"Arrangements? Is this the result of your arrangements?"
"The Hokage Building was blown to smithereens. You were lucky this time to escape the Bijūdama. Will you be so lucky next time?"
Danzo Shimura did not want to give up on Naruto Uzumaki.
Once I train him into a perfect Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, wouldn't assassinating Hiruzen Sarutobi be an easy task
With Sarutobi dead, who can stop me from taking over?
"This was just an accident, and it won't happen again."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was unaware of Danzo's thoughts, but he certainly couldn't entrust the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki to him.
"An accident?" Danzo Shimura sneered. "I'm afraid there will be more and more accidents like this. When that happens, let's see how you, Hiruzen Sarutobi, will explain it to the villagers."
"Enough, Danzo, I am Hokage."
"How to explain this to the villagers is not your concern. You can go back now."
Hiruzen Sarutobi gave him a sharp look. At that moment, he felt more and more that Danzo was behind the Nine-Tails' rampage.
After all, this guy had a history of trying to assassinate me.
This time, the Bijūdama hit the Hokage Building so accurately that Danzo immediately jumped out and wanted to take over the Hokage position.
He absolutely refused to believe that there was no connection between them.
"Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"
Danzo Shimura angrily flicked his sleeves, turned around, and left the place with his two henchmen.
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"Lord Hokage, the Cloud Village envoy is expected to arrive in Konoha in about two days. Given the current situation..."
As Nara Shikaku spoke, he glanced in the direction of the Hokage Building.
The symbols of Hokage's power have now been destroyed.
If the people of Kumogakure saw this, where would the Hokage's face be?
"We'll discuss this later. How about Naruto?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi paused briefly and looked at the spot where Naruto Uzumaki was lying.
"The sealing team just checked it, and there's nothing wrong with the seal."
"However, due to the leakage of the Nine-Tails' chakra, his body suffered considerable damage."
Nara Shikaku reported the facts truthfully.
"It seems that we can't rely solely on sealing power to suppress the Nine-Tails' chakra within him."
"Send him to get treatment for his injuries first. I will take care of the rest."
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Naruto Uzumaki with a complicated expression.
After all, he was a descendant of Minato Namikaze, so he didn't dare to go too far.
The village's high-ranking officials and the heads of various ninja clans are all watching!
If he really dared to hand Naruto over to Danzo Shimura, Konoha would probably lose all cohesion.
The high-ranking ninjas knew all too well who Danzo was.
Despite Hiruzen Sarutobi's efforts to suppress the news, rumors still circulated that Orochimaru was secretly conducting human experiments and that Danzo was involved.
"You should all go back now!"
"Don't spread today's events outside the village; try your best to appease the villagers."
He ordered Naruto Uzumaki to be taken to the hospital, and Hiruzen Sarutobi dismissed the surrounding ninjas.
Then, he looked at Nara Shikaku and said, "Shikaku, do you have any good suggestions regarding the Kumogakure situation?"
Although many years have passed since the Third Shinobi World War.
However, friction frequently occurs between Konoha and Kumogakure at the border.
This time, the other party came to Konoha with 'sincerity' to sign the alliance agreement, and Hiruzen Sarutobi would not allow any external factors to affect this peace.
"Third Hokage, please forgive my bluntness, but if the Hokage Building hadn't been bombed, everything would be negotiable."
"But now, the Hidden Cloud Village will definitely think that our Leaf Village is all show and no substance, and may launch another war."
Nara Shikaku started to get a headache just thinking about this.
Fortunately, the worst-case scenario did not occur.
If the Third Hokage dies, Danzo takes over, and the people of Kumogakure come to Konoha again, then the village would truly be in danger of being destroyed.
There was still room for maneuver.
"Peace is hard-won; it's best to avoid war if possible."
Hiruzen Sarutobi habitually wanted to take a puff of his cigarette, but suddenly remembered that his pipe had been destroyed along with the Hokage Building.
The hand that had been raised was helplessly lowered again.
"Then let's build another Hokage Building before they arrive."
Nara Shikaku's plan was to mobilize all the village's ninjas and build a Hokage Building to temporarily fool the Cloud Village delegation before they arrived.
However, this was not a simple matter.
Because the Cloud Village delegation would arrive in Konoha in two or three days at most, they were in a very tight timeframe.
"That's all we can do."
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded; everything was for the sake of hard-won peace.
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Konoha Hospital.
Naruto Uzumaki had regained consciousness.
When the Hokage Building was bombed, it was Black Zetsu who was manipulating things, deliberately keeping him from waking up.
After blowing up the Hokage Building, the damage caused by the Nine-Tails' cloak left Naruto Uzumaki unconscious.
Now that he had finally regained consciousness, he heard two nurses whispering beside him.
"I really don't know why the Hokage still wants us to save this fox demon. I heard he even blew up the Hokage Building."
"The Hokage is too kind. In my opinion, he should lock up this fox demon and never let him see the light of day again."
"If I weren't afraid of being punished by the Hokage, I would have definitely killed him on his sickbed."
"This fox demon has taken countless lives a few years ago, and I don't know how many more will die because of him tonight. If it were me, I would have no face to stay in Konoha long ago. I don't know how he can be so shameless."
The sound ringing in his ears made Naruto Uzumaki afraid to open his eyes.
People in the Naruto world mature early, and three-year-old Naruto Uzumaki could certainly distinguish between kindness and malice.
As far back as he could remember, everyone had looked at him with hatred and disgust.
This made him live in fear every day, and whenever he saw himself in the mirror, with half of his body in black, he would silently shed tears.
Why did I look like this?
Why was I the fox spirit that others talked about?
Why was half of my body so ugly?
Could I really be some kind of fox demon, just like they said?
But he knew nothing, he had never intended to hurt anyone, and he didn't even remember doing anything wrong.
Yet, he was hated by everyone.
This made Naruto feel extremely wronged and pained, and countless terrible thoughts popped into his mind.
Since you all say I'm a monster, a fox demon, then I might as well become a fox demon and kill you all.
Every time this thought popped into Naruto's mind, the image of that kind and gentle old man reappeared.
He was the only person who was good to me. He was the village's Hokage, and he cared about me and comforted me.
But this time, did I disappoint him?
He blew up the Hokage Building; would he still forgive him?
Black Zetsu was unaware of the rich thoughts running through Naruto's mind.
However, the conversation between the two nurses made Black Zetsu very happy.
He seemed to already see Naruto Uzumaki after he turned to the dark side.
"Mother, you will not be sealed again this time. I will also lead the person who sealed you into the Infinite Tsukuyomi."
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