The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 72 Danzo's Plan

"Then give me a portion of tonkotsu ramen too."

Hideki glanced at the menu on the wall and said casually.

"Okay, I'll be there soon."

While waiting, Hideki saw that Minato had finished a bowl of ramen, so he said:
"Minato, how is the progress of the points plan? Students keep coming to me and asking when it will be officially implemented."

Previously, Minato felt that the number of prizes that could be redeemed in the points program was too small, which was really shabby, so he volunteered to raise some sponsorship for the program.

Hideki was naturally happy to be relaxed, so he left everything to Minato.

But after several days there was no movement, so he had to ask something.

Minato said somewhat embarrassedly:

"I'm really sorry it took so long..."

"Because my friends are often out of the village on missions, I have to wait for them to come back and convince them one by one, so it takes a bit of time."

"Besides them, I also hope to get as many ninjas as possible to join this plan, and I'm also trying to convince them, but the progress is not going smoothly..."

Then, Minato told Hideki about his experiences visiting various ninja clans as if he was complaining.

Hideki gradually understood his difficulties.

To put it simply, most of the current ninja clan leaders are still old-fashioned and conservative, and they are not very receptive to new things like the points plan.

Relying on the power of Minato's Face Fruit, it is not difficult to get them to donate a little money.

However, it is still extremely difficult to get them, who are used to cherishing their own things, to ask the elites in the tribe to help guide students, or to give out some good things as prizes.

However, Hideki felt that Minato's problem was not small, and couldn't help but teasing:

"Minato, I didn't expect you to be such a perfectionist."

Minato also smiled bitterly and said: "Indeed, I was too naive..."

"We wanted to increase communication opportunities and reduce barriers through this plan, but it's not that easy to achieve."

Hideki couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

In fact, Minato’s direction of effort was not wrong.

Diluting the concept of the ninja clan through ninja schools and master-apprentice inheritance has been the policy that the village has been implementing since its establishment.

It’s just that everyone in the world is seeking profit.

For those old, sinister clan leaders who won't act until they see the rabbit, it's useless to just talk to them about the Will of Fire like Minato did.

Only by offering them tangible benefits can they voluntarily join the plan.

Thinking of this, Hideki's eyes suddenly rolled, and he had thought of a good idea. He began to teach Minato the key points in this way...

……

In a dark office at the root base.

"I've made myself clear about what happened, Shiguro, Ryoma, get up."

Danzo put down the two people's report books and said in a deep voice,
"Kimura Hideki's strength and the appearance of Namikaze Minato were unexpected factors. It's not your fault."

Normally Danzo is not so easy to talk to, but as Shiguro is his most capable assistant, he naturally has to give him some preferential treatment.

"Master Danzo, please give me one more chance. I will definitely defeat Kimura Hideki next time!"

As soon as Longma stood up, he lowered his head and asked for instructions, his tone seeming to be a little bit gnashing of teeth.

Danzo shook his head and said:

"That's not necessary now. I'll tell you when I need it."

Longma wanted to fight for it, but Shihei, who was standing beside him, glanced at him and shuddered slightly, lowering his head and saying:
"Yes, Lord Danzo." Soon the two of them left the office.

Danzo picked up the report again, feeling a little depressed.

Since he had no outstanding achievements in the past, he thought that Hideki Kimura's strength should be very average.

I didn't expect that even when being restrained, he could still make Longma helpless. His strength is definitely not as simple as written in the information.

It was then that Danzo realized why Hiruzen had thought so highly of this young man before, even comparing him to Minato.

More importantly, according to Shiguro's description, Kimura Hideki can actually use mechanisms to simulate wind-style abilities such as vacuum waves.

This made Danzo, who was good at wind escape, feel a sense of mutual admiration and wanted to recruit him even more.

It’s a pity that the best opportunity was missed due to the interference of Minato Namikaze.

If we alert the enemy, I'm sure Hiruzen will have people watching over him for a while, so he won't give me a chance to take advantage of him...

Since the Root was still in its infancy, Danzo did not have the confidence to confront Hiruzen head-on, so he could only choose to sit back and do nothing for the time being.

Anyway, Hideki Kimura is not going anywhere, so sooner or later there will be a chance to recruit him under his command.

However, now without the help of Hideki Kimura, how to solve the root financial crisis has become a big problem.

Danzo let out a breath and cast his eyes towards the thick stack of funding applications on the table, his brows furrowed.

You know, separating the roots from the dark parts is not as simple as changing offices.

From the construction of a base to the purchase of a ninja tool, we can no longer rely on the power of the Anbu.

In particular, in order to build an intelligence network independent of the Anbu in the ninja world, Danzo spent a lot of money to build intelligence stations in various places.

It’s a pity that he still underestimated the cost of this.

Intelligence stations usually need to use legitimate business as a disguise, but the management ability of the ninjas trained by his roots is poor, so most of them have been in a loss-making state.

Although the losses at each site were not too great, Danzo was eager for quick results and expanded his business too much at once, so naturally his funds quickly ran out.

And this is exactly why Danzo urgently needs Hideki.

Just then, Danzo's eyes accidentally caught a glimpse of a small notebook next to the funding application form.

And that was the market research report written by Hideki that he had taken away earlier.

This suddenly gave him an idea.

In fact, even if we fail to bring Hideki Kimura to the Root, it doesn’t mean that we can’t borrow his business talent...

"Come here, have the head of the development department bring his most capable craftsman to see me."

Danzo clapped his hands twice and quickly gave the order,

"Also, go buy me all the new toys you can find on the market..."

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

The subordinates who entered to receive orders quickly left the office.

Danzo picked up the market research report and started reading it again.

The reason why he gave those orders just now was because he suddenly remembered what Hiruzen once said.

It seems that the new toys invented by Hideki Kimura will sooner or later be copied and imitated by other businessmen, and then the prices will gradually drop.

In this case, it would be better for the money to benefit his roots rather than letting others benefit from it.

Danzo couldn't help but let out a sinister smile.

Because he believed that Hiruzen and Kimura Hideki would not have too many objections, after all...

He did this for Konoha!
(End of this chapter)