatal blow to the target. In order to complete the mission, he can abandon everything that is beneficial to the completion of the mission, even his companions."

"The will of fire that Konoha preaches is actually bullshit. It is this so-called will of fire that brainwashes the people at the bottom to become ninjas and become cannon fodder on the battlefield! It also caused the death of many geniuses in the so-called fetters."

"A real ninja doesn't need these things. The meaning of a ninja's existence is to complete one goal after another."

"But..." Danzo touched Sasuke's head. "Such a ninja does not exist. Maybe many people become intrigues in order to survive, but there is a tender place in everyone's heart. It is these places that allow the ruthless side to be controlled. When a person truly discovers this place , when you go to protect it, you don’t have to distinguish between a ninja and a samurai.”

"Perhaps I was originally a ninja in the true sense, but after I have a family and people I want to protect, I am no longer a pure ninja."

"Teacher... How did Itachi feel when he performed his last mission?" Sasuke suddenly asked Danzo such a question.

"Itachi is a man of contradictions. He loves you more than the village, so for you, he obeyed the village he loved and destroyed the Uchiha clan."

"I know." Up to this point, Sasuke still had an anger in his heart that he couldn't vent out. He still couldn't understand that such Itachi could attack his parents and the elders of his clan.

"Don't worry about Itachi if you don't have enough strength. You have experienced far less than Naruto. Just being an Itachi makes you obsessed with it. When Naruto was a child, he faced the blame of the whole village!"

"..." Sasuke thought of Naruto in his childhood memory. He was always alone. Perhaps it was similar to his loneliness. Sasuke and Naruto had been fighting constantly in the academy when they were very young, but once they got out of the house, After entering the academy, Naruto would become that abandoned person.

"Naruto? What exactly did you go through when you were a child?"

(End of this chapter)