This is clearly the sharp aura that permeates the air.
It can be seen that Chi Guoguo felt a sense of pressure. Faced with the moment, Danzo's breathing was slightly stagnant for the first time. Even if he has been unwilling to admit it, deep down in his heart he is still very
He knows that the personal strength of his best friend exceeds his own!
Even though his expression remained unchanged on the surface, at this moment when he felt the slightly depressing aura emanating from Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo's heartstrings tightened slightly, but only just
For one thing, as Danzo himself said, he knew the character of his best friend very well. He had done such "terrible things" back then, but in the end he still held it high and put it down gently.
Danzo was not worried at all about what Sarutobi Hiruzen would do to him. He just adjusted his mentality in a moment, and still looked unhurried. He slowly walked to his seat and sat down.
The empty sleeve on the left side, which seemed to be swinging slightly unintentionally, caught Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes.
The look in the third generation Hokage's pupils slightly changed.
However, on the surface, Sarutobi Hiruzen still looked very solemn. He leaned forward slightly and said in a slightly cold tone: "The reason why I called you three here is that you should all know. This is
Iwagakure Village sent me an inquiry, Danzo, can you explain why?"
It was obviously a deliberately oppressive atmosphere.
When his eyes turned to Danzo Shimura, Mito Kadobu and Koharu, who were sitting opposite him, both looked at Danzo with very serious expressions.
"Explain? What do you need to explain? Hiruzen, I don't understand what you mean."
Danzo still looked calm and calm, unmoved at all.
"I don't understand? Shouldn't you explain the losses of the two teams of Roots? Danzo, I have said before that any actions of Roots need to be reported to me, but what about you? You still insist on going your own way! Now there is such a big fuss.
Now that things have come to light, shouldn’t we explain them? Should we continue to hide them!?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen said sharply.
"Report? Hiruzen, have you forgotten the purpose of the original establishment of the Roots? If you have to report again and again, what should the Roots do? The Roots are the dark side of the village, the most cruel cold front in the village, any
Dirty and dark things are all handled by the roots. I just followed the previous arrangements. Is there anything that needs to be explained? What's more, this still involves the spy issue we arranged in Iwagakure Village. Feedback from before
Doesn’t the strategy of Hu Lai’s Iwagakure Village in the Land of Snow still explain the problem? I sent someone to pick up this companion, are there any problems? Hiruzen!”
When he opens his mouth, it means lying. Danzo has long practiced the ability to tell lies without changing his face. Anyway, all the people he sent out have died (if there is no news, they are dead by default, and besides, they really fell into the hands of Iwagakure Village)
Here, even if you are alive, there is no difference between being alive and dead.)
It doesn't matter what the original intention was. In Danzo's view, this was originally the most normal secret confrontation between the villages. Iwagakure just planned to use this to put pressure on Konoha!
They don't need to pay attention at all.
Sarutobi Hiruzen is making a fuss!
"Indeed, there is no problem in doing this, but the premise is that no problems can arise, especially at this juncture, Danzo, let me tell you clearly, Iwagakure Village has sent additional forces to the border of Grass Country! It can be detected
The number of personnel has exceeded a thousand! And it is still increasing! Do you understand what I mean now?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a hint of helplessness.
Danzo's expression finally changed slightly at this moment. Did he really not expect that Iwagakure Village would really go to war in such a big way? If you know that his response plan failed, that is, including the pharmacist Nonou.
Inside, all the people in the root were captured or killed by Yanyin Village. Judging from the results, Yanyin Village was the one who took advantage.
There is no reason to continue to raise the issue, right?
But they just want to do this.
"Is this a sure thing?"
Danzo frowned and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and asked in a deep voice.
Mito Kadeni and Koharu, who were sitting opposite, naturally knew about this before Danzo arrived, which is why the two of them looked so serious.
"There is no doubt about this, Danzo. This is why Hiruzen is so anxious. Our defense force in Yuno Country in the northeast has been completely suppressed by Kumo Ninja, and we may lose Yuno Country at any time.
If a fierce conflict breaks out with the Iwa Ninja at this juncture at our frontline stronghold, the consequences will be disastrous!"
Mito Kadoyan pushed up his black-rimmed glasses and said with a serious expression.
"The Fourth Ninja War is very likely to break out, and we in Konoha are 100% going to withstand the maximum firepower! So, Danzo, if you have anything to hide, you'd better tell it now! Otherwise,
, it’s difficult for Hiruzen to judge the situation!”
As Danzo said, the espionage investigation behavior between the five major countries is simply not normal. When the spies are exposed, the Ninja Village dispatches corresponding support troops. Almost all the confrontations here belong to the five Ninja Villages in peace.
In normal collisions in this era, it stands to reason that if one party is exposed and the other party detects it, this will almost never be brought to the table.
If you really want to do something with this, it also depends on the timing.
This kind of threatening behavior from Iwagakure Village made Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mito Kadeni, and Koharu have to wonder if Danzo had done something to really endanger Iwagakure Village.
Fundamental interests stimulated the nerves of the Third Tsuchikage, which is what caused Iwagakure to adopt such a posture.
The most important point is that based on the three of them's understanding of Shimura Danzo, it is really possible for their close friend to do something similar. Not to mention the Uchiha clan alone a year and a half ago.
This matter is related to the face and overall interests of the village. The three of them chose to suppress it and not talk about it. But in fact, the three of them knew very well that the reason why the Uchiha clan has reached such a strong point is that the Shimura clan
Hidden's 'credit' is the greatest.
Taking this into consideration, it was difficult for them not to doubt what Danzo and the two teams of elite elites sent out were doing about this espionage incident in Iwagakure Village.
Danzo is also a human spirit, how could he not hear the implication of Mito Kaden's words, especially when he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen and Koharu sleeping with almost similar expressions, Danzo frowned even more.
He snorted coldly and said: "How could I still hide something? I just went to pick up Nonoyu as usual, and didn't do anything more! From my point of view, this is Iwagakure Village deliberately deceiving me.
They directly lost eight elite members, and let the most important espionage personnel like Nonoyu fall into their hands!"
"Iwagakure Village is the one who benefits. In my opinion, this is a provocative behavior by Akoko from Iwagakure Village, and I seriously suspect that it must be related to the Uchiha clan, especially the Uchiha General.
Didn’t the previous intelligence show that the Third Tsuchikage trusted Uchiha Shoji!?”
It must be said that in this matter, Danzo was really wronged. Iwagakure Village would make such a decision. Although Danzo had some connections, it was not the main reason. This was still based on Onoki watching.
After my ninja village became really strong, I became more courageous!
I want to use the battle between Konoha and Kumogakure to make some preparations in advance!
Regardless of whether there is such a thing, Ohnoki will definitely find opportunities to test Konoha in the future, and this time he will use his strength to fight!
But from the perspective of Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others, this is not the case. The problem probably lies with Danzo, otherwise they feel that they cannot explain why such a thing happened!
But now seeing Danzo's determined look, the three of them looked at each other again, with a hint of suspicion in their pupils.
This is mainly because Danzo's credibility in this area is really low.
"Danzo, you have to understand that now is not the time for joking. If you really have something to say, you must say it. Otherwise, it will be difficult for us to judge the intentions of Iwagakure Village and the next situation!"
After turning to bed, Xiaochun narrowed his eyes slightly and said in an extremely solemn tone.
"Do you still doubt me!?"
Danzo clearly showed a trace of anger at this moment.
It is true that he has done some "extreme things" in the past, but weren't they all for the village!?
Just because of such trivial things, I don’t believe in myself!
This made Danzo very uncomfortable, and his expression became more and more gloomy, but it still made Mito Kado and Koharu feel a little unsure when they moved to bed. This really cannot be blamed on the two of them.
Looking at each other, Mito Monobu was about to speak and continue to say something.
"Since you said so, Danzo, then ruling out this possibility, Iwagakure is most likely planning to use this incident to test our current physical condition in Konoha!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was on top of the throne, took a steady look at Danzo and said, "Unlike Mito Kaden, who is sleeping with Koharu, just like Danzo knows Hiruzen very well, the Third Hokage also knows him very well."
Danzo, although there is no evidence to prove it, when Danzo spoke just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen had an intuition deep in his heart telling him that this time Danzo was probably not deceiving him.
!
If this is true, then we really need to think carefully about the intentions of the Iwagakure Village. We can't really just intend to intimidate Konoha, right? Such a method is too inferior, and there is no need to be at the border at all.
To further deploy so much power, there should be some temptation, but it is unlikely to be just this little!
Sarutobi Hiruzen always felt that there was something fishy going on here.
Of course, he didn't know that he was overthinking a bit. Leaving Shoji aside, Ohnoki's original purpose was really just to test Konoha's depth and see what Konoha's current attitude and situation was!
It has been almost four years since the Third Ninja War ended.
Except for the slow recovery of Sunagakure Village, which was beaten violently by Iwagakure Village last year, it is difficult to have any power to make waves. The current internal situation of the other four major ninja villages (Kirigakure Village) is not clear to the other three major ninja villages.
, naturally based on the situation just after the third war.) They all have the ability to restart the war!
Based on this situation, the Kumo ninja and Konoha are still fighting so fiercely. In the past two years or so, the fight between the two sides in the country of Yu has entered a relatively intense stage, with the number of casualties exceeding a thousand.
in the case of.
Even with the size of Konoha and Kumogakure, it is a bit painful. You must know that this is not a comprehensive war, but a local war. That is to say, the location of Yuno Country is a little too important, and the most important thing is
The main point is that they are worried that the Kumo ninja will take advantage of it. Otherwise, if they really say that taking the initiative to retreat can end this local war, Sarutobi Hiruzen may also completely withdraw the power of his ninja village from the Yuno Kuni area and destroy this area.
The ownership of the area was transferred to Yunyin Village!
Therefore, in such a situation, Onoki will definitely have ulterior motives, and Sarutobi Hiruzen will have to think more!
"Testing our attitude? Is this because our battle with the Kumo ninja in Yuno Country lasted too long?"
Mito Menyan pursed his lips and said with a very distressed look on his face.
"This should be one of the main reasons. The specifics will depend on the next trends in Iwagakure Village. The note sent by the Third Tsuchikage stated that a mission will be sent to Konoha in the near future. Even if we are still
We don’t know what the other side’s intentions are, but there’s a good chance we can find out when this delegation arrives!”
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, then changed the subject and said.
"Envoy?"
"Then it is indeed certain that the Third Tsuchikage has other intentions!"
Mito Menyan and Koharu, who went to bed, also slightly frowned at the same time, each speaking in a different tone.
Danzo, who was sitting opposite, fell into deep thought at this moment.
He had always suspected that Nonou must have hidden secrets. This is why Danzo ordered his subordinates to arrange for Yakushi Kabuto to deal with Nonou's biggest enemy after he felt that he had drained all of Nonou's value.
Here’s why!
Now the behavior of Iwagakure has strengthened Danzo's idea.
It must be that after Nonou was arrested, the Iwagakure Village searched for content related to his own village, which made the Iwagakure Village go into war. Danzo didn't believe that it was just to test their Konoha's attitude and see how they and Konoha were.
The situation between the Kumo ninjas led to such behavior!
I have to say that Danzo’s own ‘imagination’ is still very new and special!
The most important thing is that he himself still firmly believes in this. As for the possibility of Nonoyu's rebellion, Danzo uses himself to judge others and feels that it is impossible for Iwagakure Village to truly believe such a person who has leaked the secrets of his family.
A senior spy with so much information about the village, and secondly, the value of Nonou in the eyes of the "far-sighted" Danzo is really only that little, and there is no need to care whether he rebels or not.
As for the children left in the orphanage established by Nonou, the Dark of Konoha has long since forgotten them. After all, Danzo really never cared about those children he felt
It is the existence of 'ants'.
This is why in the original work, Kabuto Yakushi was able to get rid of Danzo's control so easily and join Orochimaru's command. In the final analysis, it was because Danzo was too smart and didn't really care!
This is true in the original work, and it is true in this life as well.
'It seems that further action is still needed, Iwagakure Village, Uchiha, hum, I won't let you act as you please!'
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was in the first position, didn't know exactly what was going on in Danzo's mind, he knew Danzo very well, especially after receiving the news from the ANBU directly under him before Danzo arrived.
It was also before this high-level meeting was about to end.
He looked at Danzo with very deep eyes and said: "The arrival of the Iwagakure Village envoy is something that must be faced seriously. The specific principles, Yan, are left to you to deal with, Danzo. Next,
During this period of time, you must be more peaceful, including all the personnel of the Root. I order you not to allow the Root to take any action without my permission. Next, I will let the direct subordinate ANBU monitor the actions of the Root!"
"You? Hiruzen! You can't do this!"
Different from the previous verbal warnings, which were mostly loud and clear, this time Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was really aware of the crisis, planned to take some coercive measures, and restricting the movement of roots was one of them, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen
I do believe that Danzo did not do anything unnecessary in this incident, but we still need to be on guard against what will happen next after the Iwagakure Mission arrives in the village!
The current situation in the village is already very dangerous, and Hiruzen Sarutobi will not allow the situation to get worse!
For this reason, he must restrain Danzo!
"Danzo, this is the Hokage's order, you must obey it!"
Therefore, this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen rarely retreated, just like three years ago when Minato and his wife died in battle, Naruto became the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, Danzo asked Naruto to be trained by the roots, and Sarutobi
Hiruzen flatly refused.
The Third Hokage still has his own bottom line, and he really will not allow Shimura Danzo to cross this line.
When Mito Kadeni and Koharu moved to bed, they also had an expression of "that's how it should be" and stood on the side of Sarutobi Hiruzen. The biggest difference between this life and the original work is that Shoji led the Uchiha clan to defect. This is very important to Konoha.
It’s a huge loss!
Not to mention that the overall lack of strength of the Uchiha clan is an unpredictable loss for Konoha. In that breakaway battle, the ninjas who died in the battle were already a headache for Konoha, regardless of the people who died in the battle.
The number seems to be small, but what is clear is that almost all of those who died in the battle were chuunin!
The number of jounin killed in the battle was even dozens, even though most of them were special jounin and ordinary jounin.
But he is a Jonin after all!
In addition, although he was already old, Akimichi Tifeng, who could explode with strength beyond the ordinary Kage level by taking the clan's secret medicine, was killed in the battle, which made the battle damage even more tragic!
Originally, Konoha's top combat power has been decreasing over the years. White Fang before the third war, Minato, Kushina after the end of the third war, and Orochimaru who defected, these are four super powerful Kage level.
characters, plus Tsunade and Jiraiya who left the village, this is why Konoha is becoming more and more declining!
No matter how much quality and quantity the ninjas below you have.
It can’t withstand the lack of top power!
Otherwise, take the front line of the Kingdom of Yu as an example. If this was placed before the third battle, and any Kage-level strongman except Kushina was sent there, it would definitely be overwhelming the Kumo ninja!
Konoha has entered a period of decline!
The separation of the Uchiha clan made matters worse, and the trigger for all this was Shimura Danzo.
In the original work, after all, the Uchiha clan was wiped out. Even if I didn't get it, others wouldn't get it. Now it's good, I have less of it, and others have more.
As soon as it comes and goes, the loss is multiplied!
The different development from the original work naturally caused the three people to view Shimura Danzo with different attitudes.
And faced with such a strong Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Danzo really had no way to counterattack, he could only take a deep breath and forcefully suppress the anger in his heart.
"snort!"
After snorting coldly.
Danzo also stood up immediately, then threw up his sleeves and left.
Seeing Danzo leaving the table angrily, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't say much, he just sighed secretly deep in his heart. Although Danzo did do a lot of things he shouldn't have done, his achievements were
, Sarutobi Hiruzen still kept it in mind, he always felt that Danzo was a necessary side of Konoha, and because of this, he has been tolerating Danzo.
Just hit him when necessary.
This is the balanced approach that he feels is most suitable for him as Hokage.
"Danzo, you still need to worry about it, Koharu, and Yan. If nothing unexpected happens, the delegation from Iwagakure Village is likely to arrive next week. Before that, you must be aware of it, especially
They must not be allowed to get too much information on the front line!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Mito Kadeni beside him, turned to Koharu and said.
"Well, we understand, don't worry, Hiruzen!"
Mito Kaden and Koharu also nodded in response and left the Hokage's office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to his position to write a palindrome. After all, this involves the relationship between the two major countries, and because of the existence of the Uchiha clan, the relationship between Konoha and Iwagakure is stronger than any other.
The capital of the country is subtle.
We must also take into account the current situation in the ninja world.
Sarutobi Hiruzen must choose the wording of his palindrome carefully.
Even though the focus still depends on the development and final results after the ensuing visit of the Iwagakure Village delegation, the initial surface engineering must not be ignored.
And this can be considered another way of Sarutobi Hiruzen's response.