Chapter 834 So, I Am the Hokage

Danzo knew about what happened to Kakashi's team.

After all, after Kakashi's team returned to the village, Jia came to the Root to report to him as soon as possible. From Jia, he learned the whole process of the mission.

When he first learned about this, he was quite shocked. After all, no matter how you look at it, this matter is a bit too crazy.

Only one step away, Uchiha will break with the village, and Konoha, which is already quite weak, will be even worse. The surrounding ninja villages have been eyeing Konoha for a long time, and they will never miss this opportunity to beat the dog when it is down.

Although from the perspective of style, this arrangement is indeed quite like his style of doing things, but he is not a madman, how could he make such an arrangement?

From the beginning to the end, everything he did was just for the stability of the village. At this time, when Konoha is still fighting with Kumogakure, unless he is really crazy, he will do something to anger Uchiha.

Moreover, this arrangement is too naked.

Like last time, if it weren't for Orochimaru, the perfect scapegoat, he wouldn't dare to attack Uchiha Zhi, not to mention that this time there was also Uchiha Itachi.

But what made him helpless was that even though he had tried his best to clarify that this matter had nothing to do with him, his subordinates almost collectively defaulted to arranging the culprit of this matter on him, even including the eyewitness of this incident, A.

... But the same thing is that he, Danzo, is upright and upright.

Since this matter has nothing to do with him, it can't be blamed on him! !

"Really? Then I want to see how you explain all this!!"

Seeing that Danzo in front of him was still stubborn, Sarutobi Hiruzen laughed in anger and threw several documents in front of him.

"First of all, the member A you planted in Kakashi's team is the only survivor of the village's Wood Release experiment that you concealed. As the only ninja known to have mastered Wood Release, you concealed him and let him join the Root in secret!!"

He became more and more angry as he spoke. Picking up the teacup beside him, Sarutobi Hiruzen first took a big sip of tea, and then continued to speak in Shimura Danzo's slightly changed eyes.

"Although according to the reports of Kakashi and Uchiha Itachi and others, A did not secretly pass on information during the mission, but this is limited to the premise that the other party is a normal ninja. Since the other party has mastered Wood Release, it is also possible to pass on information under the eyes of Kakashi and others!!"

Without giving Danzo a chance to refute, Sarutobi Hiruzen threw several documents in front of Danzo while speaking.

"Secondly, according to the channels where the Root's funds have flowed in recent years, there is a huge void in the Root's account. The largest amount is the unknown flow of 30 million taels. How do you explain this?!"

"I..."

I never expected that Sarutobi Hiruzen would investigate his Root so thoroughly. Shimura Danzo was visibly panicked.

Although he wanted to try to defend himself, he found that he had nothing to say before he said it.

...Can the whereabouts of the 30 million taels be casually said?

Also, he obviously controlled the Root like an iron prison, how did the other party know his affairs so clearly in just a few days?

"Spend 30 million taels to buy the life of a seven-year-old girl. You can do such a thing!!"

Knocking the cigarette pipe in his hand on the table fiercely, Sarutobi Hiruzen almost roared.

"Do you know that what you are doing is equivalent to digging up the roots of Konoha!?"

Every word of Sarutobi Hiruzen was like a heavy hammer, hitting Danzo's heart hard. The atmosphere in the whole room was so solemn that it was almost suffocating.

Danzo opened his mouth and tried to refute, but found that his voice was trembling. In front of the iron-clad evidence, all his excuses seemed so pale and powerless at this moment.

He never thought that the deal between him and Orochimaru that happened a year ago would become a sharp sword piercing his heart at this time.

"I...I am for the future of Konoha..."

In the end, Danzo could only squeeze out such a weak excuse, but even he knew how ridiculous and self-deceiving this sentence sounded.

"Future? You are digging up the roots of Konoha!!"

Looking at Shimura Danzo in front of him, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes were full of disappointment, anger, and some kind of heartache.

"The future of Konoha has never been built on sacrifice and conspiracy. The real power comes from unity and trust. Everything you do will only lead Konoha to division and destruction."

When he said this, Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up from his chair and looked down at Danzo in front of him.

"From today on, all your duties will be relieved and you will be confined. Before the investigation of the Root and you is completed, you are not allowed to leave your house. I will send the Anbu to monitor you at all times. At the same time, the Root will be temporarily taken over by me and reorganized at the same time."

"——Do you have any objection to the above handling results?"

"Objection? No, of course not."

For some reason, looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen in front of him, Danzo suddenly laughed.

"I thought I had made the roots impregnable, but I didn't expect that everything was under your control, Hiruzen, you are actually the most terrifying person in the village. Admit it, you need roots, and the village needs roots too."

With a sense of disappointment as if he had seen through something, Danzo picked up his crutches leaning against the table and stood up from his chair.

"Huruzen, you will regret it."

After saying this routine exit line, he looked deeply at Sarutobi Hiruzen over there, and for the first time, without waiting for the other party to continue the line, Danzo staggered out of the Hokage's office.

Compared to when he first came here, in the less than half an hour in between, Danzo looked as if he had aged several years.

As for Danzo's memories, Sarutobi Hiruzen said nothing, but just stood in front of the table with an expressionless face.

Until Danzo's figure disappeared outside the office, and after he picked up his cigarette and sat back in his position as Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke softly.

"Danzo, I am the Hokage."

Unlike before, Sarutobi Hiruzen said this very lightly, like a memory of Danzo's previous words, and as if he was talking to himself alone.

"...So, I am the Hokage."