Under the Bamboo Forest of Naruto

In a remote courtyard of Konoha Village, Danzo was sitting at a low table quietly sipping tea, and sitting opposite him was Ryuu's acquaintance--Shimura Ken. But.

Ken Shimura was obviously out of shape and looked listless.

"Uncle Danzo! Why did you come to me this time?"

Ken Shimura, who couldn't sit still for a long time, finally spoke up and broke the silence. He returned from the Moon Country frontline rotation, and his time in the village was limited. It won't be long before he will go to the Moon Country again. After all, the current Cloud Hidden Village is still

No peace agreement was signed with Konoha.

"Nothing! I just want to talk to you."

Facing the impatient nephew, Danzo just calmly took a sip of tea, and then said softly. Shimura Ken is a clan member he is very optimistic about. He is also the most talented member of this generation of the Shimura clan, and he is also the next generation he has planned.

Clan leader candidate. If possible, Danzo even wanted to pass the position of the next generation Hokage to Shimura Ken after he became Hokage.

"Just say what you want to talk about!"

Shimura Ken glanced at Danzo and said helplessly.

"What do you think of that little girl from the Cao Qian clan?"

Danzo took a sip of tea again and said casually.

"She? Do you mean Liu Yu? She is a very interesting little girl."

Hearing Danzo ask this, the green-haired little girl suddenly appeared in Shimura Ken's mind, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Oh, is it so?"

Shimura Ken didn't notice that just after he finished speaking, Danzo's hand holding the tea cup secretly tightened.

"It seems that you are very optimistic about this girl!"

However, Danzo soon returned to normal, and then continued to ask without incident.

"Well! This girl has outstanding talent and her strength has increased very quickly. She may have surpassed me now. She also cares about her companions and tribesmen. She is the leader of the next generation of the village, and may even become the Fifth Hokage...

..."

When it comes to Liu Yu, Shimura Ken is no longer as uncomfortable as before, and he opens up his chat box. In his heart, he is very optimistic about Liu Yu.

Danzo didn't say anything, he just listened quietly to Shimura Ken talking alone.

"call out-----"

A long eagle cry interrupted Shimura Ken's words, and soon, a whistle eagle fluttered and landed on Danzo's arm.

"Ajian, you should go back today, I have other things to deal with."

After Danzo took over the Whistle Hawk, he issued an expulsion order to Ken Shimura.

"Ah! Oh! Okay."

Shimura Ken looked a little confused. Did the clan uncle call him here just to talk about Ryuyu? But even though he was confused about Danzo's weirdness, Shimura Ken still left. In fact, he didn't really like to be with this guy all the time.

Staying with the clan uncle with a cold face, even though Danzo always acted like a gentle elder to him, Shimura Ken always felt uncomfortable in various ways.

Seeing Shimura Ken retreating, Danzo's peaceful elder look that he had tried his best to maintain instantly disappeared, and his face became extremely ugly.

Hokage has been his dream for many years, but he failed when he and Sarutobi competed for the Hokage for the first time. However, Danzo is not the kind of person who will give up easily. From that time on, he has been working on becoming Hokage for himself.

Making plans.

Danzo does not recognize Hiruzen as Hokage. In his view, Hiruzen is too weak as Hokage. He will only compromise blindly and cannot shoulder the important responsibilities of Konoha. The village will only gradually decline in the hands of Hiruzen and his family.

Decline. If the village wants to become strong, it needs change, and change requires a strong leader. In Danzo's view, he is undoubtedly the most suitable person to lead the village's change.

After the truce with Iwagakure, he seized the opportunity to force the Third Hokage to step down, but at that time he knew that it was not the time for him to come out, so he recommended Orochimaru, who was from the same faction as himself, to succeed the Fourth Hokage, but he did not expect that the Fourth Hokage would be replaced.

The throne of Dai Hokage was actually taken by Jiraiya's apprentice Namikaze Minato. What's even more egregious is that Hiruzen actually said that he would continue to guide the Yondaime after he abdicated. What is the difference between this and him still serving as Hokage?

After finally waiting for the fourth generation to die in the Nine-Tails Rebellion, his opportunity finally appeared. Orochimaru was obsessed with human experiments, Jiraiya traveled around the country to collect materials, and Tsunade wandered around casinos due to fear of blood. This time he won.

The chance was very great. But I didn't expect that Sarutobi actually expressed his willingness to serve as Hokage again. Koharu and Monoyan even supported Hiruzen to resume the position of Hokage. All of this made Danzo's original plan come to nothing.

Since it was impossible to obtain the throne of Hokage through formal channels, Danzo implemented a preliminary plan. First, he roped in Kakashi to obtain the date and route for Hiruzen to go to the City of Fire to meet the name of the Fire Country, and then dispatched the obtained wood escape.

The ninja carried out the assassination plan. In order to ensure the success of the assassination operation, Danzo also specially sent Kusachi Ryuha, who was good at perception and could serve as the third generation Hokage's guard, to the border area. However, although Danzo's plan was complete, this assassination

The plan failed even after Kakashi informed him in advance.

After the death of the fourth generation Hokage in the selection of the next generation of Hokage, Nara Shikaku once proposed that the next generation of ninjas after Minato should succeed him. The most outstanding ninja among the generation after Minato was undoubtedly this Kusachi Ryuha. Fortunately, it was changed at that time.

Ji Xiaochun rejected it because their experience was not enough to lead everyone, but from that time on, Ryūyu became the person Danzo paid close attention to.

When Hiruzen took over as Hokage again, he once said that if a suitable young man appeared in the village, he would hand over the position of Hokage. In Danzo's view, this was Hiruzen's way of blocking him. Hiruzen deliberately

To emphasize "young people" is to veto yourself.

As for who this young man was referring to, Danzo naturally set his sights on Ryūha. Kusachi Ryūha already possessed such great strength at such a young age, and in addition, she was only thirteen years old, and she still had a lot of potential.

There is room for growth. Moreover, Ryūha’s outstanding performance in the Nine-Tails Rebellion also won the support of many people. Coupled with his status as the captain of the Fourth Hokage’s Shadow Guard, it can be said that he has already taken the lead in the competition for the Fifth Hokage.

Being ahead of most people, her only disadvantage is age.

This time, he was transferred to the northern border. In addition to preventing him from serving as Hiruzen's bodyguard, Danzo also wanted to see what level Kusachi Ryuha's strength had reached. For this reason, he specially sent a root ninja there.

Riuha's performance at the northern border shocked Danzo, and made him even more frightened. This girl's strength had risen too fast, and the Konoha ninjas at the northern border also spoke highly of her, so they sent her out this time.

Carrying out border missions undoubtedly gave Liu Yu another wave of prestige.

In the conversation with his clan nephew Ken Shimura just now, he made no secret of his regard for Ryūha. He believed that there would not be a minority of ninjas in the village who had the same ideas as Shimura Ken. Hiruzen might even be ready to train Ryūha.

The plan to become the next generation Hokage successor.

This girl already has strength and prestige. Although these are not enough to help her ascend to the throne of Hokage now, Ryūha is still young and she has plenty of time. In addition, she is still the guardian of the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki. Once Sarutobi abdicates,

, it can be said that Ryuyu is the definite successor to the next generation of Hokage.

As a veteran of Konoha Village, he lost to a young girl in the competition for the next generation of Hokage. This is undoubtedly intolerable to Danzo. And the relationship between Ryūha and the Fourth Generation is destined to continue to implement the Japanese rule after Riyuyu ascends to the throne of Hokage.

This is the policy of killing, and this is something Danzo cannot tolerate.

Therefore, Danzo gave Rikuha an additional mission to go to Earth Country to hand over intelligence. Later, through the root spy installed in Iwagakure Village, he leaked Rikuha's whereabouts to Iwagakure's guy. Iwagakure used his hands to kill him.

Ryuu Kusanagi is undoubtedly the best choice. Let Ryuu Kusanagi die in battle as a hero of Konoha. This is the ending Danzo prepared for him.

In fact, if the assassination of Hiruzen is successful this time, Danzo will not care even if Riyuha's performance on the northern border is more dazzling. Konoha under his rule really needs some powerful helpers.

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