Chapter 596: Response and Triumph

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The office of the leader of the Ninja Sect.

Because he was in a hurry, Kakuzu directly opened the office door and walked in without knocking.

Yahiko saw Kakuzu go straight in and followed him in.

Nagato saw this, hesitated as if to speak, but ultimately walked into the office together with Konan.

He was not too worried about the matter of Shimura Danzo.

Because he knew that "Sōsuke's" true identity was Hanyu Muzuki, the strongest of Konoha's new era.

As a Konoha ninja, Muzuki still wanted to kill Shimura Danzo.

First, Danzo surely deserved to die; second, Muzuki had a way to deal with it.

After all, Muzuki himself was a Konoha ninja, how could he not know Danzo's status in Konoha?

But these were secrets that could not be spoken, so Nagato didn't know how to explain to Yahiko and the others.

"Sōsuke, such a big thing as killing Shimura Danzo, how could you not send someone to inform me?" Kakuzu said with a dissatisfied expression.

When he heard this news, he didn't sleep well that night.

When he closed his eyes, his mind was full of "Why did Sōsuke kill Shimura Danzo" and "If Konoha attacks the Ninja Sect, how should the Ninja Sect respond?" He simply couldn't sleep.

"I was worried it would affect your work over there," Muzuki explained.

Muzuki valued the Ninja Sect's deployment in the Land of Birds, because it was an important job without his involvement. If it succeeded, it would show that the Ninja Sect had gotten on the right track and was no longer a ninja organization that couldn't do without him.

Of course, on the other hand, Muzuki had indeed already thought of a countermeasure.

If, by the time Konoha was going to deal with the Ninja Sect, Muzuki had not yet developed to the level of being able to negotiate with a ninja village as an individual, then Muzuki would shift the blame to Uchiha Madara.

With his transformation ability, he could accomplish many things; shifting blame was easy.

Additionally, Muzuki's original body had great prestige in Konoha. While shifting blame, his original persona could put on an act, making it not difficult to gloss things over.

If Muzuki developed well and had sufficient strength by the time Konoha prepared to deal with the Ninja Sect, then things would be simple.

Because this incident was originally one where Konoha was in the wrong—Shimura Danzo assassinated Muzuki's persona and was then killed.

Under such circumstances where they were in the wrong, Muzuki's persona also displayed incomparably powerful strength, so Konoha would have to carefully consider the pros and cons.

"This matter is a big deal concerning the survival of the Ninja Sect. If the Ninja Sect is gone, what use is doing a good job in the Land of Birds?" Kakuzu said seriously.

"Sōsuke, tell me the truth, do you already have a solution?"

This was why, although Kakuzu was very anxious, he still first completed the necessary work in the Land of Birds before returning to the Land of Rain.

Sōsuke might be very naive and idealistic, but he was absolutely not unreliable.

Many things that seemed almost impossible in Kakuzu's eyes, Sōsuke accomplished one after another.

Muzuki nodded and said with a faint smile:

"This matter is actually not as serious as you think. Thousands of years ago, the Sage of Six Paths created the Ninja Sect with god-like strength and ushered in a great era of peace.

As the founder of the modern Ninja Sect, although I am no match for the Sage of Six Paths and cannot restore peace to the entire ninja world, protecting a region's safety is still no problem."

He was a new shadow clone that Muzuki had split off after the war ended, and he knew the current strength of the original body.

Even without mentioning the Byakugan that was about to evolve, Muzuki's current strength was a tier of its own in the ninja world.

Kakuzu stared wide-eyed at Sōsuke, not expecting Sōsuke's solution to be so simple and unadorned.

Although Sōsuke spoke plausibly and even quoted the Sage of Six Paths, wasn't it essentially just "I'm invincible, I can carry you"?

"As expected of Sōsuke-sensei!" Yahiko gave Sōsuke a thumbs up. That was said too domineeringly.

Nagato was silent. He had never been too worried about this matter.

A large number of ninja wearing Konoha ninja uniforms stood in front of and behind the gate, holding their heads high and gazing into the distance.

"Lord Hokage and the others have returned triumphantly!"

A ninja with sharp eyes shouted, and the ninja in front of and behind the gate all checked their postures, straightened their backs, and stared straight ahead without looking sideways.

Soon, a dense crowd gradually approached Konoha.

"Lord Third!"

When Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others neared the gate, the loud cheers of the Konoha shinobi reached their ears.

Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled and waved to the Konoha shinobi.

An ordinary victory would certainly not receive such treatment.

This time, because Hiruzen Sarutobi himself had gone to the battlefield and ended the chaotic war that had lasted for years, this scene was possible.

"Lord Muyue!"

Soon many shinobi called Muyue's name. Muyue, half a step behind Hiruzen Sarutobi, also smiled and waved back just like Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Onoki stared at the towering Konoha gate, feeling dazed, as if he had traveled through time and returned to decades ago.

This was his second time coming to Konoha.

His first time coming to Konoha was when he was thirteen. Back then, he came with his teacher Mū to handle diplomacy, and was then wounded and driven out by Uchiha Madara.

"This time, no one should be driving me away," Onoki thought with a wry smile.

After all, Konoha only had a second God of Shinobi, not a second Uchiha Madara, and he had been forced to come to Konoha after being defeated.

The Third Mizukage also grinned happily.

The war was over, and those Hidden Mist prisoners captured by Konoha would be completely released.

To prevent the Hidden Mist from reneging on the battlefield again, Konoha only released Yagura ahead of time.

Obito, at the front of the unit, watched Hiruzen Sarutobi and Muyue walk into Konoha amid the cheers of the shinobi, and a look of longing involuntarily appeared on his face.

He thought this was cool, far cooler than getting first place in any competition, and could rank in Obito's top 5 most desired scenes.

"One day, I can be like this too!" Obito said confidently.

Kakashi glanced at Obito and said flatly, "Don't you hate war? Such scenes only happen when a great war ends. Do you want war to happen again in the future?"

Hearing this topic, Rin Nohara couldn't help but look at Obito as well.

Obito's expression froze.

"Then I'd rather never have this scene at all." Obito had to painfully adjust his top 5 most desired scenes.

Compared to being cool, he still hoped there would be no war, so that not so many people would die in battle.

One person's death affects not only themselves, but also their family, as well as various relatives and friends.

Obito had a deep understanding of this, because not only was he an orphan himself, but many around him were also orphans or came from single-parent families.

"This time, I should get a cool title, right? I'm so amazing." Obito thought it was better to think of something positive.

For example, what nice nickname his strong performance would earn him.

The shinobi world has a habit of giving nicknames to ninja. Whether enemy or comrade, the more distinctive and stronger you are, the more likely you are to get a nickname.

Obito thought his Kamui was quite distinctive and also quite strong.