Konoha's traitor master

Chapter 90

In the underground base of the roots.

"Koala, you did a great job." Sandai showed his signature friendly smile.

"This is a subordinate's duty!" Qingye still had a respectful attitude, but he obviously felt a little alienated.

Seeing Aoba's respectful attitude, Sandai had a lot of words stuck in his mouth.

For example, how did you get back? What happened to Danzo?

But this is not the right time to talk about confidential matters.

There were too many Anbu and Genbu present. He believed in the loyalty of the Anbu, but after all, he did not implement the cruel confidentiality measures like the Genbu.

The most important thing is that the secret that the green leaves are equal to the 'koalas' at the root cannot be exposed now.

Because the root now only recognizes the successor of Danzo’s will, ‘Koala’.

Aoba, the third generation undercover, would not be recognized by the root ninja.

So the third generation even needs to help Aoba hide his identity.

"Then, I won't send you off!" Aoba stood in the position of the new leader of the Nebu and maintained a respectful attitude when he asked the third generation and the Anbu to leave.

This is a very rude move, but it is in line with the attitude of Danzo's successor.

"Manage your roots well during this period, and we can wait until the fourth generation comes back to talk about Danzo's affairs." Faced with Aoba's rudeness, the third generation still spoke calmly. This is his character in Konoha, and he also cooperates with Aoba's performance.

When the third generation was resisted by the root ninja with silence, he realized that he could not master the root in a short time.

The basic ninjas, especially the followers of Danzo, are very repulsive to themselves.

Then Sandai figured out the key to the problem after a little thinking.

He believes that his relationship with Danzo is stronger than that of Jin, and the two of them complement each other well together, and everyone is doing it for Konoha.

But in fact, due to the different stances between him and Danzo, as well as the extremely different behavior styles of Genbu and Anbu, the relationship between the two men is vaguely antagonistic.

Moreover, Sandai guessed that there was a high probability that his old friends had spread a large number of extreme ideas.

That's why those who are most deeply influenced by Danzo reject him, the Third Hokage.

"Farewell, Your Majesty." Aoba did not answer Sandai's question, but dismissed the guest again.

The implication is that the fundamental facts don’t bother you.

Sandai took a deep look at Aoba. He was still not sure whether Aoba's attitude was an act or a fake one.

Then he waved his hand and led the Anbu to leave the root base.

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Once on the ground, the rain gradually decreased.

The third generation refused the poncho offered by the ANBU and walked silently towards the Hokage Building in the rain.

With the help of the cool drizzle, the three generations were reviewing the whole root incident.

Then it was discovered that he was completely passive.

First of all, they misestimated the severity of the incident and failed to realize that the three people at the core of the incident, Tsunade, Aoba, and Danzo, were already determined to fight to the death.

But I still hold on to the idea of ​​fighting without defeat and tempering myself internally.

He underestimated Danzo's ambition and courage, and also underestimated the determination of Tsunade and Aoba.

The most important thing is that I underestimated Qingye.

After Sandai thought about everything about the incident, he realized a terrible thing. Aoba might have started planning today several years ago.

It took Aoba nearly ten years to gain the trust of Konoha's top brass, including himself and Danzo.

It has also established enough reputation at the root.

Then he used the identity of the mysterious intelligence squad leader Koala to cover up the age issue.

Tsunade was promoted to the position of Hokage by Aoba, and the Third Generation knew it very well.

Because of Minato, the Third Generation also knew about Aoba's plan to become the Fourth Hokage for Minato.

Even if Tsunade hadn't finally been persuaded by Aoba to regain her fighting spirit, the third generation would have followed the plan and supported Minato to rise to power.

The third generation is still very clear about what Danzo has done, and it must not be exposed.

Apart from himself, I am afraid that no other Hokage has the capacity to tolerate Danzo.

The Third Generation discovered that no matter who was pushed to power by Aoba, Danzo's removal was inevitable.

At that time, as long as Danzo dies, the roots will fall into Aoba's hands just like now.

Regardless, the winner is Aoba.

The third generation was very sad about Danzo's death, but there was one thing he never understood.

Why did Danzo leave the village?

Where did he die again?

In fact, Sandai already had a guess at the answer.

The Third Generation had long considered whether Danzo would assassinate Tsunade.

I was just confused by Danzo's arrangement.

Minato specifically took an afternoon off today, and Aoba returned to the root base at a critical moment.

Therefore, Sandai speculated that Danzo's death was closely related to Aoba, because Aoba's curse seal had been resolved long ago, and the technique to remove the curse seal was taught by him.

As a close friend of Danzo, Sandai knew that Danzo was not courageous enough and would definitely not do anything that would be risky, especially if it was life-threatening.

Unless someone is plotting against you.

Danzo himself is very cautious and good at calculations, and there are not many people who can plan against him.

And there happened to be such a character in the incident.

Aoba can calculate the war situation in the entire ninja world, and naturally he can also plot against his old buddy.

A strong fear of Aoba arose in Sandai's heart.

"It seems it's time to start weakening the power of the roots." Sandai made a decision.

It is a foregone conclusion that Aoba is in charge of the Roots. Once Tsunade returns to the village, he will probably comply with the ideas of the Roots members and elevate Koala to the leader of the Roots.

The greater the power of the roots, the greater the power of the green leaves.

So restrictions must be made!

Even though he suspected that Aoba had plotted to kill Danzo, the third generation had extremely complicated emotions towards Aoba.

But he did not doubt Aoba's loyalty to Konoha.

The contributions that Aoba has made for Konoha over the years are not fake, they have actually brought benefits or development to the village.

The only thing that made the third generation fearful was Aoba's calculations and ambitions.

At just that young age, Aoba is already the director of Konoha Hospital and the leader of the root tribe. He must find a way to limit Aoba's power.

As for Danzo's death...

Old man, how could you do such a stupid thing?

The grief in the hearts of the three generations is indescribable.

But he didn't have any intention of touching Aoba and Tsunade for this.

Because from the perspective of justice, Danzo's assassination of Hokage was an act of rebellion against ninja.

Being killed is a matter of course.

As for the personal emotions of the three generations.

The will of fire he understood from the second generation's actions was "sacrifice".

Sacrificing everything for Konoha is the will of fire.

But as I get older, the "sacrifice" of the three generations has crossed the bottom line.

Turning the companions who were supposed to be sacrificed for them into objects that can be sacrificed.

In the original work, he could sacrifice Hizashi, Itachi, Naruto, and himself "for the sake of the village"...

Now for the stability of Konoha, it is natural to "sacrifice" Danzo who made mistakes.

The third generation slowly walked into the Hokage Building, and with his footsteps, the water on his body and face fell to the ground drop by drop.

"Everything is for Konoha."

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There's a game today, and I'll probably only watch it once a year, so I'd better post it early.

I hope I won’t be mentally shattered after watching it.