Chapter 166 It doesn’t matter, he will take action (page 12)

Konoha, Hokage's office.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was dealing with official documents, heard a knocking sound coming from outside the door. He looked up and said "come in." After a while, a middle-aged man with a shuriken pattern tattooed on his arm and clothes opened the door and walked in. young people.

He is the patriarch of the Uchiha clan and the captain of the Konoha Guard.

He will appear here, most likely for that matter.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent for a while, then slowly said: "It's about Aokiji..."

The Uchiha leader nodded in acknowledgement.

Sarutobi Hiruzen expressed concern: "How is the search for the prisoner going?"

The Uchiha clan leader held his breath and replied: "After our clan's diligent search, we finally have clues and the criminal has been apprehended."

"Found it?" Sarutobi Hiruzen was briefly surprised. Out of curiosity, he wanted to ask how he found it, but something seemed to come to his mind. He passed the question and then changed it to another: "That's good, what's the motive? ?”

The Uchiha clan leader narrowed his eyes and understood: "The lord's youngest son hired assassins to assassinate his father and brother in order to ascend to the throne. Later, because he wanted to kill people and silence them to avoid future troubles, Unexpectedly, he was killed by a killer."

This reason was written by him, and there is no proof of it anyway.

Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to have remembered something: "Speaking of which, the lord's castle was on fire some time ago, and it seemed that the time matched.

The Uchiha clan leader followed his words and echoed: "That's right, this fire was set by the murderer."

"I see, I'm just telling you, how could a fire break out for no reason? It turns out there is this level of logic involved."

"The thing about Qing Pheasant..."

The Uchiha clan leader asked, expecting Sarutobi Hiruzen to promise to find the murderer and get Aokiji out of prison. This was what was promised from the beginning.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't break the promise, and made a promise: "Don't worry, I will mediate with the Daimyo about Aokiji, and then rescue him from Ghost Light City."

"please……"

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw that he was so sincere and even a little condescending, and smiled: "I think if Aokiji knew that you were running around for him, he would be extremely moved after he is released from prison."

The Uchiha clan leader said seriously: "This is what I should do as the clan leader."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, although it was a pity, but after this incident, Aokiji might never be able to be attracted to him again.

Thinking of this, he stood up and prepared to leave the Hokage's office.

The Uchiha clan leader asked: "Lord Hokage, are you going to..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and said, "Aren't you going to rescue Aokiji from prison? Then what are you waiting for?"

The Uchiha clan leader looked overjoyed and followed him silently. The two of them arrived at the interrogation room. The strange Sarutobi Hiruzen just took one look at them and immediately decided to set off without even preparing to ask.

"Hokage-sama, don't you need to interrogate me personally?"

The Uchiha clan leader expressed doubts.

Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a kind smile: "Since you have asked with Sharingan, why should I interrogate? It is unnecessary but secondary. The important point will delay the rescue of Aokiji."

The Uchiha clan leader drooped his eyelids and looked thoughtful.

On the surface, this sentence is praising the Sharingan, but in fact it is an insinuation. The Sharingan has many abilities. In addition to making people confess, one of them is the ability to manipulate others. Lying is not a problem.

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew this ability very well, but he just didn't talk about it.

Both sides understand each other tacitly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's underlying meaning is that I don't know whether you are arresting a real criminal or a fake criminal, but I believe it on the surface. If something goes wrong in the future, it has nothing to do with me. At most, I have the habit of trusting others, but The Uchiha clan has a big problem, deceiving the Hokage is a serious crime.

In this way, the Uchiha clan will be firmly controlled by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and they will not dare to make mistakes in the future.

This was one of the reasons why Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't ask how to catch the criminal just now.

The Uchiha clan leader is very simple and rude. When Aokiji fully grows up in the future, what if he deceives her?

In the face of absolute strength, these are all useless.

At this point, both of them have their own thoughts.

Halfway through the road, Sarutobi Hiruzen seemed to remember something and said, "By the way, I rejected the last matter about the budget of the Konoha Guard."

The Uchiha clan leader was startled.

Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed: "You also know that the money allocated by the daimyo is limited, and the village has expenses in all aspects, so I hope you can understand."

The Uchiha clan leader suppressed his anger and showed a helpless smile: "I know, I will appease the clan members..."

The man in front of him is taking Aokiji's business in exchange for the Uchiha clan's compromise.

In the eyes of outsiders, the Uchiha clan served as the Konoha Guards and enjoyed great glory. In fact, only they themselves knew the suffering.

Doing some miscellaneous and messy things every day is secondary. The point is that the salary of the guard team is too low.

You know, in order to respond to the "trust" of the village, the Uchiha clan always sends the family's elite to serve as the police force.

These elites are basically ninjas with three magatama sharingan. If they go on missions, their income will be much more than that.

"Then please..."

"Ah."

In a position where Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't see, the Uchiha clan leader looked unwilling and clenched his fists.

After arriving in the city where the daimyo lived, the weather was a bit late.

The daimyo is usually very "busy". If you want to meet, you must make an appointment in advance, and then the people around the daimyo will make time to make the appointment.

On the second day, Sarutobi Hiruzen went over early because he was afraid of being late. The agreed time was around ten o'clock in the morning. He was punctual on one side, but failed on the other side. After waiting for more than half an hour, Only then did the other party arrive belatedly with a little girl in his arms.

The other party didn't care much about it and sat on the sofa.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't pay attention to the arrogant and rude attitude. He showed his calmness as a Hokage and looked at the man in front of him.

He is about 20 years old, with a handsome face and blue hair. The twisted hair on his forehead is reminiscent of kelp.

He held a little girl in his arms and looked young, about eleven or twelve years old. She was wearing gorgeous clothes that were inappropriate for her age.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked confused. He remembered that he was dating a daimyo from the Land of Fire, and he didn't understand why it was a young man.

The blue-haired young man guessed Hiruzen Sarutobi's confusion and introduced himself: "My name is Shinji, and I am the son of the Daimyo of the Land of Fire."

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head slightly, with a look of surprise on his face.

He had met the daimyo's sons, but since the daimyo had many wives and naturally had many heirs, it was normal that he had never seen some of them.

"Why didn't that person..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.

Shenji answered and explained: "My father has recently begun to think about quitting, so he plans to let me take over the country. I am currently transferring power from my head bit by bit."