The man standing at the top of the ninja world

"This..." Sarutobi Hiruzen was immediately speechless by Danzo's words.

Indeed, in Konoha now, if Danzo is not allowed to go, it seems that only he, the Hokage, can negotiate with Hanzo.

Sansho Hanzo is about the same age as him. He is a master who has been famous for many years and is called a demigod. His strength is definitely not in the shadow of the five major countries. It is said that Mifune, the newly appointed general of the Iron Country, was a master at a young age. He was once defeated by Hanzo.

Although the samurai have long since declined, Mifune, as the strongest samurai, can barely be regarded as a Kage-level warrior on the ninja side.

The world of ninjas is based on strength. The biggest reason why the first Hokage was able to end the Warring States Period was because of his invincible force. Orochimaru and the three of them together were barely qualified to negotiate with Hanzo. If Konoha wanted to If someone is to be sent to replace Orochimaru and the three of them, they must at least send someone with Kage-level strength.

But the problem is that Konoha no longer has any free shadow-level masters. The war with three countries at the same time has exhausted the power of the Fire Nation.

There are currently five masters above the Kage level in Konoha, including the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen himself, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuriki Uzumaki Mito, Konoha White Fang Hatake Sakumo, Hokage advisor Shimura Danzo, and the Uchiha clan leader. Uchiha Kageun.

In addition, there is another person in Konoha who can be temporarily promoted to Kage level strength, that is Akimichi Tofu, one of the six disciples of the Second Hokage. He is only an elite Jonin, but he is taking the secret medicine of the Akimichi clan and using Butterfly Transformation. Ninjutsu can temporarily possess shadow-level combat power.

Although on the surface it seems that there are many masters of Konoha Kage level, ranking first among the five major countries, among these people, White Fang Hatake Sakumo is currently fighting against the Suna Ninja on the battlefield of Kawanoguni. Uchiha Keigun previously worked with Danzo on the battlefield in the Kingdom of Grass to deal with Onoki, who had the blood-stained Elimination Dust Release. Now, although Danzo is back, he still stays in the Kingdom of Grass and continues to deal with the remaining Iwa nin.

As for Akimichi Kaifeng, first of all, his combat power is not stable, and secondly, as a standard Akimichi clan, he is not good at civil affairs, otherwise the Hokage would not have only three advisors.

Among the remaining two people, Uzumaki Mito, the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, is very old. If something goes wrong with her in the Land of Rain, Konoha will lose the Nine-Tails permanently. It is impossible for her to step in unless it is a last resort, and Although Sarutobi Hiruzen himself is in his prime, as the Hokage, he needs to sit in Konoha and cannot act rashly.

Don't forget, his teacher, the Second Hokage, was ambushed and died in a foreign country. Now is the time of war. If the Hokage dies, Konoha will be in great danger.

Of course, if there is no other choice, Sarutobi Hiruzen will probably go to the Land of Rain himself in the end, but now that Danzo has returned, comparing the two, it is naturally safer for Danzo to go. .

To put it harshly, even if something happened to Danzo in the Land of Rain and he was killed by Hanzo, the death of just one Hokage advisor would not be able to shake the overall situation of Konoha.

Mito Kabuto said: "Hiruzhan, let Danzo go. As Hokage, you need to stay at the center and handle the situation on every battlefield. You cannot go to the Land of Rain."

"Yes, Hiruzen, I also think it would be safer to let Danzo go." Koharu also agreed with this.

Seeing this scene, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't object any more and looked at Danzo, "Okay, in that case, Danzo, it's your fault."

"No problem. Now that we've agreed, let's leave without further delay. I'll leave for the Land of Rain now." Danzo said, turning around and heading out immediately.

"Wait a minute." Hiruzen Sarutobi called out, stopping Danzo who was about to leave.

Danzo stopped, turned around, frowned and said, "Sarutobi, do you have anything else to do?"

"Yes, there is one more thing that needs to be discussed. Please wait a moment." After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, he looked at Uzumaki Mito and said, "Mito-sama, I think the matter of transferring the Nine-Tails can be discussed again. Wait a minute."

"Why?" Uzumaki Mito was a little confused. The other party should have understood that she had already made up her mind, so why did she stop her.

"Mito-sama, originally I decided to respect your choice, but now the situation has changed and it is different from before. Your choice may not be the best." Sarutobi Hiruzen paused and said meaningfully: "Nagato, he is also from the Uzumaki clan."

Uzumaki Mito was stunned for a moment, then she reacted instantly. She had a solemn expression and said slowly: "Hiruzen, you mean to say that Nagato will replace Kushina as the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki."

"That's right." Sarutobi Hiruzen continued: "Orochimaru's letter has made it very clear that Nagato, like Kushina, is an orphan of the Uzumaki clan."

"Although not every member of the Uzumaki clan has the qualifications to become the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, even in the entire Uzumaki Village, only Kushina has such qualifications."

"But Nagato is different. He has the legendary reincarnation eye that only the Sage of Six Paths has. In this case, he will definitely be a super genius with extraordinary talents. In other words, he has a high possibility of being like Kushina. Qualified to become the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki."

"If Nagato really has such qualifications, then as a man, he will be a better candidate than Kushina to become the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki."

"Yes, Hiruzen is right." The whole room was quiet for a few seconds, and then Mito Kadoyan was the first to speak out. Although several others did not speak, they all showed expressions of realization.

The people present were all old foxes, and they were all people who knew a lot about the Jinchuuriki. Sarutobi Hiruzen had already talked about it to this extent. If they didn't understand anymore, they could buy a piece of tofu and kill them.

If a woman serves as a jinchuriki, there are many drawbacks. The biggest drawback is that during pregnancy, the female jinchuriki's suppression of the tailed beast will be greatly reduced, and as the time of delivery approaches, the power of the seal will continue to weaken. .

When a female Jinchuuriki gives birth, the power of the seal will drop to freezing point, and the tailed beast may even break out of the seal during this period.

Although Kyuubi did not try to break through the seal when Uzumaki Mito gave birth to a child, that was not because it was incapable of doing so, but because the first Hokage Senju Hashirama was still alive at that time. Kyuubi was not stupid, it It is clear that even if it really has a chance to break through the seal, it will definitely be pushed back by Senju Hashirama again, which is destined to be a useless struggle.

Kyuubi is not a masochist. It has no interest in experiencing the feeling of being beaten by thousands of hands again.