The Daimyo of the Land of Fire smiled faintly. He didn't particularly care whether Hiruzen Sarutobi was dead or not. If he was, they would simply appoint a new Hokage in a new place—a new dog. He wasn't worried that the new Hokage would refuse to obey him. In fact, the thought had never even crossed his mind.
After all, things had always been this way. Those ninjas, with their power far beyond that of ordinary people, were nothing but tools in the hands of powerful ordinary men like them. Who cared what happened to a tool?
Even Hashirama Senju, the so-called God of the Ninja World, had spoken to them, the daimyō, with deference and respect, hadn't he?
But he didn't like Shimura Danzō. Though he was a ninja, a mere tool, he showed the Daimyo none of the respect he was owed. Sometimes, he even spoke to him in a threatening tone.
So he had a strong dislike for Shimura Danzō.
Still, however much he disliked him, Shimura Danzō was ultimately just a ninja. His attitude was a little poor, but he was still a tool. Even if he became Hokage, he would probably still obey him like a good dog, so the Daimyo didn't take Danzō's disrespect too seriously.
But even if it didn't bother him much, he still disliked ninjas like Shimura Danzō. And now Danzō was dead, killed by Uchiha Kazuto, the new Hokage.
That had even given him a favorable impression of Uchiha Kazuto, a Hokage he had never met.
It wouldn't be long before Uchiha Kazuto came to report to him. After all, to become Hokage, one needed his approval. The reason he hadn't come yet was probably that he was dealing with matters inside Konoha.
After all, who could have imagined Hiruzen