Chapter 365: Danzou: Ninja Clans? I'll Give You an Egg to Patch Things Up Too!

Seeing the gaze of Sengoku,

Onoki shook his head with great helplessness.

He himself had not expected that Hiruzen Sarutobi, who had always enjoyed a fairly good reputation, would actually do such a thing.

It was not just anger, but even more so a sense of shame.

After all,

The gaze transmitted by Sengoku was not merely a simple scrutiny of Konohagakure, but also carried a look of contempt for the entire ninja world.

Konohagakure was losing the face of the entire ninja world, throwing it onto the ground for others to trample.

The Four Great Ninja Villages,

Even if they attacked each other, at the end of the day, that was the face of the ninja world.

Onoki was, after all, the Shadow who controlled Iwagakure; now, being looked down upon by an otherworld player like this, how could he not be angry?

Thinking this, he asked in a cold tone: "Hokage, are you joking with us?"

"Trying to welsh on the debt?"

Terumi Mei covered her mouth and laughed, though anger was also suppressed in the depths of her eyes, and she said: "Out of consideration that we are all ninja, the Kirigakure troops carried out the rescue; wouldn't such actions by the Hokage make our companions in the ninja world feel cold-hearted?"

The Evil God attack was a disaster for the entire ninja world,

The Four Great Ninja Villages had all dispatched their most Elite player troops, without intentionally hiding their strength, and all fought to the death, which was the only reason Konohagakure was able to survive.

It was not just because of the compensation; since the Samsara Game updated to the present, smart people had vaguely sensed that if they wanted to continue obtaining massive resources and not be eliminated from the Samsara Game,

【One's own people】 from the same world were the most reliable. The ninja world was not large to begin with, lacking the massive scale of the Pirate World, so eventually gradually discarding hatred and conflict, merging together, resisting pollution, and developing and growing stronger was the optimal choice.

Therefore, whether it was Terumi Mei, or the Raikage and Onoki, they all intended to maintain the remaining camaraderie from the joint resistance against the Evil God.

Even with the promise from Hiruzen Sarutobi, they had not made exorbitant demands.

They thought that by relying on this shred of camaraderie, they could promote subsequent cooperation.

But they never imagined that,

Hiruzen Sarutobi not only failed to appreciate the sentiment, but instead flipped the table directly?

"Apologies, this Hokage only recognizes the Contract of the Samsara Game. Verbal promises?"

Danzou shook his head and sneered: "Anyone can talk nonsense. Does that mean if you say Konohagakure promised two hundred million Reward Points, I... this Hokage must also offer them up with both hands?"

He cursed inwardly, Hiruzen Sarutobi was truly foolish to the extreme; even after dying, he still left behind a mess for him.

Millions of Reward Points would almost empty out all the accumulations Konohagakure had made from the start of the game until now. Fortunately, there were still drops from the Evil God that could help Konohagakure recover some vitality.

To let all of it go to these greedy jackals,

He would absolutely never agree! "I really didn't expect that the Ninja Hero of the past would actually become like this..."

Onoki's gaze was cold, and in the end, he shook his head repeatedly in mockery.

Danzou was expressionless and said stiffly: "If this Hokage had always been like this, I would have leveled Iwagakure long ago; how could I possibly let you threaten me now?"

"Very well!"

Onoki did not continue to respond. Since the negotiations were over, and they had been stiffed in a very unpleasant manner, there was no need to waste any more breath.

He floated away from the conference room.

Rasa's smile froze on his face for a long time, becoming increasingly unsightly. He warned: "Hokage, if you do this, have you thought about the consequences?"

Among those present, the relationship between Sunagakure and Konoha was barely considered relatively harmonious.

Holding the mindset of a harmonious ally, he still wanted to warn the self-destructive Konohagakure.

Who knew, Danzou swept a look of disgust over Rasa and said: "Lord Kazekage, this Hokage's decisions are not for you to interfere with. Don't forget the alliance between Sunagakure and Konoha—who has been helping Sunagakure all along?"

If not for the alliance between the two villages, a weak village like Sunagakure would have been carved up by others long ago; would they even have the qualifications to speak to him?

I am the Hokage now! This condescending, alms-giving attitude made Rasa frown deeply. Not wanting to say another word, he turned and left directly.

"Hokage, since you are welshing on the debt, then you must pay the price."

Terumi Mei still maintained her smile, but as she spoke, the temperature in the conference room climbed sharply.

She turned and walked out of the conference room,

And when she reached the door, she said without even looking back: "Wait a few days, the declaration of war from Kirigakure should be delivered to Lord Hokage's desk."

Terumi Mei had originally wanted to reform Kirigakure,

And internal conflicts had already accumulated to a certain degree.

She was very happy that at such a critical moment, Konohagakure seemed to have lost its mind and committed such a foolish act.

It was just enough to divert Kirigakure's internal conflicts. The meeting ended,

Danzou, wearing the Hokage Hat, returned to the village, where there were busy ninja and civilians everywhere, transporting materials and repairing the city walls and buildings that had been more than half destroyed by the Evil God.

"Lord Hokage!"

"Hmm..."

Danzou narrowed his eyes with great enjoyment, nodding kindly at the citizens and ninja who greeted him.

At the end of the Evil God's fall, everyone had seen the scene where Hiruzen Sarutobi sacrificed himself to save the village.

The originally low morale, as well as the prestige of the Hokage, had begun to rise to unprecedented heights.

"Hiruzen, you actually went back on your word?"

Inside the Hokage Building, the two advisors, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura, both widened their eyes, looking in disbelief at the figure sitting in the Hokage's seat.

"Hmph!"

Looking at the two advisors who had rushed over to hold him accountable before his seat was even warm, Danzou said with a gloomy face: "Went back on my word?"

"Is being a 'great philanthropist' by emptying out Konoha and giving most of the spoils to the enemy the right thing to do?"

He had long loathed that approach of Hiruzen Sarutobi, and now that he was in power, he would absolutely never let himself be pushed around again.

Even if they lost the title of one of the Five Great Ninja Villages, with the contributions of top players like Tsunade, Naruto, and Asuma, the heavily damaged Konohagakure had long since regained its vitality and was not weaker than the other Four Great Ninja Villages.

If they truly want to start a war, the Konoha ninja will absolutely not back down; they will inevitably fight the enemy until the very last moment.

The most critical point is,

the content of the meeting between himself and the Four Great Ninja Villages in the game had not yet been voiced, yet the two Hokage Advisors already knew of it.

You foolish monkey,

are you unaware that so many spies have been planted around you?

Or perhaps, out of concern for their status as Hokage Advisors, you pretend not to know even when you have discovered them.

Truly pathetic.

Thinking of this, Danzou's expression grew increasingly cold, and looking at the two Hokage Advisors, he said irritably: "Right now, the key is to use the spoils of the Evil God to restore the strength of Konohagakure as quickly as possible. Even if I, the Hokage, must bear the infamy, so what?"

In any case, it is Hiruzen Sarutobi's skin,

and when the time comes, I will find a way to find a suitable reason to resurrect myself, and have the notorious Hiruzen Sarutobi abdicate the position of Hokage.

Everyone will be happy.

Hearing Danzou's words,

the two Hokage Advisors' expressions softened slightly; indeed, if that were truly the case, it would be acceptable.

The spoils dropped by the Evil God are all extremely rare Rule-type Items; whether sold for Reward Points or used directly, they can rapidly increase the combat power of Konohagakure.

Mitokado Homura nodded and said: "Since that is the case, let us convene a Hokage meeting as soon as possible to distribute the spoils."

They had already promised the various Ninja Clans earlier,

that the Evil God's spoils would be used to compensate them as much as possible.

After all, a large portion of those rewards came from the generous contributions of the Ninja Clans, and now is the time to fulfill those promises.

"Ninja Clans?"

Upon hearing this, Danzou's expression turned cold once again, and he said: "I understand that at a critical moment, the Ninja Clans took out Reward Points to help the village find a rescue team, but so what?"

"Do those commoner ninja have no merit, that you want to distribute them directly to the Ninja Clans?"

"Regardless of how things were before, from now on, everything must follow new rules!"

"A Hokage meeting should indeed be convened, but not a small meeting targeting the Ninja Clans; it will be a live-streamed meeting targeting the entire Konohagakure!"

"The Evil God's spoils!"

"Must be distributed to the ninja who have made contributions to the village!"

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura's expressions changed; they did not expect the Hokage to say such things.

In the past, Hiruzen Sarutobi cherished his reputation dearly and would never have done such things one after another unless absolutely necessary.

This style... it is more like the long-dead Danzou.

(End of chapter)