"I am the one who can help you take it a step further, perhaps even help you reach the Hokage Position."
Didaze spoke in a hoarse voice, hidden beneath his black robe.
" Hokage... Hokage..."
Shimura Danzō stopped rolling around, even forgetting the pain he was in, and kept muttering those two words to himself.
Hokage has become his obsession.
Does he really like Hokage that much?
That's not necessarily true; at least his original infatuation wasn't so morbid.
What he cared about was losing to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"I don't believe your thoughts are that simple. What exactly are you plotting?"
Shimura Danzō didn't believe Didaze's words at all. As a seasoned cunning schemer, his most basic quality was not to easily believe what others said.
Do you know about Jashin?
Didaze looked at Shimura Danzō and spoke.
" Jashin?"
Shimura Danzō frowned.
He had never heard of this person before.
What is Jashin?
Shimura Danzō frowned and asked.
" The Lord Jashin is the most perfect being in the world; even the Shinigami and the Sage of Six Paths must grovel at his feet."
Didaze looked up at the sky, feigning reverence.
"The most perfect being? Even surpassing the Sage of Six Paths in strength?"
Shimura Danzō's expression was somewhat uncertain.
To be honest, he didn't really believe what the man in black robes was saying.
"So you're a subordinate of Jashin?"
Shimura Danzō looked at Didaze and asked him a question.
"Subordinate? You can think of me that way, but I'd prefer you call me an executor."
Didaze was hidden in the black mist, Shimura Danzō could not see his expression at all. The other party's tone was also flat, so he could not analyze any useful information.
"What is an executor?"
Shimura Danzō couldn't help but ask.
He felt as if he had learned something extraordinary.
"You don't need to know that. Just tell me, do you want to become Hokage?"
Didaze did not directly answer Shimura Danzō's question, but instead asked a question in return.
He couldn't very well say too much to someone who was just a tool, since the more a lie is told, the harder it is to cover it up. It was better to let the other person fill in the gaps in their own imagination than to tell the lie themselves, because the other person would automatically fill in the logical loopholes.
How did you know what I was thinking?
Shimura Danzō frowned and asked the man in black robes in front of him.
"Adults grant us the ability to see through things; you cannot hide anything from me."
"I'll ask you one last time, do you want to become Hokage?"
Didaze spoke, feigning impatience.
"I..."
A slideshow began to flash rapidly through Shimura Danzō's mind: from the Ninja Academy, he had been suppressed by Hiruzen Sarutobi, all the way up to class assignments... graduation... and finally, he lost to Hiruzen Sarutobi as Hokage Position!
He didn't want to lose his whole life; he wanted to win, he wanted to win just once!
"I... I want to!"
Shimura Danzō told the man in black robes in front of him his decision!
"You made the right decision; this is a gift from God."
With a wave of his hand, Didaze sent a cloud of black energy Shimura Danzō!
The power of this black aura was roughly equivalent to that of two Jonin, considering that Didaze had been hunting down missing-nin missing-nin day and night, killing not only those on the wanted list but also many others he had stumbled upon by chance.
"This..."
"How did my strength suddenly become so much stronger!"
Shimura Danzō's eyes widened in disbelief!
His strength, which had not increased for many years, suddenly increased!
Although two Jonin weren't a particularly large number for Kage Level Shimura Danzō, they still brought Shimura Danzō a great sense of surprise!
You have to understand that his strength is almost at the point of decline. Right now, he can barely maintain a minimum level of Kage Level, but once his peak is over, he will immediately fall below Kage Level.
But now, with the addition of this force, Shimura Danzō felt that even if he passed his peak, he would not fall below the Kage Level!
"Someone who can bestow power so easily is certainly no ordinary person. Could the Jashin behind them truly possess power comparable to or even surpassing that of the Sage of Six Paths...?"
At this point, Shimura Danzō's resolve was beginning to waver.
He simply felt that the man in black robes was incredibly powerful; as for the god behind him, that was all fabricated.
However, when he felt the increase in his Chakra and physical abilities, he immediately changed his mind.
Because no one can do that; only someone at the level of the Sage of Six Paths might have the potential to do it.
And it's only a possibility!
After all, if power could truly be bestowed, why didn't the First Hokage entrust his power to the Second Hokage before his death?
If you can't trust anyone else, why can't you trust your own brother?
"The power of the Lord Jashin is truly like a vast ocean."
Shimura Danzō, completely changing his previous demeanor, bowed respectfully to Didaze.
" The Lord Jashin doesn't need these useless formalities. What he wants is for you to do something for him. Once that's done, you'll naturally become Hokage."
"May I ask what the matter is?"
Shimura Danzō inquired respectfully.
"Summon Senju Nawaki to the Kirigakure battlefield; the Lord Jashin needs his soul."
"Once it's done, his Kekkei Genkai will be yours; the Lord Jashin only needs his soul..."
"God would not deceive mortals..."
Didaze's words echoed in Shimura Danzō's ears like the whispers of a demon.
" Wood Release... If I could obtain Wood Release... Yes! If only I could obtain Wood Release!"
Shimura Danzō, almost to the point of madness!
"But what about Tsunade and Dan Katō?"
After a brief period of madness, Shimura Danzō calmed down and began to frown and think.
His relationship with Tsunade had long since reached a breaking point, so why would she let Nawaki come here?
Furthermore, the intensity of the battles on the Kirigakure battlefield is not as high as that on the Kumogakure, so there's no way that Nawaki, who possesses Wood Release, would come here.
"Don't worry about that. I have someone specifically responsible for handling these kinds of things. You'll find out in three days. All you need to do is cooperate."
"With your Wood Release, who can stop you from becoming Hokage?"
Didaze used words to bewitch Shimura Danzō, while secretly injecting a cloud of dark energy to amplify Shimura Danzō's greed!
"Good!"
A fierce greed flashed in Shimura Danzō's eyes, and he immediately agreed!
Should I write a letter now?
Shimura Danzō looked at the man in black robes opposite him and spoke.
"Three days later."
After Didaze finished speaking, he wiped himself with his black robe and vanished on the spot!
Only Shimura Danzō remained standing there.