"All of the ninja villages lost their Tailed Beasts?!"
At the moment the coup was about to start, Hiruzen and his partners gathered in his office again as they heard incredible news that startled their core.
"Danzo, do you know something?" Utatane asked with a frown.
"Stop looking at me with those eyes. If I have the power to do that, then I might as well overthrow Hiruzen!" Danzo glared at this old woman, whose name was often forgotten.
"....." Hiruzen.
"Stop saying something that will cause trouble, Utatane." Mitokado, another elder, who was often forgotten quickly, stopped Utatane.
Unlike Hiruzen and Danzo, who were often in the limelight, Utatane and Mitokado were just like supporting characters, often forgotten and had less authority and power compared to their two friends.
Then again, as Danzo had said, if he had the power to take away all the Tailed Beasts in the world, then he would just overthrow Hiruzen. All of them were familiar with Danzo's personality, and because of that, his being all docile meant that he wasn't so strong.
Yet, without a doubt, Danzo had become better, and Hiruzen needed him to maintain his rule over Konoha.
"Has the Root got any ideas who did this?"
Still, even so, Hiruzen believed that Danzo had an idea about what had happened.
"Root? They are too busy to manage various things! Even if I have, do you think I have the energy to observe the entire world?"
"Danzo!"
As Danzo felt the three gazes, his face was still as cold as he said, "Probably... it was the one who created the Nine-Tailed incident."
"....." 3x
"Who was it?!"
"Of course, it is the Uchiha! Who else?"
"...but they had died, massacred by you..." Mitokado said, but quickly shut up when he was glared at by Danzo.
"I know this matter." Hiruzen rubbed his temple and had been wondering whether the decision to massacre the entire Uchiha was correct, yet what could he do?
All the Uchiha were such shitheads and lunatics, especially Itachi, who planned to massacre the entire clan for the peace of the village.
Did Hiruzen plan to kill all of the Uchiha?
No one knew, but as it had happened, nothing mattered, and what had happened next was to handle the next problem.
"That shitty clan!" Utatane's voice was filled with hatred and jealousy. The hatred was obvious, as she was a disciple of the Second Hokage, so she shared a similar doubt and hatred towards this clan, like other disciples.
Frankly, instead of being a part of a single group under the banner of the Konoha village, the Uchiha clan was more or less similar to a small village, since, unlike the First Hokage, the Second Hokage hated the Uchiha Clan the most, and of course, he wanted to destroy it.
Naturally, that will of his was inherited by his disciples.
"What is done, is done." Hiruzen shook his head and said, "But what mattered the most was what these remnants of the Uchiha planned with all the Tailed Beasts, and the fact that he had enough power to do all of this meant... that this Uchiha isn't an opponent that we can look down on or take lightly."
All of them had a grim expression as they knew well that as long as the Uchiha awakened their eyes, especially the "Mangekyou Sharingan," they were as good as invincible, especially Uchiha Shishui, whose abilities still gave them a shudder.
"Also, inform Itachi about this matter."
No matter what, Itachi wouldn't ignore the existence of the remnants of the Uchiha, who had caused a mess in the ninja world, and for the peace of the village, Hiruzen could imagine that Itachi would kill this terrorist for good and all.
If possible, he hoped for Itachi and this Uchiha terrorist to be killed at the same time, so that Hiruzen could sleep peacefully.
As for the Tailed Beasts, and what this remnant of Uchiha planned to do with it, Hiruzen felt a bit uneasy, but he knew well that Danzo might not know about this problem, since even if Danzo was good, he still knew about his rival and best friend's limit.
In other words, Danzo wasn't so bright, and because of that—
"More importantly, instead of the Uchiha or the Tailed Beasts, you all should hold on to your greed, you bastards!"
"..." Danzo, Utatane, and Mitokado.
Did they think what they did would remain invisible to him?
Yes, while his clan got the share of the profits from the Orga Corporation, Hiruzen thought about the overall situation.
Still, Danzo wasn't going to be defeated!
"You are too soft, Hiruzen! This is all for Konoha!"
"If this is for Konoha, then you should share with the others!"
"You are soft!"
"You are the one who is too stupid!" Hiruzen got angry as he pointed his finger at Danzo. "To keep a dog, you should give it a bone. If not, then it will bite you!"
"They are not dogs! They are ninjas! They are tools!"
"All of us are living beings! We have desires! If we don't give them anything, they will revolt! Just think of everything as a small price to maintain the peace! Look at the overall situation, Danzo! Also, I am the Hokage!"
This was why Danzo was never the Hokage, and the one who was chosen was him.
Danzo was too petty!
"I agree with Hiruzen."
"Yes, those profits are a little too much."
Whether it was Utatane or Mitokado, they felt quite scared when they thought of the money in their accounts. There were too many! Instead of hogging all of them, they felt like it was better to share some with those ninjas, to increase their loyalty. They had all grown old, after all, and instead of up and down, they wished for stability, which led them to have a good, peaceful life.
"You all..." Danzo looked at them in disbelief, then roared, "You all will regret it!"
"...." 3x
They all somehow fell silent, and by then, they could imagine that Danzo would leave angrily by closing the door forcefully, but all of a sudden—
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMM!!
The Hokage building, which was the place where they all stayed, was being bombarded by something, which caused all of them to be unable to react, yet when they were about to stand up—
"Four Violet Flames Formation!"
A gigantic purple flame of barrier then engulfed and trapped everyone inside.
"Hokage-sama!"
"Third Hokage!"
"Elders!"
Then a group of ninja in similar clothes stood near Hiruzen, Danzo, Utatane, and Mitokado, yet the four had a gloomy expression, as they saw a group of familiar ninja, who stood before them, being led by a familiar man that they had kicked out of the Konoha village.
"Sensei, it's been a while."
Orochimaru smiled sweetly as he moved his tongue like a snake.
"OROCHIMARU!!!!"