Chapter 100: Who Dares Stop Me from Living a Good Life!
Inside the Second Legion conference room.
"Ptooey! Ptooey, ptooey!"
Sunasuke was spitting out mouthfuls of sand.
Meanwhile, Saito was sitting in the head seat.
"Hmm~ You really have to give it to them, the chefs of the Second Legion have some skill. This porridge is truly fresh!"
Sunasuke: "..."
Ten minutes later.
All the high-ranking officers of the First Legion had arrived at the conference room, and Saito had finished his porridge.
Looking at the room full of people, and a certain red-haired individual sitting at the end of the seats.
Saito cleared his throat and spoke.
"Just today, Elder Yu Wu took the Chinoike Clan and set off ahead of us toward Konoha Village."
"Some of you might still be wondering, isn't this a very common occurrence? After all, Elder Yu Wu visits Konoha Village every year; this time he just took a few more people with him."
Hearing Saito's words.
Many people in the conference room couldn't help but nod.
It was indeed as Saito said—wasn't this a normal thing? Was it really worth gathering everyone for a meeting to explain it?
Saito took in everyone's expressions.
"But!"
"This time is different. This time, Elder Yu Wu went with a mission."
"And the objective of the mission is to bring back Miya Kiko and Kakashi Hatake."
Hearing Saito's words, many people in the conference room could no longer remain calm, and someone quickly asked.
"Kazekage-sama, will this..."
"Bring about war, is that it?"
Before that Ninja could finish his sentence, Saito had already spoken the second half for him.
Saito looked at the silent Ninja and the rest of the silent crowd in the room, then spoke again.
"War has already arrived!"
"What!"
"How is that possible!"
...As Saito's voice fell, it was like adding a bowl of cold water to a pot of boiling oil.
Then... it exploded instantly.
The conference room erupted into a chaotic clamor.
"Quiet!"
Sunasuke's roar erupted from beside Saito, suppressing the panic of the crowd.
It also allowed reason to return to their minds.
"Heh, I know everyone wants to avoid war because Hidden Sand Village is currently prosperous, peaceful, and stable. No one wants to lose all of this."
"But war won't stop just because you don't want to fight. Hidden Sand Village's rapid development can no longer be hidden. We've spread our reach too wide, and the other Ninja Villages have already noticed."
"In recent years, the other Ninja Villages have also been stockpiling war supplies. Hidden Stone Village stopped selling iron ore a year ago, Kumogakure has stripped the surrounding small nations bare, Hidden Mist is actively building warships, and even Konoha has accelerated the training of Ninjas."
"Every Village is preparing for war."
"Everyone wants to tear a piece of meat off Hidden Sand Village because Hidden Sand Village is too wealthy. Think about it, think about how much money Hidden Sand Village has spent on you."
As Saito's words fell, everyone fell into deep thought.
It was true.
Hidden Sand Village had become extremely wealthy in recent years. If they were from other Ninja Villages and knew the people of Hidden Sand Village were living so well, they too would want to come and tear off a piece of meat to taste.
"Everyone. You are all veterans of Hidden Sand Village; you know what Hidden Sand Village was like before. Do you really want to return to those old days?"
"Those days of fighting tooth and nail just to snatch a high-quality mission!"
"Those days when children couldn't go to school!"
"Those days of water and food shortages!"
Seeing that everyone was deep in thought, Saito continued to speak.
This time, the crowd fell into a long silence.
No one knew how much time had passed.
"Damn it! Whoever dares to ruin my good life! Whoever dares to leave my child with no school! Whoever dares to let me go hungry again! Whoever dares to make me return to those bitter days of the past!"
"I'll risk my life against them!"
"Even if the Six Paths Sage himself comes, he'll have to die!"
An angry roar rang out from the crowd, followed immediately by a wave of agreement.
"That's right! Whoever dares to destroy my current good life, I'll kill them!"
"Yes! Exactly, whoever comes, we kill!"
...Before long, the entire conference room was in an uproar.
This time, however, neither Sunasuke nor Saito did anything to stop them.
Five minutes later, once everyone's emotions had calmed down.
Saito spoke again.
"Right now, we have a person of Hidden Sand Village who is still in Konoha. What should we do?"
"Bring them back! Bring them back!"
"Very good! And if Konoha won't release them?"
"Then we fight!"
"Very good!"
"I now announce..."
"The Second Legion of Hidden Sand Village is to pack their combat gear immediately. Tomorrow morning, we set out for the Land of Rivers and approach the border of the Land of Fire to support Elder Yu Wu!"
"Yes!"
...Konoha Village.
"See you tomorrow, Kakashi!"
"Yeah, see you tomorrow."
It was still that same street where they parted, same as always.
After saying goodbye to Uchiha Obito and Rin Nohara.
Kakashi took the opposite path and hurried toward home.
Immediately, his brows furrowed deeply.
Because he found that the way the villagers looked at him hadn't changed. It was just like yesterday... no!
This time, it was even more blatant!
Yesterday they were still turning their backs to him, looking at him secretly with their heads turned.
Today, they were already standing sideways.
As Kakashi walked down the street, he could see many villagers out of the corner of his eye already pointing at him with their hands.
What was going on?
Didn't his father tell him that everything would end today?
Why was this kind of situation still happening?
At the thought of this, Kakashi quickened his pace.
He wanted to get home quickly to ask his father.
Why such a situation was occurring.
"Father!"
Before Kakashi could even run all the way home, he saw his father standing at the main gate of the clan compound.
He saw his father surrounded by a circle of people; without even thinking, Kakashi knew it must be related to those matters with the villagers.
Hatake Sakumo, who was currently saying something to a group of Hatake clansmen at the gate.
After hearing his son's voice, he first nodded to Kakashi to show he had heard him, then said something to the rest of the clansmen, and soon, the clansmen dispersed.
"Father..."
"Yes, I know. I know what you want to ask, Kakashi."
"Hokage-sama has already sought me out."
"We overestimated the effect the public notice would have."
"Then what do we do now? Father."
"Wait."
"Wait?"
"Yes. Hokage-sama has already arranged for the Anbu to take action. I believe things will settle down very soon."
Hearing what his father said.
For some reason, Kakashi always had a sense of unease in his heart.
"Yeah. Let's hope so."
Root Base.
"Danzo-sama! The Anbu have been deployed. Should we..."
"Aren't you also Anbu?"
"Yes! Your subordinate understands!"
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