"Bang!"

In the underground base at the root, Danzo punched his desk into pieces.

This is the third time he has broken his desk.

Not only the table, but also the various broken objects on the floor all showed how angry Danzo was now.

After going to bed, Koharu and Mito Kadoyan watched this scene quietly. Although their faces were expressionless, they sighed a little in their hearts.

They can naturally understand why Danzo is so angry, because Danzo's lifelong struggle has been completely wiped out.

And they also understood why Sarutobi Hiruzen made such a decision. After all, Danzo really went too far and went too far.

It can even be said that Danzo was able to save his life because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's mercy, and he even paid an unknown price to do it.

Danzo has no chance, unless something major happens and Danzo has to stand up again.

But in this situation, they themselves cannot be optimistic.

"Calm down, Danzo." Mito Kadoyan sighed: "You can't blame anyone else for what happened now. It's all your fault."

"Humph! Did I cause it?" Danzo turned around and stared at Mito Kadoyan fiercely, and he roared loudly: "Yes, it was caused by me, and there is only one reason why it has become what it is now, only one reason!"

"Do you know the magnitude of the impact you've had?"

When Koharu turned to bed and looked at Danzo's crazy appearance, she couldn't help but shake her head slightly.

“You didn’t let Genbu take action in the Nine-Tails incident, which has aroused the anger of many people.

In order to protect you, Hiruzen had to cut off a lot of profits and give them to Uchiha.

And when Hiruzen went to the capital, you were so ungrateful that you sent a killer from the root to assassinate him?

You've really gone too far, Danzo!

How did you make such a decision? Don't you know that Senju Natsuhiko went with Hiruzen?

This time Hiruzen paid a huge price to prevent Natsuhiko Senju from attacking you. What right do you have to be angry here? "

After returning to bed, Koharu's words were heartbreaking, and Danzo seemed to calm down a little after hearing such remarks.

The name Senju Natsuhiko is what Danzo hates the most in his heart right now, and he really regrets it now.

He regretted why he hadn't been tougher and taken this brat to the root.

He regretted why he hadn't been more decisive and killed the kid directly!

And after hearing this brat's name, Danzo also thought of 'A'.

That guy is his best experimental subject, the one who can really use Wood Escape.

And this person has disappeared now. It's hard to say whether he is dead or fell into Xia Yan's hands.

In fact, no matter which one it is, the consequences are terrible, because as long as you follow the clues, you can find many desperate things!

For example, the cells of the first Hokage are his remains.

Thinking of this, Danzo had already made a decision in his heart. He must endure it now.

No matter how angry or desperate he was, he had to endure it.

In his opinion, the consequence of all this is because of the existence of Senju Natsuhiko!

This kid is his most hated enemy and the person he wants to kill the most.

And Sarutobi Hiruzen...

Danzo didn't feel much gratitude in his heart. He knew that Hiruzen Sarutobi was only protecting himself when he protected him.

In the final analysis, he ended up where he is now just because...

"Just because I'm not Hokage!"

.......

In the Hokage's office building, Sarutobi Hiruzen sat quietly processing documents.

Danzo's matter is over for the time being. Depriving Danzo of everything he has now would really make him feel more uncomfortable than killing him.

In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not willing to go to this point, but reality forced him to go to this point.

The rise of the brat Senju Natsuhiko, and Danzo actually exposed the Wood Release experiment to this brat.

You can imagine how terrible a blow this kid will have to Konoha if he really makes a fuss!

"I'm really not a qualified Hokage."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the document in his hand in ecstasy, and it took him a long time before he sighed.

"Putting all the darkness on your back makes you the shadow of Hokage.

Such huge power makes you lost, and my indulgence also makes you unscrupulous, which is why you have reached where you are now step by step. "

Sarutobi Hiruzen closed his eyes slightly, he knew why Danzo became like this.

To put it simply, this was all his fault, so he felt a certain sense of indebtedness to Danzo.

This feeling of indebtedness, coupled with Danzo's past friendship with him, made Hiruzen Sarutobi stop thinking about killing him.

Perhaps because he was getting older, there were fewer and fewer people of his generation, and coupled with the death of Lake Biwa, Sarutobi Hiruzen found that his heart began to soften.

Putting down the documents in his hands, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath.

He didn't know how Danzo would behave after receiving his order.

But he knew that no matter how Danzo performed, he would not change.

Unless something unavoidable happens, letting Danzo take care of himself until he dies would be the most merciful and best decision!

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen concentrated his attention on the document again.

During this period of time, he had been concentrating on dealing with the affairs of the Fire Country daimyo, so he did not have much time to deal with the accumulated documents of Danzo and Konoha.

Now that the matter with the Daimyo has been resolved, the Daimyo will deliver according to the results discussed between him and Senju Natsuhiko.

And such a result really made Konoha very rich!

What is the concept of a full 60% increase in the original financial support?

To put it in a more practical way, after part of the money was delivered to Natsuhiko as originally planned, the remaining money was still more than the daimyo of the Land of Wind spent to support Sunagakure Village.

You can imagine how much money Konoha made this time!

However, Sarutobi Hiruzen also knew that the money was not a big deal for the daimyo. The daimyo's wealth was unimaginable.

"However, we need to pay attention to the subsequent impact of this incident. After all, the daimyo is still a de facto ruler among the people."

Sarutobi Hiruzen muttered something mentally, and then he picked up another document and read it.

"Oh? Is that boy Senju Natsuhiko back?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen just glanced at it, and he couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Senju Natsuhiko's return means that he has brought back the descendants of the Uzumaki clan.

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was really confused as to why this brat had been gone for so long, it took a full week to figure it out.

But he didn't bother to think so much, because he really couldn't control this kid.

But when he continued to look down, he almost couldn't breathe, and his blood pressure began to rise slightly.

In this document, it is recorded in detail that Xia Yan encountered an attack from Jiraiya while performing his mission.

The Konoha ANBU minister was actually attacked by one of the Konoha Sannin during his mission. This is definitely a huge scandal!

After a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally regained his breath. He stared at the document in his hand and finally put it down silently.

"Are you going to make a move now, Natsuhiko Senju..."

........

"Isn't this Sarutobi Hiruzen too decisive?"

Xia Yan looked at the report in his hand with a strange expression.

After settling Yamato's matter for the time being, Natsuhiko also set his sights on the ANBU and the situation in Konoha during this period.

The first thing he looked at was naturally the situation of the Anbu. The Anbu were developing well now, but because of his absence, Kakashi and the others were still more cautious.

They did not blindly expand the number of Anbu, but promoted some people from the reserve team on the spot.

At the same time, the three Kakashi also communicated in a tacit understanding and promoted people with good qualifications and abilities in the previous team.

Some of the former squad leaders became squad leaders, and some team members who performed well were promoted to squad leaders.

But obviously, this approach can be regarded as confirming the team management personnel, but the team's running-in and training are not good.

Under such circumstances, it is naturally impossible to fully form combat effectiveness.

However, in order to ensure that the Anbu's mission was not affected, the old team members took the new team members to perform the mission together.

To be honest, this approach is indeed good, but the key issue is that the treatment of veteran players needs to be improved.

Fortunately, the negotiations between Sarutobi Hiruzen and the daimyo have been completed.

And he didn't delay the money Xia Yan asked for, and delivered the funds almost immediately.

Xia Yan can now deal with these things with ease. He decided to upgrade the treatment of captains at all levels of ANBU this time.

"Not only is it a matter of treatment, but we also need to give them a certain degree of openness in the ninjutsu library."

ANBU can also be regarded as a small society, especially after Namikaze Minato left and Sarutobi Hiruzen did not dare to intervene, he had the final say in the entire ANBU.

Anbu also has its own arsenal of ninjutsu, and these ninjutsu are basically captured from enemies.

Originally, these ninjutsu libraries were only open to captains and some ninjas with outstanding military exploits.

Now he plans to gradually open it up, but for now it is better to leave it open to the captains temporarily.

Squadron leaders, squad leaders, and some people with higher merit and more dedication.

These people can open it up, allowing them to choose the technique that is most useful to them.

Ninjas naturally have their own pursuits, and these techniques are what they are most happy with!

Natsuhiko now completely regards Anbu as a small Konoha administrative organization. He has completely put some of his ideas and ideas into it, and conducted the best experiments here.

His goal is Hokage, but governance is not just about ideas, it needs to combine all aspects.

Xia Yan would naturally not miss this opportunity.

In addition to the situation in ANBU, Natsuhiko also paid attention to many changes within Konoha.

Konoha is still relatively stable now. After Sarutobi Hiruzen returned, he began to maximize mobilization.

All residents were called and hired by Konoha and began to participate in the reconstruction of Konoha.

After all, with the support of such a large sum of money, Sarutobi Hiruzen can fully afford such an action, which is a good thing for Konoha.

As for other aspects, the one that Natsuhiko paid a little attention to was the Uchiha clan.

Since the Kyuubi incident, Uchiha Makoto has not been in contact with him.

Of course, Xia Yan himself was very busy and had no time to pay attention to him.

But this does not mean that Natsuhiko did not pay attention to Uchiha Zhen and the situation of the Uchiha clan.

He was still thinking about how Uchiha would behave if he exposed the identity of the Senju clan.

But so far, his performance really disappointed Xia Yan.

However, the Uchiha group needs to continue to be observed to know their final decision.

But Xia Yan didn't intend to give Uchiha too much time. If this guy never made a decision, then Xia Yan could only find another person.

Apart from Uchiha, there are not many other aspects worth paying attention to.

But when Natsuhiko was about to take a rest, he suddenly discovered that today's file information actually contained Sarutobi Hiruzen's decision to punish Danzo!

"Removing Danzo from all his posts would probably be more uncomfortable than killing Danzo."

Natsuhiko knocked on the table lightly, he was thinking about Danzo.

Danzo's end like this is actually not that unexpected. To put it bluntly, this guy simply deserves it. He can't blame others for committing suicide.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was relatively good. He did not choose to kill Danzo. If it had been Natsuhiko, his ashes would have been raised long ago.

It's just that Danzo's resignation is really not in Xia Yan's interests. He still needs Danzo to do something.

"It seems that Orochimaru's matter is going to speed up, but Yamato is in my hands, so this kind of thing is not difficult to deal with."

Yamato's matter needs Xia Yan's guidance. He has already done it once, but he has not yet thoroughly tested the effect.

But he believed that as long as Yamato had the mentality to protect Danzo, he would fall sooner or later.

His fall is a good opportunity for Natsuhiko to take action against Orochimaru!

Xia Yan's plan is to use everything available to achieve all his goals.

Whether it's Yamato or Orochimaru, or Danzo and Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"But before dealing with these things, there is one more thing that needs to be dealt with."

Xia Yan put down the document in his hand, and then touched his chin.

"Kakashi and the others are focusing on building their respective brigades, but they don't even take charge of the government affairs department. This is not acceptable."

The importance of government affairs departments is often far beyond imagination. Although Xia Yan does not want them to do ideological and political work, it is still important to help with government affairs.

Natsuhiko is not like Sarutobi Hiruzen, who has to do everything by himself, which is really tiring.

Thousands of years ago in Xia Yan's previous life, there was a super wise man who did everything by himself and eventually tired himself out and caused problems.

What's more, Xia Yan also firmly believes in the truth that there is strength in numbers.

He is not a particularly powerful wise man, he is just a reasonably intelligent person.

The decisions he makes alone may not be completely correct. There is a group of people who can help him deal with the problem. It is enough for him to control the general direction.

"If you think about it carefully, it would be better for me to expand the Ministry of Government Affairs myself. In addition to civilian staff, I also need one or more secretaries."

...

The existence of a secretary is still very necessary. Of course, the secretary he wants is very capable in terms of ability, not very capable in other aspects.

In fact, Xia Yan himself is also very strange. He was obviously a 100% old pervert in his previous life.

But after coming here, he felt as if he didn't have many worldly desires anymore.

Of course, that doesn't mean that he doesn't have such thoughts at all.

But now he seems to be more willing to focus on more important aspects, rather than thinking about how to make his lower body feel satisfied.

The existence of a secretary can help Xia Yan solve a lot of troubles, especially a smart secretary who can understand what Xia Yan is thinking, which can make many things easier for Xia Yan.

It's just that such a secretary must be loyal. Only with enough loyalty can he have access to many things about Xia Yan.

In fact, Xia Yan was very envious. The senior of his family is not in Konoha now.

That person Tsunade, after becoming Hokage, Tsunade actually didn't care about many things, but Konoha still didn't have any big problems.

In addition to Nara Shikaku showing her own value in the Ministry of Government Affairs, there is another very important reason, that is, she has Shizune, a perfect secretary.

With Shizune around, Tsunade could make decisions in a general direction in a calm manner.

Small details can be left to Shizune and the Government Affairs Department to handle.

Xia Yan also wanted to find a secretary like this, but after thinking about it, he seemed to find that such people were really rare for him.

"Of course it's not impossible. It seems that the woman in my family can be cultivated."

Xia Yan touched his chin and mentally thought about Thousand Hands Lotus.

Thousand-Armed Lotus has shown his intelligence before, and he doesn't seem to need to worry too much about loyalty.

After all, this woman is a member of the Thousand Hands Clan, and her mother is considered to have fallen into Xia Yan's hands.

In addition to this woman, Xia Yan has now obtained all the internal information of the Thousand Hands Clan.

Senju Xiangzhen didn't give up on what he promised. He could also try to select some more valuable talents.

"Even, I can't look for any talents worth cultivating among my old classmates."

Xia Yan stretched slightly and then stood up. It must be said that he was born in an era where good and bad were intertwined.

The good thing is that he happened to be born during the baby boom after World War II, and this baby boom will be Konoha's most determined force in the future.

Xia Yan had thought at the beginning that if he defected in the future, those who came to arrest him would definitely be his old classmates.

And in the future, these old classmates will be the teachers of those Xiaoqiang.

But the disadvantage is also very obvious, that is, he happened to catch up with the Third Ninja War.

He was also very helpless due to this irresistible factor, but he had survived until now anyway.

And he can be regarded as escaping the fate of becoming cannon fodder on the battlefield, although he can also be regarded as cannon fodder on another stage.

After looking at the sky outside slightly, Xia Yan stood up and stretched.

Although it wasn't time to get off work yet, no one dared to tell Xia Yan if he wanted to leave.

"It just so happens that I promised Thousand-Armed Lotus to give her a stage to show herself, but I just don't know if he can grasp it."

...

"Grandpa, are you still looking through the information?"

In the elder's residence in the Uchiha clan's territory, Uchiha was really reading the history of the family seriously.

These histories record the changes of the Uchiha clan and the past grudges with the Senju clan.

These materials may not have been opened for so long that they are covered with dust.

But Uchiha didn't really care, he was completely fascinated.

He knew that the Senju clan and the Uchiha clan joined forces to establish Konoha, but he really didn't know many details about it.

He was indeed a person of that era, but he was too young at that era, too small to participate in it and make any decisions.

He only knew that the Senju clan was once enemies with Uchiha.

He only knew that Uchiha Madara attacked Konoha after leaving Konoha and was eventually killed by the First Hokage.

All he knew was that the Second Hokage Senju Tobirama was disgusted and targeted the Uchiha clan.

Other than that, he really didn't know anything.

Therefore, he needs to read these histories, understand these histories, and use these histories to make a judgment on the current situation.

It was only when he was most immersed in watching it that Uchiha Qiong's voice rang in his ears, which made him come back to his senses from the vast history.

He took a deep breath, then turned his head and smiled at Uchiha Qiong: "Yes, I'm still reading these materials."

"Grandpa, you have been reading for many days, have you gained anything?" Uchiha Qiong sat down, she glanced at the information on the table and asked curiously.

She didn't know the specific content of these materials, but by observing the slightly old appearance of these materials, she knew that these were probably very old materials.

She was very smart. She didn't ask her grandfather why he wanted to read these things. She knew that if her grandfather wanted to say it, he would definitely say it.

If you don't want to talk about it, her questions will only make people embarrassed.

She doesn't make it difficult for her grandfather, or she doesn't make it difficult for anyone.

"I have gained something, but I am also very confused." Uchiha sighed. He did feel very confused.

Through history, he already knew the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan, but there were some things that he really couldn't judge easily.

Glancing at his granddaughter, he was suddenly stunned for a moment, then he made a decision and asked.

"Qiong, you have always been very smart, and your perspective on problems is different from ours. I have some questions that I would like to ask your opinion on."

"My opinion?" Qiong was stunned for a moment, and then she smiled: "Although my opinion may seem naive, if it can help grandpa, I won't hide it."

"Here's the situation."

Uchiha really organized his words before asking.

"A long time ago, there were two families who were in conflict with each other. They fought for hundreds of years, causing endless hatred and killing.

But then two extraordinary patriarchs emerged, putting aside their hatred and joining forces to create an era of relative peace. "

Having said this, Uchiha paused for a moment. He watched his granddaughter make a gesture of listening carefully, and he couldn't help but nodded.

"But after that, something started to go wrong with one of the clan leaders, and he betrayed the peace they had made together.

But his people thought the arrival of peace was unusual and did not follow him.

But his departure still caused huge damage. Even if the tribesmen stayed, they were still suspected and distrusted by the other party.

Time has passed, the peace of the year no longer exists, and the two families are once again shrouded in hatred.

However, one of them, just like his clan leader back then, extended an olive branch to another family.

It's just that the person who received the olive branch is not the clan leader, and the situation of these two families has also become worse. What do you dare to do now? "

Uchiha really spoke very slowly, but also very detailedly.

These are the biggest doubts and confusions in his heart.

Faced with Xia Yan's olive branch and the desire that Xia Yan planted in his heart, it was really difficult for him to resist.

But the family situation, which stems from the deep hatred within the family, always puts him in a contradictory state.

He wanted to pick it up, but he didn't dare. He didn't want to pick it up, but he couldn't forget it.

He longs for the family to reintegrate into Konoha, he longs for the family to change the status quo, and he longs even more for the family to rise again.

But the reality made him hesitate, and there were some things he didn't dare to say.

That's why he is very worried that the young man who has mastered the Wood Release will turn him into a puppet controlling Uchiha through this method!

Because the gap between them is really too big!

His strength can't be compared to others, his status in Konoha can't be compared to others, and even his calculations can't be compared to others.

Such a comprehensive gap really filled Uchiha's heart with worry.

But he had to admit that this was an opportunity for the family to rise, an opportunity that he longed for in his heart.

"Why not accept it?"

Just when Uchiha was really entangled in his heart, Qiong suddenly spoke with great seriousness.

"The value and significance of accepting is obviously greater than not accepting, and if you are not the patriarch, why can't you make the most correct choice on behalf of the patriarch?

Peace and war, tranquility and hatred, everyone actually knows how to choose.

Otherwise, why didn’t the patriarch who left in Grandpa’s story leave with him?

Because everyone longs for peace and tranquility.

Since those tribesmen in Grandpa's story had the courage to reject the patriarch, and the will to resist and the will to pursue the right had been formed, then why did they abandon it? "

"Making the most correct choice on behalf of the patriarch? The will to resist, and the will to pursue what is right?"

Uchiha couldn't help but murmured to himself after hearing Qiong's words, and soon he became extremely excited.

"It turns out that we had already made a decision back then. It turns out that we had already figured out how to do it back then!"

After Qiong's reminder, Uchiha suddenly realized that they had already done something similar!

When Uchiha Madara left, he wanted to take his tribe with him, but the tribesmen refused to leave with him.

This was the beginning of a rebellion against the clan leader, and why couldn't he, Uchiha?

Uchiha Madara's belief back then had already been accomplished. In fact, in some sense, it was betraying peace and tranquility and rekindling the hatred that had been put aside long ago.

But the tribesmen back then were unwilling to mention their hatred again, and they were unwilling to follow Uchiha Madara!

It turns out that the ancestors back then have already given the answer. It turns out that he has already experienced the real answer!

"That's it, that's it..."

Uchiha stood up and his eyes became bright.

He already knew what he was going to do. Since the olive branch had been thrown to him, he must take it!

Back then, Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama could put aside their hatred and build Konoha together.

The ancestors back then could resist Uchiha Madara for the sake of peace and tranquility.

Then he can do it now, he can put aside his family's hatred and cooperate with Natsuhiko Senju.

He can rebel against another group of people in his family for the sake of peace and tranquility.

He can even overthrow the current patriarch for the sake of his family!

"Although cooperating with you is very dangerous, I have to admit that I can't give up this time no matter what!"

Uchiha Makoto thought silently, and his fists clenched slightly.

"Even if I become a puppet, I can't let my descendants continue.

For the sake of my family and for the sake of peace, I will take a gamble no matter what! "

Thinking of this, Uchiha took a deep breath, and then a smile appeared on his face.

He turned his head and looked at Qiong seriously, and then said with a smile: "Thank you, Qiong. If it weren't for you, I would have been confused for a long time."

"No, Grandpa." Qiong shook her head slightly, and said with a smile on her face: "Actually, even without me, I think Grandpa will soon find the answer. It's just that Grandpa thinks too much and worries too much. This I just fell into confusion for a while.”

"Hahahahaha, maybe." Uchiha laughed loudly, then he touched his chin and suddenly asked: "How about we go out to eat tonight?"

"Out?" Qiong blinked, and then she asked with a smile: "Okay, we haven't eaten out for a long time, how about the meatballs?"

"I know you like eating meatballs." Uchiha nodded slightly: "Then, let's go eat meatballs."

.......

On the streets of Konoha, Natsuhiko walked forward with Senju Renge.

After get off work, Xia Yan and the four Thousand Hands who had been protecting him in the dark informed him, and then returned home directly.

Today he needed to talk to Senju Renhua, so he called this woman out.

Facing Xia Yan, this woman had no idea of ​​resistance. It seemed that she was the kind of person who could do whatever he wanted to Xia Yan.

However, Xia Yan is not in that mood at this time. Maybe in the future, when he has enough strength and status, he can think about it carefully.

"Is there anything in particular you want to eat?"

Natsuhiko looked around, and he had to say that Konoha was really prosperous, and there seemed to be some delicious food of all kinds.

This actually made Xia Yan have difficulty choosing. After all, his demand for delicious food has always been very low.

During the mission, he didn't mind even if it was a living rat.

"It depends on Xia Yanjun's choice." Thousand Hands Lotus shook her head gently, she was still so cold and ethereal: "Whatever Xia Yanjun eats first will be the best."

"Is that so?" Xia Yan nodded indifferently, and then he simply said: "Then let's go eat meatballs."

"Xia Yanjun likes to eat meatballs?" Qianju Lianhua glanced at him unexpectedly: "I understand. I will tell my mother in the future and ask her to prepare these as much as possible."

"No, actually I don't particularly like eating." What Qianju Renhua didn't expect was that Xia Yan shook his head gently.

"So, why does Xia Yanjun want to try this, try something new?"

"That's right, because when I was a child, I helped a girl and coaxed her with this, but in the end I haven't eaten it myself..."

...

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