Chapter 152: Concession

Konoha Village

Hokage's office.

The Third Hokage knocked on the table.

"There are already a lot of rumors in the village now. It's meaningless for us to drag it out."

Several people knew about the recent rumors in the village.

It was to explain that on the night of the Nine-Tails Rebellion, the Uchiha clan was asked by the Konoha high-level to protect non-combatants.

It's different from not participating in the battle.

If there were such rumors in the past, no one would believe it.

After all, you Uchiha are the guards, and you offend people every day. How could anyone speak for you?

The Uchiha clan is very different now. Now in Konoha Village, it's rare to see Uchiha clan members staying.

The current Uchiha clan is not a guard, and they don't rely on Konoha to do tasks. Others run their own catering business in full swing.

Now that such rumors have come out, many people automatically make up their minds.

Did the Uchiha clan part ways with Konoha Village because of these grievances?

"Hyuga is really a fence-sitter!" Danzo said angrily. In the last incident, Hyuga should have turned against Uchiha and completely turned to Konoha Village.

But after the Hyuga clan took the position of honorary elder, they did not have a direct conflict with Uchiha.

Now it is obvious that they are helping Uchiha again, which makes Danzo very dissatisfied.

The rumor spread so quickly. After the investigation of the Anbu, several people knew that all this came from the Hyuga clan.

It's a pity that several people really can't do anything about the Hyuga clan. Under the current circumstances, Konoha is already difficult enough. They dare not make trouble for Hyuga.

For such things, they can only turn a blind eye.

Of course, compared with these things of the Hyuga clan.

What they are more worried about is that Uchiha will take advantage of this succession as the clan leader to cause trouble.

"Hiratsune, I suspect that Uchiha will stage a coup this time!" Danzo suddenly spit out this sentence.

After hearing this, the Third Hokage did not rebuke Danzo as before. Because he also has this worry.

Koharu Utatane said, "Why not distribute the arrangements made that year?"

Mitomonen nodded, "Let's see if this can calm Xia Mu's emotions."

The third generation took a puff of cigarette and couldn't think of any good solution for a while.

Now it seems that this is the only way.

The three of them looked at Danzo. After all, it was Danzo who strongly opposed the Uchiha clan's intervention.

The direction of public opinion was also manipulated by Danzo, and now something has happened.

It seems that only Danzo can take the blame.

Danzo saw that the three of them were staring at him, and his expression was very angry:

"Hiruzen, do you think it's okay?"

"The Uchiha clan is ambitious, even if they admit what happened that year, they will still rebel!"

The third generation thought about it. If the Uchiha clan launched a coup now, how many people in the Anbu could stand up, and how many people in the Root would still be there.

Danzo has always been hiding the Root. This time, if Danzo's Root does not move, and the Uchiha rebels, Konoha is likely to be seriously injured.

According to Danzo's personality, he is likely to stay put and wait until Konoha and Uchiha are both defeated before coming out to reap the benefits.

Unless he wins an overwhelming victory, Danzo will be a big trouble.

Now it seems that the only way is to mobilize the major ninja clans. If Uchiha launches a coup, how many people will contribute?

The key is that the Mangekyō Sharingan cannot be handled properly.

If you are not careful, something big will happen.

For a while, several people were silent.

"Knock knock knock..." The knock on the door interrupted the thoughts of the Third Hokage.

There should be something important to report at this time.

The Third Hokage said: "Come in."

An Anbu walked in and reported:

"Third Hokage, Jiraiya is back."

The Third Hokage was shocked: "Jiraiya is back? Where is he?"

If it was Jiraiya, he should be able to calm down.

When Jiraiya was young, his ability was not very good. He was the dumbest among his three disciples. However, after being summoned to Myoboku Mountain by accident, Jiraiya found his own way. His strength improved by leaps and bounds. If he was not too lazy, he would be more than enough to be a Hokage. The scalp of the Anbu was numbed by the burning eyes of the third generation: "Jiraiya-sama is not far from Konoha. He will arrive in about ten minutes." The third generation said repeatedly: "Okay, okay, after he enters the village, let him come to see me immediately." "Yes!" The Anbu quickly retreated. Once the door was closed, there were only four people left in the room. The third generation seemed to have a little confidence because of Jiraiya's return: "With Jiraiya here, Uchiha should not be desperate." Danzo saw Sarutobi Hiruzen like this and knew that he was ready to retreat again. "Hiruzen! The Uchiha now is different from the past. Do you expect Jiraiya to stay in the village forever?"

The third generation paced back and forth: "At least get through the difficulties in front of you first."

Danzo's heart sank. The Uchiha is now powerful. The third generation has been very distant from him recently. Maybe this is the last chance.

Danzo said angrily: "What if Itachi and Shisui don't leave?"

"I will let Jiraiya come forward."

The third generation had other ideas in his mind.

Humph, if the village fights with the Uchiha, can you count on you to help?

Jiraiya is still a little short of one person.

Danzo saw that the Third Hokage had made up his mind and snorted coldly.

He had to find another chance.

“But we can also arrange what Xia Mu requested before, after all, the current Uchiha is still a part of our Konoha.”

The next words of the Third Hokage made Danzo very angry.

“Sarutobi Hiruzen! Are you going to push me out!?”

Danzo finally climbed back to the honorary elder.

Unexpectedly, the Third Hokage, who was close to him before, gradually guarded against him, and now wanted to push him out as a scapegoat.

Danzo has discovered that the Third Hokage wants to suppress him now.

Now he is being dragged out to take the blame, but the situation is stronger than the person, and Danzo dares to be angry but dares not speak.

The Third Hokage said: “Didn’t you advocate the arrangement back then?”

“You…you guys!” This matter was advocated by Danzo, but the matter was agreed upon by the four people at that time.

“I don’t agree!” Danzo’s eyes were full of anger!

The Third Hokage was also annoyed at this time:

"It's time now, do you still care about this reputation!?"

"You will regret it, Hiruzen!"

"Enough! I am the Hokage!" The Third Hokage slammed the table.

"What's going on? The old man is so angry."

At this time, a man came in through the window.

It was Jiraiya.

Danzo glanced at Jiraiya.

It's all your fault. Why come back at this time instead of any other time?

He snorted heavily and left with a face full of anger.

"What's going on?" Jiraiya scratched his head. What's wrong with this Danzo?

Utatane Koharu and Mitomon En saw that they had nothing to do, so they followed him out.

The Third Hokage was a little angry at first, but when he saw Jiraiya, his mood became much better.

Jiraiya usually looked unreliable because he was so careless.

But he was really reliable at the critical moment.

The third Hokage smiled: "You came back just in time. If you hadn't come back this time, Konoha would have been in danger."

Jiraiya's face became serious:

"Could it be that Uchiha Natsuki will succeed the clan leader?"

Although he didn't collect much intelligence along the way, Uchiha's actions were so big that even many civilians knew about it.

Jiraiya obviously knew about it.

The third Hokage nodded: "You don't know, Sound Village..."

He showed Jiraiya a few official letters. The other ninja villages only had a few people coming, so there was no problem with that.

But only in Sound Village, the Otokage would come, and would bring back more than a hundred Uchiha people.

There was also Shisui, plus Itachi who had secretly returned to the village before, the current Natsuki, and Fugaku in the clan, so there were already four Mangekyō Sharingan.

Even if Jiraiya had a fight with Natsuki at the beginning, who could know what Natsuki's mentality was now.