Naruto: From Capturing the Main Clan to Becoming the Mastermind

Chapter 78 Appointment Letter

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

Da Ming deliberately left himself a way out.

If he doesn't lose, everything will be fine. If he does lose, he can still have room to maneuver along this path.

He stated the location in a low voice, then looked at Hyuga with interest. "Are you going to get it?"

"Go find the appointment letter and give it to the Hokage." Hyuga Yu glanced at him, walked to the door, opened it, and gave the order to an Anbu member.

Danzo frowned upon seeing Hyuga's actions and sneered, "You're not even as good as me. You don't have that kind of power. The Hokage could dismiss you with a single order."

"You, who had that document, are now locked up in prison."

Danzo: "..."

That's the truth, and there's no way to refute it.

Hinata Yu remained calm, placing the documents beside him once more, as if treating the place as an office, and began to examine them one by one.

Ten minutes passed in this quiet atmosphere. The ANBU returned to the prison with the letter of appointment and presented it to Hyuga Yu.

"The Hokage said that this document was written by the Daimyo, and destroying it would be against the rules. From now on, Lord Yu will be in charge of Konoha's finances and will only need to liaise with the Daimyo."

Danzo stared wide-eyed as he watched helplessly as the power he had worked so hard for was officially handed over to Hyuga Yu, his expression turning grim.

How could Minato give this power to Hyuga Yu?

This is a decentralization!

What if Hyuga Haohiro doesn't fall in the future?

Just like him and the root...

"I see."

He took the appointment letter and waited for the Anbu to leave before Hyuga Yu looked at Danzo. "It seems your line of thinking is a little off."

Now that the fourth generation is not afraid of political threats, and the other high-ranking officials understand this, he can obtain this special power legitimately without needing any underhanded means.

Hyuga's words reminded Danzo of the day he was blatantly crushed, and his expression became complicated.

Yes, for Watergate, these powers are not something to be overly concerned about.

Power without corresponding strength is meaningless.

Having already witnessed that overwhelming power, why are we still using the old way of thinking?

...Perhaps he understands, because that has always been his way of thinking.

Danzo glanced at Hyuga Yu in a daze, his expression softening, and he said in a low voice:

"You don't need to care about me at all. I've already lost. Konoha no longer has an environment for me to take root. It's a waste of your energy to guard against me."

Hinata Yu raised an eyebrow. "Even assuming you're telling the truth, how can you guarantee that Root will act according to your orders?"

Danzo said dismissively, "They're just tools, of course..."

He stopped halfway through his sentence.

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

"Your prestige within Root is indeed very high, and you have loyal and thoughtful subordinates who are even colluding with other countries to rescue you... Next, are you going to control the nobles of the Land of Fire, and even the daimyo?"

Hyuga deliberately emphasized the word "loyalty," making Danzo's face even more gloomy.

Are they already so impatient, those weak ninja clans...?

Everyone wants to give me a push and send me to my death.

Hinata Yu put the file away, turned and walked towards the door, calmly asking, "Where's the intelligence?"

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

The moment the words were spoken, the door slammed shut.

Danzo watched through the window as Hyuga Yu led his men away, and then saw Hiruzen return. He sighed softly, "The successors you chose are all quite good."

Minato is good, and so is Hyuga.

Hiruzen Sarutobi paused, then sighed, "Yes, they are far more outstanding than our generation... If we had continued to work together, perhaps things wouldn't have turned out this way."

"...There are no ifs!" Danzo.

He will never be at peace if he doesn't fight back at least once.

If it weren't for the overwhelming dominance displayed by Minato and the people behind him, he would have continued to fight.

Even now, he himself wouldn't believe that he wasn't resentful, but whenever he thought of 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.

Facing three generations of leaders, he was confident that he could lead Konoha to surpass their era.

But faced with the era that Watergate represents... he couldn't deceive himself.

Unless he can defeat Minato, or Konoha declines and Minato dies, he will have no choice but to stay here indefinitely.

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

Thinking of this, Danzo slowly said:

"Ambition stems from status and strength. I'm standing right next to you, just one step away, that one step. It was like that when my teacher decided on the Hokage, and it's like that now that I'm assisting the Hokage. I won't give up until I try."

Now, Hinata Ue is standing in that same spot. Aren't you worried?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head. "He's different from you."

Danzo did not refute this, and asked again:

"What about Orochimaru?"

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

"Orochimaru has gradually changed. He ceded the Hokage position to Minato, and now he is the leader of Root. I have no right to restrict him; that's Minato's problem to consider. I've retired. From now on, I'll just keep an eye on you."

"Hmph! You'll regret this!"

With a cold snort, the prison fell silent once more.

……

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

He looked at Minato Namikaze, who had gotten up and was standing by the window, and walked over. "Danzo has handed over all the information about the high-ranking officials of the Land of Fire to me."

Hearing this, Minato turned his head to look at him with some surprise, avoiding any sensitive topics related to the daimyo. "Thank you for your hard work. You didn't show him the most outrageous accusations?"

"It only goes up to Jiraiya-senpai."

"I see." Minato nodded knowingly.

His teacher's accusations were already bizarre, but there were many more bizarre accusations against him than against Jiraiya, all aimed at the disgusting Danzo.

If Danzo had seen it, he probably wouldn't have been able to talk to Hyuga calmly... No one wants to have those things pinned on them.

"Speaking of Jiraiya-senpai, isn't he still in the police station's prison?"

Hinata saw that Minato didn't want to discuss those intelligence reports, so he changed the subject.

Jiraiya's accusations... no one believes them.

While he was writing those personal accusations, Tsunade was right next to him and immediately sent him to the police station for questioning.

Minato rubbed his temples and smiled helplessly. "Since you confessed, teacher, you have to be dealt with according to the rules. I hope you can change your temper, otherwise you'll be in for a chat with the police force if you stay in Konoha."

Fugaku is now in a high position of power and has become more demanding of himself and his subordinates. Since Tsunade has already sent people to prison, he will not show any mercy.

At most, out of consideration for his own feelings, he might give Jiraiya some preferential treatment.

"Fortunately, we're paying for what Tsunade is using right now, otherwise she might have to go to the police station for not paying back her debts."

Connecting Jiraiya to Tsunade, Minato looked at Hyuga Hare and asked:

"Yu, isn't the money we gave Tsunade-senpai too little? She has absolutely no self-control; she spends almost all her time at the casino... It feels like that money will be gone in no time."

Although he was a little heartbroken about the money and wanted to spend it on good purposes, it was nothing compared to Tsunade staying in Konoha.

Minato, worried that there wouldn't be enough men, went outside again.

(End of this chapter)