Naruto: My mother, Haruno Sakura, is so smart that she is almost a demon

"As expected of you, Sakura. When did you find out?"

Kakashi asked as he walked up to Sakura.

"I don't think that the obvious trick this morning could have been hidden from Kakashi-sensei.

Sasuke is smart, and Kakashi-sensei is not stupid either.

I started paying attention to my surroundings when I got here.”

Kakashi nodded, not knowing whether to do so or not, and then said seriously:

"Do you know that your slander against the Third Hokage just now can be regarded as a betrayal of Konoha?"

Facing Kakashi's aggressive questioning, Sakura smiled faintly:

"It's just speculation. Kakashi-sensei was an ANBU at the time. You should know how likely it is that what I said is true and whether or not I am slandering him."

"But the truth you claim will push Sasuke to the opposite side of Konoha."

“With Sasuke’s intelligence, he will one day notice the abnormality on the day when the Uchiha clan was exterminated.

When Sasuke notices something strange, he will definitely ask people outside the village to find out the truth.

Rather than letting Sasuke's anger for revenge spread to the entire Konoha under the exaggeration of others, it is better to tell him the truth now and limit his target to the Sandaime and his men."

Kakashi didn't say anything else, which was considered as his agreement with Sakura's statement.

“Besides, this incident only pushed Sasuke to the opposite side of the Sandaime, not the opposite side of Konoha.

'Hokage' is not everything about Konoha.

"Konoha" is originally an abstract concept, and Konoha has a different meaning in everyone's mind."

"So what is Konoha in your mind?"

Kakashi's expression became more serious.

"Home, Konoha is the home of ninjas in my heart."

Sakura said without hesitation.

"Ninjas are born with greater power than ordinary people.

And power brings not only status, but also alienation and fear from ordinary people.

Teacher Kakashi must have felt this when he was out on a mission. Although ordinary people respect us, they are more afraid of us in their hearts.

The existence of the ninja village makes the ninja no longer lonely. The ninjas gather together to form bonds with each other, so that they are no longer lonely.

The Ninja Village comforts the tired souls of the ninjas and allows them to understand that they are not tools of killing but living people.

And Konoha is such a home in my heart."

In front of Kakashi, Sakura naturally had to say good things about Konoha.

"Since you think Konoha is a big family, why are you so hostile to the Hokage, the 'head of the family'?"

Sakura shook her head:

"The Hokage is not a parent. In my mind, the Hokage is just a building manager elected by the residents.

The administrator's duty is to lead the residents to improve their "home", so it is understandable to take some benefits.

But if this administrator is going to randomly kick people out of their homes, then I think it would be better to change the administrator."

Kakashi felt that what Sakura said made sense, but he still didn't want his students to be so hostile to the higher-ups.

“Maybe the administrator is doing this just to make life better for other residents?”

"Then how do I know if I will be the next one to be kicked out?"

Sakura's words silenced Kakashi.

Yes, no one knows when they will become the target of the Third Hokage and Danzo.

“Don’t worry, Kakashi-sensei, if someone wants to change the administrator, I might approve.

But if someone really wants to tear off the roof of my house, I will be the first one to stop him without you saying anything."

"I believe you."

After knowing Sakura's attitude towards Konoha, Kakashi also smiled with relief.

"But, Sakura, how do you know so much information?"

“Most of them are inferences based on data.”

"There is no detailed information about the Root in Konoha.

On the surface, it's just a training institution of Konoha."

"On the surface, that's true, but the person in charge of the Root is the Hokage's assistant, Danzo Shimura.

It was after the establishment of the Root that Danzo's name began to appear frequently in newspapers of various ninja villages outside Konoha.

The Root that enlivened Danzo's actions could not be a simple training institution.

Konoha's library has newspapers from various countries over the years, which can be pieced together to make many interesting speculations.

For example: In the eyes of other countries, although the strength of the Sandaime is a mystery because of his small number of attacks, he should be inferior to the Third Raikage and the Third Tsuchikage;

However, our ninja school textbooks clearly state that the Sandaime is the 'strongest Hokage'.

It seems that perhaps the Konoha in the eyes of other countries is more real than what the village promotes. "

Kakashi couldn't help but blush at Sakura's words.

As expected, the bragging is so outrageous that even children wouldn't believe it.

In fact, he himself did not have much of a good impression of the Sandaime. After all, during the time of the Fourth Hokage, he could often see the Sandaime bossing his teacher around.

Kakashi quickly coughed twice and changed the subject:

"Ahem, Sakura.

You are right, ninja villages are very important. Isn't it because there is no ninja village in Wave Country that it is exploited by Cardo?"

Seeing Kakashi change the subject so abruptly, Sakura rolled her eyes at him:

"Teacher Kakashi, who do you think made the Land of Waves become like this?"

"Isn't it Cardo?"

Kakashi looked suspicious.

Is there some other hidden story behind the incident in Wave Country?

"According to what Zabuza said a few days ago and the information obtained from the torture of the Oni brothers, Cardo is a very stingy person; he even wanted to refuse to pay Zabuza's reward afterwards.

After Zabuza killed Cardo, he only found less than 1000 million in cash in Cardo's house.

According to the scale of Cardo, the liquid capital should not exceed 2000 million.

You have also seen the situation in the Kingdom of Waves. The people all look pale and the whole country is lifeless.

So the question is, where did the money that Cardo had extorted in the past five years go? How come there is only 3000 million left? "

"So, you suspect there's someone else behind Cardo?" Kakashi asked.

Sakura nodded and continued:

"The people behind this use Cardo to squeeze out the wealth of the Wave Nation, and then transfer it secretly. This not only avoids being discovered, but also allows Cardo to take the blame."

"Who do you think this person is?"

"Teacher Kakashi, do you remember what Dazna said? The Daimyo of Wave Country has to be wary of Kado.

But Cardo knew very little about ninjas. According to Zabuza, Cardo was even naive enough to think that he could defeat a senior ninja like him with just a few hundred minions.

It's obvious that there were no ninjas around Cardo before.

What was the daimyo afraid of? The workers and lackeys around him?

Although the guards of the Daimyo of Wave Country are not ninjas, they are definitely stronger than ordinary people, right?"

"you mean......"

Kakashi had already guessed what Sakura was going to say next.

But then the truth of the matter would be too horrible.

"In order to maintain the balance of the national administrative system and military power, it is an iron rule for ninjas not to participate in national politics.

Not even the Hokage can do anything to the Daimyo.

Therefore, the only people who can scare the Daimyo of Wave Country are the Daimyo of other great countries."

Sakura ruthlessly revealed the answer, shattering Kakashi's last shred of fantasy:

"From a geographical point of view, the only daimyo with such influence around Wave Country are the daimyo of Fire Country and the daimyo of Water Country. After all, distant water cannot quench nearby thirst.

Both the Land of Water and the Hidden Mist Village have been in a semi-closed state for the past ten years, and there have been no diplomatic activities for a long time, so the only person left is our respected Daimyo of the Land of Fire."

"No, it is also possible that Cardo has colluded with the Daimyo of Wave Country..."

"That's not possible." Sakura shook her head again and interrupted Kakashi.

"Why would Daimyo choose to kill the goose that lays the golden eggs and drain the pond to catch the fish when he could have made a steady profit?

Teacher, do you think Wave Country is able to pay taxes normally under its current circumstances?

It will take seven or eight years for the Wave Country to fully recover."

"What if Daimyo is short-sighted?"

“Kakashi-sensei, the daimyo represents more than just himself. All of the daimyo’s decisions must take into account the officials of the daimyo’s mansion and the nobles who support him.

The daimyo had to consider the collective interests of the entire political group.

Unless the decision-makers around the daimyo are a bunch of losers, they would not agree to such a stupid plan.

If the Daimyo really colluded with Kado and insisted on having his own way;

It’s not like there haven’t been unsolved cases of daimyo being assassinated before…”

Kakashi widened his exposed eye, feeling that his worldview was shattered by Sakura's words.

It turns out that compared to the real fighting between ninjas, the struggle for interests among politicians is a more cunning and darker war.

This method of affecting the livelihoods of millions of people has far exceeded Kakashi's bottom line.

The political game revealed by Sakura even made Kakashi feel physically uncomfortable, and he felt nauseous in his stomach.

"From my perspective, the events in Wave Country are roughly as follows:

The Fire Country Daimyo used Kado to monopolize the Wave Country's economy and squeeze its money;

The Daimyo of Wave Country did not dare to target Kado openly. In addition, Kado and the Daimyo of Fire Country could not go too far. A portion of the money Kado extorted must be handed over to the Daimyo of Wave Country, so they simply turned a blind eye to Kado.

Thus the Fire Country Daimyo ate meat, the Wave Country Daimyo drank soup, and Cardo licked the plate;

The wealth of Wave Country was divided up.

But over the years, the people of Wave Country were completely drained, and Cardo was no longer of any use.

The Daimyo of the Land of Fire took the money and left, and the Daimyo of the Land of Waves even needed Cardo's head to give an explanation to the people.

Cardo's situation was already precarious, and since Dazna wanted to build a bridge to break Cardo's monopoly, Cardo made up his mind to hire Zabuza at a huge price.

It can be said that even without us, the Daimyo would have entrusted Konoha to silence Kado."

Sakura spoke in a relaxed tone, not noticing that Kakashi was sweating profusely. After all, it was late at night, and Kakashi had covered 3/4 of his face, so Sakura couldn't see Kakashi's expression at all.

Although the methods used by the Fire Nation Daimyo and Cardo were dirty, she had seen similar situations before.

In Sakura's memory, a certain Celestial Dragon race in the west of the Blue Planet made a living by doing this in the Middle Ages:

They cooperated with the great nobles to engage in monopoly, and after squeezing out enough oil and water, they simply wiped their mouths and ran away; of course, there were also many people who failed to escape because of their slow legs and were dragged out by the nobles to appease the public anger.

Therefore, there is no hatred without reason, otherwise 吳's outrageous behavior would not have won the support of all the people.

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Five days later, the Demon Bridge was completed and Team 7 set out on their journey back to Konoha.

Sakura also got on the boat as she wished, and curiously took out the camera from the sealed scroll and took pictures of herself and the scenery.

Only Naruto followed Sakura excitedly. After all, Sakura was not awake yet when they arrived, and Naruto was not in the mood to play.

However, they were the only two who were happy, and Sasuke was worried all the way;

Kakashi also felt that this A-rank mission had caused him more mental fatigue than the two S-rank missions.