Damn it, Hiruzen!
At that moment, Danzō truly wanted to skin Sarutobi Hiruzen alive and devour him. The Hokage's seat was already within reach, but if Tsunade returned, Danzō could guess with his toes that the granddaughter of the First Hokage and direct disciple of the Third Hokage would absolutely win the support of the entire shinobi village.
To put it bluntly, the innate advantages of her status were the same as Jiraiya's. It was only because Tsunade herself had no interest in becoming Hokage, and because the deaths of her lover and younger brother had nearly broken her spirit, that she left Konohagakure!
Otherwise, no matter how the position of Fourth Hokage was decided, it would have been difficult for Minato Namikaze to get it.
In terms of strength, Minato, barely in his twenties, clearly could not have truly surpassed those two. In terms of achievements, Jiraiya, Tsunade, and even Orochimaru had all fought for Konohagakure for many years since the beginning of the Second Shinobi World War!
Back then, the universally recognized candidates for Fourth Hokage in all of Konohagakure had been one of the Legendary Sannin plus White Fang.
Seniority, strength, achievements, prestige!
In the vast Konohagakure, no one could surpass those four!
Among them, Tsunade's status gave her the most unparalleled advantage.
Now that Sarutobi Hiruzen had proposed bringing Tsunade back to openly inherit the position of Fifth Hokage, it was, bluntly put, absolutely the outcome everyone wanted.
But Danzō could not accept it at all.
Hmph, it's too early to talk about that. Uchiha Shōji must be dealt with first. As for Tsunade, what right does a ninja with hemophobia have to serve as Hokage!?
Danzō took a deep breath and forcibly suppressed the rage in his heart.
Hiruzen's move had indeed disgusted him.
But