Compared to the indignation of everyone in Tobirama's office, the reaction of the Third Hokage seemed much calmer.
Of course, he knew that Danzo and Orochimaru were together.
He even knew about the Wood Release experiment.
That period at the beginning was a time when Konoha was very weak.
The suicide of Hatake Sakumo gave the Sand Village an opportunity.
They launched an attack on Konoha on the grounds that the Third Kazekage was assassinated by Konoha.
Not long after that, Kumogakure, Iwagakure, and Kirigakure also declared war on Konoha.
Konoha fought one against four, and although it won the war, many people died.
In this situation, Danzo wanted to study the cells of the First Hokage and replicate the Wood Release Ninjutsu. The Third Hokage turned a blind eye in order to enhance Konoha's combat power.
A huge amount of manpower and resources were spent, but in the end, only one Yamato was produced.
The difference between Yamato's Wood Release and the First Hokage's is like the difference between earth and heaven.
The First Hokage used Wood Release to conquer the world, while Yamato used Wood Release to protect the environment.
This sentence clearly explains the difference in Wood Release Ninjutsu between the two.
This level of Wood Release naturally could not satisfy the Third Hokage.
However, the subsequent experiments consumed too much energy, and Konoha after the war could not afford such consumption.
After obtaining Yamato and transferring him to the Anbu directly under his command, he ordered Danzo to close the laboratory and seal all the data.
"I did nothing wrong. This is all for Konoha."
The Third Hokage subconsciously made an excuse, then realized that he was the only one in the Hokage's office at the moment and he didn't need to explain to anyone.
[Under the collusion of the two, Danzo supported Orochimaru in the high-level meeting.]
[It is not known whether Hiruzen did not want Orochimaru to be the Hokage or did not want Danzo to have an easy life, so he supported his student's student, Minato Namikaze, to be the Fourth Hokage.]
[At this time, Minato was highlighted and his achievements from the Third Ninja War were used to offset the disadvantages brought by his young age.]
[At the same time, Minato is indeed within the Daimyo's acceptable range.]
[With the Daimyo's approval, the Fourth Hokage is officially confirmed.]
"Is the Fourth Hokage called Minato Namikaze?"
Looking at the young man on the screen, Tobirama nodded involuntarily. He is handsome and has a good-looking appearance, just like he did when he was young.
"I don't know how many military achievements he has made to offset his age disadvantage."
Hiruzen seemed very satisfied with this kid. Orochimaru is his student. Minato Namikaze was his student's student. He would feel proud no matter which of them became the Fourth Hokage.
"By the way, is he Jiraiya's disciple or Tsunade's disciple?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was lost in thought, did not notice the envious and jealous look of Danzo beside him.
But I believe that even if he saw it, he probably wouldn't care.
Hiruzen ignored him, but unexpectedly Danzo took the initiative to speak: "No wonder Orochimaru became a rebellious ninja in the future, it turns out that someone treated him unfairly."
Hearing Danzo's words, Hiruzen sneered and replied, "I don't know if it's fair or not, I only know that someone will desecrate the corpse of the First Hokage decades later."
"You damn monkey, you..."
"Also, I didn't let Orochimaru become Hokage, why are you so excited? Besides, isn't Yondaime still my disciple's disciple? It has nothing to do with you either."
"you..."
Danzo was choked by Hiruzen and couldn't speak, he just pointed at him angrily.
Seeing this situation, Tobirama understood that without the bond of friendship, Hiruzen probably would not give face to Danzo anymore.
[As a youngster, Minato Namikaze became the Hokage, but as an older veteran ninja, Orochimaru couldn't even get an advisor position.]
[The main reason is that Hiruzen believes that Orochimaru does not understand the will of fire and disregards life.]
[This was also passed on to Orochimaru by Danzo.]
[Orochimaru felt deeply ashamed and wanted to get his godfather's approval, so he started the "Godfather, love me again" plan, hoping to do something big and surprise everyone.]
[After hearing this plan, Danzo was shocked and shouted, "Orochimaru, don't be impulsive. Act low for time being and stop the experiments."]
[Danzo said this, but he also let Orochimaru do what he loved.]
As expected, Orochimaru got out of control and captured all the ninjas in the village as guinea pigs.
The intelligence collected by Hiruzen's Anbu gradually pointed to Orochimaru.
After getting the information, he led Anbu to clean up the mess.
[Hiruzen is still strong as an old man, and he faces his unfilial son head-on.]
[Orochimaru shyly tells Hiruzen: "How can you lay a hand on your son?"]
[Then the devilish sound pierced their ears, shattering the experimental materials and attacking and killing everyone the Third Hokage brought.
[The Third Hokage, who had not lost any health, sat slumped on the ground, with the word "indulgent" written in his eyes.
[The Monkey King Enma glared at Hiruzen and cursed in his heart.]
[After Orochimaru understood his godfather's eyes, he ran away at full speed.
[In order to let his beloved disciple go, Hiruzen did a good job on the surface and sent Anbu to chase Orochimaru in front of Danzo.
[Danzo called him an "actor" in his heart, and had already sent someone to help Orochimaru escape from the Land of Fire.
[In this way, Orochimaru was abandoned by his godfather for more than ten years.]
The office.
Everyone was stunned by the scene on the screen.
Is Sarutobi Hiruzen so indecisive when he gets old?
And there is this guy Shimura Danzo, who is secretly supporting Orochimaru who has become a traitor. What is he trying to do?
"Teacher, it seems that I am really not suitable to be a Hokage."
Hiruzen sighed deeply.
The more he reviewed the situation, the more he felt he hadn't been a good enough Hokage.
There were many excuses to justify the outrageous contract that required no compensation. For example, Konoha was under immense pressure at the time and urgently needed to free up manpower from the battle with Iwagakure.
But now, knowing that Orochimaru had made a mistake, not only did he fail to take action to clean up the mess, but he also let him go.
Is he truly worthy of the residents of Konoha and the subordinates who supported him as Hokage?
"Don't worry, I'm not dead yet, you can still learn slowly," said Tobirama.
When Uchiha Kagami and the others heard Tobirama's words, they looked at each other.
With this statement, it was basically confirmed that Sarutobi Hiruzen would become the Third Hokage.
Unless something unexpected happened, like Hiruzen's death, when Tobirama abdicated due to old age, the position of Hokage would definitely be Hiruzen's.
This time, Danzo remained very honest and didn't say anything.
The truth is, his own record wasn't clean either. He had secretly conducted experiments on Wood Release and helped the rebel ninja escape.
Either of these two actions would be considered a very serious crime.
In addition, he sensed a change in his former friend Hiruzen's attitude towards him, so he refrained from making himself look worse.
There, Hiruzen thought he was a failure as Hokage.
The Third Hokage here felt he was very successful.
The only blemish was probably letting Orochimaru escape.
"I should have killed him from the beginning, so that he wouldn't secretly return to Konoha to cause trouble."
After muttering fiercely, the Third Hokage frowned and saw the words "Godfather, love me again."
Although he didn't know the specific meaning, judging from Orochimaru's character, he was most likely coming to take revenge on him.
"Revenge, if you want to come then come. I won't be soft-hearted this time."
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