Hiruzen hadn't expected his intelligence to be leaked. Besides Kazuki and Koharu, few people knew he had left Konoha.
Hiruzen didn't suspect Kazuki or Koharu. If Kazuki wanted to make a move against him, he could have easily replaced him. With Kazuki's current strength, if he wanted to attack Hiruzen, Hiruzen wouldn't be able to resist at all.
As for Koharu, there seemed to be no need for her to do such a thing, as it would harm Konoha's overall interests.
Only Danzo was the most likely person to know his movements, and even expose his whereabouts.
Root was originally created as a training base for Anbu, but later, as Danzo's power grew, Root separated from Anbu, though it was still nominally part of Anbu.
As for Danzo inserting his people into Anbu, Hiruzen had known for a long time. He had tried his best to avoid these people, but he hadn't expected that among the Anbu he trusted, there were still Danzo's people.
Of course, Hiruzen also knew that this could have been done by those white figures from before.
The stealth abilities of those white figures startled Hiruzen. Danzo had said these things had nothing to do with him, and Hiruzen had believed him at the time. But now, he once again suspected Danzo.
Did those guys really have no connection with Danzo?
"Danzo!"
Hiruzen glared at Danzo, looking as if he had betrayed Konoha.
Danzo's heart sank. Surrounded by so many people, he didn't feel good. He had originally thought that with First Hokage, Second Hokage, and Kagami in hand, he would be invincible, and no one could stop him from becoming Hokage.
He just hadn't expected that his teacher, Tobirama, would actually break the control of the Edo Tensei.
Kazuki, that deranged fellow, even called Mito to fight against First Hokage.
Didn't he know that Mito's body was in a bad state?
To even drag Mito into this, Kazuki must have felt that his own strength was insufficient to deal with Hashirama, and thus had no choice but to bring Mito along, but this harmed Mito.
Regardless of the outcome of this battle, Mito was certainly going to die. If this matter were exposed then, saying that Kazuki killed Mito, then Kazuki would not be able to become Hokage. This was what Danzo wanted to see.
Danzo himself didn't even consider that he had used Edo Tensei to disturb the souls of the past generations. What Kazuki did seemed to be nothing in comparison.
Moreover, if Danzo won, he would probably immediately think about returning to Konoha and becoming Hokage, then extracting Nine-Tails to become a Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and then finding a way to Edo Tensei Mito as well.
But now, he had to consider escaping from the encirclement of Iwagakure ninjas.
"Hmph!"
Danzo snorted, his gaze flickering slightly towards Ōnoki.
If he cooperated with Ōnoki, then perhaps he could completely take down monkey and his companions.
However, Danzo could not be the first to propose such a thing.
He had to wait for Ōnoki to speak, but what he didn't know was that Ōnoki was also indecisive at the moment.
If possible, Danzo was definitely the one Ōnoki wanted to kill the most. After all, Edo Tensei was simply too dangerous.
But he was also worried that after Hiruzen returned to Konoha, he would also research Edo Tensei, and then Konoha would become even more terrifying and disgusting.
No, Edo Tensei must be destroyed, or if not destroyed, Iwagakure must also possess it.
Ōnoki looked at Danzo. It seemed good to leave Danzo behind.
"Leave them to me."
At this moment, Kazuki's figure flashed, appearing not far from Hiruzen and his group, and he spoke to Hiruzen.
"Okay." Hiruzen pondered for a moment and agreed.
Hiruzen fully trusted Kazuki's strength.
Hadn't Kirigakure been decimated by Kazuki back then?
Even the Third Mizukage was killed by Kazuki.
He just didn't know how Kazuki's Mangekyo Sharingan had recovered.
Hiruzen's gaze subtly drifted towards Kagami, who was pinned to the ground by Kazuki not far away. He opened his mouth, wanting to remind Kazuki that he could actually release Kagami, then remove the control over Kagami, and then fight alongside them.
But seeing that Kazuki had already charged out, Hiruzen finally said nothing more. He couldn't hold Kazuki back.
"This kid."
Tobirama continuously watched the battle between Mito and Hashirama from the side, trying to find an opportunity to break the stalemate.
He then looked at Kazuki not far away. At this moment, Kazuki was very similar to Madara.
Even though his elder brother's strength was still subtly above Madara's, Hashirama didn't have that spirit of 'though thousands stand against me, I will go forth'.
If it were his elder brother, he would probably try to persuade the other party well.
If you don't listen, if you are unwilling to choose peace, I will find a way to make you choose peace.
But if it were Madara, he would say, 'I advise you to quickly choose peace, and be obedient people from now on, otherwise I will kill all of you, and then everything will be peaceful.'
Kazuki seemed to be such a person as well. If the person in front of him were Madara, then Tobirama would say that the other party was definitely wrong. But this was Kazuki, so he would support him.
Because, to be honest, Tobirama himself also thought so.
Back then, he himself had agreed with the idea of having only one country in the Ninja World, and that Konoha alone was enough for the Ninja Villages.
As for other clans, those willing to join Konoha would be Konoha people. If they were unwilling to be ninjas, then they should stop being ninjas afterwards.
Now, seeing Kazuki confronting so many people alone, Tobirama's heart surged with emotion.
It seemed that this situation was quite good.
Kazuki is not Madara's successor, but the inheritor of his will.
This is not Madara's evil ideology, but the true Will of Fire.