Chapter 837 Sleepless Night

When nothing big happens, time always passes very fast. In a trance, time came to the end of the 54th year of Konoha.

Since the Root was confiscated and he was completely dismissed, Danzo seemed to have really become decadent and retired in advance.

Before, as a root who secretly protected Konoha, he rarely showed up in the village, but since he became a civilian, he seemed to have really extinguished all his ambitions and became an ordinary retired old man in Konoha.

Especially after a certain chess game called chess suddenly became popular in the village, he could often be seen carrying a small stool in his hand and playing chess with the old men in the neighborhood on the street.

This scene surprised those who knew the other party's nature in the past... Especially Sarutobi Hiruzen.

... As Danzo's old friend and opponent for decades, if others don't understand each other, how can he not understand each other?

Even if he was frustrated, with his personality, he would never look like this. He always felt lonely without him coming to the Hokage's office to play with him in the past few months...

In addition, without the roots under Danzo's leadership, he was restricted in many things. As the Kage of the largest ninja village in the ninja world, he was not convenient to do many things he had to do. In the past, with Danzo, he didn't need to worry about anything, but now without this useful black glove, he suddenly felt uncomfortable.

Not only that, without Danzo, his workload also increased dramatically. He had to stay in the office until eight or nine o'clock every day. For his age, it almost took half of his life.

Originally, he thought that the other party would take a step back, and then he would give the other party a step down, but he didn't expect that the other party would just dump the burden and quit...

"How is Danzo's whereabouts today?"

Slightly tired, he stretched out his hand and pressed his eyebrows, and Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at the Anbu in front of him.

"Well... I get up on time at 7 o'clock in the morning, then go to the park for morning exercise for two hours and eat breakfast. After morning exercise, I carry a small stool to the street to find people to play chess as usual... I go to the square in the evening to dance square dance with a group of old ladies and old men, and go to bed on time at 9 o'clock in the evening..."

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "..."

Just like the chess that was invented by someone unknown, square dance also suddenly became popular in Konoha in this year. As far as he knows, these things have begun to spread to the surrounding areas with Konoha as the center a few months ago.

Because these things are not harmful, but have strengthened the people's hearts in the village in disguise, and greatly enriched the spiritual life of a group of elderly people, so he basically has a laissez-faire attitude towards these things, and occasionally he will find someone to play a few games of chess.

According to the investigation of the Anbu, all these things are produced by a commercial organization called Pan Entertainment Company that suddenly emerged in this year and spans multiple countries. This company adheres to the principle of entertainment first and has reached cooperation with many businessmen and even countries.

For example, recently, [Pan Entertainment Company] reached a cooperation intention with [Jiuetang], the largest bookstore in Konoha, and it is expected to launch a comic book called [Weekly Shonen JUMP] at the end of this month. It is said that the well-known writer [Xia Mi] in the ninja world will publish his debut work in this comic book. Once this news came out, it immediately attracted a lot of people's extreme enthusiasm.

Speaking of Xia Mi, the other party can be called a legendary figure in the ninja world. As soon as he debuted, he became as famous as Jiraiya's [Intimate Paradise] with a book [Young Ninja Abin]. Although he debuted for less than two years, he has already written three best-selling novels including [Young Ninja Abin], [Million-year Genin Qin Daye] and [Golden Scales Are Not Things in the Pond], and his popularity is unparalleled.

For the other party's new work that will be published in the form of comics, the other party's fans have extremely strong expectations. As far as Sarutobi Hiruzen knows, there are many fans of the other party in his own Anbu... Here, a certain silver-haired dead fish eye is mentioned.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had been living like a cow and a horse in the past few months without Danzo. Now, after listening to the report from the Anbu, he suddenly felt extremely unbalanced.

He had taken Danzo's position to the end, originally wanting to teach him a lesson, but now it seems that he felt that he was the one who was taught a lesson...

"Tell me, what else?"

Looking at the Anbu who did not retreat in front of him, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed and asked with all his strength.

"The latest intelligence from the front line is that the Hidden Cloud Village seems to want to ask for an alliance treaty with Konoha to end this long war."

While speaking in a deep voice, the Anbu took out a document and carefully placed it on the table, which was already piled with documents.

It was almost ten o'clock in the evening, but looking at the piles of documents on the table, they would not be processed until dawn.

But even if it is done, there will be documents tomorrow, especially under the premise that Kumogakure wants to end the war, the Third Hokage will probably be busier and busier...

Thinking of this, the Anbu ninja couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic.

"Alliance Treaty..."

Originally, Sarutobi Hiruzen was very tired, but when he heard the news from the Anbu in front of him, his spirit was lifted.

The war with Kumogakure lasted a little too long. From the 51st year of Konoha to the 54th year of Konoha, it was almost three years of sporadic fighting. The Third Ninja World War seemed to have only lasted about three years. From the Third Ninja World War to the war with Kumogakure, it was almost seamless.

Such a long and uninterrupted war left Konoha no time to breathe. Although it seemed that Konoha was still the largest ninja village in the ninja world, in fact, only Sarutobi Hiruzen himself knew that Konoha was now strong on the outside but weak on the inside, and it was completely a paper tiger, and the new generation had not grown up at all.

It was absolutely great news for Konoha to be able to get out of the quagmire of the war with Kumogakure.

——What Konoha needs most now is time to recuperate.

Putting aside his previous tiredness and fatigue, Sarutobi Hiruzen reached out to pick up the document and read it carefully. He gave an order to the Anbu in front of him, asking them to summon all the high-ranking officials in Konoha.

Tonight... is destined to be a sleepless night.