Escape From Konoha

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As the afternoon approached, the rumors that were unfavorable to Sakumo had spread throughout most of the village after a morning of fermentation, and it was only a step away from the level of 'everyone'.

No matter how hard the Uchiha ninjas of the garrison try to curb the spread of rumors, compared to the huge population of Konoha Village, the garrison is already stretched thin. .

The location of Sakumo's house is in a relatively prosperous section of Konoha Village, and it is not close to the center of the village.

It was a small independent courtyard. At the door, the word 'Hanmu' was written on the door.

When Shiraishi and Ruri came here, they saw Kakashi standing at the door, looking more silent than usual.

"Kakashi, is Sakumo-sensei at home?"

When Kakashi heard someone call his name, he looked up and saw that Shiraishi and Liuli were coming, and nodded lightly, indicating that Sakumo was at home.

Shiraishi and Liuli breathed a sigh of relief. If they were at home, things would be easy.

"However, father he..."

Kakashi said this, looking like he didn't know how to explain it.

"Take us to see him."

Shiraishi sighed, knowing that Kakashi must be in a bad mood right now.

The rumors spread so powerfully, it was impossible for Kakashi not to know.

Kakashi led the way, and led Shiraishi and Ruri into the Hatake House.

The Hatake House is a typical Japanese-style building, and the houses are also a bit ancient. The three of them didn't walk a few steps to the door of the room where Sakumo was.

Before he was ready to knock on the door, there was a 'come in' from inside. It was obvious that Sakumo, who was inside, already knew that someone was coming from outside.

Shiraishi had no choice but to slide the door open and shouted to the people inside, "Sakumo-sensei, let's come..."

The sound stopped.

Shiraishi and Ruri stared blankly at Sakumo in front of him.

"Sakumo-sensei, you are..."

Sakumo in front of them did not become depressed because of the rumors as he imagined. Instead, he sat at the table, eating a large bowl of ramen, and had a good appetite.

Seeing Shiraishi and Liuli coming, he calmly picked up the napkin to dry the greasy lips, and the two who always visited him asked, "Why are you two here?"

"…"

"…"

Shiraishi and Ruri didn't know how to answer Sakumo's words.

Before they came, they had imagined a lot of pictures that Sakumo would be depressed due to rumors, but they didn't expect such a picture.

"Sakumo-sensei, about the rumors outside..."

In the end, Liuli stood up.

"Did you come to me for this kind of thing?"

"Yes, this is the job of our garrison. I want to know the whole story, and please answer Sakumo Joinin."

Liuli walked to Sakumo and spoke to Sakumo in a serious tone.

It was not the members of the original Sakumo squad who asked him questions, but came as a sub-commander of the garrison to investigate the cause and effect of the incident.

Sakumo thought for a while, since this is the job of the garrison, there is no problem.

So, he was very happy to briefly recount what happened at that time.

"This time we performed a classified mission, but we encountered some troubles on the way. Considering that my companions at the time were no longer able to continue fighting, I chose to give up the mission and bring people back. This also led to the failure of the mission. "

When Sakumo said these words, he didn't have any personal emotions, he just told what happened as a bystander, and Liuli, a member of the security team, judged.

Shiraishi and Ruri frowned, and even Kakashi looked puzzled.

I always feel that things are too simple.

"Excuse me, what is the secret mission?"

Ruri stared at Sakumo's face.

This is her main purpose.

Even classified tasks are light and heavy, large and small.

Some can be related to the survival of the village, while others are just irrelevant.

"I don't know. The order I was given was to seize something, but the mission failed, and naturally the thing was not brought back to the village. I don't know what it was."

Regarding Liuli's question, Sakumo shook his head slightly, expressing that he didn't know what he wanted to capture in the mission.

Lucy felt that things were a little tricky.

There is very little information from Sakumo. If you want to know what Sakumo has captured in this mission, and how much the village has lost if the mission fails, you can only start from the top.

After all, the task was initially handled from them, and then handed over to Sakumo for him to complete.

But the rumors have spread to this point, and there is no movement from the high-level side. Even if you ask in the past, it is impossible to get anything.

Otherwise, they would have clarified the rumors long ago and suppressed the influence to a minimum.

After coming out of the Hatake House, Shiroishi and Liuli both looked at the sky and exhaled lightly.

Looking at each other, Liuli asked Xiang Shiraishi: "What should I do next? Sakumo-sensei cannot be used as a breakthrough here. Do you want to find the guy who was rescued by Sakumo-sensei?"

"As far as we can think of it, the people who spread the rumors have long expected it. It is estimated that when the operation was planned, they were already 'protected'. We have only gone to the hospital now, and the people have 'disappeared' long ago."

"Did the top do it?"

"Apart from them, there seems to be no one else. When such a big thing started, according to the usual practice, Sakumo-sensei was invited by Anbu to have tea and chat, instead of sitting at home."

Shiraishi could be sure that someone at the top did this, or that more than one person was behind it.

"A dispute over the position of Hokage?"

Liuli shook her head. The high-level executives made it a leak-proof matter, and it was impossible to do anything by relying on the manpower of the garrison.

Compared with Anbu, the power of the garrison is indeed relatively large, but its reputation in Konoha is not very good, and it does not have the strong authority of Anbu.

Once Anbu is dispatched, it represents the will of Hokage himself.

"It should be like this. After all, the candidate meeting of the fourth-generation Hokage will be held in the near future. At this time, it is a natural result to exclude some irrelevant people."

It's a bit cruel to say, but in Shiraishi's view, Sakumo is just a victim of the power struggle.

His subjective will and ideas are not the most important, and no one will understand it, as long as his current reputation can damage part of his interests.

It doesn't matter if you want to be Hokage or not, what matters is whether you have the qualifications and threats to be promoted to Hokage.

"That's fine. Since the political capital is gone, after this incident is over, the senior management will have no reason to suppress Mr. Sakumo."

Liuli understood what Shiraishi meant, and felt that she was in a hurry.

The dispute over the position of Hokage involves the interests of many factions in Konoha.

A person whose reputation and strength surpass Sannin, and who is not affiliated with any party, is of course the highest priority to exclude.

Suppressing his prestige, plundering Sakumo's political capital, and letting him be a Konoha Joinin with peace of mind in the future seems to have no harm.

On the contrary, in the days to come, Sakumo will definitely be reused again.

Because this is an important period for the candidate for the fourth Hokage, as long as this stage is passed, Konoha White Fang will still be Konoha White Fang.

As far as Ruri's personal opinion is concerned, Sakumo is indeed not very suitable for Hokage's position.

He has neither ambition nor will, he is just an excellent Konoha Joinin.

that is it.

"Really? It would be nice if that was the case..."

Shiraishi murmured to himself, thinking of Sakumo's nonchalant appearance before, a cloud of gloom in his heart.

It's not like nothing happened.

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Two days later, the rumors became more and more ferocious.

More and more people came to the police force to make trouble, and there were not enough cells in the police force.

And these people's charges are not enough to be detained in Konoha Prison. Those are all serious criminals. Although these people are spreading rumors, they will not reach the level of 'heavy punishment'.

Bringing these people to Konoha Prison will definitely lead to Anbu's obstruction and unnecessary conflicts.

"What's the matter? Are there still so many people here to make trouble?"

Liuli came to the hall of the police force early in the morning, and felt that it was almost full of people, and there was a lot of noise outside the door, like a vegetable market.

The two members of the garrison belonging to the Liuli squad bowed to Liuli and replied, "Yes, in the morning, there were new rumors that the garrison was completely insufficient."

Having said that, the guard team member smiled helplessly.

He didn't know that a rumor could be promoted like this.

It's just that the mission failed. Konoha Baiya is indeed a well-known ninja in the ninja world. In the past few years, it has gradually become Konoha's signboard to deter the enemy.

But even Konoha Baiya, that is a man, not a god.

Occasionally a mission failure is not a big deal. Anyway, the above did not say what serious consequences were caused by the mission failure.

If this is the case, the so-called Sannin is the same thing. After all, this name is the name of the defeated general.

But how many people dare to underestimate Sannin?

In the view of this guard Uchiha ninja, it was these villagers who were making a fuss, arguing without knowing anything, and even saying some unpleasant words that the members of the guard could not listen to, gradually away from the core essence of the problem.

Beating them up is against the rules, but taking them to the guards for discipline, the room is not enough.

Therefore, the guard ninjas who came to work this morning were very troubled by this problem.

Let these people go, the rumors will intensify.

If you don't let them... overcrowding, it will affect the work efficiency of the garrison.

"Find a few people who can escape, and get a few simple cells outside."

Liu Li's face was terrifyingly cold.

"…Yes."

One of the members of the guard team immediately went down, went to the guard team to find a few people who could escape, and expanded the temporary cell outside.

"Will this affect it badly?"

The remaining guard ninja gave a wry smile.

"What's wrong, we just follow the rules, even if Hokage comes, I have reason to reason with him."

"That's what I said, but if it goes on like this, the reputation of our garrison..."

"The garrison has long since lost its reputation. Why do you care so much? You don't have to give them lunch and dinner, and their families are not allowed to deliver meals. Just feed them some water, and they won't starve to death anyway."

Lucy snorted coldly.

"…Understood."

Since it is the order of the sub-commander, it only needs to be executed.

As Liuli said, these people will not die from starvation for two meals.

"By the way, you just said that there are new rumors?"

"Yes, didn't Sakumo Junin give up the mission because of saving people? The person who was rescued seems to be accusing Sakumo Junin of not having a big picture, saying things that are not suitable for being a ninja, and criticizing Sakumo Junin. and humiliation..."

Seeing that Liuli's face became more and more ugly, the guard ninja did not continue.

Having said that, I believe Liu Li already understands what is going on.

"Where is that person?"

"I didn't find it. When we went there, the person had 'disappeared'."

It's been hidden. Liu Li sneered secretly.

"I know, go and do your work."

"Yeah...that, don't worry too much. Although I'm not familiar with Sakumogami, but a ninja like him is very tenacious. He will only laugh at such rumors."

He knew that his sub-commander, Liuli, was a member of Sakumo's team, and he must have a good relationship with Sakumo. Before leaving, he comforted Liuli.

"Have you laughed?"

Ruri remembered that when she went to visit Sakumo two days ago, the other party was eating ramen in a good mood, and was not shaken by the rumors outside.

This really comforted Liuli, and yes, even if those rumors made him feel a little uncomfortable, for Sakumo, it shouldn't be a big problem.