I want to dedicate the ninja world to the evil god

Chapter 245 If
Under Danzo's order, Kakashi led an Aburame jounin and a Hyūnō nin, plus his own psychic beast to form an emergency pursuit team, following the traces left by Si Mu.

As for the result.

It was Kakashi's team that discovered a large number of strongholds left by the Evil God Cult in the Land of Fire. After a narrow escape, they finally lost all traces of the enemy.

"It's really nerve-wracking, but that's all it can do."

Kakashi looked at the completely destroyed ruins in front of him and said with great regret.

The Hinata ninja standing next to him looked around with his white eyes, and finally could only shake his head with half regret and half happiness.

He clutched his shoulders, and half of his body was stained with bright red blood. This was due to the injuries caused by the large amount of debris that spattered after an explosion.

Another team member named Aburame Dori breathed a sigh of relief after hearing Kakashi's words.

"Captain Kakashi, to be honest, if we really catch up with the enemy, with our strength, are we really sure we can escape unscathed?"

This Aburo ninja had personally experienced the battle that night and knew how terrifying the enemy was. Even the Hokage died in the battle. There was nothing they could do, right?

This is also what most people in the village think now.

Kakashi didn't say much about this, but simply said noncommittally: "Aren't you catching up now? Don't think so much, go back and recover."

Kakashi was once a passionate young man who was well versed in the will of fire. However, after experiencing the death of his father Konoha White Fang, and the deaths of his friends and mentors one after another in battle, he had long since become a slut.

The only hobby left is to see Jiraiya-sama's little Liu Bei.

Since the tracking was fruitless, Kakashi and his team returned to Konoha as quickly as possible, and Kakashi went to the Hokage's office to report the mission.

Due to the entrustment of the third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen before his death, Danzo, although he had not officially succeeded to the throne at this time, temporarily took on the title of acting Hokage and was responsible for handling Konoha's affairs.

When Konoha settles down from this crisis, it should be the time for Danzo to officially succeed Hokage.

Kakashi thought this while silently knocking on the door of the Hokage's office.

"Come in."

Danzo's hoarse but majestic voice sounded from inside.

Kakashi could keenly feel many eyes falling on him, which should come from the root ninja hiding around to protect Danzo.

"Lord Danzo, the mission failed. This is the mission statement."

Kakashi wore an ANBU mask and looked businesslike.

To be honest, he really didn't want to have anything to do with this ninja.

As a former subordinate of Danzo, Kakashi still had a certain understanding of the acting Hokage.

This guy completely treats his subordinates as tools. If he serves under him, if he is not careful, he may be picked up and used as fuel for the will of fire. This is what Kakashi in his salty state does not want.

Danzo hurriedly read Kakashi's scroll, and his face suddenly darkened.

Obviously, the acting Hokage was not very satisfied with this result.

"Kakashi, you are already the strongest investigation team in Konoha, but you can't even confirm the other party's traces?"

Kakashi lowered his head and said frankly: "This subordinate is incompetent."

Faced with Kakashi like this, Danzo was helpless.

Because as he just said, Kakashi's ninja dog plus the Aburame clan and the two jounin of the Hyuga clan are already the strongest investigation team that Konoha can send.

But the enemy was too cunning and left no trace at all.

This made Danzo feel very bad, and he waved his hand casually.

"You go down first."

"Yes."

Kakashi immediately prepared to leave, but was stopped by Danzo.

"Is there anything else? Danzo-sama."

Hearing the title [Lord Danzo], Danzo narrowed his eyes slightly, revealing a dangerous light, but it quickly disappeared. Instead, he said sincerely: "Kakashi, you know, I have always I admire you very much.”

He only exposed one eye and stared at Kakashi, trying to take in all his eyes, and then said: "Although you have betrayed me before, I don't mind, as long as you are willing to rejoin the root." , I can put you in charge of mastering the roots.”

Kakashi was a little surprised. He had thought that Danzo would win over him, but he didn't expect that the other party would use such an important position as the root leader to win over him!
He was not in a hurry to answer, but just asked: "I am just an ordinary jounin. Why does Danzo-sama think so highly of me?"

Danzo shook his head and leaned back wantonly on the chair that only successive Hokages could enjoy.

"Kakashi, your strength is among the best among all the ninjas in Konoha, but what I value most is not your strength, but the darkness you carry."

After hearing these words, Kakashi's dead eyes finally showed a change.

"Is it dark?"

"Yes, you have the same darkness in your heart as me. Only with this deep darkness can you truly control your roots."

Danzo had fully possessed the aura of Hokage and sat there talking.

After thinking for more than ten seconds, Kakashi finally shook his head and said: "I'm sorry, Danzo-sama, my current position is quite good. The position of root leader is too important. I still feel that I am embarrassed by the important task."

Danzo didn't force it, he just looked at Kakashi deeply and said, "If that's the case, then I won't force it."

"Thank you for your kindness, Lord Danzo. I will take my leave now."

After Kakashi said that, he quickly left the Hokage's office, leaving only Danzo with a gloomy face.

Obviously, as the quasi-Fifth Hokage, Danzo was very dissatisfied with Kakashi's unwillingness to surrender to him.

To be honest, he is not a suitable candidate without a root leader.

His deputy Aburame Ryoma, who has been following him for more than ten years, is a good choice. He is obedient enough, has a dark heart, and can do a lot of dirty work for him.

But in comparison, his strength is still slightly inferior to Kakashi.

More importantly, the darkness in his heart was not as deep as Kakashi's.

It's a pity that Kakashi is so ignorant.

"Forget it, wait until I officially become Hokage and unify the power of the entire Konoha, then I will let you unscrupulous guys taste the consequences of disobeying me." Danzo tapped the table with his fingers, thinking constantly in his mind. What.

After the war, the entire village was undergoing reconstruction.

According to Shikaku's statistical report, the number of casualties in this battle reached an appalling number.

Thirteen Jonin died, 13 Chunin died, and 63 Genin died, and more than a quarter of the village was damaged.

More importantly, none of the above data includes the Uchiha clan!
As the strongest clan in Konoha, the number of Uchiha jounin has reached double digits, and the total number of chunin and genin is three to four hundred.

Now that the entire Uchiha has disappeared, this means that Konoha has lost nearly 150 ninjas in one go, including almost 30 chunin and more than [-] jounin!
And
A Hokage!
There are also two powerful Kage-level warriors, Uchiha Fugaku and Uchiha Itachi!
This is no longer an injury to Konoha, but a serious injury!

It can be said that Konoha at this time has fallen into the weakest period since the establishment of the village.

After receiving the statistical report handed over by Shikaku, Danzo's face was so gloomy that he could almost shed water.

"Lord Danzo, do you need to send some troops back from the border?" Shikaku asked.

As one of the strongest forces in the ninja world, in addition to the village headquarters, Konoha also has many troops stationed in the border areas for defense tasks.

Not to mention anything else, Akimichi Torifu-sama, who is a second-generation disciple like Sarutobi Hiruzen, Shimura Danzo and others, is currently guarding the border.

Now that the village is in critical condition, it is appropriate to send some people back from the border.

However, this suggestion was rejected by Danzo.

"Now the major ninja villages are observing Konoha's reaction. If the border troops are brought back at this time, it will confirm Konoha's emptiness at this time."

Danzo made a very rational judgment.

Shikaku nodded, Danzo also had his own reasons for this judgment, but
Can Konoha really be able to scare others now?
As if seeing Shikaku's worry, Danzo took the initiative and said: "Don't worry, Shikaku, Konoha is not as fragile as you think. We still have Jiraiya and Tsunade. If things don't work, we will still be there." What about these old people? As Hokage, I will take action myself if necessary."

Lu Jiu nodded calmly on the surface, but in his heart he kept slandering.

You consider yourself Hokage even though you are not even Hokage. If you are really capable, you will not let the Third Generation die in battle.
Of course, whether it was for himself or for his family, it was impossible for Shikaku to say this.

Seeing that Shikama didn't speak for a long time, Danzo lost interest in continuing to communicate with him, and directly ordered: "Go and pass the order to Jiraiya and Tsunade, asking them to stay in the village honestly during this time, no My orders are not to go out."

Although he is only acting as Hokage for the time being, Danzo has obviously completely assumed the role of Hokage.

To this, Lu Jiu just silently agreed: "Yes."

As a smart man, he would not stir up trouble at this time, especially when Danzo has the absolute advantage.

After leaving the Hokage's office, Shikaku immediately found Jiraiya and Tsunade who were drinking to relieve their sorrows in the tavern.

The former was carefully covering the latter with a piece of clothing, covering his skin as white as milk.

"Master Jiraiya."

Shikaku's greeting was interrupted by Jiraiya.

"Shh, Tsunade has been working in the hospital for three days straight, don't wake her up."

Jiraiya lowered his voice, and after covering Tsunade with his clothes, he turned around and asked, "It's Shikaku, why are you here free?"

As the Jonin squad leader, Shikaku can be said to be busy with things. He has had no more than two hours of rest for three consecutive days, and his face is full of exhaustion.

Lu Jiu smiled bitterly: "To be honest, I'm here to see the two seniors."

Jiraiya raised his eyebrows and suddenly thought of something.

"Did Danzo ask you to come?"

Danzo, the quasi-Hokage, is probably the only one who can let Shikaku, the Jonin squad leader, personally take action.

Shikaku nodded: "Yes, Lord Danzo asked me to tell you two that you should try not to leave the village without his orders recently."

Hearing this, Jiraiya narrowed his eyes slightly: "Has this guy assumed the Hokage's posture so quickly?"

Jiraiya, who has a bold and cheerful personality, has always disliked Danzo, an elder of Konoha, and now that he has to accept his orders, he seems even more disgusted.

Sensing Jiraiya's emotional unhappiness, Shikaku reminded in a low voice: "Senior Jiraiya, Konoha is empty now, and we really need two seniors to sit in and guard against unpreparedness."

Although there are a large number of Konoha ninjas stationed at the border of the Land of Fire, the border is so long and the terrain is so complex that no matter how many ninjas there are in Konoha, it is impossible to cover everything.

If other ninja villages learn that Konoha is empty inside and send elite teams to attack Konoha, it will definitely cause greater damage to Konoha at this time.

Therefore, top combat powers like Jiraiya and Tsunade are needed at this time.

"I understand this. I'm just a little worried about that guy becoming Hokage."

Jiraiya complained quite simply. He knew Shikaku's personality and knew that he would never spread his words randomly with his caution.

Sure enough, after hearing Jiraiya's complaint, Shikaku could only smile bitterly.

Obviously, he really does not want to be involved in this kind of political struggle.

Jiraiya suddenly pulled Shikaku aside, put their arms around each other, and said in a low voice: "Shikaku, I believe you, tell me honestly, the old man really passed the position of Hokage to Danzo before he died, there is no other Something fishy?"

Jiraiya really didn't believe that his teacher would pass the position of Hokage to someone like Danzo.

Might as well pass it on to Tsunade.

Otherwise, you can do it yourself!

Faced with Jiraiya's inquiry, Shikaku said honestly: "Jiraiya-sama, the Third Hokage did make it clear before his death that Danzo-sama would inherit the position of Hokage. I also asked Hinata's ninjas to observe Danzo-sama. , and didn’t notice anything strange about him, except for the Sharingan on his entire arm.”

Perhaps because he was afraid that Jiraiya would misunderstand, Shikaku added: "Ordinary Sharingan cannot control other people's thoughts. At best, illusions can be used to create illusions, but the Third Generation showed no signs of being under illusions at that time."

Jiraiya suddenly pondered: "If you put it this way, sensei really thinks that Danzo can become Hokage?"

Jiraiya was doubting himself.

Could it be that the teacher chose to pass the throne to Danzo because he and Tsunade had been away from the village all year round, and he was frustrated with them and had no other choice?

Ignoring Jiraiya's inner thoughts, Shikaku saw that things were almost explained, so he took the initiative to stand up and leave.

Jiraiya was left sitting there, looking at the streets and houses being rebuilt outside in a daze, and finally muttered to himself in confusion:
"If I had not left the village at that time, teacher, wouldn't you have had to die? The village would not have suffered such huge damage, right?"

(End of this chapter)