The Shadow of Konoha

Because the Third Hokage will be engaged in a series of activities with political symbolic significance , and the locations of the activities are all located in the hinterland of the Land of Fire, which is relatively safe, the composition of his guards in this series of activities is not entirely based on strength and protection capabilities... The guard organization also carries symbolic significance.

The Hokage himself has to be a vase, let alone the people around him.

Later, when Hanyu learned about the organization of this guard, he realized how redundant his question was... The guard consisted of a total of sixteen people, including the Hokage himself. The Hokage's "main team" was himself and his three disciples, Jiraiya, Orochimaru and Tsunade, followed by Hanyu's team, a temporary team composed of two Uchiha and two Hyuga ninjas, and finally a team of four ANBU ninjas.

Each team has obvious representativeness, they are the direct descendants and successors of the Hokage, civilian ninjas, ninjas of the Shinobi Clan, and the "Anbu", the most solid pillar of strength in the hands of the Hokage at this time.

Among them, the only ones who are truly reliable and can be used in any situation are actually the four Anbu ninjas. The Uchiha and Hyuga ninjas are reliable but cannot be guaranteed to be absolutely trusted, especially the Uchiha. As for the remaining Hanyu and Jiraiya, they are just there to make up the numbers.

Team Hanyu is a ninja team that is obviously composed of civilians... Although Nara Nagisa is a member of the Nara clan, the Nara clan at that time did not have the status in Konoha that they later had. They were actually a little embarrassed. Compared to real civilians, they were considered ninjas of the Shinobi clan, and compared to big ninja clans like Hyuga and Uchiha, they could only be considered civilian ninjas... Because Hanyu had a very active performance on the battlefield before, which led to him having a little bit of fame, it was reasonable for him and his team to join the Hokage's guard as representatives of civilian ninjas, in order to reflect the new Hokage's attention to this power class in Konoha.

Of course, this was most likely due to the "recommendation" of Mr. Sansho.

So even though for a moment Hanyu had the illusion that the Hokage really wanted them to take on the duty of guarding, it was just an illusion.

He could probably understand what the Hokage would do next, so Hanyu certainly would not resist such a mission. After all, working with the Hokage would at least increase his knowledge to a great extent, which was not a bad thing.

After finishing the serious matters, the Third Hokage turned to the personal matters with Hanyu, "By the way, it seems that you gave Jiraiya some advice before, advising him not to be too radical on the battlefield? This is a good thing, but... what is your specific idea? Can you explain it to me in detail? "

The Hokage was very concerned about the mental states of his disciples, and was always careful to prevent them from being polluted by foreign ideas... although his precautions were meaningless, after all, his three disciples were the kind of people who would pollute others rather than be polluted by others. However, a teacher's mood ultimately needed to be understood and respected.

"Um?"

The Hokage's words stunned Hanyu. He actually knew that he had given Jiraiya a half-baked talk about the "Way of Balance"? And the Hokage seemed to take this matter very seriously?

This is not good. If the Hokage thinks that Hanyu has ideas that are completely different from Konoha, that would be a really dangerous thing.

"Hokage-sama, I was just joking with Jiraiya."

"Really? I think what you said is very interesting. Ninjas are very extreme warriors. It might not be a bad thing to let them have more balanced ideas." The Hokage continued, but this statement was not friendly at all... Unconsciously, he had elevated Hanyu's statement and ideas to the level of a "thought", and it was contrary to the mainstream thinking in the ninja world.

At this time, Hanyu finally realized that he had to say more. He took a deep breath and explained to the Hokage, "Let me put it this way. One day, there will be a person who will lead the world to a drastic change, just like the first Hokage twenty years ago. He will succeed. However, before this reformer succeeds, there will be countless reformers who will fail and die. This is something everyone can see. But what many people cannot see is that before those reformers die, there will be someone who will die before them. This is a horrible thing. Hokage, do you know who that person will be?

He is a thinker who leads change. Many times, the thinker's ideas will continue to live, but he himself will die soon.

Sandaime, I am a person who cherishes my life very much. Do you think I would have any unnecessary thoughts? "

Change is something that will happen sooner or later. Thinkers guide reformers, and reformers revolutionize the world. However, this is something Hanyu does not want to get involved in.

Ninjas are people who should not have extra thoughts. It is not a question of whether or not, but a question of whether they can. There is no need to change anything in Konoha now, so any thoughts... whether beneficial or harmful, are noise that hinders the stability of the situation. Obviously, Hanyu does not want to be that kind of noise, and he does not want the Hokage to think that he wants to be that kind of noise.

The Third Hokage looked at Hanyu deeply. It was obvious that the child in front of him... let's call him a child. He had his own philosophy of life, and his ideas were unique and complex. Just like what he had just said, ordinary ninjas would never think to that extent.

Sarutobi felt that he had not said much just now, but Hanyu had already guessed the most sinister consequence implied in those words - thought criminal, he did not want to be a thought criminal.

"No wonder he was noticed by the Second Hokage at first sight"... Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but complain in his heart. Whether he was insidious or not was another matter, but Hanyu was at least a deep-minded person, and he never expressed his inner thoughts actively.

But at this time, since the Hokage had already talked to that point, Hanyu felt that he should be more "frank". "Besides, my thoughts are actually not important. Whether I want to become the Hokage and lead Konoha to conquer the ninja world; or I have some bad thoughts and plan to subvert Konoha from the inside... Such thoughts are actually meaningless."

As an outsider of Konoha, Hanyu cannot become Hokage, and with his strength, how can he subvert Konoha? Therefore, Hanyu feels that compared to ability, "ideas" are not important.

But for a ruler like the "Hokage", it is best for ordinary ninjas to have no ideas, but this is impossible. Everyone has ideas, so what their ideas are is very important.

"Then let me ask you in the most direct way, Hanyu, what does Konoha mean to you?" said the Third Hokage. This was the question he had to figure out.

The Third Hokage couldn't figure out why Sansho valued Hanyu so much, so he had to at least ensure that Hanyu was harmless to Konoha... This was a chain reaction, the Senju no longer existed, and Sansho's attitude would cause the Senju's legacy to quickly tilt towards Hanyu, so even though Hanyu considered himself a little ninja, in the eyes of the Hokage, his strength would eventually swell.

This expansion must be beneficial to Konoha... or at least must be harmless to Konoha.

Hanyu smiled, thinking that the Hokage would still pay attention to this issue.

Then he stopped smiling and said, "Konoha... actually means nothing to me."

"Nothing?"

"Well, it's nothing, except... this is probably the only place I have left in this world."

What Hanyu said was not pleasant, but... it was sincere enough.

Compared to what he said about "sacrificing his life" for Konoha, the Hokage is of course more willing to believe what he says now, and even thinks that it is credible enough.

As long as one is a human being, he will always consider the problem from his own standpoint first. Therefore, a person can demand that others be great, but it is impossible to demand that others be unselfish... "Egoism" is the real consistency.

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