In early August, during the scorching heat, the clouds seemed to have melted and disappeared without a trace in the sky.

The damaged buildings in Konoha Village are still under construction, but since almost twenty days have passed since the attack, most of the projects are gradually coming to an end and are in the final stage.

Although there is a sultry air in Konoha Village, Konoha, which is in the middle of the Forest of Fire Country, can still bear the sultry weather. The ninjas on duty did not complain at all and worked seriously at their posts.

Be on duty to prevent the attack from more than twenty days ago from happening again to Konoha.

Not only the ninjas in the village resumed their work and became busy, but Tsunade, as the Hokage, never stopped working on her hands from the beginning.

As a Hokage, there are too many things to deal with every day, especially task delegation, which takes up almost half of Hokage's working time. In many cases, even though Tsunade knows that tasks like task delegation will soon be eliminated if it continues for a long time.

There is a huge gap in the Kingdom of Demons, but to be honest, with Konoha's current state, it is impossible to change such a 'tradition' in a short time.

Although many major events have happened in Konoha during the two or three years since she became Hokage, her main focus is still on gathering power. If she cannot even achieve this step, then this Hokage is just a subordinate.

A puppet that people support.

Furthermore, no matter how friendly you are to the grassroots, if you want to learn from your teacher, Sarutobi-sensei, and cultivate a large number of die-hard loyalists who belong to your own faction, it will take less than ten or eight years, which is simply not realistic.

And by that time... Tsunade couldn't help but smile bitterly and have a headache. At that time, she was already over sixty, and it was almost time to elect the sixth Hokage.

Regarding the election of the Sixth Hokage, in fact, some voices that are not conducive to Konoha have already begun to appear in the current Konoha Village.

For example... there is no successor.

Currently, there is not a new generation of ninja who can really take the lead in Konoha.

Tsunade doubted that she would continue to work in this position for the next twenty or thirty years.

Of course, if she can work for twenty or thirty years, she can do it. With her physical health, living to ninety is not a problem. But the premise is...before that, there will be no new turmoil in Konoha.

Looking at the confidential information compiled and handed over by the ANBU, Tsunade frowned tightly, and there was a suffocation in her chest that could not be released, which made her feel worried about the future of Konoha.

"The speed is too fast..."

Tsunade put down the document in her hand. The contents described above were basically related to the Kingdom of Demons, followed by the Kingdom of Thunder.

These are the two most powerful military powers in the ninja world today.

It is not a secret in the ninja world that these two military powers use small countries as the stage of battle and fight behind the scenes.

Among them, the Kingdom of Demons is the most important, and it has attracted a large number of small countries, forming an allied power system with the Kingdom of Demons as the core. The values ​​and ideologies of these small countries have begun to tilt towards those of the Kingdom of Demons, and even some places have begun to build shrines.

, a shrine maiden dedicated to the land of ghosts.

In Tsunade's opinion, this was more terrifying than pure military aggression.

As for the small countries that were interfered with, at least there was not much resistance at the bottom, and those who were dissatisfied were almost all the country's aristocratic groups.

Tsunade knew very well that this was the Demon Country's intention to divide the upper-lower connections between these countries and arouse conflicts between the two sides.

She no longer hides it, and is completely on the opposite side of the one-country-one-village system established by her grandfather.

Although the Ninja Village belongs to the country in name, it is actually only bordering the country's aristocratic group, because these nobles with a long tradition are the masters of the country.

But with the intervention of the Kingdom of Ghosts, the situation is completely different.

The next time conflicts break out, it won't be long.

Therefore, the idea of ​​continuing to develop in Konoha stably for twenty or thirty years is simply unrealistic.

In the first conflict, the Fire Nation organized the Fourth Ninja War.

Now the Fifth Ninja World War, according to the current strategic layout of the Kingdom of Demons, is probably not far away. And Tsunade has a hunch that the next war will not be as superficial as the Fourth Ninja World War, maybe

It's a never-ending situation.

"However, even if he knew it, it would be useless. That boy would not give Konoha such a chance... Konoha does not have the ability to initiate a war now."

Tsunade rubbed her eyebrows, worrying about this kind of thing.

Because the initiative is in the hands of the Kingdom of Ghosts, if you want the Kingdom of Fire to gain the initiative, gathering all the power is a necessary prerequisite, otherwise it will only repeat the same mistakes and increase casualties.

And if you want to gather all the power, considering Konoha's current situation, it will take several years of preparations.

When she was worried about this, Tianzang, the captain of the seventh squad, knocked on the door and walked in. When he held a thick document in his arms, he should have something important to report.

"Lord Hokage, this is something sent from Elder Danzo. Please read it."

With that said, he took the information from his arms and placed it on Tsunade's desk.

Because this document was so important, Tenzo personally escorted it.

Perhaps because of Shikamaru's relationship, the relationship between the Hokage faction and the martial arts faction headed by Danzo has eased a lot recently.

Although it was an unexpected surprise, Tsunade still did not dare to be careless and relax her vigilance regarding Danzo's thoughts.

This is a poisonous snake hiding in the shadows. Once he relaxes, he will bite him severely.

However, after opening the documents one by one, Tsunade's eyes widened wider and wider, and an incredible color appeared on her face, as if she was surprised by the contents of the documents.

"Are you sure this was sent here by that old guy Danzo?"

Tsunade closed all the documents in front of her and looked at Tenzo seriously. The surprise in her eyes has not disappeared.

Although Tenzo didn't know what was recorded in these files, he could tell from Tsunade's reaction that the information in the files was very important to Tsunade.

So, he nodded solemnly.

"Yes, Hokage-sama, this is something sent by Danzo's confidant, Aburame."

The other party is not only from the Aburame clan, but he is also a jounin who is highly trusted by Danzo. The things he escorts will naturally not be simple.

Tsunade's brows kept frowning and relaxing, going back and forth several times, seeming to be extremely confused.

"Hokage-sama, may I ask what this is..."

"There are some information about fighting ninjas. Judging from Danzo's intention, he should be planning to integrate these powers into the Hokage faction."

Regarding Tenzo, Tsunade didn't think there was anything that couldn't be said.

Moreover, if we really want to take action against the martial arts faction, we need to rely on Tenzo to lead the Anbu to execute it.

Tenzo opened his mouth slightly, and seemed to be surprised by Tsunade's words.

That Danzo elder could actually...

Tenzo's reaction was within Tsunade's expectation.

In fact, regarding the gathering of the martial arts faction, she has been waiting for the opportunity to take advantage of this powerful force, but she has never found a suitable opportunity, so she had to give up.

Now it seems that Danzo offered to help, which made Tsunade a little uncomfortable.

"That old guy Danzo, it seems that his body has really..."

Tsunade sighed quietly, thinking of something, and her eyes showed a color of complexity or worry, which made Tenzo confused.

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"I haven't been able to find any tasks to do recently. I feel like I'm just waiting around in the village. It's so boring!"

Kiba Inuzuka was lying on a cement pipe in the park, basking in the sun and complaining.

The rest of the people, such as Shino, Ino, and Choji, were leaning against or sitting on the cement pipe, listening to Ya's complaints, and at the same time taking it seriously.

Due to the tense external situation, some high-level missions are entrusted with little effort. In addition to doing some D-level missions that are not of much help to them, such as C-level and B-level missions, it is also difficult to gain experience from other tasks.

The rich ninja grabs it.

Not to mention, their leading jounin was also assigned to work in the village and was unable to go out.

As subordinates, they can only stay with him.

"Is there anything I can do? I heard that because of Sasuke's incident, the village will go to war with the Kingdom of Demons again. Looking at this situation, the village will probably be in a state of war preparation from now on."

As the eldest lady of the Yamanaka family, Ino collects information much faster than ordinary ninjas.

After all, when Sasuke attacked Konoha, some ninjas of the Yamanaka clan also suffered casualties. Although not many, many people in the family also felt resentful and dissatisfied with this member of the last generation of Uchiha who was born in Konoha.

Remove it quickly.

This made Ino feel very complicated and guilty. At the same time, she also clearly ordered herself not to interact with the other party again, cutting off the last trace of friendship.

After all, Sasuke had done such a thing, and she could no longer find any excuse to excuse him.

"But the higher authorities haven't issued such an order yet, so I might be overthinking it."

Ya sat upright from the cement pipe, holding Akamaru who was similar to himself in his arms, and expressed his opinion.

The voices in the village directed against Sasuke could not be stopped at all. Even though they, as classmates, could not bear it, they could not change anything in the face of such a situation. At the same time, the diplomatic issues with the Kingdom of Demons that Sasuke was involved in were also completely eliminated.

It exploded.

The fact that the Kingdom of Oni secretly hides many criminals in Konoha has recently been used by Konoha to launch public criticism, although it is said that the effect is not obvious.

The reason is that the famous Snow Country star Koyuki Fuka has recently made another phenomenon-level movie that has taken the market by storm, successfully taking the lead and attracting more people's attention.

"Not necessarily, it depends on what the higher-ups think. However, I think even if a war breaks out, the village's winning rate should not be high."

Shino pushed up the sunglasses on the bridge of his nose and expressed his opinion.

"Zhino, how do you increase the ambition of others and destroy the prestige of your own? If a war really breaks out, I plan to fight a big war. I heard that in a war, the speed of promotion of ninjas will be much faster than usual."

The tooth seems to be dissatisfied with the pessimistic and negative thoughts of the will.
To be continued...