Promote the theory of threat to Konoha, why Kirigakure brings Hide!

Chapter 11 Mu Shizu Sarutobi Hiruzen

Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third Hokage of Konoha Village, has been in office for more than ten years. He cannot be said to be working hard, but he can definitely be called conscientious.

When the Second Hokage was killed in Kumogakure in the First Ninja War, he took over as the Third Hokage when the army was defeated. The first thing he did after taking office was to sign an armistice agreement with the Hidden Cloud Village, and then led the heroes of Konoha to defeat the invading enemies on various battlefields.

In the peaceful era, he single-handedly carried forward the political system left by the Second Hokage and developed a village on the verge of ruin into the de facto number one in the ninja world. He can be said to be the ancestor of the resurgence of Konoha Village.

In addition, he is the first Hokage in Konoha Village who is not from the Senju clan. If according to the habits of his previous life, after his death, according to the rules of "ancestors have merit, clans have virtues", the temple name "Mu Shizu" must be Very appropriate.

After all, apart from being lustful and confused about Orochimaru, Naruto and Uchiha in the future, Sarutobi Hiruzen can really be regarded as devoted to Konoha until his death.

During the Nine-Tails Rebellion, his wife died; during the turmoil, his son and daughter-in-law died; he turned against his only youngest son; even his final death was on the way to protect Konoha.

It can be said that from Konoha's perspective, Hiruzen Sarutobi can definitely be regarded as a competent Hokage.

However, now this good-tempered Hokage is in a rare state of confusion.

When he woke up in the morning, he was eating hot pot and singing. Before he could sit down and relax his body with a crystal ball, he suddenly realized that his family had become the public enemy of the ninja world!

Moreover, this news was not obtained from him, but from the daimyo envoy!

Sarutobi Hiruzen's first reaction was, if it's broken, this old boy Danzo won't get into any trouble again, right?
  The second reaction is, how should I wipe this guy's ass?

After all, as the Hokage's assistant, Konoha's "Darkness of Shinobi" should be said or not, Danzo did a very good job.

During this period, Danzo was still young and powerful, and his coveting of the position of Hokage was not that serious, and his differences with Sarutobi Hiruzen were not very serious either. In addition to regularly suppressing Uchiha, withholding funds to build his own small team, and occasionally fighting with Sarutobi There was nothing wrong with Hiruzen except for playing devil's advocate.

On the contrary, as the leader of the root, he really made other ninjas in the ninja village frightened.

The current Danzo is far from the madman who installed more than a dozen pairs of eyes on his arms and fused wood escape cells in the future. Even with his handsome face, his reputation among civilians is surprisingly good, and calls for him to be chosen as the next Hokage have been endless.

So during this period, Sarutobi Hiruzen's first reaction was how to keep his old buddy.

Shimura Danzo, who was called over, also looked confused at this time.

Wocao, what did I do to me?
  After the two stared at each other and carefully understood the details of the incident, Sarutobi Hiruzen confirmed that it was indeed not Danzo's fault.

"It's rare! Apart from you, there is someone in the ninja world who can use such vicious tricks..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but marvel at this, as if his eyes had been opened.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who had not yet seen the impact of public opinion, actually did not react much to this. To him, this matter seemed serious, but anyone with a discerning eye would know at a glance that the information in it was all fabricated.

Especially like the fact that Konoha Village's military expenditure is 50 billion, the number of standing ninjas is 50,000, the number of jounin is 5,000, etc. If he in Konoha Village had this strength, no one else would need to tell him, he would definitely send troops to wipe out Yunyin Village as soon as possible.

Do you really think he doesn't hold grudges?

Not to mention that he secretly hypnotized the Fire Nation's famous names and manipulated the Fire Nation's political situation. It's not too funny. What can he gain after manipulating it?
  And the last title of "Fire Emperor"... Hey, what's going on with this inexplicable heartbeat?

For the time being, he suppressed his turbulent mood, and after a slight adjustment, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't take this thing seriously at all, and even had time to tease his old friend.

Unlike Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo, who had stayed underground for a long time, frowned, and he smelled the smell of conspiracy with the rancid smell all over his body.

It's the same kind of flavor.

Although he had not manipulated public opinion to kill Hatake Sakumo at this time, his natural conspirator instinct made him sense the danger behind this statement.

"Hiruzhan, it's true that this thing is a joke, but as things have developed so far, this statement has caused an uproar in the ninja world. If other ninja villages respond, especially the other four major ninja villages use this as an excuse to unite and send a message to the ninja world. If we apply pressure, it will indeed be a big trouble for us.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned for a moment. He had not expected this. Then he realized that Danzo's words were not impossible.

Not to mention the restless Ōnoki of the Kumogakure Village who has been staring at their Konoha butts and always thinking about poking them, I am afraid that he will not let this wonderful opportunity go easily.

The Shamon side of Sunagakure Village is fine, and they are not trouble-making. However, Kirigakure Village has just announced its seclusion, so it can be ignored for the time being...

"And according to my information, this rumor first spread from the Kingdom of Water, so the mastermind behind this is probably the Kirigakure Village!"

As expected of Konoha's intelligence chief, Danzo found the source of the rumors in such a short period of time.

When talking about Kirigakure Village, Danzo subconsciously remembered a piece of information.

"A month ago, the genius in Kirigakure Village just became a foreign affairs officer. A month later, Kirigakure Village made a big move. And if it was someone else's idea, I'm afraid it would have been implemented long ago. Judging from this time point, , this rumor should be personally carried out by the 'Jiyame' from Kirigakure Village."

"At the age of twelve, he defeated the ninja team led by the jounin of the Hyuga clan head-on. He still has such a mind. This Ghost Light New Moon is really a formidable young man!"

Thinking of the information about the young leader of the Ghost Lantern Clan, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but sigh.

Unlike Hiruzen Sarutobi who bemoaned Kito Shingetsu's strength, Shimura Danzo lamented that Kito Shingetsu could come up with such a ruthless plan at his age.

Just like him when he was young.

This insidious plan, this decisive execution speed, this ruthlessness that doesn't care about the consequences of the plan, how could there be anyone in this world who is so similar to him?
  "So, how should we respond?"

To deal with this method, it is natural to listen to the opinions of Danzo Shimura, the expert here.

After all, snakes have their own ways, rats have their own ways, and Danzo still has experience in dealing with such dirty tricks.

Danzo Shimura did not live up to Hiruzen Sarutobi's "trust" and quickly came up with a bunch of solutions. This includes but is not limited to fishing in troubled waters, making false claims in the east and attacking in the west.

While resolutely denying these rumors head on, they quickly created some arguments such as "Kumogakure threat theory" and "Sunagakure threat theory". The most prominent argument is alarmism.

One hundred thousand jounin from Cloud Hidden Village returned from overseas and vowed to bring peace to the ninja world; gold mines were discovered in the Earth Kingdom, and Iwagakure Village's military expenditure next year will reach 500 billion; Sunagakure Village invented a new secret technique that will hypnotize anyone who comes close ; The successive Mizukages of Kirigakure Village have faked their deaths and are planning a conspiracy to subvert the ninja world, etc.

Anyway, these ninja villages are all bad and have the strength to launch a war in the ninja world. As a lover of peace in the ninja world, Konoha is fighting against these evil elements in the ninja world in order to protect the peace of the ninja world. Don't hesitate to bear the infamy.

What stands out is the role of a tragic hero. At the same time, some rumors were spread. The reason why the Kingdom of Water was closed off was because of the discovery of the death site of the Six Paths Sage; after the recent earthquake in the Kingdom of Earth, the ninjutsu inheritance of the Koga clan, the top ninja clan in the Warring States Period, was discovered from the mountain wall; There is gold sand in the Devil's Desert of the Kingdom of Wind, and those who know it are making crazy money and other exciting information, in an attempt to distract people, especially those idle and bored nobles.

It can only be said that Danzo Shimura, this old boy, does have two skills. Even if he does not assist the Hokage and switches his career to writing novels, he will not starve to death.

After seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded with satisfaction, and was about to wave his hand to sign and authorize Danzo to do the work, but he saw that his old friend was wandering around in the world at this time, as if he had something on his mind.

"Danzo, Danzo!"

Danzo didn't suddenly wake up until he was reminded by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"You're not thinking of another conspiracy, are you?"

Seeing his old friend's appearance, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who knew his temper well, seemed to have thought of something and narrowed his eyes.

"...How is that possible! Why do you taint someone's innocence!"

"You are really thinking about it!"

Just kidding, just as he is familiar with Danzo and familiar with Sarutobi Hiruzen, Sarutobi Hiruzen also has a deep understanding of the temperament of his old teammate. After all, the relationship between the two has already reached the point where Danzo sticks out his butt and he knows when to slap it with his palm.

Danzo's reaction happened to prove this point.

In fact, Danzo was really thinking about something just now. He was thinking that since the momentum of slandering Konoha was so great now, why waste the momentum that this enemy had worked so hard to build for Konoha?
  Why not make it a real show and use this storm to secretly pressure the little ninja villages and make them obey?

Even more profoundly, you can also take this opportunity to threaten the daimyo with war.

Look at the big names, how the outside world is slandering us now!
  Why do outsiders want to slander us? It is because we are too strong that they want to unite to suppress us. This incident is just a preview.

If we give in at this time and reduce Konoha's military expenditure, wouldn't it be painful for enemies to be happy and to be close to each other?
  According to my opinion, not only should we not cut military spending, but we should also significantly increase military spending!
  When the time comes, Konoha, with its strength greatly increased, will see who dares to take the lead!

Even if the enemies unite, they will still have one, two, three, four. When the time comes, as long as we use the power of plowing the court to sweep away holes and kill the initiators, no one will make irresponsible remarks to us anymore. Such a dilemma can be solved by ourselves, isn't it? Wonderful?
  However, Danzo knew that this method was of no use to his old friend.

He has always been a steady leader and can safely lead Konoha to the top of the ninja world. How could he use such a dangerous move?

After all, the risk of this measure is too high.

If the four countries really want to make great efforts to attack Konoha, they will immediately form a coalition to outflank Konoha the day after Konoha announced a military increase. Konoha, which has not yet converted its huge military expenditure into strength, will be 100% unbeatable.

Even if the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki Uzumaki Mito is still there, he still can't beat him.

In addition, he was also afraid of arousing the suspicion of the daimyo.

After all, the current daimyo has witnessed the power of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara with his own eyes. If excessive pressure causes unnecessary seeds of suspicion in the daimyo's heart, it will also be a disaster for Konoha, which is currently in a stable situation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't dare to gamble, nor did he want to gamble. He just wants to take the steady and upright path. He doesn't know how to take it, and he doesn't want to take the crooked path.

But there is no doubt that the benefits brought by this crooked path are also huge.

"And this, isn't this the meaning of my existence... Hiruzen. You are the leaves bathing in the sun, and I am the roots buried deep in the ground."

Thinking of this, Shimura Danzo's whole heart was filled with the feeling of a tragic hero who lived in vain in the world. Konoha Village was peaceful and peaceful, and he was the only one carrying Konoha forward.

He even once again thought about the position of Hokage that might have belonged to him.

"If I had stood up and stayed to break the ranks, would the teacher have chosen me?"

This thought flashed by, and was quickly contained in Shimura Danzo's heart, as if it had never existed.

Sarutobi Hiruzen on the side was still warning Danzo, telling him not to make opinions without asking, but he was choked back by Danzo's words.

"Oh, Sarutobi, you know me. If I really want to do something, it's too late for you to say this at this time."

"you……"

Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's red face, Danzo quickly changed the subject in order to avoid further irritating his old teammate.

Knowing each other's strengths and weaknesses, he knew that as long as this topic was brought up, Sarutobi Hiruzen would definitely forget the unpleasantness just now.

"I wasn't planning anything just now, I was just thinking about Uchiha's problems."

As the topic with the most intense conflict of opinions between the two, he believed that as long as he drew Sarutobi Hiruzen's attention here, he would inevitably enter his own turn and forget what happened just now.

But unexpectedly, he seemed to have backfired. As soon as Sarutobi Hiruzen heard Uchiha's name, his suspicions were further confirmed.

"Uchiha? You still said you didn't plan anything?"

"..."

Danzo was speechless for a while. Mad, he was just thinking about the quarrel and forgot about this.

But could it be that I acted so obviously?
  I think my hostility towards Uchiha is pretty well hidden!

Danzo, who was a little annoyed, simply skipped the middle part of the argument with Hiruzen and went directly to the final part where he usually had different opinions.

"Sarutobi you will regret this!"

"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"

boom!
  "How many times have I told you! Close the door properly!"

　As we all know, the timeline of the Naruto world, especially the timeline of Senju Tobirama, is actually very confusing, although Kishimoto made it clear in the comics that Senju Tobirama should have died in the Second Ninja World around Konoha 36. During the war, Hiruzen Sarutobi came to power, but this obviously conflicted with some of Naruto's previous settings. It was a "book-eating" behavior. Therefore, combined with public perception and some ideas in the later part of the book, this book will The time of Tobirama's death is set during the First Ninja War.

　　
  　
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