Chapter 253 It’s going to be chaos again!

Rumors began to spread within Konoha.

How did the Sarutobi clan grow from a small ninja clan of a few hundred people to several thousand people today?

At its peak, the number of Sarutobi ninjas exceeded four thousand.

In the entire history of the ninja world, no ninja clan has ever been able to do this.

The total number of Uchiha and Senju during their peak period was only this high.

How did they do it?
This is a question.

At first, this question was not obvious after Konoha appeared.

Slowly, it started to be hotly discussed.

Many people gathered together to discuss this issue.

Some people expressed the desire to 'learn'.

Some people questioned that developing a ninja clan requires a lot of money, so where did the money of the Sarutobi clan come from?

Others simply want to join in the fun.

The last group of people harbored hatred towards Sarutobi, and their families had died directly or indirectly at the hands of the Sarutobi clan.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation in Konoha has long been ruined.

The Sarutobi family does not have a good reputation in Konoha, and many people are hostile to them.

Everyone lost their respect for Sarutobi Hiruzen and started discussing it vigorously based on their disgust for the Sarutobi and his companions.

The more noise, the hotter it gets!

No one is a fool.

Why did the Sarutobi family grow so powerful?
Just think about it for a moment and you will know.

One reason is because Sarutobi Hiruzen, he is the Hokage, the highest authority in Konoha, and the longest-serving Hokage in Konoha.

A full forty years.

The heavy weight makes many people feel uneasy.

Some jonin even implicitly stated that when the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze was in power, most of them had to obey the Third Hokage.

Don’t delegate power!
This made more people angry.

Another point is concealment.

The ninjas of Konoha had never heard of the Sarutobi clan.

In recent years, many accidents have occurred, which have exposed this ninja clan to the public.

What does this represent?
To put it nicely, this ninja clan is low-key.

To put it bluntly, they have never carried out any difficult tasks.

Ninjas support themselves by performing missions, and even those from large families have their own businesses, such as Ino-Shika-Chou.

However, they cannot avoid doing some tasks.

One is to train the abilities of a ninja, and the other is the responsibility of being a Konoha ninja.

The Sarutobi Ninja Clan has been sucking the blood of Konoha but has never made any contribution to Konoha.

The ninjas of Konoha hate this fact deeply!

Especially in the recent wars, countless Konoha ninjas were killed, and that hatred gradually spread to the Sarutobi ninjas.

If the Sarutobi family had not been constantly absorbing nutrients from the big tree of Konoha, would those ninjas who died in the battle still have died?

In the blink of an eye.

Sarutobi Ninja almost became a target of public condemnation.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was furious.

He smashed his own office on the spot.

He is already trying hard to settle the apparent accounts. As long as he is given another half a year, he will find a way to make Sarutobi withdraw safely.

This kind of thing actually happened at this time.

He was not a fool, so he naturally realized that someone was deliberately targeting him.

Who?
A name came to his mind: Danzo Shimura!
This is what he does best.

Use rumors as weapons and turn rhetoric into swords.

Those who are strong in spirit will become weak!

Those with fragile minds will commit suicide directly!

but!

Why are you attacking me at this time?

why?
Danzo!

The third generation was furious, but he couldn't even find the shadow of Danzo.

Because he had made the decision in his heart, Danzo became more vigilant about his whereabouts.

Fear of what others might do to you.

He will only show up when there is a meeting and his spies use special secret techniques to pass information to him. At other times, no one can find me.

This behavior made Kakashi speechless.

It looks a bit high-level, is that okay?
Therefore, there is only one way for three generations.

Convene a high-level meeting to force Danzo to show up.

This point was recognized by Kakashi and many high-ranking officials of Konoha.

Because the affairs of the Sarutobi family have caused turmoil in the entire Konoha.

Judging from the posture of the Konoha ninjas, they seem to be planning to attack the Sarutobi clan.

This won't work!
The Sarutobi family now has nearly two ninjas, and they are the most powerful force in Konoha. They must not cause chaos.

Also.

The Sarutobi family seemed to be a trigger, and many strange rumors suddenly appeared at this time.

There seems to be a trend that Konoha is about to fall into chaos.

It has just stabilized!
At this moment in every ninja village in the ninja world, everyone is on guard against the people around them while working hard to recover themselves.

If Konoha has problems within itself at this time, haha, then you deserve to be destroyed.

absolute!

The high-level meeting went smoothly.

"Danzo, why?"

The Sandai stared coldly at Danzo as he walked into the office.

Danzo was confused.

what why?
I just got here and you asked me this right away. Have the things I did against Sarutobi Hiruzen in the past been exposed?

which time?
Damn, there are too many to guess.

Therefore, in response to Sarutobi Hiruzen's questioning, Danzo just frowned and said nothing.

However, there were constant tiny noises coming into his ears.

Those were his subordinates, who were using secret techniques to tell him what had happened in Konoha recently.

Correct!
Danzo had no idea what had happened in Konoha recently.

He was busy with his own career, and even if the people from the Root sent him information, Danzo was too busy with his career to read it.

...As long as the war hasn't started again, you don't have to tell me.

These are Danzo's original words.

He has reached a critical moment and has no time to care about these things.

It won’t be long before a new ninja village, belonging to Danzo, will be born.

Thinking of this, a hint of excitement flashed in Danzo's eyes.

This expression was discovered by the third generation who had been staring at him.

"boom!"

The Sandaime slammed the table angrily and roared, "Danzo..."

"puff!"

Wind escape!

All the hairs on Sarutobi Hiruzen's body stood up.

He hurriedly hid aside.

The wind-style ninjutsu almost brushed the third generation's scalp.

The wind escape left many marks on the wall.

"Danzo!"

"What are you doing?"

"stop!"

There were bursts of exclamations.

Everyone looked at Danzo warily.

"Forehead!"

Danzo, who launched the attack, was also a little embarrassed.

He just got angry and was frightened by the third generation's slamming of the table. In addition, he has been in a nervous state recently, so he launched the attack almost subconsciously.

Really, my hand just trembled.

"Cough cough!"

Danzo coughed twice and said indifferently: "Hiruzen, you said I did it, do you have any evidence? Do you know how many people are watching Konoha now? Maybe this is their plan." Kakashi said on the side: "Third-generation, I think so too."

Huh?
Many people looked at Kakashi in surprise.

This guy actually spoke up for Danzo.

This is really surprising.

Kakashi remained calm and said, "I am only making my own judgment based on what I saw and heard. At this moment, I really don't think that it was done by Danzo-sama."

Everyone was silent.

Danzo did it.

It's almost their instinct.

Whenever something like this happened, they would instinctively think of Danzo.

If you think about it carefully, this kind of instinct seems to be wrong!

Looking at the few people who seemed to be deep in thought, Kakashi and Danzo looked at each other.

Danzo was surprised!
He never dreamed that someone would stand up and speak for him, and that person was Kakashi.

The relationship between the two of them was not a very pleasant one.

Back then, Danzo wanted the Sharingan, but since the Uchiha clan was difficult to deal with, he set his sights on Kakashi.

The results of it?
I lost my wife and lost my troops!
From that time on, he was full of malice towards Kakashi.

If we keep pushing forward...

Danzo restrained his expression, and there was a coldness in the depths of his eyes.

The top executives also came to their senses.

"check!"

Kakashi snorted coldly and said, "Investigate this matter thoroughly, especially those people from the outside villages of the Hidden Fire Village. They are the most likely ones."

The top executives nodded unconsciously.

It goes without saying that those ninja villages definitely want to cause trouble in Konoha.

"correct!"

Kakashi seemed to have thought of something and continued: "After all parties find out the results, don't act rashly, because what you see may not be true. We need to verify it from multiple parties."

He said meaningfully, "What if it is found out that it was directed and acted by the Third Generation, or that it was done by Shikaku, or even by me? How much can you believe it? Or, will you catch us all in one fell swoop?"

Utane Koharu frowned and said, "It could be anyone, so what should we do?"

"We'll talk about it after we gather all the information!"

Kakashi said a few simple words.

"Yes!"

Everyone agreed.

I have to say, Kakashi has done a pretty good job as the Hokage for such a long time.

There is also a sense of the overall situation.

Not bad in ability.

As a Hokage, Kakashi is qualified.

At least, Nara Shikaku and others were very satisfied.

The opinions of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others became less important at this moment.

Their status in Konoha has, at this moment, been reduced to the limit.

Several people walked out of the meeting room together.

The Sandai stared at Danzo coldly and said, "Don't let me know it was you who did it."

He always believed that it was Danzo who did it.

However, given the current situation in Konoha and the lack of evidence, the Third Hokage could not simply pin the blame on Danzo.

Now is the era of the Fifth Hokage, not the Third Hokage.

The third generation Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, was not much different from being a rat that everyone wanted to kill.

Danzo snorted and said, "Hiruzen, you are really old. If the teacher saw you now, he would probably regret it very much."

He gave a sarcastic smile and walked out of the office building.

A large number of Root ninjas appeared beside Danzo and guarded him.

This scene left many people speechless.

The configuration of the guards around Danzo is even more exaggerated than that of Konoha during the war.

how?

So afraid of death?

So sure someone will do something to you?
Kakashi stood outside the window, watching silently, with a cold smile on his lips.

He murmured, "Don't worry, this is just the beginning, the big show will begin soon."

The rumors persist.

It's very strange that so many people, despite trying so hard to investigate, couldn't find out where the rumor came from.

This made everyone dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me?

How could it not be found!
Konoha is not small, but it is not big either. There are only so few people in it. How is it possible that they can't find it?
There is only one possibility!
Everyone quickly came up with a guess.

internal!

This is only possible if someone from the inside takes action!
Almost subconsciously, everyone turned their eyes to Danzo again.

Danzo: "..."

Damn it, who did he offend?
You are trying to put the blame on me, are you anxious?
The moment he couldn't find the answer, Danzo realized that some of Konoha's top leaders had taken action.

He also cursed his mother at the first opportunity.

He also understood that he would be the first suspect.

Especially his recent behavior, which is very strange.

Not to mention Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others, even if it were him, he would have the same doubts.

So, Danzo made a decision to speed up the pace and realize his plan as soon as possible.

He didn't want to stay in this damn Konoha for even a moment.

As long as the plan is completed, the sea is wide enough for fish to leap and the sky is high enough for birds to fly.

At the same time, he no longer showed up to attend any meetings.

He was very worried that Sarutobi Hiruzen would attack him directly.

Although he was confident that he could fight against Sarutobi Hiruzen, he lacked the confidence when facing the fat man Akimichi Toukaze.

……

"Hokage-sama, what do you say?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Kakashi coldly.

They gathered together again, but Danzo did not come.

Everyone was just suspicious at first, but when they found out that Danzo didn't come to the meeting, they had already made a vague conclusion in their hearts.

If this isn't guilty conscience, then what is it?
Kakashi looked grim, but his words were still calm. He said, "Now, everyone is suspicious of Danzo, so it's normal that Danzo doesn't dare to attend the meeting. Don't be angry about this..."

"enough!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen growled, gritted his teeth, and said ferociously: "Kakashi, I don't know why you want to protect Danzo, but this matter is already very obvious."

"Three generations!"

Kakashi's tone became more serious, and he said: "Everything is just your speculation. There is no substantial evidence."

"This is a serious matter. We must be cautious, careful, and cautious again."

Other senior executives nodded subconsciously.

What Kakashi said also made sense.

Danzo also holds considerable power in his hands, as well as... some very deadly things.

"hehe!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen sneered and said, "Although there is no direct evidence, there is indirect evidence."

"Indirect evidence?"

"Correct!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen said coldly: "My people captured a member of the Root, and after using some special means, they discovered that Danzo was preparing a big plan. To complete this plan, Konoha must become chaotic."

As he was speaking, a man from the root was pressed up.

"what?"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone changed color.

Kakashi even stood up and said, "Could it be that Danzo really wants to split off like Uchiha Kazuki did and create a new ninja village?"

“That’s very possible!”

"Let Danzo come!"

“We want to see him with our own eyes and hear him with our own ears.”

"Yes, let Danzo come!"

Danzo's ideas were also circulated among the top leaders.

It’s just that only a limited number of people believe in it.

Now that the facts were almost in front of them, they had no choice but to believe it.

(End of this chapter)