Chapter 264: Danzo is causing trouble again

The Mizukage's secretary Chino Hozumi and the Mizukage's assistant Yagura Karatachi walked in together at this time. Yagura was holding an opened letter in his hand.

"Lord Mizukage!" Chino Kizuna said softly, interrupting the shadow clone Seiji who was working hard.

The shadow clone Qingsi raised his head and saw that it was China and Yagura, and a smile appeared on his face.

"A letter from Danzo Shimura of Konoha Village!" Yagura raised the letter in his hand and explained, while handing the letter to Seiji, "He is seeking cooperation with our Kirigakure again, but this time, his target is a bit tricky...!"

"Our old friend Danzo!" Qingsi sighed, with a slight curve at the corner of his mouth, "Let me see who he is going to deal with this time?"

Over the years, Danzo Shimura has become the most loyal friend of the Hidden Mist Village. This "Amaran of Shinobi", Konoha's "First Nabekage", and the leader of the Root, has been constantly purging dissidents under the banner of "for Konoha", and is going further and further on the path of weakening Konoha Village's strength and becoming a troublemaker.

I can only say, there are only wrong names, but no wrong nicknames!

The name of Guoying is well deserved!

The Hidden Mist Village also made a lot of money through cooperation with its old friend Danzo Shimura.

There is an upper limit to the total establishment of the Root. Although Danzo Shimura is secretly training additional personnel, he cannot go too far. After all, the main reason for the establishment of the Root is to train and supply talents for the Anbu.

The Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen could turn a blind eye to Shimura Danzo's occasional smuggling of goods, that is to say, there would be no problem if the Root exceeded the establishment by a part, but if it exceeded by too much, then the extra ninjas would definitely not fall into his hands.

The "smart" Danzo Shimura thought for a moment and immediately figured out the answer.

Most of the funds originally used to train Anbu ninjas and build and develop the Root were intercepted and used as rewards for hiring Kirigakure ninjas to kill their own people.

First, he can completely clear himself of suspicion without leaving any excuse for being criticized by others. Although he is not afraid of this, it will still be itchy if there are too many lice, right?

Secondly, the money spent on hiring Kirigakure ninjas is much more cost-effective than replenishing and training them after losing manpower, especially for the encirclement and killing of lone ninjas of the Uchiha clan. Unless he sends out an overwhelming number of Root ninjas in one fell swoop, several of them will definitely be replaced by the dying counterattack of the Uchiha ninjas. Moreover, mobilizing a large number of Root ninjas will inevitably be discovered by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Although, Sarutobi Hiruzen probably wanted him to do so in his heart, this kind of thing must not be discovered. After all, the action of eliminating the Uchiha clan cannot be made public for the Hokage.

Thirdly, he can also complete the assigned tasks while maintaining the overall strength of his root. He can even train some new ninjas from time to time, allowing himself to get one step closer to the position of Hokage.

Finally, he can also use this opportunity to continuously collect intelligence on the Kirigakure ninjas and prepare intelligence reserves for possible future wars.

This behavior of using the village funds and donating one's own money is simply killing two birds with one stone!

After all, everything is for Konoha!

Therefore, part of the military funds allocated by the Fire Nation Daimyo for Konoha Village was transferred to the Root by the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and then transferred again, a large part of which was secretly misappropriated by Danzo Shimura and used as a bargaining chip for cooperation with the Hidden Mist Village.

Of course, Kirigakure and Kiyoshi were happy about this. Although Kirigakure had sufficient funds after years of continuous development, who would complain about having too little money?

Moreover, not only can you get paid, but you can also continuously weaken the future number one enemy, Konoha Village, and provide your own mid- and high-end combat forces with an opportunity for a life-and-death battle from time to time. Where else can you find such a good thing?

And why didn't Danzo Shimura receive ninjutsu as reward? That's because the Hidden Mist Village has no shortage of ordinary ninjutsu or secret techniques.

Only those ninjutsu sealed in the "Book of Seales" can be valued by the Hidden Mist Village and Seiji, especially the Impure World Reincarnation that can summon the deceased from the Pure Land, which is what Seiji needs. But it is obvious that no matter how outrageous Danzo Shimura is, it is impossible for him to trade those "forbidden techniques" with the Hidden Mist Village at this stage.

This still requires waiting for the right time.

As for Shimura Danzo's other little thoughts, the Hidden Mist Village and Seiji obviously don't care. After all, the strength is there. In the ninja world, fists are the most powerful after all!

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Qingsi raised his hand to take the letter, quickly glanced through it, and his pupils couldn't help but shrink slightly.

Good guy, Qingsi exclaimed in his heart, good guy!

What did he see!

Danzo Shimura actually wants the Hidden Mist Village to send ninjas to prevent the Konoha ninjas from successfully completing a mission, and this mission is to be carried out by Konoha White Fang "Hatake Sakumo"!

Next month, Hatake Sakumo will lead his team to the Land of Hot Springs to carry out a mission defined as "top secret". Danzo Shimura will certainly not reveal the details of the mission, but what the Hidden Mist Village has to do is to send enough ninjas to intercept and kill Hatake Sakumo's entire team on the way back to the Land of Fire after completing the mission!

Qingsi couldn't help but be speechless. This Shimura Danzo really did all kinds of bad things!

You know, that is the "Konoha White Fang" who possesses the strength of a Kage and is considered a strong man among the Kages. He was even granted the title of Hokage Half-Sleeves by the Daimyo of the Land of Fire!

Shimura Danzo, how dare he!

However, this is a great thing for the Hidden Mist Village. Danzo Shimura is worthy of his reputation as a loyal friend of the Hidden Mist Village. If he can really kill Hatake Sakumo, the overall strength of Konoha Village can be said to have dropped drastically!