chsdbacks Chapter 184 Mount Myōboku: I advise you not to stand against justice.
Chapter 184 Mount Myōboku: I advise you not to stand against justice.
Chapter 185 Mount Myōboku: I advise you not to stand on the opposite side of justice.
The first thing Tsunade wanted to do upon returning to the inn was to collapse into bed and sleep soundly. After waking up, she would run to the casino in Konoha Village for a high-stakes gamble.
But she couldn't help but sit up again after just lying down on the tatami.
Tsunade gently patted her face with both hands.
"After being lazy for so long, I'm always thinking about being lazy. I said so many angry and harsh things to the old man, but after coming back, I don't want to do anything." Tsunade muttered to herself, then forced herself to stand up and looked at Shizune next to her.
"Shizune, come with me to the Yamanaka clan, the Akimichi clan, and the Nara clan, and then we'll go to the Ninja Academy."
Tsunade rallied and said.
Shizune was taken aback: "Lady Tsunade, why are we going to these four places?"
Tsunade said expressionlessly, "I want to establish a Konoha medical team, and one that doesn't have to take orders from the old man and his group. If we're looking for people from other places, it's easy to find ninjas who obey the old man's orders."
"Of the four places I mentioned, the first three have already sided with Uchiha Ikezumi. As for those kids at the Ninja Academy, their values haven't matured yet. Before they become the old man's loyal dogs, I'll go and pick out the kids with medical ninjutsu talent."
Shizune stared in disbelief: "Isn't this blatant poaching of the Hokage's talent? Especially in a place like the Ninja Academy, the Hokage wouldn't allow you, Tsunade-sama, to act recklessly, would he?"
Tsunade said, "What does it matter to him whether I act recklessly or not? Besides, Konoha wasn't founded by his Sarutobi clan. The Ninja Academy wasn't founded by him, Hiruzen Sarutobi."
"What are you standing there for? Let's go!"
Shizune shuddered, her face contorted in a grimace: "Yes, Lady Tsunade!"
……
Ninja Academy.
Sasuke was in a daze all day. Whether it was Iruka's lecture or Naruto's nagging, it all went in one ear and out the other, as if his brain had given up thinking.
Sasuke thought he would be able to recover from the grief of his father's death quickly.
But I didn't expect that I had overestimated myself.
"call……"
He let out a heavy sigh and murmured in a voice only he could hear, "Since Father made a mistake, he must bear the consequences. Just like Itachi Uchiha, I don't need to dwell too much on their deaths. Simple remembrance is enough; there's no need to be so attached..."
Whether he had convinced himself a little or not, Sasuke's blank expression finally showed some fluctuation.
"It seems you've recovered."
The sudden sound caught Sasuke's attention. He turned around and saw that Ino Yamanaka was sitting next to Naruto.
"You...are you talking to me?" Sasuke asked somewhat uncertainly, "Have you been secretly observing me all this time?"
"Um."
Ino Yamanaka nodded and said, "To be precise, we're openly observing you. To prevent you from having any extreme thoughts or making any wrong moves. After all, you Uchiha clan members... sometimes have a hard time controlling your emotions."
"If this incident causes you to misunderstand justice in any way, Naruto and I will restrain you immediately to prevent you from slipping and sliding into the abyss of evil. At that point, there really won't be anyone who can save you."
Sasuke was speechless for a moment, because Ino was right.
Then he heard Naruto's slightly annoyed voice: "Hey, hey, hey, why do you snap out of it as soon as Ino opens her mouth? I've said so much to you, and you haven't listened to a single word."
Sasuke gave a soft snort and retorted habitually, "That's because your comforting words are completely devoid of any substance."
"What?!"
Naruto glared at Sasuke with a look of gritted teeth.
Sasuke glared back defiantly.
Upon witnessing this scene, Yamanaka Ino touched her smooth, fair chin.
"It seems that he has indeed recovered."
She murmured.
……
"Sasuke Uchiha is probably not the child of prophecy we're looking for. Naruto Uzumaki, who's next to him, is a more likely candidate. Besides, isn't Naruto Uzumaki supposed to be Minato's son?"
Standing on Jiraiya's shoulder, Fukasaku slowly spoke, "Minato was also someone you raised as a child of prophecy. Perhaps his child inherited some of his potential."
"Jiraiya, this time it shouldn't be wrong. The prophesied child beside him that Uchiha Izumi mentioned is Uzumaki Naruto!"
Standing on the other shoulder, Shima the Sage also spoke up, "My husband and I are at least 90% certain that Naruto Uzumaki is the prophesied child the old man spoke of. One day in the future, he will be the savior of the entire ninja world."
On the top of a tree inside the ninja academy.
Jiraiya looked at a classroom a hundred meters away. He could see Naruto Uzumaki inside through the window.
"Naruto Uzumaki..."
"The Child of Prophecy..."
Jiraiya finally became a little more excited: "It seems that this decision to return to the village was the right one. I didn't expect that in less than a month since I returned to the village, I would be able to pinpoint the true child of prophecy."
Jiraiya paused, then added with a mix of excitement and unease, "Of course, this also counts as taking advantage of Ikezumi. Through Ikezumi's connections, we managed to lock onto the Child of Prophecy."
"Furthermore, Chi Quan doesn't seem to mind being used. Or rather, he doesn't mind us guessing who the Child of Prophecy is. He has absolutely no interest in the Child of Prophecy..."
As he said this, Jiraiya himself didn't know why, but a sense of discouragement lingered in his heart.
Perhaps it was because the savior he valued so highly seemed to the other party to be just an unusual child—even though the other party clearly knew what Naruto Uzumaki's true identity was.
It's less that Uchiha Ikezumi couldn't understand the importance of the prophesied child.
Rather, it's more accurate to say that Uchiha Izumi did not place the Child of Prophecy in an extremely special position, unlike Jiraiya.
Jiraiya had the illusion that his overall strategy was being completely outmatched by the other party.
"Jiraiya? What are you doing here?!" A sudden, familiar voice nearly startled Jiraiya so much that he fell off the tree.
Looking down quickly, he discovered that Tsunade and her disciple Shizune had somehow arrived at the Konoha Ninja Academy.
Before Jiraiya could even scratch his head and chuckle awkwardly, he began to explain.
Standing on his shoulders, the sage Shima spoke up for Jiraiya, saying, "Of course, little Jiraiya is searching for the future savior of the ninja world."
Standing under the tree, Tsunade narrowed her eyes: "Savior? You mean the prophesied child that giant toad mentioned? So you two toads have already helped Jiraiya find someone?"
Jiraiya thought to himself, "This is bad."
Shima and Tsunade had a verbal conflict before this.
Immortal Shima said, "This has nothing to do with the Shikkotsu Forest."
Tsunade said, "Tch, it seems we've finally found the right attitude."
Next, Tsunade's expression suddenly changed.
She gazed at Jiraiya and said slowly, "Don't use the excuse of searching for or nurturing the Child of Prophecy to do anything that violates the bottom line of justice. Toads of Mount Myōboku, and to Jiraiya, I advise you not to stand on the opposite side of justice."
"otherwise……"
"I will not dwell on old friendships."
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P.S.: I'm feeling a bit off today, so I'm taking half a day off.
_(:з ∠)_
(End of this chapter)