The night before the meeting, Hokage Office Building.
"Minato, what's so urgent?"
"Sit." Minato looked at Shiro, who had pushed the door open and walked in, with a solemn expression, then pointed to the chair in front of the Hokage's desk.
Seeing Minato's expression, Shiro put away the casual smile on his face as well and sat down properly, looking at Minato.
"Kushina is pregnant!"
"It's not mine!"
"..." Minato stared speechlessly at Shiro, who had blurted that out, paused, then said, "You didn't need to tell me that. Be serious!"
"Ahem, yeah, instinctive reaction. I'm too used to messing around." Shiro wiped his face, smoothed out his expression, then looked at Minato in confusion. "Then just follow the plan, right? Didn't we already set everything up?"
"So what do we do about Danzo?"
"Uh—hiss... That really is a problem!" At the mention of Danzo, Shiro's brows furrowed too.
"Right?" Minato tilted his head slightly and said helplessly.
"What made that guy suddenly come around and decide to help you?"
"Sigh. After all, Elder Danzo is doing it for the village too. His methods are just extreme. It's not strange for him to make a move like this."
"Sigh... True. That damn shit-stirrer!"
It was no wonder Minato and the others were troubled. In the Nine-Tails plan they had made before, aside from luring Obito and the others out and completing the setup, there was another very important point: they intended to use this chance to deal with Danzo and his Root!
In Danzo's previous way of thinking, only he could lead Konoha toward prosperity. No one else could. Because of that, he would use every method possible to sabotage things, thereby giving himself a chance to take the seat.
And Shiro and the others' original plan had been to