Daily Life of the Third Hokage - Chapter 192
The old man was very angry, but he was still very happy.
His thoughts drifted back to everything he had done for Konoha. Those secret plots and unscrupulous actions were all for the strength of Konoha, but in the end, he ended up like this. The unwillingness in his heart became stronger and stronger. He felt that he was owed too much.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Danzo’s complicated expression and knew his inner struggle. He put down his face and said sincerely: “Danzo, I know I was a little strict with you at the beginning. Now Konoha needs you, and only you can help us.”
The corner of Danzo’s mouth twitched slightly, and his heart began to waver.
He thought of the crisis that Konoha Village was facing now, and thought of the villagers who needed him to protect.
He began to struggle with his mind, with one side being resentment for the past and the other side being responsibility for Konoha.
“Let me think about it.” Danzo pretended to be tough. He didn’t want Sarutobi Hiruzen to think that he had compromised so easily.
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded. He knew that he couldn’t push Danzo too hard. He said slowly, “Okay, I’ll give you time to think about it, but time is tight. I hope you can give me an answer as soon as possible.”
After that, Sarutobi Hiruzen turned and left, leaving Danzo alone at the door. Looking at his departing back, the waves in his heart could not be calmed for a long time.
Danzo slowly closed the door, leaned against the door, and closed his eyes. His mind kept emerging with all kinds of things from the past, those quarrels with Sarutobi Hiruzen, and those conspiracies he had planned alone. He began to reflect on his life and whether he had really done a lot of things wrong.
“Do I really want to work for him again?” Danzo asked himself in his heart, “Will he really trust me?”
He remembered everything he had done to compete for the position of Hokage. Although those means were not glorious, he felt that they were all for the future of Konoha. But in the end, he still lost, and lost miserably.
“But Konoha does need me now.” Danzo thought again, “If I refuse, Konoha may face a greater crisis.”
He was extremely entangled in his heart. On the one hand, he wanted to take revenge on Sarutobi Hiruzen and let him taste the taste of being ignored; on the other hand, he felt that he could not be so selfish and could not watch Konoha fall into trouble.
“Maybe, this is my chance to prove myself again.” Danzo gradually made a decision in his heart, “But I can’t agree to him so easily. I want him to know my value and make him dare not do anything to me easily in the future.”
A sly smile appeared on Danzo’s face, as if he saw the day when he would regain power. But then, he frowned again, “But can I really let go of the past grudges?”
He paced back and forth in the room, and the contradictions and struggles in his heart became more intense. He didn’t know how to choose, and this entanglement made him feel extremely painful.
“Forget it, don’t think about it for now.” Danzo finally decided to calm down first, “I’ll make a decision when he comes to me again.”
Danzo sat in a chair and fell into deep thought. He knew that his fate was about to usher in an important turning point, and he had to make a careful choice…
Sarutobi Hiruzen, the third generation Hokage of Konoha Village, once again stepped into this forbidden place.
In the dark room, the air seemed to become heavy.
Danzo sat there quietly, with a complicated look in his eyes.
Sarutobi Hiruzen asked straight to the point: “Danzo, I need your answer. What do you think about the research team of the Bu Tian Fa Zhen?”
Danzo raised his head slightly, a trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes, and said: “Humph, I naturally agree. However, the rights and responsibilities must be clear. This research team needs to be completely under my control, and I should also have corresponding autonomy.”
Is this a blatant request for power and autonomy? Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn’t help but think of the root in the original work. It was originally a department for selecting Anbu. After being given enough autonomy, it completely became Danzo’s private armed force.
Sarutobi Hiruzen frowned and retorted: “Danzo, you have to understand that this research team is crucial to the future of Konoha Village. I don’t object to giving you autonomy, but you definitely can’t do whatever you want. The village must be supervised.”
How could he repeat the mistakes of the original work? This means that I personally don’t object to giving you autonomy, but the village will definitely not let you do whatever you want.
“Supervision?” Danzo sneered, “Sarutobi, don’t make it sound so nice. You just want to take all the power into your own hands.
That’s all. Since supervision comes from where is the autonomy? You can’t let the village supervise a little problem encountered during the research process, or a conflict between researchers, right? “
Danzo is worthy of being the one who knows Sarutobi Hiruzen the best. He saw through this trick at a glance. What village wants supervision? Isn’t it you, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who has the final say over Tsunko? The village committee is full of your disciples, who would oppose you? Then he said that you can’t go to the village committee for a trivial matter!
“Danzo, what you have done for Konoha Village is seen by everyone. I don’t want to say that it’s a power struggle for a little thing.”
“But now is not the time to argue about this. Our first priority is to ensure that the research team of the sky-patching array can proceed smoothly.” Sarutobi Hiruzen said earnestly. “The village will not make it too difficult for you for these big and small things in the research group, nor will it deliberately suppress your authority as the team leader. But supervision must be there, and we must be responsible for the village. “
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that what Danzo said was not easy to handle, but he still didn’t want to relax his supervision of Danzo.
Danzo didn’t take it seriously and continued, “Smoothly? Without enough autonomy, what’s the point of talking about smooth progress? Sarutobi, don’t be too naive. This research group involves the future fate of Konoha Village. It must be led by someone who can make decisive decisions, and that person is me.”
Without autonomy, this group cannot run smoothly. Danzo also knew that Sarutobi would not come to him unless it was absolutely necessary. If he came to him, it meant that he felt that no one else could handle this matter. So Danzo was also very confident.
“You?” Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little helpless, “Danzo, everyone knows your methods and style of doing things. If you have complete autonomy, this research group will not succeed.”
With Danzo’s reputation, who would dare to hand over their tribesmen to Danzo?
“Humph, Sarutobi, you are slandering me. Everything I do is for Konoha Village, to make Konoha Village stronger. “Danzo said loudly.
The two of them fell into a heated argument, neither of them willing to give in. Sarutobi Hiruzen insisted that the interests of the entire Konoha Village should be given priority, and power should be moderately dispersed to ensure the fairness and scientific nature of decision-making.
Danzo firmly believed that only by holding absolute power could things be efficiently promoted.
