Master, Please Become a Hokage

Ryo Sarutobi's actions were always swift and decisive.

The two brothers were bound like dumplings, their spirits drooping.

Shisui Uchiha exhausted a lot of his eye power, learning everything from their minds.

From his angry face, it was clear that he had witnessed everything the two brothers had done, including the murder of Uchiha Kawahara.

And these things would be reported directly to the Fourth Hokage, Sakumo Hatake.

And... the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

To bring down an elder, especially someone with Danzo's seniority, was no easy task.

Therefore, the simultaneous intervention of two generations of Hokage became the inevitable choice.

With Hiruzen Sarutobi's temperament, no matter how indecisive, how tolerant, how self-reflective... once he saw someone truly harming the village, he would transform into a hero and would never forgive them.

He would enter Danzo's lair directly, and Shisui Uchiha would report to the two Hokage afterward.

By the time the two Hokage arrived with reinforcements, he would probably have already killed Danzo.

Once Danzo was dead, slowly sorting out his past sins wouldn't be a big problem.

Some people are only reassuring when they're dead.

"Right, Orochimaru?"

Ryo Sarutobi looked at the ninja in the shadows.

Wearing a Konoha ninja flak jacket and a Konoha forehead protector, Orochimaru was waiting for action.

Orochimaru had always wanted to clear his name and had no intention of defecting.

Ryo Sarutobi naturally gave him this opportunity.

Compared to Danzo Shimura's great evil, Orochimaru's private experiments, which hadn't yet harmed his own people, were just trifles.

As long as Orochimaru didn't harm the people of Konoha, he would always be a Konoha ninja.

There would be no problem with that.

In the original story, Orochimaru failed to win the election and began to go crazy, even using Konoha people for experiments.

This timeline was different. Although Orochimaru failed, he was convinced and had no intention of going mad. So naturally, he wouldn't risk harming the people of Konoha.

Tonight, Orochimaru's support was a good way to clear his name.

As long as the two of them joined forces to kill Danzo, then... Orochimaru would be one of the heroes.

Orochimaru would certainly not refuse such a welcome event and stepping stone.

"Then, let's start the operation..."

Soon, the two of them headed underground, to Danzo's Root headquarters...

At the same time.

In Danzo's underground lair, Tobirama Senju was adapting to his Reanimation body...

Chapter 146. Action

The dark underground...

Footsteps slowly echoed, from far to near.

Countless forks in the path swirled before Ryo Sarutobi.

With Orochimaru's guidance, getting to the center of Danzo's lair was easy.

"Did you contact Jiraiya and Tsunade?"

Ryo Sarutobi looked at Orochimaru beside him and asked.

The change in tone made Orochimaru realize the change in the young man's strength.

Before, he always respectfully called him Lord Orochimaru...

If it were normal times, Orochimaru would definitely teach Ryo Sarutobi a lesson.

But judging from the change that had happened with Tsunade, perhaps... this young man's strength had risen sharply.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to call Tsunade by her name directly.

Because with Tsunade's temper, she would definitely use her super strength to smash that person.

Since Young Master Ryo Sarutobi hadn't been beaten to death and was still alive and kicking, it proved that... his strength had most likely surpassed Tsunade.

Which meant.

The arrangement for the Fifth Hokage would be staged soon.

Orochimaru's guess was correct.

After killing Danzo, Ryo Sarutobi would begin to prepare the groundwork for the Fifth Hokage.

Although the Fourth Hokage had only been in office for a short time, it wouldn't affect the Fifth Hokage from taking root in people's hearts.

As everyone knew.

Those qualified to run for the Fifth Hokage were... Orochimaru, Jiraiya, Tsunade, Ryo Sarutobi himself, and Minato Namikaze.

Among them, Jiraiya didn't like being entangled in government affairs and could be excluded.

Then, it would be generated among the remaining four people.

If Ryo Sarutobi showed a posture and actual strength surpassing Orochimaru and Tsunade.

In everyone's mind, it would mean that Ryo Sarutobi's strength had surpassed the Sannin.

That was... comparable to Konoha White Fang's level.

With this level of strength, according to common sense, he obviously overwhelmed Minato Namikaze.

So, who the Fifth Hokage was was self-evident.

Of course, Orochimaru was just guessing at this time. He had to see Ryo Sarutobi's true strength with his own eyes to be convinced.

And this operation.

On the surface, it was to let Orochimaru provide support.

In fact, it was only to clear his name and act as a guide.

Ryo Sarutobi's real purpose was to make Orochimaru understand the extent of his strength.

That's right, Ryo Sarutobi was preparing to kill Danzo alone this time.

Orochimaru was just an observer.

Soon, the two who had been talking all the way came to the center of Danzo's lair.

It was also the area where Danzo slept and worked.

It was guarded and patrolled by many Root ninjas.

Naturally, it was the most heavily guarded area.

Seeing "Kawahara Uchiha" and Orochimaru appear, the Root ninja nodded and immediately went to summon Lord Danzo.

But they didn't know.

Soon, Jiraiya and Tsunade would arrive here.

Before long, Sakumo Hatake and Hiruzen Sarutobi would also lead the Anbu to this side.

When the time came... it would be a script for the group to send Danzo to his funeral.

Ryo Sarutobi, who had been wooing the Uchiha, was making Konoha thrive.

Now, Danzo's move was obviously destroying unity.

So he had to act swiftly and decisively...

Okay, I won't pretend anymore. I just don't like Danzo. He's handing me a knife this time, so I'll just kill him.

As for who would control Root after Danzo's death.

There were two choices.

One was himself... after all, he had plenty of darkness in his heart.

The other was Orochimaru... Orochimaru would take over Danzo's duties, be able to do scientific research, and be aware of current affairs. He was more sociable and understood human relationships than Danzo.

In any case, Konoha could continue to operate and would be better.

Thinking of this, Ryo Sarutobi began to silently wait for Danzo's appearance.

Soon, Danzo, dressed in casual clothes, walked out.

It could be seen that Danzo was about to rest.

Even ninjas were not absolute supermen and had to sleep.

"Orochimaru?"

Seeing Orochimaru wearing a ninja uniform, Danzo frowned.

Was he going out to perform a mission by the way?

What was the matter with coming together?

"Heh heh, Lord Danzo... I'm here this time to tell you something..."

Orochimaru spread his hands and smiled.

"What is it?" Danzo kept a straight face, still unsmiling.

Orochimaru: "That is..."

"Your death is at hand."

Ryo Sarutobi, who was ruthless and didn't talk much, was too lazy to waste words with someone like Danzo.

It wasn't a conversation with upright people, where thoughts collided and ideas clashed.

Ryo Sarutobi, who had power and strength in his hands, didn't bother to say a word to Danzo.

The moment the disguise was broken, all the surrounding Root ninjas became nervous.

But people's minds always need time to react.

When they saw Ryo Sarutobi revealing his true colors, their expressions were obviously confused.

Because they couldn't understand why Young Master Ryo Sarutobi was here.

And why... he wanted to be an enemy of Lord Danzo.

The human brain needs time to process information.

Things that are subconsciously reacted to can naturally react at the speed of light.

But...

Ryo Sarutobi suddenly broke in and changed into a living person, and then wanted to kill Danzo.

This sudden turn... was indeed not something that could be turned around in a second.

So, when Ryo Sarutobi made his move, these Root ninjas were still in a daze.

The next second.

Ryo Sarutobi, who had entered the sixth gate of the Eight Gates Formation, unleashed a Super Upright Fist.

"Rock Smash!"

How strong was the strongest taijutsu move, combined with the strongest taijutsu forbidden technique?

This punch from afar was no less than firing a cannon.