Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo and asked, "Are you so anxious to go to the battlefield and die?".
"I've said it before, although my strength is greatly reduced now, I will not die on the battlefield!" Danzo was a little annoyed. This old guy cursed others to death as soon as he opened his mouth. He really couldn't talk.
"I will let Kakashi and other Jōnin go to the battle with you, and your safety will be taken care of by Anbu."
Taking a deep breath, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally made concessions. Now is not the time for internal fighting.
Danzo frowned and refused, "Impossible! My safety will be taken care of by the root."
Although he got the answer he wanted, who knows if the Anbu sent by Sarutobi was to monitor and undermine him.
"Your safety needs to be guaranteed! As a commander, if you have an accident on the battlefield, it will have a great impact on morale!" The Third Generation stared at him and insisted on his request.
"I said I won't die! I am very confident in this war!" Danzo said dissatisfiedly.
Why does this old guy think he will die soon?
"It's settled.
If you don't want Anbu's people to protect you, then change the commander-in-chief."
The Third Generation said, "I will let Homura take your place."
Danzo glared at him, stood up, slammed the table and shouted, "The daimyo agreed to go to war because I am the commander!" "And the families in the village also went out because they supported me!"
The Third Generation also stood up and said, "But I am the Hokage of Konoha! I can also write to the daimyo to take back your command.
I have more decision-making power than you on various affairs in the village!"
For a moment, Danzo had the idea of taking the position of Hokage away from this old guy.
Not for power, but just to let this guy see that the position he was proud of in his heart was easily obtained by others. "But they can't interfere with my choice!"
Frowning, looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's serious look, Danzo also knew that this matter could not be refused, and the other party meant to do good for him, so he could only helplessly Kaidō.
The Third Generation nodded with satisfaction and sat down again, saying, "I will only protect your safety."
The goal has been achieved, and Danzo did not stay to see the old man's stinky face. He said hello and left directly.
When he looked back, the gloom on his face turned into a smile.
The war has been decided. Although the process was a bit tortuous, Danzo was in a good mood.
If the old man's Anbu dared to cause trouble for him on the battlefield, his roots would not be vegetarians.
When I came out of the Hokage building, it was almost late at night.
On the way back, I passed by the place where I met Naruto, but Naruto was gone.
I went to the hand-beating place to eat a bowl of noodles and paid back the money I had paid before. Danzo was ready to go back to the roots to rest.
Speaking of which, it seems that I have never returned to "my" home.
Looking at the road leading to the Shimura family's residence, Danzo fell into deep thought.
Although Danzo is a member of the Shimura clan and has his own house in the Shimura settlement, he has always lived in the roots and rarely returned to his home since the death of the Second Generation, except for going to the battlefield.
Walking on this familiar yet unfamiliar path, looking at rows of familiar houses.
The Shimura clan was once very glorious in Danzo's memory, and was one of the founders of Konoha Village.
But after the Second and Third World Wars, the number of Shimura clan members plummeted, and the loss was even greater than that during the Sengoku period.
"Danzo?"
A slightly surprised voice sounded.
Danzo looked back and saw a white-haired old man looking at him in disbelief.
"It's really you."
The old man approached Danzo, his wrinkled face trembling a little: "You... How come you have become younger?"
"It turns out to be Xiaoyi." After staring at the white-haired old man for a long time, Danzo recognized that this person was the same clan brother of the Pot King when he was young, and said with a smile.
Shimura Yi panted, his face flushed: "Xiao... Xiao Yi?"
Shimura Yi couldn't accept being called Xiao Yi by a young man who looked several decades younger than himself.
"But you've aged too fast, I can hardly recognize you." Danzo laughed.
"a**hole!"
Shimura Yi cursed dissatisfiedly, "If it weren't for your plan, I wouldn't have been injured and left with a root of illness, and now I'm old so fast."
"It's a good thing to retire early and not have to fight and kill. It's not a good thing to take care of the younger generation in the village."
Although he is the cousin of the Pot King, Danzo has no gaps in communication. The whole process is smooth, as if he is really Danzo.
"You..." Shimura Yi looked at his young face and smile with some nostalgia, "You have changed a lot, if I wasn't still this old bone, I would have thought I was back to my youth."
"You haven't smiled like this since the Second Generation died."
"Old." Danzo didn't explain much.
Shimura Yi's wrinkled face wrinkled even more. This guy is still as annoying as before.
Looking at the somewhat quiet station, Danzo asked absentmindedly: "What is the current situation of the clan?"
Shimura Yi sighed and said: "There are only a few cats, all of them are useless juniors."
"The Shimura clan has declined. If I were not still here, those juniors in the clan would have to go to the ninja school to be taught ninjutsu."
Danzo did not speak. This guy must have exaggerated. After all, it is a big clan in the village, and the clan has a lot of ninjutsu scrolls.
But if these juniors are unwilling to work hard, the situation should not be bad.
Although the Pot King has a high seniority in the village, his focus has always been on the roots.
Compared with the Shimura clan, the roots are the direct line created and cultivated by Danzo.
He rarely cares about the affairs of the Shimura clan, let alone cultivating the children of the family.
"How many ninjas are available in the clan?" Danzo thought for a long time before asking.
"There are quite a few Genin, but there are only about 20 Chūnin. As for Jōnin," Shimura said, pointing at himself with an embarrassed look on his face.
"Only me."
"So few?" Danzo frowned.
In the original work, although the Shimura clan is a large clan, it seems that Danzo is the only character who appears.
There are a lot of Shimuras in Gintama.
Ninjas can't make it, so they become samurai.
Danzo complained in his heart.
"Not a few, didn't you see that there is only one Tsunade left in the Senju clan now."
"Among the several large clans in the past, only the Sarutobi clan and the Uchiha clan are still prosperous now, and the others are almost the same as us."
"You know, in the war, the people who rushed to the front are all people from our large clans."
Shimura explained.
"You should have heard more or less about what happened in the village recently?" Danzo asked tentatively.
Shimura Yi heard this, his eyes widened and he roared: "Impossible! The children of the tribe will never accompany you to the battlefield again!"
"You are even more stubborn than Sarutobi Hiruzen. How can these little guys grow up without experiencing war?" Danzo shook his head.
"Old stubborn, all rotten!"
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