Naruto: Climbing Ranks to Rule the Ninja World! - Chapter 18

Chapter 18: f**k You, I’ll Shadow You

“Danzo, what do you think?”

The Third Generation finally set their sights on Shimura Danzō, who took the pipe from his mouth and exhaled a puff of smoke.

“snort!”

Choose these two guys as Hokage?

Choose a shit!

I am the most suitable candidate!

Everyone looked at Shimura Danzō, but all they heard from him was a cold snort and no other words.

Not hearing the expected answer, Sarutobi Hiruzen’s smile gradually disappeared and his expression began to become serious.

“You guys go ahead and do your work, Danzo stay!”

“yes!”

“good.”

Nara Shikaku left first. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu hesitated for a moment, but looking at the expressions of Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzō, they still didn’t say anything and could only leave helplessly.

The former companions are now drifting further and further away.

The three men left, and the office fell into an unbearable silence.

“well……”

“Danzo, I know you are unhappy with me for removing you from your position. But you did make a mistake at the time. The Uchiha clan could have saved themselves from such great sacrifices. Shisui had already…”

“The Uchiha clan cannot be trusted!” Danzo finally stopped being silent, with no hesitation on his face, “That’s what Tobirama-sensei taught us!”

“Since Uchiha Madara, that family has never been trustworthy! I personally made the plan to eradicate them. It was a necessary sacrifice for the village!”

“We all knew at the time that the Uchiha were planning a coup! You never vetoed my plan!”

“You’ll never see how much I’ve done for this village!”

The anger that had been suppressed in his heart was finally no longer hidden, and Shimura Danzō poured out all his dissatisfaction.

Sarutobi Hiruzen also looked at Shimura Danzō seriously, and said in a firm tone:

“I didn’t reject your plan! But! I also asked you to wait! Everything could still be salvaged! But you just launched the plan on your own!”

“hehe……”

Shimura Danzō laughed, but his laughter was unusually unpleasant.

“Wait? Wait for what? How long do you want me to wait?”

“If you had listened to me earlier and not been so indecisive, the Uchiha clan wouldn’t have gotten to that point. I cleared up everything for you.”

As if hearing something behind Sarutobi Hiruzen’s words, Shimura Danzō became even more resentful.

“You’re too paranoid to listen to anything anymore.”

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head. He understood that their relationship could no longer go back to the past. Shimura Danzō wanted more.

“Whatever you want to do, Danzo.”

“The newly grown branches and leaves of Konoha have already caught the sun. They have the best future. We must believe in them.”

“Where the leaves dance, the fire will live. The flames will…”

“Go tell those kids at the ninja school, Hiruzen!”

Shimura Danzō directly interrupted Sarutobi Hiruzen’s words. The other party really thought he was a child who knew nothing about the world and used this trick to fool him.

“I’m warning you for the last time, Danzo!”

“A new Hokage will definitely appear. If I find out you’re up to something again, don’t blame me for not valuing our friendship!”

“The previous Hokage gave their all to build Konoha, and we will never allow you to mess around!”

Sarutobi Hiruzen gave Shimura Danzō an ultimatum, and the determination in his tone was very clear.

“Hmph! Hiruzen, you’re going to regret this!”

Shimura Danzō threw off his robe, turned around and walked away with his cane.

“Danzo, you have to understand that I am the Hokage of Konoha Village!”

Staring at Shimura Danzō’s departing figure, Sarutobi Hiruzen spoke with great determination.

“Bang!”

The door was slammed shut and Shimura Danzō disappeared behind it.

“Alas~”

Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a long sigh. He knew that he was still a little soft-hearted. The older people get, the softer they become.

No one saw what happened in the Hokage’s office, so no one noticed that the two senior officials of Konohagakure had any dispute.

After leaving the Hokage building, Shimura Danzō quickly approached Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

“Danzo, you shouldn’t treat Hiruzen like that, after all, he’s also the Hokage of Konohagakure!”

As soon as they met, Shimura Danzō heard Mitokado Homura’s implicit accusations. His face turned completely dark. He especially couldn’t stand anyone talking about Hokage in front of him.

Utatane Koharu stopped Mitokado Homura. She could see the anger brewing in Danzo and changed the subject:

“So, has Hiruzen really decided to nominate a candidate for Hokage?”

“Humph! He has already made the decision! What do you mean by listening to our opinions? He just informed us!”

Danzo snorted, even though the relationship between the two was irreparable, he knew Sarutobi Hiruzen too well and could already tell that the other party had made up his mind.

Utatane Koharu frowned, and a look of hesitation appeared on his old face. “Then, Hatake Kakashi and Shihouin Naraku…”

“Shihouin Naraku can’t be Hokage!”

“Shihouin Naraku definitely not!”

Mitokado Homura and Shimura Danzō both voiced their opposition.

If Shihouin Naraku really gets promoted, they will suffer a great loss.

Even though he was confident in Shimura Danzō, he didn’t think he would be a match for Shihouin Naraku once he became Hokage.

“Then choose Hatake Kakashi!”

Mitokado Homura was also a very good ninja in his youth, and he did not lack determination at critical moments.

“Hatake Kakashi…”

Shimura Danzō frowned. This candidate was a bit troublesome for him.

Because of the suicide of Hatake Kakashi’s father, Hatake Sakumo, he also contributed a little behind the scenes. After all, at that time, the momentum of Konoha’s White Fang was too outrageous. Even the famous Sannin were just small fry in front of Konoha’s White Fang.

In terms of strength, qualifications, and prestige, Konoha’s White Fang at that time was impeccable in every aspect.

Especially during the war, Hatake Sakumo made great contributions to Konohagakure.

If Shimura Danzō didn’t make trouble at that time, there would be no need to choose the next Hokage, and Hatake Sakumo would just take the position.

So Shimura Danzō took action, and Hatake Sakumo committed suicide.

Otherwise, with Hatake Sakumo’s prestige and qualifications at the time, he would not have committed suicide even if the mission was important, especially since his companions, whom he would rather fail the mission than save, also stood up to accuse him.

In the entire Konohagakure, there are only a few people who can create such a stir.

But now there are some problems. Shimura Danzō has to watch Hatake Kakashi become Hokage. If the other party finds out something, can he let him go?

Perhaps after such a long time, Hatake Kakashi has let it go. But Shimura Danzō will not believe it. Douren himself is extremely suspicious and cautious, so he will not let go of his suspicion of others!

But if he had to choose between Shihouin Naraku and Hatake Kakashi, he would rather Hatake Kakashi become Hokage.

But who says it has to be the two of them?

Hokage has long been a hidden obsession in Shimura Danzō’s heart, and he will not give up until he dies.

……

In the dark secret base, Shimura Danzō stood there holding a cane, thinking about something.

“Spread the information!”

“yes!”

A ninja in the darkness agreed and left.

In a blink of an eye, the transmitted information arrived at the Grass Kingdom.

“Hiss, hiss, hiss…”

Hearing the hissing sound, Orochimaru, who had just completed an experiment, looked down and saw a cute little white snake coiled at his feet.

It was obviously not much bigger than chopsticks, but the little white snake spit out a palm-sized scroll from its mouth. No one knew how it got it into its stomach.

Orochimaru picked up the scroll and began to read it.

In addition to the usual inquiries about the progress of the experiment, the rest of the news cheered Orochimaru up.

“Hehehe…are they about to start selecting the next Hokage? Time flies so fast. I wonder if Sensei misses me.”

“This is where things start to get interesting.”

“It’s really exciting…”

“Hehehehaha…”

Orochimaru’s long tongue licked the corner of his mouth, and his eerie and cold laughter echoed in the underground base.