The promotion of ability is undoubtedly a big deal for Shokuhou Misaki, but in reality it is just a short moment. When everyone in Konoha Village focused their attention on Danzo and others, no one thought that Shokuhou Misaki would unknowingly jump from the original elite Chunin to the top Kage-level strongman in the ninja world.

At this time, the public opinion of Konoha had been ignited, and everyone vented their anger on Danzo. And with Danzo being denied, the fact that he used the Mangekyō Sharingan to control the Third Hokage was also unknowingly regarded as a fact by all the villagers of Konoha. It can be said that at this time, the legitimacy of the Konoha high-level headed by Sarutobi Hiruzen has suffered an unprecedented blow.

It was also in this kind of public outrage that Uchiha Itachi looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen. Because at this moment, he remembered what Shokuhou Misaki had just said to him:

"If everything goes well, the Konoha high-level leaders headed by the Third Hokage will be in a desperate situation. Under normal circumstances, they should completely withdraw from the stage of history. Danzo will die under the siege of a group of Konoha ninjas, and the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen will be forced to abdicate after losing the trust of the villagers, and even face the same ending as Danzo."

"But there are always exceptions."

"Even at this juncture, the Third Hokage actually still has a card to play."

Another card to play?

"Shokuhou-san, what do you mean?"

"Blam."

"Blam?"

Uchiha Itachi was puzzled:

"Danzo has already been disgraced, who else can take the blame for the Hokage?"

Faced with this question, Shokuhou Misaki did not answer.

Uchiha Itachi only remembered that the expression on Shokuhou Misaki's face was very complicated at that time, and she seemed to be resisting something instinctively.

Perhaps that answer was too cruel for Shokuhou Misaki, or perhaps Shokuhou Misaki chose to subconsciously avoid that possibility in order to protect her humanity. But now, the answer must be revealed in front of Uchiha Itachi and all the villagers of Konoha.

So, in full view of the public, Sarutobi Hiruzen walked in front of Danzo. The old enemies who had been entangled for half a lifetime looked at each other again, and the emotions in each other's eyes were very complicated. Just when Danzo was thinking about whether the always resourceful Sarutobi Hiruzen would have a way to turn the tables at this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen said:

"Danzo, are you really using Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan to perform the Kotoamatsukami Technique to control me?"

"I'm not!" Danzo said firmly:

"Sarutobi, it's okay for others to suspect me, but why are you asking this? If I really performed the Kotoamatsukami Technique on you, do you think you can still live until now?"

Hearing Danzo's question, Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed:

"Yes, I know, you didn't. Because I have always been on guard against you, and I, an old man, really don't have the value of performing Kotoamatsukami Technique. Since you got the Kotoamatsukami Technique a year ago, the person you have been controlling is not me, but him!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen pointed to a person. That person is Sarutobi Hiruzen's son, the current head of the Anbu, and the most likely person among all the ninjas in Konoha to become the fifth Hokage.

Sarutobi Shinnosuke!

Seeing that his father actually pointed out himself at the critical moment and said that he had been controlled by Danzo's Kotoamatsukami, Sarutobi Shinnosuke was shocked and said:

"Father, I am not controlled!"

"People who are controlled by Kotoamatsukami don't know that they are controlled!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep puff of cigarette, and then said firmly in pain and entanglement:

"They only regard the concepts brought by Kotoamatsukami as their own ideas. But they don't know that everything they do is under the control of others. Just like you have been contacting Kakashi and other ANBU elites recently, wanting to use this to become Hokage. You have also been secretly monitoring the Namikaze clan and rising stars like Shokuhou Misaki, wanting to eliminate these forces that prevent you from becoming the leader. You think these actions are all out of ambition in your heart, but you don't know that these are the result of Danzo's control."

Aren't these things all done by you?

How come they are now the result of Danzo's control?

Hearing that his father had put all the blame on him, Sarutobi Shinnosuke was at a loss at first, but then he felt unprecedented grievance and pain. At this time, he finally understood the feelings of the former Anbu Minister Hatake Sakumo. The feeling of being blamed by the most important person when he was innocent was too painful!

But

, Sarutobi Shinnosuke still didn't know how to refute his father. After all, as the son of Sarutobi Hiruzen, he was taught by his father to be an excellent ninja since he was a child. So whether from the standpoint of a son or a ninja, he should obey Sarutobi Hiruzen's orders.

Using his identity as the head of the Anbu and the son of the Hokage, he took the blame for Sarutobi Hiruzen!

It was in such pain and entanglement, as well as the obedience of the son to his father and the unconditional obedience of the Anbu ninja to the Hokage, that Sarutobi Shinnosuke showed his most appropriate reaction at this time.

First, he stood there in a daze, then looked around hesitantly, attracting the attention of the surrounding Konoha villagers to himself. Let the villagers of Konoha realize that Danzo is not controlling Sarutobi Hiruzen, the contemporary Hokage, but Sarutobi Shinnosuke, the future Hokage.

Then I heard Sarutobi Hiruzen continue:

"In fact, I have been looking for the candidate for the fifth generation Hokage since Minato died. At first, the person I liked was Orochimaru, but unfortunately, Orochimaru disappointed me. It's okay that he secretly conducted human experiments, but he even extended his black hands to his fellow villagers. He is not qualified to be Hokage at all."

"Later, I considered Tsunade, Jiraiya, and Kakashi. But the result is that even if they are, they are not capable of being Hokage now. In the end, there was really no other way, so I chose Shinnosuke. Although Shinnosuke lacks in ability, he is my son after all. In addition, he has been the head of the Anbu for a long time and can get the support of major families. It is not difficult for him to become a mediocre Hokage."

"Since then, I have gradually handed over the power in my hands to Shinnosuke. I know that Shinnosuke is suppressing the Uchiha clan in secret, but I don't care. , because as the future Hokage, he must establish his own majesty. I also know that Shinnosuke is afraid of Kakashi's ability, so he was expelled from the Anbu. "

"I also know that he secretly colluded with Danzo and won over the ninjas of the root for his own use. I know all these things, but I didn't care much. Because in my opinion, he is already the future fifth generation Hokage, he is qualified to establish his own base in Konoha Village and prepare for the future rise. "

"But I didn't expect that, Danzo, you actually cast Kotoamatsukami on him!"

"You have long seen that I want to pass the throne to Shinnosuke, so after getting Shisui's Sharingan, you can't wait to control him! You didn't control me, because for you, I, the retiring Hokage, have no qualifications to cast Kotoamatsukami at all! You set your sights on the future of Konoha, you are so vicious! Danzo!"

After a few words, Sarutobi Hiruzen cleaned himself up. It seemed as if all the bad things in Konoha Village recently were done by Danzo and Sarutobi Shinnosuke, and he, the Hokage, was still so pure and innocent.

But his words could not fool the discerning people present.

Kakashi rolled his eyes at Sarutobi Hiruzen's performance. Akai beside Kakashi also looked up at the sky in silence. Obviously, this seemingly rough guy was not stupid at all. As for Sarutobi Hiruzen's other son Sarutobi Asuma, his eyes were full of hatred when he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen at this moment.

Of course, some people who were not discerning really believed Sarutobi Hiruzen's words. For example, Uchiha Fugaku sighed at this moment:

"It turns out that Lord Hokage has never suppressed our Uchiha clan!"

As soon as these words came out, the Uchiha clan collectively moved away from the clan leader a few steps, and even Uchiha Itachi looked at his father with an expression of looking at a fool, thinking:

Father, why do I feel that you are more innocent than Sasuke?

But then, he looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen, the cruel father who was willing to ruin his son's reputation in order to keep his position as Hokage. Now, he finally understood the entanglement behind Shokuhou Misaki's complex expression at that time.

After all, even Uchiha Itachi felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen, a father who forced his son to die for personal power, was too cruel!

Just as Uchiha Itachi was sighing, Shokuhou Misaki, who was hiding in the crowd, used her ability as a manipulator for the first time. And the object of her manipulation was naturally the tens of thousands of Konoha villagers around. Under her control, the villagers around her who originally believed that Danzo manipulated Sarutobi Hiruzen because of her dream guidance began to change their attitudes one by one.

So, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was originally worried that he could not deceive the Konoha villagers, was surprised to find that the public opinion of the Konoha villagers changed at a very fast speed, and soon turned to a direction that was beneficial to him. I heard one villager after another talking:

"I knew that the Hokage-sama was still

It's good, but his son and Danzo are worthless!"

"Actually, Lord Shinnosuke is also very pitiful! He did nothing wrong, but because he became the successor of the Hokage, he was controlled by Danzo with Kotoamatsukami!"

"It's still Danzo's fault in the end. This guy is simply the source of all evil!"

"And Lord Shinnosuke is the same. He has been influenced by Kotoamatsukami and he is not qualified to become the fifth Hokage!"

"Let alone Hokage, he can't even be the head of the Anbu. Kotoamatsukami is really too scary! "

……

This change really made Sarutobi Hiruzen excited. He knew that he had finally overcome this difficulty!

Although the price was the loss of his son, he was still the Hokage!

And Shokuhou Misaki in the crowd looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen like this, and her mouth curled up slightly.

In fact, from the beginning, Shokuhou Misaki had never thought that she really had to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The reason why she told Orochimaru that she wanted to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen and guided Uchiha Itachi to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen was that the most important purpose was to make Sarutobi Hiruzen deserted by his friends and relatives. Then, at the critical moment when he was about to fail, she would help him and then hold him hostage as a bargaining chip for her to rise to the top.

Of course, the premise of all these plans is that Shokuhou Misaki is promoted to Sequence 4 and has enough strength to protect herself. If If the current Shokuhou Misaki was only a Sequence 5 Chunin, she would definitely try her best to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen and first ensure her own safety in Konoha Village.

But the reality is that the current Shokuhou Misaki has been promoted to a Sequence 4 operator, becoming one of the few Kage-level strongmen in the ninja world. So at this time, Shokuhou Misaki no longer needs to worry about her own safety, and her planning and decision-making are naturally much calmer than before. Her attitude towards Sarutobi Hiruzen has also changed with the growth of strength.

Just as the Akatsuki organization does not want Sarutobi Hiruzen, the scourge of Konoha, to die, Shokuhou Misaki, as a Kage-level strongman, also does not want Sarutobi Hiruzen to abdicate now. Because only if Sarutobi Hiruzen continues to serve as Hokage, Konoha will continue to be in chaos, and she will have the opportunity to make rapid progress.

Just like when At the beginning, she and Uchiha Itachi said that the ultimate goal of all Shokuhou Misaki's plans was to accumulate enough capital in Konoha Village and then become Hokage. Moreover, becoming Hokage cannot be done through violence, and it is necessary to maintain the personality of "Shokuhou Misaki" and ascend to the position naturally.

Because only in this way can Shokuhou Misaki's personality clone named "Shokuhou Misaki" be perfectly created after she is promoted to Sequence 3. And in order to realize this plan, Shokuhou Misaki must get the support of Sarutobi Hiruzen. Otherwise, with the atmosphere in Konoha Village that attaches great importance to seniority and tradition, it would be good for Shokuhou Misaki to become a Jonin before the age of 17.

And now Sarutobi Hiruzen has lost his son, lost the roots of Danzo, and lost his most important base as Hokage. If he is deserted by everyone, The only way to continue to serve as Hokage is to cooperate with Shokuhou Misaki. She will guide the public opinion of the village and let him sit firmly on the throne of Hokage. And he will continue to promote himself as Hokage so that he can become Hokage as soon as possible.

This is a deal, and the two parties in the deal are destined to be hostile. But Shokuhou Misaki knows that Sarutobi Hiruzen has no choice now. He can only cooperate with himself, only in this way can he survive with the name of Hokage.

As for Sarutobi Hiruzen's threat, it is not worth mentioning to Shokuhou Misaki. Because with the passage of time, Shokuhou Misaki's strength will only get stronger day by day. In the face of absolute strength, all of Sarutobi Hiruzen's resistance is meaningless. Not to mention that if you just play with your brain, Sarutobi Hiruzen can't play with her.

This is Shokuhou Misaki's plan, and it is also the means by which Shokuhou Misaki wants to control Konoha.

So, Shokuhou Misaki in the crowd looked down at Sarutobi Hiruzen below, laughing in her heart:

So, Lord Hokage, your previous hostility towards me really wronged me!

You should know that in Konoha today, I may be the only one who really wants you to continue to be the Hokage!

I, Shokuhou Misaki, am the firm successor of the will of fire, and a ninja who is loyal to you!

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