[Minato Namikaze—Yellow Flash.]
[Ninjutsu One, Flying Thunder God: You may directly skip the current turn.]
[Ninjutsu Two, Will of Fire: After being killed, you may directly designate one person to revive.]
"Minato Namikaze's two abilities both look very strong."
"The first ninjutsu is strong because it preserves his own life."
"The second ninjutsu is strong because it preserves someone else's life."
"If this person is a loyal minister, then it is equivalent to giving the lord two lives."
"It does fit Minato Namikaze's situation."
"In order to resolve the Nine-Tails' rampage and protect Konoha, he sacrificed his own life."
"He was a truly great person."
"A one-hundred-percent loyal minister."
"Sunagakure still seems to respect Minato Namikaze quite a bit."
Some people guessed.
"Maybe Rasa also admired Minato Namikaze. After all, they fought each other before. Neither could do anything to the other, and both recognized the other's strength. It was mutual respect between rivals."
"I heard that Rasa once invited Minato Namikaze to join Sunagakure. If Minato Namikaze had really been a Sunagakure shinobi, even if a tailed beast broke loose, he probably would not have died."
"Rasa is quite skilled at suppressing tailed beasts."
The people of Konoha opposed this view.
"What tailed beast does Sunagakure have? A mere One-Tail."
"What tailed beast does Konoha have? The Nine-Tails!"
"There is no comparison between the strength of those two tailed beasts. Rasa being able to suppress the One-Tail means he has some skill, but if he wanted to suppress the Nine-Tails, that would be completely impossible."
Others raised questions.
"Why did Sunagakure suddenly update Ninja Kill at this particular time?"
"It is indeed a good thing. With new ninja cards, there are new ways to play, new combinations, and the game becomes fresher and more interesting."
"But the timing is very delicate. It just happens to be shortly after Minato Namikaze's death."
There were many guesses regarding this point.
Some guessed that it was simply coincidence.
Ninja Kill truly did need an update.
Many people had expressed this demand to Sunagakure.
The cards added by those counterfeiters always felt wrong somehow. They were not very interesting.
Others guessed that Rasa was seeking justice for Minato Namikaze.
"Rasa and Minato Namikaze respected each other. Because of Minato Namikaze's death, Rasa became dissatisfied with Konoha and felt Konoha had failed the inheritance of the Will of Fire. That is why he named one of Minato Namikaze's ninjutsu the Will of Fire."
Konoha.
Hokage Building.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the five cards in his hand with a gloomy expression.
Of the five, aside from Minato Namikaze's card, Hiruzen Sarutobi did not care about the other four at all.
But the moment he saw Minato Namikaze's card, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face became extremely ugly.
"That brat Rasa did this on purpose!"
"He is humiliating me. Slapping me in the face."
"Giving the Will of Fire to Minato as an individual ninjutsu—doesn't that mean he believes I should have been the one to sacrifice myself? Because I am old, I should have gone to die?"
"So this is the Will of Fire?"
"You really are skilled at guiding public opinion, Rasa."
"To think a barren place like Sunagakure could produce someone like you."
Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke through gritted teeth.
"With Ninja Kill's popularity in the shinobi world, and with how practical Minato's card is in the game, it will practically become the first choice for the loyal minister role."
"It will definitely become extremely popular."
"Then everyone will remember Minato's two ninjutsu."
"They will link the Will of Fire together with Minato."
"Minato will become the representative of the Will of Fire, and I will naturally become the opposite of the Will of Fire."
"Very good!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi was furious to the extreme.
The older he became, the more he cared about face.
Rumors spreading through the shinobi world would eventually pass.
The content printed in Ninja Major Event Weekly would also slowly be forgotten by everyone.
But the game Ninja Kill had an extremely long lifespan. Hiruzen Sarutobi could see that clearly.
Hearing the discussions outside, Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a disdainful cold snort.
"Some people really think this is because Rasa respects Minato and wants to seek justice for him?"
"Foolish!"
"That Rasa only wants to use this method to disgust Konoha and drive a wedge inside us."
"That man's heart is far too dark."
Hiruzen Sarutobi thought for a long time.
"Call Danzo and Homura over."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
Before long, Danzo and Mitokado Homura both arrived before Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Hiruzen."
"Hiruzen."
The two did not get along. After arriving in Hiruzen Sarutobi's office, they stood very far apart.
One stood on this side.
The other stood on that side.
Their moods were also completely different.
Mitokado Homura was extremely angry and dissatisfied with the recent rumors spreading through the shinobi world about Minato Namikaze's death. He was also very dissatisfied with Sunagakure's interview with Uchiha Yashiro.
That included the new version of Ninja Kill this time.
But Danzo was different.
On the surface, he was furious and speaking up for Hiruzen Sarutobi.
In his heart, he was almost dying of joy.
Could it be that this time, Hiruzen intends to step down from the Hokage position?
If that happened, then Orochimaru would be the only choice.
Once Orochimaru took power, the real authority would inevitably fall into my hands.
Orochimaru has too much research to do. He does not have that much time to handle government affairs.
However, in the next moment, Danzo was disappointed.
Hiruzen Sarutobi did not mention stepping down at all.
"I need the two of you to do something. Work together on it."
Work together?
Before Hiruzen Sarutobi could finish speaking, Mitokado Homura expressed his attitude first.
"Hiruzen, it is not that I am unwilling, but Danzo simply will not cooperate. Just like last time, when you told him to hand Root over to me. And what happened?"
"I cannot cooperate with such a person."
Danzo snorted coldly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi already had a headache. Seeing the two of them act like this made his head hurt even more.
Still, Hiruzen Sarutobi patiently explained.
"I do not need the two of you to cooperate too closely. I mainly want both of you to do the same thing."
"This time, Sunagakure has gone too far."
"The Nine-Tails' rampage was a disaster for Konoha."
"But Rasa is using this disaster to harm Konoha a second time."
"His intentions deserve death."
"We cannot just sit and wait, doing nothing in return."
"Since Sunagakure can spread rumors, Konoha can do the same."
At those words, both Danzo and Mitokado Homura became somewhat interested.
"Hiruzen, what rumor are we going to spread about Sunagakure?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "We will say that Sasori of the Red Sand was secretly killed by Rasa. Rasa feared that Sasori would compete with him for the Kazekage position. The disappearance of the Third Kazekage is also connected to Rasa."
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