As soon as Uchiha Fugaku left the Hokage building, a cold shadow appeared silently in the corner of the office.
"Hiruzen, you are confused!"
Shimura Danzō walked out of the shadows with a cane, his exposed eye shining with a sharp and cold light like an eagle.
The atmosphere in the office, which had just warmed up, suddenly dropped to freezing point.
"You actually agreed like that? Uchiha gave up the credit and asked for the Ninja Academy's teaching position instead? There must be a huge conspiracy hidden behind such an abnormal move!" Danzo's voice was hoarse and eager, as if he was afraid that if he spoke a second too late, the village would be in ruins.
Hiruzen Sarutobi The brows that had just relaxed were frowned tightly again.
"Danzo, you are too suspicious." He said with some displeasure, "Uchiha is willing to make changes and integrate into the village, which is a good thing. Do you want them to always be like a poisonous thorn stuck in the village?"
"A good thing?" Danzo sneered, and the cane hit the floor hard, making a muffled sound, "Hiruzen, you are looking at the surface, I am looking at the roots! They give up the fame that is easily available, and their goals must be bigger! To become a teacher in a school? That is not teaching and educating people, that is corrupting the foundation of the village! He We want to start from childhood and instill Uchiha Clan's extreme ideas into the next generation. After more than ten years, the entire new generation of Konoha ninjas will become their Uchiha disciples. By then, will Konoha still be the original Konoha?"
"Shut up! Danzo!" Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed the table and shouted angrily, "Konoha's purpose is to bring peace to all people! It was for this ideal that First founded the village back then. Your narrow-minded thinking is the root cause of splitting the village!"
He was completely angered by Danzo's words.
He had just felt gratified because of Uchiha's "understanding of the general situation". He felt that his decades of hard work had not been in vain, and the future of the village was bright. However, Danzo poured a basin of ice water down on him, turning all his beautiful visions into wolfish ambitions.
"Uchiha Fugaku is willing to lead Uchiha to make changes. This is under the influence of the village and the result of the influence of Konoha'Will of Fire'! This is the result of our efforts. Years of achievements!" Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed at Danzo, his chest heaving violently, "But you only saw conspiracy and betrayal! In your eyes, except you and the people in your 'roots', is everyone untrustworthy?!"
"Hiruzen! You..." Danzo was choked and speechless. He did not expect Hiruzen Sarutobi's reaction to be so violent.
"That's enough!" Hiruzen Sarutobi waved Teuchi to stop him, "I have already decided on this matter. Uchiha's changes are positive and worthy of encouragement. I will support them. Don't use unreasonable suspicions to push them against the village again!"
Seeing Hiruzen Sarutobi with such a determined attitude, Danzo knew that it would be useless to talk any more.
He took a deep look at his "best friend" for many years, his eyes complex and cold.
"You'll regret it, Hiruzen."
He dropped these words and without any further pause, he turned around and melted into the shadows, disappearing.
In the office, silence returned again.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat back on the chair, the anger in his chest gradually subsided, replaced by joy and pride.
The changes in Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Clan gave him a high degree of confidence in his own methods and methods of governing the village.
Looking at the huge Hokage Rock outside the window, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but think of his teacher Tobirama. He felt that his teacher's treatment of the Uchiha Clan was too harsh.
He believes that the village should not be governed like that. Looking at the changes in the Uchiha Clan today, only his subtle guidance can make Konoha better inherit "Will of Fire" and become more united and prosperous.
"Tuk!"
"Tuk!"
Shimura Danzō's crutch struck hard on the hard stone road, and the echoes were particularly harsh in the dead passage. His old face was covered with clouds, and his exposed single eye was filled with irrepressible anger and chill.
The Root ninjas guarding both sides of the passage subconsciously relaxed their breathing. They could feel that the leader was exuding a terrifying aura that could freeze the air.
Danzo ignored anyone and walked straight into the deepest room of his room.
"Bang!"
He closed the heavy stone door with his backhand, cutting off everything from the outside world.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi! You hopeless idiot!"
The extremely suppressed roar finally burst out from his throat, hoarse and ferocious.
"A woman's kindness! Indecisiveness! Sooner or later you will ruin the whole village!"
Danzo's chest heaved violently, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's "pleased" expression kept replaying in his mind, that stupid look of being so excited by Uchiha Fugaku's few words.
Give up credit? Become a teacher?
Only that naive old fool like Hiruzen would believe this kind of nonsense!
"Conspiracy! Uchiha must be a huge conspiracy behind this!" Danzo paced back and forth in the room, the crutches making a harsh friction sound on the floor.
He knows better than anyone else what merit means to a family, especially a family like Uchiha that regards glory as its life. Killing Third Mizukage is a great achievement that is enough to bring Uchiha's reputation to its peak! How could they just give up?
Unless, what they are planning is thousands or ten thousand times greater than this achievement!
"Go to the school and corrupt the next generation... Hollow out Konoha's foundation from the very foundation... Good! What a great way to drain the bottom of the cauldron!" Danzo's single eye flashed with a cold light, and he had already seen through the sinister intention of this move.
In a few years, if all the children who come out of the Ninja Academy are proud of Uchiha and regard Uchiha's teachers as their idols, then what will be left of Will of Fire? Where will the majesty of Hokage be placed?
At that time, Konoha will really change his surname to "Uchiha"!
But...Danzo's brows furrowed tightly, and another doubt emerged in his mind.
Uchiha Fugaku, the reckless man in his eyes, although he has some majesty as a clan leader, but in terms of scheming, it is impossible for the city government to come up with such a far-reaching and vicious strategy. Giving up credit, retreating in order to advance, exchanging a seemingly harmless request for a strategic advantage that can subvert the future... This does not look like his handwriting at all!
Moreover, even if Fugaku is enlightened, how could the group of greedy elders in the Uchiha clan agree to give up such great achievements? It would be strange if they didn't overthrow the clan leader Fugaku!
There must be something unexpected that he didn't know about.
"Here comes someone."
"Lord Danzo."
A figure was like a ghost, silently kneeling on one knee on the ground in front of Danzo.
Danzo asked coldly, "Shisui Uchiha, how is it going?"
"Reporting to Lord Danzo," Root ninja's voice was smooth, "We have had several contacts with him. Shisui's loyalty to the village is unquestionable, and he also has doubts about the radical ideas within the clan. But..."
"But what?"
"We are still in the war period. Shisui Uchiha spends most of his time on the front line performing tasks. It is difficult for us to find the right time to provide deeper guidance. Moreover, he seems to be a little reluctant to join the 'root'."
"Rejected?" Danzo snorted coldly
He turned around slowly, staring at his men with one eye and his tone was solemn.
"I don't care what method you use, speed up the progress! Now the situation has changed! Uchiha has shown their fangs, I need an equally sharp knife to pierce their heart!"
"Shisui Uchiha is the most suitable knife! His eyes and loyalty to the village are all strengths we can use! I want him to understand that only the will of 'root' can truly protect Konoha! Hiruzen's weakness will only bring destruction!"
"Yes!" The ninja responded, and his figure merged into the darkness again.
Danzo was the only one left in the room again. He walked to the window and looked at the fake starry sky outside, created by Ninjutsu, with his eyes growing colder.
Hiruzen, do you think you have seen the "change" and "hope" of Uchiha?
No, what you see is just an illusion they put on. And I have already smelled the bloody smell called "coup" deep in their bones.
Since you can't handle this Hokage, then let me... protect this village in my own way.