The Ishinose Kiyoshi Who Brought a Surprise

Only Danzo remained unconvinced about what had happened before, and he said, "Hiruzen, Kakashi..."

"Enough! Kakashi is Minato Namikaze's disciple. He inherited the Will of Fire. I believe in him." Tsunade on the table.

Tsunade was also powerless regarding Kakashi's situation. Although Kakashi was the Fourth Hokage's disciple and seemed to have impeccable lineage, he had always received special attention and training from the higher-ups.

However, this was because the higher-ups couldn't find any other legitimate heirs, and had no other choice but to place their hopes on Kakashi.

The First had no disciples, but the Second Hokage had quite a few. There are only two types of people with true lineage in Konoha Root: one is the descendants of the previous Hokage, namely the Senju Clan and Sarutobi Clan.

However, none of these family descendants amounted to anything. The only one with decent talent, Sarutobi Asuma, even ran away to the capital of the Land of Fire recently after arguing with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Another category is the disciples or their successors of the Shadow.

However, upon closer examination, among these successors, only Kakashi from Hiruzen Sarutobi's lineage is a suitable candidate. Orochimaru defected, so he couldn't possibly train his disciple Anko. Tsunade had no disciples, Jiraiya Minato Namikaze's lineage. Minato Namikaze took in three disciples, but only Kakashi survived.

If we don't look within Hiruzen Sarutobi's faction, then we'll have to look with Danzo, Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado, or others.

Unfortunately, none of these people trained any disciples. Only Danzo felt he was still young and at the prime age to become Hokage. In the eyes of others, the only suitable successor to the Hokage was Kakashi.

Kakashi was promoted by the higher-ups under these circumstances.

However, Kakashi also had political flaws. His father was a stain on the Third Hokage's ruling group, and his teammate Obito, representing the Uchiha Clan, was a thorn in the side of the Third Hokage's ruling group.

Therefore, the Third Hokage and his allies both anticipated and were wary of Kakashi.

Having served as Hokage for some time, Tsunade had gradually come to understand the Third Hokage's thoughts, which is why she interrupted Danzo with a firm tone. She was genuinely afraid that her usually obedient teacher would be Danzo.

In Tsunade's view, Konoha could no longer afford internal strife; Konoha could no longer withstand further internal conflict. She could not watch Konoha's outstanding next generation be ruined by its own people.

Thinking of this, Tsunade said, "Transfer Kakashi to my side to serve as my bodyguard. Perfect timing, my Shadow Guard hasn't been formed yet, so Kakashi can be the captain of the Shadow Guard."

"No, Tsunade, you need to figure out what you're doing. That's a quasi-Kage who might have been brainwashed by Iwa ninja!" Danzo roared at Tsunade.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "I have no objection."

There's no way around it; Tsunade is the Hokage now, and the Hokage has many powers that cannot be infringed upon. Advisors can veto the Hokage's proposals through voting on certain matters.

However, Konoha stipulates that there are many things the Hokage can decide for himself. For example, the selection of the Shadow Guard members: the Hokage can choose four guards from the entire Konoha ninja system.

In theory, the Hokage could even transfer key members of Root to his own Shadow Guard. As long as Tsunade wasn't afraid of being betrayed, she could do so to weaken Danzo's power.

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not support Tsunade's decision, but he had to uphold the Hokage's authority.

"Hiruzen Sarutobi, you'll regret your indecisiveness today." Danzo angrily threw down these words, then, ignoring the pleas of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado, roughly opened the door and left the conference room.

Having narrowly escaped death, Kakashi took Shikaisen Nara to the hospital and then walked alone on the streets of Konoha.

With a different mindset, Kakashi felt a different way when he looked at the villagers of Konoha.

"Shikaisen Nara- senpai is right. The villagers in the village also have that kind of confidence on their faces. And you can feel that their confidence is more natural than that of the villagers in Iwagakure. They have even made this confidence a habit."

"Perhaps in everyone's heart, Konoha should be the strongest, and the villagers of Konoha should be happier than others."

"Perhaps everyone thinks this isn't something to be proud of, so they don't deliberately show it like the villagers of Iwagakure, which is why I didn't notice it before. It's precisely this naturalness that makes the village more prosperous."

Kakashi then turned his gaze towards the direction of the Uchiha Clan, sighing inwardly. He wondered if the conflict between the Uchiha Clan and the higher-ups would cause unrest in the village and ultimately shatter this peace.

Just then, a voice came from ahead. "Yo, Kakashi, my lifelong rival, let's have a youthful showdown!"

After saying that, Might Guy didn't wait for Kakashi's agreement as he had done before, but launched an attack directly.

Although Might Guy wasn't very intelligent, his intuition was sharp, and he noticed Kakashi change in Kakashi's eyes just now.

Whether it was accurate or not, Might Guy didn't know; he only sensed that Kakashi's current state was off. He had to help Kakashi, and as for how to help, well, a fight.

He wasn't good with words; fighting was the most effective method he believed in. When Kakashi was in a dark period of his life, he used this method to gradually pull Kakashi out of the darkness.

So no matter what kind of predicament Kakashi encounters this time, Might Guy believes he can still rescue Kakashi through fighting.

This time, Kakashi surprisingly didn't refuse; instead, he chose to retaliate directly.

After so many battles in Iwagakure, Kakashi, who had improved rapidly, easily suppressed Might Guy. Even when Might Guy used the Eight Inner Gates at the end, it did not change the situation.

However, Might Guy wasn't so easily defeated. "Kakashi, you truly are a worthy opponent. Let's call it a draw today, and we'll face each other again next time."

Might Guy knows he's not as strong as Kakashi right now, but that's okay. He'll just increase his training and catch up with Kakashi. If he goes all out and still can't get Kakashi to take things seriously, how can he pull him out of the darkness?

After Might Guy left, Kakashi whispered, "Guy, thank you. But... I have something I must protect."

Kakashi began to think about how to gather intelligence on the Uchiha Clan. Finding out who within the Uchiha Clan was pro-war and who was pro-peace was no easy task for an outsider like Kakashi.

Kakashi hadn't yet decided whether to choose one of the three paths offered by Yichen, or which one to choose, but doing more preparation beforehand was certainly a good idea.

After Obito's sacrifice, Kakashi had no friends in the Uchiha Clan, not even anyone he could talk to. In fact, Kakashi not only had no friends in the Uchiha Clan Konoha. Even Might Guy had to approach him himself.

Thinking of this, Kakashi suddenly thought of someone: Shisui Uchiha. This genius of the Uchiha Clan, the Uchiha known as Body Flicker Shisui.

Kakashi and Shisui Uchiha didn't have much interaction; Kakashi had only met him and heard about his personality. He was a kind-hearted Uchiha, like Obito, and perhaps his thoughts weren't extreme.

However, we need to test the waters first.

Just as Kakashi was about to test Shisui, Yichen, far away in Iwagakure, suddenly heard something that left him speechless.

In Tsuchikage's Office, Yichen's disciple Ishinose Kiyoshi, was explaining something to him.

Yichen's disciples rarely come to the Tsuchikage's Office. This is where important village affairs are handled, and his disciples know what's important and won't disturb him here. Of course, there's another reason as well: Yichen rarely stays here.

However, this time Ishinose Kiyoshi took the initiative to come to the Tsuchikage's Office because he felt that the matter he had to report was very important.

"Try again, try again, I didn't see it clearly just now. No, wait a minute, wait a minute, let me call the other consultants over and let them take a look together," Yichen said incoherently to Ishinose Kiyoshi.

Soon, the advisors, their faces filled with doubt, arrived at Tsuchikage's Office. Seeing Ishinose Kiyoshi standing nervously in the office, the advisors didn't ask what was wrong, but they knew that Yichen had summoned them today because it must be related to this child.

"Alright, we can begin." Yichen had calmed down considerably by now, and he said to Ishinose Kiyoshi.

"Hmm." Ishinose Kiyoshi responded, then stretched out his right hand and began to mobilize his Chakra.

A few seconds later, Ishinose Kiyoshi's right hand slowly turned into water, but this process was very short, and it turned back into water in just a few seconds.

"Hiss~~"

"The Water Release Technique!"

"That's right, this is definitely the Water Release Technique of the Hozuki Clan Kirigakure."

"This is incredible. Although the Water Release Technique is a secret technique and not a bloodline limit, I have never heard of anyone outside the Hozuki Clan ever using this technique."

"Ishinose Kiyoshi, how did you do that?"

No one in the office, including Kitsuchi and the two Tsuchikage Assistant in charge of taking notes, could remain calm and exclaimed in surprise.

Yichen had anticipated this scene and didn't disturb them. He waited quietly for a few minutes until everyone accepted the fact before asking, "Kiyoshi, tell me in detail how you got to this point."

Ishinose Kiyoshi said, "Teacher Yichen, last time you gave me a scroll, the one from that Sasori of the Red Sands, a scroll that allows me to use Water Release Ninjutsu. I learned the Water Release Technique from that scroll."

"I feel like that scroll was made based on the body of a ninja. The material of the scroll is the ninja's body. I suspect that the ninja that Sasori of the Red Sands made into the scroll was likely a ninja who knew the Water Release Technique. Sasori of the Red Sands preserved that ninja's ability through a special method."

"Therefore, this scroll possesses the ability to unleash Water Release, because it contains cells capable of extracting Water Release Chakra."

"But now I've used up all the cells in this scroll, and the scroll itself has disappeared."