Three days later, when Lei Luo returned to Konoha again, dismissed his team members, and walked into the dark and deep root base alone, he felt a strange sense of intimacy with this place.
Calculating carefully, Lei Luo spent more than two months in total from leaving Konoha to perform the mission to returning after completing the mission.
In the past two months, he has experienced too many things, whether it was dealing a heavy blow to Kirigakure Village, protecting the Uzumaki clan, or manipulating the coup in Uzushio Village and becoming an ally with Uzumaki Makoto.
He also met two original characters, Yahiko Konan, and accepted three "named disciples", and began to plan for the Samsara Eye and the Kingdom of Rain.
The occurrence of this series of events not only caused some invisible changes to Lei Luo's character, thinking, and ideas.
What made him feel deeply at this time was that he was approaching step by step the goal he had set a year ago.
Constantly moving forward and struggling, constantly improving his strength, makes Lei Luo sincerely happy, because this kind of life makes him feel very fulfilled, and it also makes him less and less willing to hide his true nature.
Just like at this moment, when Danzo heard the news and rushed to him, Lei Luo's first words were: "I have killed the third generation of Mizukage, and together with them, there are also two Jinchuriki of Kirigakure Village.
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"For this, I want to get corresponding compensation."
The death of the third Mizukage has spread throughout the ninja world.
As for the death of the Six-Tails Jinchuuriki, since countless Kiri ninjas witnessed him being killed by the explosion at that time, the Kirigakure Village did nothing to hide this matter.
On the contrary, the three-tailed Jinchuuriki...
Danzo thought for a while, then a trace of doubt flashed across his old face, and he asked: "The three-tailed jinchuriki is also dead? In other words, there is no jinchuriki left in Kirigakure Village?"
Realizing that Danzo didn't seem to know about this matter, Lei Luo also had some doubts in his heart:
Could it be that the Kirigakure Village concealed the death of the Three-Tailed Jinchuuriki?
But what's the point?
If you don't understand, just don't think about it. This has been Lei Luo's habit all along, so he simply replied:
"Yes, there are no jinchūriki left in Kirigakure Village."
Seeing that Lei Luo's face was extremely determined when he spoke, and due to the trust foundation of many good cooperations, Danzo almost did not hesitate at all and confirmed the authenticity of the death of the three-tailed Jinchuuriki.
"follow me."
Without saying any more, Danzo waved to Lei Luo, then turned around and walked towards the depths of the base.
Guessing that Danzo was about to pay the reward, Lei Luo didn't say anything and walked to follow him in silence.
After walking along the corridor for a while, turning a few corners along the way, going deeper underground along the slope, and passing several heavily guarded checkpoints, Lei Luo followed Danzo to the door of a damp and dim room.
Through several previous changes in direction, Lei Luo judged that this place should be the lowest level of the root base, and it must be at least a hundred meters away from the surface.
This can be analyzed from the surrounding earth and rocks that have not been covered with tiles and are still exposed in the air.
The long candlesticks scattered on both sides of the aisle and a few oil lamps mounted on the wall barely reflected the entire picture of this underground room.
The room in front of you has tight rock formations above and below it, as if it is sandwiched in the middle of dense earth and rocks.
The heavy iron door, which was about two meters high, was gray-white in color, had a strong metallic texture, and smelled like rust.
What you see in front of you feels like a deeper cave has been opened up in this dark underground space.
"This is the laboratory of the Wood Release Project, and it is also where the cells of the first Hokage that you want are stored."
Lifting his crutch and tapping the iron door, Danzo gave a brief introduction to the place.
Afterwards, he pondered for a while and did not open the iron door immediately. Instead, he turned to look at Lei Luo.
"Lei Luo, I want to know something."
The emotions contained in the words that came to my ears seemed to be different from those in the past. They seemed to be extremely serious, but also seemed to be a little complicated.
Noticing that something was not right about Danzo at this time, Lei Luo looked at him and realized that the other person's eyes were filled with a strong sense of scrutiny, and the way he looked at himself was completely different from before.
Lei Luo looked at Danzo in confusion and asked, "What's the matter?"
Taking a deep breath, Danzo did not rush to answer, but turned around first, staring at Lei Luo without blinking, and said nothing for a while.
At this moment, his eyes were almost narrowed into thin slits, his expression was focused, and his old face seemed to be emotionless, as if he wanted to see Lei Luo thoroughly.
About tens of seconds passed, and just when Lei Luo was getting a little impatient, Danzo spoke:
"Have you ever thought about...becoming Hokage?"
Danzo raised this issue so directly. To be honest, it was beyond Lei Luo's expectation. Is Danzo... going to have a showdown?
At this moment, Lei Luo thought for a moment or two and finally decided to tell the truth: "I have thought about it."
Saying that, without waiting for Danzo to react, Lei Luo spread his hands in a helpless manner and said: "However, based on what I have done with you so far, Sarutobi Hiruzen will not allow me to be Hokage no matter what."
Bar?"
Lei Luo knew in his heart that he had hidden Sarutobi Hiruzen's secrets and had not done enough to attack the Third Mizukage. He even killed two Jinchuuriki of Kirigakure Village, completely offending this great ninja village.
In this case, it seriously violates the concept of peace that Sarutobi Hiruzen has always advocated. Just think about it and you can know what kind of attitude Sarutobi Hiruzen will have towards Lei Luo.
If you want to be Hokage, maybe you just want to think about it.
certainly……
The reason why he said this at this moment was not that Lei Luo gave up the idea of becoming Hokage, but that he wanted to test Danzo...to test the position of this former friend of Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Perhaps he vaguely sensed Lei Luo's temptation, Danzo smiled meaningfully:
"Although Hiruzen is the third Hokage, his opinions play a decisive role in the appointment of the next generation of Hokage."
"But……"
At this point, Danzo changed the subject, and Shi Shiran continued: "This does not mean that you, Lei Luo, have no chance at all."
"Daiming identification, Jonin vote of confidence, and these two methods can help you achieve the goal of stabilizing people's hearts."
Lei Luo naturally knew a thing or two about the two methods Danzo mentioned, but in his opinion, these methods were just useless tricks.
As long as Sarutobi Hiruzen is alive, be it the daimyo or all the jounin of Konoha, the opinions of the Third Hokage will always be their first priority.
Lei Luo didn't think that Danzo would not know the secret behind this, but when the other party said this deliberately at this time, there must be a deep meaning, just like... there was something behind his words.
"So, what are your thoughts?"
Faced with Lei Luo's question, Danzo did not answer immediately this time. Instead, he changed the topic again and asked directly:
"Lei Luo, what do you think of Hiruzen's foreign policy?"