Naruto Hiden

Chapter 53

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RAWEnglishサイと二人で火影室に行くと、部屋にはカカシといのがいた。With Sai, the two of them then went to the Office of the Hokage. Kakas.h.i.+ and Ino were in the room.いのは、どことなく疲れた表情を浮かべていた。Ino had a somewhat worn-out expression on her face.「いの、来てたの」“You came, Ino?”「うん、ちょっと試してみたいことがあって、カカシ先生と通信班の部屋に行ってたんだけど…」“Yup. There was something that I wanted to try out a little bit. I went with Kakas.h.i.+-sensei to the Communication Division’s room, but…「通信班？」”The Communication Division?”サクラが怪訝な顔になると、机についていたカカシが答えた。Sakura then had a dubious expression on her face. Kakas.h.i.+ was seated at desk, and then replied:「いや、いのが心伝身の術で、こっちから直接サスケに連絡をとれないかやってみるって言うからさ、試してみたんだけど……」“No, it was with Ino’s s.h.i.+ndens.h.i.+n no Jutsu. She thought that we could try to get into direct contact with Sasuke from here. We tried to, but….”「やっぱ、無理」“As we thought, it’s impossible”いのが肩をすくめて言った。Ino shrugged her shoulders as she spoke.「サスケくんの現在地が、おおよそでもわかればなんとかなったかもしれないけど、この広い世界をあてずっぽうで探すのは、やっぱ無理があったわ。ちょっとバテた」“Maybe if we knew about Sasuke-kun’s current location or something, but we’re searching by guesswork in this vast world. It’s as we thought… it’s impossible. I’m a little exhausted. ”いのが言うって、舌を出した。山中一族の使う心伝身の術は、かなりの集中力を要するのだ。長時間は使えない。As Ino spoke, she stuck out her tongue. When the Yamanaka clan uses the s.h.i.+ndens.h.i.+n no Jutsu, it demands a considerable ability to concentrate. It can’t be used for extended periods of time.「それより、お前らはどうしたの？」“Aside from that, what are you guys doing?”カカシの問いに、サイが答えた。Sai answered Kakas.h.i.+’s question.「先生にお話があって」“I have to tell you something, sensei”「うん？」“Mmm?”「その、偽のサスケの件ですが……ひょっとしたら暗部が関係しているかもしれません」“It’s something about the imposter Sasuke…..It’s possible that the ANBU might be connected to the incidents”「なに？」“What?”カカシの目が鋭くなった。Kakas.h.i.+’s eyes sharpened.サイが続ける。Sai continued.「サクラから聞きました。今回目撃されているサスケの偽者は、容貌だけでなくチャクラまでサスケのものなんですよね？」“I heard about it from Sakura. About the imposter Sasuke that they have sighted lately…He not only has his appearance, but also Sasuke’s chakra?”「我愛羅の話だとな」“It’s from the conversation with Gaara”「サクラが言うには、髪の毛や皮膚からでもチャクラを抽出できるそうなんです。偽のサスケがまとっているチャクラは、そうやって作られたものかもしれない」“As Sakura said, it seems that it’s possible to extract chakra from hair or skin. The chakra that the imposter Sasuke was cloaked in might have been produced like that.”「髪の毛や皮膚か…」“Hair or skin, eh?”

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RAWEnglishカカシは呟いて、思案顔になった。Kakas.h.i.+ muttered as his facial expression became pensive.「確かに盲点だったかもしれないな」“Of course, there might be a blind spot, eh?”「や、まだ仮定の話ですよ？そういう方法なら、サスケくんの知らないところで、サスケくんのコピーがうろついていることの説明にはなるなって…」先走るサイに、サクラは少し焦った。“Well, that discussion was just a hypothesis, right? If it’s that kind of method, then Sasuke-kun wouldn’t even know about it. That explains how Sasuke’s copy is loitering around….”先走るサイに、サクラは少し焦った。Sakura was a bit impatient with Sai, who was being impertinent.カカシが言う。Kakas.h.i.+ then said:「まあ仮定は仮定としてだ。しかし、そこになぜ暗部が出てくるんだ？」“Well, a hypothesis is just an hypothesis. However, how are the ANBU involved in this?”「情報屋の男が気になることを言っていたんです。……大戦のすぐあと、終末の谷や、サスケとダンゾウ様が戦った橋に、木ノ葉の暗部の者が調査に入っていたって」“The informant said something worrisome:……Immediately after the Great War at the Valley of the End, and also at the bridge where Sasuke and Danzou-sama battled, Konoha’s ANBU went on investigations.”「暗部が？」“The ANBU?”「はい。暗部はその場所の土や岩の破片とかを持ち帰っていたそうなんです」“Yes. At those locations, it seems like the ANBU brought back some soil and rock fragments. “「そんなもの持って帰ってどうする……あ」“Why would they bring back such things?.....Ah”いのが、言葉の途中で、なにかに気づいた。Midway through her words, Ino realized something.サクラが閃くのも、ほぼ同じタイミングだった。Something also occurred to Sakura at almost the same time.「そうか。サスケくんの、個人情報物質が欲しかった…」“I see. They wanted material that had Sasuke-kun’s individual information on it …..”サクラが呟くように言うと、サイが「そう」とゆっくりうなずいた。As Sakura murmured, Sai slowly nodded with a “Mhmm”.「確かに、その場所なら、サスケの髪だとか皮膚のかけらだとか、そういうもんは入手しやすいな」“Certainty, if they were at those locations, it would be easy for them to obtain things like Sasuke’s hair and skin.”カカシが言った。Kakas.h.i.+ said.それに血液もだ、とサクラは心のなかで付け足す。‘Besides, there was also blood…’ Sakura added onto the statement in her head.なにしろ終末の谷は、サスケとナルトが死力を尽くして戦い、決着をつけた場所でもあるのだ。At any rate, at the Valley of The End, Naruto and Sasuke exhausted all of their might during their battle. It was where they settled their dispute.二人はその戦いで、片腕を失っている。つまり、血液や体組織が、あの戦いの場には残っていたということなのだ。Both of them lost an arm because of that battle. And so, their blood and body tissues were left at that battle site.そして、サスケとダンゾウが戦った橋もだ。終末の谷と同様、サスケの髪の毛や血液などが入手可能だったろう。しかもそれを忍界大戦の直後に採取したのなら、サスケの個人情報物質の「鮮度」は高かったはずだ。There was also the bridge where Sasuke and Danzou had fought. It was the same as with the Valley of the End: it seemed as though things like Sasuke’s hair and blood were available. Moreover, if they harvested it immediately after the Great s.h.i.+n.o.bi World War, the ‘freshness’ of the materials that contained Sasuke’s individual information should be high.しかし、と、カカシが言った。However, Kakas.h.i.+ then spoke:「俺には専門的なことはわからんが、そうやって持ち帰ったもののなかからサスケの髪の毛や皮膚なんかを選り分けて、さらにそこからチャクラを抽出するなんて、ソートー大変なことなんじゃないか？」“I don’t understand the technical aspects of it, but they sorted out things like Sasuke’s hair and skin from amongst the things that they brought back with them. After all, they extracted chakra from it since then. Wouldn’t sorting through it be difficult?”「気の遠くなるような作業だと思います」“I think that seems like overwhelming work”

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RAWEnglishサクラは言った。だが、おそらく暗部はやったのだ。その作業を。Sakura said. However, this was the work of the ANBU.サクラは、あのときの終末の谷を思い出してみる。Sakura tried to remember that time at the Valley of the End.戦いが終わり、ナルトとサスケは崩壊した巨像の上に横たわった。When the battle ended, Naruto and Sasuke were laying outstretched on top of the crumbled, enormous statue.サクラは二人の腕を治療し、カカシはそれを微笑みながら見守っていた。While Sakura was treating both of their arms, Kakas.h.i.+ was smiling while attentively watching over them.そして、新時代への希望を感じながら、あの谷をあとにした――And then while feeling a sense of hope towards the new era, they left that valley behind them――その谷に、暗部の者たちが降り立ったのだ。サクラたちが去ったあと。And then the ANBU personnel descended upon that valley. It was after Sakura and her comrades had left.彼らは土を削り、岩の破片を拾い集めた。サスケの「痕跡」を求めて――They removed some of the soil and gathered fragments of the rocks. They were searching for ‘traces’ of Sasuke――それがもし現実に行われたのだとしたら、その作業の隠微さに、サクラは不快の念しか覚えない。If they a.s.sume that was how they really operated, then Sakura felt nothing but an unpleasant sensation towards the obscurity of their work.「でも、暗部はサスケくんの偽者をあちこちで目撃させて、なにがしたいんだろう…？」“But I wonder what do the ANBU want to do…..what’s with having the imposter Sasuke-kun being sighted in various places? ”いのが言った。Ino said.「それはボクにもまだわからない。だけど、もし暗部が、今ボクらが話しているやり方でサスケの偽者を作ったのだとしたら……カカシ先生」“I don’t understand that yet either. But if it’s the ANBU, what if we a.s.sume that they used the method that we talked about in order to make an imposter Sasuke….Kakas.h.i.+-sensei?”と、サイはカカシに顔を向けた。Sai spoke as he turned to face Kakas.h.i.+.「ボクを襲ったやつらが、尾獣のチャクラをまとっていたことの説明がつくかもしれません」“Perhaps this explains how the guys who attacked me were cloaked in tailed-beast chakra. “「それはつまり、暗部が人柱力が個人情報物質を集めて、そこから尾獣のチャクラを取り出したってことか？」“In other words, the ANBU gathered materials that had the individual information of a Jinchuuriki. And so they produced tailed-beast chakra from it?”「可能性はあると思いませんか？他者のチャクラを身にまとう、という点で二つの事件は共通しています」“Don’t you think that’s a possibility…That someone can cloak themselves in another person’s chakra? That’s a common point between the two incidents.”「いつもキドの横にいるマギレって男は医療忍者だ。キドの命令で、あるいはそういう技術を研究していたとしてもおかしくはないな」“The man who’s always beside Kido is the medical ninja Magire. It’s possible that he’s under Kido’s command, and it wouldn’t be strange if they were even trying to research that sort of technique. “「ちょ、ちょっと待ってよ。二人だけで話さないで」“Wa- wait a second. You haven’t even talked about the two of them”いのが割って入った。サクラも話が見えず、混乱する。Ino interrupted him. Since Sakura hadn’t heard about the story either, she was confused.「あの、尾獣のチャクラって、どういうことですか？」“Umm, so about the tailed-beast chakra…What do you talking about?”「ああ、すまんすまん。えーと……どう説明したらいいかな」“Ah…excuse me…Well, I wonder how I should explain it...”カカシは頭をかいたあと、パンと手を打った。After Kakas.h.i.+ scratched his head, he clapped his hands together with a ‘pan’ sound.「あ、とりあえず、君たち三人、今から同じチームね」“Ah, well first of all…the three of you will now be on the same team.”「え？」“Eh?”「へ？」“Heh?”サクラといのがきょとんとすると、サイが冷静に言った。Sakura and Ino looked blankly at him. Then Sai calmly spoke:「確かに、ボクたちが追っている敵は同じである可能性が高い。だとするなら、情報を共有して、チームとして動いたほうがいいかもね」“Certainly, it’s very likely that we’ll be pursuing the same enemy later on. In that case, we better operate as a team and share information”

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RAWEnglish「敵……って？」” So what about…the enemy?”サクラが聞くと、サイが言った。Sakura asked about it, and then Sai responded:「暗部の積木キド。そしてマギレ。ボクは今、この二人をマークしている」“It’s the ANBU’s Tsumiki Kido. And then there’s Magire. I’ve marked both of them down for now”大名と御意見番の襲撃事件を調べていたカカシとサイは、有力な容疑者としてこの二人に行きついた。Kakas.h.i.+ and Sai had investigated the incidents where the Daimyo and the Honourable Council were attacked. They decided that the two of them were plausible suspects.襲撃事件は、暗部への予算の増加を狙った自作自演である可能性が高く、また、サイは調査の過程で、刺客に狙われた。その刺客が、尾獣のチャクラをまとっていたのだという。As for the attack incidents, there was a high possibility that they were used as a charade in order to increase the budget for the ANBU. In addition, while Sai was in the process of investigating them, a.s.sa.s.sins had been aiming at him. Those a.s.sa.s.sins were cloaked in the tailed-beast chakra.「尾獣のチャクラ……」“Tailed-beast chakra….”サクラが呟くと、いのが言った。As Sakura muttered, Ino spoke up:「じゃあ、キドたちは、終末の谷でナルトの個人情報物質も集めたのかな？そこから九尾のチャクラを抽出して…」“Well…So it seems that Kido and his comrades went to the Valley of the End to gather materials that have Naruto’s individual information too? And then they extracted the Kyuubi’s chakra…”「でも、ボクを襲ったやつらがまとったチャクラは、尾が一本だけだったけど…」“But as for the guys who attacked me who were cloaked in chakra, they only had one tail….”「尾の数は関係ないかもしれないわね」“Maybe there’s no correlation to the number of tails?”サクラが言った。Sakura said.「ナルトも、最初の頃は、封印の解ける段階によって、現れる尾の数が違っていたし」“Even around the beginning for Naruto, it was according to the extent that he loosened his seal. So the number of tails that would appear were different”「いやー、いいね、そうやって打ち合わせしてる感じ。即席チームだけど、うまくいきそうじゃない」“Well~ I think having this kind of arrangement is fine. Since it’s just an impromptu team, it shouldn’t go too well, right?”カカシが、場にそぐわない呑気なことを言う。It didn’t match the circ.u.mstances well, but Kakas.h.i.+ was speaking freely.「からかわないでくださいよ、先生」“Please don’t make fun of us, sensei”いのが言った。Ino said.サイも続ける。Sai continued.「そうですよ。それに即席と言っても、ボクとサクラは元々同じ班だし、いのと組むことにも全然不安なんてありませんよ」“I see. Although you said that it’s impromptu, Sakura and I were originally on the same team. But I’m not even worried at all about working together with Ino.”ね、いの、とサイに声をかけられて、いのの顔が一瞬赤くなった。‘Right, Ino?’ Sai called out to her, and then Ino’s face turned red for an instant.「そ、そうよね！楽勝よ！」“Th- that’s right! It’ll be an easy victory!”いのの気持ちを知るサクラは、くすりと小さく笑う。Since Sakura understood Ino’s feelings, she giggled and smiled a little.「いやいや、冷やかして悪かった。……ま、本音言うとさ、俺もお前らと混じって外で動き回りたいんだけど、こういうのつけるようになっちゃうとね、それもなかなか」“Nono~ Sorry for making fun of you…Well, what I meant is that I want to join the rest of you and move around outside. But instead, it seems that I’m wearing something like this (and working on other obligations)”カカシは言って、火影の笠をつんつんと触った。そして、顔つきを引き締めて続ける。As Kakas.h.i.+ spoke, he touched he conical Hokage hat gently. He then stiffened his features and continued:「今回の事件、容疑者として追うべきは、もちろんキドとマギレだが、一方で暗部の独断を許してきた俺にも責任の一端はある。その点については、お前たちにも申し訳なく思っている」“As for this incident, the suspects that you should pursue are Kido and Magire, of course. But on the other hand, I allowed the arbitrary decision about the ANBU. So I’m partly responsible. So in that regard, I even feel sorry for you guys”

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RAWEnglishサクラたちはカカシの顔を見返した。Sakura and her comrades stared back at Kakas.h.i.+’s face.カカシは続けた。Kakas.h.i.+ continued.「俺は暗部という組織のあり方を早急に見直すつもりだ。外で動き回れないぶん、俺はそっちに知恵を絞る。だからキドとマギレのほうは、頼んだぞ」“I’m planning on immediately reviewing the current state of things regarding the organization of the ANBU. Since it’s not apparent externally, I’ll think hard about that. So that’s why I’ll entrust the part about Kido and Magire to you guys”サクラたちは、「はい」と同時に答えた。Sakura and her comrades simultaneous replied with “Yes, sir!”(--Line Break//Scene Change--)(--Line Break//Scene Change--)「猪鹿蝶ならぬ、いの・サク・サイの急造チームね」“We won’t be the Ino-s.h.i.+ka-Chou. We’ll be the impromptu team: Ino-Saku-Sai”いのが言った。Ino said.「語呂悪くない」”It doesn’t sound bad”サクラがつっこんだ。Sakura retorted:「語呂が悪いくらいいいよ。チームワークさえよければ」“It just sounds weird, but it’s okay. As long as our teamwork is good”サイがうなずいた。Sai nodded.火影室を出た三人は、とりあえず木ノ葉病院の屋上に場所を移して、これからのことを打ち合わせた。The three of them left the office of the Hokage. First off, they changed locations to the rooftop of Konoha’s hospital. They then arranged their plans for later.「ボクは引き続きキドの行動を監視することにする」“I’ll continue to observe Kido’s behavior for a while”「私たちは……どうしよう？やっぱり、ザスケくんの偽者のほうを調べればいいかな」“As for us….what should we do? It’s as I thought, I think we should investigate Sasuke-kun’s imposter”いのが言って、サクラを見た。As Ino spoke, she looked at Sakura.「そうね。ただ、暗部が本当にサスケくんの個人情報物質を集めてたのか、その辺り、もう少し裏をとったほうがいい気もする。今のところ、サイが情報屋から聞いた話だけだもんね」“That’s right. But if the ANBU really did gather material with Sasuke-kun’s individual information on it….We should consider those areas and look into the underside of it a bit more. For now, it’s just a story that Sai heard from his informant. “「そうか。でも、裏をとるって、どうやって」“I see. But how are we going to look into the underside of it?”「私、思ったんだけど、暗部がサスケくんの髪の毛や血液を集めていたとして、それを探しに行った場所って、終末の谷や、あの橋以外にもあるような気がするの」“I thought about it, but since the ANBU tried to collect Sasuke-kun’s hair and blood…We should go and search those areas. The Valley of the End, and also that bridge….I seem to have a hunch about it.「他の場所にも調査に入ったってこと？」“Are there other places to investigate?”サイが聞いた。Sai asked.「そう。チャクラの抽出に使う髪の毛や血液は多いに越したことはないと思うの。てことは、いろんな場所からそれを集めてたんじゃないかな」“Mm. In order to extract chakra, I think that they should have used a lot of hair and blood. So they would have went to various places to gather those things, right?”「たとえばどこ？」と、いの。“But where, for example?” said Ino.「里の外まで範囲を広げちゃうと、私にもわからない。だけど、里のなかに限れば、すぐに浮かぶのはサスケくんの家。あとは、南賀ノ神社とかね」“If we extend the scope to as far as outside the village, even I’m not sure about it. But if we restrict it to within the village…Sasuke’s home immediately comes to mind. Afterwards, there’s places like the Naka Shrine.”「うん、まあ、その二か所は有力かもね」とサイ。“Mm. Well, those two places might be plausible” said Sai.

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RAWEnglish「より新しいサスケくんの髪の毛ってことなら、家より南賀ノ神社のほうが、暗部が行った確率は高いかも」“If it’s newer hair from Sasuke-kun, it’s probably more likely that the ANBU went to the Naka Shrine rather than his home. “サクラがそう言うと、Sakura said so.「んー、でも、どうだろー」“Mm…but what should we do?”いのが腕を組んで宙を睨む。Ino folded her arms and stared off into s.p.a.ce.「わざわざ髪の毛探しに、そんなとこ行くかなー。終末の谷でサスケくんの血液を採取するっていうのは、まあ持ち帰れる公算が高いと思うけど、南賀ノ神社でサスケくんの髪の毛を探すとなると、さすがにそれは難しいんじゃ……」“Especially if we’re searching for hair…I guess we should go there? At the Valley of the End, they collected Sasuke-kun’s blood. Well, I think that there’s a high likelihood that they can bring it back from there. But as far as searching the Naka Shrine for Sasuke-kun’s hair, it’s expected to be difficult, right…. “「探しに行って、なければないでいいのよ。でも、最低一度は調べに行ってると思うの。時期は、大戦のすぐあと」“It’s fine if we go and search for it, it must be there. I think that they should have gone to investigate it at least once…just immediately after the Great War. ”その時期、南賀ノ神社の近くで、暗部を見かけた者はいないか、聞きこみをしてみるのはどうだろう、とサクラは提案した。At that time, perhaps no one would have seen the ANBU near the Naka Shrine. Sakura suggested that was when they seemed to have gathered it.「もし見たって人がいたら、少なくとも状況証拠にはなるわ」“If there was someone who saw them, at least there would be circ.u.mstantial evidence.”「オッケー。やってみましょうか」“Okay. Let’s try and do it”いのが同意したことで、三人の動き方は決まった。Since Ino agreed to it, the three of them had then decided on their activities.「定期的に会ってお互いの情報を交換しよう。どんな小さな証拠でも、集めていけばそれはキドを追いこむことになる」At regular intervals, let’s would meet up with one another and exchange information. No matter how trivial the evidence, continue to collect it. It’ll go into the pursuit of Kido.”サイの言葉に、サクラといのはうなずいた。Sakura and Ino nodded as they heard Sai’s words.急ごしらえのチームだが、ともかく動き出した。Even though they were an impromptu team, they began to operate anyway.動けるのはいい。部屋で悶々としているよりも、ずっと気が楽だ。サクラは思った。It was good that they could work together. Instead of endlessly worrying in her room, her mind was now always at ease. Sakura thought about it.それに、Besides,――サスケくんのために動ける――I can do it for the sake of Sasuke-kunサクラにとって、そう思えることは大きかった。As for Sakura, that was huge thing that she could think about.

//End Translation.

//Section 1 completed.

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