The Man Who Lost Himself Amid Multiple Spy Identities
[Tsunade: Orochimaru, you better stay away from Nawaki from now on!]
[Anko: Is this the teacher?]
At this moment, Orochimaru's glorious image in Anko's eyes almost collapsed. The omnipotent Orochimaru- sensei would actually do such a thing.
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: Danzo, you've gone too far this time. It's none of your business how you interfere in the village's affairs!]
Hiruzen Sarutobi never imagined that his best friend would do something like this—threatening the orphanage director, forcing children to join Root, and even disregarding his orders as Hokage. It was getting more and more outrageous.
"After all, the children wouldn't voluntarily ask to become Konoha Shinobi. Let's ask them." Danzo wanted to select some from the orphanage.
Dou, standing outside the window, silently watched everything that was happening inside.
That evening, all the children gathered at the orphanage gate, watching as Dou walked out on his own initiative.
"Kabuto, why?" Nonō still looked at Kabuto with a puzzled expression.
To avoid worrying the dean, Dou said with a smile.
"I'm suited to be Shinobi, and I also want to learn Medical Ninjutsu properly."
The other children were also very confused as to why Dou would abandon their three-year friendship, and they even wanted Dou to come back.
They simply cannot comprehend the cruelty of the Shinobi World now, but Kabuto has already experienced it firsthand.
If Kabuto doesn't go, they will definitely continue to threaten Nonō, and Kabuto doesn't want to put Nonō in a difficult position.
Seeing his companions reluctant to part, Kabuto thoughtfully offered some reminders.
"Have you all forgotten the rules of the orphanage? It's time to rest," Dou told them considerately.
The clock showed 9:05, a time Dou had remembered for three years.
Kabuto also understood that he might not be coming back.
[Yugito Nii: What an understanding child! I really don't know what Kabuto will suffer in the future.]
[Hozuki Mangetsu: Everything spies do is extremely dangerous; they can't even guarantee their most basic safety.]
[Hanzō: Spies invariably meet tragic ends; some die far from home, their existence unknown to anyone.]
It's clear that Kabuto's choice to become a spy this time is destined to be anything but smooth sailing.
Sigh, now all I can do is Danzo a few times and wish that he would die a horrible death.
Danzo's reputation plummeted once again. Now, Danzo is not only universally hated, but also universally despised.
The scene unfolds year after year.
Kabuto gradually grew up, but he was either gathering intelligence or on his way to gather intelligence.
In Kumogakure, Kabuto is a Kumogakure ninja who wears a face mask.
Upon arriving in Kirigakure, he transformed into a genuine Kirigakure Shinobi.
Kabuto kept infiltrating, gathering information, and disguising himself; he wasn't even sure if he could still be considered a member of Konoha.
After all, he spent his entire life in Great Shinobi Villages.
Kabuto's presence can be found in Sunagakure, Iwagakure, Great Shinobi Villages; he is a natural-born spy.
Kabuto, who can appear in the eyes of others with multiple identities at any time, is capable of deceiving the entire Konoha, Sasori of the Red Sands, and his Sound Ninja comrades in terms of infiltration and disguise. His excellent qualities as a spy have impressed Orochimaru.
From birth, a person will be given many identities: child, husband or wife, elder or junior, colleague or friend, etc., but among these many identities, there is still one identity that belongs only to oneself and is unique to oneself.
Kabuto was the same; beneath his many espionage identities, he spent his entire life searching for the same question: Which one is the real me? Or rather, who am I really?
From the very beginning, Kabuto had nothing, not even his identity.
As a skilled spy, every disguise is a false identity. Moreover, Kabuto, as a spy who travels to multiple countries, carries an even more complex identity, but the identity of "Kabuto Yakushi," given to him by the director, is still Kabuto's true self at this moment.
Spies are pathetic; the more they sacrifice for the village and the more intelligence they gather, the more likely they are to become targets for elimination.
In order to rescue Kabuto, who is a spy, Dean Yakushi Nonō agrees to one last mission from Shimura Danzō: Kabuto can be freed if he eliminates a certain person.
For Kabuto's sake, Nonō had no choice but to eliminate that Shinobi!
In Iwagakure, Kabuto, whose infiltration attempt failed, continued to evade the pursuers.
The massive canyon serves as a natural hiding place, surrounded by ravines, making it difficult to be discovered when hiding underneath.
Kabuto hid under a boulder, observing the situation behind him. He then took out a mirror to check the situation above.
Suddenly, a Kunai accuracy.
Kabuto quickly turned around and dodged, not knowing why the Shinobi behind him was relentlessly pursuing him.
Sensing the movement behind him, Kabuto decisively turned around Chakra chop. Kabuto, who had been tense, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, sunlight gradually shone into the canyon.
Knock knock!
Kabuto stared wide-eyed in disbelief, for the Shinobi before him was none other than Nonō.
"Dean!"
Kabuto stumbled and crawled over, continuously unleashing Medical Ninjutsu at Nonō.
"How could this be? Why are you here?!"
"Why are you healing my injuries?" Nonō asked weakly. "Who exactly are you?"
"It's me, Dean! I'm Kabuto!" Kabuto said, putting his glasses on Nonō's head so the dean could see him clearly.
"Don't worry, I will definitely cure you."
"Who are you?" Nonō asked Kabuto repeatedly, as if she didn't recognize him.
This sentence shattered Kabuto's long-held belief that everything he had was given to him by the headmaster: his name, his life, his Ninjutsu, and his glasses.
But now, standing in front of the dean, the dean didn't recognize him.
The reason I supported Kabuto's continued existence was so that one day he could see the Dean again.
To this end, he worked tirelessly as a spy, traveling from country to country, abandoning everything he had, all in order to return to the orphanage where he had started.
But even the dean has forgotten him, doesn't even remember him. So what is the meaning of his existence as a rootless driftwood in the Shinobi World?
Dou's eyes were lifeless, and he froze, the light from his healing hands gradually fading away.
With his hands limply placed on Nonō's wound, Nonō died by his own hand!
Why did the dean forget me? Why doesn't he remember who I am? If that's the case, then what have I been all this time? What has everything the dean given me amount to?
Dou kept washing his hands by the river, as if trying to wash away the blood on them—the dean's blood.
At this moment, Kabuto had lost his way; he didn't know what the purpose of everything he had done was.