Chapter 51 The Beginning of the Breakup

The two big guys were arguing, and everyone else could only pretend not to see it, even Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu closed their eyes.

Seeing Danzo sitting back down, Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke again.

"Koharu, you will lead 500 ninjas to the front lines of the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass to guard against the Land of Earth."

Utane Koharu nodded in agreement.

"Akita, please strengthen the patrols inside Konoha."

Uchiha Akita also nodded to show that he understood.

"Okay, that's it for now, you guys can leave now."

Everyone began to leave the meeting room one by one. Danzo was about to stand up when Sarutobi Hiruzen called him, "Danzo, please stay for a moment."

Danzo's heart skipped a beat when he heard this, but he still pretended nothing had happened and sat down again.

Mizuto Kado En and Utane Koharu looked up at Danzo. Utane Koharu wanted to say something else, but Mizuto Kado En held her back and shook his head at her.

Utane Koharu finally sighed and retreated with Mito Kado En.

After everyone left, only Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo were left in the conference room.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took out his pipe and started smoking. Danzo sat there leaning on his cane without saying a word. The two of them just sat there in silence, no one spoke.

When Sarutobi Hiruzen's cigarette was almost finished, Danzo remained silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo's eyes filled with disappointment. He closed his eyes in pain, and when he opened them again, they had regained their former sharpness.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was the first to break the silence, "Don't you have anything to explain to me?"

Danzo opened his eyes and said calmly, "No, Hiruzen, I think you should consider my proposal. We should not mobilize ninjas on a large scale now. We cannot start a war for three ninjas whose lives and deaths are unknown."

Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed his pipe on the table. "That's enough. I don't want to hear this from you."

Danzo closed his eyes again and remained silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen stared at Shimura Danzo and said, "That Aburame clan ninja is the Aburame 3rd from your root, right?"

This time it was Danzo's turn to be shocked. He stood up suddenly. His eyes widened. How did he know that? "Hiruzen, you actually spied on me!"

Ever since Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu took on the management of the Root together with Shimura Danzo, Sarutobi Hiruzen asked them to investigate all of Danzo's subordinates, including Aburame Mitsuko.

He was just suspicious before and just lied, but Danzo's behavior said it all.

"Don't change the subject, Danzo, you don't know who Kinkaku is."

Danzo sat down again, still silent.

Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer remain calm, and quickly walked to Shimura Danzo, grabbed his collar with both hands, and shouted fiercely: "He is the murderer of Tobirama Sensei, and the culprit who wiped out almost all of the Senju clan. He is our mortal enemy!

You actually cooperated with him to kill Akimichi Genbu, and even sacrificed Tsunade's life. She is the only living granddaughter of Hashirama and Tobirama. How could you be so cruel and do such a thing, Danzo!

Sensei Tobirama risked his life to protect you and me. In order to protect me, the Third Hokage, and you, the powerful advisor to the Konoha Elders, as well as Kado En, Koharu, Tofu and the deceased Kagami, he fought a life-and-death battle with Kinkaku, Ginkaku and more than 20 other elite jonin.

"Master Tobirama could have just used Flying Thunder God to leave, he could have left at any time, but he fought to the death and sacrificed himself just to buy us some more time, just to save my life and yours. Is this how you repay him? Ah! Answer me!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen could not hide his anger and knocked Shimura Danzo to the ground with one punch, "If you think about it carefully, Lord Tobirama did not die at the hands of Kinkaku and Ginkaku, but died of our incompetence. If we had worked harder, Lord Tobirama would not have died so young. You, me, Kadoen, Koharu, all of us who hold great power are the murderers of the Second Hokage.

That's why I tried my best to protect the hard work of Hashirama and Tobirama. Even if I die, I have no regrets. Even so, it is difficult to repay the two adults for teaching me and saving my life. And you, what about you? What did you do? Speak up! "

Shimura Danzo stood up from the ground again and confronted Sarutobi Hiruzen. He would not back down anymore, "What have I done? Without me, the Dark Lord of Konoha, can you be the glorious Hokage of this village?

Without me, the root in the ground of Konoha, how could you, the towering tree bathed in the sun, come into being? I am the one who does all the dirty work, so what qualifications do you have to criticize my actions? "

"Yes, you have done a lot for this village, I admit that, but I tell you, I have done much more than you have. I also want to tell you that this is what we should do. Wearing the crown should bear the weight!"

"Haha, there's no need to lecture me. I understand what you understand, and I also understand what you don't understand. Everything I do is for Konoha. Your decision to entrust the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to Akimichi Genbu's care is a mistake. I must kill him to correct this mistake!"

"So, you're willing to sacrifice Tsunade's life for this? Mito-sama has only been gone for less than a month. How will you face your ancestors when you get down there?"

Danzo was clearly in the wrong. He turned his back and said stubbornly, "No matter what you think, I did everything for Konoha. Tsunade is the granddaughter of Hashirama-sama and Tobirama-sama, and she is also a ninja of Konoha. Her sacrifice is totally worth it to use her life to keep the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in our hands."

(Hatake Sakumo weakly interjected: Um, have you forgotten me?)

"Danzo, your thoughts are too dangerous!"

"Whatever you think, everything I did was for Konoha!"

(Audience, is this the only flag you can pull? Can you change it?)

Seeing that Shimura Danzo was unyielding and refused to repent, Sarutobi Hiruzen was extremely disappointed. He was too lazy to argue with this bastard any more. He turned around, picked up the pipe on the table, knocked it, and refilled it with the fine tobacco given to him by his good disciple Akimichi Genbu (Akimichi Genbu: It's me, it's me, hehe).

Come to think of it, ever since he went to visit Lady Mito and saw Xuanwu at her house, the two of them had their interactions, and since then, he has never bought tobacco on his own again.

After lighting it up and taking a puff, it was exactly to his taste.

Sarutobi Hiruzen left his seat and walked out of the meeting room, stopping at the door. "Danzo, from today on, you will no longer serve as an advisor to the Elders Council, and all Root will be handed over to Kadoen and Koharu. That's it."

With just a few words, Sarutobi Hiruzen pulled out Danzo's teeth and kicked him out of the center of power.

Shimura Danzo could no longer hold back. He turned around and looked at his former comrade, "Hiruzen, you can't do this. Without my roots, you can't do anything!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't even look back at him, "That's enough, follow the orders, I am the Hokage."

Then he left without looking back.

Shimura Danzo stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was leaving with a cold look in his eyes. The cane in his hand had been deformed by him. "Sarutobi Hiruzen, you are not worthy of being the Hokage. For the future of Konoha, I will take your place one day."

He turned around again and looked at the sky outside through the window. "Akimichi Xuanwu, you'd better die in the Kingdom of Wind this time, otherwise, I will make you live a life worse than death!"

A tiny rift developed between the two good friends who had once fought side by side through thick and thin together because of a small butterfly.