Early next morning.
The fog of Capital of Water has not cleared yet. Senju Chen is sitting by the window on the third floor of "Food Is Heaven", playing with a special Kunai in his hand.
After Kiryu Xiu left yesterday, he asked Mizuno to continue preparing for the opening.
That old fox Kiryu Xiu didn't get 30% of the shares for free. He is both a backer and an invisible network. With his name, anyone in Capital of Water who wants to cause trouble will have to think carefully.
But Senju Chen knows very well that this net can block the troubles on the surface, but it cannot block the knives in the dark.
Hozuki Getsuga, Kirigakure Special Assassination and Tactical Squad, will not give up.
"Buzz--"
A slight mental fluctuation sounded in his mind, interrupting Senju Chen's thoughts.
It's a message from the "star" of Konoha.
Senju Chen closed his eyes and his consciousness switched instantly.
Konoha, Senju's mansion.
"Xing" is sitting in the room, looking through the research notes left by Orochimaru. His current identity is "Senju Chen", and everyone in the village thinks that he has never left since he returned to the village.
"Dong dong dong."
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in." "Senju Chen" said without raising his head.
A Anbu Ninja wearing a fox mask pushed the door open and knelt on one knee.
"Lord Chen, Lord Hokage has convened an emergency high-level meeting. Please go to the Hokage building immediately."
"Senju Chen" put down his notes and raised his head.
He stood up and straightened his robes. "I know, I'll be there right away."
Anbu Ninja's body flashed and disappeared from the spot.
"Senju Chen" walked to the mirror and looked at the face in the mirror that was exactly the same as his own, with a playful smile on his lips.
"The high-level meeting...Brother Minato is actually planning to bring this matter to the public. It seems that old guy Danzo is going to be in trouble."
Hokage building, conference room.
The atmosphere is so oppressive that one can't breathe.
Beside the rectangular conference table, several people from the highest levels of power at Konoha were sitting.
Senju Chen was invited simply because during the last selection of Fourth Hokage, Senju Chen had clearly raised the banner of the Senju faction in the name of Tsunade. In terms of internal factions, Senju Chen's current status is even higher than that of Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura. It can be said that the current Senju Chen is the real leader in name of the Senju Clan.
Everyone also agrees that Senju Chen is actually sitting here instead of Tsunade.
Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze is sitting in the main seat. His golden hair makes him look gentle and sunny, but at this moment his face is extremely serious, and there is no emotion in his blue eyes.
To his left were two consultant elders - Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura. The two old men had their eyes closed, as if the old gods were there, as if they were indifferent to everything in the outside world.
Next to the advisory elder is the leader of Root, Shimura Danzō. His bandaged right eye and the hideous scar on his face gave him a cold aura. He was leaning on a cane and said nothing, but the cold light in his eyes revealed his inner peace.
There was also an elder from the Sarutobi Clan and Shikaku Nara from the Nara Clan in the entire venue.
"Senju Chen" was the last one to arrive. As soon as he entered the door, he felt the strange atmosphere.
Tsk, is this battle going to require a three-party trial?
"Senju Chen" first nodded to Shikaku Nara, then sat down quietly.
The mission he came here today was to be a qualified audience member, and then eat melon and watch the show.
Minato Namikaze saw that everyone was here and cleared his throat.
"I have called you all here today because there is a very important matter to discuss."
His eyes swept over everyone present, and finally landed on Shimura Danzō.
"Elder Danzo."
Minato Namikaze's voice was very calm, but in the quiet conference room, it seemed particularly clear.
"Do you have anything to explain about the fact that you sent members of Root to monitor and investigate Uchiha Clan without my permission?"
As soon as he finished speaking, the temperature in the conference room seemed to have dropped a few degrees.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura slowly opened their eyes, a trace of surprise flashed through their cloudy eyeballs. They obviously did not expect that Minato Namikaze would put the problem on the table so directly.
Shimura Danzō's face instantly darkened.
"Lord Hokage, I don't understand what you mean." His voice was hoarse and cold, "Monitoring Uchiha Clan is for the stability of the village. This is the duty of Root."
"Responsibility?" Minato Namikaze smiled, but there was no warmth in the smile. "When did Root's responsibility become monitoring partners in the same village?"
"Partners?" Danzo sneered and hit the ground with the crutch in his hand, "Minato Namikaze, you are too naive! Uchiha Clan are born evil, and their Sharingan is the source of unrest! Starting from Master Second Hokage, you have never relaxed your vigilance against Uchiha. You actually call them partners now?"
"Uchiha Clan seems to be peaceful in the past few years, and they even engage in some farce of 'serving the people', but who knows what they are planning behind the scenes? I sent people to monitor them to nip them in the bud!"
"Xing" listened and wanted to yawn.
It's the same thing again. Doesn't this old guy have anything else in his mind besides these clichés? It's like a repeater.
"Nip it in the bud?" Minato Namikaze's voice rose a bit, and his momentum became fierce, "Elder Danzo! Uchiha Clan has made so many efforts to integrate into the village, can't you see? Uchiha Fugaku, the clan leader leads the tribe to eliminate bandits and maintain security around the village, don't you know? Uchiha's Konoha Military Police Force, who runs around every day for the order of the village, is this all fake?"
"They are trying to win people's hearts!" Danzo roared without giving in, "This is all a disguise! It is to win the trust of the villagers and pave the way for their future coup!"
"That's enough!" Minato Namikaze slammed the table, and a powerful Chakra wave swept across the entire conference room instantly.
"Coup? Where is the evidence? Elder Danzo, Uchiha Clan have been in the village for decades. You keep saying that Uchiha Clan is going to have a coup. Where is your evidence?!"
The conference room fell into a deathly silence.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura first glanced at "Senju Chen" and found that "Senju Chen" had an attitude that it had nothing to do with them. They looked at each other and saw solemnity in each other's eyes.
"Senju Chen"'s attitude is what they are happy to see.
But they didn't expect that Minato Namikaze would have such a tough attitude towards this matter.
"Minato, calm down." Utatane Koharu spoke, trying to ease the atmosphere, "Danzo is also thinking about the village, and his concerns about the Uchiha Clan are not entirely unreasonable..."
"That is to say," Mitokado Homura also echoed, "Uchiha Clan's power is indeed too powerful and we have to guard against it."
"Senju Chen" sneered in his heart.
Come on, come on. These two old antiques are also deeply influenced by Second Tobirama Senju. They will always have this kind of virtue. Their buttocks are crooked to the sky.
As soon as they saw that they didn't take a stand, they started to get into trouble with each other.
Minato Namikaze took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart. He knew that it was useless to reason with these elders.
He turned to look at Danzo, his eyes as cold as knives.
"Elder Danzo, let me ask you again, you sent people to investigate Uchiha Clan, and even secretly contacted their tribesmen in an attempt to instigate rebellion against them. Can you admit this?"
Danzo's pupils shrank suddenly.
He didn't expect that Minato Namikaze even knew about such a thing.
It's...Shisui Uchiha!
"Everything I did was for Konoha!" Danzo was still arrogant.
"For Konoha?" Minato Namikaze stood up, put his hands on the table, leaned forward, and stared at Danzo, "For Konoha, just To ignore Hokage's orders? For Konoha, you can wantonly provoke conflicts within the village? For Konoha, you can push our important companions to the opposite side?"
"Elder Danzo! Do you want to protect Konoha, or do you want to destroy Konoha?!"