When Tobirama was still the Second Hokage, he took on disciples and established the system requiring Jonin to lead Genin.
However, the system was not yet so refined in his time. He alone led six people.
They were Hiruzen Sarutobi, Kagami Uchiha, Torifu Akimichi, Shimura Danzō, Mitokado Homura, and Utatane Koharu.
Danzo had a distinctive feature: two X-shaped scars on his chin.
And this middle-aged man, nearly an old man, still had X-shaped scars on his chin, so there was a high probability that he was Danzo.
After all... several decades had passed in the Hidden Leaf Village since Tobirama Senju's death.
Might Guy: Second Hokage-sama, that is indeed Danzo-sama. I applied to join his Root Organization, but he rejected me.
Tobirama Senju: Root Organization?
Minato Namikaze: It is an organization very close to the Anbu, but it is not under the Hokage's control. Danzo controls it, and it is even independent, supposedly working for the development of the Hidden Leaf Village.
It handles espionage and all sorts of other matters.
But... based on my own experience, that may not be the case.
For example, Kitahara Kaede was found in a secret laboratory of the Root Organization.
So Danzo had been hiding things all along.
Might Guy: Huh? Something like that happened?
Minato Namikaze: Guy, you're too sunshiney.
Tobirama Senju: Huh... hearing you say that, I feel like my disciple is done for again.
Tobirama Senju had previously kept wanting to find the Third Hokage, wanting to find him, believing that his original choice of the Third Hokage might have been wrong.
But now...
Tobirama Senju: Then my disciples, Torifu Akimichi and Kagami Uchiha, they...
Minato Namikaze: The only disciples of the Second Hokage-sama still remaining are the Third Hokage-sama, Danzo, and the two advisors, Mitokado Homura and Koharu.
Tobirama Senju: I see...
Tobirama felt that everything had changed.
Minato Namikaze: But Second Hokage-sama, why did a 5.5th Hokage marker appear above Danzo's head?
Tobirama Senju: Hokage... actually, I had once considered Danzo as a candidate for Hokage. Or rather, he was the one I valued most.
Tobirama explained according to his own understanding.
Tobirama Senju: But he lacked Hiruzen's decisiveness.
Tobirama Senju: After the First Shinobi World War ended, when I went to Kumogakure in the Land of Lightning to sign an agreement, I was ambushed. At that time, I tested them, and Hiruzen was the decisive one.
But, Kakashi, I do not think what you said can be viewed so one-sidedly.
I still understand Danzo well. After all, I once thought highly of him.
So perhaps he had his own considerations.
In other words, although Tobirama Senju was disappointed in the Third Hokage, he still thought Danzo was acceptable.
And even though Kakashi and the others did not think highly of Danzo, he did not want to completely deny him either.
So everyone continued watching.
These were people from the Hidden Leaf Village.
As for Kirigakure, Mei Terumi had also come online, though all she needed to do now was enjoy the show.
She had originally thought she could persuade Kisame to return. Since Kisame was not returning, she might as well continue pretending she had no presence.
In any case, she had already latched onto Kitahara Kaede, and she felt she had done quite well.
Thus, before everyone's eyes, Danzo turned around and entered Kitahara Kaede's apartment.
"How did it feel to go out and carry out a mission?" Danzo asked.
It looked as though he had quite a good relationship with Kitahara Kaede.
But the people in the group thought that was normal. After all, Kitahara Kaede had previously come out of Danzo's laboratory.
"Average," Kitahara Kaede said. "But I do not like people breaking into my home."
"Is that so... it seems your wings have hardened. You should know that if not for Orochimaru and me, you would have been unable to awaken Wood Release."
Danzo said.
"Do not be deceived by the Third Hokage's false benevolence."
"That man is far too indecisive."
"I came this time to work with you."
"The Chunin Ninja Exams will begin soon. Do you want to join hands with me?"
"Once something happens during the Chunin Ninja Exams, the Third Hokage will certainly be unable to escape responsibility."
"I will become the Fifth Hokage, and you will be the Hokage candidate," Danzo said. "I will be the Fifth Hokage, and you will be the Sixth Hokage!"
Those words immediately stirred up discussion in the group.
Hashirama Senju: Tobirama, are you any good at this? Your disciple actually wants to fight within the village!
Minato Namikaze: This feels so familiar. Danzo-sama used to fool me like this.
Might Guy: ? Kakashi!?
Might Guy did not know that Kakashi had once been talked into assassinating the Third Hokage.
Unmarriageable Older Single Woman: Oho—
Mei Terumi could not help but speak up.
Because the conditions Shimura Danzō offered were exactly the same as hers.
As long as Kitahara Kaede came to Kirigakure, she would be the Fifth Mizukage and he would be the Sixth Mizukage.
But because she was still in office, he would first have to make do as a Mizukage candidate.
To gain some experience.
It turned out... she was not the only one who had set her sights on Kitahara Kaede.
Minato Namikaze: It seems the Third Hokage-sama is not well liked.
And at this moment, Minato was finally no longer so gentle.
He thought of how miserably his son Naruto-chan had lived.
And all of that... had been the Third Hokage-sama's [arrangement].
So if someone was willing to pull the Third Hokage-sama down, he should support it.
Tobirama Senju: ...Huh.
Tobirama sighed.
Tobirama Senju: If that is the case, then it would not matter if Danzo pulled Hiruzen down.
Tobirama Senju: Though I do not want to admit it, perhaps I really did misjudge him back then.
Tobirama Senju: I also valued Hiruzen's talent, but perhaps Hiruzen only had the qualities of a general, not a commander. And regarding his character, I misjudged that too...
If he had not misjudged him, the Fourth Hokage's son would not have suffered so much.
His disciple was unreliable. Tobirama sighed and even felt that he bore enormous responsibility.
Hashirama Senju: So we just watch Danzo pull Hiruzen Sarutobi down?
Tobirama Senju: Hiruzen is unsuitable. Danzo can only take the position. I still hold a little hope for Danzo.
Minato Namikaze: I see...
What Kakashi was thinking about, however, was the prompt he had received when he entered this group: [Sixth Hokage]. But if Danzo succeeded, then the Sixth Hokage should be Kitahara Kaede. So... why had the system indicated that he was the Sixth Hokage?
Wasn't that strange?
Just as Kakashi thought that, he noticed that Kitahara Kaede on the screen suddenly moved.
"I refuse," Kitahara Kaede said. "I am somewhat interested in the Hokage position."
"But you are not someone who can assist me."
"Haha..." Danzo suddenly laughed.
His face was the sort that never smiled, but this time, he truly laughed.
Because Kitahara Kaede had not only rejected him, but had also turned the tables and placed Danzo in the role of an assistant.
It really, truly was...
"You are quite arrogant."
"Do you really think Wood Release makes you invincible?" Danzo said.
But suddenly, a flash appeared before his eyes. Then, as the light swept across the bandages on his right hand and right side of his face, all of them burst apart.
He strained his eyes to look, only to see that Kitahara Kaede was somehow gripping a kunai in his right hand.
The flash he had seen just now was the kunai cutting across his bandages.
The bandages came undone, revealing what lay beneath them.
"Then do you think your concealment was really that good?" Kitahara Kaede said coldly.
He lightly raised his right wrist, and the kunai used to cut through the bandages shot out, sinking deeply into the concrete wall.
At that moment, Danzo's secret was exposed.
So, Third Hokage, Why Are You Old While Danzo Is Young? (Seeking Data)
Smack!
Where Kitahara Kaede's kunai had swept past, the bandages wrapped around Danzo's right arm and face immediately could no longer hold.
With a smack, every strip of bandage shattered.
And this was the secret Kitahara Kaede had said Danzo was hiding.
It truly was a secret.
After the bandages were removed, his right eye was a crimson Sharingan, and it even bore the pattern of a Mangekyo.
His right arm was a different color from the rest of his body, as though it had been transplanted.
But on that arm... there were ten Sharingan in total.
The Sharingan on his arm were not of particularly high quality, possessing only two or Three Tomoe and no Mangekyo. Yet their sudden exposure was still shocking.
Observing Kitahara Kaede? (^_-) Small Group
Hashirama Senju: Damn, can one person have so many Sharingan?
Brother of Hashirama Senju: I am deeply shocked.
Unmarriageable Older Single Woman: I am shocked too.
Honest Kisame: !
Even Kisame, who had been silently lurking, was shocked.
Minato Namikaze: I am greatly shocked.
Might Guy: That is insane! Could all the Sharingan from the exterminated Uchiha Clan have ended up on him?
It had to be said that Guy's words hit hard.
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