: Appeasing the Uchiha

Chapter 83: Appeasing the Uchiha

The Hokage's office.

While the Third Hokage was worrying about the situation on the battlefield, a letter from Jiraiya, of the highest intelligence level, arrived in his hands.

"Highest intelligence level? Jiraiya?"

The Third Hokage gave him a strange look.

He knew Jiraiya, and he knew about the highest intelligence level, but he was puzzled by Jiraiya's highest intelligence level.

He wouldn't be surprised if it were Orochimaru, but Jiraiya...

The Third Hokage took a puff of his pipe. "Let me see what information Jiraiya has brought."

Upon seeing that the information concerned the Uchiha clan, the Third Hokage immediately frowned.

"Is it the Uchiha clan that's being dishonest? That shouldn't be the case; how could they be so proud?"

The Third Hokage continued looking down, but soon lost his composure and almost dropped his pipe.

The words of the Watermelon Pufferfish Demon really surprised him, and he almost thought he had exposed his chicken feet.

But then I thought again, no, the person that Suigetsu Fuguki was talking about should be Danzo!

As a result, Suigetsu Hozuki skipped over Danzo and hit him directly.

What's going on? Shouldn't it be Danzo? Why did they skip Danzo?

He acquiesced, but Danzo was the one who carried it out!

The Third Hokage steadied his hand holding the pipe. "Go and invite the three advisors to the Hokage's office for a meeting!"

As always, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado arrived at the Hokage's office for a meeting shortly after the Anbu had set off.

They had been waiting for Hiruzen to hold the meeting for a long time. The last time they didn't react in time, which directly led to Hiruzen and Danzo dividing up the benefits of the training department.

They're joining in this time too; the four of them are one! How can I leave them behind and eat alone!

"Hiruzen, what happened? Root has a lot of things to do! I don't have time for trivial matters!"

Danzo pushed open the door and walked in while talking, glancing at Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado after he finished speaking.

It indicates that the so-called miscellaneous matters are about someone else.

Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado looked uncomfortable, but were somewhat annoyed.

Do they want to hold some meetings about trivial matters? It's not like you two have divided up all the important power, leaving us nothing!

Just like the training department!

When they had nothing to do, they would urge Hiruzen to hold meetings, such as meetings about publicity and medical care.

That's because only at such meetings can Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado speak freely and fully demonstrate their authority.

Hiruzen and Danzo also don't care about this power and won't fight them for it!

"Everyone, take a look at this top-level intelligence that Jiraiya sent."

Hiruzen Sarutobi remained silent, appearing very unhappy.

Danzo was the first to receive the information from Jiraiya. After reading it, his expression turned to surprise, a mixture of disbelief and a hint of smugness.

It was then passed on to Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado.

Koharu and Homura exchanged a glance, picked up the intelligence report and looked at it together. They were stunned after reading it.

This information is extremely important; they don't want to get involved.

So he kept silent, as if he hadn't seen Jiraiya's information.

"Now that things have come to this, let's all think of what to do."

Hiruzen Sarutobi said somewhat weakly.

Koharu and Homura remained silent. This matter had nothing to do with them, so we won't bother them.

Danzo's expression darkened. He hadn't expected that Suigetsu Hozuki would be so afraid of death and reveal everything.

But by sheer luck, they ended up targeting Hiruzen. It's a pity it's wartime, otherwise they could have used this incident to damage Hiruzen's prestige.

"It's fake. The Watermelon Pufferfish Demon is talking nonsense and it's completely unbelievable! There's no need to discuss this kind of information."

"But all of this is too coincidental. Why was Fugaku transferred away? Why did they receive intelligence and launch an attack as soon as Fugaku was transferred away from Kirigakure? Why was Fugaku's whereabouts exposed and he was ambushed?"

"Nobody's a fool; don't try to explain it away with coincidences!"

And most importantly, Suigetsu Fuguki was attacking him, the Hokage, right up close, which was simply unbearable!

This needs to be resolved immediately!

"So what's the situation now? If the Uchiha cause trouble, my Wood Release experimental subject can be used to suppress them!"

Danzo's ruthless words came through: Anyway, he wasn't blamed this time, and it felt so good not to be blamed!

"Fugaku still trusted the village and knew there was something wrong with the information, so he didn't expose it to anyone else, but passed it on to me through Jiraiya."

"Although this information is untrue, it will be difficult for Konoha ninjas to discern the truth. We must suppress it."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression softened somewhat; he, as Hokage, still held considerable weight in Fugaku Uchiha's heart.

It's great that Fugaku didn't reveal any information; there's still room to salvage the situation.

"Jiraiya reported the Uchiha's achievements, so let's take this opportunity to appease them."

"No! Hiruzen! Have you forgotten Tobirama-sensei's dying wish?!"

Danzo jumped out.

"Danzo! I am the Hokage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was too lazy to talk to him and directly shut Danzo down.

If Danzo hadn't been so incompetent, things wouldn't have developed to this point.

However, it wasn't without its gains; the current Uchiha Kaguya is capable of killing the renowned Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

What happened after that was unimaginable; thankfully, I died.

But we should also try to comfort the Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a puff of his pipe, slowly exhaled the smoke, and said, "Minato has become a reliable ninja. It's time to take on a few disciples. Obito Uchiha would be a good choice."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a deep impression of Obito. He was an innocent, kind, and simple Uchiha boy who was even easier to fool than Shisui!

This will surely be an asset to Watergate.

"And Shisui, let Shisui join the Dark Division and become my protector."

Uchiha Shisui's entry into the Anbu proves that the Hokage finally trusts the Uchiha clan and that they have a chance to enter the upper echelons of Konoha.

The fact that Obito Uchiha became Minato's disciple indicates that the Uchiha clan entered the Hokage master-disciple succession system.

What does this mean? It means that the Uchiha clan finally has a chance to become Hokage, even if it's just a sliver!

Hiruzen Sarutobi knew the Uchiha clan very well, having secretly targeted them for most of his life, and knew what the Uchiha desired most.

To become Hokage!

The Uchiha and Senju clans jointly founded Konoha, but the Senju clan had two Hokage while the Uchiha clan had none.

This became a deep-seated problem for the Uchiha clan; they dreamed of having an Uchiha Hokage!

Therefore, Hiruzen Sarutobi believed that as long as he gave the Uchiha a little bit of false hope, the Uchiha would definitely accept his goodwill.

"Hiruzen! You're going too far! This will cause the Uchiha clan to lose control!"

Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado also had to speak up, as they both believed they had inherited Tobirama's will and were relentlessly suppressing the Uchiha clan.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed helplessly.

Both Obito Uchiha and Shisui Uchiha possessed the Will of Fire, so including them in the Hokage lineage would have no impact.

They could even be used as pawns to counterbalance the Uchiha clan.

Why don't you understand?

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed:

Those who understand me say I am worried; those who do not understand me ask what I seek!

(End of this chapter)