The Hokage's First Order of Business: Surrounding the Shimura Clan

Konoha Hidden Village.

Shimura Danzō sat cross-legged at home, eyes closed as he cultivated his composure.

To become Hokage, one had to learn patience, learn to let things go, and learn to endure.

He had already done everything he could. He had done his part and now had to leave the rest to fate.

Judging by the time, if nothing unexpected happened, his dear nephew Shimura Masayuki should be returning to the village soon. If something had happened, then the one appearing at the village gates today would be Toji Zenin—

Would something go wrong?

After giving it some thought, Danzō judged the odds of an accident to be infinitesimal.

To ensure this assassination succeeded beyond all doubt, he had prepared two layers of insurance.

One was the Reverse Four Symbols Seal Formation, while the other was the assassin Kakuzu.

With a premeditated sealing self-destruction plus Kakuzu, a Kage Level assassin, how could Toji Zenin possibly survive?

He had heard of Kakuzu's notorious reputation. Back when he had followed his teacher's guidance and set up an intelligence network across the Arc of Peace, Kakuzu's name had been mentioned most often. He had no bottom line, worked only for money, had never failed a mission, and possessed a perfect reputation.

Danzō's state of mind was like that of a gambler seeing a gambling god with an unbroken winning streak and wanting to follow his bet, convinced the other man would keep winning, so he simply shoved all his chips onto the table.

Little did he know that Kakuzu's previous targets had never been "monsters."

Danzō still did not know what had happened at the Fire Temple. He was already planning how he would pay off the debt afterward.

Three hundred and fifty million ryo was no small sum. It could even