Chapter 26: The Daimyo Prefecture Delays the Funding, and Sarutobi Hiruzen Can't Sit Still
Among the information sold by Yan, there was one that was aimed at the daimyo.
In any case, Danzo has done things that threaten the Daimyo of the Land of Fire.
If such information were to be released, it would definitely cause considerable misunderstanding.
The Fire Kingdom is not the Earth Kingdom, nor the Thunder Kingdom.
The daimyo of the Land of Earth and the Land of Lightning can be as close to the Tsuchikage and the Raikage as a family, but the daimyo of the Land of Fire cannot.
No one would allow the daimyo to extend his hand to Konoha.
Among the five major countries, the situation of the Daimyo of the Fire Country is the most embarrassing.
His relationship with Konoha is neither too good nor too bad, but he is always trying to poach Konoha's people, and is always guarded against by Konoha's top brass.
In addition, Danzo once threatened the Daimyo, so this can be used to his advantage.
So Yan decisively made up a piece of false information and released it.
As for how much he can gain, it depends on how much the daimyo hates Danzo and how much he values his own life.
"Daimyo, you can't just question me like that."
The staff became anxious and tried to persuade him:
"Let's not talk about whether the information is true or false. Even if it is true, we can't question it like this. Otherwise, what if we force the other party to do something desperate?"
"Then tell me, what should I do!!!"
Da Ming shook his sleeves and sat on the chair angrily.
Whenever he thought of the way Danzo looked at him at that time, he felt panicky, fearing that Danzo would chop him to pieces one day.
After wiping the sweat off his forehead, the aide expressed his suggestions.
"Daimyo, we can't just question him directly. Since Shimura Danzo dares to threaten you and has the wrong idea, it means he will really take action. We shouldn't question him directly, but instead give him a warning.
I remember that the time for the Daimyofu to allocate funds to Konoha Village this year is approaching."
The development of the village requires a lot of money.
Even if Konoha can operate on its own, ninjas are big spenders. It is not easy to train them, and even more difficult to keep them.
The money earned from Konoha's own operations is not enough to support so many people.
Funding allocation to Daming Prefecture is of utmost priority.
Just look at the Sand Village. Just because the daimyo was unhappy with the Sand Village's constant defeats, he reduced its funding, causing the Sand Village to tighten its belt, constantly lay off redundant ninjas, and be forced to take the elite route.
"We will first drag the money with us, and then have Sarutobi Hiruzen come to the Daimyo's mansion and give him a beating, so that he will target Danzo."
If he questioned him directly, it might cause a backlash from Danzo, but it would be different if he asked the Third Hokage to do it.
If you don’t do this well, I won’t give you money!
Anyway, you don't dare to kill me.
At worst, we can leak the information out and let the entire ninja world see how ugly your Konoha's face is.
The higher a person's position is, the more he values his life. The more he values his life, the more suspicious he becomes.
Just because of a piece of information from an unknown source and that has not been confirmed, the Daimyo has already suspected Danzo.
After all, Danzo once threatened him and really wanted to attack him.
"Okay, let's do it. If Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't give me a reasonable explanation, I will reveal everything!!!"
Konoha suffered heavy losses in the Third Ninja War, and the turmoil during the Nine-Tails Night undoubtedly made Konoha's finances even worse.
Even after several years, Konoha still hasn't recovered.
Every day, the Third Hokage would worry about the village's financial deficit.
Konoha is short of money, seriously short of money.
"Boom boom boom!"
"Come in."
Hearing the knock on the door, the Third Hokage put down the documents in his hand and rubbed his sore eyes.
After the door opened and he saw who had walked in, the Third Hokage smiled and asked:
"It's Xiaochun, what's the matter with you?"
"I'm mainly here to ask you why the date has passed but the funding from the Daimyofu hasn't arrived."
They are all old friends and old buddies, so the conversation is relatively direct and relaxed, as if asking a friend whether he has eaten yet.
"The money hasn't arrived yet?"
The Third Hokage couldn't help but frown, the Daimyo Prefecture was always very punctual every year.
"Perhaps something has delayed him. If he still hasn't arrived in a few days, I'll send someone to ask."
"Remember to urge them. There are many places in the village that need money."
Utane Koharu also reminded the Third Hokage not to forget it, and then left. As an elder advisor, she also had a lot of things to do, and was not as idle as Danzo.
What the Third Hokage never expected was that the funding from the Daimyo Prefecture would be delayed for half a month without any progress.
After being urged several times by Utatane Koharu, the Third Hokage realized that things were not that simple.
If it was just a delay, someone from Daming Prefecture would definitely come to inform us.
But half a month has passed and there has been no movement at all. This is very wrong.
Daming Prefecture began to take action.
On the Uchiha side, Yan, who had rested for half a month, couldn't bear it anymore and finally returned to his post.
"It was said half a month ago that we would discuss the reorganization of the police department. Half a month has passed and there is still no movement."
It’s really unreliable.
Yan could already imagine the scene where the clan leader Fugaku and several elders were arguing with each other, talking about this and that, but in the end they couldn't get down to business.
It was Fugaku's misfortune to have several elders who were too selfish.
Being a patriarch is not that easy.
"Captain, do we need to go out on patrol?"
Not to mention Yan was feeling very depressed, even Quan wanted to go out for a walk.
Unfortunately, for the past half month, she could only stay by Yan's side every day and was forced to study every day.
"Wait for the clan leader to notify us."
Although he no longer needed to stay at home, Fugaku still asked Yan to stay in the police department and work as much as possible instead of going out on patrol or dealing with various public security incidents.
Yan knew that Fugaku did this for his own good, and he was afraid that Danzo would attack him from behind.
"Take out all the files in the cabinet."
Rest is rest, and the files that need to be processed still need to be processed.
He rested at home, but the patrol and duty of the third team were still not neglected.
As for the handling of various cases, we can only put them aside for the time being and wait for him to return.
In the Hokage office building, the Third Hokage could no longer sit still.
The village needed money everywhere, but there was no movement from the Daming Prefecture. The people sent there didn't even see the Daming.
There is definitely something wrong with this.
The Third Hokage decided to go there himself.
"Kakashi, I'll be thanking you for your hard work in the next period of time."
Whenever the Hokage travels, there will definitely be someone following to protect him. This time when going to the Daimyo's mansion, the Third Hokage decided to bring Kakashi and the Anbu team he led.
Kakashi, wearing an Anbu mask, lowered his head slightly and said nothing.
"By the way, notify Uchiha Fugaku and ask him to come see me."
Finally, recalling the report from the Anbu ninja who was monitoring the Uchiha in the morning, the Third Hokage decided to meet with Uchiha Fugaku. He felt that he needed to confirm some information.
After receiving the notice, Fugaku immediately put down what he was doing and went to the Hokage's office building.
What Fugaku didn't expect was that after meeting, the Third Hokage chatted for a few minutes and then turned the topic to Yan.
