Sunlight Konoha

When Danzo was invited to come to Sarutobi's house, besides Sarutobi, he saw that besides Sarutobi, Koharu and Mitomon Yan were also there, and Akimichi Torokaze also came.

Sarutobi and Mitomon were playing chess there, while Turnan Koharu and Akimichi Torokaze watched from the side.

A few old friends got together again, and Danzang was quite surprised.

"Danzo is here." Akimichi Tokkaze greeted Danzo with a silly smile when he saw Danzo.

Danzang smiled lightly and said, "What's the matter today, Sarutobi wants to invite us to dinner together."

Yuan Fei glanced over and said, "Why, you are not happy to invite you to dinner?"

Danzo saw that Lake Biwa was busy in the kitchen alone, so he also walked to the side of the crowd and sat down, looking at the chessboard where Sarutobi and Mitomon Yan played chess.

Mitomon Yan frowned, thinking hard there, Sarutobi seemed to be able to handle it with ease.

After a long time, Mito Kaden moved the flag, which made Danzo laugh out loud.

Zhuanzhu Xiaochun said: "Yan's chess skills are as bad as ever."

Unsurprisingly, Sarutobi completed the lore on the chessboard, Mitomonyan twitched the corner of his mouth, and then dropped the chess piece in his hand helplessly.

Danzang said: "Don't show your shame with your little technology."

Mito Kadoyan said angrily: "You are no better than me at playing chess."

Sarutobi smiled confidently: "The only one who can match me is Jing."

Uchiha mirror is dead.

When everyone mentioned him, they were very calm, and Danzo said: "King always lets you, for fear that you will lose too badly."

Sarutobi dissatisfied: "I will let him sometimes."

Five people who add up to more than 300 years old gathered together to chat, and Danzo thought that Sarutobi felt that life was boring after resigning from office, so he asked them to come.

Lake Biwa prepared the food and wine, and called a few people over.

During the banquet, we exchanged cups and reminisced about the past, talking about each other's half-life military and extraordinary years, and maybe these are the only things we can talk about when we grow old.

Danzo said very little, just drinking quietly, watching Sarutobi and the others sigh with emotion.

He knew that these people were satisfied and calmed down.

But he didn't. Although he was over 50 years old and half his life had passed, he still hadn't found a suitable ending for himself.

At least, to reach the same height as Sarutobi... No, it should be farther than him!

"Danzo." Sarutobi's soft call suddenly sounded.

"Yeah." Danzo looked calm.

Mitomonyan was already flushed from drinking, and his arms rested on the table to support his forehead.

"I said you..." Yuan Fei was already a little tongue-tied when he spoke.

"It's time to let go, why hold on to something?"

Danzo rubbed the wine glass in his hand, his mind was very clear, looking at Sarutobi's drunk appearance, he didn't know if he was really drunk or fake.

"Sarutobi, I'm different from you." Danzo said slowly.

"You are admired by thousands of people, even if you have stepped down from the Hokage position, you are still loved by the villagers."

"However, all the ninjas in the village avoided me."

"You are the shadow of brilliance, and I am the shadow of obscurity."

"Now that you have retired, you are relieved of everything, but for me, this life has not lived out the way I want."

"..."

The Third Hokage Hiruzaru Sarutobi patted his forehead lightly, heaved a sigh of relief, he glanced at the few people beside him, Akimichi Torukaze had already fallen asleep lying on the table, snoring intermittently.

Mitomon Yan and Zhuanju Xiaoharu also seem to be a little unconscious.

Sarutobi asked: "What do you want, the seat of Hokage?"

Danzo asked: "Sarutobi, what does the position of Hokage mean to you? A responsibility? An honor?"

Sarutobi didn't answer the question.

Danzo then said: "Do you remember the teacher's last wish?"

"..."

Danzang said: "I know, you won't forget, but there is nothing you can do."

"In such a big ninja world, just being a conservative shadow is your limit. Just a few wars will wear away all your blood and fighting spirit."

Hiruzaru Sarutobi took a deep breath and said, "Teacher's last wish is to hope that Konoha can prosper and the villagers can live in harmony and stability."

Danzo sneered: "Did the people under Daimyo's rule have no food to eat, or no clothes to cover their bodies? Do you need to give them a stable life?"

"Sarutobi, you have forgotten the meaning of the ninja itself! How has Konoha under the rule of the first Hokage and the second Hokage ever been so humiliated?"

Lake Biwa came over suddenly at this time, brought a few cups of tea, and said calmly: "Drink some water, sober up."

Qiu Dao took Feng raised his head sleepily, and asked blankly, "Am I asleep, what time is it?"

Danzo drank the tea in the cup and said: "The meal is finished, the wine is also finished, it's time to go."

Akimichi stood up staggeringly, and smiled innocently at Lake Biwa: "Lake Biwa, your cooking skills have improved again, I haven't eaten your cooking for a long time."

Lake Biwa smiled lightly: "If you want to eat, you can come here often."

Turning to bed Xiaochun also swayed up with Mitomonyan's arm, Biwako stepped forward to support the two of them, she said helplessly: "What do you have to drink so much, it's not like there is no chance in the future."

Several people left separately, and Danzo also left.

Lake Biwa began to clean up the mess, removing the leftovers one by one.

She kicked Sarutobi who was sitting there motionless: "How long are you going to pretend to be dead?"

Sarutobi resentfully stepped aside.

He sat down in front of the living room door, leaned against the door frame and looked up at the sky.

He thought of every dispute with Danzo in the past.

Asma came home at this time, and when she saw her father sitting there, she smelled a strong smell of alcohol just as she was about to get closer.

"Have you been drinking?" He wrinkled his nose and said in disgust.

"Um……"

"Asma."

Asma was about to enter the house, but was stopped by Sarutobi.

"what?"

"Go to my study and take the envelope with the red check in the left drawer."

"……Oh."

Not long after, Asma came over with a letter and handed it to Sarutobi, and he couldn't help holding his breath when he got close to Sarutobi's side.

Sarutobi opened it, and it was an invitation letter from the royal family and nobles of the Land of Fire, and there was no other intention in the letter, just inviting him to be a guest.

Some wealthy families in the village are more or less connected with the royal officials and ministers of the Kingdom of Fire, which is unavoidable.

He originally thought that he had resigned from Hokage, so he would stop paying attention to such political matters and let go step by step.

But when he got to this point, he found that when he really discarded everything, if he tried to prevent some things he didn't want to happen, he would be powerless.

He should not give up power.

At least, not yet.