Uzumaki Naruto: "Nobody is allowed to bully Iruka-sensei! Iruka-sensei is a good person, and he always treats me to ramen!"
Iruka: "Naruto!!!"
Uzumaki Naruto: "Even though old man Third Hokage is actually just mediocre in strength, he couldn't even defend against my Sexy Technique!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "I did that on purpose... Ahem, well, doesn't everyone have their weaknesses?"
Uchiha Madara: "If I remember correctly, the God of Shinobi should be Hashirama's title, shouldn't it?"
Onoki: "Back then, it seemed the major shinobi villages really did call him the God of Shinobi out of respect for Lord Hashirama!"
First Tsuchikage: "Ahem, I can vouch for that. This guy was a bit too OP! Good thing he got forcibly nerfed and died young!"
First Mizukage: "+1!"
First Raikage: "+1!"
First Kazekage: "+1!"
At this moment, the First Mizukage, Raikage, Kazekage, and Tsuchikage rare found themselves in complete agreement.
Uchiha Madara: Then pray tell, where did this God of Shinobi, Sarutobi Hiruzen, crawl out from?
Madara was a man of action who minced no words,
and he didn't spare the Third Hokage even an ounce of face.
After all, under his rule,
the Uchiha clan had been wiped out!
Madara had already made up his mind:
"Just you wait, once I'm resurrected, I'm going to tear Konoha apart!"
"Sarutobi clan, I hear you have three thousand members? You better all just wait for it!"
As harsh as Madara's words were,
this time not a single person stepped up to defend the Third Hokage.
After all,
that shameless claim of Sarutobi Hiruzen being the God of Shinobi
was something they couldn't identify with in the slightest!
It really was a bit too much...
Orochimaru: "My, my, how come not a single person acknowledges my teacher as the God of Shinobi and the number one in the Shinobi World? Are you all just jealous of my teacher's talent?"
Orochimaru was the type to watch the world burn without minding the chaos.
Toward Sarutobi Hiruzen, his former teacher,
he was harboring a belly full of resentment;
now that he had the chance, how could he not add fuel to the fire?
Sarutobi Hiruzen was furious inside,
yet utterly helpless.
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Um, that thing wasn't said by me, it was said by Iruka from that other world. This... I can't be blamed for this, right?"
Haruno Sakura: "But I remember when we were in the academy, the very first page of the Shinobi Encyclopedia stated that Lord Third Hokage is the God of Shinobi, and that he is proficient in Ninjutsu of all elemental natures! He's the greatest Hokage in Konoha's history!"
Uzumaki Naruto: "Eh? Did it say that? How come I don't remember?"
Sakura couldn't even be bothered to explain to Naruto
why he didn't remember.
Didn't he have any self-awareness at all?
Tenten: "Sakura, now that you mention it, I remember too. There is indeed something like that!"
Akimichi Choji: "I remember the Third Hokage's portrait was especially big, almost taking up the entire first page!"
Nara Shikamaru: "I think I complained about it at the time, seeing as I'd never heard of any major military achievements belonging to the Third Hokage..."
Akimichi Choza: "Choji, show some respect!"
Nara Shikaku: "Shikamaru, you shut your mouth too!"
Although Choza and Shikaku timely stopped these Konoha youngsters from running their mouths any further,
the matter of the Third being the God of Shinobi could no longer be kept under wraps!
Sarutobi Hiruzen was utterly numb.
Never in his wildest dreams would he have expected
that just watching a video
would dig up all his darkest secrets!
"Looks like it's time to play my trump card!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen: "Ahem, well, now I remember. All of Konoha's textbooks were managed by Shimura Danzo. It has nothing to do with me!"
Shimura Danzo, who was happily eating melon in the ANBU Root headquarters, never expected
that while eating melon, the shrapnel would somehow hit him?
Was he really just sitting quietly in Root,
when the blame dropped straight out of the sky?
"Anyone with eyes knows that our Root handles underground operations. What does that have to do with Konoha's textbooks?"
"Has this Sarutobi gone senile in his old age?"
Just as Danzo was preparing to speak in the group chat and question Sarutobi Hiruzen what game he was playing,
he suddenly received a system notification that he had been muted!
In that exact instant,
Danzo's intelligence skyrocketed,
and he experienced a sudden moment of profound realization.
"Sarutobi Hiruzen, I'll XXOO your entire family!"
Sarutobi Asuma: "Judging by Shimura Danzo's silence, he must have admitted to it. Who would've thought he'd pull something like this!"
"Sarutobi Asuma, I'll fucking XXOO your entire family too!"
Yuhi Kurenai suddenly felt a chill all over her body. "What's going on? Could it be that Asuma is thinking of me?"
Senju Tobirama: "If it's Danzo, I'm actually more inclined to believe it. Given his character, this is definitely something he'd do."
Orochimaru: "Turns out it was all a misunderstanding. Looks like it wasn't our Teacher Hiruzen being shameless, but Konoha's Root playing dirty behind the scenes!"
Terumi Mei: "That Shimura Danzo is indeed quite sinister. Back then, Hanzo of the Salamander from Amegakure only died because he was instigated by him."
Onoki: "He even secretly hooked up and hired the Akatsuki!"
Third Kazekage: "I heard from Orochimaru that my coordinates were also betrayed by Konoha's Shimura Danzo!"
Shimura Danzo: "......"
"???"
Danzo was completely dumbfounded.
He had seen shameless people before,
but never anyone *this* shameless.
No wonder these fellows managed to become Kage!
Originally, he had intended to watch Sarutobi Hiruzen make a fool of himself,
only to find out that the clown was actually himself?
Even Danzo began to doubt himself.
He really had done a lot of unspeakable things throughout his life.
"Could these really all be my doing?"
"Unbelievable!"
"..."
As everyone shifted the spearhead entirely onto Shimura Danzo,
the issue of "Why Sarutobi Hiruzen is the God of Ninjutsu" was finally swept under the rug!
To think such a critical crisis
could be so cleverly defused by his own hand—
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but give himself a mental thumbs-up.
"I am simply amazing!"
[Following the Third Hokage's stirring speech of "Wherever the leaves dance, the Fire burns on."]
[The entrance ceremony was finally officially concluded.]
[After Iruka assigned these children to their classes, he led some students toward the classroom for their lessons.]
[Iruka first handed everyone a copy of the Konoha Shinobi Encyclopedia, which recorded basic knowledge about being a shinobi, while also documenting every shinobi who had contributed to Konoha.]
[Uzumaki Naruto opened to the first page, and sure enough, the big face of the Third Hokage smoking a pipe came into view!]
[Beneath him were plastered a dazzling array of tags:]
[‘God of Shinobi’ ‘Professor of Ninjutsu’ ‘Strongest Hokage in History’ ‘Disciple of the Second Hokage’ ‘Teacher of the Fourth Hokage’ ‘The Foremost Hokage Bridging the Past and Future’]
[Looking at these bizarre titles, Naruto felt not a shred of interest.]
[“This old man, all he likes to do all day is put on these fancy shows!”]
[Naruto flipped casually through a few pages, finally letting his gaze linger on the introduction regarding the Fourth Hokage.]
[The Fourth Hokage's page also featured a picture, but it was much smaller compared to the Third's.]
[‘Fourth Hokage’ ‘Youngest Hokage in History’ ‘Yellow Flash’ ‘The Man Who Ended the Third Great Ninja War Single-Handedly’ ‘Disciple of Jiraiya of the Konoha Sannin’]
[Who would have thought the Fourth Hokage also had such a long string of titles? Still, relatively speaking, it looked a bit more objective and was basically the truth.]
[“I heard this guy was the one who sealed the Nine-Tails inside my body!”]
[Naruto looked at Namikaze Minato in the photo, a strange expression gradually forming on his face.]
[Ding!]
[Quiz Time!]
[Question: What is Naruto thinking at this moment?]
[A: The Fourth Hokage truly deserves to be a man who inherited the Will of Fire, a hero of Konoha!]
[B: This guy seems a lot like me, with the same yellow hair. I think I've seen it on the heads of other people in Konoha.]
[C: What kind of self-righteous Hokage bullshit is this? Did you ever ask for my opinion when you sealed the Nine-Tails inside me? Good riddance, I say!]