Just as Yusuke was about to enter Sarutobi Hiruzen’s residence, he noticed a wrinkled old woman glaring at him with intense resentment.
She was Sarutobi Hiruzen’s wife and Sarutobi Shinnosuke’s mother, Sarutobi Biwako.
Yusuke responded with a brilliant smile and strode into the residence.
That smile nearly gave Sarutobi Biwako a heart attack.
Clearly, the meaning behind that smile was—
What are you going to do about it?
“Sorry, sorry, Lord Hokage. I was too busy, so I’m a little late.”
After entering the reception hall, Yusuke didn’t kneel on one knee like an ordinary Konoha shinobi would before Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other three.
Instead, he simply sat cross-legged on the tatami.
That single action was enough to make Shimura Danzo, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado, who had long been accustomed to holding positions of power, frown deeply.
“Yusuke, explain why you seriously injured Sarutobi Shinnosuke and the other ANBU members who went to notify you.”
Koharu Utatane reprimanded him coldly.
“To be honest, I don’t have many hobbies. I just like beating people.”
Yusuke replied with a faint smile.
“What did you say?!”
Koharu’s narrow eyes instantly widened.
For a moment, she wondered whether she had developed dementia early or if there was something wrong with her ears.
“I hate this thing called ‘explaining’ the most. Anyway, I’ve already given up my position as an ANBU squad captain. Since that’s the case…”
Yusuke took something out of his pocket and tossed it in front of the Konoha F4, then sneered.
“This time, you can strip me of my status as a shinobi too.”
The expressions of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the other three suddenly changed.
None of them had expected Yusuke to pull such a move.
He had already given up the position of ANBU squad captain.
Now he didn’t even care about being a Konoha shinobi?
“Don’t think that just because you’re strong, you can do whatever you want!”
Homura Mitokado could no longer tolerate Yusuke’s calm attitude and the obvious contempt in it, so he shouted angrily.
“Sir, eat shit.”
“What did you say?!”
Homura Mitokado stared at him in disbelief.
“Sir, times have changed.”
Yusuke laughed cheerfully.
“Sorry, but being strong really does mean you can do whatever you want.”
“What exactly is going on with you?”
Danzo asked the question he cared about most.
“Half a month ago, you were nothing more than a Jonin. Yet in such a short period of time, you’ve suddenly obtained enough power to force the Nine-Tails back. There must be quite a few secrets behind this, right?”
Now nearly fifty years old, Danzo understood very clearly that his strength had reached its limit at the lower Kage level and that he would never be able to advance any further.
Yusuke’s sudden surge in strength made him see hope.
If a mere Jonin like Yusuke could break through to the peak of the Kage level in such a short period, there was probably some kind of secret technique or miraculous medicine involved, right?
If he, an existing Kage-level shinobi, obtained the same method, wouldn’t he be able to break through to the Super Kage level?
Punch Senju Hashirama into the ground and kick Uchiha Madara into the sky?
The moment he thought of this, Danzo felt like he was capable of anything again.
“Lord Danzo, there really is such a thing as a ‘genius’ in this world. When a genius wants to break through, an ordinary mediocrity simply can’t understand it.”
Yusuke grinned.
Danzo’s expression became murderous.
What did that mean?
Wasn’t Yusuke blatantly calling him a mediocre talent?
In just two minutes, Yusuke had managed to offend three of the four members of the Council of Elders.
The key was that none of them could refute him.
Nor could they order the hidden ANBU to capture Yusuke.
What a joke.
With White Fang dead, the strongest ANBU members under their command were only elite Jonin.
Yusuke could wipe them out with a casual gesture.
Of course, the main reason Yusuke dared to act so recklessly was that last night’s plan had succeeded far beyond his expectations.
Konoha had now been crippled and could no longer withstand any further blows.
During the original story’s era, Konoha’s internal struggles were more intense than those of any other village.
But at that time, the overall situation in Konoha was relatively stable.
Therefore, whether it was handing Hyuga Neji’s father, Hyuga Hizashi, over to Kumogakure or exterminating the Uchiha clan, Konoha’s higher-ups could carry out such actions without hesitation. This chapter was copied from novelping . com without permission.
Because none of those actions were enough to shake Konoha’s foundations.
But things were different now.
After the Nine-Tails incident last night, Konoha’s very foundations had been damaged.
The other villages were already watching them like hungry tigers.
If Konoha started another internal conflict at a time like this, the consequences would inevitably spiral out of control.
Moreover, Yusuke was completely different from loyalists like White Fang or Minato Namikaze, who were devoted to Konoha and took its affairs to heart.
He didn’t care in the slightest about how other people judged him.
If anyone dared to provoke him, he wouldn’t wait until the next day to settle the score.
He could beat you half to death on the spot.
The fact that Yusuke had dared to beat Sarutobi Shinnosuke half to death in broad daylight was enough to show his style.
Meanwhile, Sarutobi Hiruzen kept his head lowered and hadn’t said a single word from beginning to end.
There was only one thought in his mind—
Does Yusuke really have absolutely no sense of belonging to Konoha?
Sarutobi Hiruzen was only half right.
Unlike White Fang, Minato Namikaze, and people like them, Yusuke truly had no loyalty toward Konoha whatsoever.
After all, thousands of people had died overnight for the sake of his own interests, and Yusuke didn’t care in the slightest.
But as for a sense of belonging, he still had a little.
After all, this was the most fertile piece of land in the entire shinobi world!
Yusuke had no intention of ever defecting.
Was he crazy?
Why would he leave such a great place?
“Lord Hokage, are we done here? If so, I’ll be leaving first.”
Seeing that Sarutobi Hiruzen remained silent, Yusuke stood up and prepared to leave.
As for the forehead protector, he might as well return it to them.
“This matter was Shinnosuke and the others’ fault.”
Just then, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally spoke.
Upon hearing those words, Shimura Danzo, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado were all startled.