Chapter 36: Hokage Assistance

Sure enough, when everyone left, Shimura Danzo glanced at the two advisors, raised his eyes and said to Minato Namikaze: "Fourth Hokage, we held an emergency meeting when you were not present yesterday."

"Several things were decided in the meeting, and I need to explain them to you now."

"Let's talk somewhere else..."

After saying that, Danzo had an arrogant look on his face and walked out of the conference hall first.

The two advisors at this time obviously knew something, and nodded to Minato Namikaze, and then followed behind.

In the main seat, Minato Namikaze frowned deeply, and finally stood up slowly.

He looked at these three people, with a tacit understanding, and vaguely felt that they might have really done something big while he was unconscious yesterday...

Especially Danzo, this hawkish guy who does whatever it takes. Once the third generation dies, he will probably become more and more unscrupulous in the future.

The Pot King must be eliminated, and the root must be completely reorganized.

But let's wait and see. The two consultants don't seem like the kind of people who can unite with Danzo. They are probably just stubborn. If these three people really join hands to hinder me, I have to move them all...

Thinking of this, a cold light flashed in Namikaze Minato's azure eyes.

After leaving the large conference room, the few of them came to a slightly smaller reception room with ease. This is usually a small reception room used by the Hokage to receive important people.

Normal speaking, only the Daimyo of the Land of Fire and the Kage of other ninja villages will use it when they visit Konoha.

But in general, it is used as a council hall for small meetings between several senior officials.

On a row of exquisite sofas, two consultants sat side by side. Opposite the coffee table was Namikaze Minato. After sitting down, he couldn't help but look at the single seat next to him. Shimura Danzo looked calm and composed, and suddenly a strange feeling arose in his heart.

After a long time, he finally realized that the seat where Danzo sat in his memory seemed to belong to Sarutobi Hiruzen...

"Yondaime, first of all, I need to explain to you that because of Hiruzen's sacrifice, the position of Hokage's assistant has become vacant. We have decided to let Danzo take over..." Mito Kado En spoke first.

Is he going to make a big move right away?

Namikaze Minato's heart suddenly jumped. He thought that Danzo would be impatient, but he didn't expect that he would be impatient to this extent...

The position of Hokage's assistant is actually quite important if you say it's important, but it's also dispensable if you say it's not important.

The job of this position is actually to help the Hokage handle official business. Usually, they usually deal with some trivial matters, and only when the Hokage is really busy will they share the responsibility.

When Sarutobi Hiruzen was in power, in the early days of Minato Namikaze's accession to the throne, he helped share and guide the handling of most of the affairs, which lasted for a long time. As the new Hokage gradually became familiar with and got started with the village affairs, the number of official duties that Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was the Hokage's assistant, needed to share and handle began to gradually decrease.

So far, Minato Namikaze, who has been in power for more than a year, basically no longer needs the Hokage's assistance to share affairs. However, at this time, Danzo suddenly persuaded two advisors to take this position...

This...

After hearing this, Minato Namikaze's eyes flickered for a while, but he did not object.

In fact, he had no reason to object to this matter.

In fact, the Hokage's assistant does require a senior person with a certain level of qualifications to take on the role. When Sarutobi Hiruzen was still the Hokage, Danzo was the Hokage's assistant. For a long time after the Second Ninja World War, he did cooperate well with the Third Hokage in government affairs, so that even though Konoha had experienced many wars and its strength was declining, it could still produce talented elite ninjas and support the facade of the first ninja village.

Now, Danzo, who has once again served as the Hokage's assistant, obviously wants to interfere more in Konoha's government affairs.

Then give it a try. I want to see what tricks you want to play...

Minato Namikaze thought silently, waiting for the follow-up of Danzo and the advisory duo. In his heart, he had already prepared himself. The day when he would openly turn against Danzo would probably come soon...

Mitomon Yan saw that Minato Namikaze's expression did not change at all, and did not think much about it. Then he continued: "Besides that, we want to know why you decided to become the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki without authorization?"

Obviously, Mitomon Yan's question was also what Utatane Koharu and Danzo wanted to know. At this time, they also cast their eyes on Minato Namikaze, waiting for his answer.

Minato Namikaze was well prepared and explained calmly: "It won't be long before other powers know about the damage done to Konoha during the Nine-Tails incident."

"At the moment, Kumogakure and Iwagakure have not officially signed a ceasefire agreement with us, and there is internal intelligence that these two villages are faintly showing signs of preparing for war again."

"So in order to cope with the war that may break out again, the village may need to use the power of the tailed beast weapons immediately. If we look for another Jinchūriki, it may take an unknown amount of time..."

After hearing Minato Namikaze's answer, the two consultants fell into deep thought.

In their opinion, this explanation actually makes sense.

However, there are still people who hold different opinions, such as Shimura Danzo...

"You are too conservative, Fourth Hokage." Danzo couldn't help but flash a trace of contempt in his left eye, and then said confidently: "It's just Iwagakure and Kumogakure, but they are all defeated generals."

"Using tailed beast weapons in war is a sign of lack of strength."

"In previous wars, Konoha has never had a precedent of using the power of tailed beasts."

Although Danzo's words were standard hawkish remarks, they were true.

Konoha has always attached great importance to Jinchūriki and Nine-Tails. The two Nine-Tails Jinchūriki can also suppress the Nine-Tails in their bodies very well, so even if the half-tailed beast is rampaged, it has never appeared in Uzumaki Mito and Uzumaki Kushina.

On the contrary, the two Jinchūriki are still actively studying how to extract the power of the tailed beasts for free use, but they have never succeeded.

When the two consultants nodded in agreement, Namikaze Minato actually sneered at Danzo's words.

Because in the third war two years ago, when Konoha was surrounded by enemies and was seriously short of manpower, Danzo had proposed that Kushina release the power of the Nine-Tails and fight as a tailed beast like other major Jinchūriki, but later this proposal was rejected by the Third Generation for other reasons.

If it really comes to that point, he will do whatever it takes. If he is not forced to that point, he will be blindly arrogant. This is Danzo...

So he is deeply disdainful of the old man who now says that Konoha does not need to use the tailed beast weapon, Namikaze Minato.

Too lazy to mock and expose, Namikaze Minato sneered in his heart and threw out an explanation that surprised the three people: "The reason why I decided to become a Jinchūriki is of course not just this."

"Perfect Jinchūriki, freely using the power of the tailed beast, that is my goal..."