Chapter 199 Danzo's Suspicion

Hokage Building.

After entering the Hokage's office, the Third Hokage looked at the expedited intelligence scroll sent by Jiraiya with an uneasy mood.

The Third Hokage has always been very concerned about the Kumogakure battlefield where Jiraiya is.

If the Kumogakure battlefield fails, Konoha will not only lose an ally, but Iwagakure and Kirigakure, which originally signed a peace agreement, are likely to be ready to move.

Sand Village and other small countries will also begin to doubt whether Konoha has the strength to protect them, and have the idea of ​​breaking the alliance.

That's why he sent Jiraiya as the front-line commander and sent the Ino-Shika-cho, Uchiha and Hyuga clans to the battlefield.

These ninjas together have almost occupied most of Konoha's combat power, enough to destroy several small country ninja villages.

But the Third Hokage has no idea whether he can defeat the Kumogakure Village.

Compared with the other three major ninja villages, the Kumogakure Village did not lose many ninjas in the last Ninja World War.

The top combat power includes the Fourth Raikage, Eight-Tails and Two-Tails Jinchuriki and other strong men.

With the village currently losing its Jinchuriki, Jiraiya and the ninja clan jonin may not be the opponent of Kumogakure.

Fortunately, in the last report, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki had been defeated, and now only the most difficult AB combination remains.

Perhaps, we can only look forward to new progress from Danzo and Orochimaru.

Thinking of this, the Third Hokage sighed softly and opened the intelligence scroll in his hand.

After glancing at the contents of the scroll, the Third Hokage's face changed slightly, rubbed his eyes to make sure he was not dizzy, and took a breath of cold air.

The information sent by Jiraiya was too exaggerated, so much so that he felt it might be fabricated.

After reading the intelligence scroll again, the Third Hokage took a deep breath and said to the Anbu ninjas around him: "Go and ask the advisor elder to come to see me, and tell him that the village is going to hold an emergency meeting."

After receiving the order from the Third Hokage, the two advisors quickly rushed to the Hokage Building, and the leader of the Root Organization, Danzo, also appeared in the meeting room with a cane.

They all looked at the Third Hokage, as if asking what the important matter was.

The Third Hokage didn't say too much nonsense, and directly pushed Jiraiya's report to the conference table. After passing it around, the two advisors showed shocked expressions, and Danzo's expression was a little uncertain.

After a moment, Mizutomon En asked uncertainly: "Third-generation, is the above information true? Did Uchiha Shisui really awaken the Mangekyō? He also defeated the Two-tail Jinchūriki?"

Utatane Koharu also echoed: "Sarutobi, the above information is too exaggerated. Bai Ye of the Hidden Rain Village actually tied with the Fourth Raikage and forced the Fourth Raikage to agree to peace talks. When did the Hidden Rain Village have such strength..."

The Third-generation Hokage said helplessly:

"I also have some doubts about the above information, but Jiraiya has no reason and cannot deceive us on such a big thing. I prefer to believe that the above information is true."

Hearing this, Mizutomon En and Utatane Koharu looked at each other and looked at Danzo on the side.

Danzo was still flipping through the intelligence scroll at this time, and his face became more and more ugly.

The temporary cessation of the war between Konoha and Kumogakure and entering the negotiation stage is naturally a good thing for the village, which can prevent the already weak village from continuing to be consumed.

But the current development is completely different from what he expected.

Danzo originally wanted to use the war as an opportunity to weaken the ninja clan in the village, and when Jiraiya could no longer hold on, he and Orochimaru went to the front line to support him, so as to gain the credit for becoming Hokage.

But now, before he and Orochimaru went to the front line, the war was almost over.

The Uchiha, who was originally expected to be weakened, not only did not get weakened, but also gained a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, and got the credit for defeating the two-tailed Jinchūriki.

What's more hateful is that Bai Ye was able to compete with the Fourth Raikage in a short period of time, making the Hidden Rain Village the center of attention in this battle.

At this moment, Danzo could imagine Bai Ye's stinky face, and his scalp was numb.

Retracting his gradually scattered thoughts, Danzo looked up at the Third Hokage, and then slowly said: "Hiruzen, it is indeed a good thing that the war on the front line has stopped, but it does not mean that we can relax our vigilance."

Hearing this, the two consultants pricked up their ears.

As the "fence-sitters" among the Konoha high-level officials, the two of them never expressed their opinions on major events and always adhered to the doctrine of the mean, but they also secured their positions as advisory elders and never encountered any targeting from others.

After a short pause, Danzo said: "According to the intelligence, the reason for the ceasefire between the village and Kumogakure this time was not the will of us and Kumogakure, but the forced urging of the Rain Village."

"This is certainly a good thing, but the Rain Village must have its conspiracy to do this."

"Conspiracy?" After hearing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and said:

"The current leader of the Rain Village is Jiraiya's student. He has a very good attitude towards us. I also met that Bai Ye once. He is a young man with the will of fire."

"Under their leadership, the Rain Village should have no conspiracy."

Danzo sneered and retorted: "You are all deceived by Bai Ye's appearance. He is a person with a dark heart. I have never seen a darker ninja than him."

"And regardless of whether the Rain Village has a conspiracy, the Rain Village already has the strength to threaten the village."

After these words came out, the Third Hokage and others fell into deep thought. Although the Hidden Rain Village did not threaten Konoha, it did have the ability to threaten Konoha.

On this point, what Danzo said made sense.

Seeing that the three agreed with his idea, Danzo smiled and continued:

"In order to prevent the Hidden Rain Village from threatening the village in the future, I think it is necessary to increase the budgets of major departments. For example, the Anbu and the Research Department need funds to upgrade."

After mentioning the funds, Utatane Koharu, who was in charge of logistics and management, frowned: "The daimyo is already very dissatisfied with the current military expenditure. If it really comes to peacetime, the budget will only be reduced and not increased."

The Third Hokage nodded and said: "The villagers are already under great pressure. We can't increase the budget."

After being rejected by the Third Hokage and Utatane Koharu, Danzo's face darkened, and then he said: "The budget issue can be discussed later , but we must be on guard against the Hidden Rain Village and Bai Ye, they will attack the village sooner or later. "

The Third Hokage said impatiently: "I said that Bai Ye and the Hidden Rain Village are friends of Konoha, Danzo, I know you have offended the Akatsuki organization in the Hidden Rain Village, but the relationship between the Hidden Rain Village and Konoha will not change because of you personally."

Danzo snorted coldly, and finally did not mention the topic of Bai Ye again. He changed the subject and said: "Bai Ye's problem can be ignored for the time being, but Uchiha Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, which is always an internal matter of the village. "

"Uchiha originally coveted the position of Hokage, and he would probably be more arrogant after getting the Mangekyō. "

"And the matter of the Nine-tailed Night is still unclear until now. "