After Minato succeeded Hokage, Konoha ushered in a rare period of peace.
The sun shone all over Konoha, and the golden light penetrated the treetops and shone mottledly on the busy villagers.
The children's laughter was clear and sweet. They chased and played in the streets, carefree, as if the haze of war had never enveloped this land.
Not long ago, Iori accidentally met Kakashi wearing Anbu clothes on a Serenity night.
Although he was wearing a mask, his silver-white hair, the short knife on his back, and only one open eye completely gave him away.
"Kakashi, long time no see, are you okay?" Iori looked at him and asked. Although he already had the answer in his heart, he still wanted to get confirmation from Kakashi.
"Sorry, senior, I still have a mission, please forgive me for not saying more." Kakashi said indifferently, his voice was calm and calm, like a pool of stagnant water, without any emotional fluctuations.
Iori did not ask any more questions, but quietly watched Kakashi's figure gradually go away.
[Minato became Hokage, Kakashi became Anbu and became like this. It seems that Rin Nohara is dead, and Naruto and Sasuke of Destiny Children should be born soon.]
[I wonder how Obito will arrange for me? Even if he is a fool, there is still Black Zetsu around to help check for leaks and fill in the vacancies, not just me, but also Shisui and Fugaku.]
[If the three of us are not lured away, Obito's plan to destroy Konoha will never be completed.]
After thinking for a moment, Iori withdrew his eyes and slowly left here.
After a long time, on the deserted street, a white figure slowly rose from the ground.
"What a man with no weaknesses at all." White Zetsu scratched his head in distress. He had been staring at Iori for a long time. Because he was afraid of Iori's perception ability, he never dared to get too close.
However, from the information obtained from the current surveillance, it appears that Iori is powerful, proficient in Senjutsu and Sealing Jutsu, and can also self-heal and teleport.
He is simply a monster among monsters, with no flaws at all. Black Zetsu even feels that even the completely victorious Madara Uchiha may not be his opponent.
Just before Madara died, he wanted to attack Iori and take him to hell, but Black Zetsu tried hard to dissuade him.
They were worried that Iori would use Sealing Jutsu to seal Madara's soul during the battle, causing the subsequent resurrection plan to fail.
"It seems that we can only find a way to lure him away. Fortunately, he is not Hokage. Fortunately, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō have never trusted him."
White Zetsu said to himself, then dived underground again and disappeared into the night.
After returning home, Iori turned his head to look in the hidden direction after opening the barrier, with a contemptuous smile on his lips.
"Idiot, you really think that I can't find it. It's a pity that we can't alert the enemy now. Otherwise, whoever agreed to use the White Zetsu armor can open up a new track for mechas."
"I hope Black Zetsu's plan can be a little new and come up with some useful information."
Iori walked to the study room, sat down at the desk, and began to handle the files seriously.
After Minato became Hokage, he fulfilled his agreement with Iori, and now Iori is Hokage Advisor of Konoha.
The current Konoha High Command is one of the three pillars, and Minato is one of them. As the current Hokage, he has the highest status, but on the one hand, he is from a civilian background. Although he has many friends, he does not have many close subordinates.
On the other hand, although Third Hokage gradually handed over his rights to him, Minato still needed enough time to receive it.
As for Third Hokage and the remaining two members of the elders, as the previous holders of power, they still held a considerable part of the power, but did not completely transfer it to Minato because of his young age.
Third Hokage took the initiative to give, but Minato had no confidants and couldn't digest it. However, Utatane Koharu and Shimura Danzō had no intention of giving up their rights. Instead, they took their rights more seriously.
Finally, there was Iori and his subordinates Senju and Uchiha. After occupying Konoha Military Police Force, the Medical Department and the Education Department, he won over quite a few ninjas and civilians through the exchange of resources.
For example, Nara Clan provides medicinal materials to the medical department, for example, Inuzuka Clan is good at tracking Konoha Military Police Force, etc.
The three parties restrained each other, causing Konoha to maintain a strange balance.
With the rise of Minato, Danzo was also released from the ban.
With the support of Third Hokage, Danzo still holds the power of Root, like a poisonous snake lurking in the dark, which may hurt people at any time.
It's not that Minato is unaware of Danzo's problem, but the instability of the international situation forces him to rely on Danzo's intelligence network.
Although he tried to weaken Root's autonomy and fund rationing, such measures were insignificant in the face of Danzo's influence and power.
Because Land of Lightning never signed a peace agreement in the previous war, and the situation of Land of Rain and Land of Water is also very delicate. Now Konoha cannot lose the intelligence network support of Root.
Minato also understands in his heart that he currently does not have a suitable candidate to replace Danzo. The members of Root also refuse to accept external leadership. What he lacks most now is time.
He also tried to restrict Danzo through administrative means, but was strongly opposed by Third Hokage.
Third Hokage believes that the current Konoha situation requires Danzo's experience and means. Maybe Danzo's hands are not clean, but that is exactly what Konoha needs.
It's just that Minato is more worried that Danzo's ambition will bring greater crisis to the village. After all, this is not without precedent.
During the disagreement, Minato had no choice but to take a step back, hoping that Third Hokage could restrain Danzo's behavior.
But now Minato also knows that the chance of this is actually not great.
After this disagreement, Minato also accelerated his efforts to cultivate his inner circle. In addition to Kakashi, he also recruited Shadow Guard Unit.
He chose three young ninjas as his bodyguards and taught them his signature ninjutsu, Flying Thunder God Technique.
The three people are Chunin Shiranui Genma who is good at Senbon, Chunin Namiashi Raidō who is good at swordsmanship and Chunin Tatami Iwashi who is good at Taijutsu.
The three of them are all rare ninjas with Space-Time Ninjutsu adaptability, but their current strength is not enough to use it alone. It takes three people to join forces to activate Flying Thunder God.
After that, Minato continued to dig out talents from Chunin and fill them into his own Anbu.
All parties had their own concerns and could only focus on their own development, which allowed Ninja World to spend a relatively peaceful time.
When Iori heard that Fugaku Uchiha's wife Mikoto was pregnant again, he knew that the peaceful days were coming to an end and the opportunity he had been waiting for for a long time was about to come.