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Walking to the door.
Rokuro suddenly turned around, looked at Hiruzen, and asked, "Old man, did Lord Danzo kill someone from the Uchiha clan? Was it Itachi or Shisui?"
Hiruzen froze!
He even forgot to puff the pipe resting at his lips for a moment.
After a long while, he lowered his pipe and frowned. "Who told you about these things?!"
Rokuro shrugged. "No one told me. I guessed it myself."
"In the past, the Uchiha clan just disliked me; they wouldn't go as far as trying to kill me."
"Unless someone from their clan died, they wouldn't be this hostile towards me."
"And for them to be this hostile, to the point of wanting to kill me immediately, the person who died must have held a very important status!"
"In the Uchiha clan, there are only two most important geniuses. One is Itachi, and the other is Shisui. I figure one of them must be dead!"
"And it was Lord Danzo who killed him!"
"Otherwise, old man, you wouldn't have been so ruthless as to punish Lord Danzo."
Hearing Rokuro's explanation.
Hiruzen fell silent.
He stared at Rokuro for a while and sighed. "You really are a monster to be able to guess all of this. It seems that old geezer Danzo really found himself an incredible kid. That innocence you showed back in the orphanage—it was all an act, wasn't it!"
Rokuro curled his lip. "Who would want to pretend if they didn't have to? Old man, if you lived a life where you could be beaten by your father at any moment, and where you'd have one meal and then starve for the next ten, you'd learn to play dumb too. I just wanted to survive!"
Hiruzen remained silent.
He had, of course, investigated Rokuro's past thoroughly.
It could be said that Rokuro's five older brothers and his mother were all killed by his father. Whenever his father earned any money, he would buy alcohol, completely ignoring whether there was food at home.
After drinking!
He would beat his children and his wife.
Rokuro's five older brothers were tortured to death by his father amidst starvation.
As for his mother.
She died from a difficult labor when giving birth to Rokuro, also due to having nothing to eat and severe malnutrition.
After thinking for a moment, Hiruzen sighed, "Then why didn't you continue pretending? Wouldn't that have been better? No one would pay attention to a little kid!"
Rokuro smiled faintly. "If I want to become stronger, I need resources. If I always acted like a little kid, would you and Lord Danzo have given me resources?"
Hiruzen shook his head and took a puff of his pipe. "Then aren't you afraid that by speaking out now, I'll have you arrested and locked up as a spy?"
Rokuro chuckled, saying nonchalantly, "Old man, could you really bear to do that now? I've already displayed my talent. I am no longer the me of the past. Right now, I already possess the ability to negotiate terms with you, don't I?"
Since the conversation had reached this point.
Hiruzen sighed helplessly. "You really are a monster. I don't even know what to say anymore. Fortunately, you pose no threat to Konoha, otherwise I really would want to arrest you!"
Rokuro rolled his eyes at Hiruzen. "Konoha Village is the number one faction in the Ninja World. Only here can I eat well, drink well, and become even stronger. Why would I betray Konoha? I'm not some guy who's as stupid as a pig!"
It made sense!
There were only people from other villages defecting to join Konoha.
He had never heard of people from Konoha defecting to join other ninja villages.
Of course!
Except for those who were spies to begin with.
Hiruzen thought about it and couldn't help but nod. "That reason of yours is truly invincible. I can't even think of an excuse to refute it. However, I want to ask: why are you saying all this today?"
Rokuro's expression calmed down. He looked at Hiruzen and said seriously, "I just want to live a good life. But if someone wants to kill me, then I can't just sit still and await death. I must make my stance clear: if the Uchiha clan really makes a move against me, I will fight back. When that time comes, I hope you won't say I betrayed Konoha, old man!"
Hiruzen frowned slightly. "With me here, the Uchiha clan won't do anything to you. As long as you don't leave the village, they have no way of harming you!"
Rokuro shrugged. "Old man, I like Konoha very much, but I want to survive even more. That's why I'm laying it all out in the open with you today. I just want to tell you not to treat me like a child. If the Uchiha clan attacks me, I won't care about our bonds as fellow villagers!"
Having said that!
Rokuro didn't give Hiruzen a chance to speak further. He turned around and left.
Hiruzen stared at the doorway for a long time. Then, looking towards a corner, he sighed faintly and said, "Kakashi, do you think everything that brat said is true?"
Kakashi's figure emerged.
He thought for a moment and said, "It is certain that he has feelings for Konoha. However, just as he said, having grown up without a sense of security, he will likely prioritize his safety above all else. If the Uchiha clan makes a move against him, he will not hold back!"
Hiruzen looked at the doorway and sighed, "If only he had been born in Konoha, that would have been even better!"
Kakashi remained silent for a while before saying, "Lord Hokage, nothing in this world is perfect, is it? As long as Rokuro holds Konoha Village in his heart, isn't that already enough?"
Hiruzen didn't speak anymore, standing in place and thinking quietly.
Shisui's death had caused Konoha Village to become turbulent and stormy right now.
If not handled well!
Konoha Village would plunge into turmoil.
The other four great ninja villages would absolutely not let such an opportunity slip by.
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