Naruto: Hayate Blade

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However, the reason why Hiruzen became the first "foreign" Hokage after the Senju brothers was not due to the identity and strength introduced earlier. In terms of identity and strength, Shimura Danzo, who is also a second-generation disciple, is not inferior to him, but he has become There has always been only one condition for being a Hokage, "a person who is recognized by everyone".

When Hiruzen was young, it was the time of the First Ninja War. He and Shisui's father Uchiha Kagami, two later Konoha high-ranking members, Kabuto and Kotsubaki, Akimichi Tofu of the Akimichi clan, and Danzo formed the Konoha Alliance. Ye's most elite guard class of Hokage. At the end of the war, Senju Tobirama led them to Kumogakure Village for peace talks, but Kumogakure's Golden Horn and Silver Horn suddenly rebelled and assassinated the Second Raikage on the spot. They were also trapped in a tight siege. If they wanted to get rid of the pursuers, someone must stay. After the break.

At this time, Tobirama had decided to sacrifice himself to protect these Konoha seedlings, but he had not yet decided on the successor of Hokage, so he made a test. Tobirama asked: Which of you is willing to stay as a bait? As Hokage, you must have the determination to stand up when the village is in danger. He is testing them.

Although Danzo was determined to sacrifice, he lacked the courage and hesitated. Young Hiruzen stood up without hesitation: "I will do it." This is the gap between Danzo and Hiruzen. For the same sake of Konoha, Hiruzen can As Hokage, he takes on the threats and challenges from various countries, but Danzo only dares to act in the shadows.

After Senju Tobirama's death, Hiruzen became the third Hokage. He appointed Danzo as Hokage's assistant, giving him great trust and power, and Danzo cultivated his own influence in the name of "Anbu Training Department". The root organization is hidden deeper than the ANBU, and the things it does are even more shady. The third generation acquiesced to this. He knew that for the stability and order of the village, not only must there be a righteous leader who serves as a model, but also a "clearance agent" who can quickly kill the threat. "He is the eternally warm Hokage under the sun, and Danzo is the root of decisive killing in the darkness. The two complement each other and make Konoha Village once again the strongest ninja village.

As mentioned at the beginning, Hiruzen is the transmitter of the will of fire. He has been committed to cultivating the younger generation of ninjas and proposed a class configuration of two boys, one girl and one teacher. Hiruzen: "Boys will be aware of the existence of girls and compete with each other." will promote each other's growth." He personally trained the first generation of protagonist classes and created the tradition of bell-grabbing exercises. His students are Tsunade, the granddaughter of the First Hokage, as well as Orochimaru and Jiraiya. For Orochimaru, who has outstanding talent but is withdrawn due to the death of his parents, Hiruzen tried his best to enlighten him and help him get out of the shadows; for Jiraiya, who is sunny and kind but has mediocre talent, Hiruzen specially opened a niche for him and taught him how to communicate. The spiritual technique allowed him to reverse channel to Miaomu Mountain. The three of them lived up to their expectations and became the "Sannin of Konoha" who were famous in the ninja world.

After that, the third war broke out in the ninja world. At that time, with the efforts of the three generations of Konoha Village to actively train new people, it was the time when the stars were shining. The three Ninjas of Konoha, Yellow Flash, Shunshen Shisui, and Konoha White Fang, each Even the name is enough to scare the enemy. Konoha directly went to war with the other four countries and all gained the upper hand, but at the same time they also paid huge sacrifices. Tsunade's lover and younger brother were all killed in the battle, and they suffered from haemorrhage and became depressed; Hatake Sakumo committed suicide due to the mission, two of Minato's disciples "died", and the only remaining Kakashi was like a walking corpse. In order to avoid more serious consequences, the Third Hokage signed a peace agreement with his powerful enemy Onoki, ending this protracted war that almost brought Konoha to its knees.

But this caused Danzo to be strongly dissatisfied. He clearly could win, but he took the initiative to call a truce. He called it "same as losing a battle." He had serious differences with Hiruzen, and even joined forces with Men Yan and Xiao Chun to hold him accountable. In order to give an explanation to this war that "paid huge sacrifices but was fruitless", Hiruzen resigned from the post of Hokage.

However, the reason why he can resign with confidence is because the best candidate for the next Hokage has emerged as Jiraiya's disciple, his disciple Namikaze Minato. Danzo's candidate "Orochimaru" was strongly rejected by him. Although Orochimaru was his most beloved disciple, he knew that he had no interest in the "Will of Fire". He recommended Minato not as a relative but only as a virtuous person. . Although Minato's current experience is still inexperienced, as long as he is around to assist him for a period of time, he will definitely become an excellent Hokage. For this reason, Hiruzen did not retreat behind the scenes after his retirement. He and the fourth generation almost formed a situation of two shadows co-ruling.

Soon after, Minato's wife Kushina Uzumaki became pregnant. This is a happy event, but Kushina has a special identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki. The Jinchuriki is extremely weak during childbirth, and the seal may be broken. For the safety of the village, Hiruzen asked the Minato couple to give birth in a secret room far away from the village. In order to keep it as secret as possible, he asked his wife to help Kushina deliver the baby.

Despite being fully prepared, an accident happened. Kyuubi not only broke through the seal, but even appeared directly in the village. Faced with this unprecedented crisis of annihilating the village, Hiruzen ordered all the younger generation of ninjas to take refuge and not to approach the Kyuubi. The village could be rebuilt after it was destroyed, but the future of the village must be preserved. He ordered the Uchiha clan of the police force to protect the villagers from the rear, and he led the ANBU and other Jonin to fight the Kyuubi.

Hiruzen's channeling created the Ape King, the Ape Demon. Although in terms of size, the Ape Demon is far inferior to large psychic beasts such as Gamabunta, its special feature is that it can transform into a weapon, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel. The golden cudgel stretched, weighing more than 13,000 kilograms, and pushed the Nine Tails out of the village.

But Hiruzen was old after all, and soon lost his strength. At this time, Kyuubi charged up a tailed beast jade and aimed it at the village. At the critical moment, Namikaze Minato finally repelled Obito, rushed back to Konoha, and used the Flying Thunder God to transfer the Nine-Tails to a distant place. By the time Hiruzen rushed to support, Minato and his wife had already opened the barrier and used the Uzumaki clan's Sky Lock to seal away the forbidden arts and ghosts. Hiruzen wanted to step forward, perhaps because he wanted to replace the promising Minato and die together with Kyuubi, but he could not pass through the barrier. In the end, Kyuubi's soul was divided into two halves and sealed in Minato and his child. Minato and his wife And sacrificed for it.

When she was dying, Kushina entrusted the child to Hiruzen: "The child's name is Naruto. This is the name Minato and I named based on Mr. Jiraiya's novel." Hiruzen said solemnly: "Naruto ?, I will definitely take good care of him, I promise."

After the disaster, in addition to rebuilding the village, the first priority was to fill the vacancy of the Hokage. At this time, Jiraiya was traveling around the world, Tsunade had also left the village, and she was bound to lose every bet. Kakashi's generation was too young, and Konoha was in a desperate situation. At the meeting, Danzo was about to take the opportunity to ascend to the position of Hokage. Hiruzen spoke first: "I am willing to take on this important responsibility until the next Hokage grows up. I will only treat me as a transitional person." Danzo exploded again. When Hiruzen chose his successor, he was beaten first by Hiruzen. He finally abdicated, but now he has returned to the throne. Danzo has turned from disagreement with him to hostility, and even planned an assassination operation to get rid of him.

In the end, the action was exposed, and Danzo was facing the death penalty of "attempted assassination of Hokage", but Hiruzen spared it: "This matter will not be pursued. I hope you will do your best for Konoha in the future." Danzo sneered: "You still If you are so indecisive, your naivety will destroy you one day." Hiruzen replied: "Where there is light, there must be darkness, and the world cannot function normally no matter which side is missing."

Although what he said was very philosophical, Danzo didn't seem to do anything good afterwards. Instead, he colluded with Hiruzen's apprentice Orochimaru to engage in taboo human research. Later, Orochimaru's laboratory was exposed, and Hiruzen personally led the team to arrest him. However, facing his former disciple, he couldn't bear to take action, so he let Orochimaru run away. Danzo's warning came true a few years later. It came true between them as master and disciple.

Konoha Village gradually returned to peace, but Hiruzen was in a dilemma regarding the Minato couple's child, Uzumaki Naruto. As the heroic orphan who saved the village, Naruto should have grown up in the respect and care of the villagers, but he was also the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. If his identity was known by the enemy, he would always be in danger. Therefore, the best way to take care of him may be to conceal his identity, let him grow up like an ordinary child, and provide him with help and protection secretly. Hiruzen seemed to want to do this, but the result was very bad, that is, the whole village did not know that Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage, but they all knew that he was the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. What didn't need to be concealed was concealed, but what should be concealed was exposed. The hatred and anger of the villagers towards the Kyuubi were all focused on Naruto, and the eyes of the enemies were all locked on him. Even Uchiha had already made preparations when he planned to rebel. Plan to catch Naruto.

I think with the mind of the Third Hokage, this can only be a matter of plot design. The story has initially determined Naruto's character, a boy who grew up in an excluded environment and worked hard to gain everyone's recognition. In the comics, the later plots must obey this setting, so it is not that the Third Hokage is incapable of taking good care of Naruto, but the setting that Naruto had a miserable childhood made him have to take the blame.

Perhaps for this reason, the anime specifically describes a past story between Hiruzen and Naruto in Chapter 700. It tells the story of a young Naruto who was isolated by the people around him and was so poor that he couldn't even afford ramen. He had no choice but to go to the forest when he was hungry. Fishing and picking mushrooms to eat. At this time, Hiruzen appeared next to him and shared food with him as a passing old man. Although I wanted to complain that Naruto finally caught three fish and you still got away with one, but what Naruto lacked the most at this time was not Food, but care and companionship. Later, Naruto called the third generation "Grandpa Hokage". There was no barrier between the two. I think Hiruzen should have accompanied him through his lonely childhood.

When Naruto entered the ninja school, he liked to play pranks. Hiruzen once told his teacher Iruka: "That child grew up without the love of his parents. The people in the village also stayed away from him because of the demon fox. In order to attract everyone's attention, He is the only one who can play pranks." And Iruka-sensei gave Naruto his initial care and recognition. When Naruto became a ninja, Hiruzen gave him the best class configuration. He made Kakashi, the disciple of the Fourth Hokage, who had protected Naruto for nine months when Kushina was pregnant, as his teacher and as a dangerous teacher. appears, Kakashi will continue to protect Naruto; he makes Sasuke, a survivor of the Uchiha clan and possessing the potential of the Sharingan, as his companion. If the Nine-Tails loses control again, the Sharingan is the only way to control the tailed beast. ; He put Haruno Sakura, who was loved by Naruto and also loved Sasuke, in this class, creating a beautiful love triangle.

Sarutobi Hiruzen once again witnessed the growth of a new generation of protagonists until they ushered in the Chunin Examination. It is not unusual for the Chunin Exam to be held twice a year, but this time, Orochimaru is back, and he takes the Sound Ninja and the Sand Ninja to overthrow Konoha. A complete sensory barrier has been set up around Konoha Village. It is impossible to sneak into it on weekdays. However, the Chunin Examination with mixed personnel is an excellent opportunity. Orochimaru disguises himself as a student, an Oto-nin teacher, and the Fourth Kazekage, and hides it. Everyone. Although Orochimaru was exposed in the second exam, the Chunin Exam was a grand event attended by famous figures from all over the world and could not be easily interrupted. The third generation could only wait for Orochimaru to make his move.

In the subsequent preliminaries, he, Kakashi, Gai and other elite jounin were on guard throughout the whole process, and additional personnel were sent to search everywhere during the main match. However, he did not expect that Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, was sitting next to him. During the competition, Orochimaru suddenly attacked and jumped onto the roof with Hiruzen. The Oto Ninja lurking in the venue immediately followed and jointly used the Four Purple Flame Formation to block Konoha's ANBU reinforcements. Orochimaru took off his disguise and challenged his teacher. The third generation smiled and took off his Hokage robe, revealing that he was fully armed underneath.

The two fought, and Orochimaru used the Earth Reincarnation to recruit the deceased first and second generation Hokage. Hiruzen thought that this battle was to teach his apprentice, but he did not expect that he would face his own master. Although the first and second generations resurrected this time were far less powerful than before, Hiruzen was also older, and he continued to perform large-scale ninjutsu attacks and defenses, leaving him breathless, while Orochimaru watched the show leisurely. Finally, in the first-generation Wood Release Tree World, Hiruzen was unable to dodge and was entangled in vines. It seemed that one-on-one was still too difficult. He finally used necromancy and called out the Ape King.

Orochimaru knew how powerful this psychic beast was, and immediately controlled the first and second generations to prevent it from transforming, but it was too late. The monkey king fended them off and transformed into a golden hoop that flew into Hiruzen's hands. Orochimaru could no longer watch the battle in peace, so he spit out the Kusanagi sword and joined the battle. Although Orochimaru was not good at swordsmanship, Hiruzen still had illusions about him at this time and kept his hand at every turn. It was not until Orochimaru finally pushed him to the ground and threatened to destroy Konoha that he made up his mind: he will not be a master and apprentice next. Fight, but clear the door.

The monkey demon who had been waiting for a long time broke Orochimaru's neck. Although it was a substitute technique, Hiruzen also took advantage of the moment when the reincarnation of the dirt was out of control and used the detonating talisman to blow up the hands and feet of the first and second generations. But the reincarnated body of the dirty soil quickly repaired itself, and Orochimaru actually tore off another layer of the mask, which turned out to be the face of a young woman. It turned out that he had completed the taboo research and learned the art of reincarnation. Hiruzen realized that Orochimaru must be dealt with here. Such an immortal and evil-minded existence is more dangerous than the nine-tailed demon fox. Since conventional attacks cannot work, the only option is to seal, and the most powerful sealing technique he has mastered is the forbidden technique of Ghoul Seal, which was used when the fourth generation and Kyuubi died together.