Chapter 322 Sarutobi Hiruzen: I’m back, everything is back!
"Hiruzhan, what do you want from me?"

After Danzo entered the Hokage's office, he naturally saw a group of ninja clan leaders, but he didn't care.

"Danzo, give me the draft list!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen held out his hand.

There must be something wrong with the list he just signed.

"Give!"

Danzo took out the list.

Sarutobi Hiruzen unfolded the list and looked at the names one by one, his face darkened.

fake.

Because there are not many names on it, even the Yamanaka clan only has a few people, and the Aburame clan only has two names.

With this number, I believe that the major ninja clans will not refuse to give him face, so he signed before.

"Danzo, I want the real list, the real one!!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke in a low voice, like a lion about to get angry.

Ninja hero!

But one of his previous titles, although this title has been ridiculed by Dou Ping as "Ninja Bear", it is enough to illustrate his courage.

If he hadn't had this kind of courage, he would not have been able to ascend to power and suppress Danzo.

Seeing this side of his friend that he hadn't shown for many years, Danzo had no choice but to take out the real list from his arms, no matter how reluctant he was.

Without the signature of the Hokage, the major ninja clans will not obey the orders of the Root.

This is also the restriction that Sarutobi Hiruzen imposed on the Root, so when recruiting on a large scale, they need to get an order first.

Of course, if only one or two tribesmen with "dark hearts" were lured into the Root by Danzo, then they would be unlucky.

After getting the real list, Sarutobi almost fainted after just taking a glance at it.

Do you think it's a store discount?

He felt dizzy just looking at the densely packed numbers, let alone agreeing to them.

Especially the Aburame clan.

Wow! Sarutobi Hiruzen exclaimed, "Wow! A small ninja clan not only took more than half of the other ninjas, but even the clan leader was on the list. This is not called conscription, but annexation."

No wonder the usually silent and docile Aburame Zhiwei couldn't help but jump out this time.

You are trying to exterminate the entire clan, it would be strange if they don't jump out.

"Danzo, how dare you!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at his old friend. He really didn't understand how the other party dared to do this.

Doesn't he know that these little ninjas are the backbone of their Hokage system?

"Hiruzen, I'm doing this for the village!"

Danzo has a clear conscience.

Yes, he really had no selfish motives. In his heart, as long as it was for the village, he would be able to do anything, even for the Shimura clan.

Be confident!

That was Danzo’s mentality, which was why he dared to ignore these clan leaders who were obviously here to complain.

"you you!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen pointed at his old friend. Even though he was in good health, he felt a little breathless.

Although I'm used to cleaning up other people's messes, no one would betray a Hokage like you do.

"They enjoy the protection of the village, so what's wrong with them contributing to the village now?"

Danzo asked back with a cold face.

Anyway, he always plays the villain in the village, so he is not afraid of offending these ninja clans.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was so angry that he laughed.

Yes, people do have the obligation to contribute to the village, but they do not have the obligation to die for the village.

"That's enough. The Root is not allowed to withdraw personnel from the major ninja clans. This is the order of the Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want to continue talking nonsense with Danzo, so he just took a tough approach.

In terms of 'reason', he is really no match for his old friend.

"Hiruzen, you will regret this!"

Danzo protested instinctively.

As soon as he heard the other party using his status as Hokage to pressure him, he instinctively shouted this sentence.

"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen would also use this sentence to emphasize his status as Hokage. I'm back, everything is back!
When Namikaze Minato came to power, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that something was wrong.

Only now did he realize that it was because he was no longer Hokage and that he could no longer use his status as Hokage to suppress Danzo.

Now that he had suppressed Danzo with his identity as Hokage, he instantly felt relaxed all over, and even the tiredness and boredom he had felt during this period of time disappeared.

Yes, I am the Hokage, the ruler of Konoha, and nothing can stop me.

Danzo turned and left in hatred.

After enjoying the 'domineering Hokage suppressing me' drama once again, his obsession with becoming Hokage became even stronger.

As long as I can complete the operation and then remove Sarutobi Hiruzen from his position, the position of Hokage will be determined by me.

"Just wait, Hiruzen. When I become Hokage, I will tell you 10 times every day that I am the Hokage."

Danzo said this in a voice that only he could hear.

Yes, being suppressed by the other party using his status as Hokage countless times is also the reason why he wants to take the position of Hokage.

In the office!

Seeing Danzo leave angrily, the atmosphere relaxed a lot.

At least Sarutobi Hiruzen is willing to stand up for them, whether it is real or fake, it is good to have this attitude.

"Hokage-sama, those who have been taken into the Root...?"

Nara Shikaku spoke up to remind the others.

Even though Danzo came to visit in person, not everyone had the courage to refuse him in person. Some small ninja clans could only let the Root take people away.

Danzo didn't use force on the Aburame clan because of Shiwei's tough attitude.

This means that many members of the Ninja Clan have been taken away by the Root.

Now we have to find a way to rescue him.

If time goes on a little longer, with the Root's brainwashing ability, those people will be transformed into Danzo's shape.

"All clan leaders please go back first, I will go to the Root to negotiate with Danzo later!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave a seemingly comprehensive reply.

But Nara Shikaku kept his eyes down.

Because he had already heard that this was the rhythm of preparing to smooth things over.

There was no clear guarantee that the people would be brought back, and no time limit was given. If they dragged on for a while, when it was too late, the various ninja clans would have no choice but to acknowledge this fact.

However, even though he saw through this, Nara Shikaku did not dare to say it out loud.

Coming here today to "seek justice" was already the limit of Sarutobi Hiruzen's tolerance. If he continued to speak out, he would easily lose the other party's trust.

Ino-Shika-cho has always been a follower of the Sarutobi clan, and the other party will not tolerate him being a traitor.

"Forget it, the Yamanaka and Aburame clans are fine anyway!"

Nara Shikaku finally chose to compromise.

After this farce, it seemed that Danzo had lost all face, but in fact he lost face but gained something.

Because he got a large number of manpower from other ninja clans.

These members of the Ninja Clan far surpassed the orphans trained by the Root in terms of strength and potential, so it can be said that they made a huge profit.

All I can say is that Danzo may have a weird personality and be a little stubborn, but I can't really say that he is stupid.

His original plan was to maximize the benefits, that is, to recruit all the people on the list into the Root. But if he couldn't accomplish it, he could still take the backup, that is, those ninjas who were taken away on the spot because of his personal visit.

After obtaining these manpower, Danzo naturally could not sit idle, and immediately sent a large number of Root ninjas to the castle tower.

It might have been difficult before.

Since the population of the castle tower is so small, it is not a problem to monitor everyone.

But now, the population of the castle tower is over 100,000 and is still growing, so it is really not difficult to sneak in.

As for the River Country?

The roots naturally noticed it, after all, the noise was a bit too loud.

But Danzo doesn't care!
In his mind, only the five great nations are worthy of his attention. As for a small nation like the River Country, is it worthy of the attention of a great Ninja Dark?

Therefore, this is why the Root focused on the castle tower but turned a blind eye to the neighboring River Kingdom.

Unfortunately, Danzo didn't know.

Something was happening in the River Kingdom, which he paid no attention to at all.

A secret delegation from the Sand Village visits.

The two sides launched a negotiation with huge impact in the River Kingdom.

(End of this chapter)