Kushina Uzumaki currently felt truly powerless.
She sighed heavily, "Why does this have to happen? We're all from the same village, yet all we do is suspect and distrust each other..."
Chinya gently ruffled Kushina's hair as he comforted her, saying, "Unfortunately, it's absolutely impossible for people to have no suspicions at all and completely trust each other. That kind of situation would be unnatural."
Kushina looked confused. "Unnatural? Wouldn't it be great if everyone trusted each other? There wouldn't be any wars, and the world would become wonderful, right?"
Chinya explained to Kushina, "In the real world, people make different decisions based on their values, interests, and motivations. If everyone unconditionally trusted one another without considering these differences, that trust would lack a realistic foundation and appear distorted.
Human nature is complex and ever-changing. Sometimes people act dishonestly or deceptively out of selfishness, fear, jealousy, and other emotions. If everyone completely trusted each other without any suspicion, that trust would ignore this aspect of human nature, appearing overly naive.
In a world where everyone trusts each other completely, people might drop their guard and ignore outside dangers. However, problems are inevitable, and without suspicion and doubt, these issues might not get identified and resolved in time, leading to even greater crises.
Through challenges and questioning, people can learn new knowledge and skills and improve themselves. If everyone trusted each other completely without suspicion, individuals might lose opportunities for growth, since they couldn't learn from their mistakes or improve by challenging themselves.
In a world where everyone trusts each other completely, people might lower their vigilance and overlook external threats. This state lacking self-protection mechanisms could actually make them more vulnerable to attacks and harm.
So, expecting everyone to fully trust each other without any doubt is unrealistic, because it ignores the complexity of human nature and the variability of reality."
Kushina was so stunned she just stared blankly at Chinya, whispering, "Chinya, how can you be so perceptive?"
Chinya smiled and said, "Because... I won't tell you!"
Kushina pouted in frustration.
The reason Chinya could be so perceptive was naturally because he had grown up surrounded by suspicion and distrust.
Back then in Konoha, Chinya lived extremely cautiously. If his intentions were ever discovered, Chinya would've fallen into an irredeemable abyss.
Kushina said to Chinya, "Chinya, let's do our best to help Miyuki. After all… if it weren't for Miyuki, I would've been the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."
Chinya pinched Kushina's cheek slightly, saying, "Alright, no matter what choice Miyuki makes, I'll help her. If she wants to leave Konoha, I'll help her escape and later persuade her to join the Xiao Organization. That way, she'll have a place to belong and also be able to assist Yahiko and the others."
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Inside the Root Base at this moment.
Danzo sat alone in his office, fingers constantly drumming on the table, lost in thoughts about the meeting three days prior.
Instead of being the one to strike first, he ended up targeted—losing not only the Advisor to the Hokage title but also facing threats in the end.
Yet Danzo truly dared not move against Chinya.
Chinya had grown so arrogant these days, humiliating Konoha's top officials publicly. If Danzo really attacked him and succeeded, that would be fine. However, if he failed to kill Chinya, Chinya would definitely go all-out for revenge.
Since he hasn't gained enough confidence yet, he couldn't afford to act recklessly.
What angered Danzo more now was that Hiruzen Sarutobi had backstabbed him twice.
The previous meeting might have been his closest chance at becoming Hokage, but Sarutobi betrayed him again.
With Sarutobi resuming the Hokage position, he needed to personally inform the Daimyo.
Since this was a reappointment, Sarutobi likely wouldn't bring many people along when visiting the Daimyo, which might present an opportunity.
Minato Namikaze remained unconscious, and Sarutobi volunteered to resume his Hokage duties.
Should Sarutobi die, Danzo would gladly step forward as the next Hokage.
Chinya and Orochimaru had already thoroughly offended Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado. At that time, Koharu and Homura would surely support Danzo's succession to Hokage.
Danzo's eyes flickered slightly, and he immediately knew what to do.
He quickly dispatched someone to investigate the date Sarutobi would visit the Daimyo's palace, and soon received the information.
Tomorrow morning, Hiruzen Sarutobi, along with five Anbu, would head toward the Daimyo's palace.
Danzo immediately summoned ten Root Division ninja, including the current ten-year-old Kinoto (codename "Kinoto", who would one day become Yamato).
Half an hour later, ten Root Division ninjas knelt on one knee before Danzo.
Danzo closed his eyes silently for a moment. When he opened them again, his gaze turned sharp and piercing as he looked down at the ten Root members: "At dawn tomorrow, the Third will depart toward the Daimyo's palace guarded by five direct Anbu subordinates. His intention is to reclaim the Hokage seat while the Fourth remains unconscious without knowing when he'll awaken.
If he succeeds, Konoha village will once again fall under the control of a timid and indecisive leader. For the sake of our village, such a situation must never happen.
Therefore, your mission is to swiftly eliminate the Third during his journey. One thing must be emphasized—no one must discover who ordered this. It must appear as though wandering rogue ninja committed this act. Understood?"
"Yes!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi and the five Anbu began heading toward the Daimyo's palace at the hour of the Tiger (five in the morning).
Meanwhile, the Root Division ninja sent by Danzo secretly followed them from behind.
Yet another figure shadowed both Sarutobi and the Root ninja from a different direction.
It turned out to be Chinya.
However, this Chinya was merely a Shadow Clone.
Chinya still needed 44,000 Witness Points to exchange for the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. Therefore, he refused to miss any opportunity to obtain additional Witness Points.
Chinya used his Observation Haki to constantly monitor Danzo and Hiruzen Sarutobi's movements.
In the original timeline, Danzo would manipulate Kakashi, attempting to gain his allegiance, and then assassinate Hiruzen Sarutobi on his way to the Daimyo's palace for an official appointment.
But Hiruzen discovered Kakashi and successfully turned him against Danzo.
Meanwhile, during several missions, Kakashi uncovered a Ninja within Root Division who could use Wood Release—none other than Yamato from the future.
Chinya had originally wanted to observe how Hiruzen would survive this assassination attempt without Kakashi's support.
However, Chinya felt that Danzo seemed to underestimate Hiruzen far too much—the strength of these ten Root Division Ninjas simply wasn't enough.
Furthermore, Hiruzen had never actually left Konoha at all—the figure heading toward the Daimyo's palace was an Anbu in disguise.
In other words, Hiruzen already knew about Root Division's plan to assassinate himself.
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