[with card] Enemy of the World

[-]. Unprovable innocence

In the large meeting room on the basement floor of the Hokage Tower, the atmosphere was extremely oppressive.

The letter from Wuyin Village led to the convening of this emergency meeting.At [-]:[-] p.m., the deciphered scroll was placed on Minato's desk. Half an hour later, the summoned ninjas had arrived, each sitting upright.

Minato still sits at the top.Anbu behind him turned into Itachi, and like the predecessor who died in the line of duty, the acting commander also put on a white cloak.On the left of Hokage are Sandaime, Danzo's vacant seat, Jiraiya and Kushina, and on the right are Shikahisa, Haiichi, Fuyue and Nizuzu. These are exactly the same as the previous meeting; The chair, and the one sitting on it was Anbe's father who died in the line of duty—and one of the sources of the low air pressure in the room.

Shuo Mao is not a person who will easily expose his emotions, and it just so happens that neither is Fu Yue.Therefore, since they entered the conference room one after another, the weird aura that has been lingering around the two of them, and the hidden tit-for-tat confrontation, has become the object of attention of everyone else.Obito, who accompanied Fugaku as usual, glanced at Itachi quietly, and the two young Uchihas exchanged a puzzled look.

"Time is short, so I'll get straight to the point." Minato tapped on the table, making everyone look at him. "Half a month ago, Wuyin Village successfully assassinated the defected Six-Tails Renzhu Riki Yutaka. Unfortunately, the seal on the Tailed Beast was not successful. In the end, Six-Tails escaped and is currently lurking in the southwest of the main island of the Water Country. In the direction, in the archipelago near the ruins of the Uzumaki country. Now Mizukage Godaime has sent a request for help to Konoha, requesting that the two sides temporarily form an alliance and work together to seal Liuwei from the fate of falling into the hands of Akatsuki."

Kushina moved uncomfortably, and Minato immediately looked at her with concern. "What's wrong?"

"It's okay." Kushina quickly replied, "It's just..." She glanced at her stomach and shook her head.It must be that the fox locked in her body spit out some sarcastic comments after hearing Minato's words.

"Although stopping Akatsuki's actions is the consensus of all ninja circles, sealing Six Tails is not an easy task. If you expect us to work for nothing, that Mizukage should not be so naive." Lu Lu Jiu said, "What kind of compensation did she offer?"

"Terumimei promised that if Konoha is willing to help, she will return all the documents that the Uzumaki Country left in Kirigakure in the past. In addition, if Liuwei can be successfully sealed, once the Five Kingdoms have to form against Akatsuki in the future Kirigakure would like Konoha to follow suit." Minato replied, "Accordingly, she hopes that we can send an expert who is proficient in sealing techniques—preferably the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan."

As his words fell, all the ninjas present showed surprised expressions in unison.

On the eve of the Second Ninja World War, Uzushio Hidden Village was destroyed due to the war.Mizukage Mizukage, who was in office at the time, took advantage of Konoha's reach and excavated a large number of scrolls from the ruins for himself.After the war, Sandaime Hokage made representations to Kirigakure many times, but Sandaime Mizukage and his successor Yagura always talked about him and refused to respond.Although Konoha and Uzushio Yincun are allies, they cannot fully represent each other after all, and it is not worth it to completely turn against Kirigakure, who is also one of the five great ninja villages, over this matter, and in the end they can only let it go.

It is conceivable that Kirigakure has carefully studied those scrolls in these years.Nevertheless, recovering the relics of Ushio Hidden Village is still of great significance to Konoha.But this is not the only thing that surprised everyone; Terumi Mei's last sentence, the meaning implied in it, is almost ready to be revealed, and he almost said the name directly.

Named Kyuubi Jinchuriki - Akatsuki's number one target - to help... How sure is she that the Fourth Hokage will agree to put her beloved wife in danger?

The conference room was silent.After a while, Jiraiya also broke the silence. "When it comes to the sealing technique, I don't think my skills are too bad." He touched his chin, "Sending one of the Sannin to go, it's considered a shame for Zuwu, right? Alliance or something, the future is after all. Not sure, it’s probably just a blank check—”

"No," Minato suddenly interrupted him, "I have already decided to send Kushina to the Land of Water."

The shock effect of this sentence is stronger than that of the previous sentence.Judging from the different reactions of everyone, it is obvious that except for Kushina himself, none of them approve of Hokage's decision.But before anyone could protest, Minato continued, "The other members of the team include Sakumo-san, Kaiichi, and Obito. Also," he looked at his teacher, "I would like you to contact Tsuna as soon as possible. Master Hand, ask her to go to the Land of Water as well."

"What... what?" This series of decisions fell head-on, and even Zilai was a little confused. "Even if I let Kushina go, I can-oh." Receiving Minato's eyes, he suddenly seemed to understand something, and quickly calmed down, "I understand. The slug she sent last time is still there I'm here, I'll notify her right away."

"Kushina who is also targeted by Akatsuki, Tsunade-sama who has both combat power and medical means, Mr. Sakumo and Obito who have dealt with Akatsuki, and finally Haiichi who is good at mind control and intelligence search..." Shika Thinking for a long time, "Master Hokage, what is your plan?"

"Lead the snake out of the hole," said Minato.His face and voice became extremely serious at the same time, almost cold, and his blue eyes revealed a strong will like iron. "Use Liuwei and Ninetails as bait to attract Kite to come out in person, and reveal the mystery of his identity in one fell swoop."

As an explanation of his plan, this sentence suffices.

While they were busy rescuing Kakashi, Jinchuriki of the Two Tails was also attacked by Akatsuki.The situation is becoming more and more urgent, even if the strength of Renzhu is confined to the village and protected heavily, it will not be a long-term solution after all.Since this is the case, it is better to take the initiative to attack and put him to death; once he can find out the identity of Yuan and know his past and present life, it will definitely be of great help to future battles.

"Of course, whether this plan can be put into practice depends on the consent of the person concerned." Minato changed the subject and softened his tone.He looked at his wife with worry, guilt, earnestness and expectation in his eyes. "As Jinchuriki, you have the right to refuse requests that are too dangerous. Kushina, are you willing to accept the mission to the Land of Water?"

"I can't ask for it." The red-haired Ninja replied without hesitation, her light gray eyes were bright and eager to try, and her determination was enough to match her husband.She shook her fist. "I want those guys to know that Renzhuli is not easy to bully!"

"Then it's decided." Minato nodded with a gratified smile in his eyes.

"If everyone has no objections, I will start assigning the details of the task now." He looked at the others again, "The latest departure date is limited to the morning of three days later, and it will be adjusted according to the time and content of the message from Tsunade-sama. During this period, Kushina, Kaiichi, Sakumo-san, Obito, you'd better draw up a battle plan against Tobi in advance, with the first goal of obtaining the information in his brain. Deer Jiu, draw it up for me A reply letter to Mizukage, regarding the details of the reward for this S-level mission, we have to discuss it with Kirigakure. The rest of you, please continue to perform your duties and maintain the safety and stability of the village. Above!"

"Yes!" The ninjas sat up straight and answered in unison.

Minato made a dismissal gesture.Everyone got up one after another, and filed out; when they reached the door, Fu Yue and Shuo Mao met each other unfortunately, and their expressions were as stiff as if they were wearing a mask.It wasn't until Nichizuki, who had been sitting among them before and was fed up with the air-conditioning on both sides, cleared his throat at the back, that Sakumo gave Fugaku a wary look at last, and left first.

"Wait, Obito." Minato stopped the student who was about to leave with the head of his family, "You stay here."

"Teacher?" Obito asked when Itachi, who was the last to leave, closed the door.

The water gate is still sitting in place.He was looking at his fingertips facing each other, as if thinking about something.

"The content of today's meeting, and the details of your battle with Yuan in Yuyin Village before," he said slowly after a long silence, "you can tell Lu Jing about these things if you want."

"Eh? Teacher, didn't you say..." Obito paused for a moment, then suddenly realized, "I see. It's Mr. Sakumo, right?"

"You know?" Minato looked up at him in surprise.

"Uh... They were talking in the room last night, and I accidentally overheard part of it when I went downstairs to the kitchen." Obito scratched his head, a little embarrassed.He didn't know what to think of, and his face darkened, "Yesterday... After I went back, I treated him very badly. He wanted to comfort me, but I pushed him away. Now that I think about it, he obviously... But because of being reincarnated from the filth, seeing that he can move and speak freely, people will always easily ignore this fact... I shouldn't do that."

Minato watched his fingers hanging by his side clenched quietly, and felt a sharp pain in his heart.Kakashi's death left a scar in the hearts of each of them, and the most injured were undoubtedly Sakumo and Obito.Especially after seeing Kakashi's body being manipulated by the kite with his own eyes, it is undoubtedly a very cruel thing for him to return to Konoha and face the deer who can act with his own will. The overreaction is justifiable.But, at least in this matter, Lu Jing is innocent.

But...forget it.Obito wasn't good at this kind of task in the first place.

Crossing out what he was about to say in his mind, Minato smiled, stretched out his hand to hold Obito's hand, and looked at him with gentle and encouraging eyes. "Then use this incident as an opportunity to make peace with Lu Jing. Moreover, I also want to hear his opinion on these matters, maybe it can be a reference for us."

"Okay." Obito nodded, "If there is nothing else, Minato-sensei, I'll go back first."

If it was Obito from the past, he would definitely put on a bright smile, confidently express his commitment to him, and then rush out full of energy.Watching his student walking away slowly with his hands in his pockets, his whole body exuding a sad and gloomy atmosphere, a bitterness flashed in Minato's eyes.If after that, it turns out that Lu Jing is actually...

His thoughts gradually drifted away, and Minato remembered what happened in Hokage's office in the morning before Kirigakure's news came.

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Early in the morning, not long after Minato arrived at the Hokage Tower, Shuo Mao came to him.He looked as if he hadn't slept all night, and his eyes were black and blue, but his spirit was in a state of high spirits, and he was completely different from when he just came back from Mount Miaomu yesterday.

"Fourth Generation," he looked earnestly at Minato, "I want to talk to you about Kakashi... I mean, Shikazu."

With Sakumo's narration, Minato's confusion was finally answered.At the emergency meeting held yesterday afternoon, although Jiraiya also mentioned the story told by Tobi, neither he nor Minato himself focused on it.Unexpectedly, there is such a bizarre and complicated secret behind this incident.

Sakumo recounted to Minato in detail the beginning and end of Lin Zhiguo's mission back then, the conversation with Lu Jing last night, and what Lu Jing once told Obito about the Kannabi Bridge that happened in another world.Seeing the silver-haired man's expression of sadness and joy when he spoke, Minato, who is also a father, couldn't help feeling pity, but at the same time felt a little relieved.If Lu Jing can take Shuo Mao's mind away from the pain of losing his son for a short time, even if they will be separated in the future, at least he can accompany him through the first and most difficult days, and it will be better than letting Shuo Mao go by himself. It's good to swallow and digest this bitter water.

At the same time, Minato felt more sympathy for Lu Jing.In the original world, he bid farewell to his father in such a tragic way. When he came here and saw Shuo Mao who was still alive and respected, the child didn't know how surprised he should be.But he still suppressed his desire to be close to his father, and covered up the truth of the tragedy with lies. He must not want Shuo Mao to be sad again because of him.

Maybe now, it's time to put aside previous concerns and doubts and formally accept him.

However, the prudence of being a ninja prevented Minato from making a rash decision.He wrote a note with his own hand, sent out a communication eagle, and ordered the two people to come to the Hokage Tower immediately.One is Itachi, who was in charge of observing Lu Jing's every move before, and he is taking a break at home today; the other is Jiraiya, who needs experienced teachers to be his backing and advise him.

However, what Minato didn't expect was that the person who came from Uchiha's house was not Itachi, but Fuyue.

"I want to know why you suddenly decided not to doubt him anymore." This was Fu Yue's first sentence after sitting down.The Uchiha clan leader looked more imposing than usual, as if he was about to go to battle.

Minato briefly summarized Sakumo's previous words to him.He originally thought that this was enough to convince the other party, but Fu Yue was not moved at all: "There is one more thing that is not clear. Before I get a reasonable explanation, on behalf of my family, I object to your entrusting him with trust. "

"What's not clear?" Fu Yue's tough attitude made the smile on Shuo Mao's face disappear, and he asked with a frown.

"The truth about the death of Rin Nohara in another world." Fu Yue said word by word, "or how did he get the kaleidoscope Sharingan."

How to get Kaleidoscope Sharingan?The other three looked at each other.Minato asked, "Are you referring to...?"

"About the method of obtaining the kaleidoscope Sharingan, there are many fallacies in the rumors outside, and even many people in our family are not clear." Fuyue said, "But one thing is certain: that is, when the Uchiha family suffered a huge When stimulated, special chakra will flow out of the brain and feed back to the optic nerve, which will cause the eyes to change. Whether it is ordinary Sharingan or kaleidoscope Sharingan, the principle of awakening is the same."

"In other words," his face suddenly became gloomy, "It's just foreigners who have transplanted eyes, and it is impossible for Sharingan to evolve again."

Hearing this, the other three showed shocked expressions. "Wait," Zilai also murmured after a while, "This means..."

"That's right." Fu Yue said coldly, "It wasn't Lu Jing who awakened the kaleidoscope Sharingan, but Obito from another world. He was still alive when Lin died... Not only that, he was at the scene and saw it with his own eyes. Witnessed the whole process of her being killed."

The noise from the street downstairs suddenly became extremely clear, forming an extremely sharp contrast with the dead silence of Hokage's office.

"This... this... how is this possible?" Sakumo finally found his voice, with a blank expression on his face, "Obito of that world died at the Kannabi Bridge, that's what he said..."

Fu Yue snorted: "Who knows? This is just his one-sided statement. Even if he got the eye at the Kannabi Bridge, did Obito voluntarily give it to him... In my opinion, Those two points are also up for debate.”

There was undisguised malicious speculation in his tone, which made Shuo Mao's face darken.

"What are you trying to say?" he asked stiffly.

"A conjecture—maybe Kite and Lu Jing were accomplices in the first place, and they jointly designed a conspiracy to seize Sharingan. First, kill Lin in a cruel way in front of Obito, and stimulate him to awaken the Kaleidoscope Sharingan, and then kill Obito gouged out his eyes, one for each—”

"But that's Kakashi!" Jiraiya recovered from the shock and interrupted him, "Even if he came from another world, he is still Kakashi. Eyes... how could he do such a thing?"

"That's right," Fu Yue actually nodded, "Before I had been suspecting that I was being overwhelmed, because I couldn't think of his motive for doing this anyway. But after listening to the explanation of the fourth generation's purpose just now, everything is in vain. The explanation makes sense. It is not uncommon for a sudden tragedy in childhood to lead to a drastic change in human nature. If the death of his father is too stimulating for Lu Jing, he no longer trusts his companions and desires to be more At this time, the outside world provides him with a very tempting and excellent plan, and at the same time, the chaotic war years can also serve as the best cover, maybe he-"

"shut up!"

Shouting angrily, Shuo Mao jumped up. "Uchiha Fugaku, I forbid you to slander my son again!"

"As the head of the clan and the captain of Konoha's guard, it is about the safety of Sharingan and other people in the village. I can't just turn a blind eye and let him get away with it." Fu Yue did not show any weakness, standing Get up and confront him, "Unless he can give an explanation that is enough to convince me, from today onwards, the Uchiha clan will regard him as an enemy. If you want to return him innocent, let him face the two people of Minatoban, and From the three of us, explain everything clearly!"

"You are exposing his scars! Why do you have to push him to this point?"

Fu Yue snorted: "You also understand that he must not tell the truth, right? It's like concealing the truth about your death." His expression suddenly became sharp, "Look carefully, he is not your son, Bai Fang! Empathize Psychology has blinded your eyes, making you unable to think calmly and objectively! Your son has long—”

"That's enough!" Minato shouted to end the quarrel between the two before he could utter more hurtful words.

For a while, only Shuo Mao's rapid breathing could be heard in the room.

"Sit down first." Hokage said seriously.

Fu Yue knew that he had made a slip of the tongue, so he didn't say anything more, and sat down in a good manner.Jilai also pulled Shuomo; the latter turned pale and sat down slowly, but still stared at the black-haired man opposite with sharp eyes like a blade.

"Fuyue, I have a question." Seeing that the situation had eased temporarily, Minato asked, "Before Obito and the others went out to perform missions, Lu Jing stayed at your house for a while, and your attitude was normal at that time, and you even agreed Let him teach Chidori to Sasuke. Why did your opinion of him suddenly take a turn for the worse after just one night?"

This question seemed to hit Fugaku's sore spot, and the face of the Uchiha patriarch immediately became overcast.Even when he was arguing with Shuo Mao just now, his eyes didn't change, but now they turned bright red like blood, and Sangouyu turned dangerously in it.

"Why?" Fury surged under his icy voice, "Because I found out that he was secretly teaching my son how to kill his brother."

The other three were stunned for a moment. "How?" Zilai also asked.

Fu Yue closed his eyes tightly.When he opened it again, his eyes returned to their original shape. "That's right, I did allow him to live in my house, and I taught Sasuke how to learn Chidori, because I believe in the character of Kakashi—my son's senior and chief, and my clan's companion. So, despite what he said There are contradictions in the self-reported experience, and I also have unexplained defensiveness towards Itachi, and I didn’t think much about it at first. But last night, the conversation with Sasuke made me change my mind.”

"I have to manage the guards, and Mikoto helps me with family affairs. Neither of us can supervise his and Sasuke's activities anytime and anywhere. Even if we are present, we are usually at a distance from them, and we cannot fully hear their conversations. Content. Last night Sasuke showed Itachi the change in the nature of his new learning. On a whim, I asked him what else Lu Jing had taught him besides Chidori, but I never expected to hear a completely unexpected answer."

He raised his head and glared at Shuo Mao, and the red color began to appear in his eyes again. "You think your son has instilled in him a lot of combat experience against Sharingan, as well as how to strengthen your mind and stay awake in illusions. Not only that, but during the physical training to prepare for Chidori, he also secretly Using Itachi's taijutsu and shuriken fighting style as a model, I told Sasuke one by one the key to parrying and the technique of breaking each movement. Do you know how Mikoto and I felt when we heard this? If we just want to increase the speed, Why teach these things? And why not use him as an example, but choose Itachi?"

Sakumo was stunned, and retorted subconsciously: "It's just that, I don't think it's enough for you to teach Sasuke-kun how to kill Itachi-kun. The two brothers have always been inseparable and are most familiar with each other. Maybe Lu Jing is Out of such considerations, I use Itachi-kun as a model to guide Sasuke-kun."

"'Just like that'? He also said to Sasuke, 'Unfortunately, that's all I can teach you'. So what more radical things does he want to teach Sasuke? Even if this is my superstition, then he has been How do you explain the wariness and hostility towards Itachi?" Fuyue paused and sneered shortly, "Could it be that he has difficulties and has to hide the truth? How considerate."

"you--"

"Okay, okay, calm down, both of you." Seeing that the atmosphere between the two of them was about to become sharp again, Zilai also hurriedly fought, holding the other with one hand, "You are both fathers, quarreling and arguing What to look like!"

The word "father" seemed to have hit the weak spots of the two men, and their expressions softened.Fuyue looked at Minato. "Speaking of which, I also have something to ask you, Fourth Generation. Kakashi and Itachi have known each other and worked together since entering Anbu, and it must be similar in another world. If you can know what Lu Jing experienced in Anbu , Maybe we can figure out why he had a bad relationship with Itachi. As Itachi’s father, I hope to report on his experience in the Anbu period.”

Only that report must never be shown to anyone in the Uchiha family, Minato knew very well. "Sorry, Fugaku, but I can't."

"Can't you just give me the parts related to Itachi?" Fu Yue narrowed his eyes.

"It's about confidential affairs in the village, and I have my own considerations."

Fu Yue stared at Minato for a moment. "Okay," he said finally, "but I have a piece of advice for you, Minato. As long as the inconsistency of the Kaleidoscope Sharingan is not explained, you should not relax your vigilance against Kakashi for a day. If he There is something suspicious about this person, so the content of his report is not completely credible-who knows whether he will put what he has done on others, or take the credit of others on himself. "

Sure enough, Minato thought.With Fuyue's sophistication, he must have guessed something from my reaction.

There is a strong sense of being watched from the left.Minato turned her head and met Kami Sakumo's determined gaze.White Fang didn't say anything more, but his expression already showed his attitude: no matter what, he believed in deer terror.

So now, it's time for him, Hokage, to make up his mind.what can we do about it?

Fuyue's suspicions were well founded.Leaving aside the issue of Itachi, in the case of the Kaleidoscope Sharingan, at least until Obito was alive and present when Lin died, his reasoning has traces to follow.There is no need for him to fabricate the awakening principle of the kaleidoscope Sharingan to frame Lu Jing.

And Shuo Mao's support for Lu Jing is purely out of a father's instinct for his children.Although there is no real evidence, this bond of flesh and blood that can transcend time and space made him decide to trust Lu Jing, and he did not want to force Lu Jing to prove his innocence by uncovering his scars.Regardless of Hokage's identity, Minato wants to be on their side from a personal emotional point of view.

Minato cast his eyes on the white-haired man sitting across from him.After receiving his hint, Jiraiya nodded in agreement.

"Then, it's better like this." Made up his mind, Minato said, "If you keep Lu Jing locked up in the village and isolated from the outside world, he won't make the next move, and we won't be able to see which side he belongs to. Therefore, from now on, we will no longer exclude Akatsuki in all our actions. In the afternoon, I will also ask Obito to tell Lu Jing about his experience in Yuyin Village, and observe his reaction. And starting tomorrow, Lu Jing will Move out of Obito's house and live in Teacher Jiraiya's house, and the next time our people confront Tobi, let him go to the front line together."

"If he made any abnormal behavior when facing Tobi, please ask Jiraiya-sensei to seal him immediately and bring him back to Konoha for interrogation. At that time, he must give a clear explanation. With this arrangement, Do you agree?"

This is the most compromise solution, taking into account the positions of both sides.Therefore, Fugaku and Sakumo nodded their heads, expressing no objection, even though their faces were still somewhat reluctant.Seeing this, Minato breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that the matter had finally come to an end for the time being.

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The ringing of the hourly chime from the Hokage Tower awakens Fourthaime from his contemplation.After a flash, Fei Leishen's Art brought him back to the office on the top floor.Minato sat down on his office chair and pinched the bridge of his nose.

After the three of Shuo Mao left in the morning, he ate a bento with his official documents, and just as he was about to take a nap at noon, Kirigaki's request for help arrived.After seeing Terumi Mei's request, Minato immediately decided to use his tricks, and figured out the mystery of Tobi and Shika Jing in one fell swoop in this operation.He would tell Kushina that as soon as Tobi appeared, he would ask Tsunade to send a letter to Konoha with a slug, and Jiraiya who received the news would set off immediately with Shika and others in the name of the reinforcement team.It is best to keep Liuwei from being taken away by Akatsuki. If it is really difficult to do it, at least try to drag Kite in the country of water until Jiraiya arrives under the premise of protecting himself.

When Yuan and Lu Jing meet, maybe something will really happen.

The nearby ninja school was over, and a group of children laughed and ran under the Hokage Tower.Minato withdrew his thoughts, turned his chair out of the window, and watched a communication eagle slant past the window, flapping its wings and flying high into the distant sky.

"Two 'guests' from parallel time and space who have messed up our world...Hopefully this time, we can reveal your true colors."