"As long as I can make another wave of great achievements on the Kumogakure battlefield, I will be the one with the most military achievements. Then I just need to proceed with the plan steadily, and the chances of becoming the Fourth Hokage will be very high."
"When I become the Fourth Hokage, the Root will no longer be a subordinate department of the Anbu, and will have an equal status with the Anbu."
Inside the Root base, Orochimaru is painting a bright future for Danzo Shimura.
The reason why Danzo Shimura worked hard to help Orochimaru become Hokage was not because he liked Orochimaru, but because they had a cooperative relationship.
Danzo Shimura pushed Orochimaru to the position, and Orochimaru wanted to repay Danzo Shimura after becoming Hokage.
"Well, Jiraiya has no ambition and will certainly not be able to compete with you. Tsunade is even more self-degrading, so there is no need to worry about her." Danzo Shimura nodded.
In fact, making promises is one of Shimura Danzo's best skills, otherwise he would not have been able to fool so many Root members into working for him. Shimura Danzo does not control his subordinates by ninjutsu, and the tongue is only used to prevent his subordinates from leaking information.
But for now, what Orochimaru said is not just empty talk. According to Danzo Shimura's analysis, the probability of Orochimaru becoming Hokage is far higher than that of Jiraiya and Tsunade.
Although Sarutobi Hiruzen had a tendency to favor Jiraiya, Jiraiya himself had no such idea at all. Sarutobi Hiruzen wanted to give Jiraiya the opportunity to make merit several times, but Jiraiya refused.
"In order to accomplish great deeds more quickly, I hope that Danzo can send Mu Yue to serve as my assistant again. With him, we will surely be able to achieve another great victory on the East Coast battlefield." Orochimaru took the opportunity to say this when he saw Danzo Shimura showing an expression of approval.
This is Orochimaru's real purpose, to take Mu Yue to the battlefield with him.
In order to prevent his intentions from being exposed, Orochimaru basically did not conduct any investigation and just casually asked Danzo Shimura using a legitimate reason.
Because Danzo Shimura was very cautious, Orochimaru was unable to obtain any useful information, and had no way of judging whether Mu Yue's refusal that day was Mu Yue's own wish or an order from Danzo Shimura.
So Orochimaru changed his mind, because he felt that no matter what the reason was, as long as he could take Mu Yue to the battlefield with him, it could be solved in the end.
As long as he can replace Danzo Shimura in Mu Yue's heart, all problems will be solved.
Danzo Shimura remained calm on the surface, but he felt in his heart that Orochimaru was still harboring evil intentions.
"I can send other elite troops to help you, but not Mu Yue. I have other important arrangements for him." Danzo Shimura refused Orochimaru.
He could take the initiative to send Mu Yue out to help Orochimaru to achieve merit, but Orochimaru would take Mu Yue away on his own initiative, which wouldn't work.
But they are close partners after all, so Shimura Danzo didn't say anything too harsh and used the excuse that Mu Yue had other arrangements.
"I see. That's really unfortunate." Orochimaru's expression remained unchanged, as if he didn't care too much about it, but his mind was quickly connecting all the things together.
"It should be that Danzo Shimura discovered something, so he doesn't want Mu Yue-kun to have too much contact with me." Orochimaru thought to himself.
It must be some important arrangement that is more important than his achievements on the battlefield, as this is related to the position of Hokage.
And Orochimaru is not narcissistic. He feels that with his performance on the East Coast battlefield, he is definitely a very good senior boss in Mu Yue's mind and should not be rejected directly.
Orochimaru not only demonstrated his strategy and strength, but also helped Mu Yue's disciples speak well of him in front of the higher-ups. He also often talked with Mu Yue. Mu Yue's impression of him would only be good, not bad.
No matter how Orochimaru thought about it, he felt that it was Danzo Shimura who did something.
Next, Orochimaru did not mention Mu Yue again, but continued to talk about their plan for the Fourth Hokage.
Orochimaru believes in his own abilities and that he will be able to influence Mu Yue sooner or later.
Moreover, with Mu Yue's current strength, Danzo Shimura has no way to restrain Mu Yue forever. There will be many opportunities in the future, so there is no need to keep dwelling on this issue.
But Orochimaru still took note of this incident, and he would settle the score with Danzo Shimura when he became Hokage.
After Orochimaru left the Root base, Danzo Shimura looked thoughtful.
He is a cautious person. Since he has said that he has plans for Mu Yue, he has to find something for Mu Yue to do, so that Orochimaru won't accidentally discover this.
"Let him train the Root for a while longer." Danzo Shimura came up with a good idea.
Although he paid more attention to Mu Yue's strength, Danzo Shimura did not forget Mu Yue's unique teaching ability.
The more Danzo Shimura thought about it, the better he felt it was. This way he could not only deal with Orochimaru, but also strengthen the strength of the Root Ninjas.
Then Danzo Shimura went to find Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Orochimaru wanted to take Mu Yue to the battlefield and defeat Danzo Shimura because Mu Yue was a member of the Root.
Even if Danzo Shimura wanted to call Mu Yue to his position, he had to go through the process. He had to ask Sarutobi Hiruzen for permission first, because Mu Yue was no longer a member of the Root.
Danzo Shimura walked towards the Hokage's office in the Hokage Building with a gloomy face.
Danzo Shimura was very unhappy that in addition to using his own subordinates, he also had to get Sarutobi Hiruzen's consent. Danzo Shimura felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen would not agree easily this time, and there would definitely be some wrangling, because Danzo Shimura got angry at Sarutobi Hiruzen in the last high-level meeting.
Danzo Shimura knows Sarutobi Hiruzen too well. Sarutobi Hiruzen is not a generous person and will definitely take revenge. He is predicting in advance and directly expressing his emotions.
A passing ninja saw that Shimura Danzo had a gloomy face and did not think there was anything unusual.
After all, he is Danzo's assistant, and gloomy is his normal state. If one day he suddenly smiles as brightly as Minato Muyue, they will think that Danzo has gone crazy due to too much pressure.
When Danzo Shimura walked to the wooden door of the Hokage's office and was about to push it open as usual, he thought of something and suddenly stopped. He pulled back the half-open door, put his outstretched foot back, and knocked on the wooden door with his fingers bent.
He didn't know if it was Shimura Danzo's illusion, but when there was a knock on the door, he seemed to hear a sigh with a hint of regret from inside.
"Come in." Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice came from the Hokage's office.
Only then did Danzo Shimura push open the wooden door and walk into the Hokage's office.
"Danzo, is there anything I can do for you?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.
"Hi..." Shimura Danzo was about to call Sarutobi Hiruzen by name, but after recalling some memories, he quickly stopped and changed his words, "Sandaime."
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself that it was a pity that Shimura Danzo was too cautious today.
Just now he deliberately called Shimura Danzo's name, hoping to induce Shimura Danzo to call his name as well, but Shimura Danzo refused to reveal any flaws, so he couldn't release the emotions that had been accumulated in the high-level meeting before.
"I want to transfer Mu Yue back to the Root. Mu Yue's educational ability will be best utilized in the Root. By then, the quality of both the Root ninjas and the Anbu ninjas will be improved." Shimura Danzo said after careful consideration and making sure there was no problem.
When the Root was first established, the excuse used by Danzo Shimura was to train the Anbu, so there is nothing wrong with what Danzo Shimura said. Mu Yue, who is good at teaching, returned to the Root to carry forward his teaching ability.
Of course, Danzo Shimura knew that this request would not be agreed to by Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the reason why Danzo Shimura said this was to maintain his "personality".
He usually spends all his effort to strengthen the power of the Root. It is normal for Danzo Shimura to try to dig back a talent who was dug out from the Root, so that Sarutobi Hiruzen will not doubt the connection between him and Mu Yue.
"How many ninjas are there in the Root and the Anbu combined? How many ninjas are there in the Ninja School? How many ninjas are there in the entire Konoha? Mu Yue can't go back to the Root." Sarutobi Hiruzen refused.
Sarutobi Hiruzen could not put Mu Yue back into the Root because the darkness in the Root was too deep and not suitable for a ninja like Mu Yue.
"Danzo, if you spend your time strengthening the Root on other things, perhaps Konoha will be better off." Sarutobi Hiruzen said bluntly.
"Why am I strengthening the Root? It's for Konoha." Danzo Shimura replied unconvinced.
"If you didn't know this, do you think your roots would still exist until now?" Sarutobi Hiruzen said lightly as he put down his pipe and exhaled white mist.
If Danzo Shimura was not really working for Konoha, how could Sarutobi Hiruzen have allowed the existence of the Root? That little bit of friendship between classmates was not worth it for Sarutobi Hiruzen to do that.
After becoming Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen put Konoha first in his heart, and everything else had to give way to Konoha.
"Since you know this, why do you keep bothering me?" asked Danzo Shimura in a deep voice.
"There are some things you go too far, and there are some things you shouldn't do." Sarutobi Hiruzen replied, and picked up his pipe again.
It is hard to say whether Danzo Shimura is devoted to Konoha Sarutobi Hiruzen, but there is definitely truth in the fact that he is working for Konoha.
But Danzo Shimura didn't know the limit and had almost no lower limit.
"As for the Root training, I will arrange it, but don't worry about anything else." Sarutobi Hiruzen announced the result directly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't want Mu Yue to return to the Root, but there was no problem with just training Root ninjas. He could just let Mu Yue train the Anbu and then bring the Root along.
Danzo Shimura's face looked a little unhappy, as if he was extremely dissatisfied with Sarutobi Hiruzen's arrangement.
Danzo Shimura turned around with a gloomy face and walked towards the wooden door of the Hokage's office.
"Fuck..., Sandaime, you're going to regret this!"
Bang!
A dull crash sounded, and Shimura Danzo slammed the wooden door shut.
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but smile.
He had been trying hard not to laugh just now. The way Shimura Danzo spoke cautiously was really funny. He had never seen Shimura Danzo like this before.
"If I hadn't reacted a little slowly back then, this wouldn't be the case now." Danzo Shimura slammed the door and walked out with an unhappy look on his face.
Although he perfectly avoided all mistakes and didn't give Sarutobi Hiruzen the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, Danzo Shimura was still angry. Why did he have to be so careful?
If he had stepped forward to cover the retreat at the first moment, today Sarutobi Hiruzen would have spoken to him cautiously like he did.
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Bang!
Obito kept imagining that there was an invisible armor on his fist, and then he punched it hard. A crack instantly appeared on the trunk of the tree in front of Obito, but it did not fall down.
"Why is the damn Armament Haki secret technique so difficult?" Seeing that the tree was not broken, Obito scratched his head twice.
In fact, he could have used breathing techniques and concentrated a little more chakra to break the tree, but Obito was practicing, not trying to cut down trees. Just now, Obito was only trying to use the armament color and did not use any other abilities.
"The civil war will start in another week. What should we do?" Obito looked at the others and became a little anxious.
The original schedule for the civil war was to be held every three months, but due to the war, this time it was postponed for a long time.
Obito thought he could take this opportunity to overtake others, but it turned out that others made faster progress.
Might Guy mastered the Rock Breathing Chakra Mode, while Shisui mastered the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.
Obito doesn't expect to defeat Might Guy. The Rock Breathing Chakra mode combined with the Five and Six Gates of the Eight Gates is too abnormal, and he has no chance of winning.
Obito's goal is to win against Kakashi and Shisui for sure, so that he has a great chance of entering the second round without receiving punishment.
Now the question is, Obito has the Flame Breathing mode and so does Shisui, Obito has the Three Magatama Sharingan and so does Shisui, and Shisui has mastered the Armament Haki secret technique while Obito has not, what is Obito's winning rate against Shisui?
In fact, Obito's Flame Breathing is stronger than Shisui's, but he feels that its strength is not as strong as the Armament Haki Secret Technique.
"I feel like Kakashi is the only one who has a greater chance of winning." Obito could only hope that he would draw Kakashi during the civil war.
Kakashi has the Transparent World, Obito has the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, Kakashi has the Armament Haki Secret Technique and Obito has the Three Magatama Sharingan, so there is really not much difference between the two of them.
Snap!
There was a flash of lightning, and several trees in front of Kakashi fell down.
"It's not this feeling, it's still a long way off." After recalling Mu Yue's thunder sword that could cut through everything, Kakashi sheathed the sword and shook his head.
The difficulty of Mu Yue's Lightning Blade Technique was beyond Kakashi's imagination. He estimated that he would not be able to use it in the next civil war. He could only hope that he could successfully master it before the next civil war.
"In this case, our chances of winning will be higher only if we face Obito." Kakashi briefly analyzed the combat power of Mu Yue's four disciples.
After the East Coast battlefield, each of them has made progress to varying degrees. Among them, Might Guy has made the most progress, followed by Shisui. Kakashi and Obito are at the same level.
"Great Flame Ring·Flame Emperor!"
Shisui, who had entered the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, was firing Fire Style towards the river.
As the civil war approached, Shisui had to put on hold his plans to expand his prestige and resume his intensive training. He had to become more proficient in using the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode before the civil war began.
Might Guy is training like crazy with weights at full speed. Although he is the strongest one, he will not relax, because he has to keep going until he becomes the strongest in Konoha's physical skills and the strongest in the ninja world.
Seeing how passionate Might Guy was, Riolu couldn't help but start exercising with him.
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