In the Sand Village, the clones are everywhere, and the Arkham game begins

Chapter 299 Sarutobi Hiruzen's Worry

The Third Hokage placed the picture in front of Minato Namikaze.

Hair and other things can be used for disguise, but magic cannot.

Namikaze Minato was completely confused.

He was doubting himself now.

Did I really do these things?
I do not know how?
"Third-sama, I can only say that I have not left the village for the past few months. The matter of Kusagakure Village is either an imitator who can perform the Flying Thunder Technique very closely, or there is another me in this world.

If you don't believe me, I can accept the ANBU's investigation, including the memory search of the Yamanaka clan."

Namikaze Minato said firmly.

"Minato, I believe in you."

The Third Hokage pondered for a moment, then showed a determined look and looked at Minato Namikaze.

"Sandaime-sama!"

A look of gratitude appeared on Minato Namikaze's face.

"But I want you to investigate this matter secretly, and together with Jiraiya, I will ask the members of the Anbu to assist you, and you must investigate the truth behind this matter!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a serious tone.

As he said before, Kusagakure Village is not the key.

The twelve jonins, plus a thousand Kusagakure ninjas, are a force that is not easy to provoke for the Wave Ninjas. For the five major ninja villages, they may need to win them over in times of war, because this force can play a significant role in the local battlefield. But in the eyes of Sarutobi Hiruzen, the value of the entire Kusagakure Village is not as great as that of one Namikaze Minato.

Not to mention that Minato is still very young. In a few years, he will at least be a strong man at the level of a Sannin.

The real trouble is the user of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Sarutobi Hiruzen would not believe such a ridiculous conclusion that there was another Minato in the world, so there was only one possibility left.

Someone has mastered a ninjutsu similar to the Flying Thunder God Technique and intends to frame Konoha, and his target is precisely Minato.

This shows that the other party must have a deep understanding of Konoha and has bad intentions.

This is ill-intentioned, maybe it's directed at Konoha, or maybe...

It was directed solely at Watergate personally and the faction he represented.

"Okay, Minato, you can step back now."

The Third Hokage picked up his pipe again and spoke gently to Minato Namikaze.

After Namikaze Minato left, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at his old friend beside him.

"Yan, what has Danzo done recently?"

“You know Danzo’s movements better than I do, Monkey, even if you replace the leader of the Root with Orochimaru, those people will still be Danzo’s men.

In terms of the ability to tame his subordinates, Danzo is even better than Tobirama. Orochimaru is now doing so well in the Root, at least those people in the Root cooperated with Danzo’s instructions.”

Mitomon Yan said straightforwardly.

Among the five living disciples of the Second Hokage, including Akimichi Tofu who no longer manages Konoha's affairs, the strongest is Sarutobi Hiruzen, followed by Danzo.

When they were young, these two were the most qualified to compete for the third Hokage.

However, Mito Kado En has a certain gap in hard power compared with the first two, but in terms of overall view and judgment ability, he is stronger than Danzo.

At least he is more clear-headed than Danzo, sees many things more clearly, and lives with enough clarity - people like this are often the ones who live the longest.

Among the elders of Konoha, Danzo is the dark side and dirty glove of the Third Hokage, who used this method to suppress the person who posed the greatest threat to his position of Hokage, and even suppressed him to the point where he could not get out of the darkness and become the Hokage with the light side. Mito Kado En is the real assistant of the Third Hokage, who can handle big things clearly, do small things well, has a clear self-positioning, and has certain abilities but does not threaten the position of Hokage.

The Third Hokage knew the meaning of what Mito Kado En said at this time.

"Orochimaru……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen muttered the name of his favorite disciple, his brows furrowed.

"Have you found out what they are doing in secret?"

"Heh, Hiruzen, you think too highly of me."

Danzo alone is an expert at doing these sneaky things, not to mention the extremely intelligent Orochimaru.

He, Mizutomon Yan, might really be able to dig it out, but the price was definitely not something he could afford.

Precisely because they are old classmates, Mito Kado En does not want to offend Danzo over such matters, nor does he want to offend Orochimaru, who is the beloved disciple of the Third Hokage and has a good chance of becoming the Fourth Hokage in the future, and who is equally ruthless in his actions.

He, Mizutomon En, still wanted to live an honest life until his death, and let the Mizutomon clan continue to be prosperous.

This matter can only be investigated by someone who is not afraid of offending these two people and has sufficient strength and ability. In any case, Mizuto Menyan is unwilling to get involved in muddy water.

If it was Koharu Utane who was here, she would probably do the same thing.

Then there are only a few people left who have weight.

Jiraiya and Minato Namikaze had just been given a mission by the Third Hokage and were obviously not suitable for doing this kind of thing. After Tsunade suffered from hemophobia, she took Kato Shizune to various casinos within the sphere of influence of Konoha all day long.

This makes it even more impossible to investigate Orochimaru and Danzo.

After counting, in the end, only the Third Hokage himself was qualified to investigate this matter.

"Ugh……"

The Third Hokage's brows were furrowed so tightly that they could kill a fly.

No matter which situation it was, it was something he didn't want to see.

Orochimaru and Danzo must be hiding something from him, and the Third Hokage had already noticed this some time ago.

To hide it from him means that what the two of them did cannot be made public, and it is something that Sarutobi Hiruzen would never allow.

Otherwise, why would you do it secretly without telling him?

Orochimaru has most likely been led by Danzo into darkness and done things he shouldn't have done.

What Sarutobi Hiruzen has to do is to find out the truth, selectively stop it, and then suppress the matter.

If it is not too serious, then Orochimaru still has hope of succeeding him and becoming the Fourth Hokage in the future.

But if it was really serious, even if Sarutobi Hiruzen suppressed it, Orochimaru would have a stain on him, and it would be a stain known by Danzo. Then, if there was a choice in the future, Orochimaru would no longer be able to become Hokage.

And if it's a more serious situation...

The Third Hokage was worried.

Because not many people are qualified to access the Book of Seals, but Danzo and Orochimaru have both had access to it.

Apart from forbidden techniques such as the Impure World Reincarnation that were explicitly sealed by the first Hokage, both Danzo and Orochimaru had come into contact with forbidden techniques such as the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Multiplicative Exploding Talisman, but were unable to learn them.

Because these two techniques are both highly difficult space ninjutsu, which is much more difficult than the summoning technique.

Orochimaru and Danzo couldn't learn it, but that doesn't mean they can't remember it.

(End of this chapter)