Looking at the all-too-familiar Konoha gate that was still under repair, Tsunade also felt a little melancholy. He hesitated for a long time without stepping in. He thought he would never come back here again, but he didn't expect...
Land of Hot Water The fate of that small fishing village on the border will sooner or later spread throughout the world - the day when he gets tired of playing in this world.
That's what he said, and he will definitely do it and he can definitely do it! Tsunade has this kind of intuition, a strange intuition of believing that the other party can do it.
Suddenly, Tsunade lowered his head and sneered. If that was the case, why would he come back? If the end of mankind is destined, why would he come back?
"Damn it...!"
Tsunade cursed in a low voice, and then tightly grasped the necklace on his chest.
There must be something going on!
It must be something (belief) hidden in your subconscious that you abandoned before!
Grandpa...
Nawaki...
Break...
What should I do...
Just when Tsunade couldn't bear it anymore and was struggling, the sound of not-so-fast footsteps and a man's breathing suddenly came from behind him.
plop...
When Tsunade turned around, he saw a dusty middle-aged man of medium stature lying on the ground with a letter in his hand. The man's weak state at this time was also caused by being on the road for a long time.
"Hey, what's wrong?"
"Entrusted... entrusted..."
The man used his last bit of strength to lift the letter in his hand, and then rolled his eyes and made no sound.
"Hey! Cheer up!"
Tsunade, sensing that something was not right, hurried forward and knelt down to check the man's condition, but... it was too late!
With the foot power of an ordinary person, he had chased the man who had traveled countless miles. Judging from his face, he had neither eaten nor drank a sip of water for at least a week!
"Really, it's like forcing me to go see that old man."
Tsunade couldn't bear it, so he finally accepted the power of attorney that the man was supposed to hand over to Konoha. However, he did not open it to see the specific task entrustment. He just took out the 10,000 taels of task reward inside.
Nearly two months have passed since that night of Nine-Tails' Rampage.
Because Nine-Tails' Rampage, as the trigger, caused a large number of incidents that needed to be handled in a timely manner, the senior management also defaulted to letting Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was most familiar with Konoha's affairs, to temporarily handle it, in order to allow Konoha to survive this most difficult period!
At present, although Nine-Tails' Rampage's influence on the village is still there, the situation has become much more stable. Therefore, regarding the issue of the next Hokage, the four top leaders of Konoha also summoned all the jounin and held a meeting.
The theme of the meeting is about the selection and election of the next Hokage, as well as voting and appointment.
The Konoha jounin who was summoned below were chattering among each other, but no one raised their hands first to put forward their own suggestions, especially the jounin of the Uchiha Clan.
Under the leadership of the current clan leader Fugaku Uchiha, all of them looked cold and held their hands, silent as old dogs. After all, this kind of thing basically had nothing to do with them, they were just here to show their attitude and make a name for themselves.
Standing above the high platform are three Hokage consultants including Hiruzen Sarutobi and Root of Konoha Danzō.
Danzō Although his face is expressionless, he is strategizing in his heart. His arrangements are very thorough without any omissions, and there are quite a few Jonin who he has colluded with!
After a while, as long as he recommends himself, with the approval of the jonins he has arranged to take the lead, the other jonins will definitely respond one after another!
With my qualifications, in addition to Hiruzen, there are also Jiraiya and Tsunade who are not in the village. Who else can I take the title of next village chief? You will definitely win!
The village chief takes turns, come to my house today!
As he was thinking about it, the corners of Danzō's mouth slightly raised unconsciously, but after noticing that he had accidentally exposed his secret joy, Danzō quickly showed a serious face again.
However, such a small and momentary change in expression was noticed by Hiruzen Sarutobi who was standing aside. He knew exactly what his old friend wanted to do all day long.
Hiruzen Sarutobi is also a little helpless. Being urged by Danzō today made this meeting really feel like forcing the palace.
Who to choose? Who can you choose in this situation? In this case, only the Konoha ninja whose reputation can rival Danzō at this time can do it! There are some outstanding ninjas from the same period of the Fourth Generation and the next period, but their qualifications are too young and their reputation is not enough.
However, apart from the three consultants including himself, there is only one Orochimaru who can rival Danzō in reputation in the village.
Orochimaru Orochimaru, the village chief assigned him.
After thinking about it, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who felt that he would have to retire a few years later, also made up his mind that his old bones could still shine for Konoha, and he must not let the people arranged by Danzō and Danzō go up!
Koharu Utatane was the first to speak down, "Ahem, please be quiet. Now we will start the selection of the successor of the fifth generation Hokage. Please speak freely."
A Uchiha Jonin standing behind Fugaku also immediately wanted to raise his hand to recommend his clan leader, but then he was stopped by a look from his clan leader.
Nine-Tails' Rampage Just passed by, the higher-ups are still doubting us, but you still want to recommend me? Why did you get kicked in the head?
Uchiha Clan's jounin all remained silent, no one spoke, and the other jounin also lost their voices at this time. Look at me and I look at you. Who can you recommend at this time?
And generally speaking, at this time, the upper management has already selected a few candidates, and then just waits for the Jonin to vote. Today there is an extra cutscene.
Looking at the silent Jonin below, Danzō also knew that this meeting had reached the second stage, so he took half a step towards the railing and cleared his throat before getting ready to speak.
However, what Danzō didn't expect was that the old guy Third Hokage actually took a whole step forward at the same time, seemingly wanting to speak first!
hateful! Danzō cursed bitterly in his heart, but he didn't panic too much. As long as Hiruzen said that his old man was in trouble again, he would refute the other party by saying that Hokage was incompetent for Hokage's position after the other party once gave it up!
"We have no choice but to do so. These are extraordinary times, so..."
As he said that, out of the corner of his eye, Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly spotted the overly familiar and nostalgic figure with only a quarter of his back exposed at the entrance to a certain side corridor!
"...Fifth Hokage I recommend one of Sannin"
Hearing this, Danzō breathed a sigh of relief. He originally thought that the other party wanted Laoji Fufeng, but he didn't expect that he would recommend Orochimaru. In this way, it would be no different from becoming Hokage himself!
"...Princess Tsunade."
Hearing this, everyone present was a little confused, not only the jounin below who had not received any news of Tsunade's return to the village, but also Danzō and the other two consultants in the stands.
Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi in disbelief.
This was not the arrangement when we just had a small meeting behind Danzō's back!
Tsunade, who originally just wanted to entrust the task to Third Hokage and leave, frowned and stood up proactively when he heard this.
I happened to come across a conference, and then I happened to be discovered and called out. I was really drunk.
Tsunade was about to speak but was beaten to the punch by Koharu Utatane who had already come to his senses.
"Next, please ask the Jonin to vote by a show of hands."
"Stop talking to yourself!"
Tsunade said unhappily, each of these old guys is more sophisticated than the last, it is obvious that they want to deny themselves the opportunity to force Hokage's position over their heads!
"I'm just here..."
Before Tsunade finished speaking, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who knew that Tsunade had to do some ideological work after returning, interrupted Tsunade at the right time and said with a smile to the jounin below who were paying homage to Tsunade.
"In short, today's Fifth Hokage election has come to an end for the time being. The official Fifth Hokage election will be held in three days. Danzō, what do you think?"
Looking at the old man who finally turned away to ask for his opinion, Danzō At this moment, there are many MMPs who only dare to say in their hearts, how careless!
"Well..." Danzō, who was helpless in his heart, could only nod calmly in the end.
Looking at the old men and women who had their own thoughts, Tsunade also felt disgust and contempt from the bottom of his heart, but he didn't say anything.
Although it was an accident, I couldn't refute the reputation of these people in front of all the jounin, so I just shied away from it and that was it.
After all the Jonin left one after another, Tsunade announced his intention to come. He held the envelope between his two fingers and was about to open his mouth when he realized that the power of attorney in the envelope had slipped to the ground.
"I didn't come back because of boring things like that, I just picked up someone, and by the way..."
Tsunade, who bent down to pick up the power of attorney, had not finished speaking when the few words of the power of attorney that accidentally passed by the corner of his eye made him stop talking and his eyes widened unconsciously!
Assassination commission——
Assassination target: Danzō Shimura.
Height: 170
Weight: 52.7kg
Identity: Leader of Konoha Root.
Ability: Elite Jonin level, the blindfolded right eye is suspected to be Sharingan.
Preferences: Young children of both genders.
Remuneration: 100,000 yuan (10,000 yuan is a deposit, and the remaining remuneration will be paid upon completion.)
"What's wrong? Tsunade?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi also put on a very kind expression and walked towards Tsunade to ask questions with concern, knowing that Tsunade was still thinking of Konoha in his heart.
This time Tsunade came back is a good opportunity. I have come back several times before, but every time I would not take the initiative to see myself. This time I can take the initiative to see myself and talk to myself. Although my tone is not good, I have great hope of staying!
"I met the mission client at the entrance of the village, so I helped him bring him in..."
Tsunade didn't know how to complain, so he could only discuss the matter and casually gave the entrustment to Third Hokage.
"Just a commission? Where's the money?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi pretended to be confused and half-joked, but then he couldn't laugh anymore after seeing the content of the commission, and his expression instantly became serious.
Also with solemn expressions were Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado who had just walked together with Third Hokage. They both saw the content of the commission, especially the eye-catching words on the right eye that might be Sharingan!
"Danzō, wait a moment!"
Koharu Utatane, who knew that he had to make the first move, also turned around at the right time and called out to Danzō who was about to leave.
"Can I look at your right eye for a moment?"
Hearing the sound, Danzō's heart skipped a beat. The soldiers he sent out to investigate whether Tsunade had a tendency to return to the village. Could it be that the dead soldiers who could attack him if they had the opportunity to betray him?!
impossible! Absolutely impossible! Those soldiers sent out to die are loyal to themselves!
At this time, Homura Mitokado also responded with a serious tone, "Danzō! Nine-Tails' Rampage Where were you that night?!"
Listening to the conversation between several people, Tsunade was completely confused, but he didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing.
"You can handle your own matters, I'll leave first. Speaking of which, is the orphanage now under the name of Root? If that's true, I suggest you change it to another department."
After that, Tsunade turned around and left straight away, but at this moment Hiruzen Sarutobi called out to Tsunade and asked, "Don't worry, Tsunade, did you encounter any special encounters when you came back this time?"
Hearing the sound, Tsunade thought of a certain man, and was filled with shame and anger, but in the end he still suppressed his shame and anger and said without looking back, "Except for being assassinated twice by well-trained wandering ninjas. Goodbye, old man."
After hearing Tsunade's answer, the three old foxes including Hiruzen Sarutobi had already sketched in their minds a plan that Danzō had set up to become Hokage.
First, Uchiha was framed by the fourth generation, and then Tsunade, who although not in the village, may threaten his Hokage position...
"Hmph!"
At this time, Danzō turned around and snorted heavily, asking, "What do you mean?"
"Don't worry about him, show your right eye! Danzō!"
Koharu Utatane's tone was slightly more serious, and the eyes he looked at the other party were full of some kind of warning. This kind of information was not true or false, but it was not impossible!
"Nine-Tails' Rampage I was in Gen that night, and Root people will testify for me."
"Who doesn't know that Root is your one-word source!" Koharu Utatane retorted, "And, I'll say it again, show your right eye! Danzō!"
The furious Danzō finally hit the floor heavily with his crutch and shouted those two words with deep emotion!
"Hiruzen!"
Years of tacit understanding made Hiruzen Sarutobi realize that the other party's right eye was definitely Sharingan, but he didn't dare to confirm whether the other party was the culprit who released Nine-Tails in the first place.
In order to become Hokage, destroy half the village and get rid of Fourth Hokage. The other party... might actually do this kind of thing!
Shinobi World's pacifist——Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the tense three people and smiled and said, "Well, calm down, Danzō, I've seen you recently You're a little tired, so just take a rest at home. I'll arrange for someone to take care of you. If you need anything, just let me know. Root will be left in charge of my old Anbu."
"Hiruzen! You are not Hokage now! What qualifications do you have..."
"Don't you think so?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi suppressed the smile on his face and looked directly at Danzō with his small eyes.
It is true that I have been tolerating Danzō, but this time I have hit my real bottom line that cannot be crossed!
Even if he attacks himself, he may be able to forgive the other party, but for the sake of Hokage's position, the other party actually kills the village and the younger generation! This must not be tolerated any longer!
Danzō, who had already understood something from the old man's eyes, could only say angrily, "Hiruzen, Fourth Hokage's matter has nothing to do with me!"
"Don't think too much, have a good rest at home, zero, one, send Danzō home."
"Hi!"×2
Looking at the two Anbu ninjas who suddenly appeared in front of him, Danzō also knew that he might have really fallen into trouble this time, and it would be difficult to see the light of day in a few months...