Chapter 199 Whitebeard: "Kimimaro Kid, Be My Son!", The Confused Sandaime

Sarutobi Hiruzen finally remembered why he was lying in the hospital. The image in his memory for the last second was Naruto's fist gradually getting bigger and bigger in front of his eyes.

He only remembered that his head was confused at that time, and what happened next was like fragments.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had experienced hundreds of battles, knew exactly what state he was in at that time.

——He was knocked unconscious by Naruto!

I didn’t wake up until now!

"...Naruto, has this child become so powerful?" Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression was very complicated.

He knew that Naruto's punch had completely severed his relationship with Naruto.

From now on, Naruto will no longer call him Grandpa Hokage.

He even didn't know if Naruto would call himself "The Third Hokage" the next time he saw him?

It seemed that his image had completely collapsed in Naruto's mind.

The image has been shattered to pieces, and there is no chance of saving it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed softly.

He supported the bed board with one hand, sat up from the hospital bed, and gently leaned his back against the wall.

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew it very well.

This is my own move.

It's crooked.

Obviously the chess piece in his hand can determine the future move.

However, due to various accidents, the chess pieces had this idea.

In the end, the chess piece backfired on him, the chess player.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that it was not his fault and that he had done nothing wrong. Everything he did was indeed for the good of Naruto, the village, and everyone.

The reason and the blame lies not with him, Sarutobi Hiruzen.

But on the white beard.

Especially the guy who informed Naruto's life experience!

Whitebeard and that mysterious guy...

Is the real culprit!

"Cough cough cough!" Under the intense fluctuation of emotions in his heart, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help coughing twice.

Then he suddenly realized that his mouth was a little strange.

Coughing makes me feel a little windy.

He was suddenly startled.

The tongue in the mouth couldn't help but keep exploring the gums, and a pair of cloudy old eyes began to gradually grow in size: "I, where are my teeth?"

"Why...why is there only one left?"

"Why are there only front teeth left?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was shocked to find that out of all the old teeth in his mouth, only a solitary front tooth remained.

Everyone else is stupid!

The last time, he was beaten by Whitebeard until half of his teeth were left.

Then he implanted new teeth.

This time.

Could it be that one punch from Naruto broke all the teeth?

Was this really a punch from a child?

Is the strength too outrageous?

"Hokage-sama? Are you awake?" At this moment, a masked ANBU ninja heard some movement from the ward, and he gently pushed the door open and entered.

Sure enough, he saw the Hokage who had woken up.

The eyes under the ANBU ninja mask flashed with a strange color.

Apparently he had heard something in the past two days.

I know another side of Hokage-sama.

"Well..." Seeing someone coming in, Sarutobi Hiruzen calmed down his emotions a little. He suppressed the pain in his face and asked the ANBU ninja: "Your name is Yamanaka Credit House, right? I remember you kid, you are a newcomer who joined ANBU not long ago. Let me ask you, how long have I been unconscious? What happened to Konoha during the time I was unconscious?"

The ANBU ninja answered his question: "Lord Hokage, you were stunned for a full day and a half. A lot of things happened in Konoha during this day and a half..."

The ANBU ninja continued: "There are some rumors circulating in the village about you, Hokage-sama, rumors about Uzumaki Naruto's life experience, and even rumors about the Hyuga clan."

"Moreover, most of the candidates who took part in the second round of the Chuunin Exam were kidnapped by the Whitebeard Pirates."

"Uzumaki Naruto, who claims to be the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates' First Division, even bluntly stated that every ninja village except Konoha must spend 1 million taels to redeem a genin candidate."

"Last night, a jonin from Sunagakure Village wanted to go over and argue with the other party. As a result, the Sunagakure jounin left in despair. It seems that his negotiations with the Whitebeard Pirates did not go smoothly."

At this point, the ANBU ninja paused.

"Hokage-sama... Just this morning, the Whitebeard Pirates made a bold statement. For those genin candidates in Konoha Village, we need to spend 2 million taels to redeem one of them."

"They say that our Konoha family has a great cause and we don't need this little money. And there are as many as 32 genin candidates kidnapped in Konoha."

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's face, which was wrapped in bandages, turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

Because of what happened in Konoha while he was unconscious.

None of it is good news.

All bad news!

"What do they think of Konoha? Do they think of Konoha as a piggy bank for the Whitebeard Pirates? It takes 2 million taels to redeem a Chuunin exam candidate... Why don't they rob it?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen almost exploded with anger.

How could anyone be so upright and blackmail a ninja village?

It just so happens that the person who blackmailed this Konoha Village is in Konoha Village.

However, Konoha Village just has no way to do anything to the other party.

That feeling of frustration.

Not to mention how uncomfortable it is.

You must know that in order to prepare for this Chunin Exam, Konoha Village also spent a lot of money, spending no less than 100 million taels on it.

In addition, due to the turmoil on the night when the Uchiha clan was exterminated, the village would need hundreds of millions to recover.

Now he's being blackmailed by the Whitebeard Pirates again!

How could anyone be so bullying? !

"Two million taels each, 32 genin, 64 million taels!" After doing the math in his mind, Sarutobi Hiruzen almost vomited blood.

Konoha is indeed a great family and a great business.

Konoha is indeed rich.

but……

I can’t stand such a defeat!

At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen had not yet realized how widespread the rumors about him were. There was only 64 million taels in his mind, and he was so angry that he almost fainted again.

"correct……"

"I almost forgot..." Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes flashed with haze: "Yanzhong Credit House, I have a mission for you!"

"Hokage-sama, please speak." The ANBU ninja responded.

"Help me investigate carefully. Who is it that said something that shouldn't be said in Naruto's ear?" Sarutobi Hiruzen squinted his eyes and turned to look at the fox-faced mask of the ANBU ninja: "I don't think it's necessary. If you go out of your way to explain, you should also know what those words that shouldn’t be said are, right?”

"...Understood." The expression of the ANBU ninja was extremely strange.

Because this ANBU ninja is called "Yamanaka Credit House".

It's the newcomer who was following Kakashi some time ago.

He actually knew who "awakened" Uzumaki Naruto.

But he didn't know whether he should tell the Hokage-sama.

On one side is Lord Hokage, but on the other side is Lord Jiraiya, Kakashi-senpai, and the Whitebeard Pirates.

As everyone knows.

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Yamanaka Credit House immediately nodded and said: "Don't worry, Hokage-sama, I will find out for you! I will definitely get to the bottom of it!"

He said something very contrary to his will.

He lied to Hokage-sama.

Sometimes... if a person's image collapses, if a person's personality is different from before. It is easy for people around this person to have centrifugal thoughts towards him.

…

On the other side, the Whitebeard Pirates are temporarily stationed in Konoha Village.

At this moment, there were two people standing in front of Whitebeard.

One is Kaguya Kimimaro.

One is Uzumaki Naruto.

"Dad, that's this guy. His name is 'Kaguya Kimimaro'. I think he has the potential to join the Whitebeard Pirates."

Naruto patted Kimimaro on the shoulder and said with a big smile: "Dad, Kimimaro is really interesting! He is a blood successor ninja, and his bones can grow infinitely! I also put in the effort of the boss. , that’s why he was arrested.”

The strong steel rope on Kimimaro's body was not untied by Naruto, and he still looked like he was tied up.

However, the restraints on his legs were removed.

He can be allowed to walk freely.

"Oh?" Whitebeard Da Ma Jin Dao sat on a big chair. Next to him was a Cong Yunqi that was more than ten meters high.

The whole person's aura looks like a towering mountain.

Even Kimimaro had to admit it in his heart.

This ridiculously tall giant is even more powerful than Lord Orochimaru in terms of aura.

Just standing in front of this whitebeard.

You can feel an overwhelming sense of oppression.

Kimimaro's heart sank slightly.

It was as if a huge boulder had been pressed against it.

"Blood successor ninjas? Blah blah blah, are they those guys who look like they have eaten devil fruits?" In Whitebeard's eyes, there is no difference between blood successor ninjas and devil fruit ability users.

At most, blood succession limited ninjas are not afraid of sea water, nor are they afraid of sea tower stones.

However, the sea water in the ninja world has no effect on Devil Fruit users.

There is no such thing as sea floor stone.

Thus……

Is there really a difference between Blood Succession Limits and Devil Fruits?

Whitebeard was too lazy to think about this kind of thing.

Anyway, he lumped the two into the same category.

"Gula la la! Kid! Since my idiot son said that you are a very interesting kid... Then are you interested in joining the Whitebeard Pirates, becoming my Whitebeard's son, and becoming my Whitebeard's family? "

Whitebeard grinned, he chose to believe Naruto's vision.

As the father of idiot sons.

How can you not trust your sons?

Kimimaro: "..."

When Whitebeard said the words "Join the Whitebeard Pirates", Kimimaro instinctively wanted to say no.

Because he felt that he could not be ashamed of his kindness to Lord Orochimaru.

He had already sworn to be loyal to Lord Orochimaru.

But.

The next second Whitebeard said "Be my Whitebeard's son", these words directly caused Kimimaro's brain to shut down, just like the day before yesterday when Naruto invited him to join the Whitebeard Pirates.

It was hard for Kimimaro, who was only ten years old, to imagine that one person would invite another person in such a way.

son?

family?

Some people may find the first word offensive, but the latter word combined with the previous word will make people stunned.

The son is not the most important thing.

Family is the most important thing!

Kimimaro couldn't help but recall that when Lord Orochimaru invited him to join Lord Orochimaru, Lord Orochimaru only said to himself - Do you want to be my right-hand man? Do you want to be my most loyal tool? I can adopt and educate you, but you must devote your loyalty to me!

Even if Kimimaro doesn't want to admit it, if he really compares Orochimaru-sama with Whitebeard...

In fact, it passed by at a glance.

You can make a judgment.

Although Kimimaro has always claimed that he is Lord Orochimaru's most perfect tool and the most perfect reincarnation container for Lord Orochimaru... but to be honest, no one wants to treat Lord Orochimaru as a true family member more than him.

There is no one who wants Orochimaru-sama to treat Kimimaro as a family member more than Kimimaro.

Kimimaro longs for family.

He also longs for family affection.

But for him, if the prerequisite for gaining a family is to draw a clear line with Lord Orochimaru, Kimimaro actually cannot accept it.

The silence lasted for more than ten seconds.

Kimimaro bit his lip, although he was extremely reluctant to give up.

But he still raised his head stubbornly.

He looked into the extremely sharp eyes of the white beard in front of him.

"...I'm very grateful for your invitation." Kimimaro said politely: "But I can't betray Lord Orochimaru, I'm very sorry!"

He actually bowed to Whitebeard seriously.

The tone of the apology was also sincere.

There is no half-heartedness.

There was no dissatisfaction on Whitebeard's face after being rejected. On the contrary, Kimimaro showed such loyalty to Orochimaru, which made Whitebeard appreciate this kid with the red dot between his eyebrows.

"Orochimaru, that's a very familiar name!" Whitebeard said with great interest, "Kimimaro kid, the 'Orochimaru' you are talking about is the kid who can control the 'snake', right?"

Mainly because the name "Orochimaru" is very memorable.

Belonging to Whitebeard only needs to be listened to once.

A name you won't forget.

Kimimaro nodded and replied: "When my family was destroyed and I was about to wander into the ninja world... Lord Orochimaru appeared. He adopted me and raised me."

"Furthermore, I firmly believe that Lord Orochimaru is different from the Third Hokage of Konoha Village. He did not appear in front of me on purpose. It was fate that made me meet Lord Orochimaru."

Apparently, even Kimimaro knew that the Third Hokage was not a good person.

After all, when Naruto and Hiruzen Sarutobi faced off...

Kimimaro watched the whole process from behind.

"Oh?" The smile on Whitebeard's face suddenly became more heroic, and his tone was a bit teasing: "What if that brat named Orochimaru wants to take the initiative to cut off the relationship with you?"

Kimimaro's expression was stunned.

Lord Orochimaru...will he take the initiative to cut ties with himself one day?

"impossible!"

Kimimaro immediately shook his head and emphasized: "I am Lord Orochimaru. I have been looking for the best reincarnation container for many years. Lord Orochimaru will not abandon me."

This sentence is not just a refutation of Whitebeard.

Still comforting himself.

Naruto stabbed the side: "The ninja world is so big, what if he finds a so-called container that is more suitable than you?"

Kimimaro was stunned again.

Whether it was the words Whitebeard said or the words Naruto said, when placed in Kimimaro's mind, his brain calculations were overloaded.

These are aspects that Kimimaro has never thought about before.

"Also, you are so weird!" Naruto muttered: "Although I don't know what a 'reincarnation container' is, it sounds like he only regards you as a tool. You would rather be Orochimaru's tool, I don’t want to be my father’s son either, what on earth do you think?”

"Gu la la la! Stupid son, this is called 'favor'!" Unexpectedly, Whitebeard answered for Kimimaro.

Whitebeard smiled and said: "Kimimaro kid, you are the one my idiot son likes. The Whitebeard Pirates welcome you at any time."

"...Thank you." Kimimaro lowered his head.

He was a little distraught.

Because what Whitebeard and Naruto said always made him unable to help but think about certain aspects.

just in case……

In case Orochimaru-sama really finds a more suitable container.

Where should I go?

Kimimaro was confused.

…

The time came to noon.

Sarutobi Hiruzen in Konoha Hospital felt that his condition had almost recovered, and his body had not suffered any damage.

The most serious injury was his mouth.

In order to cover up the disappearance of his old teeth, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only get a pair of dentures in the hospital and wear them.

then.

He was discharged.

It's not that Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't want to stay in the hospital, but as the Hokage of Konoha, he has many things to do.

Especially recently, the Chuunin Exams are in full swing.

Even though the Chuunin Examination had become somewhat anticlimactic due to Naruto's troubles. But he, the Hokage, had to bite the bullet and bring an imperfect end to the Chunin Exam that had finally begun.

Moreover, he also needs to allocate a huge sum of money from the Konoha Village's funds, and then send people to Whitebeard to redeem people.

Everything needs to be done personally by him, the Hokage of Konoha.

at this time.

Sarutobi Hiruzen walked out of Konoha Hospital alone.

He didn't let anyone support him, nor did he let ANBU ninja escort him. Because, if he made his appearance so big, people would definitely recognize him as the Third Hokage.

He didn't want to show such an embarrassed face in front of the public.

That would be too detrimental to his image as the Third Hokage.

Fortunately, his face was tightly bandaged, just enough to hide his appearance.

It can make people unrecognizable to him.

"64 million taels..."

"well……"

As Sarutobi Hiruzen was walking on the road, his mind was full of thoughts, where should he find the money and use it to redeem people?

At this moment, three Konoha genin walked towards them.

These three Konoha genin looked very young.

He must have just graduated from ninja school not long ago.

Sarutobi Hiruzen happened to hear them discussing something.

The sad expression on his face suddenly froze.

"Hokage-sama has gone too far! I heard that he deliberately concealed the life experience of Uzumaki Naruto's heroic son, just to control that Uzumaki Naruto and make Uzumaki Naruto a tool who only listens to the orders of his Hokage! Oh, you are a Hokage, why would you do this?"

"Ah? What I heard is that the death of the Fourth Hokage was related to the Third Hokage. The Nine-Tails Rebellion may have been caused by the Third Hokage. The purpose was to kill the Fourth Hokage so that he You can regain your position as Hokage."

"More than that! I heard that it was the Third Hokage who caused the Nine-Tails Rebellion, so that he could frame the Uchiha clan and guide the public opinion of the village to exclude Uchiha!"

"Huh? The Third Hokage isn't that bad..."

"Ha! He can even use the orphans left by the Fourth Hokage like this. Isn't it normal for him to do these things?"

"It seems to make sense..."

The voices of the three Konoha genin passing by gradually faded away.

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "???"

etc……

what's the situation?

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5200 words_(:з　∠)_I will continue to work hard today. I don’t know if I can continue to add another chapter today.