Chapter 30 - The Establishment of Roots
"Don't be too happy too soon."
The Third Generation exhaled a puff of smoke, glanced at his excited old friend, and said calmly, "I will only give you two teams of eight people in the Root Division. You can form them yourself. In addition, I will give you two more as your deputies to help you manage the Root Division."
Upon hearing this, Danzo frowned, looked at the Third Hokage with some dissatisfaction, and cursed in his heart: Your two deputies are not here to help me manage the Root, but to monitor me.
That's right, they're monitoring you.
I don't want to let you do anything wrong in such an important and dark department.
The third generation glared at Danzo and expressed his feelings.
Danzo received the voice of his old friend. Although he was unhappy, he had no choice but to accept it. However, he would not give in. Sooner or later, the Root would belong to him alone.
"In the future, I will gradually relax the restrictions on the Uchiha clan accepting missions. You must set up the Root as soon as possible." The third generation reminded vaguely.
Danzo understood immediately and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't forget the greatest significance of the establishment of the Root. Here is my list of eight people. You just need to give me the two people you assigned to monitor me."
As he said this, Danzo took out the list of eight Root members from his arms and handed it to the Third Hokage.
In order to establish the Root, Danzo had already prepared everything, including all the facilities including the base.
He had already completed the investigation and screening of the Root personnel five years ago, and even predicted the staffing of the first generation of Roots, just waiting for this moment.
I can only say that the two of them are worthy of being friends who have grown up together, and they both know the color of each other's diapers.
To establish the Root, all that was missing was the Third Hokage's approval, and Danzo had already prepared the rest.
The Sandai calmly took the list from Danzo's hand and started to read it. He was not surprised that his old friend could prepare the list of Root members so quickly.
After all, Danzo's preparations were made under his supervision.
"Um..."
The Sandaim suddenly frowned, staring at a name on the list in shock. He couldn't help but blink. After making sure he hadn't read it wrong, he looked up at Danzo and asked angrily, "Did you write it wrong? Why is Orochimaru on the list?"
Danzo smiled slightly and said, "He is very suitable for the darkness of Root."
"Bullshit!" the Third Hokage shouted angrily, "He is my disciple, the future Fourth Hokage, not the root hidden in the darkness."
Besides, how could his disciples be members of a dark organization like Gen?
If everyone knew that Orochimaru had joined the Root, how could he run for Hokage?
"The Fourth Hokage?"
Danzo frowned when he heard this, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes when he looked at the Third Hokage. He didn't expect that the Third Hokage had such high expectations for Orochimaru.
Although Orochimaru has shown the reputation of a genius since he was a child, he has now transformed this reputation into strength and has the powerful strength of a Jonin level at a young age.
But putting the same expectations of the Fourth Hokage on Orochimaru now is too... that's too much.
And...why is the Fourth Hokage still your Third Hokage's disciple?
Could it not be him, Danzo Shimura!
The more Danzo thought about it, the more unhappy he became.
He didn't understand that in the Third Hokage's mind, Orochimaru, a commoner genius ninja who had no parents or ninja clan to rely on and could only rely on the Third Hokage as his master, was the most suitable successor to the Fourth Hokage in the Third Hokage's mind.
Only if Orochimaru inherits the title of Hokage can the third generation's power in Konoha be extended to the greatest extent possible and the interests of the Sarutobi clan be guaranteed to the greatest extent possible.
The Third Hokage would never allow anyone to undermine the extension of his rights as Hokage.
Because only he can firmly maintain the Second Generation Tobirama's plan to destroy the Uchiha clan.
The third generation has always believed this in their hearts, who else but him?
"hehe!"
Danzo sneered. The more the Third Hokage didn't want Orochimaru to join the Root, the more he wanted Orochimaru to join the Root. Originally, the list submitted to Orochimaru was just a test of how much importance the Third Hokage attached to the Root. Now he wanted to win over Orochimaru.
Danzo rolled his eyes and said with a smile, "Believe me, Hiruzen, Orochimaru is more suitable for the Root. He is not the kind of sunny ninja who stands in the sun and receives villagers' hailing as a hero. Instead, he is a dedicated ninja who silently protects Konoha in the dark."
"His talent isn't in combat, but in ninjutsu research. He has the same natural talent for developing new ninjutsu as the Second Generation."
Danzo once met Orochimaru, the third generation's most proud disciple.
With just one glance, he saw the same darkness in Orochimaru as in himself... No, it should be the tenacious temperament of defending Konoha to the death.
After that, the two continued to contact each other. Orochimaru's desire for ninjutsu made him very sure that this person was very suitable for studying some forbidden techniques.
The Root is definitely suitable for a ninja with research talent like Orochimaru to join.
He also needs such ninjas to join.
"Impossible, just give up on this idea."
The Third Hokage threw out the list without any possibility of negotiation. He would not agree to Orochimaru entering the Root.
If Danzo insists, the establishment of the Root will have to be postponed for now.
"Okay, I'll change it."
Faced with the determination in the eyes of the Third Hokage, Danzo no longer insisted. He picked up the pen on the table and changed Orochimaru's name on the spot, writing another name.
He also figured it out. The most important thing now was to establish the Root. It would not be too late to figure out how to drag Orochimaru into the water later.
Anyway, based on his understanding of Orochimaru.
The child would definitely not be able to resist the temptation he offered, and would inevitably be drawn into darkness.
The Third Hokage wanted Orochimaru to be the Fourth Hokage?
hehe!
He refused to give in!
Danzo sneered in his heart.
The third generation picked up the list again, and after seeing that Orochimaru's name was crossed out and a new person was added, he found no problem. He took out an application form for establishing a root from the drawer, wrote his own name on it, and stamped it with the Hokage's seal.
Since then, the troublemaker "wherever there is darkness, I will be there" has been established in the Naruto world.
Huh... Danzo picked up the application for the establishment of the Root and breathed a sigh of relief. His long-cherished desire had finally come true, and a long-lost passion was ignited in his heart.
"Then I'll be out first, Hiruzen."
Danzo said as he turned and left, he couldn't wait to form the Root as soon as possible.
"etc."
The Third suddenly called out to Danzo, frowning as he considered whether or not to let Danzo intervene in Li Yao's question. Finally, he asked, "Those research equipment from the Wood Release Re-creation Project should still be in good condition, right?"
"They are all well preserved."
Danzo turned his head subconsciously and then suddenly realized what the Third Generation asked. His eyes immediately lit up and he turned around and stared at the Third Generation fiercely.
"Huruzen, are you going to restart the Wood Release Resurrection Plan?"
"No, I'm just asking."
The third generation immediately shook his head and without thinking, he immediately dispelled Danzo's idea of restarting the Wood Release research plan.
The First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, died shortly after the Battle of the Valley of the End.
Without the great god, the First Generation, to suppress the entire ninja world, a ninja war, even more brutal than the endless fighting at the end of the Warring States Period, soon began.
In this battle, the second generation Tobirama, who possessed the strongest instant teleportation ability in the ninja world, Flying Thunder God, died in battle to protect the third generation and others from leaving safely.
Although the third generation and others rose to power later, they showed the ninja world that even without the first and second generations, they could still easily defeat any of the five hidden villages, and finally ended the Ninja World War peacefully.
But think about the grand occasion when the first generation of the God of Ninja World was here and the entire Ninja World surrendered to the power of Wood Release.
The Third Hokage and other high-ranking Hokage were very unwilling to accept this.
In addition, the Uchiha clan, whose strength suddenly soared to the top of Konoha after the Ninja World War, made the Senju clan very wary.
After all, the Uchiha clan and the Senju clan have been entangled in a feud that has lasted for thousands of years, and it is not so easy to let go of the hatred between them.
How could the Senju clan, without such strong men as the first and second generations, not be afraid of the Uchiha clan?
The Senju clan was very unwilling to accept this. They wanted to recreate the glory of the Senju clan when the first generation was here and firmly suppress the Uchiha clan under their feet.
Therefore, the Senju clan, together with the Third Hokage and other Konoha high-level officials, secretly launched the Wood Release revival plan.