Naruto under the bamboo forest

In a remote courtyard of Konoha Village, Danzo was sitting at a low table quietly sipping tea, and sitting opposite him was Ryuu's acquaintance--Shimura Ken. It's just that Ken Shimura is obviously out of shape, and he looks listless.

"Uncle Danzo! Why did you come to me this time?"

Ken Shimura, who couldn't sit still for a long time, finally broke the silence. He returned from the Moon Country frontline rotation, and his time in the village was limited. It won't be long before he will go to the Moon Country again. After all, the current Kumogakure Village has not yet signed a peace agreement with Konoha.

"Nothing! I just want to talk to you."

Facing the impatient clan nephew, Danzo just calmly took a sip of tea and then spoke softly. Ken Shimura is a clan member he is very optimistic about. He is also the most talented member of this generation of the Shimura clan, and he is also his designated candidate for the next generation clan leader. If possible, Danzo even wanted to pass the position of the next generation Hokage to Shimura Ken after he became Hokage.

"Just say what you want to talk about!"

Shimura Ken glanced at Danzo and said helplessly.

"What do you think of that little girl from the Caoqian clan?"

Danzo took a sip of tea again and said casually.

"She? Do you mean Liu Yu? She is a very interesting little girl."

Hearing Danzo ask this, the green-haired little girl suddenly appeared in Shimura Ken's mind, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, is it so?"

Shimura Ken didn't notice that just after he finished speaking, Danzo's hand holding the tea cup secretly tightened.

"It seems that you are very optimistic about this girl!"

However, Danzo quickly returned to normal, and then continued to ask without incident.

"Well! This girl has outstanding talent and her strength has increased rapidly. She may have surpassed me now. She also cares about her companions and clan members. She is the leader of the next generation of the village. She may even become the Fifth Hokage."

When it comes to Liu Yu, Shimura Ken is no longer as uncomfortable as before, and he opens up his chat box. In his heart, he is very optimistic about Liu Yu.

Danzo didn't say anything, just listened quietly to Shimura Ken talking alone.

"call out-----"

A long eagle cry interrupted Shimura Ken's words, and soon, a whistle eagle fluttered and landed on Danzo's arm.

"Ajian, you should go back today. I have other things to deal with."

After Danzo took over the Whistle Hawk, he issued an expulsion order to Ken Shimura.

"Ah! Oh! Okay."

Shimura Ken looked a little confused. Did this clan uncle call him here just to talk about Liu Yu? However, despite being confused about Danzo's weirdness, Shimura Ken still withdrew. In fact, he didn't really like staying with this clan uncle who always had a cold face. Although Danzo always acted like a gentle elder to him, Shimura Ken always felt uncomfortable in various ways.

Seeing Shimura Ken retreating, Danzo's peaceful elder look that he had tried his best to maintain instantly disappeared, and his face became extremely ugly.

Hokage has been his dream for many years, but he failed when he and Sarutobi competed for Hokage for the first time. But Danzo was not the kind of person who would give up easily. From that moment on, he had been planning for himself to become Hokage.

Danzo does not recognize Hiruzen as Hokage. In his view, Hiruzen is too weak as Hokage. He will only compromise blindly and cannot shoulder the important responsibilities of Konoha. The village will only gradually become more prosperous in the hands of Hiruzen and his family. decline. For a village to become strong it needs change, and change requires a strong leader. In Danzo's view, he is undoubtedly the most suitable person to lead the village's change.

After the truce with Iwagakure, he seized the opportunity to force the Third Hokage to step down, but at that time he knew that it was not the time for him to come out, so he recommended Orochimaru, who was from the same faction as him, to succeed the Fourth Hokage, but he did not expect that the Fourth Hokage would be replaced. The throne of Dai Hokage was actually won by Jiraiya's apprentice Namikaze Minato. What's even more egregious is that Hiruzen actually said that he would continue to guide the Fourth Generation after he abdicated. What is the difference between this and him still serving as Hokage?

After finally waiting for the fourth generation to die in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, his opportunity finally appeared. Orochimaru is concerned about human experimentation, Jiraiya travels around the world to collect materials, and Tsunade wanders around casinos due to fear of hemorrhage. This time, his chance of winning is very high. But unexpectedly, Sarutobi actually expressed his willingness to serve as Hokage again. Koharu and Men Yan even supported Hiruzen's return to the position of Hokage. All of this made Danzo's original plan come to nothing.

Since it was impossible to obtain the throne of Hokage through formal channels, Danzo implemented a preparatory plan. First, Kakashi was roped in to obtain the date and route for Hiruzen to go to the Fire City to meet the Fire Nation's daimyo, and then he sent the obtained Wooden Ninja to carry out the assassination plan. In order to ensure the success of the assassination operation, Danzo also specially sent Kusachi Ryuha, who was good at perception and might serve as the third generation Hokage's bodyguard, to the border area. However, despite Danzo's complete plan, this assassination plan failed due to Kakashi's advance notification.

In the selection of the next generation of Hokage after the death of the fourth generation in battle, Nara Shikaku once proposed that Minato's next generation of ninjas should succeed him. The most outstanding among the ninjas of the generation after Minato was undoubtedly this Kusachi Ryūha. Fortunately, Koharu, who was transferred to the dormitory at that time, was not experienced enough to lead everyone and rejected it. However, from that time on, Ryūha became Danzo. People who focus on taking care of.

When Hiruzen took over as Hokage again, he once said that if a suitable young man appeared in the village, he would hand over the position of Hokage. In Danzo's view, this was Hiruzen's way of blocking him. Hiruzen specifically emphasized that "young people" had already rejected him.

As for who this young man was referring to, Danzo naturally focused on Ryūha. Kusachi Ryūha already possesses such great strength at a young age, and since she is only thirteen years old now, she still has a lot of room for growth. Moreover, Ryūha's outstanding performance in the Nine-Tails Rebellion also won the support of many people. Coupled with his status as the captain of the Fourth Hokage's Shadow Guard, it can be said that he has been ahead of the majority in the competition for the Fifth Hokage. In front of people, her only disadvantage is age.

This time, he was transferred to the northern border. In addition to preventing him from serving as Hiruzen's bodyguard, Danzo also wanted to see what level Kusachi Ryuha's strength had reached. For this reason, he specially sent a root ninja there.

Riuha's performance at the northern border shocked Danzo, and made him even more frightened. This girl's strength had risen too fast, and the Konoha ninjas at the northern border also spoke highly of her, so they sent her out this time. Carrying out border missions undoubtedly gave Liu Yu another wave of prestige.

In the conversation just now with his clan nephew Ken Shimura, he made no secret of his regard for Ryūha. He believed that there would not be a minority of ninjas in the village who had the same idea as Shimura Ken. It's even possible that Hiruzen has already made plans to train Ryūha to become the next generation successor to Hokage.

This girl already has strength and prestige. Although these are not enough to help her ascend to the throne of Hokage now, Riuyu is still young and she has plenty of time. In addition, she is still the guardian of the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. Once Sarutobi abdicates, it can be said that Ryūha is the definite successor to the next generation of Hokage.

As a veteran of the Leaf Village, he lost to a young girl in the competition for the next generation of Hokage. This was undoubtedly something Danzo could not tolerate. As for the relationship between Rikuha and the Fourth Generation, Rikuha is destined to continue to implement Hiruzen's policy after becoming Hokage, and this is something Danzo cannot tolerate.

Therefore, Danzo gave Riuyu an additional mission to go to the Land of Earth to hand over intelligence. Later, he leaked Riuha's whereabouts to the guys in Iwagakure through the root spy installed in Iwagakure. Using the hands of Iwagakure to kill Kusachiruha is undoubtedly the best choice. Let Kusachiruha die in battle as a hero of Konoha. This is the ending Danzo prepared for him.

In fact, if the assassination of Hiruzen is successful this time, Danzo will not care even if Riyu's performance on the northern border is more dazzling. Konoha under his rule really needs some powerful helpers.

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