Chapter 718 Danzo and roots

Seeing the appearance of this root leader, whether Shikamaru was sitting on the hospital bed, or standing on one side, Shikahisa, whose body stiffened suddenly, was stunned.

For Danzo's arrival, they were not at all psychologically prepared, nor did they expect that the other party would come out of the Konoha torture room.

Although he was imprisoned in the severe punishment room, everyone knew that it was just a formality, and it was impossible to really restrain Danzo's movements in this way, but the number of times the other party left the severe punishment room in person during the detention was only a handful. Even when Uchiha Sasuke attacked Konoha before and caused huge losses to the village, most of the other party's roots were indifferent, which shows that his deployment arrangements were not affected, so what is the reason for appearing here this time?

Shikajiu didn't feel at all that he, or his son Shikamaru, had such a big face that he could let the other party do it himself.

The process of visiting Danzo in the Severe Pension Room a few days ago is still vivid in Shikahisa's mind, but he basically didn't exchange a few words with the other party. He just followed Tsunade's instructions and asked about Uchiha Sasuke. In addition, he did not involve Shikamaru's secret communication with Nemo, in order to avoid more troubles.

But now that the other party came to the door in person, Lu Jiu suddenly couldn't calm down.

After a burst of shock and nervousness, Shikahisa stood in front of the bed board where Shikamaru was sitting without hesitation, blocking the way for Danzo to move forward.

The two Anbu who followed Shikaku also flashed out of the shadows, standing beside Shikaku, watching Danzo's every move with vigilant eyes.

It seemed that the other party was just an old man who was getting old, but those who had dealt with him knew how scary and difficult he was.

It would be an extremely difficult matter to be targeted by him.

Danzo didn't take Lu Jiu's interception to heart, but met the opponent's gaze with a calm gaze, with a calm and long breath.

That's exactly the case, Lu Jiu and the two accompanying Anbu couldn't help but sweat on both sides of their foreheads, and their palms were slightly clenched, so that they can be in a fighting state at any time when conflicts arise.

"Elder Danzo, you have abdicated from the high-level now, so you should go back and forth from wherever you came from. I don't need you to come forward in person about the matter between our father and son."

This is a tactful refusal.

As the Jonin squad leader, Shikahisa doesn't want Konoha to be in chaos.

Facing a powerful leader like Danzo, he also has the attitude of forbearance and forbearance, and does not want to be an enemy.

Otherwise, facing a huge fighting organization with no lower limit in means, even the three clans of Zhuludie can't stand Danzo's toss.

Danzo didn't open his mouth, except for the sentence he said before, he never opened his mouth again, but still maintained a calm posture, standing in the ward, bringing Lu Jiu unparalleled pressure.

Until there was a rush of footsteps in the corridor outside, Danzo and Lu Jiu turned their heads and looked at the door of the ward.

boom!

The door there was kicked away.

"Danzo, you old bastard, if you want to fight, I, Hokage, will fight with you personally!"

Tsunade, who was already in an extremely bad mood, immediately burst into anger when Anbu conveyed the situation here, directly put down all the work in his hand, and rushed in angrily, preventing Danzo from further actions.

"Master Danzo!"

Seeing Tsunade rushing in aggressively with a team of Anbu, Yume Tone and Yamanakakaze, two cronies, immediately flashed into the house from the window, struggling to resist the powerful Chakra that Tsunade erupted.

"Wind, take the root, you step back."

Danzo said softly.

Yamashikakaze and Yuyue Togen looked at each other, immediately let go of their resistance and stood behind Danzo, but the vigilance against Tsunade in their eyes did not relax.

With Danzo's body at this time, if he is touched by the opponent's fist... no, even if it is rubbed, it will cause unimaginable consequences.

Seeing Shikahisa who came over from Tsunade, he breathed a sigh of relief as if he had found the backbone.

"Danzo, this is my chassis, don't mess with me here! Go back to your prison!"

Although he knew that Konoha's fighting faction headed by Danzo was powerful at this time, Tsunade was also not to be outdone.

After several years of secret manipulation, the power she has obtained is not weak. It may be stretched to compete directly with the kingdom of ghosts, but Tsunade still has the confidence to compete with the roots.

Moreover, when dealing with the matter of the Oni Nation, she, Hokage, was so angry that she had nowhere to vent. The appearance of Danzo just made her find this outlet.

And Danzo, who was not surprised by Tsunade's arrival, or in other words, it was his original intention to attract Tsunade.

Therefore, he said directly and plainly: "It's just right, the old man also has something to discuss with you, let's go to another quiet place to talk."

Danzo looked neither happy nor sad, feeling powerless enough to make Tsunade punch the cotton, clicked his lips in displeasure, and said, "There is nothing to talk about between you and me. If you are honest and do your duty, it will be the greatest help to the village."

After all, after becoming Hokage, Tsunade dare not say that he knows all the things that Danzo has done before, but 70% to 80% are there.

Even so, Danzo's degree of **** is far beyond Tsunade's imagination.

Without this old guy being a hindrance, Konoha and the Uchiha clan wouldn't have gotten into this trouble.

It can be said that the reason why the kingdom of ghosts rose and the reason why Uchiha Sasuke attacked Konoha was that the two sides were incompatible.

And these are also the bitter fruits of her teacher Hiruza Sarutobi's indulgence.

Thinking of this, Tsunade felt an unexplainable anger again, and glared at Danzo angrily.

However, Danzo didn't seem to hear Tsunade's words, and missed Tsunade's body directly, and left the ward with Yamanakakaze and Yume Togen, but the walking speed was not fast, obviously inviting Tsunade to go over.

Tsunade smacked his mouth again in displeasure.

"Lu Jiu will follow me, and the rest will stand by."

Although he said that he didn't want to communicate with Danzo, he was still very curious about Danzo's purpose of eliciting himself.

It's not that she hasn't thought about easing the relationship with Danzo.

Danzo has done stupid things, but at this time it is too late to regret and make up for it, so Konoha can only bear it. Moreover, under the tremendous pressure of the external environment, Konoha can only tide over the difficulties by uniting all the forces in the village.

Continuing internal friction will only give others a chance to take advantage of it again.

In a secluded lounge in the hospital, Tsunade and Danzo sat on the sofa, looking at each other.

Lu Jiu, Shan Zhongfeng, and You Nv Tugen respectively followed behind their corresponding superiors, with flat faces.

Tsunade crossed Erlang's legs with his hands, picked up a cup of tea from the coffee table with his right hand, and said straight to the point: "You old guy, you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing. If you have anything to say, just tell me. Let me hear what good things you did behind the back of the village."

On the word 'good thing', Tsunade's tone of words suddenly became more serious, as if he was gnashing his teeth.

Regarding Tsunade's cynicism, Danzo didn't seem to care, his face was always calm, and he didn't show any anger.

"The old man is seventy-three this year, it's time to find an heir..."

Poof!

The tea that had just been swallowed before it could be swallowed suddenly spewed out of Tsunade's mouth and splashed on Danzo's body, causing Tsunade to cough violently, and stared at Danzo with wide-eyed eyes in shock, as if he was inquiring whether the other party had been dropped.

Danzo still didn't seem to care, just calmly picked up a tissue and wiped the tea off his clothes.

"The root...when do you need a so-called heir?"

Tsunade felt strange about this, with a bit of sarcasm in his tone.

The root is a distorted organization born under the political balance of Konoha. Such an organization, dying in the dust of history is the correct path.

No matter who is in charge of Hokage, they don't want to see Anbu's banner, and there is such a powerful armed organization that is not controlled by Hokage or even the village, and only serves individuals.

Ignoring these, Danzo continued: "So far, among the martial arts faction members who have merged under Genbu, there are 43 Jnin and more than 2,000 Chunin... These are all the products of the compromise of the Japanese appeasement policy in the past. His capacity is not enough to support the responsibility of 'Shadow', so I was born as 'Darkness'."

The more he listened, the more frightened he became. Although Tsunade knew that the martial arts faction under Danzo's command was extremely powerful, he didn't expect it to be so huge.

There are more than forty high-level ninjas, more than two thousand middle-level ninjas, plus the uncounted low-level ninjas, the power of the fighting faction is strong enough to shake the foundation of Hokage.

Moreover, the root has not yet been incorporated.

Conservatively estimate, it is not a problem to take out 20 anonymous Ninja Ninja who only have a code name.

The corners of Tsunade's eyes began to twitch.

"Danzo, what do you mean by these? Are you threatening me?"

Tsunade sighed, his body was sitting up, his eyes became sharp instantly, and he shot Danzo directly.

Danzang said to himself: "No, the old man just wanted to explain that when the old man is alive, he can still suppress this group of people. But once the old man dies, with your strength, can you subdue them all?"

Danzo's question, whether it was Tsunade or Shikahisa, after listening to it, they all gave a silent response.

Although Danzo's words were very ugly, they also said an extremely cruel fact.

This group of militant factions were originally radicals born after the Third Ninja World War, under the long-term appeasement policy of the Three Hokages.

From the root system, Tsunade is also labeled as the Third Hokage, and to a certain extent, will be regarded by this group of fighters as the successor of the Third Hokage's appeasement policy.

With her ability, no matter whether she can suppress this group of people, it will be an extremely terrible disaster for Konoha.

"you mean"

"The old man needs a successor to avoid future chaos. In addition, the old man's body is already riddled with holes. Even if there is no fighting, he can only live for another year at most."

Danzo gave a very bad news.

At most one year, Danzo will die.

In the past, Tsunade felt that this was a happy event worth celebrating. But in fact, this is likely to be the beginning of Konoha's troubles.

Once Danzo dies, the militant faction will inevitably lose its due control, and civil war is very likely to occur.

If you want to avoid such a thing, you can only let the roots continue to stabilize the rule of the militant faction.

In order to have a stable and long-term rule, a new leader needs to be born.

Danzo expresses exactly this intention.

It can be said to be a conspiracy, there is no hidden conspiracy, but Tsunade and Shikajiu had to jump into it.

"What about your thoughts, Lu Jiu? Anyway, it has a lot to do with you."

Judging from the attitude of Danzo to find Shikamaru, it should be because of Shikamaru's potential qualifications.

So, Tsunade put the decision-making power in Shikahisa's hands.

Lu Jiu shook his head with a wry smile and said, "No, I don't know how to do it."

From the perspective of the village, this seems to be a very beneficial thing.

But what kind of place is the root, how could he not know?

He didn't want his son to work in such a place at all.

Moreover, thinking that Shikamaru might return home with Danzo's gloomy expression all day long, the muscles on Shikahisa's face couldn't help but ache.

"Since this is the case, how about the old man discussing with the child himself? Anyway, he is already a qualified ninja and will have his own opinions. After all, it is not a good thing to spoil a child too much."

Danzo said so.

"..." Lujiu sighed, and nodded helplessly: "Yes, but Hokage-sama and I will observe in secret, and please don't force the child, Elder Danzo. Moreover, the child is still in the recovery period and cannot bear too much stimulation. The time for communication should be after he is discharged from the hospital."

"Can."

Danzo agreed to the request and got up.

"By the way, since you value Inuko so much, why did Sasuke Uchiha make him do such risky things when he attacked Konoha?"

Deer didn't understand this for a long time.

So he asked.

Shikamaru was seriously injured that day. If Naruto had used the Immortal Talisman, he might have died.

This is not in line with Danzo's words and deeds at this time.

Danzo glanced at Shikahisa and Tsunade, and said slowly: "When he met the old man through Sai that day, the old man secretly left the pupil technique 'Izanagi' in his eyes, which would be automatically triggered when he died, rewriting the fact of his death. Even if there is no Uzumaki Naruto's sage charm, he will be fine. But since this pupil technique has not been triggered, let it stay in his eyes."

After finishing speaking, without waiting for Shikahisa and Tsunade's reaction, Danzo left with Shan Zhongfeng and You Nv.

"Lu Jiu, have you really thought about it? If you are persuaded by Danzo, there will be no turning back."

After Danzo left, Tsunade asked Shikahisa.

"If there is one, there are two. That stinky boy met Danzo once behind my back, so there may be a second meeting in the future. If he doesn't get rid of this idea, it doesn't matter how many times he blocks it. Moreover, what Danzo looks at is the strength of Hokage and Ikacho. His ingenuity actually does not account for a large proportion."

Lu Jiu sighed melancholy.

Otherwise, based on the current Shikamaru alone, Danzo would not be able to enter the eyes. It can only be said that he is a young ninja with great potential, and he is still far away from being truly independent.

Therefore, the Hokage faction represented by Shikamaru and the power of the family are what Danzo really values.

"It's good if you are sure. However, after getting rid of Danzo's thorn, I can also be a little more aggressive with that stinky boy in the kingdom of ghosts."

After all, he is always under the pressure of his former students. For Tsunade, it is also a very aggrieved thing.

Regarding Tsunade's words, Shikahisa couldn't deny it.

Tsunade's tolerance for Oni's Country is not because she likes to be patient, but before Konoha's internal power cannot be unified, no matter how she meets with Oni's Country, she will end in failure. She can only choose the method of minimizing losses and speed up Konoha's internal unity, so that she can fight back.

The loss of the Fourth Ninja World War could have been avoided, but the internal division of Konoha gave the Kingdom of Demons too many opportunities to take advantage of, making the battle situation unfavorable all the way.

After learning from this experience and lesson, for the kingdom of ghosts, Tsunade follows the strategy of treating it as if nothing happened as long as there is no large-scale attack, and unifying the interior as soon as possible is the top priority.

If the negotiation with Danzo goes well this time, it is only a matter of time before Konoha reunifies internally.

But on the other hand, Lu Jiu didn't want this kind of thing to go too smoothly.

Ambivalence was born in Lu Jiu's heart.

The country of Zhi.

In the underground waterway of a huge building, Sasuke struck the person who wanted to escape with lightning and knocked down the fleeing ninja immediately. He was paralyzed and unable to move. He could only stare fiercely, waiting for Sasuke to pronounce his fate.

"Is that all, Kakashi?"

Sasuke turned his head to look at Kakashi who appeared here at some unknown time. Behind him were the ninjas from the Nation of Demons in heavy armor. They took the escaped ninja out of the underground sewer as if they were arresting a prisoner.

"Yeah, after cleaning up this mouse, there will be no more problems in the Zhizhi Country's intelligence department in a short time. After all, it has been less than a year since the formal cooperation with Zhizhi Country, and it is normal that there will be some problems in the new intelligence branch here."

After all, it takes a lot of time to plant spies in.

Especially in a well-structured intelligence organization like the Kingdom of Ghosts, there is an extremely strict entry process for new recruits. Even if it exists as a branch, it is the same.

Therefore, if outsiders want to place spies in, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources.

In a short period of time, this kind of thing will not happen a second time.

and Kakashi came to the roof above the building, looking at the scenery below.

The intelligence branch here is located in the capital city of Zhizhi Kingdom, and the distance from Daming Mansion is only a few office streets away, so the location is very close.

Here, the intelligence agency of the Kingdom of Ghosts is a formal official organization, so it can be built in a stately manner, and with the support of the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Zhizhi, it can run smoothly.

But at the same time, the information they have obtained here will also be shared with the Daming Mansion of the Kingdom of Zhi, and if necessary, they will also catch the 'rat' for them to ensure their safety.

For a small country that is rich in medicinal materials and has no ninja villages, only under the protection of a big country can it maintain its inheritance in the ninja world.

Moreover, compared with other small countries that are still in war, the domestic situation in Zhi Zhi Country is good, and there is no political turmoil.

At present, the ninja troops of the big country officially stationed in the country are only the Ghost Country.

Although this ninja army only has a total of more than 150 people, such an arrangement is enough to protect a small country.

"It's really a peaceful country, completely different from the small country I walked through before."

Sasuke said so.

Before coming to Zhizhi Country, he and Kakashi also passed by a small country.

A civil war is going on in that small country, and the behind-the-scenes manipulators are the Kingdom of Ghosts and the Kingdom of Earth.

In contrast, the peace and tranquility of Zhizhi Country, in Sasuke's view, is like two worlds.

"I heard that the higher-ups are planning to marry a certain princess from the Daming Mansion here, and the country's medicinal resources are very rich. Out of these considerations, they will send troops to take shelter directly."

Kakashi shrugged.

Marriage between major powers is not a rare thing.

In the past, the famous Senju Clan in the ninja world and the Uzumaki Clan who were good at sealing techniques were combined by marriage.

The princess of the Uzumaki clan was once the wife of the first generation of Hokage, Konoha's first Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Such alliances were very common in the Warring States Period.

Even the Uchiha clan used this method to develop their own power and confront the Senju clan.

It's just that those ninjas were eliminated by the cruel ninja battlefield during the years of battles. In the end, only the powerful Uchiha clan survived. Until now, they still retain a relatively complete family inheritance.

"If you want to revitalize the Uchiha clan in the future, you can also try to develop in this direction. The revitalization of a clan has nothing to do with the size of the population. As far as I know, there seem to be many girls watching you secretly."

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and smiled.

Looking at Kakashi who was talking more and more crooked, Sasuke didn't expect to get angry, so he ignored his teasing.

marry?

Before killing Danzo, he would not think about such boring and meaningless things.

"Okay, since the matter here is resolved, let's go to the next country quickly, complete this task as soon as possible and then go back, I still have a lot of things to deal with."

Sasuke changed the topic and focused on this task.

In order to save time, he didn't take Zhongwu and the four people with him, but asked Chongwu to help the four people in special training to improve their strength.

"Is that so..."

Kakashi lazily took out a map, on which a clear course of action was drawn.

"The next country to go to is the Country of Wine, which is a hard-hit area of the civil war. The intelligence branch there was attacked by Yunyin's ninja leaders before, and a lot of valuable information was lost. After arriving there, there is no such thing as the Country of Zhi. Take a break, set off at midnight tonight, and try to arrive before noon."

Looking at the setting sun that was about to sink into the western sky, Sasuke nodded and agreed.

After traveling for several days, he was a little tired.

(end of this chapter)