Konoha starts from the root

After saying this, Hiruzen Sarutobi turned his attention to Tenzo and said, "Tenzo."

Tianzang immediately stood up straight and responded: "Yes."

"Anbu immediately dispatched to arrest all 'root' ninjas. Those who resist will be shot to death."

At this moment, although Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice was not loud, he lost a bit of his old age, and his body seemed to have a bit more of the "Ninja Hero" demeanor of the past.

"As ordered."

After Tianzang responded, the whole person disappeared.

As early as more than a month ago, after Morino Ihiki and Yamanaka Haiichi handed him the staged investigation report, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already issued an order to restrict Shimura Danzo's movements, and at the same time strictly ordered the "root" ninjas not to go out. .

Facts have proved that he is still very foresight, otherwise he would be in trouble now.

After Tenzo left, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to be saying to himself: "From now on, there will be no more 'roots'."

Nara Shikaku knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen was telling him this, and his meaning was very clear. He was using his own words to convey his meaning to the various clans in the village.

Since the establishment of the Root Department, Shimura Danzo has been forcing various families in the village to send their outstanding children into it for inhumane training.

All families hate this deeply.

However, due to the face of his companions and objective needs, Sarutobi Hiruzen still acquiesced in Shimura Danzo's behavior, which made Shimura Danzo even more unscrupulous.

Because of this, although the various families in the village did not express dissatisfaction with Sarutobi Hiruzen, some gossips were still indispensable.

In this way, after the defeat in the Third Shinobi World War, Sarutobi Hiruzen abdicated in favor of others. Although he was under pressure from Konoha's top brass, it was not without the encouragement of these clans.

In addition, after the death of the fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, when Konoha's top management and the village ninjas discussed the suitable successor to the Hokage, Nara Shikaku clearly proposed that the next generation of ninjas succeed Minato Namikaze.

However, this proposal was rejected by Xiaochun, who was transferred to the dormitory, due to their lack of experience.

Thus, Sarutobi Hiruzen came to power again.

It stands to reason that even if a ninja of Kakashi's generation is not the successor, the most suitable candidate should be Jiraiya, one of the three ninjas, rather than Sarutobi Hiruzen, who has long abdicated.

Maybe it was because the village suffered the Nine-Tails Rebellion and suffered too much loss. Hiruzen Sarutobi was worried about the future of the village, so he came to power again. Maybe it was because of other reasons. Only he knew the details.

However, no matter what, after Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to power, his reputation was obviously not as good as that of the Fourth Hokage and Namikaze Minato.

Because people can't see the vitality of Namikaze Minato in him.

This is indeed the case. Whether it is objective reasons or subjective reasons, Konoha's overall strength has indeed been declining since he returned to power.

Coupled with the haze of this war, it can be said that Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation has dropped to the lowest.

So he had to make some changes.

And disbanding the 'root' department is one of them.

This is not only to prevent Baiye from using these 'root' ninjas to retaliate, but also to appease the various clans in the village.

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Unknowingly, more than 20 days passed, and the time came to the end of January of Konoha 61.

At noon this day, in a certain forest within the Kingdom of Grass.

A figure ran away in a slightly embarrassed manner. Suddenly, he stopped and avoided several shurikens that were fired at him.

Then, a joking voice came from the right side: "Run, why don't you keep running?"

From the look of the man's attire, he was obviously a chuunin from Iwagakure Village.

The person being chased was dressed as a Konoha genin.

However, at this time, the genin was no longer as embarrassed as before. After glancing around, he said to himself: "Very good, finally there is no one else."

Seeing that the other party ignored him, the rock ninja said angrily: "Boy, didn't you hear me? Do you believe that I made your life worse than death?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the Konoha genin disappeared.

Then, an icy chill came from his throat.

In an instant, all the hairs on his body stood up.

Looking out of the corner of his eye, he saw a figure standing behind him at some point.

Drops of cold sweat emerged from his forehead, crossed his cheeks, and dropped to the ground.

He wanted to say something, but he couldn't open his mouth no matter what, as if he was being held captive.

At this moment, a cold voice came from behind the ear: "Make my life worse than death, haha."

The next moment, he felt a pain in his throat, followed by a feeling of suffocation.

After struggling on the ground for more than ten seconds, he completely lost his life.

Seeing this, the Konoha genin pushed up the glasses on the bridge of his nose, a trace of disdain flashing in his eyes.

This person is Pharmacist Dou.

In terms of true strength, Kabuto Yakushi has already reached the level of jounin, and he can now be considered a master among jounin.

If he didn't want to avoid the sight of others, he would not pretend to run away and be chased by a mere chuunin from Iwagakure Village.

After sensing the surroundings again and making sure that no one was around, he took out two palm-sized messenger birds.

Then he skillfully stuffed the two pieces of paper into the bamboo tubes on their legs, and then let them fly.

After that, he carefully handled the scene, and after making sure that there were no flaws, he sat quietly and thought about the current situation.

"Since the day before yesterday, there have been a sudden increase in the number of chunin and jounin on the battlefield, and correspondingly, the number of genin deaths has increased sharply."

"It seems that the negotiations between the two parties have come to an end."

This is a commonly used method among ninja villages.

Before the end of the war, send your own ninjas to kill a large number of low-level enemy ninjas, causing as many gaps in the opponent's talents as possible, thereby weakening the enemy's war potential.

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The development of the matter was basically consistent with what Yakushi Kabuto had guessed.

Two days later, on February 61, Konoha 2, Iwagakure and Konohagakure signed an armistice agreement.

At the same time, it was stated that the friction between the two parties was carefully planned by Konoha's traitorous ninja, Baiye, and he stated that he would go all out to pursue him.

Soon, Baiye's reputation as an S-level rebellious nin spread throughout the ninja world.

In fact, how can Shiroye have such a big face that the truce between Iwagakure and Konoha Hidden Village is nothing more than the actions of Kumogakure and Sunagakure that forced both sides to cease the war.

Moreover, the two sides have no plans to start a full-scale war.

Of course, the specific armistice agreement will definitely not be simple. Konoha must have made some compensation, otherwise Iwagakure Village will never cease the war so easily, even if Kumogakure Village is already conducting a tentative attack.

After all, this is about the face of Iwagakure Village, and Baiye did steal some confidential information and killed many people.

Therefore, regardless of whether he was a rebel of Konoha before, now that the fight has started, Konoha must make concessions.