Naruto: Climbing Ranks to Rule the Ninja World! - Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Danger? That’s Exactly What I Want

“Bacheng Qing assists the two elders…”

Hatake Kakashi and Shihouin Naraku chatted for a long time before the meal ended.

After Hatake Kakashi had no choice but to pay for the meal, Naraku let him go.

“No, he got a promotion, why should I treat him?”

On the way home, Kakashi finally realized, “I helped him understand his new job. Forget it, I’ll let Yamato treat me next time.”

After returning home and washing up, Kakashi recalled his conversation with Naraku when he lay on the bed.

“Naraku is such a good guy, those people can’t wait to snatch the medical emergency team.”

As a peer of Shihouin Naraku, Hatake Kakashi knows the other’s excellence very well.

If everyone thought Kakashi had the upper hand over the other when they were both geniuses when they were young, Shihouin Naraku completely caught up with him and surpassed him when they grew up.

Especially because of the suicide of his father Hatake Sakumo, the deaths of his teammates and companions, Obito and Nohara Rin, and the deaths of his master Namikaze Minato and his wife Uzumaki Kushina on the night of Nine Tails.

This series of blows completely destroyed Hatake Kakashi, and its strength has not improved at all over the years.

At the same time, Shihouin Naraku, who became Tsunade’s personal disciple, was growing rapidly and soon became the backbone of Konoha Village.

When Tsunade left, Shihouin Naraku became the sole person in charge of Konoha Village’s medical emergency team.

After taking office, Shihouin Naraku, with the help of his experience of running a hospital in his previous life, vigorously developed the emergency department of the medical department.

The discovery of new types of herbs, the reform of the hospital and the development of medical technology quickly made Konoha Hospital a well-known institution in the ninja world.

Later on, not only the ninjas and civilians of Konohagakure, but also the daimyos and nobles of the Land of Fire often came to Konoha Hospital for medical treatment and recuperation, and even the daimyos and nobles of other countries began to come here in admiration!

Obviously, the Medical Emergency Team is a subordinate organization of the Medical Department, but in Shihouin Naraku’s hands, everything seems to be turned upside down, and the Medical Department is serving him instead.

Before Shihouin Naraku took over the medical emergency team, Konoha Village had to invest a large amount of money in the medical department every year.

After all, the cost of medical treatment and hospitalization for the ninjas and civilians in the village was very low, and all of this had to be borne by the village.

But after Shihouin Naraku took over the Konoha Village Hospital, with the emergence of foreign daimyo, nobles and wealthy merchants, the medical department turned losses into profits and earned a large amount of money to be handed over to the village’s treasury.

And that’s why Danzo and the two elders want to take away the medical emergency class.

The administrative department headed by Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu is responsible for the connection with the Fire Nation and the flow of funds. Now the Medical Department has broken their monopoly on power, which is of course intolerable.

Danzo’s root organization used to be able to obtain funds from the village openly to maintain its development, but after being forced to disband by Sarutobi Hiruzen, it can no longer do so.

Maintaining the Root Organization in secret requires a large amount of money, not to mention that Shimura Danzō is secretly supporting Orochimaru’s experiments, which also requires a lot of funds.

Plus, Danzo had never given up on his dream of becoming Hokage, so if he could get in touch with the Daimyo through the medical department, that would be a good thing.

That’s why the three of them joined forces to attack Shihouin Naraku and take his place.

Most importantly, Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen did not want Naraku to control the medical department for a long time, because that would mean a large amount of money and numerous connections would fall into Naraku’s hands.

At the very least, he didn’t want to see Naraku’s power grow too quickly before Sarutobi Hiruzen was willing to step down as Hokage.

……

The next day, Anbu base.

“This place is not even as big as the root organization…”

Shihouin Naraku shook his head, wondering how much of Anbu’s funds had been taken away by Danzo.

“Don’t say that.”

Hatake Kakashi came up from behind him. Today he seemed to be in good spirits, and the sleepiness in his dead fish eyes was gone.

“Anbu doesn’t have the deep pockets of the medical emergency team, so having a base like this is already great.”

“You are not good enough as the Anbu captain. You don’t have the money to ask the Third Hokage for it. Where does all the money our medical emergency class pays every year go?”

“Okay, I’ll leave the application for funding to you from now on.”

Hatake Kakashi responded with one sentence, then spoke seriously:

“Your appointment has been given, and the Hokage-sama has just given some instructions.”

“While we were walking and talking…”

The two entered the Anbu base and briefly introduced the approximate location of the base. Kakashi then conveyed Sarutobi Hiruzen’s words to Naraku.

“Why is it so empty? Where are the people?”

Naraku greeted the few ninjas still in the Anbu base, feeling a little strange.

“There is a mission!”

After saying hello, Hatake Kakashi took Naraku to the office prepared for him.

“The information has been prepared for you. The file is on the table.”

Pointing at the table, Kakashi said, “Anbu’s staff will be almost all gathered tomorrow, and I will introduce you to everyone then.”

“Although no one will fail to recognize you, a formal introduction is still necessary.”

Shihouin Naraku didn’t care about the appearance of the office. He sat down at the desk and picked up the documents to scan them.

But after just a few glances, he put down the documents, grabbed Hatake Kakashi, and pretended to strangle him.

“What?”

Hatake Kakashi dodged to the side, still calm as if nothing had happened.

“What’s wrong with your list? Why are there so many former Root members among the people assigned to me?”

Seeing Naraku’s vicious look, Kakashi could only explain:

“You are more capable. I think you can keep an eye on these people.”

Seeing that Naraku was still trying to take action, Kakashi spread his hands, looking like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water. “In fact, not all members of these root organizations are loyal to Danzo. Some of them can still be won over. I believe in you.”

Shihouin Naraku glared at Kakashi, “Last time you were injured on a mission and were half dead, it was Laozi who healed you personally, and now you’re playing this with me.”

“No way, this is what the Hokage decided.”

Hatake Kakashi was also helpless, in fact he didn’t want to hand over such a big trouble to Naraku, but the Third Hokage ordered him to do so.

After carefully looking at the names on the document again, Naraku didn’t think much about it and decided to take on the trouble, but there was an exception for one candidate.

“It’s better to keep Xiyan in your hands. There’s no need to give it to me.”

“Um?”

“Uzuki Yugao was specially taken care of by me and assigned to you. Could it be that something happened between you two…”

Seeing Kakashi’s curious expression, Naraku was speechless:

“There’s no problem at all, we’re still in love.”

“That’s why I want to put Xi Yan under your command. Can’t you see what the Third Hokage means…”

Naraku held up the document in his hand, with a thoughtful look on his face:

“Although there are a lot of troubles, none of these people are weak.”

“There is only one reason why the Third Generation did this. They must be planning to let me take charge of those dangerous missions outside, right?”

Anbu, assassination tactics special forces!

The missions that Anbu is responsible for are always extremely bad and dangerous, but there are still some that are relatively safe, such as protecting the Hokage under normal circumstances, monitoring some important people, etc.

As long as there are no unexpected events, these tasks are not that difficult.

However, more dangerous tasks, such as assassinating personnel from other countries, spying on intelligence, etc., are still the responsibility of Anbu.

And now, Sarutobi Hiruzen has handed over a large number of outstanding ninjas from Anbu to Naraku, and the meaning is clear.

“You can actually refuse. Hokage-sama won’t necessarily insist on holding you responsible.”

Hatake Kakashi also became serious. He thought for a moment and said:

“You just came to Anbu and are not familiar with this place, so it’s normal that you don’t want to accept this kind of mission.”

“I can go talk to the Hokage-sama!”

“No need!”

Shihouin Naraku shook his head decisively, “I’ll take this job!”

Start with Anbu and work your way up the ranks!

This is Naraku’s goal, so he is very satisfied with his current position.

Danger is nothing, this way he can gain a foothold in Anbu as soon as possible and then get promoted.

That’s right, Naraku has also set his eyes on the position that Hatake Kakashi is currently sitting in.

Anbu Captain!