Konoha Year 50.
A temporary team led by Minato Namikaze went to Rōran.
For this mission, except for Shiratori Uchiha, the substitute Jōnin who is suspected of being a slacker, Minato Namikaze, Shibi Aburame, and Choza Akimichi are all elite Jōnin of Konoha.
The lineup is luxurious. Rather than saying that they value Rōran, it is better to say that they are worried about being sniped by the Village Hidden in the Sand, a potential ally of Rōran, during the mission.
And eighteen years later, another team of four is about to set off, and their destination… It is also Rōran!
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The Konoha Year 68.
There was lightning and thunder and heavy rain.
In the Hokage's office, a young man was sitting on the chair that represented the highest power in Konoha. His legs were crossed on the desk, looking lazy and arrogant.
Such an image… If this was not the Hokage's office but the headmaster's office at Hogwarts, then there would be no doubt that the seniors hanging on the wall would start cursing at him.
It's a pity that the photos here won't move. If the previous Hokage on the wall wants to curse, they can only wait for the Impure World Reincarnation…
Boom!
"Come in."
Kakashi led team 7 in. He glanced at the clock on the wall and felt a jolt in his heart…
Broken!
I'm late!
"I'm so sorry, Shiratori, the road is hard to walk on when it rains, so…" Kakashi scratched his head.
"It's okay, just pay the money."
Shiratori Uchiha stretched his body and looked behind him: "Itachi Uchiha, calculate how long this bastard was late and deduct the fine from his mission reward."
Behind Shiratori, Itachi Uchiha, who had been acting as an invisible man, nodded and showed an apologetic expression to Kakashi.
"I'm sorry, Kakashi-senpai…"
The mission hadn't even started yet, and he was already in debt. Kakashi had the urge to curse.
He wished he could use a Jutsu to banish Shiratori to another dimension and not release him until he had copied Make Out a hundred times…
Shiratori was satisfied with having successfully obtained a legal income. He asked his secretary, Itachi Uchiha, to explain the information about this mission while he observed the three members of Team 7.
Because of the terrible butterfly effect brought about by Shiratori's time travel, the three little strong men now lack sufficient motivation to practice. Their strength is much weaker than in the original work, and the changes in their personalities are also very obvious.
For example, Sakura was more qualified, Naruto was more stable Naruto, and… Sasuke was more annoying.
At this moment, Sasuke was staring at Shiratori with his hawk-like eyes and hostility.
Shiratori: "…"
I really want to take off his pants and spank his butt!
Even though Itachi Uchiha was talking in front of the audience with a dry mouth, only Kakashi and Sakura were listening carefully. Sasuke crossed his arms and gave a killing look while Naruto was concentrating on fiddling with the newly developed Chakra Blade.
After trying so hard, he accidentally injected too much Chakra, causing the blade light to gush out and almost pierce the waist of a certain eagle boy who was posing next to him…
Naruto: ╮(๑•́₃•̀๑)╭
Sasuke: (╬￣皿￣)
"That's right. Rōran, which was rebuilt on the ruins, is powerful and mysterious. It even crushed the Village Hidden in the Sand's several annexation plans. So everyone, please pay attention to etiquette when visiting Rōran… Naruto and Sasuke! Can you two pay attention to etiquette in front of the Hokage!"
Itachi looked at the two little guys who were butting their heads and about to have a passionate fight in the Hokage's office, and he could only scold them helplessly.
"Sorry, brother Shiratori…" Naruto scratched his head, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's okay; hit him if you want." Shiratori dug his ears, seemingly unconcerned: "If you break something… I'll take the money from Kakash as compensation later."
Kakashi: ...?
You bastard, you wanted to get rich through me?!
"Is everything alright? If it's all right, you get going quickly. I should take a nap too…"
Shiratori yawned and was about to chase them when Sasuke's sarcastic voice suddenly rang out.
"Wait a moment."
Noticing Sasuke's expression, which looked like he was looking for trouble, made Itachi want to kick his idiot brother out, but Shiratori raised his hand to stop him.
"Sasuke, please speak." Shiratori put his hands behind his head and even closed his eyes.
"I heard that the reconstruction of Rōran was influenced by you, the Fifth Hokage. Is that true?"
"Sasuke!"
Itachi Uchiha was horrified. He didn't expect Sasuke to ask such a question that couldn't be discussed openly. But what he didn't expect was that Shiratori actually admitted it directly and generously!
"Yes, I did participate in Rōran's restoration, but this seems to have nothing to do with you."
Looking at Shiratori's nonchalant expression, Sasuke's back teeth were about to break.
That's the expression! You were so calm back then as if you had only done something insignificant, but in the end… You became father's lifelong shame!
You…
Feeling that something was wrong in the atmosphere, Sakura reached out to grab Sasuke but was pushed away by the latter.
"Rōran is so powerful, and you are behind it. I don't believe that a mere Village Hidden in the Sand rebel can force them to ask Konoha for help!"
"The rebel named Mukade is a puppeteer, right? The defense minister of Rōran, who resisted Village Hidden in the Sand's invasion several times, seems to be a puppeteer. There are even rumors that he is the one who assassinated the third Kazekage-"
"Shut up! Sasuke, get out of here!"
Itachi was really angry, and his eyes, filled with rage, were faintly glowing blood-red.
Kakashi and others also hurriedly dragged Sasuke, who was pursing his lips, out.
Bang!
As the door slammed shut, the Hokage's office fell into silence again.
"Sorry Shiratori, Sasuke…" Itachi Uchiha was a little at a loss.
"It's okay, he's just a kid!"
Shiratori stood up and patted his cousin on the shoulder, walked to the window, and stared at Konoha under the heavy rain.
Itachi opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but stopped.
Shiratori turned his head and looked at Itachi Uchiha's tangled look. He smiled and said, "I know what you want to ask. Don't worry; the Hyuga clan's problems will be solved before the war… How did the Hyuga clan deal with those clansmen who self-removed the Curse Mark: Caged Bird curse?"
"Nothing was done. After all, you, the Hokage, have issued an order not to allow the ninja clans to deal with the registered Konoha ninjas privately… Clan head Hiashi must have heard the rumor that the fifth Hokage will acquiesce to the independence of the Hyuga clan and form its own clan."
"So he has been lobbying the various ninja clans in the heavy rain for the past two days, hoping to cooperate with the Hyuga clan to exert pressure…"
Shiratori nodded, not commenting on the result.
In fact, he hoped that Hiashi Hyūga and the elders of the Hyuga clan would go crazy and openly disobey his orders. In this way, he would have a reason to directly intervene in the affairs of the Hyuga clan.
After all, Konoha at this time… The Uchiha Clan has not been exterminated, the reclusive Senju clan is about to return, and Danzo, the seemingly one of us but actually a traitor maggot, has also been crushed to death, so there is really no shortage of the Hyuga clan's trifles…
The Hyuga clan's significance to Konoha is not in fighting but in the large-scale, no-blind-angle observation.
In Shiratori's opinion, the Hyuga branch family that has freed itself from the Curse Mark: Caged Bird is no different from the main house. They are both used as humanoid radars. Moreover, the people of the branch family know how to be grateful, so they will definitely be more obedient…
If Hiashi Hyūga still can't figure out the situation before the war in the Shinobi World reignites, then Shiratori will be forced to let them feel the despair that the Shimura Clan faced back then…
Of course, before that, the merciful fifth Hokage is still willing to give the Hyuga clan a chance…
"Here he comes."
Looking at the figure running in the rain, the boy who was known as the Hyuga genius but came from a branch family, Shiratori's mouth curled up into a smile.