Chapter 733 Deployment

In the basement ward, Shikamaru saw Danzo again lying in a wheelchair with needles in his right arm.

The breathless breathing sound, as well as the decadent and corrupt look on his face, Shikamaru had no doubt at all that the other party was just holding his last breath with medicine, and did not die.

The skin on the right arm is pale and bloodless, inlaid with scarlet three-pointed jade writing sharing eyes, and even the right eye, which is covered by a white cloth belt, probably hides sharing sharing eyes.

"Danzo-sama, Nara Shikamaru has brought you."

Younv walked up to Danzo's side, softly called out to Danzo who was sleeping, and then stood upright on one side, with an unsmiling posture full of seriousness and indifference.

Hearing the call of Younv Togen, Danzo slowly opened a pair of cloudy but sharp eyes, and saw Shikamaru standing two or three meters away in front of him.

The other party looked calm and seemed not to be affected by the environment here.

But Danzo can still judge that the other party's psychology at this time is somewhat nervous.

Since the establishment of the root, this is a dangerous forbidden place that Konoha Ninja said everyone has turned pale.

Countless tragic and dark missions, including various inhuman experiments, can basically be related to the root.

"Elder Danzo."

Shikamaru called out respectfully.

Although Danzang's position as an elder has been deprived, in fact, he still has extremely high power in the village. It can be said that there is a big difference between the real and unknown elders and the two dead consultants.

During this period, I learned about the development history of Root, and Shikamaru deeply realized the darkness and horror of this organization.

"Don't be nervous, since you're here, the old man won't do anything to you. Now the old man has very little life left, and he is only relying on the forbidden medicine developed from the roots to hang himself with his last breath. This place in the future belongs to you young people."

Although Danzo's breath is declining, his voice is very clear, with a power that penetrates people's hearts. Unnaturally, he will show a nervous, flustered ugly face in front of him.

"yes."

Not knowing what Danzo was thinking, Shikamaru could only nod in agreement.

Didn't care about Shikamaru's involuntary attitude, and Danzo would not think that in such a short period of time, the other party would really integrate into the root organization.

In any case, the reputation of this organization can be described as notorious in the eyes of many people.

Shikamaru has a repulsive mentality, which is not unexpected by Danzo.

"Given you so many days, you should have a better understanding of the root of the old man's control. If you have any ideas, just say it directly, and the old man will arrange everything before he dies."

Danzo's face was neither happy nor sad, as if the person who was about to die was not himself.

Shikamaru pondered for a moment, finally mustered up the courage, looked directly into Danzo's eyes, and said, "I want to know, what Elder Danzo thinks about the placement of Genbu and Wudou Sect?"

After years of deep cultivation, the root organization, which secretly protected Konoha from the beginning, gradually gave birth to its own independent thought in the evolution of the times. It also means that this organization not only belongs to Konoha, but also dissociates from the management system of the village. In the most powerful period, even Hokage's decision-making can intervene, destroy and organize.

Even... a coup to seek power!

Especially this organization has begun to control the discourse power of the martial arts faction in the village. Once it loses control and runs away, Konoha will immediately fall into endless civil strife and become a mess.

At that time, not to mention resisting foreign enemies, whether it can maintain internal rule is still a key issue.

"The strength of the martial arts faction will gradually be brought under Hokage's command, but the responsibilities of the root will remain the same."

Danzo gave this answer as if he had anticipated this question.

"Why keep the root's responsibilities the same?"

Shikamaru frowned.

If the root is not dissolved, the blade will hurt itself sooner or later.

From a long-term point of view, dissolving the roots is a very beneficial thing for the leaves, so that the internal division of the leaves will not be severe.

"Those who don't plan for the whole world are not enough for a certain time. Those who don't plan for the overall situation are not enough for a region. Your vision is not long enough. Let's put it this way, Shikamaru boy, who do you think the next Hokage after Tsunade will fall on?"

Danzo stared into Shikamaru's eyes and asked these words.

Shikamaru thought for a while and said a name: "Naruto."

Danzo nodded, seeming very satisfied with Shikamaru's judgment.

"As a Hokage, as a ninja, one's own strength is the foundation of standing. And the strength of a ninja is composed of many factors. Uzumaki Naruto, in this regard, can be said to be unique. But he does not have the ability to lead a pack of wolves in troubled times. His ideas are too naive. Therefore, although he has great strength, if he is given the management power, his own existence will be the biggest instability for the village."

As if he had seen through Naruto's personality, Danzo expressed his feelings.

In terms of the strength of a ninja, he has nothing to criticize about Naruto. As long as such a guy grows up step by step, he will sooner or later become a powerful weapon to deter the village from the outside world.

Moreover, he also has the ability to get close enough to others, which is exactly what a Hokage needs.

However, he is too indecisive about some things, and there is also a complicated relationship between rebellion and tolerance.

If you want to talk about shortcomings, this is the only point.

After all, no one is perfect, and Danzo does not expect Naruto to become a perfect ninja like his father, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato.

Treat your own people like a spring breeze, and be ruthless to your enemies.

"Elder Danzo means..."

" Uzumaki Naruto is the same as Hizan. It is not decisive enough to eradicate the roots early, and it is impossible to compromise. In such a world of great strife, if no one constrains him, his naive idea will bring Konoha to a place of eternal doom. Those martial arts factions who have defected to me are not so much recruited by the old man, but Hizan himself pushed to my side. Facing enemies like wolves and tigers, ninjas cannot just be weak and pray for peace. Only when they get weaker can they become Konoha's allies."

Shikamaru stared seriously at Danzo, who was neither happy nor sad, and fell into complicated thoughts for a while.

Ruthless?

No, although the other party has done a lot of dirty things in the past, the idea of Konoha supremacy is strictly speaking not a bad thing for Konoha at the moment.

In the foreseeable future, what Danzo expected is likely to happen.

As a close friend, he knows best what kind of person Naruto is. Because of this, he couldn't refute Danzo's remarks.

It would be okay if it was a peaceful age, but in this chaotic world where all countries are in trouble, Naruto can only be used as a deterrent by force, but absolutely cannot play the role of a leader.

The final result may cause further divisions between the conservative faction and the militant faction, as it did during the third generation of Hokage.

"Even if I have the ability of Hizhan, I have to admit that he has achieved the ultimate in balancing the various factions. However, where there is sunlight, there must be shadows. The closer the tree is to the sun, the roots will grow deeper into the earth. This is a fact that does not depend on personal will. Seeing you and Uzumaki Naruto now reminds me of myself and Hizhan in the past. But the shadow of this old man still cannot approach the light after all, and will be huddled in the darkness all his life."

Danzo may have thought of something, and his tone revealed a bit of nostalgia and emotion.

The voice was still as cold as ever, but it seemed to be a little more human.

As the saying goes, when a person is about to die, his words are also good. Shikamaru doesn't know if Danzo belongs to this situation, but on the surface, it seems that the other party intends to let go completely, and wants to integrate Konoha's power. And taking into account the next Hokage, paving the way for Konoha's future.

Looking at it this way, Uchiha Sasuke attacked Konoha, and he was obviously capable of saving the Danzo of the two consultant friends, but he didn't take any action at the time. Let Uchiha Sasuke kill the two consultants, probably with the idea of killing people with a knife.

The power of the advisory group is the first step to integrate the power of Konoha.

So, in the eyes of Danzo, those two consultants became people who must die!

Even if he doesn't die in Uchiha Sa's assistant, he will be dealt with secretly by the root.

Shikamaru believes that Danzo can definitely do it, and he has the courage to do it.

"Why, do you have any doubts?"

Danzo asked softly, due to his weak complexion, even the gloom on his face dissipated a lot.

"No, I just didn't expect that Elder Danzo would make such a big change, which is completely different from what my dad and Hokage-sama said."

Shikamaru didn't know what attitude he should take to face Danzo, and said at a loss.

"If I give this old man ten more years, I will use another plan to strengthen Konoha. But now that I have very little life left, I can only believe in you young people. In terms of ability, you are not the best ninja I have ever seen, but after my death, you will be the most suitable person to lead the roots in the future."

"Is it the best fit?"

Shikamaru smiled wryly.

He naturally knew that a person like Danzo would not treat him differently at all.

If Konoha moves towards unity in the future, then root support is essential.

And he is just a Zhongnin, how can He De be able to lead such a huge organization?

The strength of the roots is not weaker than that of Anbu led by Hokage. This means that whoever holds the root will immediately have the ability to wrestle with Hokage.

Now, he is naturally unable to do this. Whether it is strength or ability, they are too immature.

Danzo took a fancy to him because he was judged from various perspectives, not just based on the ability of individual ninjas.

Comprehensive factors such as the connections of the Inokacho clan, Naruto's immediate family, Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's best friend, etc.

This is where Danzo really likes him.

However, Shikamaru was not discouraged by what Danzo said.

The road of life cannot be achieved overnight by everyone.

Although the pressure is a bit high, Shikamaru wants to give it a try.

"Next, take the root as your leader at the root. I hope you will not disappoint the old man. Cough cough, take the root and take him down. The old man is a little tired."

Danzo slowly closed his eyes and began to fall into a deep sleep.

Yu Nv Togen nodded, glanced at Shikamaru, and motioned to follow her out of the ward.

August 31, 8:50 am.

Just as countries are focusing their attention on the Land of Rain, the Kingdom of Ghosts located in the extreme west of the mainland is also quietly carrying out some unknown deployment.

In the conference room 301 of the first administrative building of the military, all the high-level personnel of the military of the ghost country gathered together.

There were a total of more than 20 people who gathered. Liuli and Ayane, who were in high-level positions in the military, also arrived as scheduled and sat in the first row.

Behind them are a group of other high-level military personnel, all of whom are basically over 30 years old, and a few of them have even reached their sixtieth year, but their eyes are extremely aggressive, as sharp as a falcon.

In the back row of the last row, as a newly promoted employee, Ichihime was sitting there bored, imitating her mother Liuli, with her legs crossed and her hands folded in front of her chest. Those who didn't know thought she was here for a banquet, which was incompatible with the serious atmosphere in the entire conference room.

Besides, in the last row, there are two other newly promoted high-level executives. Their age is more than ten years older than Yi Ji, and they are already in their thirties. It may be due to too much work at ordinary times, which has caused part of the hair to turn gray.

Compared to Yi Ji's dissipation, the attitudes of these two newly promoted high-level executives are a little tense, probably because they are participating in such a high-level meeting for the first time, and they are starting to worry about whether they can be competent for the next important task.

"Don't be nervous, newcomers will almost always be like this at the beginning, after a few more times, you will get used to it."

Seeing the nervousness of these two people, Yiji slightly turned around and said something to them.

"Yes, Master Ichihime."

The two newly promoted high-level personnel were still too nervous, and they even spoke honorifics.

This made Yiji a little helpless, but it was necessary to win over such a new recruit.

Can be selected by hundreds of Junin, not to mention their own Jnin strength, if the ability is not outstanding, they will not be authorized to participate in this military meeting.

So, these two newly promoted executives are worth investing in now.

After all, not everyone is like her. Since birth, she has not known what fear is.

Time passed quickly, and at 9 o'clock in the morning, the big screen that was originally dark at the front suddenly lit up.

A line of words appeared on itthe Fifth Ninja World War Battle Conference.

The naming is very simple and simple, but the content revealed is very thrilling.

Among all the high-level people present, many of them are elites who have come all the way from the ninja world war, and they know how cruel war is.

Moreover, this combat meeting will never end with all parties maintaining a balance like the Fourth Ninja World War.

The kingdom of ghosts, which has more information, has predicted that the fifth ninja world war will break out in the near future.

As long as the country of ghosts ignites that fuse a little bit, all the undercurrents hidden in the ninja world will be blown out, and become the fuse for the eruption of the ninja world war.

In war, it is very necessary to obtain the initiative at the first time.

This meeting is probably related to this matter. Some high-level people with keen minds have already guessed some based on the information at hand.

Leaving from the seat, Shiraishi came to the wide platform in front of the screen, focused everyone's attention, and quickly scanned the faces of all high-level personnel one by one.

"Regarding some of the recent turmoil in the ninja world, I think everyone gathered here has already obtained some sensitive information in advance. Then, I will stop talking nonsense. The next meeting will be the first round of talks with the upcoming fifth Ninja World War. Please speak freely, and I will summarize and sort out your various suggestions."

Baishi diffused the sound to the entire large conference room through the headset, ensuring that every senior executive could hear his speech clearly.

After finishing speaking, whispering voices came from below, as if they were discussing in a low voice and exchanging opinions with each other.

Only Liuli and Ayane, who were sitting in the front row, began to sip tea as if they had expected it. It seemed that drinking tea was more interesting than meeting.

Moreover, as Shiraishi's wife, they can be said to be Shiraishi's staunch supporters.

As long as it is a strategy proposed by Shiraishi, neither of them has ever opposed it.

In their view, as long as the next route is determined, they just need to follow it all the way.

When it comes to war, the most taboo thing is to look forward and backward and give up halfway.

Konoha, who was once the strongest, lost at this point.

In the third Ninja World War, the fighting faction and the conservative faction split. Even if there is no Danzo, those ninjas of the fighting faction who do not meet the policy of the third generation of Hokage will establish their own and seek a way out.

However, there is no such a mess in the Kingdom of Ghosts. The chaos born in the first reform was completely wiped out by Shiraishi with a thunderbolt.

With the full support of the Uchiha, Hyuga, and Uzumaki tribes, the military power of the Oni Kingdom has already gathered in one place. Next, whether it is to initiate the war or continue to wait for the opportunity, the kingdom of ghosts will be able to mobilize and concentrate its own power in the first place.

"Master Baishi, before I do this, I would like to ask first, this military operation will not end until it reaches a certain level."

A senior officer stood up and asked Shiraishi a question.

Even a powerful country like the Kingdom of Ghosts cannot enter the stage of war endlessly, otherwise, no matter how big the family is, it will not be able to support it.

"This war is the same as in the past, the siege of the city is only secondary, and the most important purpose is to wipe out the vitality of the villages such as Konoha. In the era of the ninja, the ninja was the absolute main force in the military. Although with the development of industrial technology, the power of the ninja is still the mainstream and occupies a very high proportion. Therefore, I think that compared to how much land and resources they occupy, these things should be considered after the enemy's vitality is wiped out."

There is a famous saying in ancient times, if people lose land, everyone gains land. But it must be ensured that there is still a viable force capable of resisting. If the vital force in the villages like Konoha is wiped out, I dare not say 100%, even if it is 80% or 90%, it means the victory of the ghost kingdom. After all, the effective force that can cause obstacles has disappeared, which means that guarding a larger country and resources is just a meal on the plate.

Moreover, with the least amount of force, annihilate the most enemies.

Make sure that after the end of the Ninja World War, the Kingdom of Demons has enough power to finish it off, so as not to be picked by others to win the fruits of victory.

The people below began to whisper again. Although a few people thought that such a hasty arrangement was a bit too impatient, most of them still held the same idea as Baishi. Even if the ghost country was not prepared enough, the same was true for other countries. In a hasty situation, they may suffer worse than the ghost country when they encounter such an unexpected situation.

"Now that everyone has passed, let's prepare all the materials that can be deployed in advance before the action. In addition, the war may not end quickly, and everyone should also consider the awareness of fighting in winter, so the materials for the winter also need to be prepared in advance. How long will this take?"

Shiraishi looked at one of the senior officials.

The executive stood up and said: "If it is an emergency transfer, it will only take less than half a month to complete, but in this way, there may be a risk of being exposed in advance."

"Then extend the time to one month, and make sure to take secret measures. It is now disbanded. The next round of meetings will start around mid-September. Please wait patiently for the notice."

The meeting lasted less than half an hour, and everyone packed up the recorded materials and left the large meeting room in an orderly manner.

"You seem a little impatient."

After the meeting ended, only Shiraishi, Liuli, and Ayane were left in the empty conference room, and the rest of the senior management had left.

It was Liuli who spoke, and she could feel the urgency in Baishi's heart at this moment.

"There is a little bit, because now is the time to race against time. Judging from the fact that Akatsuki has started to shrink his strength, there will be some big moves in the future. I will always feel a little uneasy if I don't investigate this matter clearly. So instead of being forced to wait now, it is better to take the initiative and use the power of Konoha and other villages to test it out."

Shiraishi nodded and admitted a little.

"However, according to the information we have learned, the progress of the investigation of these villages is very slow, and the attitude towards Yuyin has always been somewhat uncertain."

Ruri said so.

The four villages of Konoha sent thousands of ninjas into the Land of Rain to search, and basically searched all the places that could be searched. If there is any other place in the Kingdom of Rain that is not within the search range, it is Yuyin Village.

And the things there obviously cannot stand the search.

But it is not that simple to enter Yuyin to search, at least obviously, the villages like Konoha do not want to make a big move against Yuyin. This will inevitably delay the progress of the investigation.

"Don't worry, after a while, when the atmosphere of suspicion of Yuyin is brewing, I will ignite the first fuse at the right time. Moreover, although Konoha's Jiraiya, although his personality is not very pleasing, he is undoubtedly a good intelligence gathering ability. As long as he is guided a little, it will be a matter of time before he investigates Yuyin's head."

Shiraishi said so.

"The confrontation between the master and the apprentice? It seems that what happened next to Yuyin is more interesting than expected. Moreover, it may help us cut off an enemy."

Ayane narrowed her eyes and smiled.

Baishi nodded, his eyes darkened.

"Well, in terms of utility value, this Sannin is useless."

(end of this chapter)