The Third Hokage's eyes crinkled with a smile. "Compared to the Nine-Tails' enormous chakra, this little bit of One-Tail chakra couldn't do much damage to Konoha. Wouldn't you agree?"
Utatane Koharu's expression changed. She understood what the Third Hokage was thinking. If Naruto's mind could be influenced by a tailed beast, it would be better for that beast to be the One-Tail.
"Hiruzen, are you going to treat Naruto the same way as Kushina? You know perfectly well that jinchūriki aren't welcome. Even someone like Killer B, who has contributed to his village, is hated.
"Even being Hokage can't change that hatred. Giving him the One-Tail as well-wouldn't that only make the villagers hate him more?"
"No!"
The Third Hokage shook his head. "People only know that the yellow-haired boy is the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. If there's One-Tail chakra, they won't be able to tell whether it's Naruto.
"The villagers might treat Naruto the same as other jinchūriki, but I'll have him go to the Ninja Academy and become a ninja, just like Minato.
"Sasuke Uchiha and the others are all Naruto's age. Uchiha Mikoto and Kushina were close. Sasuke can become Naruto's good friend."
"Let the Uchiha have contact with a jinchūriki? How could you even think of that?"
"We can only trust Yan! If Naruto becomes a tool, we'd truly be letting down everything Minato did for Konoha."
The Third Hokage exhaled a thick cloud of smoke. "Enough of that. Danzo has finished his preparations. We should do our part to cooperate with the Kirigakure spy. We can act once Kakashi returns."
"All right! Let's go see Naruto first. We'll start preparing tomorrow."
Utatane Koharu understood the Third Hokage's approach but disagreed with it. Yet she was only an advisor. She could offer suggestions, but she had neither the