Chapter 201: Fate of Falling as a Victim, Asuka Disappears
"When friends come, there is wine; when wolves come, there are swords!"
When he first heard these words, Sarutobi Hiruzen was greatly shocked, and the blood in his body began to boil.
But... when I thought about the current situation, the boiling blood in my body instantly cooled down.
"What you said makes sense. I also know that the Cloud Ninja Envoy has ulterior motives, but we can't deal with three major countries at the same time..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said as he lowered his head.
Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, Liuyun suddenly thought of a possibility, his pupils shrank subconsciously, and his eyes narrowed:
"So how do you plan to handle this matter? Are you going to hand me over to the Cloud Ninja? Or do you want me to kill someone to pay for my life?"
Liuyun asked directly and to the point. Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up suddenly and his eyes widened.
"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I say I would hand you over to the Cloud Ninja? When did I say I would let you pay with your life?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted loudly, looking a little exasperated.
"Won't it be..."
Liuyun murmured something. He did not look at Sarutobi Hiruzen. He lowered his head and wondered what he was thinking about.
Sarutobi Hiruzen also fell silent at this time, and the Hokage's office fell into an eerie silence for a while.
After a long time, Liuyun was the first to break the silence:
"So, do you still need me to lead the team tomorrow?"
When Sarutobi Hiruzen heard Liuyun's question, he felt a headache coming on.
Now he is in a dilemma whether to let Liuyun go to the battle or not, because this issue is equivalent to making another statement of stance.
"Let Uchiha Fugaku take the people there first...wait until this matter is resolved..."
After saying this, Sarutobi Hiruzen reached out and picked up the pipe next to him, then slowly stuffed tobacco into it.
"Got it... Do you have any other instructions? If not, I'll go back to sleep..."
Liuyun watched him stuff the tobacco leaves into his mouth calmly, and his tone was equally calm.
After a moment of silence, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not decide to detain Ryuun. Instead, he waved his hand and allowed him to leave.
"Then I'll leave first..."
Liuyun bowed and then walked out of the Hokage's office.
After Liuyun left, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to have lost all his strength and sat down on the Hokage's chair, and threw the full cigarette pipe in his hand casually on the desk.
He closed his eyes with a tired look on his face, but then he seemed to have thought of something, and immediately opened his eyes and gave an order in a cold voice:
"Send the chief elder of the Uchiha clan to see me!"
He went to the Uchiha elder not to pursue responsibility. Even though the Uchiha clan's security department was responsible for daily security patrols, Kushina was kidnapped and even taken out of Konoha. The Konoha Security Department needed to bear some responsibility for this matter...
But at this point he had no time to pursue accountability, because the Uchiha clan would be going out for an expedition tomorrow, and this was not the right time to pursue accountability.
He went to see the Uchiha elder mainly to replace the captain, as Liuyun could no longer go to the battlefield!
This incident made the Third Hokage very angry, but even though he was full of anger, he didn't know who to vent it on.
The future Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was abducted by the enemy country. If this really happened, the consequence would be that Konoha would have no "container" available. There is even a high probability that Uzumaki Mito would not be able to accept such a thing, leading to a rampage or even premature death...
Ryuun saved Kushina, so Sarutobi Hiruzen should have felt lucky.
However, while this young man saved the person, he also brought him another huge trouble.
Since the dirty work of killing people to silence them has been done, it must be done thoroughly, but in the end, the next troublesome person was ‘missed’...
It is not surprising at all that Sarutobi Hiruzen would choose to turn the tables on others with ulterior motives.
But what can he do even if they are unreasonable? Can Konoha face three great powers at the same time? Can it go to war with them at the same time?
There was no way to fight, and now Sarutobi Hiruzen could only hope that those Cloud Ninjas would not go too far, and would choose to keep things quiet since he was in the wrong first...
The best situation at the moment is that everyone takes a step back, and Konoha will not hold them responsible for stealing the Nine-Tails container, and they will not hold Ryuun responsible for killing three Cloud Ninjas.
Walking out of the Hokage Building, Liuyun's originally indifferent expression gradually became gloomy.
"Konoha...can't stay here any longer!"
He has already had the idea of defecting from Konoha!
Things have gotten to this point, and Sarutobi Hiruzen is obviously afraid of starting a war, so he will definitely be the one who suffers in the end. Liuyun doesn't want to stay here and be used as a sacrifice!
As a time traveler who has read the original novel, Liuyun knows what fate he will face next.
In the original story, a Cloud Ninja broke into the Hyuga clan's territory and kidnapped the young Hyuga Hinata. As a result, the Cloud Ninja was killed on the spot by the angry Hyuga Hiashi.
The Cloud Ninja turned the tables because their companions were killed, just like today, and threatened to go to war with Konoha.
Even though the matter had become known to everyone, Konoha eventually chose to compromise and admitted defeat, and planned to calm the anger of the Hidden Cloud Village at the cost of sacrificing Hyuga Hiashi.
The one who was abandoned at the beginning was Hyuga Hiashi, but it happened that Hyuga Hiashi had a twin brother who was willing to be a scapegoat, which saved his life.
You have to know that Hyuga Hiashi, as the patriarch of one of the top three families in Konoha, was abandoned by the top leaders. They were not even afraid that other families would be disappointed because of this incident, and openly made the decision to sacrifice themselves to save the overall situation...
Who is the so-called hero of Konoha like Liuyun?
If he was not familiar with this plot, Liuyun would still dare to take a gamble, betting that the Konoha high-ups would not give up on him, and that his identity as a disciple of the Three Ninjas, the Hokage's apprentice, and a hero of Konoha would allow him to withstand this storm.
But after knowing that incident and understanding Sarutobi Hiruzen's attitude, and the fact that the current situation is even worse than it was then, Liuyun can no longer have any illusions about Sarutobi Hiruzen.
If he didn't defect, Liuyun would definitely become a victim, he was 100% sure of that!
"Take mom away first, and come back to take Kushina away after everything stabilizes..."
On the way home, Liuyun secretly made up his mind. He planned to take action as soon as he got home. He must defect decisively while his personal freedom was not restricted!
It’s a pity that his idea could not be realized. As soon as he returned home, Liuyun could no longer sense Asuka’s scent in the house.
My mother disappeared at such a critical moment!
"Damn!!!"
Liuyun was instantly so angry that his face turned ferocious. Then he immediately turned around and ran straight to the underground root camp.
He felt that the only person who could take Asuka away now was that damn Danzo Shimura!
