Chapter 43: War, how exciting!

Hearing the severity of the accusations, Baki was taken back.

The scroll of Sealing was famous as its author was the GREATEST of all jutsu creators.

The Second Hokage Tobirama Senju.

It contained more than double the techniques each village had, and those techniques were unique to the leaf.

It was a treasure of inestimable value

The sand would have badly wanted it too.

However, the problem was, they weren't the ones that stole it.

Obviously, someone was framing them, and they couldn't deny it.

Well, they could, but no one would believe them, as it would be mighty convenient for the Kazekage to have 'disappeared' for more than a few years as soon as major crimes concerning him occurred.

And they were aware of how the Magnet style kekkai genkai worked.

Any and all magnetic objects were like beacons that drew the users attention, the Kazekage wasn't so incapable or stupid to leave evidence on the crime scene.

What had likely happened was that someone had sprinkled iron sand on the corpse to frame them.

But personally, he didn't believe the Hokage and his aids were so incapable to think of that, so they must have recognised a technique that also involved iron sand such as crushing or manipulating an enemy's movements through small particles of iron sand in the opponents body.

"Master Hokage, it is true that Sunagakure's kazekage clan is the only one with the required kekkai genkai. However, he has been missing for years and now you suddenly accuse us as murderers. Aren't you in too much of a hurry?"

Baki didn't back down simply because his opponent was a kage-level ninja.

On the contrary, he was even more cautious and stubborn when dealing with him.

Right now, he represented Sunagakure and he didn't want to be cursed by the generations to come for acting on his own and causing a ninja war.

Baki said,

"This is not evidence, at all."

However, the Hokage still affected by the tragic deaths of his family, yelled,

"Bastard!"

He made a seal with one and hand and tried to use a fire style technique.

"Fire Style•Great Dragon Fire Technique!"

"Lord Hokage, please calm down."

The Leaf shinobi reacted and tried to persuade him not to attack.

Once they tried attacking the representatives of these villages, it would mean triggering a war.

Even so, Hiruzen continued and launched a mass of fire that was shaped like a dragon.

Kakashi lifted his forehead protector that was hiding his left eye and blurted out,

"Kamui!"

The space around the mass of flames twisted and distorted before the fire disappeared without leaving a trace a few seconds later.

Some of the more knowledgeable people were equally stunned as earlier after seeing the Sharingan in Kakashi's left eye.

The ones most shocked were the Uchiha.

Someone without our blood can awaken the Mangekyo Sharingan?!

Danzo's eyes revealed thick jealousy.

A couple of years ago, one of his root Anbu had said something about Hatake Kakashi possessing a sharingan that looked different than the rest of the Uchiha.

He had asked Hiruzen but he kept quiet and made sure he had no chances to investigate further.

"Is that the upgraded sharingan that Madara possessed? It looks powerful!"

Mei exclaimed,

"Yeah, its pretty much unblockable making it hard as hell to counter, but he can only use it a limited number of times."

Their shoulders were pressed together, they looked like a couple watching a movie in the cinema.

Although, he was surprised at the Kamui executed by Kakashi, Baki quickly brought his attention back to Hiruzen and shouted coldly,

"Hokage-sama, can I regard you're attack as Konoha's opinion on this matter?"

"Tsk-"

Hiruzen tried to pull back his rationality.

The many smaller village representatives were shocked.

This was originally just meant to be a chunin exam, how did it escalate into an event that would cause a war between Konoha and Suna.

"Hiruzen, think calmly."

Danzo with a calculating mind decided that he would use force if necessary to stop a war.

Not because he wanted peace, but because Sunagakure possessed a strong military, but weak economy.

Even if they won, the reward would be small and definitely not enough to fund the war efforts.

The Cloud, Rock and Mist would try to fish for benefits as well.

Hiruzen took deep breathes as he tried to summarize what happened.

He wanted to scold himself. Unfortunately, what he had said couldn't be taken back.

Hiashi watched and felt joy at Hiruzen's plight.

He was getting what he deserved and he couldn't please Hiashi more.

When his daughter was kidnapped, he took the initiative to ask for war even volunteering the Hyuga to take the brunt of it.

But in the end, Hiruzen expected him to sacrifice his daughter to delay way for a few more years.

But now, you stand in the same position I did and you want to start a war.

Hypocritical politician!

Clap! Clap! Clap!

Just as Hiruzen was breaking out in a cold sweat and was thinking about how to salvage the situation, a random burst of applause from the stand attracted everyones attention.

Hachiro was applauding the 'show' and cheerfully said,

"War? I love war! To see the start of a great big war between Sunagakure and Konohagakure is really exciting... anyone else agree?"

Hearing his remarks the expressions of both Hiruzen and Baki were ugly.

Out of the three big villages, the cloud was best suited and prepared for war at the moment.

They had the strongest combat power and weren't embroiled in any conflict currently.

The cloud could watch as they fought each other and benefit from their struggle.

Baki analysed the situation and tried to think of the best outcome, ultimately he acted on what he thought was the best solution within a few seconds.

"Hachiro-sama, Sunagakure would like to acquire the assistance of Kumogakure. We can give Kumo the spoils of the war, would your village consider helping us against the Leaf?"