Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the beginning

At the same time, the power to control the life and death of others is fascinating and they are unwilling to give it up.

"you……"

Danzo pointed at Menen and Koharu. He was angry at their shameless faces. At the same time, he couldn't help but blame Hiruzen in his heart. As a good friend, he didn't even get a decent position.

"What happened to us?"

Men Yan and Xiaochun smiled victoriously, and they wanted to say something else.

Snapped!

The sound of the Sandaime's palms colliding violently with the table was heard. He looked at his three friends arguing about the ownership of the Root, and did not take him, the Hokage, seriously at all. The scene of being humiliated by the two little brats of the Uchiha clan last night reappeared in his mind, and he suddenly became furious, and the aura of the Hokage burst out in vain.

A wave of anger descended upon Men Yan and Xiaochun. The smiles on their faces disappeared instantly as they felt the majestic power brought by the hero of the ninja world.

Hiruzen got angry and the two men lowered their heads, not daring to say anything more.

Danzo also lowered his head at this time, not daring to confront the Third Hokage.

"Do you still see me as the Hokage?"

The Sandai glared at the three men and continued, "We'll talk about the roots later. You guys go out first."

"Hiruzhan..."

Danzo looked up, and was greeted by the sharp eyes of the Third Hokage. He swallowed back the words he was about to say.

"You will regret this."

Throwing down the words "You'll regret it", Danzo glared at Men Yan and Xiaochun again, then turned and left angrily.

"I am the Hokage." The Third Hokage replied subconsciously.

Danzo, who had already walked to the door, paused slightly when he heard these five familiar words, and then walked out with fiery eyes.

Yes!

Hiruzen is the Hokage!

Everything is Naruto!

If only he was the Hokage, none of this would have happened today.

Just wait, Hiruzen.

One day, I will say "I am the Hokage" in front of you, and let you feel the humiliation brought by this sentence.

Danzo walked out of the Hokage's office with the flame of the Hokage position burning in his heart.

Establishing the root is only the first step.

There will be a second step, a third step, and finally he will reach the highest point step by step and become the Hokage.

Chapter 18 Family First

Not to mention Danzo's efforts to become Hokage.

In the office, Men Yan and Xiao Chun did not leave immediately.

Unlike Danzo who could just ignore Hiruzen and leave, they were the Hokage's advisors and would have to assist Hiruzen in handling things in the future. It would not be good for them if they had too much trouble with Hiruzen.

After all, their power in front of other ninjas depends on the title of Hokage, Hiruzen.

"I'm sorry, Hiruzen..."

The two sincerely apologized to the Third Hokage, saying that they had spoken hastily before and had no intention of disrespecting the Third Hokage's status.

The third generation waved his hand and said, "It's okay, you guys go out first, I want to be alone."

"Well, call us if you need anything."

Men Yan and Xiaochun retreated, and the Sandaime was the only one left in the huge Hokage office.

“Do you want to establish a root?”

The third generation was thinking in his heart. He did not completely reject Danzo's proposal. The threat of the Uchiha clan has always existed. Even if Danzo did not mention it, he would be prepared.

But... it was obvious that Danzo had always wanted to replace him, and he knew it very well in his heart.

The reason why Danzo didn't get a high-level position after he became Hokage was all because of his idea.

Why didn't Danzo get involved in the high-level Hokage positions?

It's because this guy, like the Uchiha clan, is determined to get him out of power so that they can become Hokage, so they don't give him the opportunity to climb up.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have given his good friend, who had shared life and death with him, a high-level position so that he could enjoy the benefits of his becoming Hokage.

However, after so many years, his position as Hokage became increasingly stable, and the Third Hokage felt that perhaps he could give Danzo some rights.

Besides...what Gen was about to do was destined not to bring Danzo any good reputation.

Without everyone's recognition, it would be impossible for Danzo to replace him and become Hokage.

Compared to Danzo, the Sandaime felt that the current and future Uchiha posed a greater threat to his position as Hokage.

Thinking of this, Sandai made a decision in his heart.

……

"Master Patriarch, you are looking for me."

The Shimura clan's headquarters was located on the east side of the village, close to the Sarutobi clan. At this time, in the clan's lobby, an Anbu ninja named Danqi, wearing a mask with white wavy stripes on his face, knelt in front of Danzo.

Danzo is now the head of the Shimura clan.

Although the Third Hokage prohibited Danzo from serving in the upper echelons of Hokage, many ninjas from the Shimura clan served in various departments of Konoha, and these ninjas were promoted by the Third Hokage himself.

Among them, there are three ninjas from the Shimura clan in the Anbu alone.

Due to the special nature of the Anbu, a ninja clan will generally only choose one person to enter. If there are more, the Hokage's control over the Anbu will be weakened.

Today's Konoha is essentially an alliance composed of ninja clans.

In addition to the Konoha label, the Konoha ninja also has the label of the ninja clan, and in the face of interests, the ninja label is more important.

Therefore, in order to reduce the influence of other ninja clans in Konoha on the Anbu, there will not be more than two ninja clans in the Anbu.

However, three people from the Shimura clan entered the Anbu.

This shows the third generation's trust in the Shimura clan's ninjas.

However, it is understandable that the Shimura clan and the Sarutobi clan have been allies since the Warring States Period and have supported each other all the way to this day. Their friendship is deep.

The clan leaders of this generation, Danzo and the Sandaime, are good friends who grew up together. Their relationship is much better than that of Mito Kado En, Utane Koharu and the Sandaime.

Therefore, Danzo, who is not the Hokage's advisor, can enter and leave the Hokage's office at will without anyone stopping him. Now he even called in the family ninjas working in the Anbu to question them.

"Who was that person that the Anbu brought back last night?"

It was the same idea as the two Uchiha brats last night, or rather, many people had the same idea, a person who had to be escorted back to the Anbu base by the Hokage himself, and everyone wanted to know the reason.

Danzo is no exception.

"I don't know. Last night was a very short mission by the Explosion Squad, probably less than thirty minutes. When the prisoner came back, he was sent to the interrogation room number three. The Explosion Squad is responsible for guarding him. Others are not allowed to interfere or pass on information to the outside. Those who violate the rules will be treated as traitors."

The Anbu ninja of the Shimura clan told everything he knew, without caring about the Anbu's regulations on leaking secrets at all.

In other words, compared to being treated as a traitor by the Hokage, he was more afraid of the terrible consequences of disobeying the orders of the clan leader.

After all, he was the only one who was punished for being a traitor.

If he did not obey the clan leader's orders, his entire family of five would be treated as traitors.

Moreover, he has long accepted the concept that family comes first.

So he didn't think there was anything wrong with leaking the secrets of the Anbu to the clan leader.

This is the relationship between the ninja clan in Konoha Village and the Konoha family during this period, and family is still given priority.

"It seems this person is very important!"

After hearing what the family ninja said, Danzo's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself that the capture and custody were done by the same team in order to prevent others from knowing the relevant information as much as possible.

With such a level of secrecy, it was clear that the man in interrogation room number three had a big secret, a secret that Hiruzen was very eager for.

Thinking of this, Danzo subconsciously wanted to ask the family ninja to spy on the prisoner in interrogation room No. 3.

But in the end he held back.

Now is not the time to anger the Third Hokage. No matter what secrets the man in interrogation room No. 3 has, once he forms the Root, all the secrets of the Anbu will not be able to escape his hands.

"You can go back now. Don't try to find out what happened in Interrogation Room No. 3. If you hear any useful information, report back to me."

Danzo waved his hand to send away the family's Anbu ninja, then turned and went to his study to continue to improve his Root organizational structure.

He had a feeling that Hiruzen would let him form the Root.

……

Hokage's office.

The third generation, who was dealing with official documents, looked up at the clock on the wall. There were only a few minutes left before the first class of the Ninja School would be over.

"Emi, go to the Ninja School..."

The Sandai spoke and asked his secretary Chiba Emi to call the ninja teacher of Minato's class at the Ninja School over.

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Secretary Chiba Emi walked out twisting her ripe peach buttocks under her black and purple slit skirt, attracting the third generation's eyes to follow the rhythmically swaying semicircle.

This is Naruto!

How can I give up!

The Sandaime sighed in his heart, only those who sit on the position of Hokage know the joy of it, he is already deeply involved in it, no one can take his happiness away.

Not a moment.

Chiba Emi, the beautiful and well-proportioned secretary of the Hokage, came in with the ninja teacher of Minato's class.

"Hokage-sama."

The ninja teacher looked excited, his voice even trembling a little. He looked at the Third Hokage with burning eyes and then quickly lowered his head slightly, not daring to look directly at the Hokage.

After all, this is Lord Hokage!

The third generation smiled when seeing this scene, feeling secretly proud in his heart.

This is the reason why he is confident that no matter how arrogant the Uchiha clan is, they will not be able to do anything to him, the Hokage.

He has the greatest prestige among Konoha's largest group of Genin and Chunin, and no one can approach him.

As long as this group is there, plus the support of all the major ninja clans, the Uchiha clan, huh, no matter how arrogant they are, will not dare to act against him easily.

The thought in his mind lasted only a moment. The third generation's eyes were gentle as if they could warm people's hearts, and he said: "Mumu, I called you here because I have something to inform you."

Oh my god, Hokage-sama actually knows my name!

Murasakibara was so excited that he didn't pay any attention to what the Third Hokage said. For an ordinary Chunin like him, the Third Hokage was an unattainable dream for them.

Now that the dream seems to be coming true, how can one not be excited?

"Kumure." The Sandai called out, instantly waking up Kisumure. When he reacted, his face turned red instantly. Oh my God, he was actually distracted when the Hokage was asking him questions.

Ashamed and nervous, Murasakibara quickly apologized: "I'm sorry, Hokage, I lost my composure just now."

"It's okay, don't be nervous." Sandai smiled and continued, "Kimura Yao from your class may have been upset last night because of his parents' affairs. He had some health problems and fell into a vegetative state. Now the Anbu emergency team is trying to find a solution. He may not be able to appear in school for a long time in the future."

Kimura Yao...he is not...When the Ninja teacher heard this, his brows slightly frowned, thinking that the child was fine yesterday.

The Sandai continued: "I want you to talk to Kimura Yao's classmates and tell them not to worry too much. As the Hokage of Konoha, I will not give up any of the sons of Konoha."

"Yes, Lord Hokage, I will explain it clearly to everyone." Although the ninja teacher still had some doubts in his heart, facing the words spoken by the Hokage himself, he chose to believe it.

The reason why the third generation said this was that Kimura Yo’s disappearance required a reasonable explanation, otherwise it would be bad to cause some unnecessary public opinion later.

Here.

Ninja school.

During the second theory class, the Ninja teacher explained Kimura Yao's situation according to the Third Generation's instructions.

The class was suddenly filled with voices expressing concern for Kimura Yao.

Only Minato felt a dark feeling in his heart, and some bad guesses kept flashing in his mind.