At the end of the main street of the Hokage Building, there is an ordinary house. This place was once very famous because the family of the previous Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen lived here.

As if to avoid suspicion, the Third Hokage did not place the house in the Sarutobi clan. Instead, as if for convenience, he placed it in the main street not far from the Hokage building.

Although he has now resigned from the position of Hokage, the third generation still has not thought about moving and lives here alone as if to cherish his memory.

That's right, he left his wife, grandson, and others behind in the clan, and lived alone on a lonely street corner. Even eating and other things were done alone outside. He looked like a leisurely man who was preparing to hide from the world.

There is no place for the third generation at the top, and the elders have been abandoned for a long time. The current third generation is an idle old man without any job.

In order to fit the status of this leisurely person, he also dug a pond in the yard and fed some fish. In addition to reading and writing every day, he would lie on the rocking chair and fish.

In the darkness, a figure flickered several times quickly before stopping in front of the doorway.

The visitor first walked for a short distance with an expressionless expression, then glanced around a few times warily, then jumped lightly from the wall into the courtyard.

However, the figure did not expect that this scene would be clearly seen by a pair of eyes in the darkness.

In the room, a simple small table was placed on a bamboo mat next to the screen. The teapot on the table was slowly releasing white mist.

The third generation calmly took out two cups from the plate and poured two-thirds of the hot tea into it. At this moment, slight footsteps were heard, and a figure quickly flashed into the room and half-knelt on the ground.

"The Hokage-sama Finance Department has special circumstances."

"I am no longer the Hokage, and I don't have to be like this in the future. At this time, the fresh tea leaves just picked yesterday, since they are here, you can just accompany me to taste them for a while."

Sandai smiled, pushed the steaming tea cup to the other corner of the table with a kind face, stretched out his hand and made a treat to the futon.

The figure stared blankly at the smile of the third generation, remained silent for a while, and nodded slowly.

"Just now the sleeping elder ordered us to destroy all the materials of the Ministry of Finance tomorrow night, and then stay in hiding until the new materials are put into the warehouse before leaving. I found this incident to be very unusual, so I came here to report it to you."

The third generation raised his brows and put down his teacup: "It's Danzo's order, I didn't expect that even Xiaoharu would be corrupted, and he would go along with Danzo."

"I've known for a long time that Danzo is extremely ambitious and selfish, but I still didn't expect that he would actually do such a thing of tampering with financial records. I'm really worried about the future of the village."

After saying that, Sandai let out a long sigh with a sad look on his face.

The man nodded: "The village's economy has been getting worse and worse in recent years. Not long ago, I heard that a high-level meeting was discussing the material reserves of the administrative department. Looking at it now, it is definitely Danzo who embezzled public funds privately, causing the village to make ends meet."

"If this continues for a long time, the village will be in a huge crisis. I ask you, Hokage, to stand up and restrain Danzo's selfish behavior."

The third generation showed a wry smile: "Now I have no position at all, and I have been excluded from high-level meetings by Danzo. It is not easy to stop him."

After finishing speaking, the third generation pursed his lips and said with a slightly firm expression: "However, for the sake of the village, we have to do even the most difficult things. Danzo's attempt to hide it is nothing more than financial fraud. Why don't we take advantage of it and get it when he thinks he has succeeded?" It’s time to take action to counter him.”

The man's face became serious: "What should we do?"

"Before we can do this, there is another guy who has to get involved. Otherwise, with his huge prestige, even if Danzo loses power, they will still be unable to prevent them from continuing to dominate the village."

"You mean Uchihasuke!"

"That's right! In fact, there is one thing I have not told everyone, that is, Danzo possesses a means of controlling people's consciousness, and Uchiha Suke was controlled by Danzo a long time ago and became his lackey."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't have shouldered so many mistakes due to a momentary mistake. Many of them were due to over-trusting Uchiha Suke, which Danzo took advantage of."

The man was stunned: "Gap!"

The third generation nodded: "Well, as an ANBU, you do something to harm your companions and harm the interests of the village, and then put the responsibility on me."

"As one of the people I trust most, once he does something like that, I will have no excuse at all."

"However, it's also my fault that I didn't recognize people well, which allowed Danzo to succeed in his evil plan."

Hearing this, the man looked enlightened and said, "No wonder the higher-ups are vague about your fault. It turns out there were so many secrets in that Jonin meeting."

"It seems that there is a big disaster in the village."

The third generation smiled and shook his head: "It's not that serious. Uchiha Suke is controlled by Shimura Danzo. If Shimura Danzo can be beaten to death with a stick, it will be much easier to solve it if Uchiha Suke is left alone."

"After all, Minato is also a popular candidate for Hokage. If those who resist Danzo can be drawn into Minato's camp, even if Uchihasuke has Danzo's support, whether he can defeat Minato and hold the position of Hokage is another matter."

The man frowned, pondered for a moment and slowly replied: "Minato, he... Hokage-sama, with all due respect, Minister Minato's political experience is still too short. Since he was in charge of the administrative department, he was controlled by the group. If you look at it from afar, it will be far inferior to what you did."

"I think only if you take up the position of Hokage, can you guide the village back to the bright road."

The third-generation old face showed a big smile: "Although I was forced to step down as Hokage due to various reasons, hearing your affirmation of me still makes me feel sincerely happy for what I have done." Then, Sandai's tone softened: "However, the villagers misunderstood me too deeply. It will be extremely difficult to take charge of the village again, and I have never thought about continuing to become Hokage."

"To be honest, the past few years of living in seclusion have allowed me to experience a joy that I have never experienced before. As an old man who is getting old, let me be selfish and live the rest of my life with peace of mind."

"Leave the rest to the young people, which can be regarded as the training given to them by the village."

The man's face became anxious: "Hokage-sama, you..."

The third generation waved his hand: "Okay, no need to talk anymore. Let's get everyone together to talk about this matter slowly. Now I will talk about the most important thing at the moment."

"Financial receipts must not be destroyed by Danzo. You must find a way to get it. This is the evidence to identify Danzo. Only with it can Danzo be deposed at the Jonin Conference."

The man frowned: "But it's almost impossible to do this. I'm not the only person performing the task. What's more, the information accumulated over the past few years, just think about it, I know how much it is, and I can't bring it out in a moment."

The third generation shook his head: "I don't want you to bring out all the materials. What you need to get is the statistics of financial expenditures, which are the statistics signed by Danzo himself."

"As long as that thing is in hand, no matter how the new data is changed, as long as the two are taken out as a pair, everything will be revealed."

The man's eyes lit up: "It takes tens of millions to complete a lie, but it only takes one to expose a lie. I understand."

"Understood, go ahead and prepare. Let me quietly think about how to exclude Uchiha as the Hokage candidate."

"Yes!" The man lowered his head with a faint glint in his eyes, gestured respectfully to the third generation, and quickly turned around and left.

Looking at the man's back, Sandai's face darkened, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

These days, with the standardization of ninja schools, there are more and more educated ninjas. Loyalty and filial piety etiquette alone can no longer restrain these pioneering fools.

Necessary friendly gestures have become a frequent win-over method for superiors.

Especially as a loser whose power is gone, he needs to put aside his face and constantly show kindness and righteousness to those who surrender.

The third generation never thought that he would be silent forever. He always believed that one day he would be able to return to the position of Hokage.

Danzo's failure in financial management just allowed him to see a glimmer of opportunity sprouting.

He has an intuition that as long as he makes good use of this introduction, he may be able to catch Danzo, Jie, Minato and others all at once.

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