Started as a Hokage

Sarutobi Hiruzen was sitting in the Hokage's office, talking to Koharu and Mito Kaden.

Mainly in response to a series of recent events.

The day before yesterday, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to Konoha from the Land of Fire. After a day's rest, he returned directly to the Hokage's office and once again became the number one figure in Konoha.

After going to bed, Koharu and the two elders inevitably sighed when they learned that Sarutobi Hiruzen really had not received recognition from the Fire Nation daimyo.

As expected, the matter of Sarutobi Asuma is not easy to let go. Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen's even silent and older appearance than before, it can be seen that his life in the Fire Country Daimyo Mansion is not easy. .

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen did not receive the recognition of the daimyo, if he had the support of other Fire Nation senior officials, he would also be able to gain great benefits, at least in terms of money, he would not be overly suppressed by Gen Shuyi.

But it was helpless that Asuma had been offended too much this time. Those senior officials could see how annoyed the Daimyo was about this matter from the destruction of the Fire Temple.

Naturally, he did not dare to have too much contact with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Speaking of which, Sarutobi Hiruzen encountered obstacles almost every day in the Daming Mansion, which was a complete loss of his old face.

Fortunately, Sarutobi Hiruzen was also a man who had seen strong winds and waves. After a brief period of disappointment, he returned to work.

Especially during the recent period of his absence, there has been a vacuum in power. Both Danzo and Genshu Yi have stepped forward to take a share of the pie. Gen Shuyi is better off, but he just took the opportunity to introduce many outside ninjas, so It can be regarded as fulfilling the proposal made during the high-level meeting.

But Danzo went too far and transferred [-]% of the ANBU. Many of them were directly integrated into the root organization. Recently, they have disappeared, which can be said to have eliminated most of Sarutobi Hiruzen's ANBU.

The angry Sarutobi Hiruzen almost spit out a mouthful of old blood, and he was going to fight Danzo with his pipe in hand.

In the end, the two elders held him down and bluntly said that Danzo had made a big move some time ago, and now he was no longer in Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had an ominous premonition immediately upon hearing this, and hurried to the root organization's secret base with his two friends.

As a result, we saw the scene of people deserting the building, and the research room was turned into a mess. It can be seen that the base of the Root Organization was taken care of not long ago.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt his blood pressure rise when he saw this scene. He couldn't help but fell down on his chair, frowning deeply.

The root tissue disappeared directly, and many people in the Anbu also disappeared, so there were only two possibilities.

One is that Danzo led them all to defect from the village, but considering that Danzo was at the height of his success at this time, he mistakenly thought that he was the best candidate for the Fifth Hokage, so even if he lost his mind, he would not be able to defect from the village.

This can basically be ruled out.

The other is that Danzo went out with a large force of the Root Organization to deal with some powerful enemy.

According to the recent observations of the Genji Group and the Uchiha family, it is most likely to deal with Genshu Yi and the Uchiha family.

Recall that the Uchiha family went out a few days ago. After returning, the clan leader and the clan's top master Shisui entered the hospital.

With the clues one after another, Sarutobi Hiruzen still doesn't know what happened.

The Uchiha family members have been back for several days, but Danzo and his subordinates, including the ANBU personnel, have not returned.

Do you still need to think about the ending?

Thinking that Danzo was probably in trouble this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen's original hatred immediately dissipated, replaced by infinite sadness for the loss of his old friend.

There are fewer and fewer people in their generation, and now even Danzo has gone ahead of him. In grief, they are unwilling to pursue Danzo's assassination of him and coercion of the two elders.

The two elders were still a little confused at this time. They looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi who was angry and sad for a while, and they were confused, until Sarutobi Hiruzen told the two of them his deductions.

The two of them also fell silent.

"Ugh!"

Xiaochun sighed quietly when he went to bed, his tone full of sadness.

Don't get me wrong, the two of them are not as kind-hearted as Sarutobi Hiruzen. At that time, Danzo threatened them and did not treat them as friends. Now Danzo may be dead, but they are still a little happy.

At best, this sigh was just a sigh of relief for Danzo's greedy life.

"Oh, by the way, Hiruzen, Danzo's investigation found that the Genji Group and the Uchiha family may be related to the demise of the Fire Temple."

After turning to bed, Koharu suddenly said to Hiruzen.

The meaning is obvious, Sarutobi Hiruzen can use this incident to attack Genshu Yi's reputation.

Although the Fire Temple is not as famous as Konoha, it is still very famous in the Fire Country because of its official endorsement.

Moreover, it is the Buddhist holy land of the Land of Fire, which can be regarded as the spiritual sustenance of many people. If this blame is placed on Gen Shuyi, Gen Shuyi's reputation in Konoha will also be damaged.

Even in Konoha, the influence of Buddhism has penetrated into thousands of households.

After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned and pondered for three seconds. His face suddenly became older, and he waved his hands to the two elders, indicating that they should not continue this topic.

Because he had been in the political center of the Fire Country, Damingfu, he had access to much more information than Danzo and the others.

Looking at the demise of the Fire Temple and the attitude of the top brass of the Fire Country towards him, Hiruzen Sarutobi roughly guessed the reason for the demise of the Fire Temple.

I understand better why Yuan Shuyi took action.

After all, he was the one who introduced the Genji Group in the first place. How could he not know the background of the Genji Group?

But I guessed what Sarutobi Hiruzen could do.

Are you going to use this incident to attack the traitor Yuan Shuyi?

Isn't that a slap in the face?

The daimyo helped Sarutobi Asuma find someone to take the blame to vent his anger. As a father, you are not only ungrateful but also causing trouble for us. Isn't it a bit unjustifiable?

Konoha has no position in this incident at the Fire Temple, and Sarutobi Hiruzen has no position even more.

It was a wrong decision to use this incident to attack Gen Shuyi, but Danzo just took advantage of it.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt his liver hurt, and he felt deeply that Danzo was unreliable.

The problem is that Danzo just wants to deal with it and transfers most of the ANBU people away, directly turning Sarutobi Hiruzen into a polished commander.

The only ANBU that Sarutobi Hiruzen can call upon now, but with Danzo interfering like this, come on, he doesn't even have a serious subordinate now.

Facing the huge Genji Group, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no confidence at all.

Isn't this forcing Hiruzen Sarutobi to show up and participate in this Hokage election ceremony?

Otherwise, if there is a real power war, and Sarutobi Hiruzen is now competing with Genshu Yoshi, even those families who are also members of the Hokage family will not support a Hokage who does not even have any subordinates.

Anyway, for those families of the Hokage line, there is essentially no difference between Minamoto Shugi and Sarutobi Hiruzen. Minamoto Shugi can even make them make money better. There is no need for them to cling to Sarutobi. Cut off the body without letting go.