Reborn Into Naruto World With Tenseigan
The Forgotten Hokage
The next morning.
Kuroto brought Kurenai to the Hokage Office for the purpose of repeated investigations, and after submitting the report he prepared yesterday, along with the report that Kurenai prepared as per Kuroto's instructions, he said, the two waited for Hokage-sama to read the report.
Initially, Kuroto thought that Sandaime-sama would order Kurenai to repeat everything in such detail that Kuroto prepared to control Kurenai from speaking anything she did not want, but all of a sudden, Sandaime-sama just read the report in silence, sighed once or twice then asked three questions and finally instructed Kuroto and Kurenai to go back and rest.
In fact, Sandaime-sama did not even bother to issue an investigation mission of the location Orochimaru brought Kurenai, of course, even if he ordered it would make no difference since the location marked on the map was a fake location… Kuroto himself checked the map that Kurenai added in his report and knew that the marked location there was wrong.
'I wonder if the location he marked on the map has any traces of fighting around it, because otherwise, Kurenai might be suspected of being betrayed ..' Kuroto thought as he left the Hokage Office.
After leaving the Hokage Building; kuroto looked back towards the Hokage Office and thought to himself, 'Is the situation already up to the point where Sandaime-sama cannot pay too much attention to this incident?'
After all, an Anbu from the elite Team-Ro was kidnapped instead of just an orphan from the civilian class, Kurenai was indeed an orphan from the civilian class but this did not change the fact that he was also a member of the Anbu from the elite Team-Ro, yet Sandaime Hokage seemed dazed during the entire investigation and did not seem to care much that he was kidnapped by Orochimaru, out of everyone!
Of course, it was not that he did not care, it was just that he was too busy with things that were much more important.
And Kuroto is pretty much about that.
Lately, the surface of the village seemed quite peaceful and calm, but Kuroto knew very well that this was just the calm before the storm.
According to the information given to Kuroto by Pakura and Yagura, yesterday night, Yondaime Raikage from Kumogakure had also secretly arrived in Konoha, and counted Kazekage and Mizukage... four out of five Kages from the Five major countries are currently present in Konoha.
Only Sandaime Tsuchikage Onoki from the Two Scales had yet to arrive for now.
However, Hokage-sama has provided information to Raikage, Mizukage, and Kazekage that Sandaime Tsuchikage Onoki has also agreed to participate in the 3rd Gokage Summit, and is currently on his way to Konoha.
Thinking of all the information conveyed to him by Pakura and Yagura, Kuroto thought, 'If everything is taken into account, then the day Akatsuki will attack Konoha will probably happen by the time the five Kage gather in Konoha. And since Hokage, Raikage, Kazekage, and Mizukage are already in Konoha, and Tsuchikage is also on the way.'
At this moment, Kurenai, who was quietly walking beside Kuroto suddenly raised her head and said, “Kuroto-kun, don't you think Hokage-sama has been a bit strange lately? This matter concerns Orochimaru and Amatsukami, but Hokage-sama only asked a few questions then ordered us to leave, in fact, to me he seemed dazed the entire time, what do you think could be the reason behind Hokage-sama's strangeness? ”
To deal with Hokage-sama's question, Kurenai spent the entire night preparing herself to ensure that she didn't leave any gaps… makes Kurenai feel a little sorry that he wasted the whole night for nothing.
When Kuroto heard Kurenai's hesitation, she almost had the urge to hold her collar and asked him, 'Shouldn't I ask you the same question? Because to me, you seem even stranger than Sandaime-sama!'
But Kuroto chose to calm herself down, and answered her, “I also feel the same way..Maybe Hokage-sama is very busy with other things.” After saying up to here, Kuroto paused for a moment, then continued, "Maybe the Hokage-sama we met is just the Shadow Clone, too, while the original Hokage-sama is somewhere else dealing with other matters."
"Shadow Clones?" muttered Kurenai in a questioning tone, then continued after the pause, "But isn't it one of the rules that Hokage is forbidden to use the Shadow Clone to perform his main task?"
People assumed that the Shadow Clone was omnipotent and could do everything that the original could do, but that was actually not true ... The Shadow Clone also had its limits.
Different shinobi have different levels of mastery over the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Most shinobi are unable to use their Shadow Clone to perform sophisticated tasks that require a lot of thought and analysis, as everything the Shadow Clone does requires Chakra, which is what the Shadow Clone does, even normal tasks such as breathing and thinking and not everyone has such chakra levels.
Originally, Kuroto was also troubled by this problem when he started leaving the Shadow Clone in the village to act as his successor… Toyotama may be sealed in the Ryuumyaku Pumpkin that isolates all external Chakra perceptions, however, Toyotama is still connected to Kuroto's soul and helps him maintain a mental connection with his Shadow Clone.
Toyotama's presence also ensures that his Shadow Clone never runs out of Chakra so for Kuroto it is not a big deal, but even so, Kuroto had never made more than one Shadow Clone when he had to leave the Shadow Clone to act as his successor.As the more Shadow Clones he created, the harder it was to maintain a mental link with the Shadow Clone.
Perhaps only Uzumaki Naruto could use the Shadow Clone like the insect Jutsu to make his Shadow Clone do everything; however, it was mostly due to the Kyuubi Chakra, and this was evident after he became the Nanadaime Hokage and had to rely on too much caffeine intake to maintain a mental connection with all of his Shadow Clones.
Kuroto nodded, “True...The use of Shadow Clone to perform Hokage duties is prohibited, but this rule only applies in normal time, if there is an emergency situation, then Hokage-sama is allowed to use Shadow Clone as his replacement. ”
Nidaime Hokage Senju Tobirama himself made this rule, because he, as the creator of the Jutsu Clone of Shadows deeply understood the limitations of this Jutsu…
Listening to Kuroto's words, Kurenai looked sad, and asked, "What do you think Hokage-sama is facing?"
“How can I know? I'm not Hokage.” Kuroto said with a sigh, and after a pause, he continued, "But that must be very important."
"Hm." Kurenai nodded lightly, then began to stare at Kuroto's face from the corner of her eyes.
Kuroto noticed her small actions, and asked as she touched her face, "Is there something on my face?"
Kurenai flinched then immediately shook her head, "T." And as if to change the topic, he suddenly said, “Kuroto-kun, I want to improve my practice.”
Kuroto looked at Kurenai for a while, and seeing the determined look in her eyes, she sighed and said, "We'll talk about your training after you have completely recovered. Rest now."
Kurenai pouted and did not say anything, although he was busy thinking, 'Kuroto-kun and Futen do look very similar…'
Seeing Kurenai's thinking face, Kuroto thought, 'I can also use this period of time to understand your weirdness.'
Two people who were on different channels walked side by side in comfortable silence when the crossroads came, and their paths were different. Kuroto suddenly remembered something, and asked, “Do you remember the secret of Izakaya where we wanted to celebrate our party? academy graduation but can't because we're too young to drink.?”.
Kurenai posed a thoughtful pose, then it was as if he suddenly remembered and nodded, “Oh that is in that eastern block, right? How about that?”
Kuroto nodded, “Ya, which is in the eastern block.. Tonight, Asuma has organized a celebration and invited every generation of you. The time is 19:00.
After thinking a little, Kurenai nodded while yawning…. "Then I have to go to bed early... I didn't sleep well last night, so I'll get out of here, Kuroto-kun, have a nice day." Saying so, Kurenai waved her hand then went towards her house.
Kuroto glanced at Kurenai's missing back, and thought to herself as her eyes turned cold, 'Kurenai obviously knows a lot of information about my Futen Clone, so why didn't he report it? Did he find anything?'
Kuroto nodded at Itachi's Crow Clone who was secretly watching Kurenai then started walking towards his house.