Started as a Hokage

Sarutobi Hiruzen will regret it, but if you ask him how many mistakes he thinks he made, he may not have any.

Because in Sarutobi Hiruzen's view, peace is a noble ideal, and it is worth sacrificing for this ideal. As long as it can bring peace and stability to the ninja world, Sarutobi Hiruzen finds it acceptable to pay any price.

That's why Yuan Shuyi did so many psychedelic operations.

Sarutobi Hiruzen views the entire ninja world from the perspective of Senju Hashirama.

But Senju Hashirama has the strength to unify the ninja world. The reason why he didn't do this was because he didn't want to do too much killing, and secondly, he needed time to verify the feasibility of his ninja village model.

It's just that Senju Hashirama didn't expect that he would die so early. After his death, whether it was the second generation or the third generation, their strength could only be said to be very strong, but they would never be able to unify the ninja world.

But these people were deeply influenced by the atmosphere of Konoha at that time, and they never looked down upon other ninja villages.

Subconsciously, I believe that Konoha is the entire ninja world.

After all, Konoha is too powerful. If Konoha is willing, Konoha can accomplish the feat of unifying the ninja world overnight during the Warring States Period.

The strength of Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara is beyond the imagination of ordinary ninjas, not to mention that if they are willing to control the tailed beasts, it may not take just one night to change the ninja world's sun and moon.

The mentality of Konoha at that time can refer to the scene where the second-generation Tsuchikage and Ono Kage were humiliated by Uchiha Madara when they came to Konoha to form an alliance. That was because they did not take the Iwagakure Village, which was also one of the five great ninja villages, into consideration.

Others may not be as domineering as Madara, but the general feeling is similar.

This is how Sarutobi Hiruzen views the ninja world.

In his eyes, other ninja villages are all little brothers. When the little brothers grow up and want to resist, they can be beaten, but it is impossible to rob someone's house because of the little brother's resistance.

This is the mentality of a big country, which looks down on other small countries and disdains to rob those small countries of their resources.

It's just that his big country has not forced these small countries much. On the contrary, his inaction has nourished the unbridled capital of these small countries.

Genshu Yi had not experienced the strength of Konoha in its early days and did not understand this kind of behavior and mentality. He was born during World War II. At that time, the Fire Country was a target, and every country wanted to take a bite.

So he couldn't understand the purpose of Hiruzen Sarutobi doing this.

It can only be said that the differences are caused by different visions and different thoughts.

However, it is completely justified for Minamoto Shugi to use this point to attack Sarutobi Hiruzen.

After all, a person can suffer a loss once or twice, but it would be stupid to suffer a loss three times in a row.

I don't know whether Sarutobi Hiruzen learned a lesson from this, but it was unbearable for him to let this kind of behavior continue.

In his previous life, he knew from history textbooks what would happen if neighboring countries were allowed to develop. There were many enemies who allowed their strength to slowly grow through little by little indulgence, and then in turn gave the big countries a resounding blow. Slaps in the face often make a big country unable to take care of itself for decades.

Throughout the Hokage life of Hiruzen Sarutobi, he spent his whole life in compromise.

Compromising for other ninja villages to invade the Fire Country, compromising for Danzo, compromising for the so-called peace and stability, but what did these compromises get in exchange?

It was three wars that almost destroyed Konoha and wiped out all the talent reserves for decades.

There was civil strife in the village. Countless families were reduced to ashes under Danzo's hands, and there were almost no Konoha blood successor ninjas left.

There are enemies everywhere, and Konoha has been destroyed several times, all because of himself.

It was precisely because of these that Minamoto Shuyoshi was able to confidently say to Sarutobi Hiruzen that I want to be Hokage, but you are a mediocre person.

It's really hard to imagine a leader who could be as politically useless as Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Some people would say that Sarutobi Hiruzen brought long-term stability to Konoha after the three battles, giving the new generation of Konoha ninjas room to grow.

Please, is that the credit of Hiruzen Sarutobi?

That was because the entire ninja world had lost much strength due to three consecutive battles.

Didn’t you see, the Hidden Cloud Village was testing Konoha about the Hyuga family, and Konoha’s waste snacks operation exposed their weakness. The Hidden Cloud Village didn’t even take action against Konoha, but was rude at the Five Shadows Conference later. He considers himself the number one ninja village.

Because we could no longer fight, that period happened to be a period of weakness for everyone.

If there is another war, even if the village is willing, the country is not willing.

Every war involves a large amount of financial expenditure, and decades of continuous overdrafts have made these big countries deeply unable to bear it.

And just like that, Konoha even cut off an arm to destroy Uchiha.

The stupid operations during the same period were only comparable to Kirikage Village, but they were controlled by Obito and were passive, so they didn't seem that stupid.

When he was reading the manga at that time, Minamoto Shugi found it a bit incredible. It was incredible that every decision made by Sarutobi Hiruzen stepped on Konoha's pain points. In the end, he was killed by his own disciple, which can only be regarded as benevolence.

If Kishimoto hadn't given Danzo the cover for Sarutobi Hiruzen, the so-called greatest Hokage in Konoha would really have been engraved on a pillar of shame.

"Also, you allowed Danzo and his Root Organization to persecute compatriots in the village and stir up conflicts in all directions. You even let ninjas from the same family kill each other. Are you worthy of the ninjas who support you?"

Thinking of Danzo, Genshu Yi became very angry.

This old troublemaker didn't contribute a single bit to Konoha's strength, but he had half to do with Konoha's decline.

"The Root Organization is the armed force of Konoha. They naturally have their own tasks and habits. Advisor Source should not make random decisions on this point."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was angry with a little astonishment. He just knew that Danzo had been doing something secretly, but if Danzo didn't report the specific things, he pretended not to know anything.

He really didn't understand much about cannibalism.

But even if you understand him, you won't care. It's too common among ninjas to kill each other. I don't know how many ninjas were famous for their poison-raising style during the Warring States Period.

Some people may find this kind of thing scary and surprising now, but for those of them who have been active on the battlefield since the Warring States Period, it is not worth mentioning.

"Really? Then why not let the Root Organization take out their mission log, and let me see how much practical work this so-called armed force has done for Konoha, and how much money it spends every year."

Genshu Yi looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen coldly and retorted sarcastically.

It’s crazy, I’m in charge of finances, but I still can’t know where the money is spent. What’s the point?

Sarutobi Hiruzen glared at Gensuki, feeling that this guy was messing around. The Root Organization, like ANBU, performed secret missions. How could there be such a thing as a mission log.

"Can't take it out? Is it still difficult to take it out? Sandaime, you don't really think that this human experiment is the work of Orochimaru alone, do you? You don't know what Danzo did in it, do you?" Minamoto Shugi looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen mockingly and said.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent. He knew his old friend very well. It was impossible for Orochimaru to have no help in this matter, and there was no need to look at who the person closest to Orochimaru was.

He just didn't want to pursue this matter. After all, Orochimaru was enough, and there was no need to drag his good friend with him.

Seeing his appearance, Yuan Shuyi became even more angry, but he calmed down after a while. There was no need to be angry with such a stubborn old man. He was willing to pretend to be confused and let him pretend to be confused.

"Sandaime-sama, you probably don't know yet. Every ninja who joins the Root Organization will be imprinted with the Tongue-Bane-Destroy Seal by Danzo. You, a doctor in the ninja world, don't know the function of this curse seal, right? Maybe? What you don’t even know is that because Danzo is particularly favored by you, a large number of ninjas from the ninja clan such as Ino Shikacho have joined the root organization. If these ninja clans know their outstanding talents, What will they think if the family members become Danzo’s slaves?”

Yuan Shuyi said sarcastically.

In fact, this is what Minamoto Shuyoshi is confused about. Logically speaking, the components of the Hokage family are these medium-sized ninja clans, headed by Ino Shikacho. These ninja clans are the core strength of the Hokage clan, but Danzo is However, he arbitrarily enslaved these geniuses of the ninja clan, turning them into a slave army for Danzo.

Danzo was not worried at all that this method would arouse the dissatisfaction of these ninjas, which really shocked Gen Shuyi.

These ninjas are definitely not idiots. The Root Organization has existed for so many years, and their ninjas either disappeared as soon as they entered, or they became disowned after they came back. It is impossible for them not to notice that there is a problem.

However, due to some specific considerations, these ninjas never pursued Danzo's intention on this point, and they probably abandoned these ninjas as well.

But this kind of behavior is simply incomprehensible to Yuan Shuyi. If it were in his place, if someone turned his family members into slaves, and he didn't kill them directly, it would be considered that he had cultivated his character well.

Do you still want to support them, support them to come to power and continue to enslave their own young heroes?

Faced with Minamoto Sogyi's responsibilities to Danzo and the Root Organization, Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't know what to say. Is Danzo's behavior wrong?

Of course, he shouldn't be so cruel to his allies.

But can Sarutobi Hiruzen blame Danzo?

No.

Because the root tissue was born because of him.

It was during the war. Hiruzen Sarutobi concentrated all his forces on the battlefield and had no time to take care of the Uchiha family in the village. Therefore, he entrusted Danzo to create a darker and more covert root organization to fight against the Uchiha. family.

It can be said that the birth of the Root Organization itself was his instruction, and everything the Root Organization did was because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's own needs. In this case, Danzo was just the one taking the blame, and he also felt that he owed the Danzo Zang, and then indulged and acquiesced in Danzo's many actions.

This is done secretly. On the surface, this organization is even more problematic.

Because Uchiha is also a member of Konoha, the Root Organization was established to fight against the Uchiha clan, which is logically untenable.

Recruit talented ninjas from other ninja clans and plant curse seals on them to prevent betrayal, which is contrary to the so-called will of fire.

What about building a harmonious and beautiful home together as promised?

How can you still say that you have the will of fire when you have begun to enslave the ninjas of this village!

Later, the behavior of the Root Organization became more and more erratic, and even under Danzo's instruction, they attacked the ninjas in the village.

In the animation, they even dared to attack ANBU and even dared to assassinate Hiruzen Sarutobi, which means that this organization has already changed its flavor.

He is no longer an ANBU organization working for Konoha, but has become a sword of Danzo. It makes people doubt whether Sarutobi Hiruzen still has control over the root organization.