Chapter 28: Analysis of the Last Months

Isao Uchiha looked at Nawaki who had just arrived with resentment.

His older brother was demoted to Genin and suffered severe punishment for attacking a student he wasn't even a Genin yet, and for endangering other students at the ninja academy by attacking the future Patriarch of the Senju Clan.

There were so many infractions that he'd been doing community service for the past few months as punishment.

It just wasn't more serious, because they were all unharmed.

If someone had been hurt because of him, the punishment would have been several times heavier.

Nawaki, of course, was not punished. It doesn't even make sense for him to be. However, Isao thought otherwise...

A fool indeed.

"Nawaki~" With a cute and gentle smile, Mikoto waves at him. "Good Morning."

Nawaki said with his classic smile, "Good morning, Mikoto and Hikari."

"Good morning, Nawaki." Hikari's voice wasn't as low as it was a few months ago.

After having lunch and thinking for so long together, she was more talkative around him.

"Good morning~" Behind Nawaki, Kushina greeted them.

She had that cute smile as she greeted them.

After they started talking, Mikoto remembered something and said, "By the way, the boy Minato graduated today. Not just him, but not so long ago, Atsuko Sarutobi and the quiet girl Kohaku. The three became a team apparently led by Jiraiya."

"Oh." Nawaki didn't show many reactions.

He's understood a lot in the last few days while using shadow clones in dark mist mode.

When sensei entered the room, the students returned to their seats.

As the side of Nawaki was free, Kushina with the smile of someone who was up to something, sat down next to him.

Before, Atsuko Sarutobi would sit next to him.

As expected, as soon as sensei entered the classroom, the students started asking about Minato, Atsuko, and Kohaku.

"All three are excellent ninjas and were recommended to graduate early." The sensei said with a satisfying smile, "Hokage recognized my efforts in training these three and decided to train them a little earlier. Anyway, try not to lag too far behind, okay?"

Sensei's proud and smug look made some students want to punch him in the face.

But, many students didn't agree with this, Minato especially never showed to be a strong ninja. Atsuko was still fine as he was only second to a few students, overall he was in the top five in the class, Kohaku was one of the strongest girls in the classroom too.

But Minato...

They had their doubts.

While they were talking about this matter, Nawaki started talking to Kushina while reflecting on the last few months.

For the past few months, Nawaki has used shadow clones in dark mist mode to investigate all the other villages.

His strength increased so much that he was able to maintain over 400 shadow clones at the same time.

With approximately 50 shadow clones in the main villages, he discovered many things.

Near Hidden Rain Village, Nawaki encountered a peculiar situation.

He just discovered by sheer coincidence a humanoid figure resembling a carnivorous plant shape that emerged from its sides, enveloping its head and upper body like a shield. Underneath these extensions, this humanoid figure was dark with only one eye and had short green hair.

The situation that followed was, that same humanoid being met a boy who seemed to be from the Uzumaki Clan. Nawaki watched as this humanoid being placed the boy in a sort of genjutsu and implanted a pair of eyes.

Nawaki tried to follow this humanoid being later, however, this humanoid being simply disappeared upon entering the earth.

Because of this, Nawaki started following the red-haired boy.

What he found was that there was no change in the boy's eye color. He remembers very well that it was a pair of striped purple eyes that were implanted, but why hasn't it changed?

Nawaki switched clones from time to time to continue receiving information from this boy. So far, nothing unusual has happened.

Other than that, he saw this same humanoid five other times.

In those five times, that same humanoid was influencing the destruction of the Village Hidden in the Whirlpool to destroy the Uzumaki Clan.

This alerted Nawaki. The fact that the other villages agreed made him feel a little angry at those villages.

'Why is this humanoid dark wanting the destruction of the Hidden Whirlpool Village and especially the Uzumaki Clan?' Nawaki didn't understand this humanoid being's plans until now.

He tried other times to follow this humanoid being, however, he always lost track.

Worse, the main villages began to have plans for Hidden Swirl Village. The fact that they didn't take action was still because they feared Mito Uzumaki. However, someone informed them that Mito Uzumaki only had a little more time to live before transferring the Nine-Tails to a little Uzumaki girl who is living in the Senju Complex.

Nawaki was furious when this information appeared for these villages.

Who the hell is selling their information to these villages?

He had a vague idea, that's when he started watching the Hokage and Danzo...

Danzo Shimura, a man who created a subsidiary within Leaf Village called Root.

The things Danzo did and did, surprised Nawaki.

'How does the Hokage allow someone like that to stay in the village? How does he allow him to continue his actions?' Nawaki was even more disappointed in the Third Hokage.

He already knew that the Third Hokage had obsessive-compulsive disorder to be in control. But to close your eyes in the face of so much immorality?

Even if he pretends he doesn't see it, he still won't make the things that happen or have happened go away.

And the much talked about will of fire that he likes to talk about so much?

Wasn't it supposed to be that every true Konoha shinobi should love, believe, value, and fight for the good of the village?

Where does love come in in the midst of so many amoral methods?

Was that the so-called will of fire he always said?

Nawaki lost all faith he had left in the Third Hokage. Someone like that has no way of ruling and keeping alive those he cares about.

Nawaki left shadow clones watching the Third Hokage and Danzo closely.

If any of them, especially Danzo, had immoral plans for his family and friends, he would stop them. At the moment he wasn't strong enough to go against Danzo, but if it was against who Danzo controls, it wasn't a problem. Even if Danzo comes in person, his Sis can take care of him!

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