After listening to Uchiha Fugaku's words, Senju Chen began to try to put himself into Danzo's perspective.
Kushina, after giving birth to the child and Nine-Tails being separated, her life was hanging by a thread, with basically no hope of survival.
Obito Uchiha took action for Nine-Tails and to create chaos in Konoha.
Minato Namikaze sacrificed himself to protect the village and sealed Nine-Tails.
So if you were Danzo, what would you do when faced with this?
Snipe and even seal the out-of-control Nine-Tails, thereby gaining huge reputation and making up for Root's long-standing bad reputation.
Then that night, Root was asked to take advantage of the chaos to kill people and eliminate dissidents, so as to confirm and establish his position of power in Konoha.
Then after Minato Namikaze died, with his huge reputation, he directly reached the top of Hokage Position.
This is currently the approach that is most in line with the interests of the old silver coin Shimura Danzo.
But in the original work, Third Hiruzen Sarutobi took over Hokage Position again.
Danzo once again missed his beloved Hokage Position.
Because Shimura Danzō is not a time traveler who understands the plot as well as himself, he would not have thought that Minato Namikaze would die in this attack.
So looking at it from Danzo's perspective, there really isn't much he can do.
It's nothing more than fishing in troubled waters and eliminating dissidents to make some small moves for my future Hokage position.
This also explains why "Night of the Nine-Tails" never saw Shimura Danzo and Root ninjas throughout the whole process.
In the original work, it is clear that Nine-Tails was stabbed outside the village by Third Hiruzen Sarutobi as soon as he appeared on the scene, but then there were still so many people in the village who hated Naruto.
As long as Danzo lets Root create a little chaos, and then blames it on the fact that "someone wants to harm Konoha", he can take the opportunity to secretly eliminate a large number of dissidents.
Danzo probably didn't know that Obito Uchiha would attack, and even unblocked and controlled Nine-Tails, but this does not rule out that once something happens, Danzo will not do anything by the way.
Maybe Danzo was just making a small fuss at the beginning, but I didn't expect that the "actor" would be so cooperative, so I just kept doing nothing and wouldn't be able to find Danzo afterwards.
Because the people in the village have no idea that the deaths of their relatives and loved ones in "Night of the Nine-Tails" may not be due to Nine-Tails's rebellion at all, but due to assassinations.
But these villagers who lost their family members could only blindly attribute all these things to Nine-Tails who caused the rebellion after they learned that their relatives died unexpectedly after the war.
Who made Nine-Tails so big and conspicuous, right?
A Tailed Beast Bomb, a small hill will be gone, it doesn't matter who you rely on.
Senju Chen felt that he had probably guessed what Shimura Danzō would do that night.
And if my guess is correct...
Then the real "Night of the Nine-Tails" may be even bloodier and more chaotic than what Senju Chen saw in its previous life and what was shown in the original anime.
The situation is no longer the chessboard he originally imagined.
Obito, want Nine-Tails.
Danzo, important people - you must take advantage of the chaos to remove the obstacles in front of you, and redraw the Konoha power structure on the ruins.
The two forces, each with their own agenda, chose to act at the same time on the same night.
Sandwiched in the middle is Kushina who is about to give birth, the child who still doesn't know what he is about to endure, and all the ordinary villagers in Konoha who are about to lose their loved ones in the night.
Senju Chen went through the whole thing again in his mind.
"Clan Head Fugaku, I think we may need some new deployment."
After that, Senju Chen and Fugaku renegotiated all the things that might happen that night.
All the arrangements he could make have been covered to the greatest extent possible.
But he also knows very well that planning can deal with expected variables.
The real headache is always the unexpected one.
He took something out of his sleeve, placed it on the table, and pushed it towards Fugaku.
It was a small wooden Tomoe, with a delicate touch, and a glimmer of luster in the wood grain. The carving was extremely simple, but there was an indescribable aura condensed in it.
Fugaku's eyes fell on it, and his eyelids twitched slightly.
"Flying Thunder God Mark." Senju Chen said calmly, "My Chakra ripple is sealed inside. No matter what happens that night, as long as the situation is out of control, or you find that I failed to arrive in time-" His eyes intersected with Fugaku, "Activate it, and I will rush over immediately."
Fugaku reached out silently and took the Tomoe into the palm of his hand.
Warm, with some meaning that he couldn't quite explain.
He looked down, and when he looked up again, his face was solemn. "Chen-kun, if the result of that night... is different from what you expected, Uchiha Clan will be implicated."
"I know."
Senju Chen stood up, straightened his sleeves, and spoke in a calm tone, as if he was talking about today's weather.
"But I'm more worried about doing nothing and watching things slip to the worst possible path." He paused and slightly twitched the corners of his mouth, "And Clan Head Fugaku, I, Senju Chen, never fight an uncertain battle."
This sentence was spoken with an unquestionable certainty.
Fugaku looked at him and didn't speak for a long time.
Finally, he nodded slowly.
At the same time.
On the west side of Konoha, deep in an old alley that was almost completely covered with ivy, there was a wooden door that looked like it had not been opened for many years. At this moment, someone was quietly taking it in from the inside.
The light from the crack in the door was extremely narrow, illuminating a figure kneeling on the ground. He wore a Root mask on his face, which completely covered his face, leaving only two eye slits glowing with cold light.
"Sir, Jinchūriki Kushina Uzumaki has begun to arrange defense arrangements."
The voice was very low, with a deliberately trained ruthlessness. "The location of the delivery room has also been confirmed, and it is guarded by three Anbu."
The visitor paused for a moment and then continued.
"The tasks of most members of Anbu this time are mainly to protect Jinchūriki's delivery. Basically, the personnel have been transferred to Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Kushina Uzumaki. The rest are also guarding the main entry and exit routes of the village, and Lord Hokage will definitely be guarding it personally when the time comes."
Inside, there were no lights, and it was as dark as ink.
A figure was sitting in a dark room. Through the faint moonlight that filtered through the crack in the door, one could vaguely see that one of the man's hands was covered with bandages.
If Senju Chen is here, you can immediately recognize that this person is Shimura Danzō, the old silver coin.
"Act as planned." After listening to the report of the Root ninja, Danzo gave the order directly to the Anbu Ninja.
The voice was low, as if seeping up from the ground, with a certain old and cold will.
"When the time comes, just follow the ones on the list and there will be no need to leave anyone alive."
The masked man lowered his head, accepted the order, and exited silently.
The door closed again, completely cutting off the light.
Darkness returned to its original state.
Danzo stretched out his unbandaged hand, slowly closed it tightly in complete darkness, and then slowly released it.
There was a stone in his hand, one side of which had been polished by his hands, like a small mirror, reflecting the glimmer of light that seeped in from nowhere.
Danzo felt the stone in his palm. It was a piece of gravel he had picked up on his Hokage Rock back then.
He himself could hardly remember how many years he had been holding this stone in his hands since he got it.
Over the years, he has formed a habit. Every time he makes a major decision, he will take out this stone from his arms and rub it in his hands repeatedly.
In the eyes of Shimura Danzō, except for the first generation Hashirama Senju and Second Teacher Tobirama, Third Hiruzen Sarutobi is too weak, and Fourth Minato Namikaze is too kind.
In this war-torn era, he is the only one truly suitable to lead Konoha...
"Teacher Tobirama, one day you will know that I am the one who can make Konoha strengthen the glory of Yamato." A look of perseverance flashed in Danzo's eyes.