[Naruto : Yellow Flash] Chapter 591 - 595

Chapter 591 Changes

"Uchiha Yoruki!?"

In front of Minato, Hiruzen's expression suddenly changed.

His reaction was already expected by the former.

Because even the current Konoha high-level officials are still wary of the Uchiha clan.

When Konoha was first established, it was Uchiha Madara who competed with the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, for the position of Hokage.

For some members of the Uchiha clan, in their subconscious, they still have not given up the pursuit of power.

It was because the second Hokage noticed this that he established the Konoha Police Force and put the Uchiha people in charge.

The existence of the police force often offends some people, and this is a way to prevent Uchiha from touching the power center of the village.

As for Hiruzen, although his attitude towards the Uchiha clan was much better than that of the second hokage, he was still on guard against the Uchiha clan.

Minato naturally knew all of this, but in his opinion, this behavior would not be able to dispel the ambitions of the Uchiha people. Instead, it would only make their resentment towards the village's top leaders grow deeper.

"Uchiha Yoruki is indeed strong enough to take on this position, but Minato, you have to know what it means to let someone from the Uchiha clan take charge of the Anbu."

Hiruzenm's face changed drastically and he said that he knew that Uchiha Yoruki was different from ordinary Uchiha clan members, but despite this, this matter still needed to be considered again and again.

"Of course I know that."

Minato said: "You should also know Uchiha Yoruki very well. From the beginning when you asked me to carry out the mission of the Land of Hot Spring with him, didn't you want to change some things?"

Minato knew very well that Hiruzen had trained him over the years, and Uchiha Yoruki was a part of it.

The purpose is that one day when Minato becomes Hokage, Uchiha Yoruki will not only be able to serve as a helper, but also become a bridge to improve the relationship between the village high-level officials and the Uchiha clan.

This was what Hiruzen thought at the beginning, but he never expected that Minato's move would be so bold.

Just now, he succeeded the Hokage and made the Uchiha clan the most important force under him...

"Haha, little guy, you are setting a trap for me..."

Hiruzen looked at Minato in front of him and a wry smile appeared on his face.

He understood Minato's approach, but his approach would definitely lead to opposition from the other elders.

This is not a good thing for Minato, who has just succeeded as Hokage.

"I know that what I am doing is somewhat against the will of the higher-ups, but if we want to change the current relationship between the village and the Uchiha, we must implement drastic reforms."

"Only when the Uchiha people feel our sincerity can the following things proceed smoothly."

At this point, Minato chuckled and said, "Besides, the Uchiha clan, like all the clan in the village, are all fellow Konoha members. I think it's time to let go of the grudges and suspicions of the past."

Minato said that although some of the Uchiha were somewhat extreme, the vast majority of them gave everything they had, fulfilled their duties as Konoha's people, and loved the village.

In the Second Ninja World War and the Third Ninja World War, among the heroes who died for the village, there were also members of the Uchiha clan.

Among Minato's acquaintances, whether it was Mikoto, Uchiha Yoruki, Shisui, or Obito, none of them were the kind of people in the eyes of Konoha's top leaders.

"Since this is your decision as the Hokage, I can only support it."

Seeing the look in Minato's eyes, a smile gradually appeared on Hiruzen's face.

Since he has handed over the position of Hokage to the young man in front of him, he should trust him.

It was like the previous Hokage trusted him.

The ideas of these old people from the old times may be a bit old-fashioned.

So, he chose to trust Minato's own judgment.

"However, if you decide to do this, you must be mentally prepared for what happens next."

Changing the subject, Hiruzen looked at Minato solemnly. Once he announced the news that the new ANBU captain was Uchiha Yoruki, he would definitely be opposed by the other elders.

Although he had the ability to solve these problems for Minato, the latter was the Hokage at the moment.

Therefore, he has to face it himself and can't go on as before.

"Certainly."

Minato smiled, but there was a hint of gloom in his deep blue eyes.

Although it has been today, he has not forgotten the leak of information about Konoha's reinforcements during the Second Ninja World War.

And today, members of the Root under Danzo secretly left the village during the period when he succeeded as Hokage.

Although it is still unclear what those people did after leaving the village, he does not intend to continue to tolerate it like Hiruzen did.

But now he is still not fully grown and cannot make any big moves in a short period of time.

But sooner or later, he will solve these problems.
"I will inform you immediately when the Anbu personnel have news." said Hiruzen.

Minato nodded and said, "I will go to the Uchiha clan this afternoon to discuss this matter with Fugaku."

"Besides, I have to confirm what Uchiha Yoruki himself thinks."

"Uchiha Fugaku will definitely agree."

Hiruzen chuckled. Whether for the interests of the Uchiha clan or Fugaku's own interests, he would agree to let Uchiha Yoruki serve as the captain of the Anbu.

Minato nodded. The only thing he was not sure about now was what Uchiha Yoruki was thinking.

Because that person has been his rival since a long time ago.
Given his arrogant nature, I wonder if he is willing to become an Anbu directly under Minato.

After finishing the documents in his hand, Minato returned to his home at noon.

"Welcome home."

Sensing Minato's chakra, Kushina looked back and smiled slightly. At this time, he was preparing lunch.

"Thanks a lot."

Kushina continued, "How's your first day on the job?"

"Yeah it's alright." Minato replied.

Afterwards, Minato and Kushina had lunch together, and after a while, Minato came to the Uchiha clan.

Minato first went to meet Fugaku and told him his thoughts.

Fugaku was shocked when he heard this.

As the head of the Uchiha clan, he naturally knew what Minato's decision meant.

But of course he was happy to accept it.

In the Uchiha clan, strength is respected, and Uchiha Yoruki, who has opened the Mangekyō Sharingan, is stronger than Fugaku, so now some people in the clan are beginning to oppose Fugaku as the clan leader.

Of course, Uchiha Yoruki himself had no interest in being the clan leader, otherwise Fugaku would not have been able to become the clan leader so smoothly when he was running for the position.

Minato made Uchiha Yoruki the captain of the new Anbu, so that the voices in the clan would gradually decrease.

This was also within Minato's consideration, and it was considered as doing Fugaku a favor.

After meeting Fugaku, Minato sensed something and rushed to a corner of the Uchiha clan.

According to common sense, as the Hokage, he should summon Fugaku and Uchiha Yoruki, but in order to make the other party feel his sincerity, Minato had to do this.

Uchiha Yoruki was slightly stunned when he saw Minato suddenly appear in front of him.

He immediately came back to his senses and spoke with a little respect.

"Hokage-sama!"

Chapter 592 Heart to Heart

"Hokage-sama!"

In front of Minato, Uchiha Yoruki looked slightly respectful, but this feeling made him extremely uncomfortable.

Immediately, the former chuckled and said, "Let's just use our original name. It's quite awkward to hear that from you."

When Uchiha Yoruki heard this, he looked a little surprised.

Seeing him like this, Minato finally reacted.

Minato chuckled and said, "Everyone in my class calls me Minato, so you should call me that too."

After the words fell, Uchiha Yoruki hesitated for a moment, and then said hesitantly: "Minato."

"Hahaha."

Minato couldn't help but laugh when he saw him like this, and upon seeing this, the former's expression returned to its indifferent state.

Noticing the change in the latter's expression, Minato immediately stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, saying, "Actually, I came here today because I want to discuss something with you."

Uchiha Yoruki's expression also became serious.

"But before that, I have a question I need to confirm with you."

Changing the subject, Minato asked seriously: "What do you think about the relationship between the village and the Uchiha?"

Hearing this, Uchiha Yoruki's pupils shrank slightly.

Because this is an extremely sensitive topic, the latter did not expect that Minato would ask this.

Although Uchiha Yoruki is not interested in politics, it does not mean that he does not understand it.

The former's eyes flickered slightly, and he stared at Minato without saying anything.

Because the person in front of him is now the Fourth Hokage
"Hehe."

Seeing this, Minato was not surprised and said with a smile: "I am the apprentice of Jiraiya, and even the third Hokage, and you are a member of the Uchiha clan, so there is no way for you to speak?"

"If we all keep this idea, the relationship between the village and the Uchiha clan will remain the same, unchanged."

"As a member of the Uchiha clan, do you want to see this happen?"

Minato narrowed his eyes slightly. Uchiha Yoruki was not the kind of person who would be shy. His attitude was clear in his words.

“Watch out for each other.”

Uchiha Yoruki glanced at Minato and said.

"Yes."

Minato responded. These words were the relationship between the village's top leaders and the Uchiha clan since the establishment of Konoha.

This relationship is caused by reasons within the Uchiha clan itself, but not all decisions made by the Konoha high-level officials are correct.

It is not the fault of the two parties who made these decisions, but it is determined by the times and experiences.

If Minato were in that era, he would have done the same.

"So will it be like this between us in the future?"

Minato asked back. He and Mikoto were close friends during their school days, and her husband was the current head of the Uchiha clan.

His two disciples, Obito and Shisui, were both from the Uchiha clan.

Minato wants to change the current situation of the village, but it is impossible for him to do it alone.

What is needed is mutual understanding from both sides.

Just like in the early days of Konoha.

"It's you who can decide these, not me." Uchiha Yoruki looked at the scene in front of him, then turned his gaze to Minato.

"Yeah, I am the Hokage after all."

Minato nodded, then looked at Uchiha Yoruki and said, "But I can't accomplish this by my own strength. So, will you help me?"

"Actually, I came here today to make you the captain of the new ANBU directly under me."

As soon as he finished speaking, Uchiha Yoruki's face couldn't help but tremble.

Because he knew what being the captain of the Anbu meant.

The Anbu reports directly to the Hokage and are responsible for carrying out matters concerning the village's confidential matters.

No matter what, he is a member of the Uchiha clan, and these things cannot be allowed to happen to Uchiha people.

Because once the relationship between the village and the Uchiha deteriorates and he stands on the side of the Uchiha, this information will pose a great threat to the village.

But on the other hand, such a decision also shows Minato's sincerity.

But this decision was too bold. He know, minato had just become Hokage, and in terms of power, he could not compare with those people who had been in high-level positions in Konoha for decades.

Uchiha Yoruki's eyes flickered, and he asked, "Will the village leaders agree with your decision?"

"Ah, although the Third Hokage has agreed, the other senior officials will definitely object."

Minato shrugged helplessly, then said: "But these are my business, I just want to get your attitude now."

“You bastard.”

After a moment's silence, Uchiha Yoruki chuckled and shook his head, saying: "I surrender to you. I lost."

He has been following in Minato's footsteps since the battle at the Ninja School.

However, Minato's performance in this battle made him realize the gap between the two.

Uchiha Yoruki was relieved about this.

His former opponent has become the Hokage.
Now, the decision that Minato made is something he would never be able to do.

Perhaps this is the reason why I can never catch up with him.

Minato was slightly stunned, then he chuckled and placed his hand on his shoulder, saying: "Between us, there is no winning or losing, because in my heart, you have always been my best rival."

"Before you become an ANBU, I have something to tell you."

"I have always considered everyone in the village as my partners, and the same goes for the Uchiha clan."

"So, I want to change the current situation of the village. I'm really happy that you can come to help me."

Minato revealed his true feelings to him, and Uchiha Yoruki's eyes were filled with emotions.

He looked at the former and said with a determined look: "Don't worry, I will do my best for this, Minato!"

"Thank you!"

Minato also laughed and said, "Do you have any ideas about the selection of ANBU?"

Uchiha Yoruki hesitated for a moment and said, "There is one person, but he is too young now. I want to let him join the Anbu after some time."

"The person you are talking about is Shisui, right?" Minato said.

Uchiha Yoruki nodded. Although Shisui is not yet ten years old, he has already opened the double magatama Sharingan.

In terms of strength, he is no worse than some ordinary Anbu, but he is really too young.

When mentioning Shisui, Minato couldn't help but think of Kakashi. In his previous life, he had arranged Shisui into the Anbu in order to eliminate the shadow in Kakashi's heart.

But when he thought about it carefully, Anbu was not suitable for him.

Chapter 593: The Uchiha of Today

One day later.

"These are the candidates I have chosen for the new Anbu, but they still need to be reviewed by you."

In the Hokage's office, Minato handed a stack of forms to Uchiha Yoruki.

Although he is the Hokage, he can directly issue orders to Uchiha Yoruki and the ninjas he has chosen.

But after all, these newly selected Anbu will all work under Uchiha Yoruki in the future.

Therefore, the latter also has the right of review, and this is also how Minato handles things as Hokage.

In his opinion, the Hokage is not the person who sits in the highest position and decides everything, but the person who gathers the wishes of everyone in the village and finally makes the right decision.

Uchiha Yoruki borrowed the form, glanced at it, and after a pause, he looked at Minato and said, "For these people, I think they will be observed one by one. It shouldn't take too long, three days will be enough."

"Good."

Minato said that although he needed this power very urgently, he would rather waste some time to ensure the quality of the Anbu personnel he selected.

In this respect, Uchiha Yoruki and Minato are the same.

After saying that, Uchiha Yoruki turned around and was about to leave the office. Just as he opened the door, there were three people outside the door. They seemed to have come together.

The three elders in Konoha now are Koharu Utatane, Homura Mitokado and Shimura Danzo.

The four of them looked at each other, and the three elder looked at Uchiha Yoruki with gloomy eyes.

With Uchiha Yoruki's keen eyesight, he naturally saw everything, but he didn't care. Instead, he looked back at Minato with a little worry.

Obviously, these three people already knew that Minato chose him as the captain of the Anbu, and they came to hold him accountable together.

"Just finish what you are doing." Minato said calmly.

Uchiha Yoruki nodded, and then his figure suddenly disappeared in front of the three people.

It seemed that these three elders wanted to stop Uchiha Yoruki, but the latter also knew this and did not give them such an opportunity.

Although Uchiha Yoruki's speed is not as fast as Minato's, he can still be ranked among the top shinobi in the entire ninja world.

Although these three elders were all powerful ninjas in the past, but now they were unable to stop Uchiha Yoruki.

They immediately turned their eyes to Minato.

"Yondaime, you are kidding me!"

Danzo was the first to speak up, and said in a solemn voice: "You actually let someone from the Uchiha clan serve as the captain of the new Anbu?"

Hearing this, Minato replied calmly: "So what?"

"You should know the relationship between the village and the Uchiha!"

Koharu also frowned and said that she didn't believe that Minato didn't know about this special relationship.

"The village and the Uchiha?"

Minato asked in return, "The Uchiha clan and its members are also part of Konoha Village. Why should they be differentiated?"

"Humph, as a Hokage, you don't even understand these things."

Danzo snorted coldly. He even dared to question the orders of the Third Hokage. Naturally, he would not have much respect for Minato, the newly appointed Fourth Hokage.

"I really don't understand why the elders want to exclude the Uchiha clan. They are also Konoha ninjas like us." Minato said.

"Since you don't understand, I will teach you today!"

Danzo said in a strong voice: "The people of the Uchiha clan, starting from Uchiha Madara, did not agree with the first Hokage Senju Hashirama's leadership of the village. For this reason, Madara rebelled against Konoha and attacked the village."

"The members of the Uchiha clan have always wanted to regain control of the village. The Second Hokage realized this, so he established a police force and gave the Uchiha clan members full responsibility."

"As the Hokage, you don't even realize these problems. Sarutobi is still wrong by nominating you as the Fourth Hokage."

"As a Hokage, You actually handled your personal affairs during the Hokage inauguration ceremony."

"What you've done is just nonsense, you have discredit the Hokage name!"

Danzo himself was dissatisfied with Minato's appointment as the Fourth Hokage, so he took this opportunity to critic the latter even more.

Even though Minato is the Hokage, if most people in the village have doubts about him, he may not be able to hold on to the position of Hokage.

Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado were also looking at Danzo in surprise. The latter's words were a bit too direct.

But thinking back, what Danzo said was indeed true.

As a ninja, Minato led the village to final victory in the Third Ninja World War and made great achievements.

But as the Hokage, what Minato did in just two days was indeed too presumptuous.

"First of all, I did not handle my personal affairs properly. I would like to apologize to the three elder."

Minato said respectfully, "But I don't think my actions have caused any loss to the village."

"As for letting Uchiha Yoruki serve as the captain of the newly established Anbu, I don't think there is any problem at all."

"Because what the elders said before is all past history and is not applicable to the current situation of the village."

The three advisors in front of him all grew up in the early days of Konoha and witnessed what happened at that time with their own eyes, so it is understandable that they have such stubborn ideas.

But that doesn't mean they are right.

"Before becoming Hokage, what I saw was that the head of the Uchiha clan, as a ninja of Konoha, fought bloody battles in the previous war. On the monument commemorating the heroes who died in the war, there was the name of the Uchiha clan!"

At this point, Minato's mood couldn't help but be a little upset. Although he ended the war with his own hands, if possible, he wanted there to be no more fighting in the ninja world.

Because the so-called winner is just a title.

Whether winner or loser, a large number of civilians and ninjas will die.

"And even in history, if there hadn't been a collaboration between the Senju and Uchiha clans, there wouldn't have been this Konoha Ninja Village."

Upon hearing this, both advisors Koharu and Homura fell silent. It wasn't that they directly agreed with Minato's point of view, but they couldn't refute it either.

Danzo frowned, he pondered for a moment, stared at Minato and said: "The policy against the Uchiha clan was set by the previous Hokage, are you questioning the decision of the predecessors?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a faint smile appeared on Minato's face, and his blue eyes stared at Danzo, saying.

"Elder Danzo, are you a little confused? The decision made by the previous Hokage was of course the most appropriate approach for the village's situation at the time."

"But what the previous Hokage saw was the former Uchiha."

"But in the eyes of me, the Fourth Hokage, this is the current Uchiha!"

Chapter 594: Forming the Anbu

"The current Uchiha?"

A sarcastic smile gradually emerged on Danzo's face. He stared at Minato and said in a deep voice: "You who have not experienced that era have no way of understanding the ambitions of that clan."

"No matter what, the elders will never agree to Uchiha Yoruki serving as the captain of the new Anbu!"

He was putting pressure on Minato since the latter had just become Hokage.

In fact, in the eyes of these elders, the real ruler of Konoha is still Hiruzen.

Minato was just a puppet he chose when he wanted to retreat behind the scenes.

"Is this a joint decision made by the three elders?"

Minato's expression gradually became gloomy, and his blue eyes stared at the three people in front of him.

Seeing this, Koharu and Homura were speechless for a moment.

From their eyes, it can be seen that they still support Danzo's statement, but at the same time, they dare not completely offend Minato.

Putting aside Minato’s position as Hokage, he is the strongest in the ninja world today.

They were afraid that the former was young and full of energy, and if they suppressed him too hard, it would cause Minato to backlash.

Although there is no danger to their lives, there is no guarantee that Minato will not make them suffer.

Although Minato doesn't have much power at his disposal now, he is enough to prevent anyone from underestimating him.

Minato noticed this and continued, "Whether this is a joint decision of the three elders or not, I am still the Fourth Hokage, so if you doubt me, just report it to the Daimyo."

He knew very well that his actions would make the village elders even more dissatisfied with him, but this was the price he had to pay to change the current situation in the village.

If he gave in to these three elders today, he would probably face a lot of doubts when making decisions as Hokage in the future.

Moreover, Minato has already made his attitude clear to Fugaku and Uchiha Yoruki. Retreating here will only make the Uchiha clan more resentful of the village.

Then all his efforts would be in vain.

Danzo and the other two obviously did not expect that Minato, the newly appointed Hokage, would be so tough.

As their eyes flickered, Minato said again: "I know it is difficult for the elders to understand my decision now, but please believe me, I have my own reasons for doing this."

"Although the captain of the Anbu is a member of the Uchiha clan, I will be in charge in the end."

"I will definitely do what needs to be done."

"I will not let go of any behavior or person that wants to harm the village!" Minato's voice softened a lot, but the determination in his expression remained unchanged.

The eyes of several senior executives who were previously frightened by Minato's attitude flickered when they heard this.

"Yondaime, I hope you remember your words!"

After pondering for a while, although Koharu and Homura were still unable to change their inner thoughts, they also knew that it was impossible to change Minato's decision.

"We will still perform our duties, you should be able to understand!"

Mizuto Menen spoke again, and his meaning was very clear, that is, he was worried about Uchiha Yoruki, so he would use the power in his hands to take some measures.

"I know."

Minato said, in fact, the attitude of these two people already surprised him a little.

"Goodbye."

Having said this, Koharu and Homura said goodbye to Minato on the surface and walked out of the Hokage's office.

As for the remaining Danzo, he naturally firmly opposed Minato's decision.

But if he alone relied on himself, it would be impossible for him to shake the decision of Minato, the Hokage.

"I'll go find Hiruzen and ask for clarification." Danzo glanced at Minato with a gloomy look, then turned and left.

"Elder Danzo, I hope you can control yourself and your subordinates and don't do anything out of line."

Behind Danzo, Minato's voice came slowly and heavily.
Hearing this, Danzo paused for a moment, his eyes flickering at this moment.

After a few breaths, he replied: "Everything I do is for the village!"

After saying that, he closed the door to the Hokage's office.

Minato stood there, his eyes fluctuating.

After a long while, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Politics"

He murmured softly. As a ninja, Minato was already strong enough, but he felt that he was not good enough in handling the complicated relationships in Konoha.

This is politics, and no matter how talented a person is, it doesn't mean they can handle it perfectly.

Even before his rebirth, he had been the Hokage for more than a year.
With a long sigh of relief, Minato returned to his seat again and began to deal with the documents on the desk.

Three days later.

Konoha's seventh training ground.

Dozens of ninjas dressed in ANBU uniforms gathered here, and Uchiha Yoruki, the captain, stood in front of the crowd with a serious expression.

Everyone had the same expression. Just as they were waiting, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them without any warning.

The first one to react was Uchiha Yoruki. He immediately leaned in front of Minato and said respectfully, "Hokage-sama!"

"Hokage-sama!"

The newly formed Anbu member, who had just recovered from his shock, made the same move as him.

Seeing Uchiha Yoruki like this, Minato couldn't help but feel a little upset.

He knew Uchiha Yoruki's personality best.

But he has become the captain of the Anbu who reports directly to Minato. Although such etiquette between superiors and subordinates is not the most important thing, it definitely cannot be omitted.

What's more, this is the newly formed Anbu.

"Actually, I believe Anya [Dark Night] has already explained what needs to be said to everyone."

Minato said that Anya was Uchiha Yoruki's code name in the Anbu.

"There is only one thing I want to tell you today."

"That is, whether you are in the Anbu or in other positions, even if I am the Hokage, our identities are the same, that is, the ninja of Konoha."

"So, there is only one thing we have to do, and that is to protect the village and our companions!"

"Sir yes sir!"

As soon as the words fell, dozens of Anbu in front of Minato responded in unison.

After dealing with the matters concerning the establishment of the new Anbu, Minato returned to the Hokage's office.

He continued to work on the documents at hand until the evening when the Third Hokage arrived.

It wasn't just Hiruzen who came to see Minato, besides him there was also Hatake Sakumo.

Looking at the two people in front of him, Minato immediately asked.

"Have things in the Land of Rain come to a head?"

Chapter 595: First Novel

In fact, the day after Hiruzen informed Minato of the strange whereabouts of the Root members, the Anbu had already found out the relevant information.

They found that a considerable number of Root members seem to have entered the territory of the Land of Rain.

But now the Land of Rain seems to have entered a state of martial law. Even the Anbu under the Third Hokage cannot successfully sneak in and gather intelligence.

Therefore, after discussion between the Third Hokage and Minato, he ordered Hatake Sakumo to sneak into the Land of Rain.

With the latter's ability, he can escape unscathed as long as Hanzo doesn't take action.

In front of Minato, Sakumo's face was also a little solemn, and he replied: "Although I successfully sneaked into the Rain Village, I did not find out any information about the root members of the village."

"Is that so?" Minato murmured. The Land of Rain was under martial law right now, so it was normal that no intelligence could be obtained.

Just looking at the solemn expressions of Sakumo and Hiruzen in front of him, something must have happened in the Land of Rain.

"But, I heard a piece of news from several Rain Ninjas."

"Akatsuki was besieged by Hanzo, the leader Yahiko was killed, and the remaining two leaders are missing. The remaining members of Akatsuki were wiped out by the Rain Ninja."

"What!?" Minato's expression suddenly changed.

The blue eyes flickered, because perhaps Sakumo didn't know some of the reasons, but Hiruzen and Minato knew them.

Nagato, one of the leaders of Akatsuki, possesses the Rinnegan.

Minato had worried about this kind of thing a long time ago.

Because at the beginning, Yahiko led the Akatsuki organization to rescue Hanzo and others on the battlefield, but the latter would never appreciate it

Instead, the Akatsuki organization was completely exposed to Hanzo, and the latter would definitely take action to eliminate this potential threat.

Nagato, who possesses the Rinnegan, naturally has huge potential, and he may even surpass the current Minato.

But now it seems that it may not be clear whether Hanzo already knows that Nagato possesses the Rinnegan.

It seemed that he could no longer ignore the existence of Akatsuki and took action
. Akatsuki was wiped out, although it had nothing to do with Konoha.

But for Minato, Yahiko, Nagato, Konan and he were all disciples of Sensei Jiraiya.

Although they had only met once, Minato felt a little sad about what had happened to them.

"I understand, Sakumo-senpai, thank you for your hard work."

But after a brief pause, a hint of surprise flashed across Minato's eyes.

But he didn't show it immediately.

Sakumo was a little confused about the reactions of Hiruzen and Minato, but since these two were unwilling to say anything, there must be something he couldn't know.

So he left the Hokage's office without asking any more questions.

After Sakumo left, Minato stared at the Third Hokage and said, "Third Hokage, there is one thing. I don't know if I am worrying too much, but..."

Minato had no basis to confirm his suspicions, and in this situation, it would be wrong to doubt the people in the village.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Hiruzen spoke up, "What you want to say is that you suspect Danzo colluded with Hanzo to ambush several people in the Akatsuki organization, right?"

Having been the Hokage for decades, the Third Hokage knew Danzo's style of doing things very well.

In his eyes, the Akatsuki organization did cause losses to Konoha in the previous war.

Therefore, with the way that guy was doing it, it was possible that he would attack them.

Moreover, there has been no news of the Root members since they entered the Land of Rain.
With the strength that Nagato showed when he fought against Uchiha Yoruki, although he could not defeat Hanzo, he should have no problem protecting himself.

Although Yahiko, the leader of Akatsuki, has some naive ideas, he is definitely not a stupid person.

He himself should be aware that his previous actions had attracted Hanzo's attention.

Therefore, he should be on guard against Hanzo. In this case, with the support of Nagato, it should be difficult for Hanzo and the Rain Ninja alone to get rid of them.

Minato nodded, and the Third Hokage in front of him also had an extremely solemn expression.

But these are just speculations of the two, and there is no definite evidence.

"In any case, Elder Danzo will have to give an explanation to the village regarding the disappearance of Root members," Minato said, even though the Root was run by Danzo alone, and he even did not report to the Hokage when performing some missions.

But it has always been part of Konoha's power system.

"Let me talk this matter with him." Hiruzen sighed and said.

Minato had just formed a new ANBU, but this created a rift between him and the three elders.

If he were to ask Danzo for accountability at this time, it would not be good for himself.

The Third Hokage knew best what kind of person Danzo was. He had always been dissatisfied with Minato's succession as Hokage.

"Then I'll trouble you."

Minato said that although this incident might be a handle for him to control Danzo, he couldn't find any definite evidence for the time being.

Hiruzen took the initiative to offer to deal with this matter, not only for Minato's sake, but also to protect Danzo.

"Also, don't tell Jiraiya about this for now." Hiruzen said before leaving the Hokage's office.

Minato nodded, he knew Jiraiya's personality very well, and the matter had not been thoroughly investigated yet.

In the evening, after finishing the tasks at hand, Minato returned home.

“Welcome home!”

Kushina greeted him as always and they walked into the hall together.

"Teacher, you are here."

Minato had of course sensed another powerful chakra in the house besides Kushina.

"Um."

Jiraiya nodded and Minato walked over to sit in front of him. The former looked at him with a chuckle and said, "I heard about your newly established a new ANBU. Those old guys must have given you some trouble, right?"

Minato nodded, of course this matter could not be hidden from Jiraiya and other pillars of the village.

"Sensei, do you also think there is something wrong with my decision?" Minato frowned.

"Ah." Jiraiya shrugged. Although he did not have as deep a prejudice against the Uchiha clan as those elders, he was also well aware of the interests involved.

"Although I don't fully understand it, I trusts the decision you made."

Jiraiya patted Minato's shoulder and continued: "You can only ask Hiruzen for advice on these matters. I don't understand."

"Thank you." Minato chuckled.

"Actually, I came here today because I have something good that I want to show you, but I don't know if you are interested."

Jiraiya immediately thrust his hand into his arms, and Minato immediately thought of something.