Tsunade nodded. "Naruto get ready!"
After speaking, his eyes turned to Shikamaru and Karin: "Shikamaru, Karin, you go back first!"
"After the meeting, I will make unified arrangements for your tasks and employment matters."
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
Shikamaru responded, put his hands back into his pockets, and glanced at Naruto thoughtfully before leaving.
What exactly is Naruto's life experience can make Hokage publicly announce it personally at the first meeting after taking office.
Shikamaru remembered the way his father hesitated to speak when he occasionally mentioned Naruto, and the subtle protective attitude Third Hokage had towards Naruto when he was still alive.
Shikamaru quickly put these pieces together in his mind, and then decided not to think about it anymore. Anyway, he would know after the meeting.
Karin stood there a little hurriedly. She had been staying with Naruto since she came to Konoha. From the time she moved into Naruto's apartment, her living radius was almost completely drawn with Naruto as the center of the circle.
Now that she was suddenly asked to leave, even though it was only temporary, she still instinctively felt uneasy.
Naruto saw Karin's expression and comforted him, "It's okay Karin, you go check out your new house first."
"Don't you always want a room of your own? The house Tsunade's mother-in-law arranged for you will definitely be bigger than my apartment."
"If you have any questions, just enter Chakra into the Kunai I gave you, and I will rush over in an instant."
Karin heard Naruto's words, took a deep breath and nodded, and then followed Shikamaru out of Hokage Office.
When Shikamaru went out, he glanced sideways at Karin and said in a lazy tone, "That guy Naruto is really interested in you. When I was at the Ninja Academy, he never did this to other girls except Sakura!"
Karin didn't understand the gossip content in the words, and said seriously, "Naruto is the best person to me!"
Shikamaru choked at Karin's direct answer. He took his hand out of his pocket and scratched the back of his head, deciding not to continue this topic.
After the two left, Tsunade Shizune and Naruto were left in Hokage Office.
Tsunade had just maintained the dignified and majestic image of Hokage in front of Shikamaru and Karin, but now he collapsed as soon as the door closed.
She grabbed the tea cup on the table and took a big sip, then knocked it hard on the table. The veins on her forehead were beating at a frequency visible to the naked eye, and the expression on her face changed from majestic to violent.
"That old guy, Hokage won't let me stop on the first day he officially takes office!"
Shizune quickly stepped forward to refill the tea cup in front of Tsunade. While pouring the tea, he used his sleeves to fan Tsunade.
"Lady Tsunade Just calm down. Danzo Elder, you can actually delay it for a while. You don't have to confront him on the first day."
Naruto looked at Tsunade's angry look, frowned slightly, walked to the chair opposite Tsunade's desk, sat down, and asked, "Mother-in-law Tsunade, what happened?"
Tsunade Hearing this, he took a deep breath to force himself to calm down, then gritted his teeth and told the whole story.
It turned out that on the first day when Tsunade officially took office as Hokage, Hokage Cloak had not even taken off his clothes for the inauguration ceremony, so Danzo came directly to visit with two Root confidants.
On the surface, he politely congratulated Tsunade on taking office as Fifth Hokage, but as soon as the conversation changed, he started complaining, saying that his Root was Konoha Crush Plan not long ago. Suffered a devastating blow, a large number of elites died in battle, the base was destroyed, and now there is a serious shortage of manpower. It is necessary to urgently allocate a group of new people from the existing ninjas of Konoha to supplement Root.
He handed over a list on the spot, with more than twenty names on it, several of which were newcomers Genin who had just graduated from the Ninja Academy.
Tsunade refused on the spot.
She had just become Hokage, and before she even recognized all the departments in Hokage Building, Danzo took advantage of her unsteady footing to recruit people. This was clearly testing her bottom line and also showing her Root's special status in Konoha's power structure.
After being rejected by her, Danzo did not get angry on the spot, but said meaningfully, "Since it is temporarily inconvenient for Lord Hokage, I will formally propose this proposal at the next Shinobi meeting. At that time, Lord Hokage will be asked to consider it carefully!"
After saying that, Danzo left without looking back, leaning on a cane.
"This was the first lesson he taught me."
Tsunade put the tea cup on the table. "In front of all the clan leaders and Jōnin, I proposed Root's request for expansion. If I reject him at the meeting, it will be equivalent to losing an elder's face in public!"
"If I agree to him, I will tell everyone that my new Hokage can't stand up in front of Danzo."
"No matter what I choose, he can weaken my authority in the meeting."
"This old guy has been engaged in political power all his life. He knows very well when using a knife is more effective than using nice words."
Naruto After listening, I understand.
He leaned back in the chair and thought for a while, then asked, "Mother-in-law Tsunade, do you think it is necessary for Danzo and Elder Council to continue to exist?"
Tsunade was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
She put down the tea cup and tapped her fingers on the desk surface twice unconsciously.
"Although the two consultants Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura have some disagreements with my political views, they only have the power to make suggestions but not to implement them. The real trouble is Danzo."
"But Danzo has Root under his command. It has a self-contained armed force with independent establishment, personnel and funds, and is not under the direct jurisdiction of Hokage."
"This is the most intolerable thing for all generations of Hokage, because it dug a hole in the Hokage's supreme military command."
Tsunade doesn't understand why a third-generation old man would tolerate Danzo owning Root for so many years.
No matter how many difficulties he had during his lifetime, the result was that Hokage's power was directly divided into two parts, light and dark.
Naruto waited for Tsunade to finish speaking, then leaned forward slightly and said in a calm tone, "Mother-in-law Tsunade, do you want to take this opportunity to directly collect Root from Danzo?"
Hearing this, Tsunade suddenly raised his head and looked at Naruto. He was stunned for a moment before realizing that Naruto was not joking.
She immediately shook her head. "Naruto don't mess around."
"This is an institutional problem left over from the previous generation. If you suppress an elder for no reason, what will other people think?"
"The Machiavellian thing really needs to be taken into consideration."
"But compared to tactics, I think having a big fist is the last word."
Naruto crossed his hands on his chest and said calmly, "Mr. Tsunade, you need to be a strong Hokage now, instead of becoming another Third Hokage."
"When Third Hokage was in power, Danzo was able to survive because Third Hokage was willing to leave him room."
"But you have no obligation to continue the balance of Third Hokage."
"You are the fifth generation, you can have your own rules."
Tsunade was silent for a moment, then smiled bitterly, "Naruto It's not that simple here."
"It's not that simple. To put it bluntly, I just don't have the strength to turn the table over."
Naruto looked into Tsunade's eyes and said word for word, "But now you have me here and Pervy Sage."
"I don't need to tell you about Pervy Sage's strength, but you have already tried my strength in Tanzaku Town."
"It is true that Danzo has Root in his hand, but his Root just took a shot from Tailed Beast Bomb that came from nowhere on the day of Konoha Crush Plan, causing more than half of the casualties."
"Do you think the current Root can stop me from joining forces with Pervy Sage?"
Tsunade was silent.