Yet after a long silence, Jiraiya suddenly threw back his head and laughed.
"Hahaha! You old fossils already have one foot in the grave, but every last one of you has more schemes than a honeycomb has holes!"
Danzo was a venomous snake, but these two were no pushovers either.
It was precisely because they kept papering over the cracks that Konoha had maintained that disgusting balance between the Hokage and Root.
Konoha could not do without Root in the shadows. After all, someone had to do the dirty work.
Jiraiya was sick to death of these political games. Even if he became Hokage, these two advisers would still lead him around by the nose, keeping this nauseating state of affairs going.
Homura and Koharu would surely support Danzo behind the scenes again to keep him in check.
This vicious cycle simply had no solution.
"I refuse! Whoever wants that lousy Hokage job can have it. Count me out!"
Jiraiya slammed the table, his refusal absolute.
The two advisers froze. This was not how things were supposed to go.
"Have you lost your mind? Aren't you going to save Tsunade?"
Koharu looked incredulous. Given how hopelessly devoted Jiraiya was to Tsunade, should he not have been willing to do anything to save her?
Why?
Why on earth was this happening?
"Of course I'll save Tsunade, but I'll do it my own way!"
Jiraiya stared coldly at them. "Since you love playing politics so much, have it your way!"
"Let Danzo become Hokage. As for what kind of abyss he'll drag Konoha into, you know better than I do!"
"If you're not afraid of destroying everything our predecessors built, why the hell should I be? I'm just a free wanderer now. Whoever ends up running Konoha has nothing to do with