Konoha's Ninja Successor

"Hui...died in battle."

After saying these words, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed with relief, but he originally thought that his good friend Shimura Danzo would show extreme behavior, but he did not expect that Danzo quickly restrained himself after hearing these words. Emotions put away the murderous intention.

The surrounding ANBU ninjas who were implicated in the murderous intention breathed a sigh of relief, and in their hearts, they had a new understanding of Shimura Danzo, an elusive and unknown old man.

"Take me there!" Danzo said in a deep voice, tapping the ground with his crutch.

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Danzo, who was still calm, nodded silently in agreement, and personally led the way.

No matter what, Shimura Teru is Shimura Danzo's child, and Sarutobi Hiruzen will agree to let him see him for the last time whether in public or in private.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo and others arrived at the basement of Konoha Hospital, where the corpses of ninjas are stored.Ninjas possess many secrets belonging to the village. If even the body is not handled strictly, there will be a risk of intelligence being stolen if it falls into the hands of other countries.

Therefore, Shimura Teru's body was also placed in Konoha Hospital, and Sarutobi Hiruzen led Shimura Danzo to the innermost room in the basement. There were two elite jounin guarding the door, which was enough to see that How much attention is paid to the corpse placed in this room.

"Sandaime!!"

"Danzo-sama!!"

After seeing the identity of the visitor, the two elite jounin half-knelt down to salute and greet him.

"Let us go in." Sarutobi Hiruzen waved for them to get up.

"Yes!!" After hearing the instructions, the two elite jounin opened the room and made way for Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo and the white-haired man.

There were only three corpses placed in the small room. These three people were the fourth generation of Namami Feng Shuimen, the Jinchūriki Uzumaki Kushina, and the untitled Teru Shimura.

Their faces were all covered with white cloth. The empty sleeve on Shimura Teru's right arm showed at a glance that his arm had been amputated during his lifetime.However, Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina were even more miserable. Their chests were torn open by the Nine-Tails' claws, and their deaths were tragic in comparison.

Shimura Danzo ignored the corpses of Namikaze Minato and Uzumaki Kushina and walked directly to the corpse of Shimura Teru.To him, the former's death had nothing to do with him.

Danzo stretched out his hand to lift off the white cloth on Shimura Teru's face, but seemed a little hesitant in the middle. Finally, he stopped shaking his arms and opened the white cloth, revealing Shimura Teru's peaceful face.

Shimura Teru still looked familiar to Danzo, but it was a pity that Danzo's young figure who talked back and yelled at him every day in Danzo's memory now had no color on his face.

Shimura Danzo, who had extensive experience in observing corpses, seemed a little slow for the first time. After being stunned for a long time, he noticed the fatal wound on Shimura Teru's chest.He wanted to touch Shimura Teru's face expressionlessly, but he couldn't bring himself to do it.

In the end, he withdrew his palm and silently stared at Shimura Teru's peaceful face.

"Who discovered the body first? Have you ever interrogated the discoverer?" Danzo Shimura said calmly.

"I found Fai's body." The white-haired man stepped forward, and the cold eyes under the fox mask looked directly at Danzo's cold gaze.

"Did you see the murderer?" Danzo Shimura continued to ask.

The white-haired man shook his head helplessly, but the movement of shaking his head by the white-haired man instantly angered Danzo Shimura.

With a sound of "Ta!", Danzo slammed the crutch in his hand against the ground, and asked in a cold tone: "White Fang, didn't you say you were going to rescue me? Why didn't you save Hui? Why didn't you even look at the murderer's face? arrive?"

Danzo Shimura was angry and depressed. He pointed at Teru Shimura's body lying on the bed and said to him in a malicious tone: "Why is he dead and you are still alive! Aren't you able to give up even the mission for your companions?" ? Now you can’t do it? Hatake Sakumo!"

After hearing Danzo's words, the white-haired man who had been very calm before suddenly burst out with a fierce aura. His eyes became extremely cold and looked directly at Danzo, as if he was hiding, but always It exudes a sharp aura like a short knife, giving people a sense of threat that could be fatal at any time.

"Danzo, that's enough! Sakumo didn't catch up, but you can't blame him for this." Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and looked at the two people who were at war with each other, and quickly stood between them to stop the anger of both parties.

"Shua!"

Shimura Danzo pointed the stick of his cane directly at Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyebrows. Looking at the calm-looking Sarutobi Hiruzen, he said gloomily: "Aren't you known as the strongest Hokage? Why didn't you keep him? The four you chose The Daime is not worthy of being reused, and he did not even make preparations for the production of Jinchuuriki, which caused the disaster of the Nine-Tails. Both the Yondaime and you cannot shirk the responsibility!"

"Danzo, calm down. Do you still have the slightest hint of Hokage's help in your ugly appearance? Don't lose your mind because of anger!" Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly looked directly into the angry eyes of his former friend.

Hearing these familiar words, Shimura Danzo's eyes were in a trance. He silently retracted his crutches, and his ferocious face returned to calm.

Hatake Sakumo couldn't help but glance at Sarutobi Hiruzen, and he also had some respect for the third generation Hokage. He didn't dare to say that he could understand people's hearts, but he was indeed good at understanding people's hearts.

Sarutobi Hiruzen cleverly used a common saying by Shimura Teru, "Never lose your mind because of anger," which directly shook Danzo Shimura's defenses, which allowed him to calm down.

"I lost my temper, Hiruzen."

"It's understandable." Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief. Now Danzo has finally recovered to the point where he can communicate normally.

Shimura Danzo glanced at Hatake Sakumo coldly and said: "Originally, I agreed to absolve you of the crime of defaulting on your earlier mission because of Teru's guarantee to plead for mercy. I originally arranged for you to be here so that you could protect Shimura Teru, but you You have failed in your duty again. As the root leader, I inform you that starting today, you will officially withdraw from the root organization and stay at home to undergo investigation and questioning!"

"Understood." Hatake Sakumo replied calmly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen acquiesced and did not object.It was originally after listening to Shimura Teru's opinion that Hatake Sakumo from his own faction was inserted into the root organization. Of course, it was also to protect Hatake Sakumo.Danzo Shimura now had sufficient and reasonable reasons to remove the hidden nail, and he couldn't say much.

There are actually factions in Konoha Village. Although the two do not have clear political stances to compete with each other, but are in a mutually reinforcing relationship, Danzo's root organization and the Sandaime ANBU do have a sense of checks and balances.

Shimura Teru had a long-term vision and suggested that Sarutobi Hiruzen place hidden spikes to prevent Danzo from being left unchecked.As the son of Shimura Danzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen had to admit that Shimura Teru did put the village first. He was an outstanding Konoha ninja who was not much inferior to Namikaze Minato and a qualified inheritor of the Will of Fire. .

It's a pity that both Shimura Teru and the hidden spike that restricted Danzo are gone, and Sarutobi Hiruzen can only passively accept it.

"Hiruzen, call Yamanaka Haiichi over. He is yours, so you can rest assured. Let him use the secret techniques of the Yamanaka clan to explore the memories of these three people, and quickly collect information while the time of death is not long. !" After Danzo eliminated Hatake Sakumo as a hidden thorn, he immediately made a new suggestion.