Chapter 148 I know

After finishing the operation, Tsunade left the laboratory and prepared to return to the Hokage's office building to handle official business.

The pair of Sharingan has been successfully transplanted to the chakra coat, but it cannot be moved for the time being.

After all, the chakra coat is not a human eye socket. Both sides still need some time to adapt to each other. Only after complete fusion can Qingye proceed to the next step.

After Tsunade left, Aoba tidied up the lab and prepared to go home. At this time, the kids at home should be enjoying their meal.

However, when I walked out of the laboratory, two people came towards me.

Aoba recognized the two men at a glance. He had seen them in the Sarutobi clan's compound not long ago.

"Is there something wrong?" Qingye stopped and asked.

"Kamikawa Aoba, the clan leader wants you to come for a meeting."

"Clan leader? I know all the clan leaders of Konoha. Who are you?"

"The Sarutobi clan."

"Oh..." Qingye suddenly realized. "Did Asuma send you here?"

"......" The two errand boys were silent for a while. Qingye seemed not to notice and just followed them and left.

Not long after he left, more figures walked out from around the research institute and surrounded Tsunade.

Aoba was taken to a secret compound, and the person who met him was none other than Sarutobi Hien.

"As the Hokage's assistant of Konoha, if I remember correctly, you should have been stripped of the Sarutobi surname, so you have established a new family, and also have the surname Sarutobi?"

Aoba didn't care about Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression at all, but just complained to himself.

"If that's the case, I have to admit that you may have found a loophole in Konoha's laws. But it doesn't matter. I will propose to fill this loophole at the next meeting."

At this time, Sarutobi Hien, who had been silent, spoke.

"Kamikawa Aoba, we, the Sarutobi clan, do not want to be your enemy."

"Wait a minute, if I remember correctly, I'm on Tsunade's side. Our positions..."

"Positions can be changed. Kamikawa Aoba, have you ever thought about this? You are obviously the top fighter in Konoha, why is the position of Hokage Tsunade's?"

When Sarutobi Hien said this, Aoba showed an incredible expression on his face. But then he became thoughtful.

Aoba knew that these conservatives of the Sarutobi clan would not really go to war with him in Konoha. He had investigated these people before.

The entire conservative faction has four elite jonin-level fighters. There are also eleven ordinary jonins. In addition, those old guys with the title of elders should also have good combat power. It’s just that they haven’t been in actual combat for many years, so their combat power is not easy to evaluate.

However, this combat power is actually very strong, enough to support an above-average ninja clan.

However, everyone present knew that this level of combat power was useless against Aoba.

After entering the Kage level, the number of people actually becomes less important. Unless it is a tactic like the one that Ōnoki used to surround and kill the Third Raikage.

Use large-scale human wave tactics to force the enemy to be trapped in one place and wear them down bit by bit.

But this is Konoha, and Aoba is the Hokage's assistant. If a war really breaks out, it's unclear who will outlast whom.

What surprised Qingye the most was that this group of old stubborn people did not come to him to fight, but to bribe him, and they used the position of Hokage to bribe him.

Qingye realized at this time that the position of Hokage, which he did not care about, was still a popular position in the eyes of many people, especially those old stubborn people.

After all, the development and growth of the Sarutobi family was only possible because Sarutobi Hiruzen was the Hokage. Their understanding of the position of Hokage was naturally completely different from Aoba's.

Qingye wanted to laugh. If he wanted to be the Hokage, he would have done it before. This group of people bribed him with something he didn't care about. It really made him laugh and cry.

Sarutobi Hien seemed to be aware of Aoba's resistance and immediately began to increase the stakes.

"The position of Hokage is something that our Sarutobi clan will not be able to get involved in in the short term. But you can, as long as you nod, we can help you deal with Tsunade. And we don't even need anything in return, we just need to maintain the original status of our Sarutobi clan."

After Sarutobi Hien finished speaking, he found that Aoba was looking at him with a strange look.

"So, not only are you planning on bribing the Hokage's assistant, you're also planning on assassinating the Hokage? Do you know what you're doing?"

"Of course we know. Konoha needs a qualified Hokage. Not someone as unscrupulous as Tsunade. Kamikawa Aoba, you will be the Hokage, and we, the Sarutobi clan, can fully support you."

At this time, Qingye suddenly changed the topic.

"I'm very curious, why did you have to take such a risky move, and why are you so impatient? You know, Konoha had previously conducted a reckoning against all the ninja clans. Your situation was the most serious. But in the end, they only split you up, and did not punish you in a serious way.

But why don't you have any gratitude at all? Instead, you want to usurp the throne. Murdering the Hokage, you are capable of doing such a thing? It's beyond my imagination."

"Humph, if Tsunade hadn't pushed us too far, we could have lived in peace. She confiscated most of our assets and even made us lose our family name. How could my Sarutobi clan tolerate such a humiliation!"

Sarutobi Hien was very emotional, as if he had suffered some great injustice. But Aoba's next words almost broke his defense.

"But all your properties were obtained illegally, right?"

"......Every ninja clan is like this. This is part of Konoha! What makes you say it is illegal? Confiscating the resources of the ninja clan and giving them to those untouchables, is this village still the Konoha of the past?"

Aoba was stunned, shocked by Sarutobi Hien's accusation. He couldn't think of where to start his rebuttal for a moment, because there were too many points to complain about. He thought for a while, then spoke.

"Wait a minute, can you answer a question for me first? Those words you just said, are they also the will of fire?

You know, the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen has been promoting the Will of Fire for decades. Could it be that the Will of Fire he promoted within the family is different from the one promoted by the outside world?"

"Humph, the Will of Fire is nothing more than a tool to rule those untouchables. Kamikawa Aoba, you are very smart. I don't believe you can't understand such a simple question. So, what do you mean?"

"Well, what should I say? If I want to know, if I say I disagree with your proposal, what will happen next? Are you going to smash the cup as a signal and let the guys behind you attack me?

With all due respect, they are not yet... qualified."

"Hahahaha, Kamikawa Aoba, I really thought you were a smart man. But now it seems that you are just a reckless man. Do you know that while we are talking, a team of Jonin has already gone to your house?"

"I know." Qingye said in a light tone.

"???!!!"