Reborn in Konoha as the Anbu Torturer Chapter 512 Danzo's Replacement
In the Country of Fire, Konohagakure, in the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen was pacing back and forth with a smoking pipe in his mouth. After dealing with Orochimaru's report, he put his thoughts back to Hatake Sakumo.
Just now, Danzo had already told to him how to deal with this matter. He felt that it was indeed a rare workable method.
However, he felt that Danzo seemed to have some opinions about him.
He was indifferent.
He did not do his best to help him.
This feeling was quite obvious.
This made him feel uneasy.
Hiruzen took the smoking pipe and walked to the window of the Hokage's office. He could just see the Hokage Rock through the window.
There were three faces on the rock.
They were the First Hokage, the Second Hokage, and himself.
Hiruzen blew out the smoke in his mouth and blew out a smoke ring. His eyes became even more determined.
"I'm afraid that Danzo is coveting the Hokage position!"
Hiruzen said to himself in a voice that only he could hear. Now there was no one in the office, so he could talk to himself in such an unbridled way.
For a moment.
Hiruzen began to quickly analyze the situation in front of him.
"In the first world ninja war, Danzo wanted to become the Hokage, but at that time, the teacher passed on the position of Hokage to me."
"In fact, I can see that not only Danzo but Kagami also had thoughts about the Hokage position."
"Kagami is dead."
"But Danzo is still alive!"
Hiruzen picked up the smoking pipe again and took a drag. Too many things had happened recently, so much so that he was very annoyed and did not know how to solve it.
"I know that Danzo wants to be the Hokage, but he has always been patient. He wants to wait for my term to end and pass the position of the Hokage to him."
"But recently there has been a change. It seems that Danzo doesn't pay much attention to the Hokage position."
"Why?"
"Why is there such a change?"
"What is the reason?"
Hiruzen slowly blew out a smoke ring. His head was quickly thinking about these questions. He felt that these questions were very important.
There must be a reason for a person's sudden change in behavior. As long as he found this reason, things would turn for the better.
Now, Danzo had changed.
Hiruzen was a little unsure whether he was an enemy or a friend.
However.
There was one thing he understood.
That was, regardless of whether Danzo was an enemy or a friend, he had to treat Danzo as a friend. He needed Danzo's help. Without Danzo, his position as Hokage would not be stable.
"Where is the problem?"
Hiruzen began to recall the bits and pieces he had spent with Danzo in the recent period of time. It was not just this time. Danzo seems to be hesitant to speak during this time. But Hiruzen did not know that because of the Cursed Tongue Eradication Seal's existence, Danzo could not speak freely, nor could he give Hiruzen substantial advice as usual.
"That injury!"
Hiruzen's pupils suddenly shrank, and his eyes flashed with a breathtaking cold light. He immediately thought of the biggest change.
"Danzo didn't change before he was injured. We maintained this relationship for a full ten years."
"Since Danzo was injured. He handed Root's matter to Orochimaru, and the person who took care of Danzo was Koharu."
"Is there a problem here?"
"What did Koharu do to Danzo?"
"Or is it a problem with Orochimaru?"
"Or is it that ninja from the Uzumaki Clan?"
"Where is the problem?"
Hiruzen held the smoking pipe in his right hand and his left hand held his chin. His eyes fell on the Hokage Rock, and his head was thinking quickly.
"No!"
"It's not them!"
"It's Danzo!"
As Hiruzen thought about it, he immediately thought of an answer in his heart, and it was the most reliable one.
"Danzo has always wanted to be the Hokage. In the past, his body was strong, so he could wait for me to pass the position to him!"
"But due to subsequent changes, Danzo almost died and became paralyzed. If not for the ninja from the Uzumaki Clan, he would still be paralyzed until now."
"In other words..."
"Danzo is afraid!"
"He's afraid that he won't have enough time!"
"He's afraid that before he becomes the Hokage, an accident will happen, and pass away!"
"So he doesn't want to solve the problem for me now. He wants to plan for himself. He wants to become the Hokage through his means!"
"That's right!"
"That must be the case!"
"That's why I can't completely follow his suggestion. Otherwise, it is very likely that I will fall into the trap set up by Danzo!"
As Hiruzen thought about this, he suddenly understood this matter. In his opinion, Danzo was someone who almost died once. The more such a person was, the more they cherished the beauty of their lives. The more they would grasp the present, the more they would strive to realize the dreams they had yet to realize.
With this level of consideration.
Hiruzen's mood calmed down, and his face turned ugly. He suddenly felt that sitting in the Hokage position was very lonely.
Outside, there were Hatake Sakumo and Namikaze Minato, who were both talented ninjas wanting to become Hokage, eyeing his position.
There were also many big clans and forces, who were looking forward to Konohagakure's regime changing and then finding an opportunity to change Konohagakure's current situation.
Now, there was also Danzo who wanted to compete for the Hokage position. He was the one who knew him best, and he also had Root.
That was a very important power!
Now, his Hokage's Anbu was already dead.
At this time, the Root ninjas were very important. If they were used by Danzo, he might really end up in a bad situation.
"Root..."
Hiruzen's eyes suddenly became fierce, and he suddenly looked in the direction of the door of the Hokage's office and directly shouted.
"Someone come!"
Hiruzen's voice was very loud, and it instantly reached the ninja who was guarding the door.
Swish! Swish!
Almost in an instant.
The two figures flashed and appeared before him. They were both half-kneeling. They were Konohagakure's ninjas.
"Sandaime-sama!"
The two ninjas greeted Hiruzen at the same time. Both of them lowered their heads and assumed a posture of being ready to follow orders.
"You two bring Orochimaru to me immediately!" Hiruzen said in a deep voice.
"Yes!"
The two ninjas answered in unison. After that, the other two quickly left the place.
A big question mark appeared in the minds of the two ninjas.
Didn't Orochimaru-sama just leave?
Why did they have to bring Orochimaru-sama back?
What was going on?
However.
The two ninjas thought this, but neither of them spoke out their doubts. They did not even say such words to each other.
After all, they were just ordinary ninjas.
Whether it was the Third Hokage or Orochimaru, these identities were not something they could doubt.
Suddenly.
The two ninjas quickly chased in the direction where Orochimaru left. Orochimaru left not long ago so they could still catch up on him.
...
In the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen paced back and forth with his hands on his chin. He was thinking of all kinds of plans in his head, but no matter what kind of plan it was, he needed a reliable ally.
Originally, he had the most reliable ally, Danzo. But now it seemed that Danzo was a little unreliable.
People were often like this.
When it was good, they would treat each other well.
But once these very good friends break up, they would treat each other in the most ruthless way, even more ruthlessly than their enemies.
Hiruzen said that he still needed Danzo, but in his heart, he had already begun to think about how to deal with Danzo. As long as there was an existence that might shake his position as Hokage, he would find a way to deal with them.
Of course.
He would not kill Danzo.
He hoped that through another method, Danzo could continue to be his own.
Knock Knock Knock...
At this time, there was a knock on the door of the office.
The knock was very light.
From the strength he used, it could be felt that this person was very polite and respectful to the Hokage.
The person who came was not Orochimaru!
Hiruzen could make a very clear judgment just by the sound of knocking on the door. None of his three students would seriously knock on the door when they came, especially Tsunade. It was already very good if she did not tear down his door.
"Please come in."
Hiruzen adjusted his emotions and softened his voice. He didn't know who would come here at this time, but he vaguely felt that this person might be reliable.
Even he didn't know why he had such thoughts. It was like a drowning person suddenly seeing a wooden board.
Although there are three middle-ranking families behind him: the Sarutobi clan and the Ino-Shika-Cho clan, he doesn't know if he can rely on these clans.
In other words...
When he was strong, these clans could make him more powerful.
But once he was desperate.
He was not sure if these clans could help him.
In the past, when he fought with Kagami for the position of Hokage, the clans behind him were far less powerful than the Uchiha behind Kagami. If not for the fact that Danzo had established Root in time and used the assassination methods to replace the heads of some small clans of Konohagakure and let them join him, he wouldn't have become the Hokage today.
Of course.
Hiruzen was deeply aware that this was not the most important thing.
Those clan heads who had originally been assassinated and the new clan heads who had come to support him were just opportunists.
None of them were reliable at the critical moment!
After all, they were not the ones who were fighting for the Hokage position.
So for him, these families were just used to build momentum!
The most fundamental reason why he was able to take the Hokage position was that the Root ninjas assassinated Kagami. This made him directly have no competitors for the Hokage position, and with the Second Hokage's last words, he was able to have the last laugh.
Because of this.
Hiruzen was too clear about Danzo's importance.
His first choice is to keep Danzo, but he also wonders if he could create another Danzo to replace Danzo and continue to do Danzo's work.
But he had never found a suitable candidate.
After all, not everyone can bear that intense darkness.
Up until now, there was still no candidate making Danzo irreplaceable.
Creak...
Along with the sound of a door being pushed open, a ninja walked in. When he saw Hiruzen, a smile appeared on his face.
"Sandaime-sama!"
This ninja immediately bowed toward Hiruzen. His appearance instantly caused Hiruzen's eyes to light up.
Just now he was thinking about the lack of candidates.
Now, here he was.
Doesn't this person just meet the requirements?
Hiruzen's eyes flashed with appreciation. He looked at the ninja walking in front of him. This ninja was the Konohagakure Intelligence Division Captain, Morino Eaton.
"Eaton, you're here. Sit down and talk!"
Hiruzen immediately pointed to the chair in front of the desk. Then he walked to his chair. During the time he walked, his mind flashed with Eaton's resume.
Eaton had always been in charge of an Anbu division. It was a division that dealt with intelligence for Konohagakure. He knew many secrets about the village and was very loyal to the village.
Plus the time when he went with Anbu to the front line together.
He wanted to use that method to check if there was a ninja from the Uzumaki Clan among Anbu, although it became Hiruzen major mistake.
Of course.
He had long known that Eaton was not an Uzumaki Clan ninja because that Uzumaki Clan ninja was found by Eaton.
No matter what was said.
Eaton's identity was pure and clean.
Apart from the fact that he was dissatisfied with the fact that Eaton concealed the identity of that Uzumaki Clan ninja, he was also very satisfied with other aspects.
This was not a big deal!
Who didn't have a secret?
Danzo hid more things from him.
It was fine as long as he could do good things for him!
Moreover.
Hiruzen suddenly discovered the benefit of using Eaton. That was, after he used Eaton, the latter would be very grateful. In the end, he might even reveal the identity of that Uzumaki Clan ninja.
Even if he doesn't say it out...
As long as Eaton knew that Uzumaki Clan ninja was about to do something bad to Konohagakure, he could also stop it in time. After all, Eaton was still a Konohagakure's higher-ups.
"Eaton, you came at the right time. I happen to have something to tell you!"