Konoha: This Uchiha is extremely sneaky

Chapter 454 Tsunade's Dilemma (3000 words)

"Chie! Have the security forces hand over Shimura Danzo to Chief Aburame!"

In the Hokage's office, he sorted out the information in Shimura Danzo's mind. With Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, these tasks were no challenge for him.

He had no interest in whether this person lived or died. Letting him experience the lavish hospitality of the Aburame clan before he dies wouldn't be bad.

Bang!

Before Chie could respond, the door to the Hokage's office was violently pushed open.

"Uchiha Toshiro, what do you mean by this?"

Before Toshiro could even see who it was, two magnificent mountain peaks blocked his view.

Snapped!

"As the Hokage's assistant, am I not even allowed to see a prisoner?"

With her hands on the Hokage's desk, she leaned forward, her beautiful eyes fixed on Toshiro, the Fifth Hokage.

Tsunade's face turned quite ugly because she was so displeased.

As for the matter of needing to knock before entering the Hokage's office, Tsunade never needed to knock.

Hmm! They certainly have a menacing aura!

After glancing at 106 in front of him, Toshiro waved his hand, directly shooing away the Hokage Building staff chasing after Tsunade.

"Tsunade, what's wrong with you? If you think your life is too peaceful, I happen to have a mission for you!"

After lingering in front of him for a moment, Toshiro was greatly shocked, wondering if he had fallen under some kind of illusion.

He quickly shifted his gaze upwards.

"You want to see a prisoner? Who is it?" Toshiro was also puzzled. "Could it be Danzo Shimura?"

"I don't know what you want with him, but he carries many secrets that concern Konoha's safety. According to the rules, visits are not permitted. Furthermore, he's about to be executed. You and him?"

Frowning, Toshiro wondered what connection Tsunade and Danzo had. If he remembered correctly, the two shouldn't have had any interaction.

"A friend of mine works for this guy; I need to find out where she is!"

"And don't try to fool me with this so-called Konoha security. Do you think I'm just an ordinary person? I'm the new Hokage's assistant, and I can't even see a single prisoner... Hmph!"

He snorted and expressed his dissatisfaction.

She really didn't want the position of Hokage's assistant, but since it was her grandfather who had suggested it, she couldn't refuse.

She's been annoyed by so many people these past few days, and this time she even saw a dying person being stopped, which really made her furious.

"friend?"

Looking at Tsunade's face suspiciously, Toshiro finally focused his gaze on the most attractive part. He pretended to be deep in thought, and after a while, he turned his gaze towards Tsunade. However, due to the angle, his view was quickly blocked by the majestic mountains.

"Your friend... is Danzo's subordinate again... could it be that 'walking priestess'?!"

Swallowing hard, Toshiro asked somewhat uncertainly.

Among Danzo's subordinates, the only one who could be connected to Tsunade was this spy with exceptional medical ninjutsu.

"Do you have news about her? Tell me quickly!"

Upon seeing the gaze from the other side, Tsunade cursed under her breath, "You little pervert!" But upon hearing the name of the walking priestess, she immediately perked up and began to inquire about the other's whereabouts.

"Dead!"

Ignoring Tsunade's anxious gaze, Toshiro remained unmoved and coldly uttered two words.

"What! How could someone like her die so quietly?"

Upon hearing Toshiro's words, Tsunade could hardly believe her ears. How could he have died so suddenly after only a few years apart?

"I have the specific cause of his death here, and I can tell you, but... I have one condition!"

Toshiro looked Tsunade up and down across the desk, then gave her a chilling smile.

"What do you want to do?"

As Tsunade was scrutinized by Toshiro's almost tangible gaze, she felt as if ants were crawling all over her body, raising goosebumps.

He quickly wrapped his arms around himself, making his already fierce aura even more imposing.

After a long while, only Tsunade, looking bewildered, remained in the Hokage's office, staring blankly at the mountain of documents piled up in front of her.

She was a little confused. She had come here to inquire about the whereabouts of Nono, so how did things end up like this?

This guy has only been Hokage for a few days, hasn't he done any official business yet? Otherwise, how could he have so many things to deal with?

"It's really surprising that this guy would ask me to come and help him with these things."

Suddenly, Tsunade's thoughts drifted back to what her great-uncle had said to her a few days ago.

"Tsunade, Uchiha guys are not trustworthy. You must keep a close eye on that Uchiha Toshiro!"

Especially when he said the words "keep an eye on them," his second grandfather's eyes revealed a meaningful look.

Thinking about this, Tsunade felt that she must have misunderstood her great-uncle's meaning. The other party's request for her to keep an eye on Uchiha Toshiro must have meant exactly what he said.

Brushing the random thoughts out of her head, Tsunade immediately began ordering around the other party's secretary, while simultaneously summoning her own henchman to the Hokage's office.

Meanwhile, Toshiro was not idle.

Upon returning to the Uchiha clan, he looked at Mika-nee in front of him, along with a little girl following behind her, and was immediately overwhelmed with a headache.

"Your name is Izumi, right?"

"You came here because of Itachi?"

Since it was Mika who brought them over, Toshiro couldn't be too cold and politely invited them to sit down.

"Yes, Hokage-sama!"

Suddenly facing Toshiro, Izumi became somewhat reserved, her face turning pale as she said:

"Itachi... he... he won't be punished too severely this time, will he?"

Uchiha Izumi, Itachi's lover, was devastated when she heard that Itachi had betrayed his clan and killed several of his own. She was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan.

After several days without any news of Itachi, he sought help from Uchiha Mika, hoping she could take him to the Fifth Hokage to inquire about Itachi.

"This matter... is a bit difficult!"

Taking the hot tea handed to him by Mika, Toshiro looked at the 13-year-old girl opposite him and said with some helplessness.

"After all, Itachi killed several of his own kind. If we just let him go, it would be too unfair to those who died."

Regardless of whether Itachi was affected by Kotoamatsukami, the fact remains that he killed someone, and he can't just be released without charge!

Besides, neither Mikoto Fugaku nor his wife are in a hurry to come forward to find me, so why are you getting so anxious?

She really is a hopeless romantic.

"Toshiro, isn't there any other way to solve Itachi's problem?"

Sitting next to Izumi, Mika hugged the girl who was grieving for her lover and turned her gaze to Toshiro.

"It's not that I don't want to help, but this little guy killed one of our own people, and in front of everyone, he needs to be punished somehow, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to the clan!"

He still had to give Meixiang face, but the matter was indeed as it was, and letting him go like that would be incredibly unfair to those people in the tribe.

If it were an outsider who was killed, he would turn a blind eye and let it go; it wouldn't be a big deal at all.

"Why!"

With a soft sigh, Uchiha Mika knew that the trouble was precisely because she was killing her own people.

Looking at Toshiro across the sofa, Mika Uchiha felt very proud. She thought about how that little brat who was naked in the bathtub back then had one day become Hokage and even saved her clan from danger.

This really exceeded my expectations!

"If Izumi wants to help Itachi, she should join Fugaku in doing something for her clansmen who have lost their loved ones!"

Because of Itachi, Fugaku Uchiha has stopped going to the police station. These past few days he has been visiting the families of the clansmen who were killed by Itachi, hoping to gain their forgiveness.

This was also a request made by Toshiro.

Putting everything else aside, just considering Fugaku's kaleidoscope eyes and Sasuke's future, he didn't intend to punish Itachi.

"...This time...this time the village is at war with the Mist Ninja, I wonder if it's possible to let Itachi redeem himself on the battlefield."

Izumi glanced cautiously at Toshiro and then revealed the real reason she had come today.

"When the time comes, I'm willing to go to war alongside Itachi!"

After saying this, Uchiha Izumi turned her gaze to Mika beside her, hoping that she could help her persuade Toshiro.

The next morning, at the main gate of Konoha.

"Tsunade. The rest is up to you!"

Toshiro looked at Tsunade and the others who had come to see him off and spoke earnestly.

Since he was going to war, he naturally needed to find someone to take charge of the overall situation in Konoha, and Tsunade was undoubtedly the best candidate. Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others had all been taken to the battlefield by her, so there was nothing to worry about.

There's nothing we can do about it.

None of the Uchiha clan members, whether it was Fugaku, Elder Hideya, or Homura, clearly possessed the qualities to become a Hokage.

They may be capable enough to handle the affairs of one family. But they still need to learn a great deal to manage the complex situation in Konoha as a whole.

"With me here in Konoha, there won't be any problems. But when you get to your side, make sure you don't get chased into the sea by the Kirigakure ninja."

She rolled her eyes dramatically.

Tsunade was quite satisfied with Toshiro holding down the fort at the rear.

In this way, I can give my grandfather an explanation.

Just thinking about her second grandfather's instructions made her unable to resist glaring at the guy opposite her.

"I hope you will return safely, in victory and glory!"

Dispelling the unpleasant images from her mind, Tsunade offered her blessings to Toshiro and the army of ninjas behind him.

"..."

Completely bewildered by Tsurugi's glare, Toshiro's heart skipped a beat when he suddenly heard the other's blessing.

This woman seems to have a built-in curse buff; she wouldn't be trying to kill me like this, would she...?

P.S.: Splitting 10,000 words into five chapters would lower the average number of subscriptions, so I'll split it into three chapters.

(End of this chapter)