Hokage: I Traveled Through Time With The Tenseigan

From now on, he will be less involved in village affairs, give Lu Xin more opportunities, and try to push Zhu Ludie over, so that he can stay at home and take care of himself.

"Hiruzen?"

Koharu called out tentatively, but the Third Hokage said nothing.

Oh haha!

It seems that the situation is quite serious. The Third Hokage only behaves like this when he is particularly angry. No one will pay attention to him now. He will speak when he wants to say something after everyone has arrived.

Just wait.

The three of them exchanged glances and sat down.

"Lord Hokage."

At this time, the Anbu ninja who went to inform Shimura Danzo came back.

"Where's Danzo?" the Third Hokage asked.

The Anbu ninja responded cautiously: "Danzo-sama said that he was not feeling well, so..."

"Bang!!!"

The words "I'm not feeling well" sounded extremely harsh to the Third Hokage. He slammed the table in anger, startling everyone in the office.

Is this the same Sarutobi Hiruzen we know?

Are you sure it's not Tsunade in disguise?

"You can leave," said Koharu, gesturing for the Anbu ninja to leave.

After the other party left, she addressed the Third Hokage:

"Hiruzen, what did Danzo do to make you so angry?"

"What did he do?"

The Third Hokage laughed angrily: "This situation is about to spiral out of control! He tried to assassinate a fellow villager, used village information to make a deal with Hanzo of the Salamander, and asked him to kill Hyuga Shigeru! But Hanzo betrayed him and exposed everything in front of dozens of Konoha ninjas!"

"What do you think of that?"

"..."

The crime of assassinating a fellow villager and leaking village information could be handled with varying severity, depending on how it was presented. At worst, it could be swept under the rug with a vague explanation.

But this time, it had blown up beyond control. If the news was coming from another source, the Third Hokage might have been able to manage it.

But the fact that Hanzo of the Salamander himself had come forward and revealed the plot in front of dozens of Konoha ninjas made it impossible to hide.

The Konoha ninjas stationed at the border, already reluctant due to the long and difficult deployments, would now feel even more betrayed. The very idea that they might be targeted by their own people—assassinated, no less—would erode their morale.

Even if Hyuga Shigeru wasn't one of them, they were all in the same camp, and anyone could empathize with that.

Numb, completely numb.

Akamichi sighed heavily, while Koharu and Mito Kato stared in disbelief at what they had just heard.

Was Shimura Danzo out of his mind?

It's one thing to assassinate a fellow villager, but to bring in an outsider to do it? The betrayal would drive a wedge between people.

And Hyuga Shigeru—he wasn't just an ordinary person.

They could only imagine how Tsunade and Uzumaki Mito would react when they heard the news.

"Hiruzen, we must restrain Danzo. If possible, we should issue a gag order at the border camp," said Koharu, visibly anxious.

The Third Hokage shook his head with a pained expression: "Do you really think it's possible to issue a gag order?"

Did they think Uzumaki Mito would stay quiet?

Tsunade would tear down the entire Hokage office building.

"Oh, I didn't expect Danzo to go to such extremes. We must give the villagers an explanation for this," Koharu said urgently.

At this point, the Third Hokage had no hesitation in distancing himself from Shimura Danzo.

He, Sarutobi Hiruzen, could not afford to carry this burden.

Danzo had to take all the blame.

Mito Kato nodded solemnly and said, "Hiruzen is right. This was entirely Danzo's doing, from start to finish. We must act quickly to control him and provide the villagers with an explanation."

Before the news spread, Shimura Danzo needed to be apprehended quickly, a formal announcement made, and arrangements put into place.

They couldn't wait for the situation to explode. If the news broke and fueled the villagers' anger, the consequences would be devastating.

So they had to strike first, take down Shimura Danzo, and present a clear stance from the Hokage's office.

"Danzo is your responsibility. I'll send someone to prepare the announcement."

The Third Hokage had no desire to face Shimura Danzo himself.

"And Danzo's punishment..." Koharu began.

This kind of situation could escalate or de-escalate depending on how it was managed. But since Hanzo had exposed the betrayal so publicly, the Hokage's office had no choice but to punish Danzo severely.

Otherwise, it would send the wrong message to the people.

The Third Hokage pondered for a moment, then said, "We'll imprison him for now. Danzo has made many contributions to the village. While his actions were reckless, he doesn't deserve too harsh a punishment."

If they didn't punish Shimura Danzo, it would be difficult to justify to the villagers, but the punishment had to be balanced.

After all, Danzo still had his uses, and the Third Hokage couldn't crush him completely.

After a brief discussion, Koharu, Mito Kato, and Akamichi went to capture Danzo, while the Third Hokage sent Anbu to make the announcement.

When Shimura Danzo saw that his compound was surrounded by Anbu, he realized something was wrong.

Could Uzumaki Mito have caused this?

Or had Hanzo failed? How could the great Hanzo fail to eliminate a medical ninja?

"Danzo, you've caused a major incident. By Hokage's order, you are to be arrested and imprisoned. Please cooperate," said Akamichi, stepping forward as the reluctant bearer of bad news.

"Why?" Danzo asked calmly.

Akamichi rubbed his forehead in frustration, cursing under his breath:

"Why? The Hokage is furious with you! All because you tried to assassinate Hyuga Shigeru over a minor conflict? And don't forget, you were the one who started trouble with him first."

"And instead of handling it yourself, you leaked village secrets to Hanzo in exchange for his help."

If Danzo had taken action himself, Akamichi might have respected his resolve. But instead, Danzo had dragged the entire village into his mess by leaking information.

And then, to make things worse, Hanzo had turned around and betrayed him.

Failed again?

No matter how many ninjas were stationed at the border camp, they could never have stopped Hanzo.

Though Danzo despised Hanzo, he had to admit that the Salamander was strong, much stronger than he was.

So how had things gone so wrong?

It wasn't as if Hyuga Shigeru, disabled as he was, had somehow overpowered Hanzo.

Danzo was certain that Hanzo should have succeeded.

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