"Hiruzen, you know how important Anbu is to the village. Jiraiya is indeed very capable, but he is still young and has no experience in carrying out missions in Anbu. Letting him lead the Anbu squad is simply playing with the safety of the village."
Danzo said angrily.
"Jiraiya does have no experience in carrying out missions in Anbu, but he is my apprentice and I can teach him personally. I believe that the Anbu branch will only become stronger under his leadership."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a firm attitude.
"Danzo, I don't think there is any problem with the Hokage's decision.
Although Jiraiya is young, he is very powerful.
Take this mission for example.
He was not injured at all and killed six ninjas from the Land of Earth in a very short time.
Who among the new generation of the village has such strength?"
"Give Jiraiya some more time, and it won't be long before he's strong enough to become an Elite Jōnin, or even equal to us. Even if he has no experience, his strong strength will be enough to handle most situations."
Homura said to Danzo.
He is a loyal supporter of the Hokage.
The most important thing is that Jiraiya's powerful talent is really shocking.
Mitokado Homura asked himself that even if he personally went to eradicate the bounty house, it would not take much less time than Jiraiya.
"Danzo, the Anbu are the Hokage-sama's direct troops. We have no right to interfere in their affairs."
Utatane Koharu also refutes Danzo.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura consulted with Hokage.
They are very clear about their position, which is that they must obey the arrangements of the Hokage and never go against the Hokage.
Otherwise, their rights will be revoked immediately.
They do not have as big ambitions as Danzo and do not think about competing for the position of Hokage.
So they are very satisfied with the rights that the Hokage gives them now.
Danzo, on the other hand, wants to become Hokage, so he must work hard to develop his own power.
Now Sarutobi Hiruzen wants to exploit him, Danzo will not accept it easily.
"You keep saying that the Root is short of people. I will select a few elite ninjas from Anbu and have them join the Root."
Now Sarutobi Hiruzen intends to completely eliminate all those who belong to Danzo in Anbu.
Danzo's face turned extremely livid, he knew Sarutobi Hiruzen was determined to cut off all of his tentacles in Anbu.
"Now Jiraiya is very close to the Senju clan, and you allow him so much power. This is very dangerous."
Danzo still didn't give up.
"Jiraiya's will of fire cannot be questioned. He will never do anything that would harm the interests of the village."
He knew what Danzo was worried about, but when he thought of Jiraiya's Will of Fire, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that Danzo's worries were completely unnecessary.
Jiraiya's Will of Fire is so amazing that even Sarutobi and Hiruzen would feel inferior to him.
Now Danzo actually questioned Jiraiya's Will of Fire.
This is just hilarious.
Jiraiya understands the Will of Fire better than you, okay?
"Hiruzen, you're definitely going to regret this later."
Danzo saw that he couldn't persuade Sarutobi Hiruzen said angrily, and left the Hokage's office full of anger.
Sarutobi, Hiruzen and the others were already used to Danzo leaving like this.
Especially every time I leave, it's basically the same.
They were getting tired of hearing it.
I secretly hope that Danzo can change his words next time.
Sometimes you have to innovate.
"Hokage-sama, what Danzo said actually does make sense. Jiraiya is indeed a little young. It would be inappropriate to have him lead the Dark Team on missions in the future."
"How about I follow Jiraiya personally when he first leads the team on a mission."
Mitokado Homura volunteered.
Now Danzo has been completely cleared out of Anbu.
Anbu no longer has the power of Danzo.
Then his chance to intervene in Anbu came.
He had wanted to intervene in Anbu long before.
It's just that Danzo didn't give him a chance.
Protect Anbu like a young wife.
Every time he asked the ninjas of his line to apply to join Anbu.
All of them will be rejected by Danzo in every possible way.
"I'll consider this matter."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said as he nodded.
"Hokage-sama, judging from the intelligence that Anbu has been sending from the Land of Rain, we should also start sending ninja troops to the border."
"The Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth have stationed a large number of ninjas on the border and may attack the Kingdom of Rain at any time."
"And the Kingdom of Wind and the Kingdom of Earth seem to be forming an alliance. This is extremely disadvantageous to us. Lord Hokage, we must prepare early."
Utatane Koharu said to Sarutobi Hiruzen with a serious expression.
"The Rain Country is now in great chaos. The ninjas from the Wind Country and the Earth Country have begun assassinating the ninjas from the Rain Country to weaken the Rain Country's strength."
"One of our Anbu intelligence teams was also attacked by a group of ninjas who didn't know what was going on.
But from the reports sent by the surviving Anbu members, it was the Wind Country that did it.
Many people died of poisoning.
Although the Rain Country is also good at using poison, the attitudes of the Wind Country and the Earth Country are so obvious that the Rain Country should not dare to attack us rashly.
After all, we haven't attacked the Rain Country yet."
Homura spoke next.
"Based on our intelligence, the Land of Earth and the Land of Wind will launch a massive attack on the Land of Rain by the end of this month at the latest."
"We also need to determine when to enter the Rain Country and protect our interests."
Utatane Koharu's theory.
"From today on, all Chūnin and Jōnin in the village will stop accepting any missions and prepare for the war that is about to break out."
"Notify the heads of all the major clans and all the Elite Jōnin to come to the meeting."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a serious expression.
Before long, all of Konoha Village's top brass gathered together.
"The Wind Country and the Earth Country are going to attack the Rain Country.
I believe you all know this.
We certainly cannot just sit there and watch the Wind Country and the Earth Country grow stronger.
We must enter the Rain Country to defend our interests.
Now let's talk about what we should do."
Sarutobi Hiruzen said as he looked at the many ninjas.
Although he already had an idea in his mind and a feasible plan.
But you definitely have to listen to other people's opinions to improve your plan.
"We, the Uchiha clan, are all under the command of the Hokage."
"We, the Senju clan, are all under the command of the Hokage-sama."
The two villages targeted by the Hokage's high-ranking officials were the first to speak out.
Even if they have opinions or suggestions in their minds, they will not express them.
After all, the village would never listen to their opinions.
In meetings like this, they have almost no say and can only be spectators and listeners.