I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I don't need approval

Chapter 128 128. The reason why Naruto left the village

Faced with the Third Hokage's blame-shifting, Danzo frowned and felt very unhappy.

Although he single-handedly led the Uchiha Night, he did not gain even the slightest benefit. Not only did he not get the Sharingan, he was still responsible for the Uchiha Night, which caused serious cuts in the root budget and the number of personnel.

But it was Hiruzen Sarutobi who really reaped the greatest benefit.

After Uchiha leaves Konoha, there will no longer be any public opposition to the Hokage in the village. Hiruzen Sarutobi can influence the authority of the Hokage to all aspects of the village.

But is this really a good thing for Naruto?

Danzo didn't think so. Uchiha suffered a massacre for no reason, which would inevitably arouse the vigilance of the other ninjas.

After losing the common enemy of the Uchiha Guards, the ninja clan and ordinary ninjas will sooner or later be dissatisfied with the Hokage Building. These are the problems that Sarutobi Hiruzen needs to face.

After thinking of this, a gleam flashed in Danzo's eyes, and then he nodded and left the Hokage's office.

In the following time, he does not need to fight against Sarutobi Hiruzen, as long as he does his job well, it will be enough. After the Hokage loses the trust of the ninja clan and jounin, he can start to run for the Fifth Hokage.

During the Kumogakure meeting decades ago, he hesitated for half a second and missed the position of Hokage.

Decades later, he will use decades of hard work to make up for the half second he missed back then, and use practical actions to prove that he is more suitable to be Hokage than Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Danzo's quiet departure surprised the Third Hokage, and he was already ready to argue.

Could it be that even Danzo was disappointed in him, but wasn't Danzo the most hostile to Uchiha?

The Third Hokage was too lazy to try to figure out Danzo's thoughts. The news he received from Jiraiya today was enough for him to digest for a while.

Orochimaru joined the masked man's organization, and Naruto founded Uzushio Village.

If someone else had reported this information, he would have suspected it was fabrication, but since it was Jiraiya, he could only choose to believe it and take corresponding actions.

The first is to ask Danzo to investigate the masked man organization, and the second is to inform Sunagakure about the Kazekage puppet.

It is impossible for the Fourth Kazekage to ignore the existence of the Kazekage puppets. With such a common alliance, the Sunagakure Konoha Alliance will be stronger to contain Iwagakure's actions.

As for the Uzumaki Kingdom established by Naruto, he neither recognized it nor expressed any apparent opposition to it.

Since Jiraiya said that Naruto has the strength to stand alone, Naruto can no longer be treated as a child, but as a family force that is semi-independent of Konoha.

Naruto's identity is the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, and he is inextricably linked to Konoha.

Even if the Uzushio Village is established independently, it will be regarded as an extension of Konoha, containing the Kirigakure Village on the sea, and putting great pressure on the chaotic Kirigakure.

In this way, the pressure on the village will be greatly reduced, and it will only have to face Yunyin across the sea.

From this perspective, although the news Jiraiya brought back was all bad news, it was actually good news in disguise. He could enter retirement life early and start seriously cultivating the next generation.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage took out the roster of Iruka's class and began to read it carefully.

In two years' time, the heirs of these major ninja clans will graduate. It is necessary to plan their futures and select suitable jounin as their leading teachers. This is related to the future of Konoha Village.

In contrast, the candidate for the Fifth Generation is not that important, and can be slowly selected and cultivated among the young Jonin.

Since no one is willing to serve as the Fifth Hokage, he can only continue to stay in this position. Konoha cannot lose him as the Hokage.

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After leaving the Hokage Building, Jiraiya wandered around the streets of Konoha.

After losing his goal in life, Jiraiya felt that everything was boring. He didn't want to perform tasks or write novels. Even his hobby of voyeurism had lost interest.

During this period, Jiraiya also approached two immortals, Fukasaku and Shima, and wanted to visit the Great Toad Immortal.

But the Great Toad Immortal fell into a deep sleep. It is said that he will not wake up until a month later. During this period, he cannot be disturbed by anyone.

Jiraiya was not a fool, he knew that the Great Toad Sage had deliberately avoided seeing him.

After finding the Son of Prophecy, he, the coolie who was looking for the Son of Prophecy, naturally lost his role and was abandoned as it should be.

Feeling depressed, Jiraiya ran to the izakaya and decided to imitate Tsunade and numb himself with alcohol.

After drinking a few bottles of sake, Jiraiya's face turned red, he smiled stupidly, and whispered that alcohol could indeed make him forget his worries and unpleasant things.

But as the effects of the alcohol dissipated, what was left was an endless emptiness.

Jiraiya's drunken state attracted the attention of many ninjas. They were curious about why Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, wanted to drink to relieve his sorrow. They were worried that Jiraiya would leave Konoha like the other two.

If all three ninjas leave the village, Konoha will lose its last backbone.

Kakashi also noticed Jiraiya's drunken state in the crowd. When the store closed, he quietly followed Jiraiya's pace and came to the park on the corner of the street.

After noticing the footsteps behind him, Jiraiya stopped and looked at Kakashi behind him:

"Within a week, this is the eighth time you have followed me. If you have anything to say, just say it here. There is no need to continue following me."

After saying that, Jiraiya used chakra to relieve his hangover, sat on the park bench, and patted the seat next to him.

Kakashi did not dare to neglect, and quickly sat next to Jiraiya, and asked cautiously: "Jiraiya-sama, did you not find Naruto during this outing? Or did Naruto reject your invitation. "

Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi, sighed and said: "I found Naruto, but Naruto is unwilling to come back, and he is not willing to travel around the ninja world with me..."

At this point, Jiraiya hesitated, considering whether to inform Kakashi about the situation in Uzushio Village.

Kakashi is White Fang's son and Minato's apprentice. He must be loyal to Konoha, but everything is possible. If this information is leaked, it will be detrimental to the village and Naruto.

"Similar to my previous speculation, even if you find Naruto, Naruto will not easily agree to your conditions."

"Why do you say that?"

"If Naruto could be successfully persuaded by you, he wouldn't have gone to great lengths to leave the village in the first place. In order to leave the village, he abandoned almost all his ties."

After a pause, Kakashi continued:

"So, if we want Naruto to return to Konoha, we should find out the reason why Naruto left the village. This is far more important than finding him."

"During this period, I visited many of Naruto's classmates and dug out many details."