"Rumors are spreading throughout the village. Danzo has been visiting the heads of every ninja clan. That man is serious." After Danzo visited the various ninja clan heads, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura quickly received the report. Utatane Koharu immediately shook her head helplessly.
"Send word to Hiruzen." Mitokado Homura had no intention of involving himself in the competition between Danzo and the Third Hokage. He shook his head and ordered someone to send a message to the Third Hokage.
At that moment, the Third Hokage and Jiraiya were already on their way back. Before long, they encountered the messenger ninja head-on and learned of Danzo's actions.
After reading the intelligence, the Third Hokage shook his head and said disdainfully to Jiraiya, "Danzo truly isn't suited to be Hokage. He doesn't understand that the ones opposing me aren't the villagers. What use is it to tell the villagers that I sold out the Uchiha Clan? The ones I need to answer to are the ninja clans. But precisely because I need to answer to them, the ninja clans naturally can't trust him either. As the Hokage's advisor and a village elder, Danzo has always been tied to me. And as a hardliner, he makes the ninja clans even more wary. I still have my reservations, but if he becomes Hokage, he might get hotheaded and truly create a second Uchiha incident. The ninja clans aren't stupid. Why would they support him? He is destined to waste his efforts."
Jiraiya sighed. "No wonder you wanted Uchiha Chuan dead so badly, old man. Without Uchiha Chuan, there really is no one who can escape your schemes."
"Enough nonsense. Let's go, we're heading back to the village." The Third Hokage rolled his eyes. He did not want to talk about Uchiha Chuan anymore.