Danzo's Expectations

Konoha, Root.

Danzo was currently dealing with a headache because the three little brats, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji, had come to Root looking for Uzumaki Menma.

After all, these three little guys were not so simple.

A Root ninja considerately asked, "Lord Danzo, should we drive them away?"

Danzo was silent for a moment, thinking in his mind.

Judging from the current situation in Konoha, it was still a long way off to elect the Fifth Hokage, at least not for many years.

There were only two people in Konoha who were most suitable to succeed the Fifth Hokage.

Tsunade and Jiraiya.

However, both of them had already left Konoha for their own reasons.

Tsunade had suffered the deaths of her younger brother Nawaki and her lover Dan Katō, and had been in a psychological shadow ever since, and had also developed hemophobia. Even if she returned to Konoha, she would not be able to take over as Hokage in her condition.

Jiraiya himself was a wanderer who simply couldn't stay in one place, and now he was single-mindedly focused on finding Orochimaru.

As for the next generation, Asuma and other mainstays of Konoha had not yet grown up and could not possibly succeed the Hokage.

Danzo guessed that Hiruzen Sarutobi would still be sitting in the Hokage's seat for the next ten years.

Although Danzo very much wanted to sit in the Hokage's seat, as long as Hiruzen Sarutobi was there, he might never have a chance to become Hokage in his life.

But Uzumaki Menma was different.

The son of the Fourth Hokage who died in battle to protect Konoha, that identity alone was enough.

Compared to his own immeasurable distance from the Hokage position, Uzumaki Menma had a better chance than him.

But the premise was that Uzumaki Menma could grow up.

As long as Uzumaki Menma could grow up, and with himself, as the leader of Root, running things, there was a great possibility that Uzumaki Menma would ascend to the Hokage position.

And Nara Shikamaru and Akimichi Choji, who were kids now, would also be Uzumaki Menma's right-hand men in the future.

Besides, Root was not conducting any forbidden experiments now, so he had nothing to worry about.

Anyway, since adopting Uzumaki Menma, everything in Root had been exposed to Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.

After some consideration, Danzo said to the Root ninja, "Forget it, let them in, take them to see Menma. In the future, when they come to Root, they don't need to report to me, just take them to see Menma directly."

After the Root ninja left.

Danzo summoned Yamanaka Fu.

Danzo said in a stern voice, "Fu, starting tomorrow, as long as Menma doesn't die from training, train him to death!"

Yamanaka Fu said in surprise, "But Young Master Menma's training intensity is already very high now, some Genin's training intensity may not be as good as his, and Young Master Menma is only three years old, if we continue to increase the training volume, it is very likely to cause irreversible damage to Young Master Menma's body."

"Don't look at Menma with the eyes of ordinary people, Menma has the Nine-Tails in his body, and also half of the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline, his self-healing power is not comparable to ordinary people, you just squeeze him hard, force him to grow, my expectations for him are not just to become an ordinary ninja!"

Seeing that Danzo had said so, Yamanaka Fu didn't say anything more.

After answering 'Yes', he withdrew from the office.

After Yamanaka Fu left, Danzo summoned several researchers.

"From today onwards, you few will devote all your efforts to studying the Uzumaki Clan's bloodline, and the only purpose of the research is to allow Uzumaki Menma to completely awaken the full abilities of the Uzumaki Clan!"

After instructing everything, Danzo leaned back in his chair, his eyes half-closed.

The unique abilities of the Uzumaki Clan could suppress tailed beasts, and they had a large amount of chakra. As long as Uzumaki Menma awakened the abilities of the Uzumaki Clan, he would be able to suppress the Nine-Tails.

Then he would teach him all the Uzumaki Clan's sealing techniques, so that Uzumaki Menma could learn to control the tailed beast.

But there was one thing that Danzo still couldn't figure out.

That was why neither of the two children born to Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki had red hair.

And why Uzumaki Menma's hair had changed from yellow to black.

Danzo tapped his finger on the table, muttering to himself, "When Menma grows up, I'll go to Hiruzen and ask for the Flying Thunder God Technique, and see if Menma can learn it. If he learns it, with the power of the Nine-Tails plus the Flying Thunder God Technique, I'd like to see who else dares to sit in this Hokage position!"

Root's gate.

"Come in with me, I'll take you to see Young Master Menma."

Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji followed the Root ninja into Root.

Naruto had been in once before and was no longer curious.

But Shikamaru and Choji were entering for the first time and were curious about everything in Root.

The gloomy and dark atmosphere of Root made Shikamaru and Choji feel a little inexplicably frightened.

Passing through the internal roads made Shikamaru and Choji slightly tongue-tied.

It was too big here!

Finally, at the door of a room, the Root ninja stopped.

"Young Master Menma is inside, you can go in."

"Thanks, mister!"

The Root ninja instructed, "Remember, many things here are Konoha's secrets. You are not allowed to wander around freely."

Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji nodded their little heads, "We understand."

After the Root ninja left, Naruto knocked on the door.

However, there was no response.

Naruto knocked a few more times, but still no reaction.

Choji wondered, "Could it be that Menma isn't here?"

"We won't know unless we go in and take a look."

Naruto stopped knocking and directly turned the handle to open the door.

Pushing the door open, Uzumaki Menma was lying on the bed, fast asleep.

Naruto ran to Uzumaki Menma's bedside and shouted, "Menma! We've come to play with you! Get up already!"

Uzumaki Menma was startled awake and jumped out of bed.

With his eyes still closed, Uzumaki Menma subconsciously said, "Uncle Yamanaka, I'll start training right away, please don't extend the time!"

When Uzumaki Menma opened his eyes, he discovered that it was actually Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji.

Uzumaki Menma thought he was still dreaming.

After all, how could Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji possibly come to Root to find him?

Then, Uzumaki Menma planned to lie back down on the bed.

Naruto directly grabbed Uzumaki Menma, "Don't sleep! It's already afternoon, let's go out and play quickly, or it will be dark soon."

Uzumaki Menma looked at the three of them in disbelief, "Is it really you guys? How did you get in here?!"

Shikamaru held the back of his head with both hands and complained, "The mister at the door brought us in. You can really sleep, Menma."

Uzumaki Menma's mind was still muddled, and he still felt it was unbelievable, like he was dreaming.

This was Root, after all. Could they really just enter so easily?

"Alright, we'll talk about it when we get out. It'll be late soon!"

Naruto grabbed Uzumaki Menma's hand and ran out, with Shikamaru and Choji following closely behind.

"Hey, wait a minute, let me put on some pants before I go out!"