I, who just wanted to be lazy, was forced to become the Hokage.

Chapter 362 "Assassination of the Elder" event in preparation!

Just as Hiruzen Sarutobi was worried about Tsunade's next move.

Meanwhile, Nara Rinkachi was also actively communicating with Tsunade about their next course of action.

"Tsunade, when are we going to deal with Shimura Danzo?"

Nara Rinkei had long harbored the idea of ​​dealing with Shimura Danzo.

That was before the outbreak of World War III, when Shimura Danzo intended to forcibly "cultivate" Nara Rangsei through Root.

From then on, Nara Rinkei and Shimura Danzo became sworn enemies.

However, Nara Rinka's own strength was insufficient, and the Third Shinobi World War greatly distracted him.

That's why he didn't seek revenge on Shimura Danzo.

Now that the Third Shinobi World War has officially ended, even without the Tsunade, Orochimaru, and Hashirama cells incident, Nara Rinkei is planning to go to Shimura Danzo to "shave their grudges once and for all."

With Tsunade's involvement, Nara Rinkei's motivation to deal with Shimura Danzo has increased considerably.

Tsunade pulled herself out of her disappointment with Hiruzen Sarutobi, looked at Nara Rinkazu, and forced a smile.

"Nara, do you want to take action now?"

"certainly."

Nara Rinkei made no attempt to conceal his hostile relationship with Shimura Danzo.

"You know, I hate Shimura Danzo. I wish that bug hiding in the dark would die soon."

Nara Rinkei's attitude towards Shimura Danzo was anything but respectful.

But Tsunade didn't care about that.

She also disliked Shimura Danzo, and could even be described as loathing him.

If it weren't for her dual identities as a "village elder" and a "teacher and comrade-in-arms," ​​Tsunade, with her temperament, would have already given Shimura Danzo a good beating from head to toe!

Now...

Tsunade was also eager to beat up Shimura Danzo.

A ninja is someone who keeps their word.

He said he would use Wood Release to beat Shimura Danzo so he would have to kowtow and apologize to Senju Hashirama.

We have to use Wood Release to smash that old man to death!

"Although I really want to cause trouble for Shimura Danzo right now, Nara, we can't rush things."

After a moment's thought, Tsunade decided against the plan to cause trouble for Shimura Danzo that very night.

"Firstly, we just fought Orochimaru, and we've used up a lot of our chakra, so we're not at our peak condition."

"Secondly, Orochimaru is just a lone wolf, while Shimura Danzo and his Root are a truly powerful force."

"The most crucial point is that the root of our power lies within the village!"

Tsunade has a straightforward and bold personality, but she also knows that battles between ninjas should avoid involving civilians as much as possible.

What's more, these are villagers from Konoha themselves!

If Nara Rinka and Tsunade were to break into Root's base tonight and forcefully engage Root and Shimura Danzo, it would be virtually impossible to control the scope of the battle.

If this battle were to affect innocent civilians in the village, or even result in the deaths of villagers...

Tsunade is going to be so embarrassed!

Nara Rinkazu's mind stirred slightly. He thought that with his abilities, he could easily infiltrate Root's base with Tsunade without anyone noticing.

Once Nara Rinka and Tsunade don the [Shadow Concealment Technique], Shimura Danzo will probably never know who cut off his head until his death.

Just like Madara Uchiha in the Mountain Graveyard.

However, Tsunade's previous "instructions" to Hiruzen Sarutobi were to use Wood Release to defeat Danzo Shimura.

Nara Rinkazu recounted his recent battle with Orochimaru.

The many Wood Release ninjutsu he mastered were very much in line with the personality of Hashirama Senju, the founder of Wood Release, as well as the characteristics of the era in which he lived.

Rugged, violent, unrestrained...

They lacked the basic skills that ninjas should possess, such as "stealth" and "ambush."

to be honest.

Da Zhuzi's personal talent meant that he didn't need to play any fancy tricks like "stealth" or "assassination".

It's like some anonymous old man in the mountains who thinks that as long as all the witnesses are killed, it's a perfect "assassination" operation.

If they were to use only Wood Release, could Nara Rinka and Tsunade silently infiltrate the Root base and kill Shimura Danzo?

Even Nara found it a bit difficult to win the laurel.

"Hmm, perhaps after entering the root base, we could first unleash a [Birth of the Flowering Tree Realm]?"

Nara Rinka stroked his chin and offered his suggestion.

"In terms of group attack power, [Birth of the Flowering Tree Realm] is naturally not as good as [Birth of the Tree Realm], but it is a control skill with a huge range that can make any creature that absorbs plant pollen unconscious."

"In this way, we can minimize harm to unrelated individuals."

The "unrelated people" referred to by Nara Rinka here are not only Konoha citizens, but also Root ninjas.

Not all Root ninjas are inherently evil and dark, deserving of countless misdeeds.

It can only be said that the Root ninjas, under that distorted training system, have completely become Shimura Danzo's henchmen.

They would unconditionally follow Danzo Shimura's orders and eliminate every target enemy for him.

Once Nara Rinka and Tsunade break into the Root base, they will inevitably be attacked by Root ninjas.

To kill Shimura Danzo, it was necessary to eliminate these Root ninjas beforehand.

Rather than letting Nara Rinka and Tsunade slaughter all these Root ninjas.

Perhaps we should use another method to force them to withdraw from the battlefield earlier.

"That's a good idea..."

Tsunade's eyes lit up slightly; she wasn't some cold-blooded, ruthless executioner.

She felt disgusted by the Root organization, but she also knew that not all the ninjas in the organization deserved to die.

If she could, Tsunade would not want to see a scene of bloodshed.

but……

"The previous [Wooden Man Technique], [Wooden Dragon Technique], [Ranking Technique], and now [Birth of the Tree Realm] and [Birth of the Flower Tree Realm]."

Tsunade looked at Nara Rinka with some surprise.

"Nara, you didn't actually learn all those Wood Release ninjutsu techniques I taught you before, did you?"

"Not entirely."

Nara Ranka shook his head.

"There's a Wood Release technique I know how to use, but I just can't seem to execute it."

"Which one?"

"True Thousand Hands".

Nara Lan Gui calmly said.

"This S-rank technique requires an enormous amount of chakra. I've tested it several times, but even if I release all my chakra, I can only create a wooden dummy that's similar to the Wood Dummy Technique at most."

"This is not a real several thousand hands at all."

To be precise.

This is not [Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands: Top Transformed Buddha] at all!

Nara Rinka knew exactly what kind of nuclear-peaceful effects Hashirama Senju's trump card Sage Technique could produce.

It's no exaggeration to say that...

Catching a nine-tailed fox is as easy as picking up a chick.

Tsunade's feelings were quite complicated.

She hasn't even mastered half an S-rank Wood Release ninjutsu yet, and can only use some weakened A-rank techniques to fill the gaps.

Techniques like the "Great Forest Technique" and the "Birth of the Sea of ​​Trees"...

The true name of this technique is called [Birth of the Tree Realm]!

Tsunade believed that she had already devoted a great deal of time and effort to studying and researching Wood Release.

S-level techniques are really difficult to achieve.

In contrast, Nara won the laurel wreath...

Tsunade didn't know how to evaluate this guy's extraordinary talent.

In short, I'm very envious and jealous.

"Let's rest and regroup first. It will take time to open up the battlefield, and it will also take time to confirm Danzo Shimura's location and abilities."

Tsunade made the final decision.

"Let's give Shimura Danzo a day or two more to live!"

In fact.

There's another reason why Tsunade was unwilling to immediately leave her base of operations to deal with Shimura Danzo.

It was none other than Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Tsunade was well aware of the old man's care for his old comrades.

Are ninjas like Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado really qualified to serve as village elders?

Not to mention Danzo Shimura!

Even now, Tsunade doesn't understand why the old man would set up a special "Anbu Training Institute" (Root) within the Anbu directly under the Hokage and hand it over to Shimura Danzo.

Isn't this allowing Danzo Shimura to establish a private armed force within the village?

It's simply a horror of slipping the world!

Tsunade had previously informed Hiruzen Sarutobi about her plan to deal with Danzo Shimura.

On one hand, he wanted to completely confront Hiruzen Sarutobi.

On the other hand, they also wanted to see if Hiruzen Sarutobi would make any preparations in advance for this matter.

For example, telling Shimura Danzo about her plans to seize Nara's laurels in advance...

For example, in the name of the Hokage, he forcibly ordered Nara Rankei and her to stop this "assassination of elders" behavior...

Or perhaps the old man knew perfectly well what they were doing, but pretended not to, and even offered to help...

Tsunade's intention was simple.

She wanted to figure out whether the old man was an "enemy" or a "friend"!

(End of this chapter)