Naruto and Shadow

“It’s him?”

Swish, swish, swish.

In a forest that must be passed by the gate to Konoha Village, four ninjas are flashing past in the trees.

They are ninjas who have just completed their mission and are on their way back to the village.

Because this time The mission was completed quite smoothly, with basically no obstacles. Each of them had a more or less relaxed look on their face.

However, on the way back to the village, there was another ninja who also returned to the village.

It’s just that there is no companion around that person, and his thin figure looks extremely lonely.

“You know him too, Lin?”

After hearing the words of the female ninja next to him, the boy wearing windproof glasses quickly looked at the figure in front of him with caution.

He knew who the person in front of him was –

Hino Hikaru, although he graduated from the same class. Graduate, but the reputation of the other party in the village is not very good.

This guy does not have much strength or future on the road of ninja, but it has to be said that the other party looks very good, and he is well-liked by the female ninjas of the same class. welcome

“Well, after all, he graduated from the same class as us, although he was famous in school because he was a super repeater.”

Normal people graduate from ninja school at around ten years old, but that person didn’t graduate until he was fifteen.

Speaking of this, Nohara Rin secretly glanced at another companion next to her. She had silver-white hair. Coupled with the mask that is almost never taken off, this white-haired boy obviously attracts her attention more than the previous boy with goggles.

Kakashi Hatake was also famous during his time in the ninja school.

But he and not On the contrary to the lone ninja in the distance, Kakashi graduated early at the age of five.

And he became a chuunin at the age of six…

He is truly a genius among geniuses.

Nohara Lin silently looked at the figure of another companion. , eyes gradually filled with longing

“It turns out Lin, you know him too, haha, that king of grade repeaters is really the worst among the worst.……”

Uchiha Obito didn’t notice the way Nohara Rin looked at Hatake Kakashi, but he was greatly relieved after hearing the other party’s words.

I thought Lin would care about that person because of his appearance, but now it seems that she is overthinking it.

Lin is not that superficial!

“You, a jack-of-all-trades, are not qualified to criticize others.”

Kakashi turned back suddenly, and Nohara Lin, who was still peeking at his back, was so frightened that she quickly blushed and lowered her head.

“Hey, I represent the elite Uchiha clan……”

Obito continued to miss Nohara Rin’s reaction, and then quickly refuted Kakashi’s words.

“The elite was still a genin until yesterday?”

“You guy, do you want to fight? ?”

Obito, who felt slighted, grabbed Kakashi’s clothes.

Yes, he, Uchiha Obito Elite, was barely promoted from genin to chunin yesterday.

“Okay, okay, you two just returned to the village, why are you arguing again?”

The leader of the three young ninjas, Minato Namikaze, only then stopped looking at the figure in front of him, and then looked back at his three disciples.

The boy just now seemed to have returned to the village alone this time.……

——

“Hikaru Hino, where is your companion?”

“died”

“You guy! Let your companions die again?”

“Don’t make it sound like I killed them. I’m just a genin. I survived only because of luck. They died because they didn’t have enough strength or luck.”

“Don’t think you can escape guilt by saying such things!”

“……”

Hino Hikaru, who was questioned maliciously by the other party, just glanced at the other party lightly, then lowered his hand expressionlessly and allowed the other party to pull up his collar.

The ninjas who can be received in front of the Hokage Building must be the ninjas of the big family, the Sarutobi clan.

It’s not a good thing to be against him.

Moreover, this was not the first time Hino Hikaru had experienced being roughly pulled by the collar and questioned by other ninjas in front of the Hokage Building.

Ever since he became a genin and started taking missions out of the village, his companions almost died every time during the mission.

However, it’s really ridiculous. The people who died obviously had nothing to do with the others, and the casualties of other civilian ninja teams were even more serious.

But it was only because he could escape death every time that he came into the eyes of others.

Then he began to be maliciously speculated, and then gradually developed into a”politically correct” behavior.

The other ninjas in the village began to ridicule him and insult him to enjoy the respect of other ninjas who didn’t know why.

Look, he must have killed his companions to come back alive from the mission.

Such people should be despised and insulted!

I scolded him for fighting injustice for those dead ninjas, and he was the hero of the village!

Then the next day they will have collective amnesia and will never talk about the civilian ninja who died today, until Hikaru Hino returns alive from the mission again.

They also completely forgot that just a few years ago, they destroyed one of Konoha’s most powerful and potential ninja through spurning, ridicule and insults.

What that ninja did was just give up the mission to protect the lives of his companions.

How ridiculous

“Let him go, Changdu, Hokage-sama wants to see him.”

“knew!”

Sarutobi Nagato, who was still spitting, let go of Hino Hikaru’s collar”angrily” and then”extremely reluctantly” got out of the way.

The other ninjas in the Hokage building also”angrily” Staring at the figure of Hino Hikari walking in

“There’s no emotion, it’s all acting, boring.”

Hino Hikaru muttered to himself, then straightened out his wrinkled collar, and then slowly followed the ninja in front to the Hokage’s office.

——

“……They mistook us for the real target and sent a jounin and three chuunin towards us.”

“So you’re the only one who survived?”

The Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was smoking a cigarette.

He was not surprised at all by what Hino Hikaru reported.

“Yes, I never thought about fighting the opponent from the beginning, so I escaped smoothly”

“But even so, facing the pursuit of a jounin and multiple chunin, how could you possibly……”

The Hokage’s secretary standing aside couldn’t help but interject.

Because the boy in front of me miraculously survives every mission.

“Shishan, you go down first.”

Before the secretary beside him finished speaking, Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand.

“yes.”

Seeing the Hokage speak, the secretary didn’t dare to say any more. He quickly walked out of the office and closed the door carefully.

“Sorry, Shishan is new here, and it’s not good to let too many people know that you know the secret arts of the Moonlight Clan.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that the young man in front of him relied on his escaping skills to survive every almost certain mission.

“nothing.”

Hikaru Hino handed over his mission scroll.

“No, it’s not a pleasant thing to be misunderstood by your companions in the village. Don’t worry, one day I will let everyone know that you will escape and that you are in every danger just to complete the mission. He survived by being strong and working hard.”

The kind-faced Hokage-sama smiled and comforted

“Compared with those companions who sacrificed their lives, you who survived are more precious. You should not be blamed by anyone.”

“Thank you, Hokage-sama.”

Hino Hikaru doesn’t care about other people’s opinions. He doesn’t have any so-called companions anyway. However

, what the Third Hokage said was quite beautiful.

It almost made him moved for a second.

“Then I’ll do it first……”

Hino Hikaru didn’t like the smell of tobacco in the room.

The Hokage’s office without windows felt a little breathless.

And he didn’t know if it was an illusion or something, but he always felt that there was another person in the room watching him.

However, just as he was about to leave, there was a sudden knock on the office door. dong dong

“Come in.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen did not let Hino Hikaru leave, but directly told the people outside the door to come in.

“Lord Hokage.”

The person who wanted to walk in was a young ninja with yellow hair and blue eyes.

Is this the fastest man in the ninja world, Minato Namikaze, known as the yellow flash?

Because of the other party’s famous name, Hino Hikaru couldn’t help but look at him more glance

“Ah, it’s that super repeater!”

“Shut up, Obito”

“Obito, let’s be quiet in front of Hokage-sama.”

“Got it~ Lady Lin.”

The next person who walked in was of course the Minato squad led by Namikaze Minato.

“How about the mission?”

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Namikaze Minato who came over with a smile.

He was young, obedient, powerful, a commoner, and his own disciple – a disciple of Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas.

After Konoha White Fang, Finally, there is another genius ninja who can make people feel at ease.

“It went very smoothly, with almost no danger.”

The only enemy he encountered was a lost chuunin from another village.

He didn’t even need to take action, and the opponent was quickly eliminated by Kakashi.

“I see.”

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and took a real look at Hino Hikaru.

It seems that the other party’s mission report did not lie, and he did contain the enemy’s main force.

However, he lost two more people in the village. Chuunin

“Hokage-sama, I have completed all the tasks before being promoted to Jonin.”

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was thinking about something with his cigarette holder in his mouth, Kakashi Hatake who was behind Minato Namikaze suddenly walked out and said something

“It seems that I have said so, but……”

At the age of twelve, he wanted to take the Jonin exam, which was a little bit…

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen then thought that Konoha Village was indeed in urgent need of another genius at this time.

“Just what?”

Hearing that Lord Hokage seemed to be repenting, Kakashi was obviously a little bit upset.

He had clearly promised before that after completing this mission, he would be qualified to participate in the Jonin assessment.

“Okay, okay, I will discuss your promotion to Jonin with Minato later.”

Looking at Kakashi wearing a mask and still unable to hide his excitement, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a kind smile on his face, and then looked at Namikaze Minato aside.

If Kakashi wants to be promoted to Jonin, Let Minato be the examiner for the assessment.

“Thank you, Hokage-sama.”

After receiving Sarutobi Hiruzen’s reply, Kakashi quickly looked at his teacher with expectant eyes.

“Understood, I will carefully consider your promotion to Jonin.”

Namikaze Minato could only helplessly turn around to comfort his disciple.

Although his disciple is a genius,…

Kakashi is not calm enough at the moment, and because of White Fang’s death, he is a bit over the top, said To be honest, regardless of strength, just looking at the qualities of a ninja, Kakashi is not qualified to be a jounin, and even a chuunin is a bit reluctant.

If it weren’t for the lack of combat power in the village and the entire ninja world being in a semi-war In this state, Namikaze Minato would never let the other party be so eager for success to be promoted to Jonin.

“Ah, by the way, Hikaru is about to be promoted to Chuunin. Your assessment should be on the same day, so you can get to know each other.”

The Third Hokage suddenly thought of something and added another sentence

“Chuunin?”

Hino Hikaru, who thought he was just an outsider, didn’t expect to be suddenly cued by Hokage-sama.

When did he mention that he wanted to be promoted to Chunin?

He had received a lot of narrow-death missions as a Genin. If he was promoted to Chunin It’s not that he will die without rebirth…

He still wants to live in Konoha Village for as many years as possible.

At least until the Nine-Tails Rebellion begins.

Hino Hikaru does not have high requirements for himself.

“That’s right, in fact, you can be promoted long ago based on your strength.”

It’s just that because his leading teacher died during the mission, and all the companions assigned to him later also died, no one mentioned it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen omitted the following Duan explained, he only said the previous sentence

——

“Minato, when we go to the Country of Grass this time, what is going on in the Iwagakure Village over there?”

After Kakashi, the others, and Hino Hikaru all left the office, Sarutobi Hiruzen really asked Namikaze Minato about this mission.

“I have written down the details in the mission scroll. As for Iwagakure’s movements……”

Namikaze Minato’s face was full of seriousness

“They are preparing for war, and their target is Konoha. They even have contact with the people of Cloud Hidden Village.”

Iwagakure and Kumogakure, the strength of these two great ninja villages is not much worse than that of Konoha. If they join forces, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for Konoha.”

“Yeah?”

Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked his pipe again.

Facing the alliance between Iwagakure and Kumogakure, even he felt uneasy at this moment.

“Although I had noticed their movements before, I didn’t expect that they would actually dare to……”

The Country of Grass is a small country on the border of the Country of Fire. Iwagakure of the Earth Country marching here is undoubtedly a provocation to Konoha.

“I told you you would regret it, Hiruzen.”

Quietly, a man with a cane and half his face covered in bandages suddenly appeared in the Hokage’s office.

“If we could launch a surprise attack on the Land of Earth before the ninja army from Iwagakure Village arrived in the Land of Grass, we wouldn’t be as passive as we are now!”

Hiruzen is getting old after all, and this Konoha still needs him, Danzo Shimura, to lead it.”

“Launching a surprise war against another country for no reason is a recipe for death, and now is not the time for such an afterthought, Danzo!”

Putting down the pipe in his hand, Hiruzen Sarutobi banged the table hard to show that he was the Hokage of Konoha.

“So what do you think we should do now about the alliance between Iwagakure and Kumogakure? Also, the nails hidden in the Sand Hidden Village also sent back information, and their Kazekage is also planning to attack Konoha.”

Sunagakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, the three major ninja villages, also represent the three great countries behind them, the country of wind, the country of earth and the country of thunder.

Even the ones who made the biggest profit in the last ninja war Konoha, at this moment, cannot be said to have the strength to withstand the simultaneous invasion of the three countries.

What’s more, two of the main forces of the last ninja war – the Konoha Sannin are not in Konoha, and the remaining one And being obsessed with scientific research without paying attention to anything outside the window, Konoha White Fang was once again… ahem, he had committed suicide due to”guilt” a few years ago.

Now the high-end combat power that the village can use, Except for Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, it seems that the only one left is Namikaze Minato, who has just emerged.

“Even Sunagakure?”

After hearing the information Danzo just told, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned even more tightly.

Since the three major ninja villages all have the idea of taking action against Konoha, then the last Kirigakure village may also have the idea to attack Konoha. The idea of a piece of cake. The alliance of the four great ninja villages…

If the situation continues like this, Konoha is indeed in danger.

Taking another puff of his pipe, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally raised his head and looked at Shimura Danzo.