Konoha: We, the Uchiha, are ready to give up!

"After all, so many ninjas of our village sacrificed themselves in the war with Iwagakure. If we sign such an agreement, we will be nailed to the pillar of historical shame!"

"Do you think we should wait until Hiruzen calms down before having a proper discussion with him?"

Yes.

Koharu, who was turning the bedchamber, was very hesitant about this.

Just as she said, this agreement is a bit too unfair.

If this gets out, the reputation of these Konoha high-ranking officials could plummet in an instant.

She's a person who cares about her reputation!

As an elder of Konoha, she was truly unwilling to sign such a humiliating agreement.

But, damn it.

Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't listen to anything she said, which gave her a huge headache.

and so.

Looking at her old friend in front of her, she couldn't help but start complaining.

Meanwhile, on the other side...

Mitokado Homura, who was sitting at his desk, busy with his work, was taken aback by what he heard.

Immediately following, a long sigh.

Yes!

If Xiaochun could think of something, how could he not?

Once such a humiliating agreement is signed, the reputation of the entire Konoha leadership will suffer a precipitous blow.

Hiruzen Sarutobi is quite clever.

They had long planned to abdicate and hand over the reins to a puppet, Minato Namikaze, after the war was completely over, and then install him as the Fourth Hokage.

By the time.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's reputation might suffer a little, but given his act of stepping down and considering his past contributions to the village, most Konoha villagers won't be too critical, since he has already abdicated.

But, same thing.

For Hiruzen Sarutobi, the damage to his reputation was somewhat mitigated.

It didn't have much impact on those in real power.

After all, even though he's no longer the Hokage, he's still the Hokage's assistant!

Moreover, he wields immense power, and even the next Hokage must obey his orders.

Except for not having the title of Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi had everything else.

But what about them?

Hiruzen Sarutobi can use the tactic of taking a step back to achieve a sense of security, but these elders can't!

If they step down, they'll really have no choice but to go back to their retirement homes.

This is absolutely intolerable to them!

But if he doesn't step down, Hiruzen Sarutobi will be blamed again.

How to do?

If you want to protect the power in your hands, you can only be the scapegoat in the end, and then be despised by the whole village.

Isn't this the source of Koharu's anger?

after all.

Whether the village would benefit or not was not something these elders actually cared much about.

Because if they want to make money and resources, the annual allocation from the daimyo is enough to make them extremely wealthy!

"Xiaochun, don't think about it anymore."

"We're going to take the blame for this."

"After all, isn't this the price we have to pay to gain power?"

“In the early days, when Hiruzen Sarutobi had just taken over, he needed our full support, but things are very different now.”

"Don't bring up any brotherhood or sisterhood. For people like us, that's completely irrelevant."

"Mirror, are you helping Hiruzen?"

"But once Hiruzen becomes Hokage, won't he be secretly eliminated anyway!"

"If you say that Kagami was eliminated because he was an Uchiha, what about Akimichi Torifu?"

"The Ino-Shika-Cho trio is part of the Hokage lineage."

"But then what?"

"Although Qu Feng holds the title of elder, he can only stay in the family for a long time. How many times have you seen Qu Feng come out in all these years?"

"Does he dare to bring out 777?"

"If he really dares to come out and seize power, I believe he will definitely die inexplicably on some battlefield."

"Among our group of fellow disciples, only the two of us and Danzo are in charge."

"Danzo was able to stand up to Hiruzen head-on, and Hiruzen didn't punish Danzo severely. Was it really because of the bond between the two brothers?"

No, that's not it!

"It's because Danzo's Root organization is doing evil for Hiruzen Sarutobi, secretly eliminating all hostile forces."

"But what about us?"

"The reason why we two can become powerful elders is because our two clans are weak, and there are no outstanding top experts in our clans besides the two of us."

"We are able to seize power because we are weak and easier to control by Hiruzen."

"Our very existence is to take the blame for Hiruzen."

"Now we need to take the blame, and if we are unwilling, then we will lose our usefulness."

"Now that we're no longer of any use, Koharu, do you think Hiruzen will tolerate us?"

"So, forget it!"

"There's no need to worry about it so much. Let's just take the blame for Hiruzen Sarutobi."

"As long as we can continue to hold power in the village, continue to bring more benefits to the family, and do our best to cultivate the next generation of the family, that is what we should do most in the position of elders."

"A little bit of fame is nothing; once it's gone, it's gone!"

Chapter 203 Since we've been abandoned, let's prepare for the future!

Mitomon Yan remained calm.

Despite his seemingly close relationship with Hiruzen Sarutobi, and the fact that they acted like good brothers, he knew the truth very well.

The bond between fellow disciples?

Perhaps this feeling did exist when we were young.

As disciples of Tobirama Senju, they had a very good relationship.

Even Uchiha Jin was treated as a true friend.

But later...

When their master, Tobirama Senju, died in the First Shinobi World War, and Hiruzen Sarutobi directly became the Third Hokage, their feelings for each other instantly began to change.

There are indeed feelings involved.

But it's mostly about interests and mutual calculations.

After all, the word 'power' is the most poisonous poison in the world.

With a casual wave of his hand, everyone bowed their heads.

A ninja's future can be determined simply by signing a name on a document.

In particular, the annual allocations to Daming Prefecture are astronomical sums, and they can decide how to use the money at will.

They are truth itself!

Faced with such immense and overwhelming power, they were completely overwhelmed in an instant.

Whether it's changing dorm rooms or Mitomon, Sarutobi, Shimura...

When their clan first joined Konoha, they were just small ninja clans, and had never seen such a huge amount of money and power.

Actually, they understand.

Tobirama Senju promoted Hiruzen Sarutobi because he valued Hiruzen's hesitant and indecisive nature.