Kurosaki Ichigo in Konoha

Shimura Danzo's words provided a new direction of thinking for several people in the room, and they all couldn't help but ponder, even Uchiha Kagami, who insisted on opposing the rebuilding of the Tobi Force.

After a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen broke the silence. "Since Danzo has put forward new clues, let's leave it to the future what measures we should take. Now we will investigate all the sources of clues that we can grasp, and then discuss them." How is this matter?"

"I think so too." Mito Kadoen immediately agreed. After all, he knew too little about the pursuit of Kurosaki Ichigo. If he rashly offered opinions like he just did, he might lose face again. .

"I agree too." Akimichi Takafeng was the one who spoke. The previous argument between Sarutobi Hiruzen and others had already made him dizzy. At this moment, he was eager to end this uncomfortable meeting as soon as possible.

After going to bed, Koharu was silenced for a long time by what Uchiha Kaoru said before. At this time, he just said lightly, "I have no objection."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo Shimura and Kagami Uchiha. He knew whether the meeting was going to end or not would depend on the intentions of the two people in front of him.

Uchiha Kagami thought for a while and felt that Hiruzen Sarutobi was right. He should still determine the sources of all clues. He had never thought that there were people like Tokugawa Hideyoshi who could be interrogated before, so he nodded and said, "I agree too." , but we must move quickly.”

"What about you, Danzo?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Shimura Danzo. As the proposer of new clues, his opinion is also very important.

Shimura Danzo glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Of course I have no objection. After all, the interrogation of Tokugawa Hideyoshi's group has just begun, and I estimate it will take some time."

"There haven't been a lot of activities in the ANBU recently. Do you have enough manpower there? Do you need me to mobilize a group of people from the direct intelligence team?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said with concern. After all, during this period, he was investigating Kurosaki Ichigo. The Anbu's workload was very heavy in terms of whereabouts and preparations for the Third Raikage's visit.

Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't have any bad intentions, but his outspoken words had a different meaning to Shimura Danzo, so Shimura Danzo sneered, "Ha, even if the ANBU is short of manpower, this kind of thing is probably not possible." It’s not the turn of the Hokage intelligence team to take care of it. After all, I can completely trust my subordinates. How about your direct intelligence team? Do you dare to trust them completely?"

Shimura Danzo's question made Sarutobi Hiruzen pause, and then he smiled bitterly. Of course he knew that compared to the level of loyalty to the village, the Hokage's direct intelligence team and the ANBU were completely different.

You must know that in the middle of the Ninja World War, Shimura Danzo, who showed great performance, was already appointed as the ANBU Minister by the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama. In addition, he was already the leader of the ANBU before, so it was only a few years. At that time, Shimura Danzo had managed the ANBU into a monolithic one.

The Hokage's direct intelligence team is naturally a very trusted force. However, after several years of ninja wars, the Senju clan, which was once the main source of members of the Hokage's direct intelligence team, was almost wiped out. Therefore, the restrictions had to be relaxed, and ninjas from various ninja clans All of them joined the intelligence class directly under the Hokage.

Although they are all ninjas of Konoha, for most of the ninja clan, the interests of the family are higher than the interests of the village. In addition, the people among them are talkative, so compared to the cold and silent ANBU who seem to have been brainwashed, the Hokage The direct intelligence team seems less trustworthy.

"Then we are waiting for your news, Danzo." At this time, it was Uchiha Kagami who spoke to ease Sarutobi Hiruzen's embarrassment.

Shimura Danzo nodded noncommittally, "I will inform you if there are new clues."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded gratefully towards the Uchiha mirror, and then clapped his hands, "Okay, now that it has been decided, let's break up the meeting for now. I will call you back when there is any new news."

"I got it." The first one to stand up was Akimichi Tifeng. Although he was often proud of his own strength and had made a famous name in the Ninja World War, he was also the same as other members of the family for such things that required a lot of brain power. People are equally disgusted, so as soon as they heard the meeting was over, they immediately stood up and wanted to leave.

Seeing Akimichi Tifeng open the door and leave without any etiquette, the five people in the room shook their heads. However, as their companions for many years, they also knew that Akimichi Tifeng had no ill intentions, so they did not pursue the matter.

"The envoy from the Daimyo is here. I'll go and receive it first, so I won't stay any longer." Seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to leave Shimura Danzo and Uchiha Kagami to chat, Mito Kaden said wisely. After shouting, he also left.

After turning to bed, Koharu glanced at the remaining three people and had no intention of staying any longer, so he casually apologized and left the Hokage's office following Mito Kadoen's footsteps.

Seeing Koharu and the others leaving after bedtime, Shimura Danzo also stood up. He didn't care about Hiruzen Sarutobi's retaining eyes, and left after saying "I still want to go back to interrogate those guys, so I'll leave first."

Watching Danzo Shimura's back disappear behind the door, Hiruzen Sarutobi opened his mouth, but did not make a sound. After being stunned for a moment, he still smiled bitterly and said nothing more.

"Why don't you feel uncomfortable with Danzo's attitude?" Uchiha Kage could see Sarutobi Hiruzen's thoughts, so he smiled and comforted, "But after all, you have become the new Hokage, and his appearance can be considered It’s expected.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen said with some disappointment, "I just miss the old days. At that time, you and Danzo were with Lord Tobirama. Although we often quarreled with him, we always felt that we were very close to each other in our hearts. Now Danzo Although Zang still contradicts me like that, I feel that he has become very cold."

After hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's complaint, Uchiha Mirror smiled and shook his head, "In my opinion, I'm afraid it's not that he has alienated you, but that you have alienated him."

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his eyebrows and said, "Oh, where did you come from?" He looked very dissatisfied.

"In the past, you never gave up. Even in a verbal dispute, you would always outshine Danzo. Now," Uchiha Kagami explained for him, "You always back down in response to Danzo's opposition. How come you Are you letting him go? Why?"

"I, I," Hiruzen Sarutobi wanted to refute, but he didn't know how to refute. He had to admit that what Uchiha Kaoru said was indeed to the point, "I did it because Teacher Tobirama appointed me to inherit the position of Hokage. I always felt that Sorry Danzo."

Uchiha Kage looked like he hated iron and steel, "How can you be sorry for Danzo? In that situation, you were the one who took the initiative to stay and stop the enemy regardless of the risk of your life. Danzo was unable to break through his fear of death. That’s why he was given up by Tobirama-sensei.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his voice, trying to explain to Shimura Danzo, "He wasn't. He was just recalling the past of Kusakure Village and thinking of Wataru. The impact of that incident on him was too great, so he hesitated." Undecided, but that doesn’t mean he will be afraid of death, I just spoke before him.”

"That's enough, Hiruzen," Uchiha Kagami said excitedly, "At the critical moment, you are the first to speak. You have more courage than Danzo, and you have a stronger spirit of sacrifice than him. This is what Teacher Tobirama sees. I also know what happened to Caoyin Village when I hit you. Watari sacrificed himself to stop the enemy, but it was not just him but you who escaped from that battle. But have you been affected by this incident? No, this is you. Reasons why he is better suited to become Hokage than Danzo.”

Encouraged by Uchiha Kage's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen blushed slightly, lowered his head and touched his nose, and whispered, "Actually, I was also affected by Watari's death at the time, but I have always admired him. Brother Du, that's why he can speak first."

Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart-wrenching words, a smile appeared on Uchiha Kagami's face, but he immediately straightened up, "Wataru will definitely be very happy to be worshiped by such an outstanding Hokage like you, so What you have to do now is not to be bound by friendship and guilt, but to shoulder the responsibility of being Hokage."

Sarutobi Hiruzen raised his head and looked at Uchiha Kagami looking directly into his eyes, knowing what the other party meant, so he nodded heavily, "I know, Kagami, after Danzo has finished interrogating Tokugawa Hideyoshi and his group, I will immediately start dealing with the Anbu affairs, after all, Uchiha Ichigo's affairs are too important, and it is not appropriate to clean up the Anbu right now."

The so-called purge of ANBU is something that Uchiha Kagami has been strongly asking him to do since Hiruzen Sarutobi became the third generation Hokage.

After all, the new Hokage is Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the Anbu's mental state, which was trained by Shimura Danzo to only know the minister and not know the Hokage, is definitely not conducive to the Hokage's rule and the stability of the village, so Uchiha Kagami proposed to Sarutobi Hiruzen. A complete plan to weaken Shimura Danzo's influence in the ANBU.

It's just that although Sarutobi Hiruzen knew the harm of allowing Shimura Danzo to develop his own power, he was limited by his past friendship and the guilt after becoming Hokage, so he never adopted it.At this time, after listening to Uchiha Mirror's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally made up his mind to take action against the Anbu who had already gained the momentum to lose their tail.

Of course, Uchiha Kage knew that this matter should not be rushed, so he did not care about the fact that Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to clean up after interrogating Tokugawa Hideyoshi. He smiled and said, "I think Danzo may be waiting for you too." Take action, your hesitation will make him feel ashamed, which is why he is so dissatisfied with you during this period."

"I understand." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, sweeping away the weak look in his eyes for many days, as if he had found himself again, making Uchiha Kyou feel like he was looking at Senju Hashirama back then.

Now that Sarutobi Hiruzen had cleared away the haze in his heart, Uchiha Mirror did not stay any longer. After chatting for a few more words, he stood up and left.

And when a hidden danger was eliminated in Konoha, Kurosaki Ichigo, who was far away in Yuno Country, finally returned to the money exchange.