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"Sarutobi, is this your death struggle?" A flash of light flashed in Hanzo's eyes, and he tightly grasped Sarutobi's throat with his palms. Just a little force would be enough to end Sarutobi's life, but Danzo hesitated.

I tried it several times but couldn't make the move.

The two highest-ranking personnel in Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was lying on the operating table, already in a state of recovery, and he tightly grasped Danzo's throat with trembling hands.

Danzo's body was severely damaged in the Second Ninja War and he was semi-crippled. His hands were trembling as he grasped Sarutobi's throat.

The two ninjas, whose hair has turned gray and whose combined age is nearly half the age, were once close companions. It was desolate to say goodbye in such a way.

"Minato and his wife risked their lives to protect little Naruto. Minato has already sacrificed his life to protect the village. I will never allow you to kill his orphan." Sarutobi wanted to crush Danzo to death, but his state was already over.

Too bad, not enough power to deal with Danzo.

"Sarutobi, you actually want to kill me?" Danzo's eyes were complicated, and he was filled with anger. "Tobirama-sensei doesn't agree with me, why do you too?!"

"I just want to protect the village in my own way, why do you think I'm wrong?!" Danzo asked sharply.

"Danzo, you made a mistake." Sarutobi's eyes were gradually losing their luster, filled with disappointment. "You have always treated ninjas as killing tools. This is how you treat your subordinates and your people.

, even yourself."

"You are wrong. Ninjas are not tools. The meaning of ninjas' existence is not to kill, but to protect."

"Duanzo, cultivating a killing machine is a simple matter, but ninjas need to permeate their will from beginning to end..."

"cough……"

After saying that, there was a violent cough, and dark brown blood coughed out from Sarutobi's mouth. After coughing out the abnormally colored blood, Sarutobi's face, which was red due to the injection of a large amount of hormones, suddenly began to lose its luster very quickly and became dull.

Incomparable.

"Sarutobi!" Danzo immediately became nervous and his hands tightened involuntarily.

"Danzo..." The pupils of Sarutobi's unfocused eyes began to dilate, and turbid hot tears flowed from his eyes. He begged in an extremely weak voice, "Please, let that child go."

"I beg you……"

Danzo trembled in his heart. The rivalry between the two has been going on for a long time. Since his childhood, Danzo had wanted to completely surpass Sarutobi one day. Sarutobi was a guy who refused to admit defeat and never asked anyone for anything.

"I beg you……"

"Please... Danzo..."

…

When Sarutobi Hiruzen passed away, he kept murmuring these words.

Danzo stared at Sarutobi blankly, Sarutobi grabbed his throat with his hand. If he still had strength left, Danzo was convinced that Sarutobi would definitely choose to kill him.

But now, that hand began to hang down weakly.

Seeing Sarutobi muttering in a daze, a bitter smile appeared on Danzo's lips, "Sarutobi, you have always been the person I want to surpass."

"For an outstanding guy like you," Danzo's eyes were filled with tears, "you are in such a miserable state right now."

"I promise." Danzo gritted his teeth tightly. His body was tense, as if he had made a very difficult choice. He held Sarutobi's hand that was about to drop tightly, and he could no longer feel the pain in his palm.

He said, "If Minato's orphan can become an excellent ninja, then I will let him go. This is my final promise to you, Sarutobi."

As if he had heard Danzo's promise, Sarutobi finally reached the end of his life. His pupils were dilated, his breathing stopped, and his murmurs were no longer heard.

There was a twisted expression on Danzo's deathly cold face. He had not known grief for too long and didn't know how to express it.

Danzo gently closed Sarutobi's eyelids with trembling hands.

From the closed door of the operating room, there seemed to be extremely repressed sounds, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing.

Is it Danzo? It shouldn't be him. This evil and despicable guy shouldn't be able to cry.

On the night when Sarutobi Hiruzen died, all the people guarding the hospital were root ninjas, but Sarutobi's ANBU were detained. What happened that night became an unsolved mystery in the history of Konoha Ninja Village.

Almost all Konoha ninja secretly believed that Danzo killed Hiruzen Sarutobi.

No, Danzo has the intention and courage to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Danzo will definitely use any despicable plot to kill Sarutobi while Sarutobi Hiruzen retains his combat effectiveness.

But Sarutobi, who was lying on the operating table, having lost all his fighting ability and was extremely miserable, Danzo was completely unable to do anything.

That was his closest companion. Although the two parted ways, their differences became increasingly wide.

After sending away his best friend and rival, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Danzo walked out of the closed operating room with an expression as cold as ice.

"The Sandaime has passed away. The members of the Elder Council have been summoned. The village needs to choose the next Kage immediately."

It was a sunny day, and the sun was very bright. The Konoha Ninja Village had been razed to the ground. Hiruzen Sarutobi planted the first tree from the ground up. He firmly believed that as long as his faith remained, Konoha would grow stronger on the ruins.

The growth. Now, the seedlings planted by Sarutobi himself have become as tall as a canopy, covering the lush green leaves, which is no worse than the wooden leaves surrounded by trees in the original work. But Sarutobi is no longer there.

The sunshine and summer flowers were bright, but the Konoha Ninja Village was shrouded in gloom.

In one day, two shadows died in Konoha.

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"Fuck!" Far away in Iwagakure, when he heard the news from Konoha, Uehara couldn't help blurting out a national curse.

No, in the original novel, the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, died in Konoha on the Night of the Nine-Tails, right? Then Uehara wanted to go to Konoha to help before the Night of the Nine-Tails, just to save Minato, right?

But why now even the Third Hokage is dead.

This is so helpful, damn it.

"What's wrong Uehara?" Uehara accidentally knocked over the tea cup and spilled tea all over the table. He behaved strangely, and Feng Ga asked with concern.

"It's nothing." Uehara breathed a deep sigh of relief, "I wanted to change something. However, because of my intervention, things became worse."

(Is this inertia?)

Minato died just like in the original work, which was not too surprising for Uehara. The third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen also died on the night of the Nine Tails, which was beyond Uehara's expectation.

Only then did Uehara belatedly recall what happened on the night of the Kyuubi. Uehara remembered that when he met the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a big hole in his abdomen...

Sarutobi Hiruzen was very angry at that time, and Uehara thought that if medical ninjas arrived in time, everything would be fine. Konoha has the most medical ninjas among the five major ninja villages, so there should be no problem.

Thinking about it now, Sarutobi's injuries were caused by his encounter with Obito, and they were obviously beyond the capabilities of ordinary medical ninjas in Konoha.

At that time, it was better to take Uzumaki Aoi with us. Thinking this way, Uehara immediately shook his head. It would be very risky for Uehara to go to Konoha by himself. Taking Aoi with him would not be able to protect her.