Chapitre 172: Chapter 172: Danzo's Return and the Turmoil in Konoha
After Kazuki defeated the Six Paths of Pain, Konoha finally found some peace.
Although the Fifth Hokage, Shimura Danzo, had fled, the remaining shinobi in Konoha did not fall into disarray.
They spontaneously began helping their comrades, aiding the villagers, and restoring order.
For a moment, the villagers even felt that perhaps they didn't need a Hokage after all.
The next day, Shimura Danzo returned to Konoha, immediately exercising his Hokage authority to consolidate the shinobi, uncover the truth, and rebuild the village.
However, no matter how much Danzo did, it couldn't make up for the damage caused by being the only Hokage who had ever fled from Konoha.
At this point, dissatisfaction with Danzo was growing within the village, from the ordinary villagers to the noble clans!
Even many shinobi resigned from the ANBU due to Danzo's actions.
When Danzo learned of this, he was furious!
"Outrageous! How dare they!"
"Relay my orders. First, summon the leaders of the clans for a meeting. I want to see who dares to oppose me! Second, send out half of the ANBU and arrest those spreading slander against me. Torture them until they reveal the mastermind! Third, remove those who quit the ANBU from the Konoha shinobi registry. Brand them as missing-nin and capture them! If they can't serve Konoha, they are traitors!"
These three consecutive orders threw the already unstable Konoha into further chaos.
In every street and alley, shinobi were arresting people, but such harsh policies couldn't stop the villagers' gossip.
In fact, even more people began to openly criticize the Fifth Hokage, Shimura Danzo.
At first, the villagers murmured, "If only the Third Hokage were still here..."
Then it became, "The Fifth Hokage is the worst we've ever had!"
And finally, cries of "The Fifth Hokage owes us an explanation!" and "Step down, Danzo! You are unworthy of being Hokage!" could be heard throughout the village.
Danzo had lost the trust of the people!
That day, Danzo had just finished a high-level Konoha meeting.
During the meeting, he proposed that the clans should help him suppress the villagers' rumors with force.
However, almost none of the clans supported his plan.
In fact, they openly rebuked Shimura Danzo for his actions during the meeting!
After enduring much ridicule and sarcasm, Danzo left the meeting in anger.
Now, Danzo longed for his old ROOT.
If he still had ROOT under his command, anyone who dared to defy him would be swiftly eliminated!
Even if it meant defying the Hokage himself!
But most of his loyal subordinates in ROOT had been killed by Kazuki, and those who survived had joined Sasuke, never to heed Danzo's orders again.
Now that he had become Hokage, he did have a direct ANBU squad under him, but very few of them were willing to risk their lives to carry out his dirty work.
These ANBU were skilled at assassinating enemies and hunting down missing-nin, but when it came to targeting their own people, they would only refuse!
"A bunch of stubborn fools! After all these years as clan heads, they still care about the opinions of those foolish civilians!"
"Someone, come!"
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
"Go and check if Root has returned. Notify me immediately if they have!"
"Yes, Lord Hokage!"
"Hmph."
Listening to his subordinate address him as Hokage filled Danzo with an indescribable sense of satisfaction.
After all these years and all the resources spent, wasn't this day exactly what he had been working toward?
If it weren't for that wretched old Hiruzen taking back the Hokage seat, this position should have been his twelve years ago!
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