Chapter 617 Inheritance
Shimura Danzo lying on the ice platform was not wearing the black and gray kimono he usually wore, but the Konoha ninja standard combat uniform.
Sarutobi Hiruzen guessed that Muyue had helped deal with it, because not only was there no blood or wounds on Danzo Shimura's body, but his combat uniform was also intact, not even dusty. He had obviously put it on later.
"You are really thoughtful." Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded inwardly.
He felt that Muyue must have tried her best but failed to save Shimura Danzo, and felt very guilty, so he wanted Shimura Danzo to go away in a nice way, at least without any trace of trauma on his body.
"well."
Looking at Shimura Danzo lying motionless on the ice platform, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but sigh deeply, and the wrinkles on his face deepened a little.
No matter how well Mu Yue did, Shimura Danzo's bloodless face could still let people know one thing, he was dead.
Even before seeing the corpse, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already received the news from Muyue, but when Sarutobi Hiruzen saw the corpse of Shimura Danzo, the emotion called sadness could not help but pour out of his heart. .
After all, this was a friendship that spanned decades. Even a pet should develop a deep relationship, not to mention that Shimura Danzo was a comrade who had been with him through life and death.
"No wonder you were willing to treat me that day. It turns out you were doing something dangerous." Sarutobi Hiruzen showed a helpless expression.
He thought that treat was a sign of Shimura Danzo's change, but he didn't expect it to be a foreshadowing of sacrifice.
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help feeling a little regretful. That was the last time they met and talked, but they broke up because they were discussing political affairs.
If given the chance to be re-elected, Sarutobi Hiruzen would still not compromise on his political views, but he would choose not to discuss political matters.
"Did Danzo tell you anything before he died?" Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at Mu Yue, who had a sad face.
Shimura Danzo was not dead when he was rescued by Mu Yue. With the tenacity of the ninja, he should be able to leave some words.
Mu Yue nodded and made a slightly tearful expression, "Danzo-sama was thinking about how to protect the village and his descendants until his death. Even at the last moment of his life, he still told me to protect Konoha."
"In order for me to have enough chakra to prevent accidents, he even refused me to use medical ninjutsu to treat him."
Listening to Mu Yue's words, Sarutobi Hiruzen was in a trance for a while, as if he had returned to the past, to that unforgettable night of chilling.
During Kumogakure's coup, they were hunted down by elite troops and the team needed bait. He and Danzo Shimura stepped forward to be bait, but were rejected by Senju Tobirama.
Sarutobi Hiruzen has not forgotten the words left to him when the Senju Gate was interrupted.
"Protect the people who admire the village and trust you, and educate the children who can be entrusted to the next generation."
Sarutobi Hiruzen even remembered Senju Tobirama's expression very clearly when he said these words.
Even though it was a lifeless action, there was no trace of hesitation or fear on Senju Tobirama's face, only determination.
"Danzo, you have fulfilled your teacher's instructions." Sarutobi Hiruzen felt the inheritance from this.
Senju Tobirama told him to protect Konoha and cultivate future generations before he died. Now before Shimura Danzo died, he told Mu Yue to protect Konoha, and Mu Yue happened to be the root ninja that Shimura Danzo had trained for a period of time.
"Is there more?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked, Shimura Danzo should have more than just this sentence.
"Lord Danzo also said that he wants me to take charge of the roots in his place and take on the darkness of Konoha." Mu Yue continued to answer.
"The roots..." Sarutobi Hiruzen had a complicated expression.
If someone else came to tell Sarutobi Hiruzen that Shimura Danzo's last words were to give him the root, Sarutobi Hiruzen would most likely ignore it.
But when the target was Mu Yue, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately believed it.
Without him, the roots would be nothing to Mu Yue now.
There is only one ninja in Genbu now, and Mu Yue can only be the bare commander when taking over Genbu.
Moreover, Mu Yue himself has a special organization within the Anbu, and strictly speaking, he is not inferior to the leader of the Anbu.
Mu Yue had no need to lie. Compared with the risk of exposure, the benefits gained were not much.
In addition, from Shimura Danzo's perspective, Mu Yue is indeed the best candidate to rebuild the roots. He has been trained by the roots since he was a child and is still very powerful.
"What do you think about Mu Yue?" Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Mu Yue and asked.
"The root is a department directly under the Hokage, and all decisions are made by the Sandaime-sama." Mu Yue thought for a while and said.
He has shown enough of Shimura Danzo's sensibility, and now he can act more rationally.
"The original position of the root was to train Anbu, but it was only later that it gradually developed and became the root in your impression." Sarutobi Hiruzen first said the origin of the root.
"The Anbu training team you are currently in charge of is very similar to the Roots in terms of functions, so I think there is no need for the Roots to exist independently. From now on, the Roots will be integrated with the training team, and the members of the Roots will become your subordinates. The assets owned by the Roots will be controlled by the training team. inherit."
Letting Mu Yue become the root leader is something that does not make much sense, and Sarutobi Hiruzen does not want Mu Yue to become the second Shimura Danzo, and Mu Yue will have a better future.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen could not ignore Shimura Danzo's will, and felt that Mu Yue should be rewarded, so he finally decided to turn the remaining roots into nutrients to allow the newly established training team to grow.
"Isn't it a little bad to disband the roots as soon as Danzo-sama is sacrificed?" Mu Yue showed hesitation on his face and did not accept it immediately.
Although this is the best result in Mu Yue's opinion, the process of three resignations and three concessions still needs to be carried out to save some face for the dead Shimura Danzo.
"The root has not disappeared, it just exists in a different way. Danzo's Will of Fire spirit will always exist." Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head and said.
"Both the training team and the roots are fighting to protect Konoha."
In the end, under the persuasion of Sarutobi Hiruzen Akatsuki's emotions and reasons, Mu Yue came to a clear understanding, no longer refused and resolutely accepted the responsibility of protecting Konoha.
"Danzo-sama mentioned something very strange to me before he left. He asked me to be careful about Uchiha Madara." Mu Yue said with a puzzled look.
"Uchiha Madara? Are you sure you heard correctly?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked with a serious expression.
For the new generation of ninjas, Uchiha Madara is just a legendary powerful ninja, a traitor who was personally eliminated by the first generation Hokage.
But Sarutobi Hiruzen and the older generation of ninjas who were born before the establishment of Konoha were different. They had seen Madara Uchiha in his heyday, a terrifying monster that only the god of ninja could defeat.
"I definitely heard you right. I remember every word that Master Danzo left behind very clearly." Mu Yue said seriously.
Sarutobi Hiruzen did not question it again. After experiencing the hiatus of the Thousand Hands Gate, he could understand Mu Yue's mood. Not to mention that this was something that had just passed, even if it had been ten years, it would be difficult to forget.
He just questioned it because the news was too shocking.
"Even if he was not killed by the Shodaime, he would still be too old to move." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked thoughtful.
Uchiha Madara is not young, and even if he lives smoothly until now, he still has the ability to harm Konoha.
But it is impossible for Danzo Shimura to joke with Mu Yue before his death, so the existence and danger of Uchiha Madara is inevitable.
"Could it be that Uchiha Madara secretly cultivated a successor?" Sarutobi Hiruzen thought of a possibility. Uchiha Madara's successor was acting in the name of Uchiha Madara. If Uchiha Madara was really not killed by Senju Hashirama, it wouldn't be unusual for him to spend so many years cultivating a successor.
"Did Danzo say anything else about Uchiha Madara?" Sarutobi Hiruzen continued to ask.
If Shimura Danzo's death is still related to "Uchiha Madara", then the matter may not be as simple as he thought before, and there may be a conspiracy against Konoha.
Even Shimura Danzo's own death was the result of a conspiracy.
"That's all what Danzo-sama left." Muyue shook her head and replied.
Except for the matter of Hashirama's cells, he basically finished all the last words of Shimura Danzo.
As for the fact that Shimura Danzo has Hashirama cells in his body, Mu Yue doesn't want to expose it.
Because even if Mu Yue revealed Shimura Danzo's last words and Sarutobi Hiruzen promised not to let Orochimaru study them, Orochimaru would still get Shimura Danzo's corpse tissue in the end.
Orochimaru's identity and status in Konoha are too high. He is not only a famous Sannin in the ninja world, but also a candidate for Hokage recognized by the public.
With the resources Orochimaru has and the importance he attaches to Hashirama's cells, Hashirama's cell experiments will definitely not be hidden from Orochimaru.
As the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen's order can prevent Orochimaru from obtaining Shimura Danzo's body openly, but Orochimaru is not an honest person. You just don't want me to do it secretly.
When things develop to this point, it's really not certain who will come up with the results first.
Orochimaru's research ability in the original work left a deep impression on Mu Yue.
So Mu Yue chose a similar approach to the Bai Jue incident. He didn't want to face the demons and ghosts of Shippuden during the Third War.
After asking around, Sarutobi Hiruzen had a rough understanding of the information Mu Yue had.
Mu Yue actually didn't know too much. She was almost blank about why Shimura Danzo went to the Land of Rain. The main content she knew was Shimura Danzo's last words.
However, this is also in line with Mu Yue's experience. Mu Yue is not a ninja at all. He only helped Shimura Danzo out of love, and Shimura Danzo did not give Mu Yue any specific information.
"Have you played against Soyousuke? How do you feel about his strength?" Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly asked.
"There was no head-on confrontation. I saw that Danzo-sama was injured at the time, so I quickly approached Danzo-sama and left directly with the Flying Thunder God." Mu Yue thought for a while and replied.
"But I saw that his ninjutsu is very strong. I'm not sure I can beat him."
Mu Yue didn't lie. He was indeed not sure that he could beat him.
"That's it." Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't think it was an exaggeration.
Soyousuke has a record of defeating Hanzo with his fire escape. This battle alone shows that Soyousuke is definitely not a simple ninja.
"Mu Yue, you are tired after working for so long. Go and rest." Sarutobi Hiruzen forced out a smile and said to Mu Yue.
Mu Yue rushed to the Land of Rain to help Shimura Danzo, and brought Shimura Danzo's body back overnight. Just traveling was not easy.
"I'm disturbing you tonight."
Mu Yue bowed slightly and apologized to Sarutobi Hiruzen, then bowed to Shimura Danzo on the ice platform, and finally left the root base with a heavy face.
"What a good boy." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed in his heart.
Mu Yue could have ignored Shimura Danzo because Shimura Danzo had no right to order Mu Yue, but Mu Yue still went to help Shimura Danzo.
If it weren't for Mu Yue, Danzo Shimura might not even be able to return his body to Konoha.
So even if Mu Yue was a little inconsistent with Konoha's rules and regulations during this process, Sarutobi Hiruzen simply ignored it.
After all, who can not have a good impression of a person who values love and justice, especially Mu Yue who is still on his side.
Then Sarutobi Hiruzen called the only remaining root ninja over.
There are still too many mysteries at the moment, and Hiruzen Sarutobi won't be able to sleep when he goes back now.
He had to figure out why Shimura Danzo went to the Land of Rain, and how Shimura Danzo was related to "Uchiha Madara".
Whether it is to avenge Danzo Shimura or protect Konoha, Hiruzen Sarutobi must solve the mystery as much as possible.
The result of the inquiry was as Sarutobi Hiruzen expected. The root members of the base who stayed behind had even less information. Apart from knowing that Danzo Shimura had gone to the Land of Rain, they didn't know anything else.
"Did Danzo meet anyone who seemed strange recently?" Sarutobi Hiruzen finally asked.
The root ninja shook his head in confusion.
How could he, a person with the lowest level of knowledge, know about Shimura Danzo's itinerary.
The root ninja is extremely confused now. He only guarded the base for a few days and somehow became the number one master of the root.
"Bring me the latest confidential information from the Roots." Seeing that the Roots members really had no useful information, Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered.
Immediately afterwards, Sarutobi Hiruzen called the ANBU and asked the ANBU to search the root base and try to find clues.
If it weren't for the fact that Shimura Danzo's brain had so many protection methods that he couldn't directly check the memory, Sarutobi Hiruzen would have wanted to call the ninjas of the Yamanaka clan to come over and directly look at the memory.
Although this is a bit sorry for Shimura Danzo's body, it concerns "Uchiha Madara" and the safety of Konoha, so personal honor and disgrace must be put aside.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was busy until three o'clock in the morning but still gained nothing.
Since he still had to deal with official duties tomorrow, Sarutobi had no choice but to hand over the task to the ANBU and go home to rest.
He is Hokage and cannot lose his mind because of hatred. There are many other things to deal with.
"I hope there will be some good news tomorrow." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought while lying on the bed with his eyes closed.
Tonight is another unforgettable night.
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Although neither the Rain Ninja Village nor Konoha publicized the death of Shimura Danzo, they even deliberately concealed it.
But the news of Shimura Danzo's death still spread throughout the ninja world at a strange speed.
Especially the other four major ninja villages collected this important information immediately.
(End of chapter)