Chapter 320 Danzo is in action!
Hokage's office.

"Huruzen, this can't go on!"

Danzo came here early in the morning and interrupted the Third Hokage from working.

"what happened?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head.

He hadn't received any intelligence from the Wind Kingdom yet, so he was a little confused.

"Those brats actually fought off the Sand Ninjas... We can't let them go any longer, or they will definitely covet the position of Hokage!"

Danzo shared the information while also expressing his concerns.

He could tolerate other aspects, but he absolutely could not tolerate the other party coveting the position of Hokage.

In his mind, Dohei was deliberately building up his own power in order to aim for the position of Hokage.

"impossible…"

Sarutobi Hiruzen denied it subconsciously.

The other party does not have a good reputation in the eyes of the villagers, so how can he become Hokage?

"But Hiruzen, if we don't suppress them, if they try to usurp the position of Hokage, do you think we can stop them?"

Danzo was too familiar with his old friend and immediately tried to convince him from another angle.

Yes, if the villagers were allowed to choose, the other party would have no chance of taking power, but if the other party used force to take power, they might not be able to stop it.

Three shadow levels!
There were only two Kage-level figures before, but now there is another Kage-level figure from the Uchiha clan.

With so many powerful people and their power growing very rapidly, they are indeed a threat to Konoha.

Just as a country cannot have two ninja villages, the Fire Country does not allow a force with such high potential to exist.

If it were the Fire Temple and the Guardian Ninja, Konoha would be able to ignore them, but if the castle tower had such amazing potential, how could they sit still?

The key point is that this force belongs to Dohei, a rebellious guy, and his fiancée is the eldest wife of Uchiha, a hawkish family.

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer sit still.

He can give up the position of Hokage, but he cannot give this position to someone who is not a Hokage and does not have the Will of Fire.

"You're right, but now that the Yondaime and his wife have just died and the Uchiha need attention, we can't act rashly... I don't know if it would be better if Orochimaru became Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed in the second half of the sentence, but Danzo was too close so he could naturally hear it.

This also made his eyes suddenly look dangerous.

How can this work!
The position of Hokage can only belong to him, and no one can snatch it from him.

"Orochimaru's experiment has been successful. After the transplant operation, I will leave him with a stain on his body, so that he won't be able to compete with me for the position of Hokage!"

A fierce look flashed in Danzo's one eye.

Even if the other party is his partner, as long as he threatens his position as Hokage, he will take action without hesitation.

It is his responsibility to restore Konoha's glory and make Konoha great again!

Only by becoming the Hokage can he realize his dream.

"I will have the Root monitor the castle tower. Once I get evidence, Hiruzen, don't be soft-hearted!"

Danzo stated his next plan.

If we were to take action against him, he would definitely not agree, but it would be a different story if we were to monitor him.

As expected, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not express his agreement.

But there was no objection!

This means that they have tacitly agreed to this matter, and this is also the tacit understanding between them.

If something really goes wrong, he, as the Hokage, is 'unaware' of it, and can also use his status as Hokage to mediate.

"By the way, the Root suffered heavy losses, so I need to recruit people from all the major ninja clans!"

Danzo took out a list.

manpower!

In addition to being selected from orphans, the Root's personnel are also selected from the major ninja clans.

Among them, his favorite are the ninja clans such as Aburame, Yamanaka, etc. who are good at covert operations.

Ordinary orphans and descendants of ninja clans are at completely different levels in terms of talent and growth potential, so most of the strong root members are from the major ninja clans.

“…This won’t happen again!”

Sarutobi Hiruzen opened the scroll, looked at some names and signed, agreeing to Danzo's request.

The roots do need more manpower.

Unfortunately, he didn't notice the sly look in Danzo's eyes.

After getting his signature, he first came to the Yamanaka clan. After Mrs. Yamanaka served tea and left, only Danzo and Yamanaka Inoichi were left sitting opposite each other in the reception room.

"The Root needs these mountain tribesmen to serve the village!"

Danzo went straight to the point and took out the scroll with the Hokage's signature and handed it to Yamanaka Inoichi.

The Root had suffered a lot of losses due to the killings during the several base raids and the Rain Country Operation, so it was time for a major replenishment.

This opportunity is rare now, and the reason why Root let go is in order to deal with Sarutobi Hiruzen in the castle tower. Otherwise, there would be no chance for Root to reach out to these ninja clans.

"To serve the village, of course we..."

Yamanaka Inichi took the scroll and opened it, but stopped halfway through his words.

It's too much!

There are more than twenty names on it, including the names of several elites.

The problem is that their clan only has about a thousand people, and less than two hundred of them are ninjas.

If we really hand over the people according to the list above, the clan will suffer a huge impact.

Because everyone knows that once a clan member joins the Root, it is equivalent to acknowledging that the other party is dead. Now the other party wants nearly one-tenth of the number of ninjas, how can he agree to it.

No matter how afraid he was of Danzo, Yamanaka Inoichi would never compromise on this matter.

Even if they, the Ino-Shika-Chou, support the Hokage as much as they can, they can't support him like this, using the lives of so many clan members?

"Chief Haiyi, are you unwilling to obey the Hokage's orders?"

As soon as Danzo opened his mouth, a hat fell.

You Hokage-style ninjas usually get a lot of benefits by relying on your status as Hokage-style ninjas, and even monopolize a lot of industries. Now you are unwilling to work for the village. How is this possible?

"of course not!"

Yamanaka Inoichi immediately retorted that this big hat really could not be worn.

"Then let me take the person away?"

Danzo is a dog-faced person. He will turn hostile at any time and force people with a cold voice.

Yamanaka Inoichi was struggling internally.

Once he agrees, the Yamanaka clan will suffer heavy losses.

"Master Danzo, I..."

Facing the oppression of the 'Darkness of Shinobi', Yamanaka Inoichi broke out in cold sweat.

Even though Dohei dared to confront Danzo (after he had the strength), it was because he had the mentality of a time traveler, and he completely held the attitude of "don't care about life and death, just fight if you don't accept it". Let alone Danzo, he wouldn't be afraid even if the Six Paths Sage came.

But the major ninja clans in Konoha were well aware of Danzo's ruthlessness, so how could they not be afraid?

The key point is that the Hokage is standing behind the other party, so they don't even have the thought of resisting.

Now it is equivalent to letting Yamanaka Inoichi choose for himself, whether to let some of the tribe members die or let the whole tribe die. How can he make a choice?

Wow!
The wooden door of the reception room was opened and a voice was heard.

"Lord Danzo!"

The young man who came was wearing earrings and had a pineapple hairstyle, and he looked confident and calm.

It was none other than 'Konoha's Military Strategist' Nara Shikaku.

He arrived in time to rescue the situation after receiving a notification from the tribesmen in the mountains.

"If Haiyi can't make a decision now, how about waiting for him to think about it before giving us a reply?"

If it were anyone else, Danzo wouldn’t have paid any attention.

But Nara Shikaku was trusted by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and he was also the jonin squad leader and Konoha's military advisor. He might need him to assist him in the future, so he stood up and said, giving him face:

"Sure, but I hope those mountain tribesmen can report to the root as soon as possible!"

After saying that, he turned around and left.

The Yamanaka clan is just the beginning, and next he will visit the major ninja clans.

After everyone left, Yamanaka Haiyi felt relaxed all over, as if his chakra was exhausted.

At this time, Akito Choza, a man with long red hair and wearing armor, also walked in.

"Haiyi, why is that guy Danzo here?"

He received the news that Danzo was coming, so he hurried over.

There is not a single ninja clan that does not hate this Dark Ninja.

But while I hate it, I am also extremely afraid.

Because they are truly shameless and ruthless. If it weren't for the suppression of the Hokage, they, the ninja clan, would have been wiped out or crippled by them long ago.

(End of this chapter)