Another beautiful, sunny day.
Ever since the final battle ended, the Konoha F4—who had achieved the highest honor in the spy world, single-handedly crippled a massive force, and even duped the entire world—had retired in glory, carrying their achievements with them!
Especially Konoha's Darkness of Ninjutsu—Shimura Danzō. It could be said that the Navy's surrender and the Land of Grass's swift resolution of the dangers at sea had all relied on his schemes.
With one plan, he drove a wedge between the Navy's meritorious figures, turning the Navy and the World Government against one another. With another... he gathered every power across the seas and allowed the Land of Grass to dominate the ocean in a single battle!
Even the King of the Land of Grass had once publicly sighed before everyone that the Land of Grass owed its current prosperity to his dear friend Danzo!
One could only imagine~
What an immense honor that was!
It had left the four of them, including Danzo, staring at the Land of Grass with complicated expressions, their eyes seemingly filled with killing intent!
The killing intent of men ready to brave fire and water for the Land of Grass!
Of course~
What the truth actually was no longer mattered!
In any case, after that incident ended, Hiruzen and the other three began their retirement lives.
After all, they were already old. What was the point of obsessing over the truth any longer?
At that moment.
The Konoha F4 were leisurely playing mahjong in the courtyard!
"By the way, it's graduation season in the ninja world again. I wonder how many children from Konoha will enroll this year?"
"Graduation season! Konohamaru came to speak with me about that some time ago!" Upon hearing Utatane Koharu's words, the ever-kindly Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately wore a