The Situation in Two Villages

Danzo did not believe for a second that Minato and Hiruzen alone had sealed the Nine-Tails.

"Hmph, Root mobilized slowly, yet your information is remarkably well-informed. Of course the Nine-Tails was sealed by the two of us. If you do not believe it, go ask the Anbu who were there."

Danzo gritted his teeth in fury. Ask the Anbu? The Anbu were all your people—what was there for me to ask them!

Seeing that the two were about to start arguing again, the two peacemakers at the side continued trying to calm them down.

Having grown up together, their words carried some weight. Once they spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō fell silent.

"The matter has already happened. Arguing is meaningless. We should think about how to rebuild Konoha instead. Funds are far from sufficient."

Mitokado Homura sighed as he spoke.

After the war, the country's economy had already been struggling, and the funds allocated to Konoha had been reduced as well.

They had still been enough to keep the village running day to day, but then this happened.

It left Konoha's finances extremely strained.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Minato Namikaze both developed headaches at those words. Funding had always been a problem for every major shinobi village.

Shinobi villages were constrained by their nations, with most of their funding supplied by the state. If the state cut off those funds, the village's development would suffer a severe blow.

Sunagakure was an example of this.

But Shimura Danzō did not care about any of that. The more chaotic the village became, the better it was for him.

He could be said to have awaited this day for a very long time. If the Hokage came under suspicion, he could propose impeachment. With no successor in place, he could set his own