Wood Leaf, in a dark underground chamber.
"Oh, it's the so-called will of fire again!" An old man with half his body wrapped in bandages sneered as he looked at the document in his hand.
"Tsk tsk, what an amazing talent! A commoner ninja who entered the school half a month ago was able to defeat sensei's son! "The ninja standing behind the old man said with a pair of snake eyes.
"If it's you, you should be able to do it too." The old man turned around and asked indifferently. "Orochi Maru?"
"Haha." Orochi Maru smiled and didn't comment. He looked at the old man's eyes and asked. "Danzo elder, do you think highly of him? Do you want him to become a member of the Root? "
"Think highly of him?" Danzo said coldly. "Humph, I don't think highly of anyone who is favored by Sarutobi!"
"A person who can't be ruthless, no matter how talented he is, can't become a qualified ninja, and … humph …"
And? In fact, it's because of the will of fire … Orochi Maru's mouth slightly raised as he secretly despised Danzo in his heart.
He clearly remembered that when Danzo reached out his hand to Jiraiya's disciple, Danzo, who had always been indecisive, decisively cut off all the branches that extended out of the ground, which made Danzo almost want to fight with his Sensei.
Otherwise, with Minato's amazing talent, how could Danzo pretend that he didn't see it?
However, Danzo didn't even care about his own assassination attempt, but he didn't back down when it came to the will of fire … Orochi Maru's eyes flashed with a trace of haze, and he secretly sighed. "Sensei, in your eyes, what is the village like?"
The two people with different thoughts were both thinking about their own matters, causing the already quiet underground secret chamber to once again fall into a dead silence.
After a while, Danzo put aside the document in his hand and asked, "About the matter I told you last time, have you considered it?"
Orochi Maru narrowed his eyes. "I have to think this through. After all, he's not someone easy to deal with!"
"Yes, whether it's Namikaze Minato or Shimizu Garashi, they are just small characters who have been tortured by that bastard Sarutobi. The one who really deserves attention is the guy called Wood Leaf White Fang!"
"One weak Naruto is already enough. If we let such a weak piece of trash become the Fourth Generation Head, it will only drag Wood Leaf down into the abyss." The more Danzo spoke, the more excited he became. His whole body seemed to be blooming with a holy light. "For the sake of Konoha, we must get rid of him!"
Orochi Maru, who was standing at the side, seemed to be shocked by the "dazzling" light. He was surprised. "Does he really think that he's doing this for Wood Leaf?"
As if venting his dissatisfaction with Sandaime, Danzo regained his calm. "Since you're here, it means that you've made your decision. Tell me your conditions."
Orochi Maru licked his lips and hissed. "I want Hashirama's cells."
Danzo suddenly turned around and stared coldly at Orochi Maru. "That experiment has been stopped. You should know that, right?"
Orochi Maru smiled. "Danzo san, are you really willing to give up the means to control the Kyuubi? For the sake of Wood Leaf, any price and sacrifice is worth it! "
Danzo was silent for a moment, and then smiled. "I really want to know what kind of expression Sarutobi will have when he finds out that his favorite disciple is the same as me."
Orochi Maru didn't care about Danzo's sarcasm, and just sighed. "Fate always leads people to different branches!"
…
In the outside world, the battle between Garashi and Asma surprised many people, but that was it. The eyes of adults don't always stay on children.
It seems that their peaceful life is back on track again.
"Ring ~"
"Finally, the class is over. The theory class is super boring."
"That's right, when is the actual combat class?"
"Hey, you should at least leave some face for Yagami sensei."
"It seems so. Then let's go out and play. Let's play the violent football Garashi told us last time."
"Okay, okay, I want to be on the same side as Garashi -san."
"Damn it, you and the class leader were on the same team yesterday. It should be our turn today."
There aren't many classes in the first grade, so there's enough time for them to vent their excess energy between the adjacent classes.
In the classroom, Garashi looked at this scene with a smile.
Obviously, his small group offensive has begun to show results.
Herd mentality was a universal phenomenon, especially in children who were still immature.
When he established an excellent, reliable, and friendly image and labeled himself as the perfect person, these elementary school students who are still ignorant of interpersonal relationships will naturally take the initiative to gather around him.
Of course, there are exceptions.
"Student Shui Mu, don't you want to play together?" Garashi smiled and invited someone in the corner.
Although he was jealous, Shui Mu didn't dare to openly refute Garashi's authority in the class, so he simply pretended not to hear it.
However, just this alone was enough to make many people unhappy.
"What's with your attitude, you bastard? Garashi is talking to you!"
"Arrogant guy, I really want to beat you up!"
Shui Mu didn't expect that his subtle venting of dissatisfaction would be targeted. For a moment, he was at a loss and apologized, "I'm, I'm sorry, I'm just not feeling well, I didn't mean to …"
Listening to Shui Mu's grievance and resentment, Garashi tried to smooth things over. "Don't be like this, we're all classmates. Classmates should take care of each other and help each other."
As if he didn't notice Shui Mu's strange behavior, Garashi looked at him "sincerely" and said, "Shui Mu, I'm really sorry, I apologize to you on behalf of them. However, I can actually see that you really want to join us, right? If you have any concerns, please be sure to tell me. After all, for people like us, the only people we can rely on are our friends, right? "
Shui Mu's body trembled slightly, but he still didn't look up.
Garashi didn't care. After he finished speaking, he took the lead and walked outside. However, when he passed by Kurenai Red's seat, he stopped for a moment and glanced in her direction.
"Red, do you want to go together?"
"Huh? Me? " Kurenai Red was a little tempted, but when she looked at the boys around Garashi, she finally shook her head and said, "This is a sport for you guys, I won't be joining."
"Okay, then next time I'll design some games suitable for you girls to play." Garashi walked out of the classroom with a smile, but in his heart, he was secretly thinking, "I've already confirmed that Zhen Hong returned to the village after completing the mission yesterday. These few days are his rest days, so it's about time to launch the plan …"
"I just don't know how far the current psychological suggestion has progressed. If it's too late, I might have to increase the intensity …"
"Garashi, what's wrong?" Seeing that Garashi was a little distracted, Asma asked.
"Nothing, I just noticed some … unfriendly gazes." Garashi didn't show the slightest hint of strangeness. He just turned around and looked behind him.
Asma also turned his head and followed Garashi's gaze.
At this moment, outside the classroom two floors above them, a few boys who looked like delinquents were sitting on the guardrail and pointing at them.
"Those guys are third-year students, trash who like to bully newcomers." As the son of Hokage, his information channels were naturally far more well-informed than the freshmen.
"Bullying freshmen?" Garashi rubbed his chin and asked like an adult.
"Many people in the second grade have been bullied by them, but …" Asma crossed his arms and snorted disdainfully, "As long as I, Asma, am here, those bastards will dare to provoke us!"
Indeed, there were few people around who were afraid. Not to mention Asma's identity as Naruto's son, the strength he and Garashi showed in the previous battle is far beyond the level of ordinary students.
"School bullies?" Garashi looked at the delinquents with a meaningful gaze, then smiled and called everyone to walk towards the field.
PS1: In Kabuto's part of the plot, at that time, the Uchiha Clan was still in the Third Shinobi World War, and Danzo was already dressed like a bandaged man.
PS2: Although in the anime, Danzo launched the assassination after the Kyuubi's Rebellion, but looking at his skillful operation, the author felt that it was reasonable to think that it wasn't the first time. By the way, as a good friend of Sandaime, it's impossible for Danzo not to know the strength of Sandaime. But in the anime, Danzo was "naive" to think that he could assassinate Sandaime by relying on Yamato. If it's considered in the novel, there are two possibilities. One is that Wood Leaf was too strong before, so he was targeted, so Sandaime and Danzo deliberately love each other to give the outside world the illusion of internal strife and weakness. The second is that Danzo is constantly testing Sandaime's bottom line. But no matter which possibility it is, Danzo has a precedent of assassination before, which should be explainable.
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