[Naruto] The big battle to transform the image of the patriarch

In the past few days, the air in Konoha has been heavy.

On the second day after the attack on the village, Hokage expressed its determination to thoroughly investigate the matter through the "Konoha Daily" and said that it had found preliminary clues.The police force has increased the number and frequency of patrols, and the Konoha Barrier has also been maintained at the highest alert level.

On the third day, "Konoha Daily" announced the number of casualties in the attack on the village, and attached a list. On the fourth day, it introduced the lives of ninjas who sacrificed to protect the villagers, and stated that their names would be engraved on the memorial tablet .

On the fifth day, it was announced that the international organization "Shadow" would be responsible for this.

On the sixth day, it was announced that the spy hidden in Konoha had been arrested, and his identity was a confidant of Shimura clan chief Yuzo.

On the seventh day, Shimura Yuzo expressed his willingness to take responsibility for his negligence and voluntarily resigned from the advisory group.

late at night.

Rio Fujii, the president of "Konoha Daily", has almost swallowed up his personal life in the past week by his work.It was close to midnight before she returned home from the newspaper office.

Along the way, the street has been silent.Occasionally, the voice of the police force patrolling ninjas can be heard, which makes people feel relieved.

almost home.

There was no one else around, let alone a sound.She could only hear her own footsteps, ta, ta, ta, such a small sound.

The dim yellow light from the street lamp casts her shadow.The shadow was elongated and deformed, becoming a black streak, following her closely.

It looked weird and unfamiliar.It seems that something may emerge from the shadow at any time...

Ryu felt a little uneasy.

shhh-

The vegetation on the side of the road suddenly moved!

"Who!"

Li Xu, who was already nervous, was taken aback. Reflexively, he took out the kunai with the tip facing outwards. He took a deep breath and wanted to call the patrol members of the police force.

"... Lisu, it's me." A thin female voice sounded.

The slender figure walked under the light, allowing Li Xu to see the appearance of the comer clearly.Long brown hair hangs softly behind her head, big black eyes are gentle and melancholy, her face is haggard, and her mouth is tightly pursed.

"...What, it's Lan." Li Xu exhaled, "Scare me."

She took back Kunai, only to realize that the place where Arashi Shimura appeared was at her door.

"Rio, I have something to do with you." Arashi Shimura said softly, "I've been waiting for you for a long time."

When Li Xu heard this, he felt a little guilty.Both she and Arashi Shimura are considered to be the best among Konoha ninja, and they have always had a good relationship with each other, often chatting, going shopping and so on.Although after Arashi Shimura got married, they did not meet as frequently as before, but during this period of time, he was too busy with work, and he did neglect this friend.

Although he was already very tired, but to Lisu, of course, friends who visited late at night were more important.

"It's so late, is there something urgent?" Li Xu stepped forward to hold Shimura Arashi's hand, and said with concern, "Come in and talk first."

Shimura Arashi nodded, let Risu pull her submissively, and walked into the room.

light up.Boil water.

A cup of hot tea was placed in front of Arashi Shimura.

But Arashi Shimura didn't reach for it, but sat there straight, staring at Risu.

"Rio, why?" She said quietly, "Why did you make such a report? Aren't we friends? Why did you want to kill my family?"

Li Xu was drinking tea, but frowned when he heard this.

"Harmful? You mean the report of Chief Shimura? But isn't that the truth? Hokage-sama told us to..."

"Obviously we are also victims!" Arashi Shimura raised his voice a little excitedly, "And didn't the patriarch take the initiative to hand over that person after he found out? Isn't it enough to resign from the advisory group?"

"Lan..."

"Do you know what everyone thinks of our Shimura clan after the report comes out? Do you know how ugly the words are?"

"Lan..."

"Keisuke originally wanted to apply for transfer to the police force! Now it's all ruined!"

"Lan!" Li Xu put down his teacup heavily, and said sternly, "First, the duty of our newspaper is to make true reports, and we did not deliberately discredit the Shimura clan. Second, the Shimura clan chief should indeed be responsible for this. It’s impossible to lose everything.”

"..."

As if frightened by her severity, Shimura Arashi silently lowered his head and sobbed softly.

Seeing her crying pitifully, Li Xu couldn't help but soften his heart, and comforted him: "Lan, I know you're sad... It's true that the incident has just passed, and everyone is still very excited. It may be true that you have spoken too much, but there is no way..."

However, Shimura Arashi did not listen to her words.

She just cried and said: "You just look down on us...you all only see the Senju Clan and the Uchiha Clan...why do you look down on us...why do you look down on me..."

Here she is again.

Li Xu sighed inwardly.Lan is good at everything, but she is too sensitive and strong, and always feels that others look down on her.

such as……

"It must be the Uchiha clan who asked you to report like this, didn't you, Sato?" Shimura Arashi cried enough, raised his head, his eyes were stubborn, "Uchiha Madara? Uchiha Izumi? Or, Uchiha Mana?"

"Lan!" Li Xu said angrily, "It has nothing to do with Uchiha!"

Shimura Arashi looked at her, and murmured: "Rio, you are so protective... Sure enough, it's Mana Uchiha, right. Only when it comes to her matters, you will be so strict with me, Rio."

"Shimura Arashi!" Risu slapped the table and scolded, "Can you understand something! No one is sorry for you in this whole thing, let alone target you!"

I don't know which word Risu irritated Shimura Arashi, she suddenly cried again, sobbing and said: "Now even you look down on me, Risu..."

Li Xu had a headache from her crying and rubbed his temples, feeling helpless for a moment.

She is friends with Shimura Arashi, but also has a good relationship with Mana.Originally, these two people had nothing to do with each other. Shimura Arashi was on a mission a year ago, and he was very happy when he heard that the person leading the team was Mana.As a result, after coming back, the whole person was wrong, and complained to Risu that Mana looked down on her, was arrogant and rude to Daimyo, and embarrassed her in front of Keisuke.Li Xu advised her not to think too much, but the two almost had a quarrel.

After that, everyone gradually realized that Mana was not Madara's younger sister, but her girlfriend.Arashi was married to Keisuke at the time, so she had more opinions on Mana.I once complained to Risu, saying that Mana is hypocritical, everyone knows that she and their patriarch are a couple, but Mana still wants to call "patriarch" seriously outside, and I don't know if she is always reminding others that they are the glorious Uchiha family.

Also, Arashi hates the Uchiha clan, all of them.She felt that they were always throwing faces at others, from their patriarchs down to the lowest ranks in the police force.

Another reason, which Lan didn't mention, was guessed by Li Xu himself: Chief Shimura valued Xinjie and wanted him to be transferred to a middle-level cadre of the police force, but was rejected by the police force.It may be related to the feud between Uchiha and Shimura.

Li Xu felt that Lan was too petty, but she dared not say it.Because if she said it, Lan would definitely feel that she looked down on her.

They are still friends after all.

Thinking of this, Li Xu slowed down his voice and comforted her: "Calm down, Lan. Things are not as bad as you think..."

A month later.

"Konoha Daily, first edition, important news, headlines, 'The Land of Fire officially declares war on the Land of Earth'."

"Important news, 'The crimes of the land of land listed in the declaration of war: looting caravans, harassing the border, assassinating daimyo'."

"Important news, 'Shadow organization recently made a confession: the attack on the village was actually hired by the Land of Land'."

The public was in an uproar.

Mana leaned against the railing.This is the roof of Hokage Building, backed by Hokage Rock, with a wide view, overlooking the streets and pedestrians in Konoha.

Everyone held newspapers in their hands, discussing something intensely.

If you listen carefully, you can hear words such as "Let the land of the earth pay the price", "Blood debts", "Our Konoha is not easy to bully"...

She rested her chin on one hand and leaned on the railing with the other, with her eyes downcast, wondering what she was thinking.

A copy of the latest "Konoha Daily" was under her hands, and the corners were flipped by the wind on the roof, revealing the black headlines.

She's alone here.

Until the door leading to the roof was pushed open vigorously.

"Mana! What are you doing here! The meeting is about to start!" The visitor scolded her impatiently.

Mana didn't look back, she just waved her hand casually, and the newspaper was shaking in her hand.

Someone came to her side and scolded her as they walked: "I didn't come so early to make you dazed! Brother and the others are coming soon. Have you prepared all the materials needed to make a battle plan?"

"...Taijian," Mana supported her chin and turned to look at him, "You are so long-winded."

The silver-haired young man paused, stopped three steps behind her, and said angrily, "Manna! Stop talking nonsense! Come back to work!"

Mana pouted.

In the past two years, Uchiha and others have generally lived in peace, and the relationship between Togama and Quanna has also inexplicably improved (Mana thinks that Quanna never admits it).The original worry and vigilance of Tobima gradually faded away, and his attitude towards his former enemies became more and more relaxed.

His gentle way is to speak more and more casually.

It's getting fiercer.

It is said that this is called "heroic and straightforward", God knows if it is.

"For work or something, it's enough for you to have a room." She said, turning her head and continuing to be in a daze.

"Mana! What nerves are you getting at such an emergency!" Tomona strode up to him and slapped him on the guardrail.

The metal railing was "buzzing" and trembling continuously.Mana was unreliable, so she could only stand upright.

She glanced to the side, knowing that if she was a man, this guy would probably slap him directly, and then grab and throw him to work.

"...Sorry, I'm in a bad mood." Mana folded the newspaper in her hand and said lightly, "Let's go."

He glanced at her, then glanced at the newspaper, and finally fixed his eyes on the angry crowd downstairs.

A thoughtful look flashed in his eyes.

When Mana was about to turn around, he suddenly asked, "What are you thinking?"

"..."

Mana clutched the newspaper.His body didn't move, only his eyelashes fluttered.

When Tobuma thought she would not answer, Mana reopened the newspaper so that the content of the first page could be clearly displayed.

"We're playing on people's sentiment," she said softly.

"..."

"Judging from the content of the newspaper, Land of Earth looks like an evil villain, while Land of Fire is a good guy who is forced to fight back. Now Konoha is going to be the 'Teacher of Justice', and Xiong Jiu is going to fight against the villain with pride. Already." Mana said, smiling to herself.

Self-deprecating smile.

"..."

"But this is not the truth. Let's not say that the newspaper did not mention the country of wind, let's talk about the root cause of this war..." She continued, "The policy of Antu City in recent years has been to vigorously develop business , The trade friction with Land of Earth is getting more and more serious. Daimyo Yoshikawa probably wanted to fight a war and use violence to open up the market of Land of Earth. This war will break out sooner or later."

"..."

"In the final analysis, it is still a conflict of interests. There is no 'justice' at all, and it is not even 'revenge'." Mana sighed, "And I used the newspaper to deceive everyone. Even Risu and the others thought that what they wrote was everything. filled with righteous indignation, and volunteered to work overtime every day..."

"..."

"Why do we fight, why do we shed blood and die..."

At the end of her question, Tobima suddenly reached out, grabbed the newspaper in her hand, and glanced at it twice.

Then it was neatly kneaded into a ball and thrown to the ground.

Then, he crossed his arms and said impatiently: "Why are you Uchihas always so sentimental?! Since this war is inevitable, of course we must try our best to win! In order to maintain the internal stability of Konoha during the war and boost the morale of the army , this method is necessary. If you even care about this, why fight?!"

"...Actually..." Mana was a little sad at first, but was yelled at by Feijian, and she didn't recover.

"Think about these things after the war is over!" Tobuma seemed to be lecturing the students, and he was not polite at all. Come on, don't be so self-righteous!"

"That..." Mana tried to cut in.

"Go back to work now!" After Feijian finished speaking, she frowned and looked at her, as if asking you what else to say.

Mana lowered her eyes to look at the pile of newspapers on the ground, looked up at the leaf for a few seconds, and reached out to pat him on the shoulder.

"Thanks, Tobuma. You sure are a nice guy," she said.

The door seemed to froze for a moment.

"But," Mana said sincerely, pointing to the newspaper he had thrown on the ground, "even you, if you litter in public, you will be fined."

Tobori: "..."

"Hahaha, I lied to you, Tobuma. I'm not going to report you for littering." Mana laughed happily, which was a small sigh of relief - whoever let Tobuma do nothing will yell at others.

She bent down to pick up the newspaper, and shook the door, indicating that she would throw it away.

"Let's go, let's go to work!"

Mana was just sad for a moment, and didn't really indulge in unnecessary emotions.

After all, as Toma said, the most important thing now is the war in front of him.

Pre-war preparation meeting.

Material security...

shipping problem...

Defensive Deployment...

Finally came the appointment of personnel.

The two patriarchs Hinata and Sarutobi, as well as Senju Tomona, commanded the second, third, and fourth combat units respectively.

The two patriarchs, Yamanaka and Akimichi, are in charge of the special forces.

As a staff officer, Nara patriarch made suggestions in the rear.

Hokage, as the supreme commander, guards Konoha.

The ninjas of each family are organized into various units according to their respective levels and abilities.

Now, only Shimura and Uchiha are left.

"...Yuzou." Hashirama stared at the Shimura patriarch.

In just over a month, the patriarch, who is less than 40 years old, has several wrinkles on his face, making him look more vicissitudes and gloomy.

He remained silent, waiting for Hokage's appointment.

"As a punishment for your serious negligence, you were incorporated into the surprise attack unit of the First Combat Unit." Hashirama paused, and said, "Let's atone for your crimes by taking the lead, Yuzo."

There was encouragement on his face.Among the values ​​​​of most ninjas, taking the lead and committing suicide are praiseworthy behaviors, even a kind of glory.It is very suitable for washing away the previous shame.

Hashirama still wanted to give Yuzo a chance.

Yuzo looked at Hokage, and the corners of his mouth twitched imperceptibly.

"Yes, Hokage-sama," he said.

Now, all eyes are on Uchiha.

Only the first unit lacked a captain.

Sure enough, Hokage also looked at the patriarch, and said, "Finally, Madara, I appoint you as the captain of the first unit, and..."

and?

Everyone realized something, and their hearts jumped suddenly.

Spotted gyrus between the columns.

"... the supreme commander of the entire army, commanding all the troops on the front line."

Yuzo opened his eyes wide in disbelief.

Someone subconsciously looked at Togama next to Hokage—he didn't object? !

Some people take it for granted: the patriarch of the fighting clan, with Hokage sitting in the rear, is he not the commander-in-chief who is the commander-in-chief?

Various emotions fermented in the meeting room, but none of them had the slightest impact on the patriarch.

Madara just raised the corner of her mouth and said in a "should be so" tone: "Ah, I see."

Unruly and confident.

A week later, the ninja troops were reorganized.All ninjas receive a corresponding unit number.

Shimura Arashi looked at his unit number, then at her husband's number, and bit his lip.

She was assigned to the medical unit of the First Unit, while her husband was assigned to the Raiders.

"Why the first unit, Keisuke?" she asked in a low voice.

Why is it the first unit led by Uchiha?

Why did Uchiha Madara become the captain of the first unit and also served as the supreme commander?

Why would she be overwhelmed by Mana Uchiha even on the battlefield?

She screamed inwardly.

Keisuke pressed her shoulder.

"Isn't this great, Lan." He seemed to be aware of her unspoken screams, and whispered, "The closer we get to Uchiha, the more... chance we have."

His smile was a little weird.

It was completely different from the optimistic and hearty Lan remembered.

Shimura Arashi was a little scared.I don't know if it's because of her husband's strange smile, or because of the hint in his words?

...It wouldn't be the way she understood it, would it?

"Ki-Keisuke," Shimura Arashi said in a panic, "what's an 'opportunity'?! I just don't want to meet people I hate, no, no... After all, it's a war now, and everything is in the interests of Konoha ..."

Keisuke's smile suddenly brightened.

"What are you thinking, Lan." He said, "I mean, we can have a chance to make a difference in battle, so that we can revive the Shimura clan, and maybe beat the Uchiha!"

He laughed, and seemed to be the person Arashi Shimura was familiar with again.

She exhaled.An felt slightly disappointed again.

It is indeed what Keisuke would have thought, she thought, wanting to make Shimura's clan shine brighter.

But for some reason, my intuition was still a little uneasy.

"Yes, yes..." She forced a smile.

She thought that was the end of the topic.

But Keisuke smiled, and suddenly said: "Lan, don't worry! Didn't Uchiha Mana look down on you, I will definitely let you step her down!"

Shimura Arashi's eyes widened suddenly.