"Shisui, Naruto is now in your hands, please take good care of him!"
In the Hokage Office, Hiruzen ordered the half-kneeling Shisui very solemnly.
His voice was earnest.
The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was too important.
As long as Naruto was in the Uchiha clan, he couldn't sleep well.
He didn't hesitate to call back Shisui, who was on a mission outside the village, just to let him keep an eye on Naruto.
Among the Uchiha clan, only Shisui could be trusted by him.
"Don't worry, Hokage-sama, I will swear to protect Naruto's safety!"
Shisui, carrying a short sword (Tantō), bowed his head deeply.
He had heard about Naruto's affairs. His presence in Uchiha was undoubtedly a huge disaster.
The already disharmonious relationship with the village became even more precarious in an instant.
Seeing Shisui's performance, Hiruzen was very pleased, and his wrinkled face smiled a little.
"In the Uchiha clan, only you and Itachi have inherited the Will of Fire."
Shisui felt more and more ashamed.
"The clan members don't understand your painstaking efforts, Hokage-sama. Please give me some time and I will surely persuade them."
"Okay."
Listening to Shisui's reply, Hiruzen's tense nerves relaxed a little.
The situation was not completely unchangeable.
Perhaps it's time to include Itachi in the Anbu.
Once Itachi joins the Anbu, he could act as his spy in the Uchiha clan.
None of the Uchiha's big as well as small actions wouldn't be hidden from his eyes.
'I have to find an opportunity to have a good talk with Itachi about this matter.'
While thinking about it, an Anbu member suddenly appeared, looking panicked.
"Hokage-sama, a lot of unfavorable rumors suddenly surfaced in the village."
"Rumors? What kind of rumors?"
The Anbu member hesitated.
"Speak!"
"There are rumors that Danzo-sama is secretly studying the power of Sharingan and Wood-style, and even kidnapped an Uchiha member as experimental subject. That same subject escaped from the Root base three years ago, and out of hatred for Danzo-sama and Konoha, controlled the Nine-Tails..."
The voice of the Anbu member was getting lower and lower, and his forehead was already full of sweat under the mask.
The content of this rumor was too sensitive.
The most important thing is.
As he spoke, he suddenly felt that this rumor made some sense.
Going by this logic, many unanswered mysteries could be explained.
As an Anbu member, he knew very well that the traces of Sharingan and Wood-style were discovered at the site that night.
However, this thought was immediately cut off by him as soon as it arose.
He didn't dare to think, and he couldn't afford to think.
Meanwhile, Hiruzen was shaking with anger, and from his clenched fists and shaking shoulders, it could be seen how angry he was at this time.
"Ridiculous!"
"It's absolutely ridiculous!!!"
"How could Danzo do such a thing?! Quick! Immediately stop the villagers from talking about it! Also, find out the source of this rumor!"
Hiruzen gritted his teeth to squeeze out these words.
This rumor was too vicious.
It directly pointed to him and Danzo as the source of the Nine-Tails' riot that night.
If it was allowed to ferment, he could even imagine how much harm it would cause.
In addition to anger, he was also confused.
'Who is spreading this rumor in the village?'
The most important thing was that Danzo was really studying Sharingan and Wood-style.
As for whether he kidnapped Uchiha clan members as experimental subjects, he didn't know, but based on his understanding of Danzo, maybe he would really do such a thing.
That's why he was so agitated.
…
"I heard that night's incident was related to Danzo-sama?"
"It seems that one of his experimental subject escaped, and he actually possessed the power of both the Sharingan and Wood-style at the same time. You know, that is the power of the First Hokage, the God of Ninja! It makes me want to be an experimental subject too."
"Are you a fucking fool?! Being an experimental subject must mean that they have been tortured inhumanely, otherwise why would that person hate the village and control the Nine-Tails for revenge?"
"What a pity, the child of the Fourth Hokage is the one who suffered the most…"
Speaking of this, several villagers were in low spirits, and some even wiped their tears.
According to them, Naruto was really miserable.
They had bullied Naruto before and knew first-hand about how he was treated, and that was why they sympathized with him even more after learning his true identity.
Such a young child, living alone, and being scolded by them every day!
They felt immense amount of pity just thinking about it.
Mirai's previous exposure of Naruto's identity had an unexpected effect at this moment.
Out of sympathy for Naruto, the villagers of Konoha hated the perpetrator of the Nine-Tails who caused all this even more.
So this rumor which had just appeared and immediately caught their full-attention.
At the same time.
In Root base.
Danzo was stunned.
He was sitting at home, and a blame fell on him from the sky.
What the hell!
An experimental subject escaped, and the real culprit behind the scenes turned out to be me… Why don't I know?
"Damn it! Who is the bastard who is slandering me?!"
Danzo was so angry that his whole body trembled.
Could this world be better?
Why does he had to take all the blame? Was he a professional scapegoat or something?
In addition to being angry, he also had a palpitating feeling.
He had basically done all the things in the rumors, except that there was no case of experimental subject escaping.
'What went wrong?'
He had always been good at guiding public opinion and attack others, but today, he finally tasted the taste of being attacked by public opinion himself.
The shot he fired many years ago hit him right in the middle of his eyebrows.
…
Rumors in Konoha had no trend of stopping at all, perhaps because they had touched the itch of the villagers. In the process of spreading, the rumors even evolved into multiple versions.
"What! That experimental subject is the actually the illegitimate son of Danzo-sama and an Uchiha!"
"There are nine more experimental subjects like this in Danzo's hand?!"
"Because that person was disfigured during the experiment, the perpetrator behind the scenes has been wearing a mask and dare not show his true face..."
Various versions circulated vividly.
…
On the Hokage Rock, on Minato's great stone face, Mirai stood silently, his blue eyes looking at the village below.
From this position, he could have a panoramic view of the entire village.
Unsurprisingly, it was him, he was behind that rumor.
To be precise, he had asked Setsuna to promote it.
After capturing the villagers who had been arranged by the Roots last time, the Uchiha Guards tortured them all night long to find out their methods and strategies.
Almost following the same pattern, Konoha Guards also set off a storm of public opinion.
Thanks to Mirai's ability to write stories and the villagers' hatred for the perpetrator of the Nine-Tails riot, the spread of rumor was quite smooth.
The effect was even better than expected.
However, the current Mirai was not in the mood to reap the results.
He stood there, taking advantage of the height of the terrain to maximize his [Bio-Magnetic Field Perception], covering the entire Konoha.
…
On an inconspicuous tree somewhere on the edge of the village, a scarlet eye was looking at the village outside through a mask.
"I have news. Your identity has not been exposed. These rumors are probably just made-up."
A White Zetsu emerged from the tree pole next to him, revealing his white upper body.
To be honest, even Obito was shocked when these rumors first came out. Except that it had nothing to do with being Danzo's experimental subject, he had both Wood-style and Sharingan, and he wears a mask. Basically everything matches up.
After hearing about it from Zetsu, Obito couldn't care less about monitoring Nagato in Akatsuki. He had to first figure out how much of his identity had been exposed.
Minato should be the only one who saw him wearing a mask, but he was already dead.
Died in the conspiracy and turmoil started by Obito himself.
Fortunately, now it seems that it should be the result of the villagers' imagination.
His identity was not revealed.
His hanging heart gradually relaxed.
Obito prepared to leave.
…
Almost at the same time, on Minato's great stone face, Mirai suddenly opened his eyes wide. His azure blue eyes were filled with chill.
"Found you!"
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