Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 65 Decision
There was heavy rain outside the porch, and three generations were sitting on a deck chair under the porch, staring at the scenery outside like ordinary old people in a daze, looking lonely in old age.

He had a pipe in his mouth, but there was no tobacco in it.

"Old man, you don't seem to have told me many things."

After hearing Tsunade's words, the third generation turned his head to look at one of his proud disciples with a confused look on his face:

"what?"

Tsunade waved back the two Anbu guards next to him, walked a little closer and said:

"Concerning Uchiha Itachi, why did he give that Akatsuki information to Tetsuya Yamanaka?"

"Oh, you said this."

The old man cheered up, took a sip of the pipe habitually, and then sighed a little bit, and began to tell Tsunade about the past many years ago.

Tsunade, who has been away from the village for a long time, is completely ignorant of the inside story of this matter.

After listening, she found it difficult to accept:

"Is this the case? Isn't there a better way to solve it?"

"No."

Sandai's answer was so decisive that he choked back the rest of Tsunade's unfinished words.

"I know what you mean, but the situation at that time has reached a dilemma. If Konoha does not respond, the only result will be that the Uchiha clan splits from Konoha. It would be fine if it just splits away, but What they wanted at that time was not just independence, but rebellion, killing the Hokage, and becoming the leader of Konoha."

"This is never allowed!"

"Tsunade, when you sit in this seat, the first thing you need to consider is not feelings or morality, but the interests of the village."

"How can a whole family cry when a village is crying? If Itachi and Danzo hadn't killed the Uchiha first, Konoha would have suffered heavy casualties. This is by no means an acceptable outcome as Hokage!"

Does Sandai’s words make sense?Of course there are.

But Tsunade does not agree with this view and logic from the bottom of her heart. Although she puts herself in the original situation, she may not be able to find a better way to deal with the conflict that is about to break out between Uchiha and Konoha. , perhaps it can only result in the loss of both Konoha and Uchiha, and she still does not think what Konoha did is reasonable.

If she could agree with this, she would not have left Konoha because of the death of her brother and lover, nor would she have broken through the psychological barrier and overcome hemophobia because of Naruto's persistence and perseverance.

However, she did not continue to refute the third generation, and stopped talking about the past events, and instead asked about Tetsuya Yamanaka:

"Does the teacher think highly of Tetsuya Yamanaka?"

"Ahem, yes." The third generation may have been a little excited just now, coughed twice and said: "And that child has given me a lot of surprises, whether it is talent or heart."

"The soul is separated from the body like the spiritual transformation technique. Did the teacher confirm that he didn't let him peek at the scroll of the spiritual transformation technique?"

"When I asked the kid to choose, he chose the Flying Thunder God Technique very ambitiously."

The three generations show the color of memory:

"It's not that I have no expectations. Unfortunately, the Flying Thunder God Technique is indeed too difficult to learn. But Tetsuya still gave me a surprise. All his actions in the secret room were monitored by ANBU, plus all the secret scrolls There are different advanced sealing techniques on the world, so it is naturally impossible to peek at the contents of the spiritual transformation technique."

"But sometimes there is such a genius. There are many differences between his spiritual transformation technique and that boy's. Maybe it is some kind of sudden awakening of the blood inheritance limit."

"With his current ability and achievements, it is enough to be promoted to a special jounin." Tsunade couldn't help but sigh and said: "After such a comparison, I have lost my confidence. I don't remember much about what I was doing when I was 12 years old. ."

"When you were 12 years old?" Sandai couldn't help but start to recall the past again: "You three were still making noise like ignorant children. I remember that Jiraiya always liked to call you."

Before he finished speaking, Tsunade snatched away his pipe:

"I think it's better for you, teacher, to stop chewing on your pipe. Since you want to quit smoking, just quit smoking simply. If you don't have anything to chew on from now on, just eat a lollipop."

"Okay. Okay, I won't say it anymore. If you say something wrong, you won't even be able to eat the lollipop."

"Let's get down to business. I just wanted to ask the teacher what his original arrangements were for Tetsuya?"

Tsunade returned the pipe to the third generation and continued.

"arrange?"

Sandai continued to bite his pipe, his eyes wandering:
"Tsunade, now that you are the Fifth Hokage, you can decide some things by yourself. As an old man, I can only make suggestions. Originally, I wanted to train him well, but I can't say that I have any arrangements. Execute the mission step by step, and in a few years you can be promoted to a special jounin, or even a direct jounin."

"However, I just thought that the child wanted to go to the hospital to learn medical ninjutsu at first. You can consider accepting him as your disciple."

"disciple?"

Tsunade nodded, the proposal of the third generation can naturally be considered, the guy Jiraiya has already accepted more than one disciple including Naruto, she is also one of the Sannin and has just served as the fifth generation, so it is very easy to accept a disciple normal thing.

Thinking of this, she thought of Jiraiya again:

"That guy Jiraiya ran away in a hurry before I set off to return from Banban Street, is it also because of Akatsuki?"

"Well, he discovered the existence of Akatsuki during the years he was tracking Orochimaru's whereabouts. He has been investigating this organization for a long time. Unfortunately, this mysterious organization is hidden too deeply. Most of the useful information currently comes from Itachi. And it’s not very detailed.”

"The target of this organization is the tailed beast. There must be an amazing plan behind it. Jiraiya's main purpose now is to track down its traces. Give him some time."

"By the way, I don't think there is any need for Danzo's roots, old man."

Tsunade suddenly said this.

There was a long silence all around.

It took Sandai a long time to take a deep breath and replied:

"Of course, you are Hokage."

"I will go and have a good talk with him. Since I have retired, old guy Danzo might as well come and accompany me. It just so happens that no one talks to him at ordinary times. I guess you will be busy in the future too. Come on. There is very little free time to visit me as a teacher.”

Speaking of this, Sandai suddenly changed his tone:
"But Tsunade, you should also know that some things always need to be handled by someone. Have you thought about the matters after disbanding the Roots?"

Facing the third generation's questions, Tsunade expressed her determination calmly:

"Of course, I'll take care of it."

"That's good"

After the Godaime left, the Third Generation continued to stare at the rain curtain, his thoughts racing.

As a teacher, the Sandaime knew everything about his disciple's temperament.

He had already anticipated what Tsunade would do, but he didn't expect that she would request to disband the roots so quickly. He had indeed hesitated for a long time before deciding to support this approach.In terms of his usual style, disbanding the Foundation was definitely not in line with his philosophy, but when he thought about why he chose to retire and that he would only have a few good years to live in the future, he finally agreed.

He did not force Jiraiya to accept the fifth generation's appointment, but chose Tsunade to succeed him. One reason was that these two were the only ones suitable at the moment, and the other reason was that it made no difference whoever he chose.

Tsunade and Jiraiya are both the same people. Even if it was Jiraiya just now, he would probably make the same request.

He couldn't predict what future Konoha would have under Tsunade's leadership.

But at least, Tsunade will definitely give priority to Konoha's interests, and that's enough.As for the details of the method and the difference in consequences, after all, he, an old man with half a leg in the coffin, should no longer care about it.

Recalling the beginning of Konoha, until Madara defected and fought back to Konoha, the death of the first generation, the outbreak and end of World War I, the death of the second generation, his rise to power, and the three consecutive World War IIs, the Senju clan has been in power for just a few decades. dissipated and disintegrated, and the village gradually became the Hokage's village instead of a certain family's village. Everything seemed to be developing in a good direction.
It's a pity that the fourth generation of civilians died young. Konoha's journey in the next ten years was stumbling, and finally it became what it is now.

What if that old guy Danzo is unwilling to delegate power?
The third generation came up with such a thought, and then immediately extinguished it. As long as he is still alive, he has to let go if he doesn't want to let go!

(End of this chapter)