Chapter 55

The entire Hokage office.

Is full of smoke and gunpowder.

The two old men stared at each other with wide eyes. After a long time, Shimura Danzo snorted coldly, leaned on his cane, and sat back in his original seat.

He is not an idiot.

Who would have dared to stand up and stop the marriage between Senju Xingye and Uzumaki Kushina back then?

That is purely a death-seeking behavior. At the very least, Shimura Danzo did not want to take the blame for this. If things went wrong, he would die on the spot. He originally intended to let Sarutobi Hiruzen take the blame, but this old monkey is very shrewd and did not take the bait.

Neither of them wanted to be the first to stand up and take the blame.

This led to.

In the end, the two of them did nothing.

"Inuzuka, Yamanaka, Kurama, how do you plan to deal with these three clans?"

"Do you still want to take people to destroy them? If you are willing to take the 'Root' to do it, I won't stop you."

"The three clans joined forces, how can they be destroyed just by saying so? What's more, the power of the Forest Senju stands behind them. Even if you add your Anbu, you may not succeed."

"There's no other way, let's let them graze for now. After the war starts, we'll see if there's any opportunity to weaken their strength."

Discussing back and forth.

At the very least, in peacetime.

Facing the 'alliance' formed with the Forest Senju as the leader and the three medium-sized clans as the supplement.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo are both at their wits' end and have no way to start. They can only wait quietly for the war to start to see if they can find any suitable opportunities.

At this moment.

These two old schemers.

Both feel a sense of frustration. When did they become so restrained in their actions?

Shimura Danzo had a gloomy face, slammed the door and left, returning to his 'Root', not knowing what he was plotting in the dark.

"Ryosuke."

"What are the Hokage's orders?"

"The Chunin Exams are about to begin, go and send an invitation to Senju Xingye."

"Yes."

With the departure of the Konoha Anbu named 'Ryosuke'.

The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, smoked his pipe, looking at the ethereal smoke in the air, his heart full of thoughts.

This Hokage.

Is really not easy to be.

If I had the power of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama.

Or possessed the wisdom and planning of the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama.

That would be great.

For Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Konoha Village today can be said to have 'internal and external troubles'.

Internally, there is an alliance composed of the Forest Senju, Inuzuka, Yamanaka, and Kurama, and Shimura Danzo is not on the same page as him.

Externally, the four major ninja villages are eyeing them covetously, wanting to take a big bite out of the wealthiest Konoha Village through this war, and they could fall into a situation of being besieged at any time.

Konoha Village.

Forest Senju compound.

After the New Year passed, Senju Xingye also had a good time for half a month.

During the day, he cultivated feelings with his offspring, and incidentally, within his ability, he gave them some guidance to help them solve some small problems.

Although their talent and aptitude are not very good.

But.

Senju Xingye is at least a Kage-level powerhouse, so guiding a few-month-old child in cultivation is no problem.

The cultivation progress of Senju Niu and Senju Luffy.

Is also advancing by leaps and bounds.

After Senju Liya was a full month old.

She could also walk slowly. Because her talent and aptitude were not as excellent as her older brother and sister, she could not yet reach the level of running and jumping at will.

"Liya."

"This is the full-month gift from father."

Senju Xingye also prepared corresponding gifts and gave them to his daughter.

A book titled "Self-Cultivation of a King".

A book titled "Basics of Knight Spear".

And a Wood Release pendant that condensed his own Wood Release power and was infused into it, which can play a protective role at critical moments.

To be honest.

Those two books.

Were found by Senju Xingye after sending people to scour almost the entire ninja world.

After all, these two things are too unpopular in the ninja world. Being able to find some basic books is already very good. As for the future path, that is something Senju Liya has to open up and grow on her own.

"Thank you, father."

Senju Liya thanked him politely.

Although there were two books, she didn't seem to dislike reading; on the contrary, she was quite interested.

On the other side.

Financial Manager Kakuzu.

Also walked up with the Third Hokage's invitation and handed it to Senju Xingye.

"Hmm?"

"That old monkey, Sarutobi Hiruzen."

"Actually thought of sending me an invitation to the Chunin Exams."

"This is really rare."

"......."

After reading the content above.

Senju Xingye also raised his eyebrows slightly.

However, he did not refuse. There are many familiar faces in this Chunin Exam, so it's just right to go and see them.

Just treat it as killing time; anyway, I don't need to do anything myself.

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