Naruto: From the capture of the main family to the behind-the-scenes mastermind

Chapter 78 Appointment Letter

That letter of appointment was prepared for the Hokage's assistant, not for him personally.

The daimyo deliberately left a way out.

If he didn't lose, everything would be fine. If he lost, Daimyo could also have room to maneuver by following this back-up plan.

He stated the location in a low voice, and Danzo looked at Hinata Yu with interest, "Do you want to go get it?"

"Go find the appointment letter and give it to Lord Hokage." Hinata Yu glanced at him, walked to the door, opened it and instructed an Anbu.

Danzo frowned when he saw what Hinata Yu did, and sneered, "You are not even as good as me. You don't have that power. The Hokage can remove you from your position with just one order."

"You have that document, but you are still in prison now."

Danzo: "..."

This is the fact and there is no way to refute it.

Hinata Yu's expression was calm. He put the documents next to him again, and started checking them one by one, as if he was treating this place as his office.

After about ten minutes in this quiet atmosphere, the Anbu returned to the prison with the appointment letter and presented it to Hinata Yu.

"The Hokage said that this document was written by the Daimyo, and it would be against the rules to destroy it. From now on, you, Master Yu, will be in charge of Konoha's finances and will just have to interface with the Daimyo."

Danzo's eyes widened as he watched helplessly as the power he had finally obtained was officially handed over to Hinata Yu, his expression darkening.

How could Minato give this power to Hinata Hane?
This is decentralization!
What if Hinata Yuwei can’t grow bigger in the future?
Just like him and the roots...

"I understand."

Reaching out to take the appointment letter, and waiting for the Anbu to leave, Hinata Yu looked at Danzo, "It seems that there is something wrong with your thinking."

Now the fourth generation is not afraid of political threats, and other senior officials understand this, so he can get this special power legitimately without any shady means.

Hinata Yu's words reminded Danzo of the day when he was crushed by Guangming Zhengda, and his expression became complicated.

Yes, for Minato, there is no need to care too much about these powers.

Power alone without corresponding strength is meaningless.

You have clearly seen the crushing power, so why are you still thinking in the same way as before?

...Maybe he understood, because that's how he has always thought.

Danzo glanced at Hinata Yu in a trance, his expression relaxed, and he whispered:

"You don't have to care about me at all. I've already lost. Konoha no longer has an environment where roots can thrive. It's a waste of energy to be on guard against me."

Hinata Yu raised an eyebrow, "Even if you assume that what you said is true, how can you guarantee that the Root will follow your orders?"

Danzo said nonchalantly: "They are just tools, naturally..."

Stop talking halfway.

Danzo looked at the documents that shirked responsibility and his face darkened.

"Your prestige in the Root is indeed very high, and you still have loyal and thoughtful subordinates. We are willing to collude with other countries to rescue you... Next, are you going to control the nobles of the Fire Country, or even the Daimyo?"

Hinata Yu deliberately emphasized the word "loyalty", making Danzo's face even gloomier.

Are you already so impatient, those weak ninjas...

They all want to give me a push and send me to death.

Hinata Yu put away the documents, turned and walked towards the door, tilted his head and asked calmly: "Where is the information?"

After hesitating for a few seconds, Danzo closed his eyes and whispered, "There is an underground base in the west of the Death Forest. The entrance is..."

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of a door closing was heard.

Danzo looked through the window and saw Hinata Yu leading his men away, and then saw Hiruzen coming back, and he sighed softly, "The successors you chose are all good."

Minato is good, and so is Hinata Yu.

Sarutobi Hiruzen paused and said with emotion: "Yes, they are much better than our generation... If we could always work together, maybe it wouldn't be like this."

"...No ifs!" Danzo. If he doesn't fight once, he will never let it go.

If it weren't for the strong suppression shown by Minato and the people behind him this time, he would have continued to fight.

Even at this moment, he himself did not believe that he had no resentment in his heart, but as long as he thought of the scene that day, he would temporarily suppress all his thoughts.

If he can't defeat that kind of power, there's no point in him becoming Hokage.

When facing the third generation leader, he was confident that he could lead Konoha to surpass the other party's era.

But facing the era represented by Minato... he couldn't deceive himself.

Unless he can defeat Minato, or Konoha declines and Minato dies, he will have to stay here forever.

Konoha doesn't need the Darkness of the Ninja World right now.

Thinking of this, Danzo said slowly:

"Ambition comes from status and strength. I am standing beside you, just one step away, just one step away. It was like this when the teacher decided on the Hokage, and it was like this after I became the Hokage's assistant. I won't give up unless I try.

Now, Hinata Yu is also standing in that position, aren't you worried?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head, "He is different from you."

Danzo did not refute and asked again:

"What about Orochimaru?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned, somewhat confused by Danzo's words, and thinking of his past memories with Orochimaru, he suppressed the strange feeling in his heart and said calmly:

"Orochimaru has gradually changed. Minato was given the position of Hokage by him, and he is now the leader of the Root. I have no right to restrict him. That is something Minato should consider. I have retired. I just need to keep an eye on you from now on."

"Hmph! You will regret it!"

With a cold snort, the prison fell silent again.

……

When Hinata Yu returned to the Hokage's office, the two advisors had already left.

He looked at Minato Namikaze who stood up in front of the window and walked over. "Danzo handed over all the information about the high-level officials of the Land of Fire to me."

Hearing this, Minato looked sideways at him in surprise that he had not brought up the sensitive subject of the Daimyo, "Thank you for your hard work. You didn't show him the most outrageous accusation?"

"Only speaking of Jiraiya-senpai."

"I see." Minato nodded in understanding.

The accusations made by his teacher were already bizarre, but there were many personal accusations that were even stranger than Jiraiya's, and they were simply aimed at disgusting Danzo.

If Danzo had seen it, he probably wouldn't have been able to talk to Hinata Yu calmly... No one wants to be blamed for those things.

"Speaking of Jiraiya-senpai, he is still in the guard prison, right?"

Hinata Yu saw that Minato didn't want to discuss the information, so he changed the subject.

Jiraiya's accusation... No one believes it.

Tsunade was there when he wrote those personal accusations, and sent him straight to the guard for tea.

Minato rubbed his brows and smiled helplessly, "Teacher confessed himself, and we have to deal with it according to the rules. I hope you can change your temper, otherwise if you stay in Konoha in the future, you will inevitably have to go to the guard team for tea."

Fugaku is now in a high position of power, and he is more strict with himself and his subordinates. Now that Tsunade has sent the people in, he will not show mercy.

At most, he would give Jiraiya some preferential treatment for his own sake.

"Fortunately, we are the ones paying for Tsunade-senpai's current expenses, otherwise she might have to go to the guard team for not paying back the money she owes."

Thinking of Tsunade from Jiraiya, Minato looked at Hinata Yu and asked:
"Yu, isn't the money you gave Tsunade-senpai too little? She has no self-control at all and basically stays in the casino all day... It feels like the money will be gone soon."

Although he felt a little sorry for the money and wanted to spend it on the right things, a little money was nothing compared to Tsunade staying in Konoha.

Instead, Minato was worried that the other party didn't have enough, so he ran outside again.

(End of this chapter)