here it is?

Chiba slowly opened his eyes, then slowly sat up, looked left and right, it was pitch black, and he could not see his fingers. Apex 23S.

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He frowned slightly, reached out and pinched his face, which hurt.

It seems that this is not an illusion.

As soon as he changed this thought, he felt a pain in the back of his head and frowned involuntarily.

Knocked unconscious?

Scenes of pain surged through his mind.

After beating up Danzo... I remember it was...

Chiba frowned tightly and shook his head. In the end, he did not remember what happened after he punched Danzo away. He only knew that after he punched Danzo away, he felt a pain in the back of his head and was knocked unconscious.

Already.

The last scene before being knocked unconscious is Danzo standing up from the cracked wall.

Danzo was not dead, and Chiba was not surprised because he did not want to kill Danzo at the time.

But...what happened at that time?

Chiba looked at his fisted right hand. Although he couldn't see his fist clearly now, it was so dark that he couldn't see his fingers.

At that time, when he walked up to Danzo, he originally wanted to say some words of warning and threaten Danzo with "genjutsu torture", but after thinking of Kushina's haggard appearance, he punched him uncontrollably.

Go out and directly beat Danzo out.

This punch almost ruined his final plan.

Originally, his plan, as explained to Hirohiko and Yukina, only had three steps, but after seeing Kushina's appearance, there was one last step.

The first step was to capture the spy lurking in the village. He had already become suspicious about the spy after seeing Kushina's battle. Then, while lying on the hospital bed, he told what he knew about the incident.

After synthesizing the information he knew, he came to the conclusion that "Kushina could not have been taken away unknowingly, unless she was tampered with." Then, he contacted the story about something going on at the meatball shop, and he thought of a possibility.

"Something must have happened at the meatball shop, causing Kushina to be kidnapped without knowing it." Of course, he still didn't know the specifics of what Kushina had done, but it must have something to do with the meatball shop. Since he was interested in Kushina

If Nai took action, then he might not be from the village, and of course it might be the four Kumo ninjas. However, it cannot be denied that there are people in the village who seem to be from the village, but are not from the village.

That is, the enemy's lurking spy!

That's why he came up with the plan to spread false information and trick the spies into revealing their lies.

The second step is to defeat the ninja guarding Kushina. In fact, this step must be done correctly and in time. If it is a step later, Danzo's conspiracy may succeed.

Kushina's spirit was on the verge of collapse, and listening to the words of the female ninja seemed to be some kind of brainwashing behavior. From then on, Chiba learned that Danzo wanted to secretly control Kushina and hold the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki in his hands.

As for Danzo's reason for doing this, whether he is sincerely thinking about the village, protecting Konoha in his own way, or satisfying his unknown ambitions. Chiba doesn't care. If he wants to control Kushina, this is absolutely

He won't be allowed to succeed.

Of course, Chiba didn't think that defeating the guarding ninja and then rescuing Kushina would be the end and the matter would be resolved.

Therefore, there is a third step.

The third step is to find the theory of the Third Hokage and take over Kushina's protection task on himself. Then, in this way, Danzo's house arrest protection can be broken and Kushina can regain her freedom.

The first two steps are to pave the way for the third step. Defeating Danzo's guards is to show that they have corresponding force, and catching the spy unknowingly is to further prove their ability.

Defeating Danzo's guards proves that he is more capable. Danzo's guard team is not up to the task of protecting Kushina. And catching the spy proves that he is more capable than the ANBU and Gen who did not catch the spy!

All of this was actually to silence Danzo and the two senior advisors.

Of course, based on this alone, even if the two advisors and Danzo were overthrown, it would not be of much use. The key is still the Third Hokage.

All this actually gave the Third Hokage a reason.

The reason to free Kushina from Danzo's surveillance control!

Chiba has always believed that the Third Hokage is still the kind Hokage who moved him in the original work, a great Hokage who cares about the next generation of Konoha and does his best to protect the future of Konoha and everyone in Konoha Village.

According to the philosophy of the Third Hokage, it is absolutely impossible to restrict Kushina's freedom. Even if it means over-protection, he will not choose Danzo's method.

This is the difference between light and dark in Konoha.

The reason why the Third Hokage handed Kushina to Danzo was because of the situation. Although Koharu and Mito Monobu were not lovable in the original work, since they can become advisory elders, they must be outstanding, otherwise

How to work with the Third Generation to create a situation where Konoha's vitality quickly recovered after World War II.

Koharu and Mitomon are very capable. They are also disciples of the Second Hokage. They must have inherited the will of fire. Maybe their methods and concepts are different from those of the Third Hokage, but they cannot deny this.

They are also doing it for the village.

And with the influence of the two elder advisors siding with Danzo, the Third Hokage could only compromise for the time being.

Yes, handing Kushina over to Danzo was just a delaying tactic by the Third Hokage, in order to wait for the situation to pass before finding a reason to put Kushina under his protection again.

And in the beginning, Namikaze Minato's other motive for coming to him was probably this: to create a reason for the Third Hokage.

Otherwise, if Namikaze Minato just came to tell him to conceal the identity of Kushina's Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, or really just came to see him, why would he say "Kushina asked him to come and see"?

Obviously, this is to remind myself that Kushina is in a very bad situation now.

Namikaze Minato knew that he knew that Kushina was in a disadvantageous situation and would definitely not sit idly by and ignore it. Moreover, he believed in himself and would definitely be able to understand the key.

From this behavior in Namikaze Minato and from his words "I still have a mission", we can infer that Danzo must have used some means to transfer him out so that he could not save Kushina.

.

This was also Namikaze Minato's helpless move.

He became the last person he could trust!

No, this may or may not have been the Third Hokage's instruction. It is estimated that the Third Hokage also asked Namikaze Minato to create this "reason" at the beginning, but Danzo prevented it and eliminated it.

After all, Namikaze Minato is Kushina's lover, and everyone knows about their relationship, so they will definitely not sit idly by. And Namikaze Minato also first showed his talents because of Flying Thunder God. Danzo must regard him as the biggest disaster in this matter, so he will do it early.

Just prevent and eliminate.

Then, the Third Hokage, who learned about Namikaze Minato's failure, made another decision, which was to let Namikaze Minato secretly pass the message to him.

Thinking of this, Chiba sighed.

It's not necessarily Namikaze Minato's idea to leave this matter to me.

Of course, it is possible that this matter was the intention of the Third Generation, or the intention of Namikaze Minato, or the intention of the two after discussion.

However, it can be seen from here that the courage of the Third Hokage and the future Fourth Hokage is admirable.

If he were to entrust such a big thing as a Jinchuuriki to a brat like him who had just performed a mission, he might not be able to do it if it were him.

Unexpectedly, the third step went so smoothly that even the attitudes of the two veteran advisors changed.

Perhaps, the third step also went too smoothly and Chiba relaxed.

At the fourth step of his temporary decision, he punched Danzo away.

As for the fourth step, the original plan was to use Kushina's "genjutsu torture" to threaten Danzo and keep him away from Kushina.

After all, the Third Hokage didn't know about this matter, and no one knew about it. When they came to discuss the theory, Kushina's illusion had been solved, and the situation had become stable. It was also the situation that was stable, so the three of Chiba could rest assured.

Come over here.

In Chiba's opinion, instead of telling the Third Hokage about the "genjutsu torture", it is better to use it as a "chip" to prevent Danzo from acting rashly.

Some things are better left unknown than known.

The relationship between the Third Hokage and Danzo is much more complicated than imagined. There is a deep bond between the two, but they also support each other because of their differences in ideas.

If the Third Hokage knew about the torture, would he really punish Danzo?

uncertain.

However, if the Third Hokage didn't know about this matter, it would be different for Danzo.

If Hiruzen finds out about torture, what will he do? Will it weaken my power, will it doubt my loyalty, will it... After all, the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki is such a sensitive issue.

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This "unknown fear" mentality will arise in Danzo's heart. In Danzo's mind, the matter of "torture" has become an important threat and is something that cannot be known to the Third Hokage.
Chapter completed!