"I intend to let Kushina completely master the Nine-Tails."
The moment those words were spoken, the office fell silent.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes widened instantly, and even the hand holding his pipe froze in midair.
If anyone else had said that, he would have had them dragged out long ago.
What a joke—
Completely master it?
That was the Nine-Tails! The embodiment of hatred! A monster that even Lady Mito had only barely managed to suppress at the cost of her life! Even she had failed to completely control it—could Kushina, a little girl, possibly do it?
The Shinobi World had never had a concept such as a perfect Jinchuriki—no, that was not entirely true.
That old monk Bunpuku had come close to that concept, but it was completely different from what Hiroki was proposing. From the sound of it, Hiroki intended to use Fuinjutsu to beat the Nine-Tails into submission!
"Hiroki, have you lost your mind?!"
Before Sarutobi Hiruzen could speak, Danzo beside him could no longer hold back.
His single eye stared fixedly at Hiroki, his voice filled with disbelief. "Do you even know what you're saying? That is the village's last weapon! Completely control it? What if it loses control? Konoha has only just stabilized, and for this tiny bit of power, you want to place the village on the brink of destruction?"
"—" Danzo took a deep breath. He wanted to continue, but perhaps realizing his voice was too loud—or that he was too emotional—he merely sighed softly.
Back when Sarutobi was in power, though he often opposed him, he had always felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen was far too conservative.
—Now, however, every one of Hiroki's policies made his blood pressure soar.
Even a radical like him thought Hiroki's policies were too radical, yet Hiroki always managed