"On the contrary, you should dismiss Sakumo Hatake! As a Ninja of Konoha, he actually refused an important S-rank mission, and instead went to save an insignificant Chunin, completely lacking any sense of the bigger picture!"
[Kana is in Konoha? So is Naraku okay or not?!]
[Shameless Old Thief! Wah ya ya ya ya ya!]
[I hate it! Why can't my slap go through the screen!]
[Danzo Shimura, I am ashamed that I once admired your youthful looks]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi! You're actually still protecting him!!! Ah ah ah ah ah ah! (Furious)]
[Damn it, like father, like son]
[I can't take it, I'm so angry I want to throw my phone]
[I almost punched the computer screen just now]
—
Naraku watched Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura's verbal battle on screen, with the latter ultimately receiving no punishment, only another verbal warning, and incidentally, Sakumo was smeared.
No wonder Fugaku seemed completely unaware of the inside story when he came earlier; it turned out Hiruzen Sarutobi had completely cut off the clues and suppressed the news.
Presumably, for Hiruzen Sarutobi, what had happened could not be changed, so it was better to keep the matter secret than to have the Uchiha know the truth and cause further upheaval.
With such an ambiguous attitude, it's no wonder Danzo became increasingly arrogant later, even bypassing the Hokage in the original timeline to directly order Uchiha Itachi to carry out the Clan's extermination.
—
The scene switched, and the audience, who had just been screaming in anger, seeing Naraku lying on the Hospital bed, his chest gently rising and falling, no longer cared about cursing Danzo.
[He's alive! He's alive!]
[Good, good, as long as he's alive!]
[Thank goodness, thank goodness]
The audience hadn't even been happy for a few seconds when the unconscious Naraku coughed up a few mouthfuls of blood, and their mood plummeted like a rollercoaster.
[???]
[Brother!!!]
[What's going on?]
[He was saved, but not completely saved?]
[Doctor! Doctor!]
—
Naraku himself was bewildered; why was he suddenly spitting blood? He hadn't injured his internal organs before.
But now he was still in a "sleeping" state, so he'd finish watching the rest of the content before investigating.
—
Amidst a flurry of bullet comments, Kakashi called the doctor for a detailed examination of Naraku.
It was finally deduced that he had contracted a bloodline limit sickness due to the rapid advancement of his Sharingan, and there was currently no cure.
"Lord Sakumo," the doctor said, looking troubled with the medical record book, "I'm truly sorry, we can only try to alleviate his symptoms. Perhaps Lady Tsunade has the ability to cure it."
Sakumo nodded silently.
Kakashi looked at Sakumo's face, which barely maintained its composure, and tentatively asked, "Father...?"
"It's nothing, I'll write to Tsunade."
Sakumo bent down and patted Kakashi's shoulder: "Naraku is temporarily in your care; I'll go prepare the letter."
[It's over..._(:з」∠)_]
[No! Naraku is not even ten years old, he hasn't had two good years, what did he do wrong to suffer like this, boo hoo hoo hoo]
[bloodline limit sickness is basically incurable; if it truly could be cured, then not so many bloodline Ninjas would have died]
[So the price of being a genius is so heavy. I'd rather Naraku be an ordinary person and live a peaceful life]
[Please, Old Thief, don't do this to him, boo hoo hoo hoo]
—
Seeing this, Naraku slapped his head, realizing he had forgotten this detail.
Naraku: No wonder Kakashi and Sakumo have looked so down these past two days... System, are you there? Can it be cured?
[Symptoms can be alleviated and eliminated by spending popularity points]
Naraku: So you mean I won't die? Then I'll put it off for now and use it to gain popularity points by playing the victim.
[...As long as you're happy]
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