Even though there is still a lot of work to be done after the war, the disappearance of a powerful enemy is always a blessing.
When Shikamaru and Uzumaki Naruto followed the team composed of Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Haiichi, and Akimichi Choza back to the village, and Shikamaru finally killed Nagato, and the news came out that they had won, the Konoha ninjas and
The ordinary villagers all breathed a sigh of relief, and some villagers who didn't know that Jiraiya had died even cheered.
However, this result is not what everyone in Konoha Village expected.
At the beginning of Nagato's attack on Konoha, Danzo Shimura took the opportunity to gather the ninjas who were following his orders, including the ninjas who were still secretly serving the "root", as well as some forces within the ANBU. There were many of these people, and they all
Hiding in the underground base with Danzo.
Danzo waited for the news with his followers. His ambition to become Hokage had been suppressed for decades. After three Hokages succeeded to the throne, he could no longer wait.
He no longer wanted to rely on the so-called fame and the support of the villagers to become Hokage by his own means. Having placed Uchiha Itachi in "Akatsuki", he knew the strength of these rebellious ninjas. Since he dared to attack Konoha Village,
He definitely didn't come here to die.
This is Konoha Village, and both Tsunade and Jiraiya must go all out to fight against the enemy and protect Uzumaki Naruto, but with Akatsuki's strength, I am afraid that even if they win, it will only be a tragic victory.
A ninja village, especially a ninja village that attracts the attention of all parties, cannot be without a leader. Konoha Village has just been attacked, and even beaten at the doorstep. The news cannot be concealed. At this time, whether it is presiding over the work of the village or dealing with other external forces
, there must be a backbone to maintain the confidence of the Ninja Village, and a weak Hokage with bandages on his body will definitely not be able to do it.
Danzo Shimura's face was calm, but it could be seen from the hands tightly grasping the cane that he was not calm. What Konoha Village needs now is a tough Hokage, and this is his chance.
After the Konoha Village suffered this disaster, making concessions to the outside world would not solve any of the problems. Instead, it would expose its weak nature. However, if it shows a tough attitude to the outside world when its own strength is insufficient, it will inevitably appear to be harsh and inwardly weak.
Even though Shimura Danzo's reputation in the ninja world is not good, he can still be regarded as a powerful and powerful one. The most important thing is that as long as you have heard of his name, you will not be unclear about his political stance and that of the fighting sect, unless you are iron-clad.
He must be determined to go against the Leaf Village, otherwise no one would be willing to easily provoke the Leaf Village under the rule of Shimura Danzo. This is external.
Internally, as one of the five major ninja villages, being attacked twice within three years, even within the village, both the Fire Nation daimyo and the people of Konoha would definitely feel disgraced.
Few daimyo and ordinary villagers who don't know much about the construction of Ninja Village will understand the policy of preserving one's strength and cultivating talents formulated by the Third Hokage. Most people will think that this is a conservative policy headed by the Third Hokage that is too restrained, so that it is dismissed.
People despise.
This will also become one of the reasons for Shimura Danzo to attack Tsunade and put himself in power.
The underground base was a bit dark. Danzo Shimura, who had most of his face hidden in shadow, smiled slightly and felt that his success rate of succeeding as Hokage was not low.
This complacent attitude reached its peak when the news came that Jiraiya and Tsunade were not enemies. However, when his subordinates reported the news of Shikamaru's return to the village to him, it was like someone poured cold water on his head.
"Nara Shikamaru won the victory and returned to the village with Uzumaki Naruto."
Listening to the subordinates wearing ANBU masks reporting the situation, even with Shimura Danzo's ability to control emotions, he could no longer hide the anger on his face.
Shimura Danzo's eyes narrowed subconsciously. He knew that if he missed this opportunity, his chance of becoming Hokage would be very slim!
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After defeating Nagato, although the war has come to an end, it does not mean that the villagers of Konoha can relax.
Post-disaster reconstruction is the top priority, even if Shikamaru used "White Magic. Natural Birthday" to protect Konoha Village so that Konoha would not be almost razed to the ground by the super "Shinra Tensei" of Heaven like in the original work.
But many buildings were also damaged, especially the central area where the two men fought, which has become ruins.
The casualties of ninjas and villagers in the village are much less than in the original work. However, before Shikamaru returned to the village, Pain's six paths of causing chaos still caused some casualties. Nowadays, most of the ninjas in Konoha are engaged in busy rescue work.
Sorting out the disaster-stricken areas and treating the injured are not simple and very tedious tasks.
Because many villagers' houses have been destroyed and there are many injuries, many tents have been raised in the village. Kato Shizune walked all the way, listening to the moans of the patients and the voices of the medical ninjas giving urgent orders to their assistants, and how moody they were
Feeling a little irritable.
After Tsunade heard the news of Jiraiya's sacrifice, she fell into a coma. Although Kato Shizune was worried about her physical condition and did not want to leave her side, she still thought about what Tsunade had done to her before.
Came to the tent area.
Kato Shizune came to a tent standing in a slightly remote corner at the edge of the tent area, with two ANBU ninjas standing outside.
Shizune knew that their characters were responsible for monitoring the targets in this tent, but most of the ninjas in Konoha Village, including these two ninjas, knew that the targets in this tent really wanted to leave. Now inside Konoha
No one can stop him at all.
Anbu ninjas who can get to work immediately after the war are basically people worthy of Tsunade's trust. Kato Shizune handed the certificate to one of the ninjas, and the other ninja did not embarrass her, and only let her in after a brief inspection.
Kato Shizune sighed in her heart. The other party was just showing off. The task of these two ninjas was to "monitor", and that was just "monitoring". She had received news before that many people had been here.
Sure enough, when Kato Shizune opened the tent cloth, everyone in the tent almost immediately cast their eyes on her. Nozakura and Tenzo had followed Shikamaru out of Konoha, although they had not yet decided
Although he was a rebellious ninja, he was inevitably viewed differently by some Konoha ninjas. At this time, he relieved himself of his work tasks and came to Shikamaru.
Shino Aburame, Kiba Inuzuka, Hinata Rimu, Tenten, Naruto Uzumaki and others were either in the same class as Shikamaru or had good relationships with them, not to mention the companions who came to visit Shikamaru and return to the village at this time.
Kato Shizune's eyes swept across several people and landed on three young people, two men and one woman.
Yamanaka, Akimichi and Nara... As expected, Kato Shizune frowned slightly. The looks and hairstyles of these three clans have their own characteristics, and their family crests are clearly sewn on their clothes. She knew their identities at a glance.
Except for the older Tenzo, including the young representatives of the Inar, Deer, and Butterfly clans, everyone in the room at this time can be regarded as the most outstanding group of ninjas among the younger generation of Konoha Village, but in this tent
They are just guests, and compared to their hosts, their achievements are really insignificant.
Shikamaru, who was sitting directly opposite the door, had a calm expression, but it didn't make people feel cold or arrogant. He was sitting on an ordinary wooden chair that was the same as everyone else, but even based on his feelings, Kato Shizune couldn't
He would not be able to distinguish the priorities in the tent. As the representative of the Inar, Deer, and Butterfly clans, or as Tenzou is older than Shikamaru, he is now willing to be his foil. Everyone in the room commented on the strong aura that no one could think of.
To its right.
Kato Shizune could somewhat understand the mood of everyone in the room subconsciously lowering their posture. As long as he had seen with his own eyes the scene where the super "Shinra Tensei" competed with the towering tree summoned by "Natural Birthday" when the battle between Shikamaru and Tendo was fierce,
It's hard not to be intimidated by Shikamaru's power.
"Sister Shizune." Shikamaru's voice was unexpectedly gentle. When he saw Kato Shizune walking into the tent, he stood up and greeted her, as if he was the owner here and not a "rebel nin" with an embarrassing identity and being watched.
"Shikamaru." Kato Shizune reluctantly showed a smile. She is an excellent female ninja after all, and her mental quality is naturally not low. In addition, Shikamaru's attitude is gentle, but she regained her mental state in an instant and glanced around the room clearly.
After everyone, he said, "I have something I want to talk to you about."
"Oh?" Shikamaru saw Kato Shizune's serious expression, and his heart moved, and he nodded slightly to Rixiang Neji who was looking over.
Rixiang Neji had already noticed Kato Shizune's obvious action of sweeping towards everyone, and knew that the two of them had something to talk about, and Shikamaru was not willing to chase people away personally, so he stood up and said: "Konoha Village is in urgent need of manpower now.
, I think it might not be good for us to chat here anymore."
As soon as Ri Xiang Ningci's words came out, the other people couldn't stay any longer. Although a few smart people knew Ri Xiang Ningci's intention, they didn't point it out and left with everyone.
Kato Shizune watched these ninjas leave one by one. She would not underestimate these young people. Their strength was only one of them. What she wanted in the end was their potential.
Aburame Shino, Rimukai Hinata, Inuzuka Kiba, plus the three representatives of Inogacho, as well as Ino and Choji who are still outside. These young people may be the most powerful ninjas among the younger generation in the clan.
, represents the future of the clan, or if the parents are important people in the clan or even the head of the family, the power represented after death should not be taken lightly.
As far as Kato Shizune knew, Chiba Gen and Sarutobi Asuma from the medical class had also been here before.
If what Tsunade told him is done well, Shikamaru can successfully return to Konoha.
Combat, medical care, logistics, education, reconnaissance... The Konoha Xiaoqiang who have been under the subtle influence of Shikamaru for more than ten years have grown up. Coupled with the elders behind them, and some of the connections and reputations they have accumulated, control is out of the question, but
Shikamaru's influence now seems to be considerable, enough to penetrate into many important departments.
It seems that Tsunade-sama's idea of promising Shikamaru to become the deputy captain of ANBU was not a random thought, Kato Shizune thought.
"If you have anything to say, you can tell me, Senior Sister Shizune." Seeing the others leaving one by one, Shikamaru said to Kato Shizune.
"Tsunade-sama has fallen into a coma, and we don't know when she will wake up." Kato Shizune breathed a sigh of relief, walked into the chair next to Shikamaru and sat down, and whispered, "Before she fell into coma, she told me to find her
You, tell you something, I also want you to help her, it will also be a big favor to Konoha."
"What's the matter?" Shikamaru looked at Kato Shizune's careful manner and had some guesses, but still asked.
"When Danzo Shimura's enemies from the Akatsuki organization attacked, he secretly mobilized ANBU ninjas who were too afraid to fight and sat back and watched the enemies wreak havoc in the village." Kato Shizune looked into Shikamaru's dark eyes and said word by word, "He
He has become a cancer among the village's senior officials, and Tsunade-sama wants your help to get rid of him!"