Inside the Hokage Building.
After finishing his official duties, the fourth generation looked helplessly at the anonymous letter on his desk.
As Hokage, he received a lot of letters, especially during the days when the Ninja School was conducting the Will of Fire education, he received dozens of letters, all of which were what the children of the Ninja School wanted to say to the Hokage.
The content of the anonymous letter in front of me is very simple. It says that in the next few months, there will be a powerful ninja attacking Konoha, and the opponent has strength comparable to the Hokage.
Originally, he would not pay much attention to such prank letters, and at most he would send someone to reprimand him.
But according to ANBU reports, they could not find the sender, which meant that the letter was sent by a ninja.
Even if it is a prank, once a ninja is involved, the nature will be completely different, just like a mission with a ninja will be immediately upgraded to B level.
Ninja is a member of the war machine, which itself represents fighting and conspiracy.
However, because he was committed to reform, he could not spare much energy to deal with this matter, so he had to keep the content in mind. No matter how vigilant he was, there would be nothing wrong.
At this moment, the third generation of the previous Hokage entered the office, glanced at the fourth generation and said, "Minato, long time no see. You've been a little irritable lately."
He came here because of the recent reform of the fourth generation. He would not openly oppose the fourth generation that he single-handedly promoted, but he also felt that the recent policy changes of the fourth generation were a bit too hasty and might encounter opposition from the old forces.
The fourth generation did not reply immediately, but forwarded the anonymous letter to the third generation.
After reading the content, Sandai frowned and asked: "Where did the content of the letter come from? Who is the sender?"
The fourth generation shook his head, the expression on his face said everything.
Seeing this, the third generation's expression gradually became serious. As the previous Hokage, he knew more than the fourth generation.
For example, Genbu was hit hard some time ago. Genbu, a dozen elite ninjas, suffered serious injuries while performing missions, and almost none of them survived.
This proves that within the ninja world, there are strong people that even Konoha doesn't know about.
The expression on the third generation's face attracted the attention of the fourth generation. After explaining something, the fourth generation was also worried about the mysterious strong man existing in the ninja world. More importantly, it happened to be the time for Kushina to give birth in the past few months.
After expressing his inner worries, Sandai smiled and comforted: "Don't worry Minato, you and I are here in the village. Jiraiya and Orochimaru will also protect Kushina. No one in the ninja world dares to cause trouble in the village."
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The third generation's relief made the fourth generation relax a lot. He was too worried about Kushina just now, so he should deal with official matters first, but he would like to spend more time with her if he has time.
"Minato, let's talk about the village."
In the following time, the third generation finally revealed his purpose and discussed the village with the fourth generation.
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Inside the root laboratory.
Danzo, dressed in black, appears here and meets Orochimaru.
Because of the darkness in each other's hearts, they had very frequent contact in private, especially after they started experiments with first-generation cells.
As the god of ninja who calmed down troubled times, the power of the first generation was fascinating, and the cells left behind were also full of magic power, with the ability to quickly divide, achieve regeneration, and even achieve wood escape.
It's just that Mu Dun's experiments always failed because the first-generation cells were too overbearing.
But when Danzo arrived today, besides the first-generation cells, there were other things.
Approaching Orochimaru's position, Danzo couldn't wait to ask: "Orochimaru, how is the wood escape experiment going? Are there any successful cases?"
Orochimaru shook his head: "The wood escape experiment is not that simple. The experimental materials have been insufficient recently and more materials are needed."
Danzo's face darkened, and he frowned and said: "It's precisely because of this incident that I came here. The fourth generation wanted to take over the root of my subordinates and reduced the funds of the root... It's difficult for me to protect myself now, let alone the funds."
Orochimaru's expression changed. He turned a blind eye to everything that happened in the village, but the funds were related to the progress of his experiment and had really affected him.
After a pause, Danzo continued: "Orochimaru, we can no longer ignore the Fourth Generation. Recently, he has placed an Uchiha ANBU next to the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, and he is still an Uchiha with the Sharingan!"
After pondering for a while, Orochimaru said: "The Fourth Generation's policy is indeed a problem, but we are not strong enough to deal with the Fourth Generation. Even if we pull him down, who will be the next Hokage?"
"Perhaps I will be able to do it by then." Upon hearing the Hokage, a gleam flashed in Danzo's eyes.
Orochimaru glanced at Danzo and said nothing. He did not want to ridicule his allies. Most of the funds for his experiments still needed to be raised by the other party.
With the funds from studying Mudun, he also did many other things.
If not, he would not have been in constant contact with Danzo, who was almost paranoid about the Hokage's position.
"Danzo, what should we do?" Orochimaru looked at Danzo and asked.
Danzo fell into silence, and he had no practical way to implement it. His roots were damaged and his source of funds was restricted. His power had dropped a lot compared to the third generation, and he was no different from other advisors and elders.
"If you don't have a good plan, please come back. I still need to continue testing!"
Orochimaru turned and walked towards the experimental platform. Although he might lose Danzo as a source of funding, his experiments must continue. He was not the only financial backer of Danzo, and some of his experimental results were also quite popular on the black market.
It's just that Danzo's identity and channels make collecting materials much more convenient and cheaper.
"Wait a minute Orochimaru, a group of village ninjas who are against the Fourth Generation have contacted us recently. We may still have a chance..." Danzo said almost through gritted teeth.
Orochimaru's attitude is always so arrogant and indifferent. If it weren't for the other party's scientific research strength, he would not cooperate at all.
Orochimaru didn't seem to be very interested in Danzo's proposal and walked straight towards the deeper parts of the laboratory.
After hesitating for a while, Danzo followed Orochimaru and entered the laboratory where the wood escape experiment was conducted.
In the laboratory, there is a child soaked in nutrient solution. They all receive transplantation of primary cells.
Compared with adults, these children have better adaptability to the first generation of cells and have a higher probability of awakening the Wood Escape.
It's just that the dominance of the first generation cells is unimaginable, and they are all the products of failures.
Danzo looked at these failed products with uncertainty, because they had let their funds go down the drain, but they still had no results.
Orochimaru even showed a sinister smile and sighed: "Danzo and the others are all test subjects who failed the wood escape experiment. You should be more careful when performing cell transplantation."
"I know this." Danzo said coldly.
At this moment, a change occurred in the deepest nutrient tank. The hard glass was broken by some foreign object and spread toward the outside.
Seeing the foreign objects gradually spreading, Orochimaru and Danzo's expressions changed.
This chapter has been completed!