The Leaf Wants to Move Against the Senju of the Forest
"Isn't it incredible?" Danzo said calmly, holding his teacup.
"It's truly unbelievable. I never expected that the once-powerful Senju of the Forest would leave Konoha. It's quite a surprise!" Putting down the intelligence scroll, Tianqi looked at Danzo and had some thoughts in his mind.
The reason why the Senju Clan disappeared from people's sight in the original work has always been a mystery. It turns out that they moved away from Konoha. However, even if they moved away, there should still be traces of them in the Shinobi World. But the Senju Clan in the original work completely disappeared from the Shinobi World. Considering Danzo's Danzo here today, it seems that Konoha's shadow is still behind the disappearance of the Senju Clan.
"What's so surprising? The Senju Clan invested too much manpower in the two Shinobi World Wars, and not only did they not achieve any results, they also lost a lot of high-level combatants. Now that they have no backing, it's normal for them to want to leave Konoha!" Danzo explained slowly.
"Without a backer, you came here today for more than just to tell me the Senju Clan is leaving, right?" Tianqi squinted at Danzo. Although he had a rough idea, he still needed to confirm it carefully.
"Of course, why would I personally make the trip for something like this? But Konoha isn't a place anyone can come and go as they please. Tianqi, you understand what I mean, right?" Danzo's lips curled into a strange smile.
Just as I thought, Konoha is really going to take action against the Senju Clan. Tianqi looked at Danzo and asked, "What does our Third Hokage mean? Did he agree to let you take action?"
"The Senju Clan is, after all, the founding clan of Konoha. Hiruzen couldn't refuse their request to leave. As for taking action, although he didn't say it explicitly, he tacitly approved it. You know what kind of person Hiruzen is. There are some things he can't do openly, so I have to do it!"
"I can't believe he actually agreed. It's truly ruthless to attack your own teacher's family. But what brings you here today? I can't help you with this. After all, it's Tsunade's family; if I were to make a move against them, it would be... well, you know!"
Before Danzo could say anything, Tianqi directly refused. If he hadn't married Tsunade, the Senju Clan could have killed him, but now the Senju were, after all, the Sen'u clan, his maternal grandfather's family, and were relatives in a way, so there were some things he really couldn't do.
"You're being too lenient! I never said I wanted you to help me. Konoha doesn't need another Jonin you!" Danzo was speechless when he saw that Tianqi had refused him outright.
"Huh? You didn't come to ask for my help? Then what brings you here this time?" Tianqi was also very puzzled upon hearing this. If you didn't come to ask for his help, why would you give him information about the Senju? He really couldn't understand it now.
"You are, after all, the son-in-law of the Senju family. I've come to you this time hoping that you won't jump in and stop us when we make our move!" Danzo his tea, observing Tianqi's expression as he spoke.
"Me, stop you? Heh, you're completely overthinking this. What the Senju Clan has to do with me? If it weren't for Tsunade's connection, I wouldn't even give the Senju Clan a second glance. Go ahead and do it, I guarantee I'll just stand by and watch without doing anything!" Tianqi said with a look of disdain.
He genuinely disliked the Senju clan, that Senju family, whose members were all acting like they had bubbles in their heads. Even after marrying Tsunade, his attitude towards the Senju Clan remained unchanged. He could disregard the Moderate Faction Uchiha clan members, let alone the Senju Clan, with whom he had little connection.
"That's good. I thought you would object. You don't even care about your wife's family. Now it seems you're quite ruthless!" Seeing that Tianqi didn't seem to be lying, Danzo was immediately relieved. Although Tianqi only had the strength of Jonin, he definitely had some trump cards. If he hadn't agreed, this matter would have been difficult to handle. Fortunately, he agreed.
"All crows are black, and even my teacher's family can be touched. When it comes to ruthlessness, I can't compare to you two good disciples of Tobirama Senju!" Hearing Danzo's slightly mocking words, Tianqi immediately retorted with a sarcastic remark.
"Hmph! The Senju Clan is not to leave Konoha for the time being!" Danzo coldly, picked up the scroll on the table, and left. He really didn't want to bring up the matter of his mentor, Tobirama Senju, after all, it was really not very honorable to attack his mentor's clan.
Watching Danzo come and go so quickly, Tianqi's lips curled up slightly. "Little brat, when it comes to talking, Danzo, you'll never be my match, whether in the past or now. Trying to sarcastic remarks? Let's see if I don't poke at your sore spot!"
After mocking Danzo, Tianqi looked at the teacup on the table and thought about the Senju Clan. It was ironic that the Senju of the Forest clan, one of the founding clans of Konoha, was ultimately destroyed by Konoha. He wondered what Tobirama Senju would think if he knew that his clan was destroyed by his own disciple.
Thinking of Tobirama Senju, Tianqi also thought of the old man from the Militant Faction. "If the Elder knew that the Senju of the Forest, which he hates the most, was going to be wiped out, he would probably jump for joy. It's been so long since I've seen Zhan and the others. I wonder when I'll be able to go find them."
Tianqi had long wanted to visit the Small World to see the people who had fought alongside him, but unfortunately, the Small World was created by him using his Rinnegan, and now that he couldn't use his Rinnegan, no one could open the passage to the Small World, including Tianqi himself.
"Forget it, there's no use thinking about this. I can go find them sooner or later once my main body recovers!" Tianqi shook his head and dismissed the distracting thoughts.
The next morning, after Sen'u and Kushina went to school, Tianqi went alone to a small clearing in the woods Back Mountain to wait for Sen'u and the other two to come and undergo the test led by the ninja.
As for why Tianqi knew that the ninja leading the team would come to this small open space in the Back Mountain, it was entirely because of Sen'u's team leader, Jiraiya. Jiraiya, that white-haired, Pervy Sage. He returned from the Land of Rain half a year ago, and his teaching of those three brats in the Land of Rain had long since ended.
Upon Jiraiya's return to Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen quickly assigned him three Genin: Uzumaki Kushina, Minato Namikaze, and Uchiha Sen'u. Indeed, after returning to his Tianqi, Sen'u restored Chiba's Uchiha surname, since Uchiha was his true surname, and it wouldn't make sense for him to keep using the Senju Clan's name.
This open space Back Mountain is where he first met the Sannin, and also where Sarutobi Hiruzen first met the Sannin. Jiraiya would definitely choose to bring the three little ones here.
Thinking of the three brats, Tianqi's face also turned strange. Uzumaki Kushina was often brought back by the blond-haired brat. Tianqi had seen that blond-haired Minato Namikaze before, and his strength was definitely that of Elite Genin.
"With the strength of a Chunin Sen'u, plus an Elite Genin like Minato Namikaze and an ordinary Genin Uzumaki Kushina, Jiraiya the lecherous Jiraiya wouldn't dare underestimate them; he'd definitely suffer a great loss. This is going to be a good show!"
Tianqi found a large tree and hid on it, quietly waiting for Jiraiya and the others to arrive.