Naruto: Wolf of the Hidden Leaf

The run back to the village was easier than expected. I let Umbra lead the way, considering his directional sense was much better than mine. We did stop in the middle once. It was mainly because I wanted to ask Raizo about Hidan and the so-called 'prophet' that one of the cultists spoke of earlier.

I wasn't particularly worried about him escaping, though. Rasengan was a pretty effective technique to fuck up someone's internal organs. But unfortunately the pseudo-interrogation was to no avail.

He did not know of anyone named Hidan, nor was the 'Prophet's' appearance even remotely similar to his. Which brought more questions than it did answers. At least he was really cooperative about it.

I might've been a Naruto fan, but I personally had almost little to no knowledge regarding Hidan's life nor about this 'Lord Jashin' entity.

Personally, I had a headcanon that Hidan had some sort of Kekkai Genkai regarding immortality, and he himself created the 'Jashin' entity to justify his murderous tendencies. But the presence of the cult proved my headcanon to be severely wrong.

Which brought me to another very important question: where did this cult disappear to in the future? Because if a cult like this actually existed during the timeline of the series, then there would surely be some mention of it in the series.

Another theory might be that Hidan actually did join the cult. But after gaining immortality, he might've just killed all of them in the name of Lord Jashin. And taking into consideration his philosophy about 'Kill thy neighbours', it was quite plausible that Hidan killed his fellow cultists as a sacrifice.

It was still just a theory, and without proper evidence, I can't take it as a definite answer. Still, a half-arsed theory was better than nothing at all.

By the time I reached the village, the sun was already coming up, and I was extremely tired. Honestly I have been tired since the fight against Raizo, but I still had some chakra left – albeit very little – to actually win a fight against another person. But enough for a run back to the village.

After coming back to the village, I showed the guard Reiga's badge. They did not desire an explanation but rather told me to report to the office while they transported Daigo to the hospital.

The administration system of Konoha was actually much more efficient than I had realised. Which shouldn't come as much of a shock considering that Konoha is literally the largest village.

Just as I had given the rundown to the clerk, one Yamanaka was already there to receive the prisoner and take him for interrogation. The badge Reiga had given to me apparently requested reinforcement of two Anbu groups. Although it seemed like overkill, I think Reiga is going to follow up on the hideout, and he mainly wanted reinforcements for more raids they might do once they figure out where the other hideouts are.

I honestly had no idea that Jonins had different badges to get reinforcements. There were also many red tapes to go through for the permission of reinforcements of this scale. It required the permission of the Hokage himself or one of the elders. Considering Hiruzen wasn't exactly in Konoha right now, it was going to be one of the elders.

Surprisingly one of the elders actually was present, even this early in the morning. Thank god it wasn't Danzo. He was just way too creepy and dangerous for me to deal with at that moment.

Koharu was the one who was in charge at that moment. She heard my report from start to finish. I didn't exactly need to tell her every little detail, rather just the main focal points.

Rogue ninja

Blood cult

Human Sacrifices

Lord Jashin

Just as I had finished my report, she had already given instructions to one of her Anbu guards. I was excused for the time being, and considering my right hand was already in pretty bad shape, she instructed me to tell Umbra to guide the teams to the hideout. After talking to Umbra about it, he begrudgingly agreed.

It wasn't like he was tired or anything. He hadn't fought directly even once. It's just that he was lazy for doing any legwork.

Not that I could blame him. Legwork was boring.

Koharu told me to report to the hospital to fix up my hand. But considering I had already administered the necessary medical attention, I didn't feel like making a whole trip just to tell me what I already knew.

Rather, I just wrapped my whole arm in one of the spare bandages I carried with me and went to my home. The house was quite silent in the dusk. Kaho was already at her practice with Dad, and Mom was rarely awake this early in the morning.

The first thing I did after reaching my room was slump down on my bed. I was exhausted and yet did not feel like sleeping, which was extremely weird considering I had been awake for almost a whole day.

My binge-watching old self would feel ashamed for even considering staying awake only for a day as a great feat. I had stayed awake more than two whole days consecutively when I binge-watched the big three.

I smiled unconsciously remembering that. Even though most of my previous life was boring, there were many good times there as well.

Sometimes, somehow, I miss that simplicity.

And feeling like I deserved that moment of weakness, I indulged myself for some time in those nostalgic times. But after half an hour, I decided that it was enough and got up from the bed.

I went to my desk and opened my notebook. It was the most private thing I had. A diary of sorts.

Not that I can actually call it that. I wasn't exactly the type of person to write a diary anyway. It was more of a notebook where I jotted down my thoughts. I wasn't exactly worried about this getting discovered and coming back to bite me.

I wrote it in English and never in full sentences. If someone saw this, then they would think that it was just a mash-up of weird symbols in a haphazard manner.

I wasn't delusional enough to think that nobody could ever find out what I have written in there. After all, this is a world where almost anything is possible, and the number of geniuses is far too many. But even if they did try to find it, it wouldn't matter, as I have set a trap with an explosion tag to blow it up if anyone other than me opens it.

It was my safe place, and I wasn't going to let anyone invade my sacred privacy.

My thoughts were going over tonight's events and the future. The future of both me and Konoha.

I haven't had a proper time to think about it since the Kurama incident. I was so infatuated with the prospect of gaining power that I had forgotten to properly plan out anything.

It was also not helped by the fact that I was still too weak to even actually matter to anything. The people in the world that are bringing change are just way too powerful for me to even think about the possibility.

Obito has Kamui.

Pain is... pain.

Danzo has Root.

And the other key players still haven't taken the front stage.

So, I still had the potential to change those outcomes to some level at least.

Hmmmmm.

Some of the things I wanted to change…

I flipped my pen again and again as I thought of the possibilities. An old habit of mine. After a minute or so, I started jotting them down.

And without much surprise, the first point was to take care of Danzo. I mean that piece of shit is the reason why half the bad things happen in this village.

He might've once actually been someone who wanted to protect Konoha. But that was before Hiruzen became Hokage.

After that, he has been just a jealous second best who deluded himself into thinking that he wanted the best for the village when he was actually motivated by selfish desires.

He has to go.

Especially before Itachi and Obito kill all the Uchiha. I will gladly sacrifice hundreds of Root members if it means that I can have even fifty Sharingan members.

They don't even have to be that special, just strong enough to use Izanagi. I mean that shit is just straight up broken. Being able to use 'Creation of All Things', even for a second, can turn the tide of entire wars. Especially since, the opponents will be god-level at the end.

Also, I sure as hell don't want Danzo and Obito to get all those Sharingans just so they can have a Ctrl+Z button anytime they want. Obito was already way too strong with his Kamui, and Danzo is an asshole.

But at the same time, pulling this off will not be easy. The Uchiha, as a clan, were full of egotistical people who will always think of their clan first. Then the village. Which Danzo has used masterfully to already harbour hatred among them.

And they will blow up eventually. I personally believe that even if Kotoamatsukami was used on Fugaku to change his mind about the coup, it still would happen eventually. The hatred of the Uchihas is rooted deep in their origins, and there is very little can I do about it.

But there was a beauty to this hatred. This hatred can be used as a weapon pointed towards others. For me to actually succeed and take down Danzo, I needed to masterfully manipulate the events of the following years and use the Uchihas to take down Root.

Which was much easier said than done. This level of manipulation was way beyond me. I was no Johan Liebert after all.

As I started to think about all the possibilities and probabilities, my head started to hurt. So for the time being I just wrote down 'Johan Liebert' on my notepad.

This was another beauty of my notepad. Even if someone actually manages to bypass the trap and decipher the English language, it still won't matter. After all, nobody can even begin to understand the references I had used in the notebook.

It was sort of my only connection. A bridge of sorts.

My eyes were feeling heavy, and I felt sleepy all of a sudden. It seemed as if the exhaustion was catching up to me.

But before I could go to bed, I wrote another thing in my notebook. This time, I also included a personal joke in it.

'Walking Plot Armour'

Just as I hit the bed after putting the notebook back on the desk, I thought of what I wrote and smiled at my own bad joke.

Sorry, Sasuke. Karin isn't joining your little group as long as I'm here. A full-blooded Uzumaki used just as a battery and support was just way too wasteful.

I'm not letting that much potential get wasted.

Besides, Naruto should have one of his relatives with him at the very least.