"Minato-sensei, now that you have decided..."
"Then the heavy responsibility of protecting Kushina-sama will be left to me and the Third Hokage!"
Looking at the figure of the Fourth Hokage leaving in a hurry, Yukio didn't say anything more. Even though the Uzumaki clan's spiritual practice of mystical arts has begun again.
As for what the Fourth Hokage said before leaving, what is the most intuitive feeling for off-roading?
The most intuitive feeling for off-roading is that the Fourth Hokage deeply trusts the Third Hokage!
Even if Cross Country reveals that Madara is probably not dead, the Fourth Hokage is willing to put the life and death of Kushina Uzumaki in the hands of the Third Hokage with peace of mind!
Obviously, this is what the Fourth Hokage ultimately thought.
After the Fourth Hokage also made a decision, he was ready to put his identity as Hokage first!
As Hokage, is it possible that the Fourth Hokage does not understand the importance of Uzumaki Kushina?
Not to mention that Uzumaki Kushina is the wife of the Fourth Hokage, it goes without saying that Uzumaki Kushina's identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki is important to Konoha Village and the Country of Fire.
However, before worrying about his wife and the safety of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, the Fourth Hokage was still prepared to put the interests of the Country of Fire and the Leaf Village first.
Therefore, for the sake of the Country of Fire and the interests of the Leaf Village, the Fourth Hokage still insisted on going to war with the Kumo Ninja Village of the Country of Thunder.
It was also because of this that the Fourth Hokage gave the important task of protecting Kushina Uzumaki to the Third Hokage, whom he trusted very much.
certainly.
Apart from the Fourth Hokage, the only person in Konoha Village who could potentially protect Kushina Uzumaki was definitely not Cross Country, but the Third Hokage.
After all, the Third Hokage is very powerful personally and holds many rights. It seems that he wants to protect Kushina Uzumaki. In addition to the Fourth Hokage doing it himself, only the Third Hokage has the power to protect Kushina Uzumaki.
However, someone who is familiar with the plot of the original novel has a different view on Cross Country.
It was good for the Fourth Hokage to trust the Third Hokage, but neither the Fourth Hokage nor the Third Hokage really valued their enemies.
None of them really paid attention to the BOSS hidden behind the scenes of the Mist Ninja Village, Uchiha Madara who could compete with the first Hokage!
Therefore, even in the original plot, the Third Hokage tried his best to protect Uzumaki Kushina, but the final result was that the Third Hokage's beloved wife died, and the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina died together in the Nine Tails. The result of the battle.
However, after a good discussion with the Fourth Hokage, Cross Country somewhat understood the Fourth Hokage's difficulties.
It's not that I don't want to protect Uzumaki Kushina, it's also not that I don't want to stay by Uzumaki Kushina's side.
In fact, as the Fourth Hokage, as Hokage, at some point, he must distinguish between the country's use and his personal interests. Many times, the Fourth Hokage has to put the interests of the country and the village as the starting point, putting personal interests behind. There is a scene where the Fourth Hokage gives the important task of protecting Kushina Uzumaki to the Third Hokage.
If the same choice is given to Cross Country, without understanding the plot of the original work, the choice of Cross Country may naturally be the same as that of the Fourth Hokage.
It's just that Cross Country knew the tragedy in the original plot, which led him to value Kushina Uzumaki more.
Now after having a detailed discussion with the Fourth Hokage, Cross Country knows that he has finally thrown out Madara, and he cannot shake the Fourth Hokage's will, so he must give up his previous plan.
However, giving up the previous plan does not mean giving up the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina.
Since the Fourth Hokage is unwilling to put all his energy on Uzumaki Kushina and inside Konoha Village, from the perspective of Cross Country, he can only rely on his own strength to avoid the tragedy of the Nine-Tails Battle.
Therefore, after the Fourth Hokage left, Cross Country silently began to practice the Uzumaki clan's spiritual arts.
As long as he can complete the recovery of his own strength in the next two months, and then complete the subsequent deployment, Cross Country, who has returned from the Land of Rain, feels confident that he will have a good game with Madara and save the tragedy in the original plot. , making it unnecessary for the Fourth Hokage and Uzumaki Kushina to perish in the battle of the Nine Tails.
And when Cross Country was practicing peacefully at home, through some information, Cross Country was able to understand some changes in the outside world.
First of all, the Fourth Hokage's attention was focused on the war, while the Third Hokage's attention was on Uzumaki Kushina.
Occasionally when you need to relax, the first choice when going cross-country is to go to Uzumaki Kushina.
At Uzumaki Kushina's place, Cross Country did not see the Fourth Hokage, naturally because the Fourth Hokage went to deal with the war that was about to begin. Instead, beside Uzumaki Kushina, in addition to finding Kakashi hiding around, Cross Country also saw many new faces in the ANBU. Obviously, these new faces in the ANBU were deployed by the Third Hokage.
Moreover, it may be that Cross Country and the Fourth Hokage mentioned Madara's matter. The deployment of the Third Hokage is obviously much stricter than in the original plot.
In this way, Cross Country, who wants to use his own strength to change the tragedy, is much more relieved. After all, the more the Third Hokage values Uzumaki Kushina, the game between Cross Country and Madara will be easier, right?
Secondly, about the arrangements of the families in Konoha Village.
Externally, they have to face the war with the Kingdom of Thunder, and internally they have to guard against the weak period of the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki.
In addition to the deployment of the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage, the information coming from the outside clearly showed the arrangements of various families in Konoha Village.
Among the various families in Konoha Village, except for the Uchiha clan who still strictly guard Konoha Village, only the Nara, Yamanaka, and Akimichi clans who are loyal to the Hokage faction choose to stick to Konoha Village. Even the members of the three clans The clan leaders Shikaku, Haiichi, and Choza did not go to participate in the upcoming war. It can be seen that when the Third Hokage wanted to protect Uzumaki Kushina, in addition to the ANBU deployment, he still stayed inside the Leaf Village. trump card.
But the two pieces of information obtained earlier are good news.
Then the information obtained later in the cross-country trip will be classified as bad news.
Finally, what information did Cross Country obtain through external intelligence?
The news is that when one of the Fourth Hokage and the Third Hokage was busy with external affairs and the other was busy with internal affairs, Danzo Shimura, who was hiding in the shadows, did not have any arrangements at all, just like he was watching a play hidden in the dark side of Konoha Village!
It was precisely Danzo Shimura's attitude of preparing to watch a show that made the cross-country feel a bit unpleasant.
Therefore, in addition to training and going cross-country to Uzumaki Kushina's place, I planned to visit Shimura Danzo when I had time. Who would have thought that every time he went to visit Danzo Shimura, he was unsuccessful, which undoubtedly made him feel even heavier. He was secretly guessing whether Danzo Shimura was hiding behind the scenes in the Mist Ninja Village. There is a certain connection with Mr. Ban.
Undoubtedly, if Shimura Danzo really has any contact with Madara for the sake of becoming the Hokage, then things will become complicated.
Unfortunately, Cross Country has no way to prove whether Shimura Danzo is in contact with Madara, so with the haze hanging over his head, Cross Country can only speed up his own training process and strive to speed up some progress in regaining his strength.
Time passed, and soon a month passed.
For a whole month, apart from planning the details of the Nine-Tails Battle, Cross Country was basically practicing the fine arts of the Uzumaki clan.
After a month of hard training, the progress in cross-country is obviously very good.
In addition to the improvement in the "quantity" of mental energy, Cross Country can already cultivate chakra, but he cannot use all the chakra in his body to fight.
However, despite the fact that Cross Country still cannot use all the chakra in his body to fight, he still has not regained even half a step of quasi-shadow level strength.
But from a cross-country perspective, as long as the Yin Escape brand can be condensed and completed, it will only take a matter of minutes to regain half-step quasi-shadow level strength.
Therefore, after completing the previous month of hard training and one month of basic training, in the final sprint stage, Cross Country is ready to complete the training of Yin Escape Brand and further restore his own strength.
In the haze brought by Shimura Danzo, he had been practicing hard for a whole month. On this day when he was preparing to "come out", Cross Country also received good news from his own bodyguard!
The good news is that Shikaku's son, Shikamaru in the original plot, was born!
"Shikamaru's birth will soon be the day when the original protagonist Uzumaki Naruto is born." "
Unknowingly, Shisui, Itachi, Kakashi, and I have almost transformed from newcomers to seniors!"