Konoha: Change from Uchiha

The next morning, the snow melted.

Standing in front of the window, the biting cold wind blowing in front of him made Sarutobi Hiruzen sober up. After looking at the street in the distance for a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen returned to the office and lit his pipe.

Ninjas shouldn't have the bad habit of smoking. An overly strong smell will become a flaw on the battlefield.

But he is no ordinary ninja. He took a back seat and became Hokage a long time ago.

Sarutobi Hiruzen has held the position of Hokage for decades. The village with only a few streets has developed into the prosperous Konoha city today under his hands. Countless ninjas have grown up under his witness and become the star that shines on Konoha. The light and shadow of the big tree.

He was confident that he could handle all government affairs well, but as he grew older, he became increasingly unable to do so.

After Minato and Kushina died because of sealing the Nine-Tails, the burden of commanding a village fell on his shoulders again. As a last resort, he gave some of the power to handle government affairs to the old guys.

Breathing out circles of smoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up the war report from the front line and read it carefully.

This is a war that should never have happened.

During the fourth generation's lifetime, the Third Ninja World War was coming to an end. Konoha, Sunagakure and Iwagakure signed a peace agreement, and Kumogakure and Kirigakure were also frightened by the 'golden flash' and did not dare to act rashly.

But after the turmoil on the night of the Kyuubi, the village lost nearly half of its elite, and the hardcore ninjas were even more depleted.

The Mist Ninja team that is harassing the border can still be dealt with by ANBU elites, but the attack from Kumogakure must be resisted head-on. Ai and the Perfect Jinchuuriki Kirabi, who have mastered the Thunder Armor, have become the strongest in the ninja world. combination.

Without jinchuriki to counteract, Konoha was forced to use human lives to face the threat from the tailed beast tama.

Fortunately, years of fighting have made Kumogakure feel tired, and both sides are waiting for an opportunity to conclude peace. However, as long as the jinchūriki have not grown up, the village will be threatened by the jinchūriki of other ninja villages.

The Jinchūriki's intimidating power on the battlefield even exceeded that of the 'shadows' of each village.

When thinking of jinchuriki, Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of Minato and Kushina's orphan, the current nine-tailed jinchuriki, Naruto. He said that he had not paid attention to Naruto's current situation for a long time because of his busy work.

In order to protect Naruto, he could only conceal Naruto's true identity and grow up quietly so as not to die young.

Minato had too many enemies in the ninja world, and other ninja villages did not want Konoha's Jinchuriki to grow up, so they could only wrong Naruto and live as a war orphan.

"How is Naruto doing lately?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shouted into the air aside.

With a few swish sounds, several ANBU figures appeared in the office. As the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in the village, there were two ANBU teams responsible for protecting Naruto, and they took turns to switch defenses to ensure the safety of the Jinchuriki.

After nodding slightly, the leader of the ANBU team began to talk about Naruto's recent situation.

Naruto's recent activities were similar to usual. After waking up, he would read the books he had given him, and when he felt bored, he would wander around the streets doing nothing.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had also heard the rumors that Naruto was the nine-tailed demon fox, but he was unable to stop it.

His personal fate would be to sit back and watch Naruto's identity as the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. On the contrary, this kind of rumor, which is false at first sight, can protect Naruto's safety from endless assassinations.

However, this time the ANBU team leader's report was slightly different from before, which aroused Sarutobi Hiruzen's curiosity.

After hearing that Naruto stood up to protect Hinata, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt relieved. Even if he was treated coldly by the villagers, Naruto could still maintain an optimistic character and was worthy of being the son of Minato and Kushina.

Then there was a chance encounter with Sasuke, who beat away the naughty boy who bullied Naruto and Hinata, and the three became friends.

The ANBU team recorded everything Naruto had experienced very clearly. After hearing Sasuke's loud questions to Naruto, Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into deep thought.

He did not object to Sasuke's statement. In this ninja war, it was only after Konoha defeated Sunagakure that it had enough manpower to deal with enemies on other battlefields and had a relatively stable rear.

However, Fugaku's second son, Sasuke, who was only five years old, actually said such a thing, and he was also a child who was good at thinking.

Being able to stand up for Naruto and Hinata who are being bullied is undoubtedly an act of cherishing their companions and possessing some of the qualities of the Will of Fire.

As for whether Sasuke knew Naruto's identity and deliberately approached Naruto at the request of his father, Sarutobi Hiruzen had no doubts about this. If there was any trouble within Uchiha, Shisui would inform himself as the Hokage.

Although the Nine-Tails in the Nine-Tails Rebellion was controlled by Uchiha's Sharingan, he was not sure that it was the Uchiha in the village who did it.

Based on my understanding of the Uchiha clan, if the Uchiha had such strong ninjas, they would have appeared to run for Hokage long ago. It would be impossible to endure loneliness. This is simply un-Uchiha.

After sighing, Hiruzen Sarutobi continued his work, preparing to draw up a peace agreement with Kumogakure.

The Hidden Leaf Village now needs a peace agreement to recuperate.

……

In the root base, Danzo also received a report about Naruto.

As the leader of the Roots, Danzo has almost the same authority as the Hokage, and often gets frontline news even earlier than the Hokage.

The same is true for this report on the Jinchuuriki. There will always be someone who wants to know about the Jinchuuriki's situation.

The reason is also very simple. After the Yondaime died in battle, Hiruzen's return as Hokage made many jounin in the village dissatisfied, but they could not find a better Hokage candidate, so they could only let Hiruzen continue to stay in that position.

After casually scanning the contents of the report, Danzo frowned when he saw the names of Hinata and Sasuke.

Hinata is the eldest daughter of the Hyuga clan, and Sasuke is the second son of the Uchiha clan leader. Why did they approach the jinchuriki at the same time? Are these two wealthy families trying to win over the jinchuriki?

Especially the latter. Did Uchiha extend his claws to the Jinchuuriki again before he was cleared of the suspicion of the Nine-Tails Rebellion?

Hiruzen still didn't learn enough lessons and allowed Uchiha to occupy the important department of the guard force, and even let Uchiha get close to the Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki. No one can guarantee whether the evil clan will start another Nine-Tails Rebellion. .

Danzo was quite dissatisfied with Hiruzen's arrangements, but he also knew that he would never be allowed to interfere in the jinchūriki's affairs.

Now they only need to wait for the war to end, and then they can extract their energy to deal with the increasingly restless ninjas in the village. Both Uchiha and Hinata have the power to threaten the Hokage Building.

However, the manpower at the root has become increasingly scarce recently, and we need to recruit some fresh blood.