Konoha Village is located in a dark base deep underground, this is the base called "Root", where the ninjas only have code names and no names, and everything from the outside world has to be abandoned here.

Their deeds are like the roots of a tree buried deep in the ground, hidden from outsiders.

Deep in the core base of the root, in the dimly lit room, Shimura Danzou sat on the main seat with a gloomy expression, his eyes staring at the information in his hand, and his mood was very irritable.

Hagi Shuo Shigeru, that man, he actually committed suicide!! Why did he kill himself?!

After receiving the news from the root ninja today, Shimura Danzo's first reaction was that he couldn't believe it, he didn't believe that the "Konoha White Fang" would die so simply because of these rumors.

Even at the beginning, these rumors did spread from the roots and the shadows, and even behind the scenes, Shimura Danzo intervened.

But the reason why he did this was only because the position of the fourth Hokage could not fall on Hagi Shuomao, so he suppressed his reputation by failing the mission and giving up.

As long as his reputation is reduced, the position of the fourth Hokage will not fall on Hachiki Shuomao.

However, why did Sakushige Hagi choose to commit suicide?

Could it be that with this level of gossip, it is easy to defeat the famous "Konoha White Fang"?

Originally, Shimura Danzou had planned to stop the rumors that were spreading today, because the blow to fame was enough.

The Daimyo of the Fire Nation would not vote for a tainted ninja to participate in the choice of the four generations of Hokage.

After repeatedly confirming that Hagi Sakumo had indeed killed himself, Shimura Danzo lowered his head with a blank expression.

Shimura Danzo couldn't understand why Hagi Sakushige committed suicide like this, although he wanted to use this incident to reduce Hagi Shiroshige's reputation, but he never wanted Hagi Sakushige to die.

What's more, the atmosphere between the major ninja villages is very tense now, peace can disappear at any time, and war may break out at any time.

At this juncture, Shimura Danzou could never have imagined that Hachiki Shuomao actually committed suicide.

At this moment, a masked Root Ninja walked into the dimly lit room, holding a scroll of information in his hands.

"Lord Tuanzang, this is the vast majority of the information about the breaking of the seal of the tailed beast Shouhe in Sand Hidden Village, as well as the middle ninja exam."

Reaching out to place the intelligence scroll on the table, Shimura Danzou waved his hand irritably to tell him to step back.

Instead of looking at the information sent to him about the village of Sunagakure, Shimura Danzou continued to keep his eyes fixed on the news in his hand about the suicide of Hagi Sakumo.

The candle flame that lit up the dimly lit room began to slowly extinguish in the breeze, and when the room was completely darkened, a murmured voice was faintly heard.

"Am I doing something wrong?"

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Konoha Village is located in a mansion near the outskirts.

Most of the head area was tied with white bandages, the blind right eye was covered by a black blindfold, and the face, which was not handsome or ugly, was scorched by the blazing flames, like layers of centipedes.

Sousuke slumped on the table in front of him with remorse in his eyes, and the originally neat and clean room was now filled with countless wine bottles and boxes of meals.

The only thing that was clean was the table in front of him.

"Captain Sato, Matori, Owka, Jero, and Captain Sakumo."

"Captain Shuomao, I'm sorry for you."

Sousuke, who collapsed on the table, couldn't stop whispering the names and words of several people.

If he hadn't followed Elder Shimura's arrangement to slander Captain Shuomao, wouldn't Captain Shuomao be dead?

Was it his own words and identification that caused Captain Shuomao to commit suicide?

It's all his fault.

cracking sound

Sousuke staggered to his feet, and the bottles around him fell to the ground and shattered as he got up.

Now he can no longer perform tasks as a ninja, the chakra circulation veins in his body have been artificially destroyed, and even the tendons and hamstrings have been broken by the enemy, even if he survives the rescue of Tsunade, one of the three ninjas, he has become a complete waste.

Sousuke turned around and staggered to the center of the living room courtyard, where a slender white silk had been prepared on the wood-colored beam, and hung there as if it had been prepared for a long time.

"Captain Shuomao, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

With this sentence constantly muttering in his mouth, Sousuke's eyes stood under the slender white silk with a look of remorse.

Sousuke's trembling hands stood on the white silk, and slowly put his head up, and as the stool under his feet tumbled into the air, his face like a centipede climbing appeared a suffocating red.

The world began to grow blurry and dark.

The dark sky outside was raining down at this moment, washing over the house like Sousuke's tears of remorse.

Bang!

Sudden blue thunder broke out in the sky, and on the outer walls of the houses, the flashes brought by the thunder reflected the figures in twos and threes.

They wore masks of roots on their faces, and their eyes were cold and emotionless as they stared at Sousuke, who had committed suicide in the house.

After confirming Sousuke's suicide, two of them looked at each other and nodded, and their figures disappeared in place.

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Icy rain has been falling from the sky for almost three days now, and the temperature is extremely cold.

The funeral was held today, and there were not many people who came to attend the funeral.

Of Kakashi's friends and classmates at the same time, Hinata was probably the only one who came over to attend the funeral.

And the other people in the same period basically didn't come.

In addition, people and friends who were familiar with Tsunade, Orochimaru, and others came to attend the funeral.

Hinata came to Kakashi's side in front of him in an instant, didn't speak, just stood silently beside him, his eyes calmly looking at the inscription of Hachiki Shuoshige.

From that night, Hinata clearly felt it in an instant, and the death of Hachiki Shuo Shigeru.

If it weren't for the fear of Kakashi, maybe Sakushige Hachiki would have committed suicide a long time ago, right?

Not far from the two of them, Orochimaru watched all this silently.

"Physical life is fleeting and short, and even a ninja like you can easily pass away......

"Sooner or later, a tangible life will pass away......"

All people will experience it, life will be born and it will pass away.

If everyone is destined to experience the passing away, then if one day it will be your turn.

When I think that even I will have that day coming...... Orochimaru was uncontrollably panicked and uneasy in his heart.

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PS: This chapter has completely brought the curtain down on the White Fang chapter, and the next step is to officially enter this volume......

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