Black Naruto: Shadow Moon

After the meeting, the envoy of the Fire Country Daimyo returned to the Fire Country Daimyo's residence and reported to him in detail the results of the talks with the Konoha high-level officials.

The messenger said that the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Konoha high-level officials showed evasive and negative attitudes towards the plan of invasion and expansion during the talks, especially Sarutobi Hiruzen who clearly pointed out the difficulties faced by Konoha.

The messenger relayed Sarutobi Hiruzen's position: "Konoha is not suitable for active aggression at the moment. Excessive losses may affect the long-term stability of the village."

However, the Fire Country Daimyo expressed great dissatisfaction with this.

He believes that as the military power of the Fire Nation, Konoha Village should not overemphasize difficulties, but should find solutions.

The Fire Country Daimyo didn't care about these difficulties. It was like putting an elephant into a refrigerator. The Daimyo had to open the refrigerator door at most, and Konoha's task was to stuff the elephant in and close the refrigerator door.

To him, the responsibility of Konoha Village is to carry out missions, not to discuss the feasibility of issues.

The daimyo's attitude was very clear, he only cared about the results, not the process.

He was fed up with the foot-dragging of the Leaf Village's leadership, believing that their duty was to serve the interests of the Fire Nation, not to make excuses for the safety and stability of the village.

He asked the envoy to continue to put pressure on Konoha's top leaders and to see real action.

During the report, the envoy specifically mentioned Shimura Danzo's performance. During the talks, Danzo firmly supported the Fire Country Daimyo's claims, believing that Konoha Village must take action and could not continue to stand idly by.

The Fire Country Daimyo expressed great appreciation for Danzo's attitude, believing that Danzo was the only one who had foresight and understood the current situation.

The Daimyo further stated that he had heard that Danzo was removed from his position as Root leader due to a "fault", which was a waste of talent.

He believed that strategic figures like Danzo should continue to play a role in key positions and should not be marginalized.

Therefore, the Daimyo intends to put more pressure on Konoha's top brass to restore Shimura Danzo to his position as leader of the Root.

The Fire Country Daimyo also planned to check and balance the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen by enhancing the status of Shimura Danzo.

He believed that Sarutobi Hiruzen's conservative attitude had affected the expansion interests of Konoha Village and even the Fire Country.

If Konoha Village continues to stagnate, the Fire Nation's position in the ninja world may be challenged by other major powers.

Therefore, restoring Danzo's power would not only help balance the forces within the village, but would also allow Konoha to be more proactive in future expansion efforts.

After the Fire Country Daimyo expressed his support for Shimura Danzo and asked for his reinstatement as leader of the Root, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen received this request from the Daimyo.

Faced with this situation, Sarutobi Hiruzen was caught in a dilemma.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo have different philosophies, especially their differences in views on war and village development, the two have been old friends who grew up together and have deep feelings for each other.

Sarutobi Hiruzen has always hoped to mediate and is unwilling to completely sever his relationship with Danzo.

When dealing with Danzo's Root issue, Sarutobi Hiruzen originally planned to restore Danzo's position after a while. After all, Danzo had rich experience in Konoha Village, and the Root was an important secret organization of Konoha Village.

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not surprised when the daimyo made a request to reinstate Danzo to his position.

In fact, he also intended to give Danzo a chance to return, but the timing was not yet ripe.

Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that if all the demands of the Fire Country Daimyo were rejected, it might intensify the confrontation with the Daimyo.

He had previously firmly opposed the Daimyo's proposal for Konoha Village to actively invade, believing that such an approach would not only be against the interests of Konoha, but would also damage the village's reputation.

Sarutobi didn't want to be forced into a contradictory situation - he had just condemned the aggression of the major countries, and then turned around to start a war, which would make Konoha a laughing stock of other countries.

Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen believed that if Danzo Shimura was restored to his position, it would at least relieve the pressure on the daimyo to some extent and avoid the intensification of greater conflicts.

At the same time, this will also allow Danzo to play a more active role in Konoha's political arena and assume some decision-making responsibilities.

Sarutobi Hiruzen finally decided to take a wait-and-see attitude and not reject the daimyo's request for the time being.

He thought to himself that if the situation continued to deteriorate, even if some tough measures needed to be taken, Danzo Shimura would become the instigator of the war, not him, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

In this way, Sarutobi Hiruzen was able to maintain a relatively neutral image politically, while leaving the responsibility of the war to Danzo.

Sarutobi knew deep down that although Konoha Village was still maintaining peace, the situation in the ninja world was not stable and might eventually lead to war.

As Hokage, he must ensure the safety of the village while minimizing unnecessary losses.

Therefore, he decided to let Danzo gradually resume leadership of the Root while monitoring the development of the situation.

Ultimately, if he had to participate in a war, Sarutobi Hiruzen would make sure to stay away from war decisions.

Soon after, Danzo Shimura received the news that he was reinstated as the leader of the Root.

Although the secret organization Root had always been under his secret control, now that he had legitimately restored his power, Danzo felt that he had the full support of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.

Now, he could act more boldly and no longer have to worry about obstruction from Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Faced with this change, Shimura Danzo became particularly proud. He knew that with this opportunity, he had won an important victory in the power struggle with Sarutobi Hiruzen. In his heart, he even laughed softly, "Hiruzen, I won this time."

Although Danzo has always had different political stances from Sarutobi Hiruzen, in the past, due to Sarutobi Hiruzen's absolute authority as the Hokage, Danzo was unable to openly confront him on many key issues and could only make plans secretly.

This time, with the full support of the Fire Country Daimyo, Danzo's ambition and path to power expansion became smoother.

After resuming his position as leader of the Root, Danzo Shimura began planning a series of more radical actions.

He knew that although Konoha Village's position in the ninja world was still strong, the surrounding major powers were expanding their territories, and Konoha's passive attitude was putting the village into a dangerous situation.

Danzo's hawkish ideas have always emphasized taking the initiative and ensuring the status and resources of Konoha Village through war.

He believed that in future conflicts in the Ninja World, only if Konoha took the initiative could it remain invincible among the major Ninja World powers.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen still holds absolute power as the Hokage, Danzo knows that he has the support of the Fire Country Daimyo behind him, which gives him enough confidence to challenge Hiruzen's peace policy.

He secretly planned how to lead Konoha to a more radical route - actively annex small countries, expand Konoha's control, use the secret means of the Root to obtain more military intelligence, and prepare to overthrow Sarutobi Hiruzen's peace strategy when the time is right.

Danzo already had a long-term plan in mind. He knew that as long as he seized the opportunity, Konoha Village would no longer be a passive participant, but the true master of the ninja world.