Konoha: I, Uchiha, just want to die.

Chapter 273: Battle to Defend Daimyo!
"This battle, led by the Three Ninjas Orochimaru, resulted in the Sandaime Raikage being injured, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki being seriously injured, the Two-Tails Jinchuriki being killed, the Two-Tails escaping, the defense of the Hidden Cloud Village collapsing, and a large amount of strategic information being leaked."

"and--"

"On the same day, the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning was assassinated again!"

"In a week, the Sandaime Raikage Ai will go to Yunming City with his son to apologize to the furious Daimyo!"

"I think this is an opportunity!"

The Land of Fire, Konoha Village, the conference room of the Hokage Building.

There were only three people sitting in the conference room at this time.

The man sitting in the first seat was middle-aged, with a donkey face, a fan-like headdress with three flame patterns, and a short fan in his hand.
It was nearly June and the weather was starting to get hot. He was fanning himself to keep cool.

The two people sitting next to him were the two most powerful people in Konoha Village, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, and Shimura Danzo, the Hokage's assistant and the leader of the Root.

The identity of the person in the main seat is naturally self-evident. He is the lord of the Fire Country, the daimyo.

"So, Danzo, what do you want to do again?"

At this time, the Daimyo glanced at Danzo who was speaking, and asked in a tone that was very subtle,

"Right now, the Land of Lightning has suffered heavy losses. With just one more blow, we can completely silence them in the Third Ninja World War."

"And this blow lies in the military expenses that the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning promised to pay for the Hidden Cloud Village."

"So, I would like to ask Your Highness to issue a task."

Danzo narrowed his eyes, a cold light flashed in his eyes.
"Please invite the Lord of the Lightning Country to come to my Fire Country and have a seat~"

"Impossible!" The Fire Country Daimyo's eyes suddenly turned cold.
Although Danzo Shimura did not directly say what he wanted to do to the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning, he targeted the Daimyo, even if he was a Daimyo from an enemy country, and did not mention threatening his life, but only invited him to come and sit down. This was also a great disrespect to the position of Daimyo.

Besides, the Fire Country Daimyo certainly understood the hidden meaning of these words.
The reason why the Daimyo and the nobles are superior to the ninjas who are much stronger than them is that they control the power and economy of the Land of Fire.

On the surface, Danzo's move was for war considerations, but in fact he was using him to break down the platform that separated the classes and weaken the authority of their group.

"Hiruzen, you lack discipline over your subordinates~"

At this time, the Daimyo of the Land of Fire did not even glance at Danzo, but instead glanced at Sarutobi Hiruzen who was sitting nearby smoking a pipe.

"Danzo, don't mention this matter again." Sarutobi Hiruzen exhaled a puff of smoke and was about to persuade him in a roundabout way.
"Just your highness."

Before he could finish, the Fire Country Daimyo interrupted with a surprised look on his face:
"Huo, but come to think of it, this battle was really beautiful."

"He was able to fight against the three great masters of Kumogakure on his own and create an opportunity for his teacher to launch a surprise attack on Kumogakure. This child named Uchiha Ci is really amazing."

"Is this the candidate Hiruzen has chosen to be the Fourth Hokage?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head. "The strategy for this battle was formulated by Orochimaru. As the commander-in-chief, he is the biggest contributor, and I intend to let him..."

Hearing this, the Fire Country Daimyo sighed, closed his fan and tapped the table twice, then spoke:

"However, although Kumogakure suffered heavy losses this time, Konoha is not necessarily much better off."

"I heard that Sandaime, your disciple Orochimaru and your grandson Uchiha Ci are both missing?"

"What a pity! Such a talented master and apprentice pair died here."

"Let's discuss this matter later~"

After saying this, the Daimyo of the Fire Country stood up, said no more, and left the meeting room.

Only Danzo Shimura was left in the conference room, staring at Hiruzen Sarutobi with a gloomy face.

"Hiruzen, I told you already,"

"This approach is too weak, and there's no way this guy will agree to it!"

"In my opinion, they should have sent people to disguise themselves as ninjas from other countries, intimidating the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning to stop funding the war and completely kicking Kumogakure off the table!" Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head.

"You still don't understand."

"At this point, there are too many people who want to kill the Daimyo of Lightning Country. Moreover, the reason why the Daimyo mentioned this loss is to hint that Kumogakure has not really suffered any serious damage this time. As long as they put the blame on Konoha and provoke the anger of the Daimyo of Lightning Country, Kumogakure will still be able to fight."

"There's no way the Daimyo would risk the Fire Nation by doing something this risky."

"When the king does not see the king, everything will still change."

Shimura Danzo frowned slightly and asked:
"What exactly do you want to do?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen held his pipe and snorted.
Of course, he would not tell Danzo that he did this just to put some pressure on His Highness and find out what he was thinking.

As for the situation in the Land of Lightning,

"As I said, at this point, there are many people who want to throw dirty water on Konoha, and it is still unknown where the remaining firepower of Kumogakure will be directed."

"so,"

"The Daimyo of the Land of Lightning cannot die!"

"At least, before he accepts the apology from the Third Raikage Ai."

"We have to protect him instead!"

As he spoke, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, recalling the top-secret information that Orochimaru had sent back the day before, and the crazy plan that Kumogakure had originally planned.

"It's just baffling!"

Shimura Danzo's face darkened, and he stared at Sarutobi Hiruzen dimly.

When he saw the monkey raising his legs, he knew what the other party was going to do. How could he not know when he saw Hiruzen's expression?
This guy must be hiding something from me.

boom!
His face became darker and darker. Danzo simply snorted coldly, turned around and slammed the door and left, leaving behind a sentence,
"Hiruzen, you will regret this!"

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After leaving the Hokage's office,

Danzo walked non-stop towards the south side of the Hokage Building.

He didn't know what the monkey was going to do, but he knew that Uchiha Ci and Orochimaru were his subordinates, and the credit for this great victory was also attributed to him.

The Fire Country Daimyo and Sarutobi Hiruzen are from the same family.
Today, Monkey asked him to offend the big name. In his eyes, it was clearly to squeeze him out of the table and pave the way for his disciples in advance.

Because this contribution is so great!
The achievements made by the master and disciple pair of Uchiha and Orochimaru are even great enough to change the entire situation of the Third Ninja World War!

All important information about the Hidden Cloud Village's strategic defenses, outposts, camps, offensive plans, etc. were leaked, which means that Konoha can completely pin down the Hidden Cloud Village in the direction of the Land of Rice with a small number of troops.

In addition, the Blood Pond Clan was annihilated, and Yunyin's plan to launch a surprise attack across the Hell Valley was completely ruined.

The two holes of the Land Country and the Hot Spring Country in the north were blocked at one stroke. If Yunyin wanted to invade, it had to cross another country, the Iron Country. However, as a neutral country at the end of the war, the Iron Country had a special significance.

If we take one more step and make the Daimyo of the Land of Lightning refuse to allocate funds to Kumogakure, we can completely eliminate the threat from the north!
That means that the roots of his Danzo
He accomplished the feat of defeating a major country in the ninja world with an Anbu affiliated organization!
With such achievements, it is not impossible for him to have a chance to become a Hokage.
Thinking of this, Danzo's eyes turned cold.
"Daimyo. What a thing!"

"If you dare to block my way, you must die even if you are the emperor!"

At this moment, I don't know whether he is thinking about the name of the Lightning Country or the name of the Fire Country.
As my thoughts turned back,
Danzo, who was walking very fast, had already stood in front of a gate with two red and white round fans printed on it.

He raised his hand and knocked on the door three times.

This is the residence of the Chief of Police of the Uchiha clan, the most powerful family in Konoha.

And then,
Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku,

In the room, the two people that Tuan Zang wanted to see happened to be here.

(End of this chapter)