Naruto: The Hidden Protector

Chapter 66

“I ..i.. I “ words didn’t come out from Hriuzen’s mouth. He felt that he aged another decade in the last few seconds.

Seeing Hiruzen like this, the Daimyo got even more angry. “What are you stuttering about ? Tell me how the hell did your goddamn Hokage assistant abuse his authority to this extent? What were you doing when all this happened? Were blind that Danzo could do all this and walk away scott free? “

“No.. I “ Hiruzen tried to defend himself but he was cut off mid sentence.

“ You what huh tell me what did you do ? according to me you not only failed to stop these crimes you looked away ignoring everything your assistant did. “ the Fire Daimyo ruthlessly said.

You know Konoha’s reputation was completely destroyed because of Hiruzen and Danzo. One did the crimes while the other supported him by looking away. And it wouldn’t be a surprise the Fire country would be implicated in this. After all, Konoha at the end of the day is the military force guarding the Land of Fire.

When your bodyguards are a bunch of scumbags how could anyone not have any negative feelings towards their owner. Human beings love to point fingers after all.

“ I will tell you this one last time Hiruzen find that Danzo and publicly execute him. If this isn’t done before the deadline I gave you then Konoha would no longer be a part of the Land of Fire. I will publicly declare that the Fire country would cut any ties that it has with Konoha. “ The Fire Daimyo said, shocking Hiruzen to the core.

You know a ninja village and a nation is something like a bridge. Both parties need each other. So even if both sides have conflict with each other they will not destroy their connection.

Even the wind Daimyo only dared to cut the funds he sent to the Sand village. He knew that for his nation's safety he needed the sand village. So despite not liking Rasa he didn’t order the ninja village to disband or select a new Kazekage.

So when Fire Daimyo said that he was going to cut all ties with Konoha he was basically crippling the Land of Fire’s military strength. But he didn't care as he knew with incoming war aliying with Konoha would be a far worse decision.

What if the whole united and goes to war with the Fire country and Konoha because they chose to defend a criminal who has done numerous inhuman stuff. Doesn’t that basically destroy the Fire country removing its foundation from the roots.

And apart from that they would be numerous revolutions leading to a civil war. No country or ninja village can handle fighting in the inside and out at the same time.

So the safest option for the Land of Fire is to cut all ties with Konoha. Although it would weaken them but with enough time they would gradually recover.

After the Daimyo finished saying all the things he wanted to say he turned back and was about to leave the room. No one stopped him as they were too shocked by the orders he gave them.

But just as he was about to leave he turned one last time and said, “ Or and even if you finally manage to find Danzo, you will resign your position from the Hokage . No screw that you should do that immediately. That way I could at least hope the new Hokage would do his best to find Danzo. If it was left to you , you would just let him go just like all the times he did anything. “

Hiruzen, who was almost pale like a corpse, felt his remaining life force burn even faster as he heard those words. He may not be a good person but he truly loved Konoha. That’s why during the nine tails attack he was the first to engage with Kurama head on. Even when he was teen he volunteered instantly to be the bait for Tobirama to escape.

It’s just that during the years he became obsessed with power. The Hokage position became his obsession. He would scheme with Danzo to increase his reputation while assassinating any of the competition he had for his position.

Even when Minato became the Hokage he didn’t have full control over Konoha. The Anbu squad were still loyal to the Third Hokage so he was like a Hokage with no real power.

So when Minato died Hiruzen immediately came back to power again. His greed for power didn’t allow him to give the position to anyone.But even so Hiruzen knew that he couldn’t sit in this position for a long time as there were still some members who wanted a new Hokage.

That is why he needed to get rid of any opposition. To do that he first needed to stabilise the situation in Konoha. So he used Naruto’s inheritance money to make the Sarutobi clan increase their influence before the others could do anything.

After that he made sure that Naruto as the nine tail Jinchuriki would only be loyal to him. That way no matter who the next Hokage is he would have enough leverage to retain much of his authority.

Everything was going smoothly for the next few years but all his hard work went to waste because of this war. Not only was his reputation taken a big hit, the Daimyo even threatened him to resign. If he ignored that order Konoha would suffer even before the war started.

“ I will see to that “Hiruzen barely managed to say those words as he felt his heart ache. All his dreams , ambition are over.

“ You better “ The Daimyo spat as he stormed out of the room. His role is done. He just hopes everything will go smoothly from now.

After the Daimyo left there was awkward silence. No matter whether it was the Uchiha or the other ninjas they didn’t know what to say.

On one hand they wanted to ask for an explanation and if possible force Hiruzen to abdicate. But after the Daimyo scolded the Hokage like that they didn’t have the heart to say anything. Hiruzen looked like he was about to die any minute now. And they don’t really want to kill Hiruzen before this whole mess is over.

“ Sigh Tsunade from tommorow on wards you shall be apointed as the Hokage. “ Hiiruzen said with a tired tone. He knew all his hard work is over. So as his final comitment for Konoha he decided to appoint Tsunade as the Hokage.

“ I take there is no one who is objecting to this “ Hiruzen asked looking at the cround. Although he said this he knew the answer in his heart. No one would object this and even more they have no time to argue about this.

“ we agree to this “ Shikaku Nara said as he agreed to this. He knew this is the most correct choice at this moment. Tsunade had the enough reputation and skills to be the Hokage. And no clan would disagree to have her as the Hokage.

‘Although it is unlikly but would Tsunade sama disagree to this ‘ He thougjt as he looked at Tsunade. He wasn’t the only one as almost everyone was lookng at Tsunade waiting for her answer.

Facing everyone’s stares tsunade sighed and said, “ Fine old man I will take that hat. But you all better do your best to find that Danzo. I really need to have a little talk with him. “

‘And besides I doubt Izanami would let me rest in piece after all the talk she had ealier ‘Tsunade said.

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