I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I don't need approval

Chapter 75 075. You forced Naruto away

The next morning, inside the Hokage Building.

The Third Hokage blew out a smoke ring and looked at the thick documents in front of him, his face full of exhaustion.

After staying up all night last night, after several hours of sorting out and meeting with Itachi Uchiha, he had a rough idea of ​​how many major events had happened yesterday.

First, Naruto attacked the Hokage Building, repelled the pursuing Danzo, and left Konoha with the Sealed Book.

Secondly, King Shisui, who was originally confirmed to be missing, has returned and fled Konoha with the remaining Uchiha. It is still unknown where he is.

In addition to this, Itachi also brought him another piece of news.

The mysterious masked man whom Itachi contacted to exterminate the clan was most likely the murderer of the Nine-Tails Night that year. Itachi wanted to infiltrate the masked man's organization as a spy, and as a condition, Sasuke must be treated fairly in Konoha.

These three events, each of which was a major event worthy of a high-level meeting, happened on the same day.

This made the Third Hokage not sure how to explain it to the elder advisor, but it was unreasonable to attribute it to coincidence. After all, there were not so many coincidences in the world.

Maybe it was the same organization that made Naruto defect, Shisui return, and assist Itachi in exterminating the clan.

But in this case, how powerful an organization would be that could accomplish these three things at the same time. Even the old rivals Iwagakure and Kumogakure couldn't do it. Is there any organization in the ninja world that is superior to Ninja Murakami?

Sighing slightly, the Third Hokage didn't have much thought to deal with the pile of trivial documents in front of him.

He needs more information to understand the relationship and inside story between these three things and solve them one by one. This is the responsibility of Hokage and he cannot escape.

After getting up and heading to Konoha Hospital, the Third Hokage came to the ward where Kakashi was.

According to witness Metkai's account, Naruto escaped from Konoha after knocking Kakashi unconscious. Before that, Kakashi might have had a conversation with Kakashi and knew the reason why Naruto left. .

In the ward, Metkai was preaching the theory of passion and youth, leaving Kakashi helplessly holding his forehead.

After hearing the footsteps of the Third Hokage, Kakashi said quickly: "Sir, why are you here?"

The Third Hokage showed a smile that concerned his subordinates. After some greetings, he chose to go straight to the topic: "Kakashi, Naruto had a fight with you before leaving the village. You should know the reason why Naruto left the village."

After mentioning Naruto, Kakashi's expression darkened a lot: "Sandaime-sama, I probably know the reason why Naruto left, but it's a little inconvenient to say now."

The Third Hokage's expression changed, and he immediately signaled the others to leave the ward.

After the visiting nurse and Metkai left the ward, the Third Hokage continued: "There are no outsiders here now. You can tell me the reason why Naruto left. Does it involve other senior officials in the village? Or forces outside the village?"

Kakashi looked deeply at the Third Hokage, and then pointed at the latter.

The Third Hokage glanced behind him, and then realized that Kakashi was referring to him. He frowned and said, "Kakashi, are you saying that the reason why Naruto left the village was because of me, and that I caused him to defect? "

In the view of the Third Hokage, there must be external reasons for Naruto's departure from Konoha.

Either because of the mysterious masked man Itachi spoke of, or Danzo's bewitchment. There was nothing wrong with his education method, so how could it be him?

Kakashi said helplessly: "Although it sounds outrageous, I still think you forced Naruto away."

The Third Hokage's face looked very ugly: "This is impossible. I can at best conceal his true identity, but this is for his own good. With his age and mind, he will definitely not be able to accept the reality of being a Jinchuuriki."

Kakashi's tone became cold: "You know I'm not referring to the identity of the Jinchuriki. I'm talking about what if, if Naruto knew from the beginning that he was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki, he was the son of the Fourth Hokage, a hero. Descendants.”

"The descendants of heroes are treated like demon foxes. I think even adults can't accept it..."

After hearing this, the Third Hokage stared at Kakashi for a long time and fell into a long silence.

He did not tell Naruto about his life experience to protect him, but if Naruto knew about his life experience from the beginning, his protection would have the opposite effect. It is not impossible for Naruto to choose to leave the village after being extremely disappointed.

But why did Naruto choose to defect on the day of Operation Itachi? Is it just a coincidence?

As if he had guessed what the Third Hokage was thinking, Kakashi reminded him: "Sir, Naruto is the jinchūriki of the village, and his strength has surpassed mine. You'd better not treat him like a child anymore."

The Third Hokage was silent again, looking at the big tree outside the window in a daze.

Yes, Naruto defeated Kakashi and escaped Danzo's pursuit. He is already a very outstanding ninja.

Perhaps Naruto had already had the idea of ​​defecting a long time ago, and it was definitely not a coincidence to choose yesterday as the date of defection. Naruto should have discovered the conflict between the village and Uchiha long ago.

It was him who had neglected to train and educate Naruto and rejected him through deception.

After the visit to Kakashi, the Third Hokage returned to the Hokage Building and crossed out Uzumaki Naruto's name on the list of traitorous ninjas. He could not treat Naruto as a traitorous ninja.

This decision naturally aroused Danzo's opposition, and he came to the office on crutches to protest.

"Sarutobi, Naruto attacked the Hokage Building and caused great losses to the village. He is an S-level dangerous criminal. We must not let him go so easily."

The Third Hokage looked at Danzo quietly and then said, "Then you are going to bring Naruto back?"

Danzo was silent. He proposed to make Naruto an S-class rebel nin, naturally because of Naruto's strength.

Unlike other levels of rebellious ninjas, once a rebellious ninja is on the list of S-level rebellious ninjas, it actually means that the village can't do anything to the rebellious ninja. It is more of a warning to the ninjas in the village not to easily provoke the rebellious ninja.

Seeing this scene, the Third Hokage took advantage of the victory and said: "Naruto has not graduated from the ninja school, and is not considered a ninja. Naturally, he cannot be on the list of traitorous ninjas."

"Besides, Naruto is the only Jinchuuriki left in the village. Once the information about his escape is leaked, Iwagakure and Kumogakure may restart the war. For the sake of the overall situation, we even have to conceal the information about Naruto's escape."

Danzo, who was speechless, understood the Third Hokage's determination and simply stopped dwelling on the matter and changed the subject:

"Naruto doesn't need to be on the list of traitorous ninjas, but Sasuke should be trained at the root. His parents and brothers are all traitorous ninjas in the village, and there is no reason to let him go."

The Third Hokage looked deeply at Danzo and then shook his head: "I have already decided how to deal with Sasuke. It is not your turn to intervene yet. You still need a reasonable explanation for Itachi's matter."