"The saplings we took care of have grown into towering trees. Let's just retreat behind the scenes. It's basically a peaceful time now. Spend more time with our families. Who knows how many years we have left to live?"

"You are the Hokage who retired with great success," Danzo chuckled twice and looked at Hiruzen with sharp eyes, "What about me? Who am I?"

"Tuanzo..."

"We also dream of becoming Hokage. You have realized your dream, and now you are righteously persuading me to give up this dream. Hiruzen, how can such a good thing happen?"

Hiruzen sighed and rubbed his brows. After a long silence, his brows furrowed more and more tightly. He could no longer control his emotions. He picked up a pile of documents on the table at hand and threw them at Danzo without any explanation. on the face.

Even among friends, such behavior is too rude.

The documents fell from Danzo's face to the ground like snowflakes. Danzo stared at Hiruzen with wide eyes without blinking.

He didn't react for a moment. This was not an attack, but why did he...

Danzo never expected Hiruzen to be so rude.

Before Danzo could react, Hiruzen asked him loudly, "Duanzo, you are so annoying. Can the position of Hokage be hereditary? Or do you just like this false reputation?"

"..."

"I'm really pissed off by you. Are you becoming more stubborn as you get older?"

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, how dare you hit me!" Danzo finally recovered from Hiruzen throwing the documents.

Since they were teenagers, apart from normal sparring, Hiruzen had never beaten him like he did when he was a child, without even moving a hair on his head. Today, when he was suddenly beaten, Danzo was confused at first, and then got angry.

But I have to admit that the anger is more disbelief and grievance.

He hadn't moved his hands for decades, but today, because of his own words, he grabbed the things around him and threw them over.

Fortunately, Hiruzen still had some sense. There was an inkstone and an ashtray on the table, but he didn't take them. Instead, he chose paper with no offensive power.

"I really want to give you a good beating. If we were still teenagers, I would give you a good beating!" Hiruzen rolled his eyes and added: "Keep you awake."

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, you dare to hit me——" Danzo repeated dully, still unable to accept the fact that Hiruzen "took action" against him.

The pipe clicked on the table, "You care that I am Hokage and you are not, and now I am following your plan to resign, what else do you want?"

"Sarutobi!" Danzo woke up from his stupor and shouted, "How dare you hit me!"

Danzo's howling voice directly attracted the members of the Root Organization who were patrolling nearby. The two masked personnel came closer in confusion, but did not dare to get too close. Even though their faces were covered by masks, Gossip The breath still came out from the holes in the eyes.

Gossip is human nature.

"Yes, yes, I'm just going to beat you, come back if you can!"

He asked him to give it back, but when Danzo really clenched his fist, he never swung it out.

To be honest, he had murderous intentions towards Hiruzen more than once. Ever since that time in the woods of Kumogakure, when Teacher Tobirama gave Hiruzen the position of Hokage, he had imagined what the world would be like without Hiruzen.

If there was no Hiruzen, would Teacher Tobirama give him the position of Hokage?

At that time, when this idea came into his mind, he was shocked. He was also ashamed of his behavior of wishing his best friend to die.

But his pride prevented him from letting go of his obsession with the position of Hokage.

Later, Teacher Tobirama did not die, and Hiruzen failed to succeed as Hokage. However, as long as he thought that Teacher Tobirama's No. 1 choice for Hokage was not him but Hiruzen, Danzo could not sleep all night long.

During the Second Ninja War, he and Hiruzen went to the battlefield together. First, they defended Kumogakure and surrounding villages at the national border, and later they traveled to the battlefield together to fight Ohnoki to the death.

During this period, he had thought about what would happen if Hiruzen died in battle.

What would happen if he killed Hiruzen and pretended to be an enemy?

But these were just imaginations in his mind, and he still couldn't do it after all.

Just like now, Hiruzen clearly asked him to fight back, but he couldn't do it anymore.

He knew that Hiruzen only took action when he was angry. Even if he did, even if everyone was very skilled, Hiruzen still didn't throw anything that could hurt anyone. He was still concerned about his safety when he was angry.

In other words, it was precisely because they were best companions and friends that Hiruzen showed such a true side in front of him.

The clenched fists slowly loosened, and Hiruzen's frown relaxed when he saw Danzo's brows gradually relaxing.

But just when he breathed a long sigh of relief and thought Danzo had calmed down, a ball of paper suddenly hit his forehead with a receding hairline.

Hiruzen looked at Danzo in disbelief, and Danzo smiled with a sinister look on his face. He kept picking up the paper beside him and crumpling it into a ball, and then threw it unceremoniously in Hiruzen's face.

"Ah - you despicable guy, you really hold a grudge, you actually threw a ball of paper at me! You still have the same virtues as when you were a child. How old were you then, eight years old? You hid behind the tree and took advantage of others not paying attention. , making snowballs and throwing them into other people’s necks, insidious!”

"It's not a gentleman to not avenge one's grievances. Besides, you were the one who did it first!"

"Huh-" Hiruzen rolled his eyes at him and sat still like he did when he was a child.

When Danzo was a child, he was very competitive and wanted to be better than others no matter what he did. For this reason, many children of the same age couldn't play with him. Only Hiruzen could stand him.

Hiruzen has a meek personality. Many times, just to make Danzo happy, he pretends to be incompetent and loses to him. Even in the snowball fights that Danzo likes to play, in order to allow Danzo to accurately throw it into his neck, he can pretend to be innocent. He stood there without noticing.

Now, it's the same.

Danzo picked up the papers that Hiruzen threw at his face one by one, crumpled them into a ball, and then hit Hiruzen who was sitting there motionless, avoiding his eyes, hitting his forehead, chest, shoulders... …

After the last paper ball was thrown over, Danzo finally calmed down.

This seemingly childish "play" allowed Danzo to regain the memories of his youth, and his heart filled with desires and obsessions seemed to have been blown by a ray of spring breeze, gradually becoming clearer.

Seeing that Danzo gradually became quieter and Hiruzen's tone became much calmer, he asked again, "What do you think about what I said?"

Of course I am not willing to give in. This can be regarded as a lifelong obsession, right?

How could it be possible to just give up?

"I'll think about it."

Well, this answer is indeed very Danzo-esque.

Hiruzen stood up from his position, not forgetting to take his pipe with him.

When he reached the door, he thought for a moment and turned around to warn Danzo.

"You are not a hot-blooded young man. Don't you think it is childish to imitate others and run away from home? Mrs. Minami cares about you very much. You can't make people worry. I will visit your home tomorrow. If you are not at home, I may I will also come and beat you up, really beat you up."

Danzo snorted, but there was no paper ball in his hand. If there was, he would throw it at Hiruzen again.

"Did you hear what I said?"

Danzo waved his hand impatiently, "I know, I know, you are so verbose, get out of here!"

These are words that only best friends can blurt out. Hiruzen glanced at Danzo, as if he had traveled through time and space to see Danzo in his boyhood.

Such a arrogant person must be his high-spirited best friend.

"Remember to go home."

Hiruzen was no longer visible, but he could still be heard.

Danzo lowered his head and counted how many days he had lived here. After counting, he found that he had not gone back for half a month.

Thinking about it, Kosuke should have returned from the mission.

That’s fine, let’s have a heart-to-heart chat with your son.

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