"Hiruzen, what's the deal with Orochimaru?"
Mito asked lightly when he saw that the big picture of what had happened to Danzo had been settled.
Orochimaru was an important helper in this plan of Danzo's, an accomplice charge was indispensable.
And since Orochimaru's biggest identity right now was Sandaime's disciple, it was ambiguous whether or not this matter was related to Sandaime.
Once again, the others focused their eyes on Sandaime.
"Mito-sama, you know me, if I knew that Danzo would do such a thing, I would definitely be the first to disagree, as for the matter that Orochimaru would help Danzo, I don't know about it either, but with my understanding of Orochimaru, he must have been hoodwinked by Danzo into doing such a thing, and if he knew that the sealing junction that was cracked was the Senju clan's, he definitely wouldn't have helped Danzo. "
Sandaime had already thought of a script and spoke slowly.
The Sandaime didn't expect Orochimaru to be involved in this matter, but his attitude towards his good disciple was naturally different from that towards Danzo, so he could only protect it from death.
As for the punishment, wait until this matter is over or the war is over.
"I see, your words, I believe, Orochimaru is an outstanding ninja, Tsunade's message to me has also praised him many times, he has a very bright performance on the battlefield, since he was deceived by Danzo, then it is considered to be a credit to a fault."
Mito nodded as he heard Sandaime's explanation.
Sandaime was greatly relieved to see Mito gently bypassing Orochimaru, he was quite worried that Mito would ask him to severely punish Orochimaru.
After all, Orochimaru no matter how uninformed, still can not change itself is a co-conspirator of this crime, surely must be punished, in no way can be gently bypassed like this, or else in the future everyone can use ignorance to avoid responsibility.
Let's just give credit where credit is due.
Orochimaru really isn't very fit to be Hokage.
The good student was fine, Sandaime was in a much better mood, but the next moment, his mood was a little bad again.
Only to see Mito added: "The position of advisor to the Hokage is very important, not a day without someone, Sandaime, who do you think is suitable for this position in the village?"
One person, one job.
Danzo was dismissed from all positions, the position of the hokage advisor is vacant, this position of high power, not only have the right to directly meet with the Hokage and advice, and all the big events in the village have the right to participate in the village, properly one of the highest level in the village.
Before Sandaime joined forces with his three old buddies to firmly grasp the village's top decision maker in his hands, and other people can't even get in if they want to.
Now the opportunity has come.
Just as soon as Mito raised this question, Uchiha Homura immediately gazed at Sandaime, and even Hyuga Kazuma couldn't help but show eager eyes.
On the other hand, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu revealed nervous eyes, they had both realized the seriousness of the problem, the effects of Danzo's downfall had already begun to fester.
Sandaime was now in a great dilemma, although his political level was not high, he had been ruling for many years and had honed his skills, why could he not see clearly that this involved a core power struggle.
Lord Mito really did blame him after all, and this hand operation was meant to hammer him.
Both Danzo and Orochimaru are related to him, he definitely has the responsibility of employing people who are not careful and teaching them poorly, the punishment of the two people has already been decided, the next thing is to talk about him.
"Who does Lord Mito think is suitable."
Sandaime said inwardly with bitterness.
"I think Momo is just fine."
Seeing that Sandaime was on board, Mito stated his own candidate.
For a moment, everyone in the room focused their eyes on Momo beside Mito.
Momo had been silent ever since she brought Sandaime and the others in, silently guarding Mito's side, with a sense of existence almost equal to zero.
But at this moment, her sense of existence pulled full.
In fact, Momo was inwardly very shocked when she heard that Mito had elected himself as a Hokage advisor, but she had been helping Mito with various matters of the Senju clan for many years, and had long since been able to deal with things in an unperturbed manner, and remained calm and collected on the surface.
Senju Momo, Senju clan's elite Jonin, had assisted the Shodaime and the Nidaime, and her resume has made great contributions to the establishment of the village, and as the commander of the Senju clan on the First World War, she fought with the enemy in blood, killed countless enemies, and made great achievements in the war.
It can be said that Momo is a veteran of Konoha, powerful and prestigious. There is no problem for her to serve as the Hokage advisor, and she can definitely convince everyone.
Sandaime and the others looked at Momo, their minds couldn't help but think of this Senju who had kept a very low profile in Konoha for many years, and then their expressions varied.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu's faces were very bad, but didn't say anything, just both looked at Sandaime.
Uchiha Homura's face was likewise very bad as he looked to Mito, but seeing that Mito wasn't even looking at him, he ultimately chose to remain silent.
Hyuga Kazuma, on the other hand, resumed looking up at the ceiling.
Obviously, all four chose to abstain.
Once again, the pressure was all on Sandaime.
"I think it's fine, it's decided."
Sandaime sighed in his heart and helplessly accepted Mito's suggestion.
He knew in his heart that if he chose to reject it, then all the previous decisions would be nullified, and the punishments of Danzo and Orochimaru wouldn't be just that simple, and he, the Hokage-sama, wouldn't be able to escape the implication.
The essence of politics was compromise and balance.
This was what he had learned after becoming Hokage.
If you made a mistake, you had to take responsibility for it, and if you couldn't shirk it, then you had to compromise and come up with substantial benefits in exchange.
And judging from the results, it didn't affect him too much, the Senju clan was also from the Hokage lineage, letting the Legitimate Senju Momo enter the top level wasn't something unacceptable, at least it was better than letting the Uchiha and Hyuga's people enter the top level.
And he also knows that Mito is doing this with a conscience. This is to save the decline of the Senju clan and pave the way for Tsunade.
Considering the huge price the Senju clan had paid in the First War as well as the support he had received over the years, Sandaime felt that it would be a good thing to let Senju Momo become an advisor to hokage.
"Good, then let's continue our discussion about the handling of those Root ninja next."
Mito said in a pleasant manner.
In a short while, the fate of the Aburame Ryoma and a group of other root ninjas involved in destroying the sealing barrier of the Senju clan was decided during the short conversation between Mito and the others.
The result was execution.
There had to be someone who needed to take the blame with their life, otherwise how could they remove the anger of the Senju clan and wash away this shame brought about by being punched in the face.
When it was decided that the main culprit, Danzo, would not have to die, the fate of these people had already been decided.
This discussion of important Konoha executives ended there.
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Meanwhile, in the basement of Nawaki's house, Kirito suddenly received two consecutive prompts from the Outcast.
[You have successfully changed the fate of the Aburame Ryoma, gaining 1 enhancement point]
[You have successfully changed the fate of Momo Senju, gaining 1 reinforcement point]