Start with the Mangekyō and leave Konoha with Madara.

"Look what you've done!"

In the Hokage's office, Sarutobi Hiruzen angrily threw a document on the desk and stared at Danzo opposite him with a face so gloomy that water seemed to drip out.

Danzo's eyes were half-closed and he simply glanced at the cover of the document without reaching out to take it.

He looked up at Hiruzen in front of him, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and chose to remain silent.

Hiruzen took a deep puff of his pipe, and when all the smoke in his lungs was exhaled, he spoke in a low voice, "Why did you betray your companions? I need an explanation."

"Betray... your companions?" Danzo asked back.

Hiruzen said coldly, "The Rain Ninja Alliance Plan. On the night I sent Jiraiya to the Hidden Rain Village to contact Hanzo, you sent a team of Root ninjas to leak this information to the Sand Ninjas and the Rock Ninjas, causing Jiraiya to be ambushed. Do you really think I don't know anything?"

"Oh, what's the matter?" Danzo's tone was cold, as if he didn't care at all.

"You!!!" Hiruzen slapped the desk, and the marble surface shattered into pieces in an instant.

Danzo chuckled, "Jiraiya is dead?"

"My disciples are not that bad! But the impact of this incident is not limited to this!"

Hiruzen tried his best to calm himself down, "Do you know that this will not only lead to the failure of the alliance plan, but will also cause the Sand Village and the Rock Village to join forces, putting all the companions in the base in danger! It will be very disadvantageous for the upcoming battle!"

Danzo put his hands in his sleeves and said, "Just tell me what you want to do with me."

Hiruzen stared into his eyes, the corner of his eye twitching, "Deprive the high-level council of their rights, disband the Root, and in consideration of our many years of working together, retain your position as a high-level elder. Humph, you can retire peacefully in the Shimura family!"

He looked up and out the window, "From now on, Konoha will only need one voice!"

The air was silent for a few seconds, and then Danzo suddenly laughed out loud.

Hiruzen immediately got angry, "What are you laughing at?"

“I just think it’s ridiculous.”

"What's so funny?"

Danzo stretched his neck and kept a calm tone, "War is coming, and the peaceful situation is about to be broken. In this chaotic situation, you did not choose to take the opportunity to expand, but to work hard to maintain the status quo before peace. You did not swallow up the Hidden Rain Village, but chose to help the Hidden Rain Village repel the other two major ninja villages..."

His eyes were filled with undisguised sarcasm, "I have to say, as the Third Hokage of the Hidden Leaf Village, you are truly mediocre and cowardly to the extreme!"

For some reason, he placed special emphasis on the words "three generations".

Hiruzen's brows were furrowed into the shape of a "川" character, and he said unhappily, "We have already discussed this matter in a meeting. Facing three enemies at the same time, the chances of winning are too low. I cannot risk the lives of my companions for my own selfish desire to invade!"

"What you call discussion is nothing more than using your status as Hokage to suppress all voices and make the final conclusion." Danzo said sharply, "Cowardly and blind, this is the real you!"

"Danzo, I am the Hokage!"

"Well, well, then what?"

Danzo scratched his ear, "You don't really think that your alliance plan will be accepted by Hanzo?"

Hiruzen's tone paused, then he calmed down instantly, "What do you mean?"

"Haha, your cowardly way of asking for an alliance is simply stupid. Hanzo will never agree. He would rather stand up and declare war on the three major ninja villages at the same time than agree to an alliance with you."

"Why?" Hiruzen frowned and asked, "Is he crazy? Even our Konoha does not have the courage to declare war on all enemies directly. Where does he get the courage from a small Rain Village? Compared to facing the three major ninja villages at the same time, it is better to form an alliance with us."

"The reason you have such an idea is because you are not thinking about the problem from the perspective of the Hidden Rain Village at all." Danzo shook his head and chuckled.

"Surrounded by powerful enemies, as a weak party, the only way to survive in the cracks is to maintain a neutral attitude and treat all enemies equally, because once the powerful enemies start to join forces, there will be no chance for him to turn the tables."

Hiruzen asked in confusion: "I don't understand. With Konoha as a strong supporter, does Amegakure still need to fear the other two major ninja villages?"

"You overestimate yourself, Hiruzen." Danzo slowly stood up and lowered his voice, "From Hanzo's perspective, you big countries that wantonly invade the territory of the Rain Country are all bastards. Why would he trust you, just based on this piece of alliance?"

As he spoke, he raised his hand to pick up the document on the table, with a look of disdain on his face, "Please, the Hidden Rain Village is facing a war to annihilate the village and the country. How can you lock the two countries together with a simple piece of paper?"

Hiruzen was silent.

"At times like this, we can't trust others. Declaring war on the three major ninja villages at the same time can ensure that they attack each other and won't divert too much force to attack the Hidden Rain Village. But if he really forms an alliance with you, he will not only have to face the wrath of the other two major ninja villages, but also have to be on guard against your backstab at any time."

With a "swish", Danzo tore the contract in his hand into two halves. Hiruzen looked up in surprise, and in response he heard Danzo's light words:

"So, I deliberately revealed this news to Sand Village and Iwagakure. They will naturally put aside their hostility temporarily and stand on one side tacitly to target Konoha and Rain Village to destroy your alliance plan... At the same time, when they truly join forces, the Rain Village will have no choice but to join forces with us to resist the powerful enemy."

Danzo sneered, "Even if Hanzo guessed our intention, he would have no choice but to cooperate with us. This is... the charm of open conspiracy, which is much more reliable than a piece of torn paper like yours."

Hiruzen took a deep breath and looked at his old friend with a look of realization in his eyes.

"So, when the war is over, the Hidden Rain Village will still be the Hidden Rain Village..."

"Thorn."

"No." Danzo continued to tear the contract slowly, "Wait until we really defeat Sand Village and Iwagakure, then we will mobilize all our forces to strike back and completely destroy the Rain Village."

"You..." Hiruzen suddenly froze.

"What we want is not a Hokage who sticks to the old ways, but a Hokage who takes advantage of the chaos to gain more benefits for his own village."

Danzo looked at him, his eyes as deep as a hole: "Hiruzen, chaos is not the abyss, chaos is a ladder. Many people climbed up, but fell to their death. Many people had the opportunity to climb, but refused..."

He waved his hand, and confetti flew all over the sky like snow. "They are just like you, guarding the village, guarding the civilians, and guarding the illusion of peace. All of this is an illusion. Only the stairs are real. We don't have the unrivaled strength like the first generation. Only climbing up slowly is all we have in life!"

"Huruzen, if you don't learn to climb, you will always be the coward who was pinned to the ground by Uchiha Kamiya and couldn't raise his head..." He turned and left, imitating Hiruzen's tone just now: "Konoha only needs... a voice? Hehehe..."

Paper scraps fell and scattered, and Hiruzen stood there blankly, letting these white little things fall on the Hokage's hat.