Chapter 315: Kakashi is the Final Winner

The Konoha Special Mobile Force,

refers to the Konoha ninja led by Sarutobi Asuma.

Most are commoners who never attended the Ninja Academy, so they are not constrained by the Will of Fire and lack a pathological loyalty to the Hokage.

Asuma's Will of Fire conflicts greatly with that of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Neither side is willing to concede, yet they have not completely torn off the mask of civility.

To maintain the legitimacy of the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi took the initiative to carve out the Konoha ninja led by Asuma, naming them the 【Konoha Special Mobile Force】.

"Really?"

Akimichi Torifu, who had been in despair and intended to compromise, suddenly froze and looked excitedly at the figure at the end of the table.

He wore his Konoha forehead protector meticulously, dressed in a black tight-fitting combat suit, and his face carried a hint of suppressed anger, yet he did not let it erupt.

He simply watched everyone quietly.

The grid-patterned floor-to-ceiling windows of the Hokage Building meeting room were large, and the glaring sunlight streaming in shone upon most of the people present.

Because of his status, Asuma was arranged to sit at the very end in the shadows, where the sunlight could not reach and he was easily overlooked.

However,

when he stood up, he seemed to possess an unconscious magic that attracted the attention of others, making everyone unable to help but turn their gaze toward him.

"The Konoha Special Mobile Force is willing to pay 400,000 Contribution Points to purchase two Resurrection Coins."

Ignoring the Hokage's livid expression, Asuma looked at Akimichi Torifu and said, "One of them will be given to the Akimichi Clan to be used to resurrect Akimichi Choza."

A hero who died in battle protecting Konoha,

he was unwilling to watch the other's chance at resurrection be used as a bargaining chip for the Hokage to suppress the ninja clans.

This is a desecration of the Will of Fire.

"Sarutobi Asuma, do you understand what you are saying?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's brows were tightly furrowed,

his attitude very impolite as he addressed Asuma by his full name directly.

"I understand very clearly."

Asuma's gaze was solemn as he said, "I am willing to pay 400,000 Family Reward Points to purchase two Resurrection Coins."

Although the Konoha Special Mobile Force does not have the massive volume of the ninja clan forces led by the Hokage,

it does have elite players like Tsunade and Uzumaki Naruto, so the accumulated family contribution points are a very considerable asset.

"Only two Resurrection Coins dropped, and you want to buy them all directly?"

Shimura Tanyo's gaze was sinister as he questioned, "Could it be that the Special Mobile Force, relying on its strong power, can ignore the many ninja clans?"

His words directly threw Asuma into opposition with all the ninja clans.

Furthermore, they vaguely mixed in accusations that the Mobile Force usually ignores the Hokage's orders because of their strong power.

"You are confusing the issue."

Asuma's expression remained unchanged as he said, "Are the ninja of the Mobile Force not Konoha ninja as well?"

Although the Mobile Force consists mostly of commoners and commoner ninja, there are also clan ninja who are on good terms with Asuma.

He simply loathes playing politics, but having wandered everywhere in his youth and served as a Guardian Ninja, he is no stranger to these political maneuvers.

Asuma looked directly at the Shimura Clan Head and said, "Moreover, I said it very clearly: one of them is to be given to Lord Akimichi Torifu to resurrect a Konoha hero; the Mobile Force only needs one Resurrection Coin."

"You are deliberately confusing the issue; are you trying to incite a dispute between the ninja clans and the Mobile Force to split Konoha?"

His tone was firm, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi's brows to furrow even tighter.

Taking ninja from the Akimichi Clan to expand the Shadow Organization directly under the Hokage's jurisdiction was already a done deal, yet it was suddenly sabotaged by Asuma.

This caused Hiruzen Sarutobi to be in a very bad mood.

He stared straight at Asuma, his dissatisfaction undisguised. Among the younger generation, Shimura Tanyo was able to think on his behalf, taking the initiative to handle the dirty work of offending the Akimichi Clan to help him expand the Shadow Organization.

Yet his own son was stabbing him in the back.

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt increasingly agitated.

But there was no help for it; having just promised Akimichi Torifu's request to demonstrate the Hokage's benevolence toward Konoha's heroes, as Hokage, he could not easily go back on his word.

"Since that is the case, one Resurrection Coin will be given to Akimichi Torifu to resurrect the Konoha hero."

Maintaining a warm smile, he raised a question: "However, who the second Resurrection Coin is given to still requires discussion among all the ninja clans and elite ninja; it cannot be decided rashly and handed directly to the Mobile Force."

As his voice fell,

the various ninja clans all chimed in, their gazes toward Asuma filled with subtle rejection.

200,000 family contribution points is an amount the various ninja clans could scrape together if they gritted their teeth; no one wanted to hand over a rare Resurrection Coin to someone else.

That is a life!

The one speaking was the Hyuga Clan Head; he looked at the other with his pure, flawless Byakugan and said, "Although it is not being given to the Mobile Force, the reason Lord Akimichi Torifu is able to obtain a Resurrection Coin is because of Jonin Asuma, so it also counts as a disguised occupation of the Mobile Force's quota for purchasing Resurrection Coins."

"The Mobile Force should not be qualified to continue participating in the competition for the second Resurrection Coin."

Under normal circumstances, Hiashi would not want to become enemies with Asuma, but the Hyuga Clan was truly in desperate need of a Resurrection Coin.

As a clan with a long heritage, they had always upheld the Main House and Elder system, but during the collapse of Konoha, they were all killed by the clan traitor Neji, resulting in the death of all Main House Elders.

The Main House and Elder system existed in name only.

To tell the truth, Hiashi did not hate Neji, who betrayed the clan, as much as one might imagine; if one set aside the identities of Main House and Branch House, Neji was, after all, his own younger brother's son, the most talented descendant of the Hyuga Clan in hundreds of years, his own nephew.

He had pinned high hopes on him, wanting him to become a shield to protect the Main House, never expecting to overlook the resentment Neji held in his heart toward the Main House.

As the Clan Head, he himself did not know now whether the Main House system, which had protected the clan's heritage since the Sengoku era, was right or wrong. So be it.

Whether enemy, traitor, or reformer, it did not matter.

Since the Hyuga Clan has already split into two factions, then wait a few hundred years and let facts judge who is superior and who is inferior.

It is just that,

A trace of worry flashed in the eyes of the Hyuga Clan Head; that nephew was ultimately still too young, and even if he was a traitor, he was still a clansman who shared the same blood.

He was uneasy about letting Neji, who had not yet matured and possessed strength but was still very naive, lead them to contend with the despicable and cunning Orochimaru.

After much thought,

the best method was to risk being impeached, resurrect Hyuga Hizashi, and let Hyuga Hizashi go to the Fire Empire to assist and help Neji.

Back then, if it hadn't been for blocking the war with Cloud Hidden for Konoha, Hyuga Hizashi would never have died.

He was very clear about his younger brother's methods and abilities, which were absolutely not inferior to his own.

"That is correct. Since the Mobile Unit helped Lord Akimichi Torifu secure one Resurrection Coin, they have no qualifications to continue participating in the subsequent competition."

"Seconded."

The Ninja Clans spoke up one after another, all refusing to let the Mobile Unit participate in the competition for the Resurrection Coin.

They all understood that once the asset-rich Mobile Unit participated, they, these Ninja Clans, would have no chance of getting the Resurrection Coin at all.

Therefore, there was a faint sense of unity among them.

At this critical moment, Akimichi Torifu's expression turned strange; after a soft cough, he said, "The intelligence sent back from within the game states that the player who contributed the most to killing the Grand Forest 【Niutouwang Saouta】 lord this time is Kakashi Hatake of the Mobile Unit."

"According to the rules, rewards from solo hunts by Konoha players do not need to have any contribution paid to the family."

"For family team operations, regarding dropped Reward Points, the player with the highest kill contribution may choose one of the dropped items and, by paying twenty percent of that item's Reward Point value, claim it as their own."

In other words,

there was no need for competition at all; as long as Kakashi was willing, this Resurrection Coin would be in the pocket of the Mobile Unit.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face turned livid, his fists clenched tightly beneath the conference table.

(End of this chapter)