Inside the Hokage’s office.
A figure walked in.
It was none other than Shimura Danzo!
“Lady Mito is nearing her limit. We need to immediately carry out the transfer ceremony for the Nine-Tails’ jinchuriki.”
Danzo spoke coldly.
“I know. Tsunade just happened to return, and the chakra reserves of her Senju clan bloodline can help suppress the Nine-Tails’ rampage to a certain extent.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen took a puff from his pipe.
Glancing at the ANBU vest on the desk, Danzo suddenly smiled.
“Does that kid need to be placed under surveillance?”
“…No. He’s Sakumo’s disciple. His emotions simply got out of control.”
Mentioning the matter made Sarutobi Hiruzen’s expression darken slightly.
He said solemnly, “You went too far. The goal was to suppress Sakumo’s reputation a little, not drive him to suicide.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s words proved that the rumors targeting Hatake Sakumo in recent times had indeed been spread by Danzo.
Hatake Sakumo had accumulated too much merit during the Second Shinobi World War, and his reputation had become too prominent.
Many people were discussing him as the next Hokage.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was currently at the peak of his strength and was about to enter the period when his power would begin to decline.
He did not want to hand the position of Hokage to Hatake Sakumo, who was neither related to him by blood nor connected to him through a master-disciple relationship.
That was why he had wanted to use this opportunity to suppress Sakumo’s reputation.
He had not expected to end up killing him.
“Who knew his mental fortitude would be so weak?”
Danzo showed no remorse whatsoever and said indifferently, “Besides, Konoha has plenty of talented people. Losing one shouldn’t matter, right? Besides, we’ve eliminated a potential threat.”
With that, Danzo turned around and left the Hokage’s office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen secretly clenched his fists, but in the end, he said nothing.
Perhaps this was exactly what he had wanted deep down.
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“If those four old foxes continue controlling Konoha, my life will never be easy.”
After returning home, Yusuke lay on the tatami, silently contemplating the situation.
Since he had transmigrated into this world, Yusuke had decided that he would definitely stand at the very pinnacle of the world and live a life where he could do whatever he pleased.
And right now, the first obstacles standing in his way were those four old foxes who would control Konoha for nearly half a century in the future.
Among them, the two especially scheming old women, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado, would actually live all the way into Boruto and still not die!
At present, however, Yusuke was not arrogant enough to believe that he could sneak into Konoha’s upper echelons without anyone noticing and kill all four of those old foxes.
But he couldn’t simply wait for the story to begin and rely on Orochimaru and Sasuke to deal with them either.
Sasuke wasn’t even born yet!
That left him with no choice but to think of another way.
“Judging from what Sarutobi Hiruzen said today, Uzumaki Mito should be preparing to transfer the Nine-Tails into Kushina, right?”
Yusuke recalled what Sarutobi Hiruzen had said to Tsunade in the Hokage’s office.
From that, he deduced that the Nine-Tails jinchuriki transfer ceremony would take place soon.
“The reason those old foxes like Sarutobi Hiruzen can kill talented people so recklessly is because Konoha is too powerful. If Konoha didn’t possess such strength, would they still dare to do it?”
Yusuke muttered with a sinister smile.
Clearly, he already had a plan.
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Two days later, at the Senju clan compound in Konoha, inside the Sealing Shrine.
At this moment, inside the shrine, the elderly Uzumaki Mito sat facing Kushina, who was only around fifteen years old.
Surrounding them, more than a dozen Senju clan shinobi who had been brought there by Tsunade sat in a circle, using sealing techniques to suppress the Nine-Tails’ rampage.
Outside the shrine, Tsunade was leading nearly several hundred elite Konoha Chunin and shinobi of Jonin rank or above to guard the area.
Most of them did not know what was happening inside, as the identity of the new jinchuriki had to be kept secret.
Tsunade’s expression was complicated, and she was practically on the verge of tears.
Because she knew that once the Nine-Tails jinchuriki transfer ceremony was completed, she would lose her last remaining family member.
Suddenly, an immense wave of chakra surged violently out of the shrine, seemingly without end.
Tsunade’s expression immediately changed.
She assumed a battle stance and shouted, “Everyone, get ready!”
Although they had no idea what had happened inside the shrine, the numerous Konoha shinobi immediately assumed combat stances upon hearing Tsunade’s command.
The sinister chakra was simply too terrifying.
“Lady Tsunade, please step aside.”
Just then, another equally ominous chakra surged violently from behind Tsunade.
Tsunade and the hundreds of Konoha shinobi present abruptly turned around.
A mysterious figure dressed in black robes and wearing a spiral-shaped mask had appeared behind them at some unknown point.
This was the exact appearance that Obito would later use while running around the shinobi world under the name “Uchiha Madara” and deceiving everyone.
The person who had arrived was naturally Yusuke.
Now that he wanted to weaken Konoha’s strength, there was no doubt that stopping the Nine-Tails jinchuriki transfer ceremony was the simplest and most effective method.
“Who are you?”
Tsunade demanded sharply, while an ominous premonition welled up inside her.
“Heh.”
Without saying another word, Yusuke drew a ninja blade from beneath his black robe and charged toward the shrine.
“Stop him!”
Tsunade waved her hand and shouted.