Chapter 162 Orochimaru's Suspicion

After seeing that both Koharu and Mito Kaden recommended Sarutobi Hiruzen as the acting Hokage, Danzo's face became extremely ugly.

In Danzo's expectation, even if he cannot become the acting Hokage, he can still take the opportunity to recommend Orochimaru to become Hokage. In this way, even if he fails to run for the Fifth Hokage, he can still become the shadow Hokage behind Orochimaru.

But what he didn't expect was that Koharu and Mito Kadeni recommended Sarutobi Hiruzen to become the acting Hokage. With the minority obeying the majority, he once again missed out on Hokage.

Moreover, the acting Hokage said he was an agent, but in fact he was exercising the power of the Hokage.

No one knows how long Sarutobi Hiruzen will serve as acting Hokage. Should he sit down until a suitable puppet is cultivated?

As a high-level person who had been suppressed by the Third Hokage for decades, Danzo did not hesitate to speculate on his old friend with the utmost malice.

After thinking of this, Danzo walked towards the office door and slammed the door out: "Hiruzhan, I don't think you can serve as the acting Hokage well. You will regret it sooner or later!"

After hearing Danzo's speech, Koharu and Mito Kadeni turned to look at the Third Hokage.

The Third Hokage looked a little embarrassed and explained: "I know Danzo is opposed to me being the acting Hokage, but judging from the current situation of the village, it is really not suitable to elect a new Hokage."

The advisory duo nodded quickly and said, "Hiruzhan, we know this exactly, so we suggest that you temporarily act as Hokage. Unfortunately, Danzo just doesn't understand this."

Hearing this, the Third Hokage sighed softly.

He knew that Danzo had always wanted to be the Hokage of the village, but Danzo had been in the darkness for too long. Such a ninja was no longer suitable to appear in the sun, let alone become the Hokage.

The Hokage must have a positive image in order to become a role model for the village.

Danzo can't understand himself now, but he will definitely understand after he goes back and thinks about it. He has been like this for so many years, and this time will not be an exception.

After collecting his thoughts that were gradually diverging, the Third Hokage continued to discuss work issues with the two consultants.

Whether it is the reconstruction work after the Nine-Tails Rebellion, or foreign policy, and strategic deployment, we need to pool our wisdom.

The reconstruction work was simple. With the ninja's work efficiency, it only took a few weeks to rebuild the destroyed buildings.

As for foreign policy and strategic deployment, further discussions need to wait until the Sannin return to Konoha, but overall, there are no big problems.

This is the foundation of Konoha as the number one ninja village.

Even if the Fourth Hokage and the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki were lost, as long as the Sannin were still there, Konoha would still be able to fight and would not become a piece of fat.

At this time, Mito Monohan seemed to have remembered something, and asked the Third Hokage: "The Third and Fourth Hokages are now missing. Does the village still need to implement the policies he formulated?"

After hearing this, Koharu turned to bed and looked at the Third Hokage.

Whether it is the reconstruction of the village or foreign strategy, these Konoha senior officials can maintain a consistent attitude, but they each have different ideas about the policies that the Fourth Hokage once formulated.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the policies formulated by the Fourth Hokage are conducive to the development of the village and can break the invisible thresholds set by the ninja clan in various departments, thus enhancing the overall strength of Konoha ninjas.

But this also means that the interests of all major ninja clans will be greatly harmed.

If it were in peacetime, the Hokage Building would naturally have the power to suppress this group of ninjas, but now the Hokage Building no longer has an absolute advantage over the major ninja clans.

If the major ninja clans take the opportunity to fight for power or even launch a coup, the village may be able to successfully suppress the rebellious ninja clan, but it will definitely fall into civil strife and division.

Therefore, whether to completely stop the reform or continue to push forward the reform forcefully requires careful consideration.

After pondering for a moment, the Third Hokage said slowly: "Let the policies formulated by Minato be put on hold for the time being. I will continue to implement them when the time is right."

Mito Kado and Koharu looked at each other, and they both understood what the Third Hokage was thinking.

The Third Hokage said that he would put it on hold for the time being, but in reality he was stopping the reform of the Fourth Hokage. The so-called right time was not known to be many years away.

However, they did not object to the Third Hokage's decision.

They themselves have a skeptical attitude towards the fourth generation reform. If the original intention of the reform is good, the risks and rewards are often directly proportional.

What's more, more than two-thirds of the jounin in the village are ninjas from the shinobi clan.

Moreover, among the departmental reforms carried out by the Fourth Hokage, the most vocal opponents, apart from the Uchihas of the security forces, were the ninjas of the Sarutobi and Inogacho families.

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After walking out of the Hokage building, Danzo looked back at the location of the Hokage's office.

He knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi would soon be back in the Hokage's office and would delay the Fifth Hokage's campaign as long as possible.

Danzo had already thought of the scene of his confrontation with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the face of Hiruzen Sarutobi's rebuttal to him.

It's just that the Daimyo of the Land of Fire disagree, and I can't do anything about it. This is all about maintaining the relationship between the Ninja Village and the Daimyo. We must put the overall situation first.

The Fourth Hokage is just missing, not dead. If Minato comes back, I will definitely give him up.

It was Jiraiya and Tsunade who were unwilling to become Hokage. Without a suitable candidate, I could only reluctantly continue to serve as acting Hokage.

This sinister old monkey has never thought of letting him serve as Hokage, not even the idea.

And all this is not because he is not strong enough, nor because his achievements are not outstanding enough, it is just because he failed the test when Teacher Tobirama led them to cut off the rear.

If he could get ahead of Sarutobi at that time, he would definitely become the third Hokage.

The more Danzo thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wished he could just drop the crutch in his hand, but he must maintain the image of the leader of the root organization, and he also needs this crutch to support his aging body.

He was different from Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was able to fight hand-to-hand with the nine-tailed demon fox last night and was still getting stronger.

After he failed to ambush the Akatsuki organization with Sanshouyu Hanzo, he felt more and more the decline in strength that came with age.

Even though he didn't want to, he had to admit it.

Now he no longer has the strength to compete with Sarutobi Hiruzen, and it is very difficult to deal with elite jounin like Ino Shikacho.

There is only one way to restore declining body functions.

That is to study pillar cells and improve cell transplantation technology

As long as he can obtain the power of the first generation master, he is confident to defeat Sarutobi Hiruzen and become the village's new Hokage.

Thinking of this, Danzo quickened his pace and walked towards the outside of the village.

Twenty minutes later, Danzo arrived at the root laboratory located in the forest outside the village.

He established this laboratory without telling the third and fourth generations. There was only one experimental project in it, which was to study the technology of transplanting Hashirama cells and mass-produce Wooden Ninja for the village.

Continuing forward along the dark passage, Danzo soon entered the interior of the laboratory.

After seeing Danzo, the root guard lowered his head and said, "Lord Danzo, Lord Orochimaru returned to the village a few hours ago."

Orochimaru has returned? Why not go find Sarutobi Hiruzen?

Danzo frowned, then found Orochimaru sitting in the lounge, and said angrily:

"Orochimaru, you came back at the right time. If you had come back a day earlier, the Fourth Hokage and the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki might not have died."

Orochimaru glanced at Danzo and said expressionlessly:

"I heard about Minato and Kushina. Their sacrifice is a big loss to the village."

"However, I heard that Minato voluntarily sacrificed his life to seal the Kyuubi, and defeated the incoming space-time ninja. He is indeed a ninja who is better than me. It's a pity that people only have one life. If I were him, I would definitely not Can perform forbidden techniques like sealing off ghosts."

Danzo's expression changed slightly and he began to stare at Orochimaru.

Before he told Orochimaru this information about the fourth generation, Orochimaru already knew it. Could it be that he had spies planted among his subordinates?

As if he saw Danzo's thoughts, Orochimaru said calmly:

"The old man sent someone to inform my men, but I have nothing to do with Minato and Kushina. Let's talk about the wood escape experiment."

After a pause, Orochimaru continued:

"In the past few days I have been out, I have found dozens of good experimental materials. As long as your funds are in place, the wood escape experiment can be carried out immediately."

"I have already prepared the funds..."

Danzo nodded, then looked at Orochimaru and said: "However, the wood escape experiment is not the most important thing now. We have another important thing that needs to be done immediately!"

"What's the matter?" Orochimaru glanced at Danzo and his tone was very perfunctory.

"The matter of running for the Fifth Hokage. Since the Fourth Hokage has died, we should quickly participate in the election for the Fifth Hokage. Only by becoming Hokage can you experiment as much as you want in the village."

"forget it."

Orochimaru showed little interest, and said with a playful look in his eyes: "The old man will definitely become the acting Hokage. He has no idea of ​​letting me become Hokage at all, otherwise he would not recommend Namikaze Minato."

Seeing that Orochimaru had lost interest in the position of Hokage, Danzo frowned:

"Orochimaru, do you really have no idea about the position of Hokage? This is not the Orochimaru I know."

"Becoming Hokage is just an attempt in my life. It doesn't matter even if I fail."

After Orochimaru pondered for a moment, he continued: "And now that we have not become Hokage, aren't we still conducting wood escape experiments? The Fourth Hokage cannot restrict us, and the old man cannot restrict us."

Facing the ruined Orochimaru, Danzo looked disappointed and changed the subject:

"I know what you are thinking. After the wood escape experiment is over, let's suspend cooperation. After all, if we don't become Hokage, it will still be too dangerous for you to conduct these experiments."

After saying that, Danzo turned around and left the lounge, heading deeper into the passage.

Orochimaru has lost his mind about the position of Hokage, which means that it is impossible for him to become Hokage through Orochimaru. In this case, Orochimaru's ally will also lose value.

After the Mudun experiment is over, you can find new allies.

Looking at the back of Danzo leaving, Orochimaru sneered in his heart. He knew that Danzo had always wanted to use him to obtain the power of Hokage, but he had also been using Danzo to obtain funds for experiments.

From the beginning, the two parties were only interested in each other, not like-minded partners.

After the wood escape experiment was over and the key experimental data was obtained, he no longer had the use to cooperate with Danzo, and there was no need to even stay in Konoha.

Since he had the idea of ​​defecting and building a village, he felt that the position of Hokage was just a burden.

Becoming a Hokage not only requires the responsibility of managing the village, but also faces conspiracies and attacks from both the open and the covert.

The death of Minato Namikaze and Kushina this time is the best example.

Minato Namikaze, who mastered the space-time ninjutsu, should have been the best ninja to escape and the most difficult to kill, but because of the village, wife and children, he was bound by life and eventually died with the Nine-Tails.

For ninjas living in the world, only life is the most important, not the so-called ideals and emotions.

After getting rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind, Orochimaru began to seriously study the whole story of the Nine-Tails Rebellion yesterday. Although he didn't care about the life and death of the village and the fourth generation couple, he was very interested in the identity of the attacker, the masked man, and the ninjutsu he used.

First, the masked man mastered the space-time ninjutsu and could freely enter and exit the Konoha barrier.

Secondly, the masked man has the ability to control the Nine-Tails, which is likely to be some kind of powerful sealing technique and illusion.

In his impression, the only ones who could use sealing techniques to control the Nine-Tails should be the first and second generation Hokage, and the first Nine-Tails Jinchūriki Uzumaki Mito.

And the only one who could control the tailed beasts with illusions was Uchiha Madara, who won the title of Shura of the Ninja World decades ago.

But Uchiha Madara was killed by the first generation Hokage decades ago. Even if he used some method to fake his death and escape, he should be dead now.

Could it be that someone in the village has awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan?

After thinking about it carefully, Orochimaru shook his head secretly. If the Uchiha really had the Mangekyō, with their arrogant character, it would be impossible not to use the Mangekyō Sharingan.

Besides, the Mangekyō Sharingan is just a legend, and it is unknown whether it exists or not. .

At this time, Orochimaru suddenly remembered something and looked in the direction outside the village. His eyes seemed to have traveled through thousands of mountains and rivers and saw the country shrouded in rain all year round.

The fact that the Uchiha in the village did not have a Jinchūriki to control the Nine-Tails did not mean that the Hidden Rain Village could not.

Although Yahiko and Konan of the Hidden Rain Village are Jiraiya's apprentices and their strength seems far from reaching the level of Kage, the descendant of Uzumaki, Byakuya, is not that simple.

In the past few months, when he was investigating the countries and choosing the location for the village, he accidentally got a piece of information.

Danzo had carried out an operation in the Hidden Rain Village a year ago, which directly caused the loss of most of the elite of the Root, and since then, the Salamander Hanzo has never appeared again.

Since the Uchiha in the village is unable to attack the Fourth Generation and his wife, could it be the Hidden Rain Village that did it?