The Steady King of Konoha

The light snow is falling tirelessly over Konoha. The children who were attracted by the first snow and crawled out of their warm beds early cheered in the streets, bringing a lot of vitality to the village. For the vast majority of Konoha residents, today is just an ordinary day in life.

It was just one day, but for Shimura Danzo, today was a day of being slapped in the face.

When several root ninjas with broken tendons knelt in front of him, Danzo Shimura, who was usually very good at cultivating qi, smashed the tea cup in his hand, causing everyone to lower their heads deeply, not daring to look at the angry leader.

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"Who did it?" Danzo Shimura asked, clenching his fists.

"Uchiha."

The anger on Danzo Shimura's face subsided a bit. If the Uchiha clan did such a thing, he could barely accept it. After all, they had already been at odds with each other and wanted to kill each other.

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Danzo Shimura said in a depressing atmosphere: "Team C and Team D are sneaking into Akihabara to wait for an opportunity. The other teams should withdraw."

The four teams, A, B, C and D, are the strongest teams at the core. Every ninja in the team has the strength of a jounin. Among them, team A and team B are performing secret missions in the capital. Danzo Shimura cannot recall him and can only send out the remaining two aces.

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However, Shimura Danzo sent the root ninja not to assist Hatake Sakumo in successfully completing the mission, but to sabotage it secretly.

If you expect an insidious person like Shimura Danzo to do something good, you are not far from death.

At the same time, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen did not come to the Hokage's office early to review documents as usual. Instead, he took Minato Namikaze to the street and looked at the playing children with a smile.

"Minato, do you know how old ninjas started to go on the battlefield forty years ago?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked while watching the children playing.

Namikaze Minato was stunned for a moment, then replied: "About five years old."

"Yeah, in the Warring States Period, ninjas started killing at the age of five. It's really heartbreaking."

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, he pointed at a few children running around and continued: "When I was their age, I was already a ninja who could stand alone, and my daily life was full of blood. Then you know

Why can they play without any worries?"

Before Minato Namikaze opened his mouth to speak, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around, stared at the Shadow Rock of the First Hokage, and said: "It is precisely because of the unremitting efforts of the First Hokage to create the one-country-one-village system that we are as happy as we are today.

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Interestingly, in Hiruzen Sarutobi's words, the birth of Konoha Ninja Village was entirely attributed to the first Hokage, but Uchiha Madara, or the Uchiha clan, who also made great efforts for it, did not mention it at all.

Namikaze Minato obviously discovered the flaw in Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, but he didn't say anything. After saying yes, he said nothing.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was somewhat dissatisfied with Namikaze Minato's reaction and said: "Today's peace is hard-won. It was earned by countless ancestors who sacrificed their lives and shed blood. As a member of the Leaf Village, be careful to have the will of fire in your heart and continue to do so."

Strive for the peaceful development of the village."

After a pause, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the yellow-haired young man in front of him and asked, "Do you have the will of fire?"

Namikaze Minato was startled and hurriedly straightened his back and said: "Hokage-sama, I have always had the will of fire and the development of the village at heart."

"Haha, I have no doubt that you have the will of fire, but there is always a small group of people in the village who regard the will of fire as dirt and wantonly trample on the hard-won peace of the village, which makes people angry."

"Are you talking about the Uchiha clan?" Minato Namikaze asked cautiously.

"Not only Uchiha, there are many people who are unwilling to truly fight for the village for the so-called nindo in their hearts. They regard their companions as their own personal weapons. They are several times more hateful than Uchiha!"

Namikaze Minato lowered his head, not daring to answer at all. He knew who Hiruzen Sarutobi was talking about. This morning, Hatake Sakumo led hundreds of elite ninjas to Akihabara to perform a mission. Anyone who was not blind could see it.

.But Minato was somewhat dissatisfied with Sarutobi Hiruzen's words. He thought that as one of the top leaders of Konoha and the head of ANBU, it was normal for Hatake Sakumo to have some die-hard ninjas.

The ninja world respects the strong, and following the footsteps of the strong has always been the best choice for the weak. What's more, Hatake Sakumo is not an ordinary strong man, he is a strong man who has truly reached the pinnacle of the ninja world.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's suspicion silenced Namikaze Minato. From his words, Minato keenly realized that after sitting in the Hokage position for a long time, people who were originally broad-minded would gradually become narrow-minded. Konoha Village is a militarized

In the village, all the armed forces should not be controlled by the Hokage, otherwise something will easily happen. This is an iron rule.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen was actually jealous of Hatake Sakumo's influence in the village, and even hated him. How could Minato Namikaze not be wary. After all, becoming Hokage had been his dream since childhood.

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that Namikaze Minato did not dare to answer, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his eyes. He did not understand why several of his apprentices and grandchildren could not understand his painstaking efforts. As the Hokage, he was just concentrating power to better

He wants to develop the village, what’s wrong with him?

That's fine with Senju Tsunade and Jiraiya, but even his most proud disciple Orochimaru openly sang against him at the conference. Could it be that Orochimaru couldn't see that he was paving the way for them to become Hokage?

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen lost his temper and slowly walked towards the Hokage Building. The Daimyo of the Fire Country claimed to be a loner, so he knew what it was like.

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In the Uchiha tribe, Uchiha Shinichi was holding a small private meeting. The meeting had only one theme, which was to clear the front page of the Fire Nation Daily to report on Hatake Sakumo's military exploits and build momentum for him.

Helping Hatake Sakumo when he is in trouble is always better than adding icing on the cake. Helping Hatake Sakumo when he is in trouble is ten thousand times better than helping him when he is brilliant. Although Uchiha Shinichi is not as cunning as Sarutobi Hiruzen, he still has this political quality.

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The current Uchiha clan needs a truly reliable ally. Everyone in the ninja world believes that after Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara turned against each other, the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan also completely parted ways. But how could the world know?

Once a bond is formed, it will last for several generations and cannot be broken away easily.

Now that the Senju clan has retired, the Uchiha clan has lost a powerful ally and a former rival. The clan has become independent in Konoha Village and has become the only thorn in the eyes of the senior officials. This is really an unpleasant thing.

If the Uchiha clan can win the favor of the civilian ninja group, it will undoubtedly benefit them a lot. A hero has three gangs, and a fence has three stakes. That's it.

After finalizing the contents of the newspaper, Uchiha Shinichi walked out of the living room, leaned against the pillar in the corridor, and looked at the thin snow accumulated in the courtyard with an expressionless face, feeling a strong sense of exhaustion in his heart.

'Perhaps it's time to step down and make way for someone more worthy.'

Thinking of his son who was loved by the clan, Uchiha Shinichi smiled and secretly decided to wait for Uchiha Fugaku to return to the village and push him to the throne of the clan leader, while he would enjoy the blessings of being an elder.

Hayama, who was hundreds of miles away, didn't know what was happening in the village. He just wanted to rush to Akihabara as soon as possible, kill those ungrateful ninjas to pieces, and return to the village before the New Year.

The reactions from all parties have complicated the mission. It is no longer a simple ninja mission, but more like a political mission.