Chapter 1457: Knocking

"Each family is part of Konoha Village, we can't let them feel disappointed."

Shimura Danzo was delighted, Sarutobi Hiruzen meant what he said on the surface, that so many ninja families should not feel disappointed.

But just let them not feel disappointed.

Let them "automatically" offer some elite members to the root, and there will be some elite disciples of the family who think they should dedicate themselves to the family and take the initiative to enter the root. These only need Shimura Danzo to remind them.

Anyway, no matter what, the ninja family cannot have any opinions on the surface, as long as the ninja family does not complain to the Hokage on the surface, then it will be fine.

How could Shimura Danzo not understand what his old friend Sarutobi Hiruzen meant.

As he got older, his old friend Sarutobi Hiruzen became more and more indecisive and worried about gains and losses. He was afraid of losing power and worried that the next generation of Hokage would weaken his Sarutobi family. He was cautious and no longer had the heroic demeanor of his youth.

"They won't have any objections." Shimura Danzo replied calmly, but he had another thought in his heart.

"Hiruzen, your heart has become weak, only I... still uphold the teacher's will." Shimura Danzo's determination has never disappeared, and his obsession with becoming Hokage is getting stronger every day.

Only I am qualified to be Hokage!

Hiruzen, you are weak and no longer qualified to sit in that position!

Every time he saw Sarutobi Hiruzen sitting in the position of Hokage, Shimura Danzo couldn't help but think of the time when he hesitated for just a second, and the position of Hokage fell on Sarutobi Hiruzen's head, and Shimura Danzo was very unwilling in his heart.

At that time, Kumogakure rebelled and did not agree to sign a peace agreement. The rebellious Kinkaku and Ginkaku forces were powerful, and Senju Tobirama and others fled in a hurry.

In order for the subordinates and the large forces to retreat safely, someone must be used as bait to lure away the enemy. When Senju Tobirama decided to act as bait to cover the retreat of the crowd, Shimura Danzo hesitated for a moment. At that moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up without hesitation and expressed his willingness to cover the retreat. Senju Tobirama therefore directly chose to let Sarutobi Hiruzen temporarily take over the duties of the Third Hokage.

It was that moment that made Shimura Danzo regret for the rest of his life, and it became a regret that Shimura Danzo could never get rid of.

Especially when they returned to Konoha Village, many families did not recognize Senju Tobirama's designation of Sarutobi Hiruzen as Hokage, and they had a lot of opinions.

As Sarutobi Hiruzen's teammate, Shimura Danzo became the dark of Konoha and did all the things that were not visible in the dark for Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Mito Kado En and Utatane Koharu became consultants of Konoha Village, standing closely beside Sarutobi Hiruzen and assisting Sarutobi Hiruzen in handling policies.

Akimichi Tofu eliminated many opinions of the ninja families, and with the help of the three families of Ino, Shika and Chou, he successfully sat on the position of Hokage.

In the process, not to mention the many battles he had experienced, in the end, on the battlefield and in Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen proved himself and completely secured the position of Hokage.

After Sarutobi Hiruzen secured the position of Hokage, the scene of him hesitating for a moment and losing the position of Hokage constantly gnawed at Shimura Danzo's heart, making him hate him like crazy.

"Danzo, take a look at this information about spies from other ninja villages." Sarutobi Hiruzen's face in the smoke was revealed as the smoke dissipated. His eyes were a little cold, his face was expressionless, and he threw the latest file in his hand that found information about spies from other ninja villages in Konoha directly in front of Danzo.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sent Might Guy to chase the escaped intelligence personnel, not because Might Guy was careful, but because Might Guy was careless.

Secretly, Sarutobi Hiruzen also sent a team of Anbu to deal with it.

It was just that he didn't expect that Might Guy was too strong and directly blew up the intelligence ninja on the opposite side, and even the bodies were scattered all over the ground.

Of course, all of this was within Sarutobi Hiruzen's tolerance and expectations, as long as the information was not directly sent to other ninja villages.

Those intelligence ninjas did not take away much confidential information, and the biggest information was just some superficial information of the Root, which Sarutobi Hiruzen could still accept.

But what he couldn't accept was that the Root could actually make such a mistake, allowing intelligence personnel from other ninja villages to get some information about the Root.

What is this, this is the dereliction of duty of the Root!

Danzo was too slow and needed to be punished!

"This is..." Shimura Danzo's slightly narrowed one eye flashed with a gleam of light, his heart jumped, and he was slightly shocked.

He almost thought that Sarutobi Hiruzen directly saw through that the escaped intelligence officer was his contact with Orochimaru.

Shimura Danzo pretended to be unaware of the situation and opened the file in front of him. He saw that the border commander, Konoha Jounin Fushimi Kentaro, was almost beaten to death and was being pulled back by Might Guy with only one breath left. He couldn't help but feel that Orochimaru's men were of little use. They couldn't even kill a Konoha Jounin. Orochimaru was really down and out.

Seeing the report made by the ninjas at the Konoha border, Might Guy's record, and the fact that he didn't find the symbol of the ninja village in the first place, Shimura Danzo, who looked slightly gloomy, breathed a sigh of relief.

"The Root should keep an eye on the Uchiha clan. It was indeed my negligence that I didn't find the intelligence ninjas from his village in time." Shimura Danzo said with a gloomy face, but was very dissatisfied: "The Root is weak. In order to prevent such a thing from happening again next time, we need ninjas from other families to supplement it."

Shimura Danzo knew that Sarutobi Hiruzen hadn't discovered that he was in contact with Orochimaru, so he showed weakness and asked for help.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was so angry that he laughed.

Originally, he just wanted to warn Shimura Danzo and make him pay attention.

The Uchiha clan is certainly worth their careful discussion and treatment, but the intelligence ninjas from other villages cannot be neglected.

In the end, he made a request to me.

"Since the scope of responsibility of the Root is a bit large, in order to avoid negligence, I will reconsider adjusting the structure of the Root, shrinking the scope of the Root's authority, and carefully checking the funds of the Root." Sarutobi Hiruzen said calmly, which made Shimura Danzo shudder.

The Anbu founded by the second generation Hokage Senju Tobirama can be said to be a sharp sword in the hands of the Hokage, but in the period of the third generation Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo established an Anbu training department under the Anbu, which is the so-called Root.

With the tacit approval of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Root is more hidden than the Anbu, and under the leadership of Danzo, it eliminates all threats inside and outside the village with the attitude of "rather kill by mistake than let go".

Although the Root is nominally the training department of the Anbu, it is actually Danzo's personal private department. It has done many things that cannot be seen in the light for the Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. Of course, in order to better perform the tasks of the Root and realize his dream of becoming a Hokage, Shimura Danzo spared no effort to build the Root.

"There is no problem with the Root!" Shimura Danzo couldn't help but twitch his face, and could only lower his head and respond in a dull voice: "I will pay attention."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was very satisfied with the will of Shimura Danzo and lowered his head, and began to teach loudly: "Danzo, the Root is..."

It was not until there was a knock on the door of the Hokage's office that Sarutobi Hiruzen stopped knocking on Shimura Danzo's words with an unsatisfied feeling.

"Come in."

Matt Guy, who came to report on his work, opened the door of the Hokage's office, and the stinky smell instantly filled the Hokage's office.