Water bears at the beginning, wet bone forest eating old people

"Danzo!"

Hiruzen was in the Hokage's office, slamming his head on the table with a red face.

Danzo, who was sitting opposite the desk, was blind in one eye, but he was leaning back in his chair with his legs crossed, looking very calm.

He picked his ears and looked very relaxed.

"It's okay, I'll go back first, Hokage~"

"you!"

Hiruzen gritted his teeth and looked at Danzo. Danzo had always called him Hiruzen, so calling him "Hokage-sama" was purely to make him angry.

"Huh... I give in, Danzo, come and help me. You know I removed you as the ANBU captain just to vent my anger. If you don't help me, do you want to watch Konoha decline in your hands or mine?!"

"Hokage-sama, let me correct you. It was my downfall at your hands. I have been dismissed."

Danzo touched the X-shaped scar on his chin, a thoughtful look on his face.

"Oh, so without my help, Konoha would decline."

"That's right, Danzo. Without your help, it would be difficult for me to support Konoha on my own. So come and help me. Don't let your teacher down."

Hiruzen straightened his tone in a rare move and stopped arguing with Danzo.

Danzo also became serious.

"Well...you can, but you can't be the ANBU captain anymore."

Danzo stood up from his chair and walked around the Hokage's desk.

"Changing orders every day has a huge impact on the Hokage's authority. Although I am happy to see this, Konoha is currently facing internal and external troubles and cannot withstand any further turmoil."

Danzo truly put himself in Hiruzen's shoes and considered Konoha's situation.

"Tell me what kind of position you need and what kind of staff you need."

Hiruzen simply spread his hands.

"Also, establish a new department based on the Anbu and provide blood supply for the Anbu. This may also be something I am good at."

Hiruzen frowned. It was true that Danzo was good at working in secret, but the new department... Hiruzen hesitated.

As the captain of the Anbu, he is at least under the control of the Hokage. Once a new department is established according to what Danzo said, it will be like the Anbu, the Hokage's sword, has two holders. Although it is held in the hands of the Hokage, at a critical moment, Danzo can slightly shake the sword.

"Specifically, what do you plan to do, and what kind of manpower do you need?"

Danzo spoke without thinking, obviously having considered it beforehand.

"Orochimaru, I need Orochimaru. You know Hiruzen, your disciple, who actually gets along best with me. Secondly..."

Dangdangdang——

A knock on the door interrupted their conversation.

"Enter."

An Anbu walked in. He first looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen and then at Danzo.

Everyone knew that the former ANBU captain's dismissal did not mean the end of his power, and his relationship with Hiruzen was nothing more than a prank between old friends.

"Go ahead."

"Reporting to the Third Hokage, the candidate Jinchuriki has been taken away by the Kumo Ninja, but...but the Ninja School teacher named Shinzo has been following him."

"Shinzo?"

Hiruzen squinted his eyes and took two puffs of his cigarette.

"Did Shinzo say anything?"

"Shinzo said Kushina was his student..."

The Anbu told everything about how Shinzo had followed Kushina all the way to Uzumaki Mito's doorstep after she graduated from the ninja school.

The period included the Anbu's warning to Shinzo and Shinzo's attitude.

Hiruzen was still silent, and Danzo was unhappy when he heard it.

What the hell? Openly resisting the Hokage's orders? How could this be allowed? They say a new official has three things to do upon taking office, so surely the first thing he has to do is deal with this guy called Shinzo!?

"That's called Shinzo..."

"Danzo!"

Hiruzen interrupted Danzo and said to the Anbu, "It's okay, it won't affect anything, you go first."

"Yes, Sandaime-sama."

The ANBU ninja bowed in response and left the Hokage's office.

"Hiruzen!"

After the Anbu ninja left, Danzo immediately became unhappy. Losing face in front of his former subordinate was a small matter, but he really couldn't tolerate an unknown ninja daring to defy the authority of the Hokage!

"Danzo, that ninja named Shinzo is a very talented ninja. I will need him later. Don't touch him."

Danzo looked at Hiruzen coldly, and did not comment on what Hiruzen said about his talent. He only knew that if a person was allowed to wreak havoc without being stopped, he would only become more rampant.

"Let's continue with your previous idea, Danzo. You have already thought about the structure of the organization."

"Yes, I call it... the root."

......

Gu Zang was hanging slowly behind a group of Cloud Ninjas. At Kushina's age, she really looked like she had no fighting power. She was frightened by the Cloud Ninjas who appeared in her home, and then she was tied up.

Fortunately, the methods used by these Cloud Ninjas were relatively crude. They did not knock people out or seal them directly, but instead led them away with a rope.

This way, Kushina can still be clever and let her hair down.

In the woods, the Cloud Ninja kept pushing and pulling Kushina, asking her to hurry up, and her words were quite impolite.

The three Cloud Ninjas are all Chunin. Although their strength is not that great, they were all sent from the fighting group and volunteered to take on this mission. Don't worry, they actually managed to "sneak" into Konoha.

"Brother, we're almost out of range. Let's be careful."

"Don't worry, those guys from Konoha are very weak and haven't discovered us. If we succeed this time, maybe our fighting faction can control one of the Two-Tails or the Eight-Tails!"

"Hahaha, we are going to stand out! Even without the two masters, Kinkaku and Ginkaku, the fighting faction will lead the Kumo Ninja to the ninja world!"

The three Kumo-nin imagined the future, but Kushina felt a darkness in her heart.

As a transparent person in Konoha, no one would care even if a Genin like me got lost.

Why do you keep your hair?

Those people all hate their red hair, they say they are tomatoes, they say they are blood-red peppers, they don’t like themselves.

I am an outsider and shouldn't expect the villagers to find me and save me.

I'm almost out. I wonder what it's like over there... It won't be like in Konoha, right? Even if they hate me, Grandma Mito is very nice, Teacher Shinzo is very nice, Grandpa Kozo, Sister Tsunade, Brother Nawaki...

When she thought of the last moment, a figure appeared in Kushina's mind, covering his head and smiling foolishly.

Why did that blond sissy think of this annoying guy!

bang——

A brief and rapid burst of violent collision sound erupted behind Kushina.

The two Cloud Ninjas immediately turned around, only to find that the Cloud Ninja who was pushing Kushina from behind had fallen to the ground.

"Varied..."

Bang——Bang——

With clean and sharp strikes and a deft grasp of the weak points of the human body, the man slowly walked out from the shadows.

Blonde hair flowing in the wind and that signature smile on her face.

He looked at Kushina seriously, his tone gentle but powerful.

"I'm here to save you."

Namikaze Minato, come on!

Kushina was stunned. She didn't expect that Minato Namikaze would come to save her!

She took an uncertain step forward, but the ropes tied her up. The long period of being tied up made her lose her strength and she almost fell to the ground.

Instantaneous!

Faster than during the taijutsu test, Minato arrived in front of Kushina in the blink of an eye and caught her body.

He pulled a lock of red hair from his left pocket.

"It's beautiful hair, so I noticed it right away."

Minato was looking at the red-haired girl in his hand, while Kushina was looking at Minato Namikaze.

Her eyes gradually dilated, and even her pupils trembled unconsciously.

He...this sissy...does he really like my hair? It's beautiful...

"Let's go back."

Minato gathered Kushina's hair, smiled at her, and flew into the air with her in his arms, forming a perfect picture under the moon.

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