Naruto's Review : First Viewer is Senju Tobirama?

The Third Hokage was only slightly surprised. When reviewing the ninjas from other villages, seeing a ninja from his own village intrude unexpectedly gave him a strange feeling.

After a brief pause, the Third Hokage quickly regained his composure.

After all, disrupting missions of ninjas from other villages was nothing unusual.

You see, the relationship between the five major ninja villages was far from good.

The resources in the ninja world are limited. If you don't seize someone else's, they'll come after yours. Over time, this creates animosity between the villages.

This leads to situations where, even if there's no benefit in taking resources, a village might still sabotage another's mission just to make sure the other side doesn't succeed.

In short, they just didn't want the other village to have it easy.

The Third Hokage couldn't remember why he had sent Ibiki to sabotage the mission of the Mist Village. It was probably some trivial matter, and whether he remembered it or not, it didn't matter much.

Jiraiya and the others understood this as well, so none of them questioned the Third Hokage. Instead, they continued to watch the projection.

[After seeing that the person approaching was the interrogator master Ibiki, known for his thunderous methods. Kisame, knowing it was futile, followed the secret instruction of Fuguki Suikazan Suikazan and eliminated all members of the Cypher Division, including one female member who had been nagging him and wanted to share a meal and sleep together.]

[Kisame's actions clearly demonstrated the truth that a man without women, draws his sword with ease.]

"'A man without women, draws his sword with ease'? That sounds a bit off," said the most skilled swordsman in the room, Hatake Sakumo.

While he agreed that having no women in his life allowed more time for sword practice, he thought about it and realized that having a woman also created bonds. 

Every time he went on a mission or to battle, he had the thought: "I can't die; my wife is waiting for me. If I die, someone will use my money, raise my kids, and sleep with my wife." 

This mindset pushed him to fight harder and be more decisive with his sword.

In his early days, on many occasions when he found himself in dire situations, it was the thought of his loving wife waiting for him back in the village that helped him unlock his potential, repeatedly turning the tide of battle, eventually earning the title of the Konoha's White Fang.

Thinking of this, he turned to Kakashi and said, "Kakashi, you'd better find me a daughter-in-law soon. Don't worry, I won't look down on you."

Then, he glanced at Nohara Rin, and the meaning was clear.

Kakashi: ???

[Of course, this mysterious female member was actually maliciously written into the plot by the animation team, which caused trouble for her. This will be explained later when we talk about Kisame.]

[Back to the main point, after Kisame escaped, Konoha's intelligence was thrown off.]

[The appearance of Ibiki Morino gave Kisame, who had just begun his journey, a heavy blow, and Kisame showed Ibiki Morino what a ruthless person really was. Both left a shadow in each other's hearts.]

[After this incident, Fuguki Suikazan somehow became known as the villain.]

[The most outrageous part was that rumors spread that Fuguki Suikazan had sold the information that Kisame had protected by killing the female ninja of the Cypher Division to a neighboring country. Kisame, in a fit of rage, chopped up Fuguki Suikazan.]

[Later, people started calling Fuguki Suikazan a rogue ninja from the Mist.]

[Wow, it was shocking! Fuguki Suikazan was rare in that he could be considered loyal to his village, even deserving of the title "Hero in the Darkness," yet he became a rogue ninja from the Mist. It completely shocked me for an entire year.]

To express Sora's shock, the screen displayed an official book listing of Fuguki Suikazan's actions.

The official book said: Fuguki Suikazan had executed secret missions to protect the Blood Mist Village. He was once a member of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen and had deep schemes and strong vigilance. People around him also treated him with respect. His ruthless actions were all for the sake of the village.

In summary: He was a dark person who wielded the Samehada to sever enemies' bodies and lives, guarding the dark side of the Blood Mist Village.

"Why does this person remind me of Danzo?"

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Sakumo Hatake in surprise.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Sakumo touched his cheek, not understanding why the Third Hokage and the others were looking at him like that.

Wasn't Danzo someone who hid in the darkness, making contributions to the village even without recognition?

"Father, you just came back to life, there are many things you don't know yet."

Kakashi, who was standing next to him, wanted to organize his thoughts and briefly explain to his father about Danzo's "great achievements." But before he could speak, Sakumo waved his hand.

"Never mind, I probably get the gist of it. You don't need to say more, let's just watch the screen."

Sakumo wasn't a fool.

With everyone's surprised looks and Kakashi's hesitant expression, he quickly realized that Danzo's reputation had completely collapsed.

It turned out that Danzo kidnapped orphans, secretly conducting experiments, seizing talented ninjas from small clans, being ruthless to enemies, and even more cold-hearted to his own people—none of these things were misunderstandings. It was clear now that he was simply a big villain.

So, that rumor that was spread about him, which eventually led to his suicide, could it have had a hand from Danzo as well?

Thinking about it now, that mission from back then was supposed to be highly confidential. Normally, even if he had failed and returned to the village, it shouldn't have spread all over the place.

The teammate he saved, as long as they had normal intelligence, wouldn't have gone around spreading it.

So, the fact that he failed the mission because of saving his teammate must have had some behind-the-scenes influence.

The only people who could have done something like this would be the Third Hokage and Danzo. The two advisors, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, wouldn't have been capable.

With this in mind, Sakumo Hatake glanced at the Third Hokage, and at that moment, the Third Hokage also happened to look at him.

Their eyes met, and the Third Hokage showed a look of apology.

It wasn't clear whether he was apologizing for not stopping Danzo or if he was the mastermind behind the whole incident.

Shaking his head inwardly, Sakumo decided not to pursue the matter anymore.

After all, even if he did, it wouldn't change anything.

If he really wanted to get technical, it was his own decision that caused the mission to fail, leading to Konoha's significant losses.

Afterward, he couldn't withstand the pressure from public opinion and ended up committing suicide—it wasn't really murder.

He and Kakashi still had to live on in Konoha, so some things were better left in the past.

But this time, he wouldn't be foolish enough to go as far as to commit suicide.

"By the way, Kakashi, you've either been recovering from your injuries or out on missions recently. I haven't properly checked how your swordsmanship is coming along. After we finish with the light screen, let's go to the training ground and have a good practice."

Kakashi didn't respond, but instead looked at Minato.

His eyes clearly conveyed one message: Teacher, help me!

Minato smiled slightly and gave Kakashi an encouraging look, then turned his head away, no longer looking at him.

Kakashi: Teacher, how could you do this to me?

Minato: What? Teacher is doing this for your own good!

It seems that not only Sakumo had changed after being revived.

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