Chapter 118 Actor's Confession

Haru's breathing became rapid when he thought about how the big boss had been lurking beside him and acting as a good guy for so many years.

He didn't come back to his senses until Sarutobi Hiruzen reminded him.

"Haru, are you okay? You suddenly sweat a lot on your face. Are you feeling uncomfortable somewhere? Or is it because of the tailed beast in your body?"

"Ah?"

Haru raised his head and saw Sarutobi Hiruzen's kind expression and swallowed.

It's nothing...

He thought about just saying it casually, but considering that saying this would attract the other party's attention, he swallowed it back and said, "I just suddenly felt a little emotional. There are such undercurrents behind the seemingly calm situation."

"I'm sorry about Uchiha Yasuhi..."

 Hiruzen's voice was full of apologies: "This is myfault . If I had reacted earlier. Maybe, maybe I wouldn't have..."

Haru closed his eyes and shook his head slowly to interrupt Sarutobi Hiruzen from speaking further.

His attitude was very reasonable: "Hokage, you don't need to apologize. This was the choice made by Elder Yasuhi himself."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was very satisfied with the answer, and then he began to sing praises for the dead Elder Yasuh

 "For the peace of the village, he would rather sacrifice his precious life. He is a true successor to the will of fire."

"Yes, from now on, I will inherit his will and protect the family and the village for him."

Haru raised his arm and clenched his fist: "I will not let anyone destroy the relationship between the Uchiha family and the village."

"You can say that. I think Yaauhi will feel relieved if he knows about it." Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile, "I want to hear what you are going to do next, okay?"

Haru pursed his lips, and seemed to think seriously for a while, then gave a clear response: "Next, I will try my best to control the power of the tailed beast in my body, help the village win the war, and gain everyone's recognition."

Hearing this textbook answer, Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a look of approval in his eyes, and gave a high evaluation: "Now you have inherited Yasuhi's will of fire and transformed into a true ninja."

Haru was cautious in his words and deeds, and said modestly: "Lord Hokage really thinks too highly of me. Now I am far from being a real ninja."

Just when Sarutobi Hiruzen was pondering how to guide Haru to his own intentions, Haru seemed to remember something and interjected: "That Hokage, I remember you just said that someone is planning to destroy the relationship between Uchiha and the village, right?"

"Yes."

Sarutobi Hiruzen seized the opportunity keenly, sighed, and pretended to be distressed: "To be honest, I have never thought of a good solution to this matter."

Haru saw his difficulty: "Is it because my people have already had a rift with the village?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and nodded.

Haru covered his chest with one hand and volunteered: "If possible, please give this task to me."

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at him with a meaningful look: "You?"

"Yes, I am a member of the Uchiha clan, and this task is very suitable for me." Haru explained: "I can use this identity to catch the guy who is secretly interfering."

He was worrying about how to find an opportunity to lure Haru to this task, but he didn't expect that the other party would take the initiative to get close to it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was secretly delighted and played a trick of playing hard to get: "No, this is too dangerous. What if something happens to you, how can I face the dead Yasuhi in the future?"

"Please, I want to do something for the village to make up for the mistakes I made." Haru lowered his eyebrows and looked self-blaming.

Sarutobi Hiruzen comforted him, "It's not your fault..."

Haru looked guilty and moved his mouth, "But after all, the Five-Tails used my body to commit the crime."

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed, "Okay, since you insist on doing this, I can't stop you, but you must pay attention to safety and don't get caught."   

"Yes."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile: "But I can tell you that once a ninja accepts a mission, he cannot give up halfway, unlike last time."

The old things were brought up again, and Haru smiled awkwardly: "I promise that this time it won't happen."

"That's good." Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously: "But before you carry out this mission, you must first learn to control the power of the tailed beasts to prevent the power of the tailed beasts in your body from running wild, otherwise everything will be in vain."

\Haru nodded and said seriously: "I will try my best to learn to control the five tails, no, I will definitely control the five tails and protect Konoha."

"I feel relieved when you say that." Sarutobi Hiruzen said intentionally or unintentionally: "But then again, it would be great if you had a Sharingan. The Sharingan can control the power of the tailed beasts, so that you can control the tailed beasts more confidently."

Damn, the old thing is trying to trick me, don't think I can't see it.

Since learning that he was deceived by a scumbag, Haru now doesn't trust anyone except Tsunade without reservation, and will keep some tricks for others.

Haru followed his words and sighed, "As a member of the Uchiha clan, I didn't awaken the Sharingan, but instead awakened Ice release kekkei genkai. Alas."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked kind and comforted him, "Don't underestimate yourself. You are still young. Maybe you will awaken the power of the Sharingan in the future."

Haru waved his hand and said, "It's impossible. It's too difficult. I have already awakened ice release. If I awaken the Sharingan, wouldn't I have doublekekkei genkai?"

"That's hard to say." Sarutobi Hiruzen observed Haru's expression without showing any expression, trying to see something from it.

However, Haru disguised himself well and shrugged his shoulders.

If it was before Haru would find it difficult to deceive anyone, but after spending time outside with Kakuzu and doing many illegal things, Haru has trained himself to control emotions.

Sarutobi Hiruzen blew out a smoke ring and said : "Okay, I've kept you here for a long time, so go with me to the place where you will live and learn to control the tailed beasts."

Haru heard this, but did not leave immediately. He lowered his eyes and nodded, and opened his mouth.

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that he seemed to be hesitant to say something, and smiled: "Do you have anything else to say?"

"Actually, before I officially accept this mission, I want the Hokage to agree to a request of mine." At this point, Haru seemed to want to correct this sentence, and deliberately shook his head, and then continued: "No, rather than a request, it's actually my personal small request."

]Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a smile: "I was wondering why you, kid, suddenly became so aware, it turns out that you have your own little thoughts."

Haru scratched his hair embarrassedly and smiled.

"Tell me, what is it? If it's too much, I can consider it."

Haru's eyes flickered, and he hesitated whether to speak: "Actually, it's about me and Tsunade..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked puzzled: "You and Tsunade?"

Pretending... Haru took a breath and mustered up his courage: "Actually, I'm in a relationship with Tsunade recently..."

  "Oh, in a relationship..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little slow to react, and his eyes widened in surprise: "What…,are you and Tsunade already in this kind of relationship? When did it happen?"

  (End of this chapter)