From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

In order to eliminate his competitors, he actually wanted to kill the ninjas in the village, especially top ninjas like Hatake Sakumo, who had great military achievements, ability and prestige!

This is also something that the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, cannot tolerate.

Fortunately, Sarutobi Hiruzen never thought about passing the position of Hokage to these people...

All I can say is that these people’s efforts are doomed to be in vain!

As for the reason why Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want Hatake Sakumo to take over the position of the Fourth Hokage, it is very complicated.

Of course, there is also a little selfish motive on Sarutobi Hiruzen's part.

In Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart, the most ideal successor to the position of Hokage should be one of his three disciples!

It doesn't really matter who it is...

But he must be Sarutobi Hiruzen's disciple!

At present, the person Sarutobi Hiruzen likes the most is Jiraiya, who is difficult for anyone to predict.

Although to outsiders, Jiraiya is also out of touch and does not have a strong sense of responsibility. As for his prestige in the village and his title of the Three Ninjas, although it is not low, it is far less than that of Hatake Sakumo, Shimura Danzo and others.

But in Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion, Jiraiya also has his own advantages!

At least he is not obsessed with power, does not have a strong desire for control, and still obeys the orders of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

As for Tsunade...her personality is too strong and difficult to control.

After all, she is a woman, and she is still a little emotional. When Tsunade gets angry, she can beat even her "mentor"!

Therefore, in the position of the Fourth Hokage's successor, Tsunade was ranked last among the three ninjas by Sarutobi Hiruzen.

And Orochimaru, to be honest.

Sarutobi Hiruzen can be said to be his favorite among his talented disciples, Orochimaru.

He was born into a commoner family, with no family ties. He was intelligent but not dedicated to being a ninja... He spent the whole day doing random research. Although Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know what he was researching, it felt like he was not doing his job properly.

But...

For Sarutobi Hiruzen, it doesn't seem like a disadvantage, right?

After all, he is not that old. Although he will retire in the future, as the former Hokage, he can still continue to shine for Konoha Village for decades.

The new Fourth Hokage is young and inexperienced.

As the former Hokage and mentor, it makes sense for him to give some pointers from the side, right?

...

But when he looked at the whereabouts of Hatake Tachibana described in the second half of the intelligence scroll, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but frown.

What does Hatake Tachibana want to do?

A feeling of uneasiness suddenly surged into Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen changed his mind and thought that Hatake Sakumo was not dead after all, so Hatake Tachibana could not rebel against him, right?

Besides, with his prestige in the village and his "deep cultivation and sowing" of the Will of Fire over the years, Hatake Tachibana should not do anything inappropriate, right?

After all, isn't the will of fire encouraging everyone to burn themselves to contribute to the village?

Even if Hatake Tachibana really lost his mind, the other ninjas in the village would still support him and would never stand on the side of Hatake Tachibana. Sarutobi Hiruzen also believed in his prestige in the village.

...

Shaking his head, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't think any more and immediately continued to deal with the urgent scroll file that had to be processed today!

The main reason is that Ohnoki is a fool and is too arrogant.

They actually want to unite all the forces in the ninja world that are dissatisfied with their Konoha Village, in an attempt to destroy their Konoha?

Sarutobi Hiruzen was not afraid of the war that was inevitable for Konoha. Not to mention that the village was strong and powerful at the moment, did he really think that Konoha had no friends?

Your Iwagakure Village can form an alliance with the Kumogakure Village, but Konoha can’t?

When it comes down to it, the ninja world still puts "profit" first. The worst that can happen is that they can draw some big pie in the sky and cede some territory to other major hidden villages!

Once they defeat the Iwagakure Village and the Kumogakure Village, won’t the things they sent out be able to get them back?

When enemies come, we will fight back; when water comes, we will block it with earth. Sarutobi Hiruzen, who has already thought of a countermeasure, is not panicking. However, the workload in the past few days is indeed a bit heavy. It is almost midnight, and he has not finished his work yet and is still working overtime.

"Sigh..." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed as he processed the scroll file.

He could not help but secretly complain in his heart that it was these people who caused him trouble, Shimura Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mitomon En.

I think about how to fight for power every day...

But right now!

In the airtight room where Sarutobi Hiruzen was, all the candles were mysteriously extinguished at the same time!

The pupils of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen shrank instantly!

Sarutobi Hiruzen was about to speak and call the ninja team guarding outside the room, but the dark perspective in front of him gradually began to reverse, until there was nothing under Sarutobi Hiruzen's legs, and the table and chair he had just sat on had disappeared!

However, the Third Hokage - Sarutobi Hiruzen, nicknamed the Professor of Ninjutsu, possessed chakra of all attributes, was proficient in various types of ninjutsu, and was touted as the strongest Hokage in history by some ignorant ninjas in the ninja world. He was not at all panicked.

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that he must have been caught in an illusion by the enemy.

His face turned serious, and he made the ninja hand seal...

Chapter 45: Destroying Sarutobi Hiruzen

In this ninja world, illusion is a technique that attacks the enemy's five senses (five senses) and makes them fall into illusions.

A skilled illusion user can even manipulate the flow of chakra in the enemy's brain nerves at will. This is a fighting method that requires high intelligence and combat skills.

Generally speaking, if you want to avoid the enemy's illusions, you need to close your five senses so that the illusions cannot take effect. Of course, this trick does not work for all illusions.

If blocking the five senses doesn't work, there is another way to break those more advanced illusions.

This method is to disrupt the flow of one's own chakra, making one's own chakra in a chaotic state, making it impossible for the enemy's illusion to take effect.

Of course, this approach has both pros and cons!

When a ninja's chakra is in a chaotic state, he is usually unable to use ninjutsu. Only after his chakra is calmed down can he return to normal and continue to use ninjutsu.

As a ninjutsu professor, Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly knew these methods. He made a ninja seal to calm his mind, and then sealed his five senses one by one...

However, it is regrettable that this trick is of no use.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart sank suddenly!

The enemy's strength and number are all unknown. If he rashly disrupts his own chakra, he can only rely on physical skills to deal with the enemy.

But at this time, does he have any other choice?

The time was running out and Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't have time to think too much, but the next second!

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was making the ninja seal, stood there in a daze...

He couldn't even mobilize the chakra in his body! !

What does this mean?

At this moment, he couldn't even control his chakra and had completely fallen into the control of the enemy's illusion!

What a terrifying illusion ninja this is?

What a huge amount of Yin Dun attribute chakra is this?

Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer imagine what kind of ninja could possess such a huge amount of Yin-tun attribute chakra, even for him who stood at the top of the ninja world!

The Third Hokage of Konoha Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen! He could be controlled by his illusion so easily!

...

So what kind of ninja can possess such a huge amount of Yin-tun chakra?

Needless to say, it was naturally Hatake Tachibana who had just flown to the capital of the Land of Fire.

-

Yin Dun represents spiritual energy, while Yang Dun represents the energy of life and body.

In ancient times, Indra, the eldest son of the Six Paths Sage, inherited his father's Yin Release Power (spiritual energy). Later, the Yin Release Power was inherited by Indra's descendants, the Uchiha clan, who also inherited the Sharingan that was activated by spiritual energy.

Eventually, due to the passage of time and intermarriage with other ethnic groups, Yin attribute chakra flowed to many ethnic groups, and many types of Yin escape technique were developed among the later generations.

The power of Yang Dun is inherited by Ashura, the second son of the Six Paths Sage. He inherited his father's power of Yang Dun (physical energy, huge vitality, and strong self-healing ability). Later, the power of Yang Dun was inherited by Ashura's descendants, the Senju clan.

The Uzumaki clan, who are also descendants of Ashura, also inherited the Yang escape power of the Six Paths Sage.

Eventually, due to the passage of time and intermarriage with other ethnic groups, the yang-attribute chakra also flowed to many ethnic groups. However, most ethnic groups no longer possessed its strong vitality and automatic healing ability.

In fact, in essence, the power of Yin and Yang actually refers to the spiritual and physical energy inside the human body. It's just that before the arrival of the Otsutsuki clan, the humans on this planet had not yet mastered the methods to cultivate these two energies.

As the god of the ninja world, the Six Paths Sage of the Otsutsuki clan, both energies are too huge, which is why the descendants who inherited his bloodline are born with all kinds of special features that are different from ordinary people, with strong mental power and vigorous vitality...

At this time, after experiencing the reincarnations and accumulation of several worlds, it can be said that Hatake Tachibana has become an existence that is no less than the Sage of Six Paths.

If he had left his bloodline in this ninja world, he might have been able to create another legend of Indra and Ashura.

-

Looking at the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen who was standing there in a daze, Hatake Tachibana's spirit body slowly fell from the sky in this alien space.

"Third generation, now do you understand the gap between you and me? Think about it, do you find your calculations ridiculous? The position of Hokage... hehe."

"If I want to, let alone becoming the Hokage of Konoha Village, it wouldn't be that difficult for me to rule the entire ninja world."

As Tachibana Hatake's words fell, Tachibana's body floated in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Alas..." Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen simply closed his eyes and sighed.

Then he looked at Hatake Tachibana with a burning gaze and said:

"You are indeed not an ordinary person!"

"In fact, I discovered it from the day you were born..."

"Alas! Don't blame me! It's my fault that your elder brother Hatake Sakumo was injured. Don't worry, Tachibana. When we return to the village, I will definitely help you get justice! Severely punish the culprit of this incident!"

"For their own selfish desires, they even dared to murder the ninjas in the village! They are so bold. I don't see any will of fire in them at all! I was deceived by them before! If I had known that they were like this, I would..."

But before the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen could finish his words, Hatake Tachibana interrupted him with a wave of his hand and asked expressionlessly:

"Oh? You, Sanda, are totally unaware of my elder brother's mission this time, right? Well, I want to ask you, what are you going to do with the three people behind this incident, Shimura Danzo, Utatane Koharu, and Mito Kado En?"

Hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen only frowned and thought for a while, then looked at Hatake Tachibana's expressionless face, and after considering it for a while, he spoke:

"I will punish these three people severely! But Ju... After all, the three of them have made many contributions to the village, and they are not young anymore. Can you please see that they have worked hard in the village for so many years..."

"Hehe..." Upon hearing this, Hatake Tachibana couldn't help but laugh out loud.

Have you made contributions? Have you worked hard?

In this Konoha Village, is there any official ninja who does not work hard and risk his life to carry out missions for the village?

If you want to talk about merit, among the ninjas still alive in this generation, who else has merits as great as his elder brother Hatake Sakumo?

Just take the most difficult "S" mission as an example, his elder brother has done it more than forty times over the years!

He can be called the contemporary model worker of Konoha Village...

The remaining "A, B, C" level tasks were carried out nearly a thousand times.

Just based on the amount of tasks completed, it is estimated that it can be regarded as a world record in the ninja world.

Even with this, it’s still not better than those three old men?

Not to mention those three old guys, even you, Sarutobi Hiruzen, are no match for them!

Listening to Sarutobi Hiruzen still talking about their past "great achievements", Hatake Tachibana was too lazy to argue with him any more. He just waved his hand and suppressed Sarutobi Hiruzen's spirit body in place, making him unable to utter a word.

"Third generation, I'll give you a week to return to the village and abdicate!"

"Pass the position of Hokage to my eldest brother. As for what to do with the three of them, you don't have to worry about it anymore. You won't be able to worry about these things in the future..."

After saying this, the spirit body of Hatake Tachibana had already emitted one storm-like mental shock wave after another from all over the body, which collided with the spirit body of Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him, causing fine cracks.

Until the light in the eyes of the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was unable to move or speak, gradually dimmed and no trace of luster remained, Tachibana Hatake stopped.

...

After closing his eyes and relaxing for a while, Tachibana Hatake took the sleeping Sarutobi Hiruzen's spirit body and left this strange space and returned to the real world.

Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him whose spirit body had returned but who was still in a deep sleep, Hatake Tachibana did not stay any longer. With a hint of tiredness in his eyes, he left the place quietly.