Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report
A short while later, Kakashi and his companion stopped in front of a shop where several ninjas from small villages were standing, seemingly looking through something. Out of curiosity, the two followed.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a bookstore. However, the ninjas didn't buy any books; instead, they bought a large sheet of paper.
Shikaisen Nara bought one for Kakashi and one for herself. They had seen many villagers from Iwagakure looking at these while they were shopping, so it turned out they bought them here.
Following the example of the villagers, the two walked and looked around.
Soon, their already bad mood worsened.
"What kind of nonsense is this?!" Even Shikaisen Nara couldn't hold back any longer. He really wanted to turn around and ask the Anbu behind him, but he knew it would be pointless, so he forced himself to stop. He suppressed his anger and continued reading.
That's right, this is a newspaper, the <Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report>. Almost all the villagers in Iwagakure are literate, so they have the foundation to run a newspaper.
Yichen hadn't thought of this for long; it was a batch every half month, and this was only the fourth batch.
Fourth issue of Iwa Village Bi-Monthly Report:
The front page headline reads: The wise and mighty Fourth Tsuchikage helped the pitiful and kind-hearted princess of the Land of Snow defeat the villain Kazahana Dōtō, who murdered daimyo, persecuted loyal officials, and bullied civilians.
The content is very detailed, and the author, as if personally experiencing the event, describes the entire process in a dramatic and engaging way. It's far more impressive than that other author and much more captivating.
Especially at the end of the article, the author lists dozens of benefits of the peace treaty between Iwagakure and the Land of Snow. Anyone who finishes reading it will feel that Iwagakure's Unifying the Ninja World is just around the corner.
Seeing this, Shikaisen Nara understood why the villagers of Iwagakure were so confident.
Tenten this every day, who wouldn't feel proud to be a member of Iwagakure)?
If Shikaisen Nara only found the Iwa ninja somewhat amusing after reading the first section, then the second section directly ignited his anger.
The words on it read in large characters: The Truth About the Death of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
The opening sentence is: In the previous version, we analyzed the inside story of Konoha White Fang's suicide, and at that time we saw the darkness of Konoha High-ranking officials. In this episode, we will discuss the truth behind the death of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.
This author is clearly not the same person as the previous one; the writing style is much worse. However, the factual arguments, intelligence analyses, and speculations all convey the same message: what I'm saying is true, believe me.
Shikaisen Nara, with his vast experience, could tell at a glance that this was written by a ninja, and most likely a tactical ninja at that. What a wicked mind!
According to this person, on the night of the Nine-Tails' Rampage, there were at least four people in Konoha who could have stopped the Nine-Tails: the Third Tsunade Hiruzen Sarutobi, one of the Legendary Sannin Tsunade, Danzo, the Dark Danzo of the Darkness of the Ninja World, Fugaku, the head of the Uchiha Clan.
However, when the Fourth Hokage fought fiercely against the mastermind behind the Nine-Tails' Rampage' rampage, none of the four used their full strength. In the end, after defeating the invaders, the Fourth Hokage had no choice but to use his life to seal the Nine-Tails, despite his exhaustion.
This author, with a filthy heart, portrays these high-ranking officials of Konoha as either hypocrites or true villains.
In his writing: the Third Hokage, who pretended to be a hero and charged to the front lines despite being afraid of sacrifice, and who confronted the Nine-Tails without going all out; Tsunade, who preserved her strength to become the Fifth Hokage; Fugaku Uchiha, who wanted to weaken the power of the Konoha High-ranking officials; none of them were as upright as Danzo, who openly said he was afraid of death!
After reading it, Shikaisen Nara's forehead veins throbbed. The article contained very little truth, but it also contained very few outright lies.
The author simply exaggerated various facts. The Sharingan can indeed control the Nine-Tails, but Fugaku Uchiha could not control the Nine-Tails, and his Sharingan was not the Mangekyō Sharingan.
The Third Hokage did not choose to perish together with the Nine-Tails, but that was because he had no other way to do so. He was only the Third Hokage, not the First, Second, or Fourth Hokage.
After the Fourth Hokage Tsunade the Nine-Tails with his life, Tsunade single-handedly suppressed the Seven-Tails. This was because the difference in strength between the Seven-Tails and the Nine-Tails- Tails was too great; it was only a difference of two tails.
Advisor Danzō... Advisor Danzō... Advisor Danzō might really be a villain.
As her anger flared, Shikaisen Nara also felt a chill; were these things really true?
Putting everything else aside, why didn't the Third Hokage seal the Nine-Tails immediately? How many fewer ninja would Konoha have lost that way? Wasn't it a worthwhile trade of the aging Third Hokage's life for the young Fourth Hokage with his Flying Thunder God Technique? And the author asked another very insightful question: the Fourth Hokage had a way to take the Nine-Tails down with him, didn't the Third Hokage, who served as Hokage for decades, have one too?
After a long while, Shikaisen Nara came to his senses. If even he, Jonin Konoha, thought this way, then it goes without saying that the villagers of Iwagakure and the ninjas from other countries' ninja villages also thought so.
Shikaisen Nara turned to Kakashi and said, "Kakashi..."
Huh, where's Kakashi?
Kakashi, who had been standing right next to him, had vanished without a trace. Shikaisen Nara looked around and soon spotted Kakashi with white hair in front of the newspaper shop where he had just bought the newspaper.
Kakashi seems to have bought a few more newspapers.
"No, that's not right." Shikaisen Nara quickly turned her gaze back to the first sentence of the second version of the article: Konoha White Fang!
How could I forget? Kakashi is White Fang's son.
Shikaisen Nara knew some of the inside story of White Fang's suicide, which indeed involved a lot of dark secrets from the Konoha High-ranking officials.
Iwa ninja bi -Bi-Monthly Report could portray the Nine-Tails' Rampage, which had no real conspiracy, in such a way, then the death of White Fang is even more unimaginable.
After Kakashi returned, Shikaisen Nara took the newspaper Kakashi him, but he kept his head down and didn't dare to look Kakashi in the eye.
Fortunately, Kakashi didn't say anything; he just walked towards the Izakaya while looking at the newspaper in his hand.
Shikaisen Nara sighed and glanced at the rest of the newspaper.
It even includes introductions to various tourist attractions within the Land of Earth, where to find good food, and what each shop's specialty snacks are.
Besides these, he even saw a marriage proposal ad. He also saw a serialized novel, something like "I Want to Become Tsuchikage," and the novel even had a voting feature.
It has all sorts of content, everything imaginable.
Upon returning to their lodgings, Kakashi went straight to his room, while Shikaisen Nara summoned a Chunin and handed him a small scroll containing four issues of the Iwagakure newspaper he had obtained, along with his own observations. "Sarutobi Akira."
The Chunin named Sarutobi Akira Chunin Shikaisen Nara's meaning, and immediately bit his finger, Hand Seals: Summoning Jutsu.
After a burst of smoke, a Monkey King Enma appeared in the room. The Monkey King Enma looked around and, finding no enemies, breathed a sigh of relief and then waited for orders.
Sarutobi Akira handed the item to the Monkey King Enma and instructed, "Give this to Third Lord."
The Monkey King Enma nodded, then opened its mouth and put the scroll into its mouth.
Then, with a bang, it turned into smoke and vanished.
Seeing the intelligence report disappear, Shikaisen Nara breathed a slight sigh of relief.
Meanwhile, in the Iwagakure (Hidden Iwagakure) Barrier Team, a ninja on Barrier Team discovered abnormal fluctuations in the barrier.
He examined the situation carefully, then quickly summoned a messenger from the Anbu and said, "Go and inform Lord Tsuchikage that there was a fluctuation from a Space Ninjutsu just now; someone may have used Summoning Beast in the village."
The barrier shook as soon as the words were spoken.
"What's this?" The ninja on duty looked at it and immediately said, "The other party has released their Summoning Beast; they must be transmitting information."
The Anbu nodded upon hearing this and then quickly disappeared. At the same time, a team of Anbu went directly to the ninja on duty, ready to relay messages from the Barrier Team at any time.
Yichen, unusually, was reading documents in his office at this moment. After hearing the report from the Anbu, he thought for a long time before saying, "It seems that ninjas from other villages are using Summoning Beast to transmit information within the village. I understand. You continue to keep an eye on things."
After the Anbu returned, Yichen had Zero find Atsumi Akino, who was researching Space-Time Ninjutsu at home, and asked her to go to the Barrier Team, and assigned her a secret mission.
Shikaisen Nara, having finished delivering the message to Konoha, heard the commotion outside and went to investigate. He saw several Iwa ninja and several Sunagakure Earth Flow in, chatting and laughing, appearing to be having a pleasant conversation.
However, when they saw Shikaisen Nara wearing Konoha forehead protector, they all restrained their expressions, and the Iwa ninja even stopped in their tracks.
One of the Iwa ninja said to the leader of the Sunagakure, "Thank you for your guidance today, Yūmon Yumon. We will continue to seek your guidance tomorrow. We will take our leave now."
The Sunagakure named Yūmon didn't say much, but nodded cautiously, and then led the others back to the Sunagakure's residence.
Shikaisen Nara glanced at the tightly closed door of the Sunagakure's room, then at the direction the Iwa ninja had left in, frowned, and walked back to her room.
That evening, Shikaisen Nara and his group received a reply from Konoha: be careful and avoid trouble. Kakashi's situation was no longer Shikaisen Nara's concern; Hiruzen Sarutobi stated that he believed Kakashi was a steadfast inheritor of the Will of Fire.
After receiving the information from the village, Shikaisen Nara relayed what she had seen about the Sunagakure and Iwa ninja that day back to the village.
Now that the village has said they don't need to worry about Kakashi and the Iwa ninja newspaper, Shikaisen Nara plans to have something to eat and then get a good night's rest.
Because they lived in Izakaya), Shikaisen Nara and his fellow out-of -Izakaya town ninjas basically ate their meals there.
Except for Kakashi, who said he had no appetite and stayed in his room, everyone else followed Shikaisen Nara to the restaurant of a pub to eat.
Not long after the food was served, a person completely covered up suddenly walked in from outside.
The man sat with his back to the Konoha members in a booth not far from them, neither speaking nor ordering food, as if he had simply come to sit and relax.
Guess what Atsumi Akino's mission is? Bonus chapter if you guess correctly.