Chapter 64: Really! Shameless
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura hesitated, not knowing what to say.
But Aoyama Riuun spoke directly for them.
"You two, you're not here to ask Hatake Sakumo to become the ANBU Commander again, are you?"
"Hmm?"
Hatake Sakumo was a bit surprised.
But Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura were completely dumbfounded.
"How do you know!"
No one else should have heard about this matter.
"It's true!"
Hatake Sakumo was truly surprised now. He had originally thought Aoyama Riuun was joking, but seeing the reactions of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, it was clearly true.
"But why?"
Since they were wary of his reputation, why would they want him to become the ANBU Commander again? It didn't make sense.
"It's simple. The Third Kazekage must have disappeared!"
Aoyama Riuun explained淡淡ly.
Hearing this, Hatake Sakumo's eyes widened in shock.
"Disappeared! Doesn't that mean..."
Doesn't that mean a war is about to start? The disappearance of a village's Kage is no small matter. No wonder Konoha wanted him to become the ANBU Commander again.
"How do you know this news?"
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura stared blankly at Aoyama Riuun.
"My sensory abilities are quite strong!"
Of course I know, because I'm a transmigrator! But Aoyama Riuun obviously couldn't say that. Instead, he just gave a profound smile.
"Sensory abilities?"
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had a moment of realization. There were indeed strange sensory abilities in the ninja world. Like the Uzumaki clan's Mind's Eye of the Kagura, which could sense the good and evil in a person's heart. Just hearing about it sounded extremely troublesome.
"Hiss!"
They both sucked in a sharp breath.
After learning that Aoyama Riuun possessed such a unique sensory ability, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura only felt that he was even more difficult to deal with.
Didn't that mean that if they cursed Aoyama Riuun behind his back in the future, he would be able to sense it?
"You're not thinking that you won't have a chance to curse me behind my back in the future, are you?"
Aoyama Riuun smiled faintly. But this smile, in the eyes of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, looked more and more terrifying.
"You can read minds!"
This time, they were truly horrified. Mind-reading and sensing were two completely different levels of ability.
"Of course not!"
He shook his head decisively. Even if he could, Aoyama Riuun would never admit it.
"Your thoughts are written all over your faces!"
"Uh! Hahaha! Is that so!"
They laughed awkwardly. But with their thick skins, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura quickly stopped caring about this matter. Their attention turned back to Hatake Sakumo.
"Since you know, then you should understand that Konoha needs you now!"
"..."
Hatake Sakumo really wanted to slap the old woman in front of him.
When you need me, you speak with such great righteousness. When you don't need me, you kick me aside.
"Father!"
Hatake Kakashi silently tugged on Hatake Sakumo's sleeve. As Hatake Sakumo looked at him, Hatake Kakashi said seriously, "No matter what decision you make, Father, I will support you!"
This time, I will definitely fight alongside my father.
"I understand!"
Seeing his son like this, Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but smile. The burden in his heart also lightened considerably.
"I'm sorry!"
He turned his head directly to look at Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.
"I will not be the ANBU Commander. Find someone else!"
Since he had already seen through what kind of people these high-ranking officials of Konoha were, Hatake Sakumo would naturally not work for them for nothing.
"!"
Their confident demeanor instantly crumbled. Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura had looks of disbelief on their faces.
How could this be? In the past, wasn't Hatake Sakumo someone who would sacrifice everything for Konoha?
The two of them weren't idiots. If it weren't for them, Hatake Sakumo would not have had such a change of heart.
"Hatake Sakumo, are you a Konoha ninja?"
"Can you bear to let Konoha be plunged into the flames of war again?"
They spoke with great righteousness. Since persuasion didn't work, they would directly use the greater good to make Hatake Sakumo do their bidding.
This was such a heavy accusation that even Hatake Sakumo didn't know how to refute it.
"Stop being so serious!"
Just as Hatake Sakumo was at a loss for words, Aoyama Riuun, at the side, waved his hand and said, "Stop acting as if you truly have Konoha's interests at heart. Isn't it just that if you can't successfully invite Hatake Sakumo back, you won't be able to keep your positions as elders?"
"I..."
"You're just doing this for your elder positions, right!"
Utatane Koharu was about to refute, but Aoyama Riuun didn't give her the chance. He directly stated the facts.
Hatake Sakumo, who had been hesitant, instantly had his doubts cleared away. As expected, these two were as disgusting as ever.
Even Hatake Kakashi, at the side, looked at the two elders with a face full of disgust. He had originally thought that Konoha's elders were people of high prestige and moral integrity. But looking at them now, they were truly disgusting.
He had to admit, Hatake Kakashi felt that he had really learned a lot today.
"Riuun, don't go too far!"
The lines they had prepared were repeatedly interrupted because of Aoyama Riuun's presence. Seeing that Hatake Sakumo was really not going to agree, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura started to panic.
They couldn't really lose their positions as elders.
"What, you want to fight?"
Raising an eyebrow, Aoyama Riuun looked at Utatane Koharu, who was pointing at him.
"You... you..."
As expected, being stared at by Aoyama Riuun, Utatane Koharu became timid again. She couldn't help but take half a step back.
After all, Utatane Koharu had been beaten up by Aoyama Riuun more than once.
She was scared! Scared
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