Chapter 730: Shisuis Worries
Chapter 730: Shisuis Worries
As members of the former strongest Anbu squad together walked out of the village while chatting and discussing some matters, a lot of attention from the people working in the Hokage Building was directed towards them along the way.
Kuroto looked at Kakashi’s Jonin attire, and casually asked, “Kakashi, Kurenai told me that you have resigned from the Anbu department, is that correct?”
“It was Hokage-sama’s order,” responded Kakashi absentmindedly.
Kuroto nodded, and thought, ‘It seems Sandaime-sama wished to highlight Kakashi to the Patriarchs of all the Clans.’ this is the only reason why Kakashi would be allowed to participate in the previous Konoha conference.
Since Kakashi has quite the Anbu, he no longer holds any high position in the village, a ‘simple’ Jonin was allowed to sit amongst the highest decision-making body of Konoha, there can only be one reason as Kuroto thought.
In fact, after Kakashi successfully mastered Flying Raijin, Sandaime-sama started to slowly train Kakashi as his successor, that is, for the position of Konoha’s Godaime Hokage. This is not a secret to discerning people. As for why choose Kakashi, there are obvious reasons, aside from the fact that Kakashi has mastered Flying Raijin and has strength higher than an ordinary Kage class shinobi, he is the son of Konoha’s White Fang, the disciple of Konoha’s Yellow Flash, and can be said to be the most orthodox member of the Hokage faction.
Therefore, it’s kind of obvious for Sandaime-sama to choose him, of course, whether Kakashi will really become the next Hokage or not, that is something only the future will tell, however, after this meeting many people seemed to have recognized Kakashi as the heir of Hokage.
Anyway, after a while of discussion on some matters, Kakashi said that he had something to do and left after saying goodbye to Kuroto and Shisui.
Looking at Kakashi’s disappearing back, Shisui couldn’t help but mutter, “Kakashi-san seems to be always preoccupied these days.”
Kuroto nodded lightly, “He is carrying too many things on his shoulders.”
Hearing Kuroto’s remark, Shisui said with a bitter smile, “Kuroto-san, we too have too many things on our shoulders… if it weren’t for you carrying most of it for us, I would have definitely been crushed by these responsibilities long ago.”
Kuroto chuckled as he shook his head, ‘Sometimes Shisui can be so accurate.’
As the two continued to walk, Shisui suddenly looked around and then questioned lightly, “Say, Kuroto-san… what’s the matter with this Dojin? Itachi also told me about him, is he a new recruit?”
Kuroto nodded lightly, “I guess you can say that.”
Shisui was curious, and asked, “Is Dojin really Deidara of Iwagakure as everyone thinks?”
At this question, Kuroto shook his head, “No, Deidara is not Dojin… as for who exactly ‘he’ is, as one of the rules of Amatsukami, you don’t really need to worry about this.” Then he changed the topic and asked, “Anyway, how is Itachi’s condition?”
Shisui nodded at, the ‘you don’t need to worry about this’ part, then answered Kuroto’s question, “He has consumed a lot of Visual Prowess, so his eyesight has obviously declined… I believe that a maximum of one or two times he will be able to use his Mangekyou Sharingan before going completely blind.’
In the fight against Danzo, everyone had consumed a lot of Visual Prowess, for Tsukihi and Itachi, it’s not such a big problem since Tsukihi has Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan, and Shisui’s Visual Prowess will be restored because of Hashirama Cells so neither of the two will go blind, but Itachi is a different case, so his eyesight has declined seriously.
After pondering for a while, Kuroto said, “In that case, it’s time for Itachi to undergo the same implantation operation as you… of course, not right now, but very soon. I believe that I am close to making a major breakthrough, once I achieve that, the cell implantation will become easier and the success rate will also increase, at that time, I will implant Shodaime Hokage’s cells in Itachi.”
Shisui nodded, “That’s great… In that case, I will relay the good news to Itachi when he returns from the mission.”
Shisui is of course, very concerned about Itachi since his vision is declining, for a shinobi, especially for the members of the Uchiha Clan, vision is very important in battles, lack of vision also means disadvantage in battle, therefore, Shisui is worried about Itachi. Now that Kuroto has said that Itachi can also undergo a similar cell implantation operation as he did, his worries have eased a lot.
After a while, Shisui’s muttered with a worried expression, “Kuroto-san, about Akatsuki Organization’s next move? Do you think they will be targeting Konoha?”
Kuroto thought about Shisui’s question for a while, then shook his head, “I don’t think so… let alone Konoha, they shouldn’t target any Shinobi Village for the time being. I believe they would be guarding against any possible attack from Amatsukami, so I don’t think we would see them make any major movement for a while.”
Akatsuki’s sudden attack on Iwagakure, rather than showing their power, highlighted their fear of Amatsukami. Otherwise, why would they give up on hunting Danzo–the person partially responsible for killing Yahiko–and head to Iwagakure as soon as they learned that Deidara might be Dojin of Amatsukami?
While this surprise attack on Iwagakure proved beneficial for them as they managed to capture the Jinchuriki of four tails and five tails, their ultimate objective behind attacking Iwagakure was to obtain any information they can about Amatsukami by capturing one of their supposed members.
Additionally, from the information Kuroto has obtained, it is said that Nagato took the entire Akatsuki with him to attack Iwagakure save for Obito and Sasori, both of whom were doing something else during that time, but even if the two of them weren’t present, the fact that Nagato took almost entire organization just to capture a single person who ‘might’ be a member of Amatsukami again shows how vigilant he is against them.
Since Nagato is so afraid, the chances that he will attack another shinobi village immediately after what Akatsuki did in Iwagakure are quite low. After all, Yama is capable of dropping meteors on them, if he were to drop more than one meteor unlike last time, they would be as good as dead. Nagato should understand this, and as such, he shouldn’t make any rash move. In fact, even if he does want to make it, Konan, Obito, and Zetsu will definitely talk him out of it, so Kuroto is not that worried.
When Kuroto explained his reasoning to Shisui, Shisui breathed a sigh of relief, and muttered, “That means we don’t have to worry about any enemy for the time being.”
Kuroto nodded, “Yes.”
Although Konoha and the other great shinobi villages are guarding against attacks from Akatsuki and Danzo, there is really no need to worry for some time. Akatsuki would likely remain dormant for a while, and Danzo’s threat has been resolved by Kuroto, so there is really nothing major to worry about. Of course, very few people know this, and Kuroto has the intention of telling anyone about this.
The two people continued to walk for a while and finally stopped at the gate of Konoha Ninja Academy, which seemed to be heavily crowded for some reason.
Seeing such a crowd standing at the gate, Kuroto was taken aback, and couldn’t help but question Shisui, “Why are so many people gathered here?”