Naruto: Did i Just Get Reincarnated as Gojo?

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[Konoha News Agency · August 2nd Konoha Time Report!]

[On behalf of the Hokage Office, the Konoha News Agency issued the following statement on August 1st, Year 51 of Konoha:]

[The authorities of the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers have ignored repeated warnings from Konoha Village, continuously sending assassination ninjas to invade the territory of Konoha Village and attack the elders of Konoha Village. The situation has severely deteriorated...]

[Seriously threatening the peace and security of our village's borders!]

[Konoha Village, having no choice but to endure the intolerable, is forced to launch—]

[A self-defensive counterattack!]

[Konoha Village will take special military action to destroy the evil organizations of the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers, and urge the ninjas of the two countries to lay down their weapons and go home immediately!]

[The Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, stated: Konoha Village's special military action is not related to infringing upon the interests of the Land of Grass and the Land of Rivers, but is related to protecting itself from the invasion of 'ambitious individuals.']

Before the Konoha Blitz Unit set off, Gojo Kaigetsu once again emphasized the two objectives of this special military operation.

First: Destroy the resistance forces of Kusagakure (Grass Village) and shatter Kumogakure's (Cloud Village) illusion of stationing troops in Kusagakure.

Second: Rescue the members of the Uzumaki clan who are trapped—Uzumaki Momohime and her daughter.

To ensure the safety of the hostages, Gojo Kaigetsu adopted the suggestion of Shikaku Nara, refraining from mentioning the mission's objectives in the statement.

They would swiftly eliminate Kusagakure's resistance forces before they could react.

As for rescuing the hostages, it didn't necessarily have to be through diplomatic means. Annihilating the guarding forces was the best rescue!

Do things thoroughly!

Weak villages have no possibility of diplomacy; they won't even have time to react before being jointly destroyed by Konoha and Iwagakure.

And the ninja world would never speak up for a village or country that has been wiped out.

This was already evident in the destruction of Uzushiogakure (Land of Whirlpools).

No matter how strong the alliance, in this cruel ninja world, the dead don't deserve any sympathy or attention. There would only be a feast of dividing spoils under the guise of the corpse.

Under this guiding ideology, a statement titled "Regarding the Recent Turbulent Situation in the Ninja World: Konoha's Sacred Self-Defense and Counterattack" was sent to the ninja world.

At the moment it was sent, Fugaku Uchiha bid farewell to his clansmen, to Itachi Uchiha, and to Mikoto Uchiha.

He stood in front of the Hokage Building, and behind him were one hundred elite Konoha ninjas, carefully selected.

Fugaku solemnly donned his Konoha forehead protector, his fingers brushing over the bold Konoha declaration inscribed on it. He accepted the epaulet symbolizing the commander-in-chief of the Blitz unit from Gojo Kaigetsu's hands.

"Go forth, Fugaku Uchiha! Bring the shock of the Uchiha to this rotten ninja world!"

"Yugito Nii-sama, I am Kōsuke Eguchi, the person in charge of the garrison base here. My grandfather is the Great Elder."

"The Raikage sent you here; do you have any explanations?"

"Instructions... The only instruction is to supervise the smooth construction of the Kumogakure garrison base in Kusagakure, and to ensure that the funds provided by the village are properly utilized."

Recently, the ninja world has been somewhat unstable.

To safeguard Kumogakure's interests in the western ninja world, after a risk assessment, the Raikage's office decided to dispatch the village's Two-Tails Jinchūriki, Yugito Nii, as the Raikage's special envoy.

She was sent to the Kumogakure garrison base in Kusagakure to ensure the smooth construction of the base, and to minimize internal corruption within Kumogakure as much as possible.

The risk assessment was based on the following analyses:

After the Third Ninja War, Iwagakure has been hiding within the Land of Earth like a stone, and Konoha is also seeking long-term development. Both villages are unlikely to launch an attack on Kumogakure's homeland in the near future.

Based on this consideration, the elders in the Raikage's office felt confident in sending the village's Jinchūriki to Kusagakure.

The Raikage initially wanted to send his younger brother as well, to let him gain more experience in the ninja world, but these decisions were vetoed by the elders of the council.

The reason was "better safe than sorry." Without the Jinchūriki as a trump card, the village's defensive strength would be somewhat weak.

Thus, Yugito Nii was dispatched to the Kumogakure garrison base in Kusagakure, serving as a supervising officer.

Yugito Nii brushed her scattered hair behind her ears and looked into the distance, her gaze directed toward Konoha.

Because she had become fascinated with "Iki" she longed for and studied Konoha, and deeply understood how terrifying Konoha was at this stage.

If she hadn't been born in Kumogakure, backed by Kumogakure, but in a small village like Kusagakure, she might have directly surrendered to Konoha at the sight of them.

Just like the heroine described in the forbidden book who becomes powerless upon seeing a big ****.

However, the recent attitude of the village left Yugito Nii somewhat puzzled...

They've messed up the priorities!

Indeed, stationing troops in Kusagakure is a move that no one can criticize.

In terms of soft power, Kusagakure can serve as a base to continuously produce military supplies needed by ninjas, avoiding the dilemma of having supply lines cut off in future possible ninja wars during prolonged battles.

The history of ninja wars is like a mirror, giving the elders of the Raikage's council ample lessons.

Iwagakure's war against Konoha was abandoned after the Kannabi Bridge supply line was destroyed, causing them to give up the fight against Konoha to encircle their Third Raikage.

Logistics is the lifeline of ninja wars!

At the same time, Kusagakure can serve as a soft nail embedded by Kumogakure in the western ninja world. It can disrupt the situation among Konoha, Iwagakure, Sunagakure, Amegakure... the villages in the western ninja world at any time.

This avoids the situation of "a grand alliance formed due to fear of Kumogakure's alliances."

The more chaotic the situation, and the longer the western ninja world is delayed, the more advantageous it is for Kumogakure.

In terms of hard power, Kumogakure's ninjas can use Kusagakure as a springboard to launch raids and plunder against Konoha, Iwagakure, and surrounding small villages, sustaining war through war!

But why are the priorities messed up?

From Yugito Nii's perspective, the elders in the Raikage's office are placing too much emphasis on Kusagakure.

They allocated a vast amount of cash aid to Kusagakure to help develop its military strength. Meanwhile, the Kumogakure garrison base has many researchers, teachers, and mature military production lines, almost all provided to Kusagakure free of charge, to the extent that it has affected the livelihood of Kumogakure's own people.

Before Yugito Nii set out, she could clearly feel that there were more and more beggars on the streets of Kumogakure holding bowls and shouting, "Didn't get any food again, brothers."

In taverns and ninja tool shops, you could hear ninjas complaining about the Fourth Raikage's administration every day.

The commission deductions from missions were too high. Since they started the so-called "Kumogakure Co-Prosperity Alliance," to subsidize their "brother allies," Kumogakure first started by targeting the commissions of their ninjas.

From the initial 20-30% deduction when the alliance was first established, to 40-50% during the promotion of the "Pravda," and now, to fully support the construction of Kusagakure and make it a springboard for invading the western ninja world, Kumogakure's mission commission deductions have reached an astonishing 60-70%.

"May you toil half your life on missions, only to return and still work for the village."

Ninjas, as the cornerstone of a ninja village, are already like this. The situation for merchants and Kumogakure civil servants is even worse.

According to the public statements of the elders in the Raikage's office, Kumogakure has entered a "semi-war economy period," and every individual should contribute to Kumogakure, the collective spirit and will.

The village has become so difficult that recently they even welcomed a group of exchange students from Kirigakure and Sunagakure, who enjoy a standard of living far above the average Kumogakure villager, and even have female companions from Kumogakure assigned to them...

Moreover, according to Yugito Nii's understanding, those exchange students are all second-generation ninja clan heirs, worthless wastrels who only know how to indulge in pleasure! It's equivalent to raising a group of pig-like foreign ninjas in the village who only consume resources.

They even call it "the demeanor of a great village," saying that no matter how poor they are, they can't skimp on education, and no matter how hard it is, they can't mistreat foreign guests.

The uproar is intense!

The grievances of the Kumogakure villagers are like a volcano brewing continuously, either exploding in silence or dying in silence.

The Anbu captures people in the village every day, but what's ridiculous is that there's even gossip that an Anbu ninja was stripped of his uniform after being caught using the "Pravda" as toilet paper.

Even the violent institutions that maintain the Raikage's rightful rule over Kumogakure have problems.

Kumogakure is really sick, and it's serious.

Even so, the Great Elder in the Raikage's office still confidently assures that Kumogakure and Konoha are evenly matched opponents. Kumogakure is in a difficult situation, but Konoha is even worse. One has high blood pressure, the other low blood sugar; let's see who can't hold on first.

Who knows where the old man gets such unreasonable confidence.

It's absurd, yet it's the reality happening in Kumogakure.

Only ninjas like Yugito Nii, who are strategic weapons of the village, can have their quality of life unaffected.

Every time she sees the people's suffering, Yugito Nii can't help but flip through "Iki" fantasizing that once Kumogakure gets through this most difficult period, it can become like the Konoha depicted in "Iki"

Prosperous, democratic, civilized, harmonious, free, equal!

As for the most difficult period at present, the relationship between Kumogakure and Kusagakure...

In the words of Kumogakure's street folk, it has reached the point where—

"You can't tell who's the son and who's the father, who's the master and who's the dog!"

Looking at the training ground in Kusagakure in the distance, Yugito Nii saw Kusagakure ninjas lazily basking in the sun, carelessly squandering the training equipment aided by Kumogakure.

They throw away shuriken after one use, and instead of repairing small nicks, they directly go through the scrapping procedure.

You know, in Konoha, a shuriken is washed seven times with water for maintenance!

Explosive tags are used by everyone daily for practical exercises... Even the wealthiest Konoha doesn't dare to squander like this. They can only motivate the ninjas' initiative in kindness and beauty, resulting in things like "Standby Explosive Tags."

Yugito Nii saw it all and felt heartache.

She wished she could activate the Tailed Beast right away and use a Tailed Beast Ball to wipe out all these Kusagakure scum who are squandering the blood and sweat of Kumogakure villagers.

Clap clap clap—!!

Yugito Nii keenly noticed that not far from the Kusagakure training ground.

Some Kusagakure ninjas who had overused their chakra did not choose to rest or receive treatment from medical ninjas.

Instead, they opened the door to a room and dragged out a red-haired woman covered in wounds. Seeing her resisting, they slapped her several times.

After the red-haired woman stopped resisting, they finally enjoyed their "human supplement" with peace of mind—

They opened their mouths wide and bit down hard on the red-haired woman's arm, pressing deep until it bled... The woman let out a painful scream but was powerless to break free from the Kusagakure ninja.

Her eyes were full of numbness, as if she had accepted such a desperate fate.

After about thirty seconds, the Kusagakure ninja, who had been exhausted from chakra depletion, recovered as before and returned to the training ground to squander Kumogakure's military supplies. Not long after he left, another Kusagakure ninja took his place, continuing to bite in turn...

Yugito Nii frowned deeply, her eyes showing deep disgust.

Whether out of empathy as a female ninja, her aversion to Kusagakure on behalf of Kumogakure, or her habit of the descriptions of civilization in "Iki" seeing such ugly and barbaric scenes made her physically and mentally uncomfortable.

Yugito Nii called over Kōsuke Eguchi, the person in charge of the Kumogakure garrison base, and asked: "What's going on down there?"

"Oh... You mean Uzumaki Momohime." Kōsuke Eguchi glanced twice and understood what the Raikage's confidant, the Two-Tails Jinchūriki, was asking about. He said nonchalantly: "Uzumaki Momohime is a survivor from the Land of Whirlpools."

"Now... She should be considered a specialty of Kusagakure, a treasure of the village."

"Her physique is special; both her vitality and chakra are abundant. As long as you bite her for a while, no matter how much chakra you've consumed before, you can quickly recover."

"I tried it; it's real! The effect is quite good!"

Kōsuke Eguchi hadn't learned the ability to read people's expressions and failed to notice Yugito Nii's increasingly unpleasant face and the deep disgust in her eyes.

"You did it too?"

"Yes, I did it too. After all, we'll be stationed in Kusagakure as Kumogakure's envoys for a long time. We need to understand these unmissable local customs."

"Local customs?"

Yugito Nii felt that she couldn't be considered a good person in the traditional sense; the killings she had committed were undoubtedly more evil and bloody than what the Kusagakure ninjas were doing below.

She also knew that the ninja world was cruel; lacking power meant being at the mercy of others. That's why she took one step at a time to reach her current position as a Jōnin and inherited Kumogakure's Two-Tails.

The cruelty of the ninja world, especially for someone like Uzumaki Momohime, a refugee from a destroyed country... There was no one to speak for them; even if they died, it would be in vain. The human rights they could receive while wandering in other countries might not even be as good as ninja dogs.

But!

Yugito Nii was now different!

The kindness and beauty in her heart had influenced her "survival of the fittest" mindset. If she saw such cruelty and didn't stop it, it would violate her ninja way!

An unstable ninja way would cause distractions in the heart, which was a big taboo for a Jinchūriki ninja who had a Tailed Beast sealed within.

Yugito Nii abruptly said: "I need a maid."

"Ah... A maid? I'll have someone hire two clean-handed female ninjas from Kusagakure for you."

"I don't want anyone else; I just want this one... Uzumaki Momohime."

"What?"

Kōsuke Eguchi was stunned. As expected of a Jinchūriki, so domineering? She directly wants Kusagakure's treasure?

Kōsuke Eguchi pondered for a moment and said tactfully: "This... I'm afraid that's not possible, Yugito Nii-sama. Uzumaki Momohime is the treasure of Kusagakure; it's impossible to give her to you as a maid. Besides, she's been bitten by people every day and isn't clean. How about I find you two local Kusagakure female ninjas?"

"I said, I just want her! I don't want to repeat myself a third time!" Yugito Nii's tone became unfriendly. Today, she was going to promote kindness and beauty!

Kōsuke Eguchi's face changed. He thought, is this Jinchūriki deliberately making trouble for me?

"Yugito Nii-sama, you understand the relationship between Kumogakure and Kusagakure without me explaining. The two villages are engaged in deep cooperation. In the Kumogakure Co-Prosperity Alliance, Kusagakure is a very important link... As for this kind of thing that damages the friendship between the two villages, I must refuse!"

"Or are you sympathizing with Uzumaki Momohime? If so, I must report this to my grandfather and the Raikage-sama and report the situation truthfully."

Seeing Kōsuke Eguchi's uncooperative attitude, the words circulating in Kumogakure's small taverns flashed in Yugito Nii's mind:

"Who's the son, who's the father? Who's the master, who's the dog?"

Now it seems...

Relatively speaking, the great ninja village Kumogakure has become the son of the weak Kusagakure, the Pet of Kusagakure!

Yugito Nii wanted civilization, but definitely not a pedantic civilization.

It should be like Konoha—

Civilized within the village, barbaric outside the village civilization!

To strike hard against her own villagers and treat the villagers of small villages with civility—what kind of thing is that?

Since when did Kumogakure, which advocates military might, become so subservient to a small village like Kusagakure, whose number of ninjas and village area are less than one-tenth of its own?

If it were any of the other four great ninja villages, not to mention wanting a village treasure, even if they wanted the Kusagakure leader's wife, Kusagakure would have to hand her over respectfully!

"Since Captain Eguchi is unwilling to take action, then I will act myself! I will explain to the Raikage and the Great Elder!"

"Yugito Nii-sama..."

"Don't stop me, or I'll beat you too!"

Yugito Nii warned, and in a few flickers, she arrived at the door of the room where Uzumaki Momohime was suffering.

After seeing the scene inside the room, Yugito Nii was stunned—

She saw that beside Uzumaki Momohime, in a baby crib, lay a suckling infant, and the suffering Momohime was biting her lips tightly, forcing herself not to make a sound to disturb the baby.

'Why did I train all these ninjutsu and carry the power of the Two-Tails?'

Seeing this scene, Yugito Nii was momentarily dazed.

'Is it to make Kumogakure great again, or... for my own peace of mind?'

"Who are you? Don't you know to queue up?"

The Kusagakure ninja who was interrupted had to let go and shouted in dissatisfaction. Turning around, he saw the Kumogakure forehead protector on Yugito Nii's forehead.

"A Kumogakure flower girl!" The Kusagakure ninja's eyes lit up: "Do you want to try too? But her arms don't have any clean spots left; they've all been bitten. How about you bite where I just bit?"

"I'm different from those rough and uncouth guys; I love hygiene very much. I brush my teeth every day with Konoha's Senan Herbal Toothpaste~"

Yugito Nii said coldly: "Get out!"

"What did you say?" The Kusagakure ninja thought he had misheard.

"I told you... Get! Out!"

Yugito Nii could no longer suppress the anger in her heart. She unleashed her terrifying aura as a Jinchūriki directly at the Kusagakure ninja.

With a Body Flicker Technique, a gleaming kunai was placed against the Kusagakure ninja's neck.

The Kusagakure ninja trembled as he stood up, stammering defiantly: "W-wh... This is our Kusagakure territory! You Kumogakure still need us!"

"Just you wait; I'll report you to the leader! You'll be severely punished for sabotaging Kusagakure-Kumogakure cooperation!"

The Kusagakure ninja ran away in a panic.

Uzumaki Momohime did not retract her hand, her eyes hollow as she held it out, thinking that the Kumogakure kunoichi in front of her was just like the Kusagakure ninjas.

"Put it away... I just don't like those Kusagakure guys; I'm not interested in you."

"From today on, you are my maid, Yugito Nii's maid. Have a good sleep; when you wake up, come to my room at the Kumogakure base."

Yugito Nii performed a beautiful knife flourish and put the kunai back into her ninja tool pouch.

Leaving the stunned Uzumaki Momohime in place, she walked out and closed the door with her heel.

She leaned against the door, looking at the somewhat chaotic Kusagakure training ground not far away.

Those guys tend to band together.

The deeper the inferiority of a weak village, the more they value dignity.

To obtain due dignity, Kusagakure ninjas are adept at studying other countries' ninjutsu; they are a ninja village good at learning.

Also for dignity, Kusagakure does not allow outsiders to humiliate their village.

Even if it's a great village like Kumogakure, they absolutely cannot humiliate the ninjas of Kusagakure like this! Especially a friendly great village like Kumogakure, they definitely cannot!

Soon, more than a dozen Kusagakure ninjas, led by a Chūnin, angrily approached Yugito Nii.

"Kumogakure girl... What do you mean by this?!"

"Don't forget that your Kumogakure needs us!"

"Humiliating us Kusagakure? Stopping us from enjoying our human medicine?" The Kusagakure Chūnin sneered sinisterly, looking at Yugito Nii with ill intentions: "We have already reported this matter to the leader. As the price for insulting us Kusagakure, you can replace Uzumaki Momohime and be our human medicine for a day!"

"Kumogakure girl... You don't want your actions to cause a breakdown in the relationship between Kusagakure and Kumogakure, do you?"

Kusagakure is like this.

Relying on geographical advantages, playing political games, they have always been at ease, befriending both sides among the great villages, not knowing the inviolable majesty of the great villages.

The flames of the ninja world have not burned to their doorstep; over time, they don't know who's the son and who's the father.

Yugito Nii slowly took out her kunai from her ninja tool pouch, holding it in her palm.

These Kusagakure scum—she certainly couldn't just kill them; that would really ruin Kumogakure's strategic plan.

However, not being able to kill doesn't mean she can't injure them.

Let's cripple them a bit, like knocking out their teeth so they can't bite people anymore...

Just as both sides were at daggers drawn, a piercing alarm sounded on the outskirts of Kusagakure.

At the same time, Kusagakure's patrol ninjas rushed into the training ground in a panic:

"Not—not good! Konoha ninjas have invaded!"

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