UK:GSW Chapter 317: Kakashi: When I Totally Let Go, the World Suddenly Opens Up
Uchiha Madara? Uchiha Madara!? Uchiha Madara!!!
Kakashi showed an expression of disbelief. "Uchiha Madara—he's still alive?"
Minato Namikaze nodded. "He's indeed still alive, and he's been preparing a massive plot and plan. The core of the plan is to collect all nine Tailed Beasts."
He hinted at the "Eye of the Moon Plan."
Hearing this, Kakashi's heart thumped hard. "Then is Uchiha Madara the one secretly controlling the Akatsuki?"
Minato shook his head. "The exact situation isn't clear—after all, the two worlds are different. Our world's Akatsuki is only a group led by one of Jiraiya‑sensei's disciples, wanting to change the Land of Rain and bring peace and happiness. It's completely different from your world's Akatsuki."
"Also, we only discovered Madara's survival and the conspiracy behind him thanks to Kei. Only because of my dear friend's brilliant insight could we know everything."
"And even Uchiha Madara is actually just someone who has been deceived. The real mastermind is someone else. We've already stabilized Madara with some methods. Once we gather enough evidence and at the right time tell him the truth, this 'Shinobi World Shura' will understand everything and turn his spear toward the true culprit who deceived him."
Under his calm words another huge shock was revealed.
Minato felt he had to be clear on this point, because only by explaining some things clearly could those who might stand on the other side become allies.
As for those who, after hearing everything, still remained obstinate—those were clearly reactionary elements who could be thoroughly cleaned out without a guilty conscience. And dealing with reactionaries could be done with no psychological burden.
At this moment, silence was Kakashi's bridge of sighs. Even this genius with a superb mind felt his head buzzing.
He had thought Akatsuki was just a typical ambitious terrorist organization that wanted to conquer or overthrow the shinobi world, and capturing the Tailed Beasts was just to satisfy that ambition. But this involved Madara Uchiha, a man who once fought shoulder to shoulder with the First Hokage.
He had thought Uchiha Madara was manipulating the Akatsuki behind the scenes to satisfy his own desires and ambition. Now they said even Madara was deceived and there was a mastermind behind him.
This nested truth made Kakashi's scalp tingle. He suddenly felt as if he were caught in a huge whirlpool of conspiracy, and he didn't know how to react.
At this moment, Minato spoke. "Kakashi, since in your world Itachi Uchiha, who destroyed the Uchiha clan, joined Akatsuki—and Akatsuki is very likely related to your world's Uchiha Madara—"
"This means there is a high likelihood that Danzo Shimura and his Root, who colluded with Itachi to destroy the Uchiha clan, are also involved in this conspiracy. Since that's the case, to protect the shinobi world and a better Konoha, taking action against Konoha's corrupt high‑ups can't be delayed. We must strike hard!"
Hearing this, Kakashi nodded, thinking it made sense. But then he realized this was purely an excuse to hit the corrupt high‑ups.
His teacher was that good at dressing things up? Kakashi felt the Minato in front of him was a bit extreme, unlike the teacher in his memory.
But on reflection, he was only in his teens when the Fourth Hokage died. At that time he didn't hold any high position in Konoha and didn't know much. He could only see the surface. And the Fourth Hokage was, after all, a killer who fought his way to the top. Could such a person really be a pure nice guy?
Perhaps what he saw now was the real side of Minato in dealing with enemies, a side the Little Sun wouldn't show around his own people.
Only, this ruthless side was aimed at the other world's Konoha high‑ups: Danzo Shimura and his Root.
So…
"It doesn't sound bad."
Suddenly, Kakashi understood and felt at ease in an instant.
After all, he knew what Root was. Danzo had once been stripped of all his positions and put under house arrest by the Third Hokage, only to regain power when Lady Tsunade ascended after the Third's death.
That guy had who knows what secret dealings, and he often pointed fingers at Lady Tsunade. Sometimes he stared at Kakashi with an unsettling look.
Kakashi naturally hated such a scumbag. He felt Danzo's existence threatened them and Lady Tsunade.
Only because the two elder advisors supported Danzo and he himself was an old authority of Konoha did the Fifth Hokage's faction have to put up with him. In a country like the Fire Country that valued seniority, the nominal leader Fifth Hokage Tsunade was often hindered. There were many things she couldn't do, especially when it came to "reforms"—all sorts of "ancestral laws cannot be abolished" arguments would slam down, making her helpless.
But if the First and Second Hokage led the other Hokage to attack, then everything Danzo and the elders relied on would become a joke. Who could have more authority than the First and Second Hokage, the founders of Konoha?
Then Danzo would either run as a rogue ninja or accept judgment, leading to the "list the ninety‑nine crimes and sentence to death" segment.
It made Kakashi a little excited.
He had to admit that the thought of Danzo suffering, and the two elders following him getting their comeuppance, gave him an involuntary sense of satisfaction.
It's not that Kakashi switched sides quickly or was easily shaken; it's simply that he had long been unhappy with those old folks—especially Danzo, who had once ordered him to assassinate the Third Hokage. That was just ridiculous—sending him to die?
And Kakashi now realized that if the main world really sent a Hokage team to attack the parallel Konoha, that Konoha would have no resistance. In fact, most of them would directly switch sides and distance themselves from those old guys.
In that situation, how could he go down with them? His loyalty was to the Hokage, not to those elders.
Since all the Hokage believed those elders deserved to die, this wasn't an external force attacking Konoha, but the Hokage conducting a righteous cleansing of Konoha, cutting out the tumors harming its health.
Thus Kakashi immediately righteously declared, "Sensei, you're right. For Konoha and for the shinobi world, such people who would harm Konoha and the shinobi world must be purged."
"I even suspect that the persecution of the Uchiha by Danzo Shimura and the evil guys was because the Uchiha clan possessed Sharingan like Uchiha Madara's, which could threaten the evil plan of the mastermind controlling Madara. So they simply used Danzo to keep pressing the Uchiha until the clan, forced to revolt, was wiped out using that as a pretext."
"So all of this is the mastermind's fault. And Danzo and his ilk helped him out of selfish greed. They are the criminals of Konoha and a great threat to the whole shinobi world!"
"I suggest that after eliminating Danzo and the Konoha tumors, we publicize their crimes. While rehabilitating the Uchiha, we also ensure these true villains are reviled for eternity."
After his string of words, Minato was dumbfounded, and at the end he looked at Kakashi with an astonished "So you're that kind of Kakashi" expression.
Then Minato seemed very approving and patted Kakashi on the shoulder. "It seems you've really grown, Kakashi—in every sense."
Kakashi's righteous look vanished. He hurriedly bent and scratched his head, saying embarrassedly, "You flatter me, Sensei. I've just seen and experienced too much, so I have new views. And I was just saying—knowing these things are impossible—so please don't mind."
Minato shook his head. "No, Kakashi. Your suggestion is quite useful—very suitable."
Kakashi: "Huh?"
He was really dumbfounded. He had only been talking nonsense, presenting something that seemed feasible but, in his mind, impossible.
However, Kakashi didn't understand that the Minato in front of him was a worldly student who was still studying and had personally led the reform of Roran. He was not the Minato Kakashi knew.
Many so‑called unspoken rules meant nothing to this Minato. So, once Kakashi's seemingly fanciful suggestion was deemed feasible, it was naturally taken up.
Thus, amidst Kakashi's confusion, the basic plan to strike at Danzo Shimura and his reactionaries was set. Details would be perfected later.
These things were no longer Kakashi's concern. He was once again sweating, deeply feeling the difference between the worlds—not just in development but in the people he knew.
Although they were the same people with the same personality, their ways of doing things were very different. One thing Kakashi could confirm was that although the Fourth Hokage was ruthless to enemies, he also respected authority. He had deep respect for the older generation led by the Third Hokage. Even after becoming Hokage and often being squeezed by the other three of Konoha's "Four Wisemen," he always believed they were acting for Konoha; it was just differences in philosophy. They deserved respect.
However, the Minato before him showed none of that. He showed that either he didn't act, or, if he did, he'd ignore unwritten rules and face and completely knock those guys down, causing them to be ruined and reviled for eternity.
Such an approach, while not directly killing their families, was unquestionably ruthless.
Because in this shinobi world, from the daimyo down to commoners, "honor" was very important. Once destroyed, one's existence was a complete social death.
In that case, not even death would be relief; it would drag down your clan and have them bear endless shame, never to recover.
No doubt, it was very ruthless.
But…
"What does it have to do with me? I'm just an ordinary Leaf jōnin. The struggles of the big players—what does that have to do with me?"
Kakashi directly turned on his laid‑back mode, even feeling at ease with no psychological pressure.
After all, now that another far stronger Konoha was paying attention to the parallel world and had shown its willingness to intervene, why should someone like him make trouble?
Just lie flat, follow orders, and do a good job as an obedient wage slave.
At once, Kakashi put on a very serious look and said, "Sensei, wise words."
Thus the grand plan for Konoha to counterattack Konoha was born.
After this, Kakashi could truly experience what life was like in this unfamiliar Konoha.
Though night had fallen, for Konoha, the nightlife was just beginning.
Rich nightlife now pervaded Konoha: night markets, shops that opened only at night, various tabletop games, even game arcades open all night—none of which the other world's Konoha could compare.
Minato arranged for Kakashi to experience Konoha's nightlife, recommending he taste snacks from all over in the night market, then go for a spa or play at the arcade.
He had also arranged a residence for Kakashi. Minato personally took Kakashi to his temporary lodgings, treated his injuries, then left money and the keys.
Why didn't Minato stay to accompany his disciple?
What a joke—this disciple was eleven years older than him. It would be awkward. Also, rather than accompany a kidney‑deficient disciple, Minato preferred to spend time with his wife and child.
Besides, the training for his dear son was ongoing. In fact, right now he was in the "Genjutsu world" teaching his son the Flying Thunder God Technique, and the progress was pretty good.
Mainly, the real world's risks of teleporting into a wall or a rock didn't exist in the Genjutsu world, and the learning space had many assistive features.
Thus, although Naruto's talent for the Flying Thunder God wasn't as great as Minato's, it was still beyond others. At his current level, he had already surpassed Minato's original teleportation squad members.
So Minato was very motivated; he wanted to pass all his skills on to Naruto and naturally had no time to look after Kakashi.
Of course, that didn't mean Kakashi was completely neglected. He had people assigned to look after him, and professionals from the Konoha Game Guild would always be in contact. If Kakashi needed anything, he could just ask.
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