Promoting the Konoha threat theory, and talking about the Hidden Mist Belt!

The Hokage of Konoha, the great restorer of the dynasty, the shrewd and capable "Ninja Hero," Hiruzen Sarutobi, was hiding in his Hokage office, with the curtains drawn, frantically studying a book.

"Hiruzen, have you been... lately...?"

Just then, the office door was pushed open, and when Shimura Danzo walked into the office, he saw the Hokage standing behind the desk with a red face and a bent back.

"Hiruzen, what are you doing?"

Danzo Shimura glanced at Hiruzen Sarutobi with suspicion. As his old teammate, he immediately sensed that something was wrong.

"Hehe... I'm fine! I was just practicing my hand seal speed in my room."

Hiruzen Sarutobi greeted Danzo somewhat awkwardly, inwardly cursing himself for forgetting that Danzo had the authority to enter the office without reporting.

However, seeing Danzo's increasingly suspicious gaze, and even the sharp look in his old teammate Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes, he quickly changed the subject.

"By the way, what brings you here?"

"Oh right, I came here to... no, Hiruzen, what's on your desk?"

Danzo was about to answer when he suddenly caught sight of the familiar book cover on Hiruzen Sarutobi's desk.

"So, you're actually looking at this kind of stuff in your office?"

Danzo was overjoyed. He never expected that his old teammate would be reading such a book in the serious and solemn Hokage's office. Now he had something on him.

How disgusting!

He watches it all at home!

"Hiruzen, you don't want Koharu to find out about this, do you?"

Danzo Shimura looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a sinister gaze, anticipating his response.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was sweating profusely. He never imagined that indulging in momentary pleasure would lead him to such a predicament.

However, he quickly realized that something was wrong.

"Danzo, how did you know it was related to Koharu just by looking at the cover?"

Shimura Danzo suddenly became speechless, stammering and unable to utter a word for a long time.

After a long while, he could only awkwardly scratch his head under Hiruzen Sarutobi's increasingly teasing gaze.

Yes, it's the top part.

Hiruzen Sarutobi rarely saw Danzo with this expression, and immediately teased, "Well, Danzo, I didn't expect that you, with your thick eyebrows and big eyes, would also be interested in Koharu..."

"What are you looking at?"

Just then, Koharu Tsurugi pushed open the door and saw the two of them, their bodies stiff.

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38-year-old Xiaochun is at the tail end of a woman's peak beauty period.

Years of ninja training have given her a mature charm while maintaining a beautiful figure.

Today, as always, she wore a form-fitting Jonin vest, with over-the-knee socks covering her slender legs, revealing her healthy figure. However, as soon as she stepped out, she sensed something was wrong.

As an advisor and elder of Konoha, assisting Hiruzen Sarutobi in governing Konoha, he can be said to be at the very top of Konoha's power pyramid.

In the past, when she went out, she would attract people's attention, but those gazes were always a mixture of admiration and distant respect. But today…

For some reason, they kept looking back and forth at her legs, and while they were looking at them, they would let out strange laughs from somewhere she couldn't hear them.

This left Koharu, who was in the dormitory, puzzled. She kept looking at her clothes, wondering if she had dressed incorrectly to be being stared at like that.

However, no matter how she looked at it, she couldn't figure out what was wrong with her.

So, with these doubts in mind, she went to the Hokage's office, but to her surprise, as soon as she entered, she heard Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura discussing her.

"What are you looking at?" Xiaochun asked curiously.

What to look at?

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo Shimura, hoping this sneaky guy could come up with a solution. But perhaps because the scene of one woman and two men was too familiar, just like a certain plot in the book, he suddenly realized that his old teammate's eyes kept unconsciously glancing at Koharu Utatane's legs.

"Danzo, what are you looking at?" Koharu Utatane, who had already sensed something was wrong, turned around abruptly and caught Danzo red-handed.

Danzo gave an awkward smile, unsure how to respond.

He can't exactly answer, "Can I need?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura exchanged a glance, finding themselves in an unusually awkward situation.

Chapter 64 Fire Country Daimyo: Hiruzen, I want to learn ninjutsu!

"You two are disgusting!"

Xiaochun, who was turning over, gripped the book tightly in her hand, her pretty face flushed with anger, her chest heaving, and her slender knuckles turning pale white from the force, as she clenched the pages into a ball.

"Especially you, Danzo! I never thought you'd watch this kind of stuff too!"

Koharu Utatane angrily rebuked Danzo Shimura.

She never imagined that one day she would be betrayed in a book. Moreover, the person who betrayed her was none other than her closest comrade-in-arms, especially since this comrade-in-arms seemed to have some ulterior motives in real life as well.

"And you, Hiruzen!" Koharu Utatane turned her head again and glared at the embarrassed Hiruzen Sarutobi. "I will report everything that happened today to Biwako without missing a word. I'm going to question her properly about how she disciplines you on a daily basis!"

Despite Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura's attempts to conceal it, she had already sensed something was amiss and was not so easily fooled. She had already spotted the book on the desk in Hiruzen Sarutobi's shifty eyes.

Thus, the scene described above occurred.

"Cough cough, Koharu, calm down. All of this must be a conspiracy by that inherently evil Hozuki clan brat. It has nothing to do with us. I was just discussing the deeper meaning with Hiruzen."

In a moment of panic, Shimura Danzo came up with a brilliant excuse.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes lit up, and he quickly nodded frantically in agreement.

"Oh? Is that so? Then tell me, what's the deeper meaning behind this?"

Koharu, however, did not believe it. The naked gaze that Danzo Shimura had just given her was particularly unfamiliar to her. She had never seen such an expression in the eyes of her old teammate.

"However... this also proves that I am still quite attractive!" This thought flashed through Koharu Utatane's mind.

"Ahem, Hiruzen, you tell us." Shimura Danzo was speechless. His words just now were just a pretext; how could he possibly come up with any deeper meaning?

It can only be said that Hiruzen Sarutobi in Saint Mode is indeed quick-witted, coming up with a reason in the blink of an eye.

"Ahem, we were just discussing that, firstly, it's already clear that this was done by that kid Hozuki Shingetsu, right?"

"But have you noticed a problem? The intensity of this publicity campaign is much weaker compared to the past?"

"It's become much weaker?" Koharu Utatane frowned, trying to keep up with Hiruzen Sarutobi's pace.

"Not bad." Seeing the two nod, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly sorted out his thoughts, and his speech became more and more fluent. "Don't you guys feel that this propaganda offensive is quite different from that kid's previous style? That kind of one-hit kill, like a scalpel, precisely attacking weaknesses?"

Koharu nodded; this action was indeed strange.

This method of spreading rumors is actually quite childish. Apart from making Xiaochun and others feel embarrassed and annoyed, it doesn't serve any other purpose.

In this day and age, the fact that a leader has questionable personal conduct is not a big deal for the Hokage. Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't be affected by just a couple of simple rumors.

"Compared to the previous well-planned propaganda offensives, this propaganda achievement feels very rushed, as if it was a last-minute, forced counterattack," Hiruzen Sarutobi summarized.

"You mean, this weak counterattack is more like a deliberate act of revenge by Hozuki Shingetsu against us for making the internal strife in Kirigakure public?" As a master of conspiracy theories, Shimura Danzo gradually caught up with Hiruzen Sarutobi's meaning.

"Hozuki Shingetsu's retaliatory action was probably intended to show the world that he was not affected by the infighting in Kirigakure and that he still had the ability to manipulate public opinion in the ninja world at any time. However, what he did not expect was that this demonstration of revenge would expose his weakness."

Shimura Danzo recalled a piece of information he had received earlier, which further confirmed his suspicions. "That's right, the Mizukage has already cut funding for Hozuki Shingetsu, so he's just bluffing."

Xiaochun nodded, having fully understood what her two old teammates meant.

"If that's the case... it seems that Kirigakure is truly on the verge of internal strife!"

"Therefore, we really don't need to be so vigilant about Kirigakure," Hiruzen Sarutobi concluded once again.

"So what are you planning to do about this?"

Koharu Utatane raised the book in her hand, her pretty face as cold as ice, and asked Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Are you really going to just let this go? You'd better order all of these things destroyed right now!"

"Actually, I think it's necessary to learn about the enemy's propaganda methods... I promise I'll destroy them completely!" Seeing Koharu Utatane's increasingly cold gaze, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly made this promise.

Soon, Hiruzen Sarutobi's last disciple, Fugaku Uchiha, received a strange order.

"Combating pornography and illegal publications?"

Looking at the order in his hand, Fugaku Uchiha, unaware of the details, immediately began a market crackdown with his security team.

However, just as Hozuki Shingetsu had thought, ordinary people always have great interest in the private affairs of important figures, and this interest is often directly proportional to the level of prohibition.

With such a grand and enthusiastic slogan, those who had read it became even more convinced of some of the contents of the erotic book, while those who hadn't read it were itching to take a look.

As a result, these prohibited products spread like wildfire throughout the village.

Hozuki Shingetsu's important goal, Hiruzen Sarutobi's lecherous behavior, was finally accepted by the villagers of Konoha.

It wasn't just Konoha Village; with the help of other ninja countries who loved to watch the drama unfold, Hiruzen Sarutobi, as Hokage, became infamous throughout the ninja world.

Based on Hiruzen Sarutobi's pioneering and unprecedented approach to certain areas, some well-meaning individuals prematurely bestowed upon him the title of "Perverted Sage"—it's perfectly reasonable that someone like him could be a sage even when making sushi.

As this trend spread throughout the ninja world, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly received a notification that the Daimyo had dispatched an envoy to visit Konoha.

"Lord Hokage, please dismiss everyone else. Lord Daimyo has important matters to discuss with you."