Chapter 76: Harumitsu, forgive Uncle Hiruzen, it’s all for Konoha (Ch 76)

For a moment, Tsunade didn’t know how to face such a Harumitsu, and even doubted whether she was still qualified to call herself his big sister?
How does Qingguang see himself?
How much unspeakable pain is in his heart?
Tsunade didn’t dare to ask, and even held a glimmer of hope, thinking that it would be good if she could continue to maintain it like this. It seemed that being a little selfish was okay, and she could just continue to rely on Haruki as before.
But is this really appropriate?
At the moment, she couldn’t think of an answer and didn’t know what to do.
“Kushina is fine, but she’s still frightened. She will rest at home for a few days, and Nawaki will stay at home with her.” Tsunade said with her head down.
“Kushina is as strong as the big sister. I’m sure she’ll be fine.”
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Harumitsu, who was supposed to stay in the hospital for a week to rest, recovered to his original state in less than two days because of Hashirama’s cells in his body. After leaving Konoha Hospital, he rushed to the Hokage’s office.
In the past two days, Sarutobi Hiruzen has not come to see Harumitsu once, which makes him feel something is wrong. Even when Tsunade was taking care of him, she seemed a little anxious and left in a hurry.
It is estimated that they are deliberately hiding something from him, so Harumi wants to go to Sarutobi Hiruzen in person to find out the truth.
On the way to the Hokage Building, Haruki noticed that the number of people on the village streets was nearly half of what it was before, and there were also fewer ninjas wearing Konoha forehead protectors.
Could it be that the war had already begun during the two days he was unconscious?
It was not until he arrived at the Hokage’s office that he got the answer from Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Just yesterday, the leader of the Hidden Rain Village, the man known as the Demigod of the Ninja World, Hanzo Salamander, together with the Daimyo of the Land of the Rain, openly declared war on the five major countries to the entire Ninja World.
The official document even stated the origin of the title Demigod. Hanzo and the Daimyo of the Land of the Rain demanded that the Daimyo of the Five Great Countries must apologize to Hanzo and recognize the status of the Land of the Rain as the sixth great country in the Ninja World.
Otherwise, the war will continue.
Afterwards, Sarutobi Hiruzen received a message from Orochimaru and the Daimyo Prefecture at the border front.
Hanzo of the Land of Rain personally led thousands of Rain Ninjas, summoned a large number of Salamanders, and released poisonous fog to catch the Konoha troops by surprise.
More than three hundred ninjas died on the spot, and nearly a thousand were affected by the poisonous fog.
If Jiraiya had not appeared in time and summoned Gamabunta and Manja together with Orochimaru, the two men and two beasts would have worked together to barely stop Hanzo and maintain the situation. The consequences would have been disastrous.
The Daimyo Prefecture made its attitude clear. The dignity of the Land of Fire, the largest country in the Ninja World, cannot be challenged. Konoha will never be allowed to retreat even a single step. The fight must be fought until the Hidden Rain Village surrenders.
To this end, the daimyo was even willing to increase the wartime appropriation to twice the original amount, and even more if it was not enough.
After learning this, Harumitsu finally understood why Tsunade left in such a hurry and looked so anxious.
“The Hidden Rain Village has declared war on the five major countries. Does that mean they are only launching a war against our Konoha?” asked Harumitsu.
“Not only Konoha, but also Sunagakure.” Only then did Sarutobi Hiruzen realize what a wise decision it was to let Orochimaru, Tsunade, and Jiraiya stir up conflicts between Konoha and Sunagakure.
“Just the giant salamander that Hanzo had was able to be fought by Chiyo and Ebizo of Sunagakure. Even Chiyo, the puppet master who was good at using poison, couldn’t think of a countermeasure for a while when facing such a large-scale poisonous fog.”
If all the strength of the Hidden Rain Village is concentrated on Konoha, I am afraid that Orochimaru, Jiraiya and the current troops on the front line will not be able to resist at all.
Hearing this, Haruki looked anxious: “Uncle Hiruzen, I have to go to the front line too. Isn’t my Wood Release used to deal with situations like this?”
Harumitsu was right. If the original plan was followed, Harumitsu should be on the front line with Orochimaru at this moment.
However, Harumitsu has now transformed himself into the Nine-Tails’ Jinchūriki. Sarutobi Hiruzen is unwilling to let Harumitsu be in danger unless it is absolutely necessary.
Moreover, even in the First Ninja World War in which four Second-generation Kage died in one war, no village used the tailed beasts to participate in the war. If Konoha were the first to use this forbidden power.
No one knows how terrible future wars will be.
“Haruki, don’t worry. I have asked Tsunade to lead the reinforcements to the border to support them. The drug development team of the medical department has also rushed to the front line with Tsunade. Don’t worry about them.”
Qingguang lowered his head, his face full of self-blame, and fell into endless guilt: “Is there nothing I can do now…”
This scene made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel heartbroken.
This kid, even when forced to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, didn’t complain at all, but was still worried about the village?
Obviously, you were so helpless and confused at that time.
Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up and patted Harumitsu’s shoulder heavily: “Harumitsu, don’t worry, Konoha is not as weak as you think. After all, we are the largest country in the ninja world and the strongest village.”
“You don’t need to belittle yourself. It’s not your turn as an underage kid to go to the battlefield yet.”
“I have an equally important task for you.”
Qingguang immediately perked up, even his eyes regained clarity: “Leave it to me, Hokage-sama.”
Seeing Harumitsu’s reaction, Hiruzen knew that Harumitsu needed to keep himself busy at this time to dispel the confusion in his heart. For Harumitsu, being useless to Konoha would even be more painful than death.
If Qingguang were allowed to continue resting, he would become even more depressed.
“Although I’m sorry to you, Mito-sama, she is still the wife of the Shodaime-sama anyway. She has made countless contributions to Konoha. The village needs to give her a funeral.”
“This is not only to mourn her passing, but also to inspire the will of fire of the village’s ninjas. Ninjas with faith are invincible.”
“Haruki, Lord Mito may have some selfish motives towards Kushina by handing the Nine-Tails to you, but I believe she is definitely not the kind of person who doesn’t understand right and wrong.”
“It must be because, compared to Kushina, she believes in you more and can suppress and even harness the power of the Nine-Tails in the future, just like Uchiha Madara once did.”
“You are the future of the village!”
After saying these words, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a slight pang of conscience. He felt that he was puaing Harumitsu.
But there was no way. Harumitsu had become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and he had to completely lock Harumitsu under his command.
Haruki, I’m so sorry, please forgive Uncle Hiruzen, and if you want to blame someone, blame Uzumaki Mito.
Everything I do is for Konoha…