Naruto Shippūden (ナルト 疾風伝)

I'm certain.

It's Orochimaru's. An old hideout.

That's just like Kabuto to take advantage of an old asset.

Wait. They're with us.

Captain Mitarashi.

I've come with an order from the Village.

Sai will return home. And you are to continue the mission to track Kabuto.

We are here to assist you with that.

You can give me information, too; Yamato rushed back in the middle of a mission.

So what's happened?

The Akatsuki mounted an attack on the Hidden Leaf Village.

It's destroyed, and many injured. And Lady Tsunade is in a coma.

What did you say?!

And now, Lord Danzo has taken over as Hokage.

How'd such a thing happen so quickly?

I can give you all the details later on, Captain.

Well, Sai?

Right.

Sai and I spent a lot of time together on this mission.

But he remained distant to the end.

Lord Danzo... is now Hokage?

The essence of a ninja is to operate in secret.

But there are times when a man who moves in the shadows must step out into the light.

And for me, that time is now.

I hope that I can count on your continued loyalty.

Yes, sir!

The Sixth Hokage Danzo

What to do...

What now?!

It's just, what if there are a ton of really pretty girls in the Hidden Leaf Village?

And what if all those beautiful women totally come after me?

I was trying to figure out what I'd do.

Oh, yeah, I see! Why not just date all of them since you're such a ladies man?

Left and right, up and down!

Yeah, but,

When it's time to leave the Hidden Leaf,

What if they tell me they love me and can't bear to be separated from me?

What am I going to do when that happens?

I'm scared that they'll suggest a suicide pact!

Do you want to be drowning in girls or not, which is it?!

Look, we haven't even reached the Hidden Leaf Village yet!

Stop getting so carried away about the damn girls! It's creepy!

Come to think of it, Karui, maybe a handsome guy with a super good-looking face will hit on you.

Just say handsome guy!

But you know, now that you mention it, a handsome, rich, famous ninja smitten with me...

That wouldn't be very far-fetched, at all!

You're overthinking things. There's no way.

No way at all!

That's enough...

...out of you, you idiot!

What are you doing?

What if that stone hits a boulder and smashes it into pieces...

And those pieces destroy an even bigger bolder and cause a big rockslide...

And those rocks fall onto the Hidden Leaf Village, and wreck it?

You're the one that's thinking too much, you idiot!

No way...

I didn't do it on purpose, it was just a little rock!

Oh Karui, what have you done this time?

There's no way.

Come on, let's find someone.

Hey, you! Who are you?!

I'm Samui of the Hidden Cloud.

I am a messenger from our leader, the Raikage.

From Lord Raikage?

Please pardon our welcome earlier. We're all a bit on edge since the attack.

I was surprised not to run into any Hidden Leaf lookouts,

and then to find the village in such a state, What happened?

Hey, here's that stone you used to destroy the Leaf Village. It was the Akatsuki. Precautions are being taken,

You want it? and security will be tightened shortly.

Aah! That thing had nothing to do with it!

In any case, I need to arrange an audience with the Hokage.

I bear a letter from the Raikage addressed to her.

Well, actually...

Is something wrong?

That hurts!

Don't tell me I'm going to get a lump on my head!

Enough!

Unbelievable. What horrible timing.

There hasn't been a single piece of good news coming through the coded channels.

This is calling for a Five Kage Summit Conference!

There, you see? Wait, what?!

What's that?! The Hokage's comatose?!

Yes, but I'm her aide, so I can simply accept the letter on her behalf.

If it's uncertain when she'll regain consciousness, The acting Hokage will do.

I'd like to have the letter read, And replied to.

The Raikage cannot wait.

Yes, but...

That woman there is no longer the Hokage.

I was recently appointed the Sixth Hokage.

Now hand the letter over to me, and I'll answer it.

No! It can't be! Danzo?!

What's wrong? Does Lord Raikage want a reply or doesn't he?!

Sasuke, hmm? So it has come to this.

Sir? Your response?

There they are!

Hey!

Huh?

Kiba!

What's wrong?!

Listen up. And just stay calm!

Lady Tsunade's been relieved of her title!

What?!

Yeah, the Sixth Hokage is somebody named Danzo.

I don't know much, but I think he's some behind-the-scenes guy.

Did you say Danzo?!

Danzo...

This can't be good.

And that isn't the only shocker!

The Sixth Hokage declared Sasuke a Rogue Ninja and approved his elimination!

Wait, just what do you mean by that?!

I don't know, I'm just telling you what I heard!

It means they can't wait until Lady Tsunade recovers. It's not unreasonable.

But Kakashi...

Sasuke's a Rogue Shinobi. Standard operating procedure is to erase him.

It's only because of Lady Tsunade that he's been allowed to live this long.

Well, then, I'm going to talk to Danzo!

Sakura, wait. Barging into his office won't solve anything.

How dare they do this when Lady Tsunade's unconscious!

And what about Sasuke? You can't expect me to just keep quiet!

And I'm going with you, too.

Calm down, both of you.

At a time like this, staying calm is crucial or everything will get out of hand.

And how are we supposed to stay calm?! I won't let them go after Sasuke!

I said wait!

Danzo has already anticipated your exact reaction.

So you go see him, then what?

We won't do anything violent! We're only going to ask him to change his decision about Sasuke!

Do you really believe that he'll agree with whatever you have to say? No way.

It may be just the Feudal Lords' appointment without the Jonin Assembly's vote of confidence yet,

but Danzo is Hokage.

If you play this wrong,

you'll be thrown in prison.

Fine, I don't care!

I'm going!

Yeah, me too!

Wait, guys. Just hold up.

Naruto, the Nine-Tails is inside you.

Yeah, I know that; what about it?

Look, Danzo would like nothing better than to confine you to this village.

Do you really want to be locked up in jail? Because that's exactly what he wants.

And then you won't be able to go look for Sasuke.

Don't make a scene right now.

Tch!

You wanted to see me?

Observe Naruto.

If you see anything out of the ordinary, report it to me immediately.

Yes, sir.

Um...

Excuse me, may I ask you a question, sir?

What is it?

Naruto...

What do you plan to do with him?

Don't worry. Naruto is the Village's hero right now.

All of the villagers trust and love him. Even more than they do me, the Sixth Hokage.

If I were to do something to him now, it would affect my new position.

This a crucial time, right before the Jonin's vote of confidence.

Still, Naruto is a Jinchuriki.

And as such, it is the Hokage's job to watch over him.

I will not be lenient, as Tsunade was.

I understand, sir.

Very well. Dismissed.

Can I really relax?

Sai!

Hey, we were just looking for you!

Yeah, we really gotta talk to you.

What is it?

Please, tell us what you know about Danzo.