Chapter 47
No matter how Uzumaki Mito listened, she felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen was trying to trick Uchiha Seiryu.
Especially when it came to witnesses, he was a little too anxious.
Thinking of this, Uzumaki Mito interrupted their conversation.
"Okay, now that the matter has been made clear, let's go back."
She didn't wait for Sarutobi Hiruzen to ask anything else, she took Uchiha Seiryu's hand and turned away.
When she reached the door, Uzumaki Mito stopped and said meaningfully:
"Monkey, you are the Hokage."
'Don't let me down! '
The latter sentence was said by Uzumaki Mito to himself in his heart.
The power of the Hokage is not for you to cover up criminals.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's performance made her aware of the problem, and she was ready to find another way.
If in the end, Sarutobi Hiruzen could not give her a qualified answer.
Then Uzumaki Mito would consider whether Sarutobi Hiruzen was really suitable to be the Hokage.
He didn't notice all this.
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought that the purpose of Uzumaki Mito's words was to remind him to investigate the results as soon as possible.
To prevent more children from being persecuted.
After saying this, Uzumaki Mito pulled Uchiha Seiryu away without looking back.
After they left, Sarutobi Hiruzen lit his pipe and began to smoke.
"Xiang, go and call Danzo over."
As soon as he finished speaking, a black shadow flashed by.
In the room that was empty just now, an Anbu knelt on one knee.
He lowered his head and replied:
"Yes, I know."
After seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen nod, he left in an instant to find Danzo.
After a while, Danzo came to the Hokage with his gloomy face for thousands of years.
"Hiruzen, what's the matter with you?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen didn't say anything, just stared at Danzo.
Danzo felt a little uncomfortable, so he said:
"Who are the people your roots have recruited recently?"
Danzo's pupils shrank when he heard it, but he quickly regained his composure.
"They are some ninjas who got forehead protectors. This was approved by you. Is there any problem?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen knew his best friend very well, although he just paused for less than a second.
But he still knew that the person who attacked the child mentioned by Uzumaki Mito was Danzo.
Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen could no longer suppress his anger and grabbed Danzo's collar.
"You idiot, do you know that no one can save you if you attack the child!?"
"Now Mito already knows about this matter, and she has asked me to investigate."
"You are still pretending here, do you want to die? Danzo!"
At the end, Sarutobi Hiruzen pushed Danzo away and pushed the stunned Danzo to the ground.
Danzo was really confused, he had just taken action for less than a day.
And except for a few favorite targets who were recruited by himself, all the Root personnel went to recruit them.
How did the matter get to Uzumaki Mito? Did everyone know about it?
But he was not too stupid. He knew the seriousness of the matter, so he quickly climbed up and came to Sarutobi's side with a smile on his face.
"Since Mito has handed this matter over to you, I should be fine, right?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen also sorted out his emotions at this time, picked up the pipe and took a deep puff.
He looked at the flattering Danzo next to him and said unhappily:
"Tell me the truth, you attacked a few children."
As soon as these words came out, Danzo's smile froze.
He didn't attack a few children, but all the children.
Danzo was going to make the Root his own private land, so of course he had to pick the best ones.
It was difficult to brainwash the adult ninjas of the ninja clan.
Even with the Tongue-Extinguishing Seal, it could only prevent these ninjas from revealing the information about the Root and him.
It was impossible to make them devote themselves to him wholeheartedly.
Moreover, those with good qualifications were already well-known, and it was impossible to recruit them silently if they wanted to.
Danzo didn't like those with poor qualifications, so he simply chose all children.
Although this was slow to work, it had more benefits.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had a bad feeling when he saw Danzo like this.
He asked in disbelief:
"You won't recruit all the kids, will you?"
Danzo was sweating, but still said stubbornly:
"Yes, this is okay..."
Before he could finish, Sarutobi Hiruzen had already kicked him out.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was at his peak right now, and this kick in anger hurt Danzo badly.
Danzo leaned against the wall, his heavy breathing made people know that heI feel very uncomfortable now.
"Danzo! If you want to die, don't take me with you. Return the warrant!"
Danzo coughed twice before slowly saying:
"I will return the warrant, but some of the children have already gone to the Root. What should we do about this?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen was annoyed and stopped smoking.
He walked back and forth, hesitant in his heart.
The Third Hokage really didn't expect that Danzo could do such an excessive thing.
Things have developed to this extent. Even if someone is found to take the blame, it will be exposed. Those children are the best evidence.
But Sarutobi Hiruzen is reluctant to deal with these children.
In the end, although Sarutobi Hiruzen is not capable enough and is greedy for power, he also loves Konoha.
If Danzo had captured children from other villages, he would have dealt with them without saying a word.
But these are all Konoha's children, the tender leaves of Konoha.
Sarutobi Hiruzen can't get over it if he lets them wither here.
Danzo didn't have so many psychological burdens. He could set up a trap to make the mother and son kill each other, let alone such a small matter.
So Danzo meant to get rid of these children immediately to destroy the evidence.
But seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen hesitate, he couldn't disobey.
Now his only savior is Sarutobi Hiruzen.
Otherwise, with his crime, the lightest sentence is lifelong imprisonment, and it's possible that he will be executed on the spot.
After hesitating for a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen finally made up his mind.
For him, there are only two ways to choose now.
One is to destroy the evidence, find someone to take the blame, and treat it as a conspiracy of another village.
The other is to kill Danzo on the spot to prevent him from being implicated in this matter. After all, he gave the warrant to Danzo.
"Danzo, I leave it to you."
After saying that, Sarutobi Hiruzen walked to the window, looking at Konoha outside the window, and didn't know what he was thinking.
Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't let go of his friendship with Danzo after all, and chose him to give up those children.
It's no wonder that Danzo assassinated him in the future, he would be forgiven in the end anyway.
Danzo was overjoyed, he struggled to get up and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, panted a few times and said:
"Leave it to me, Sarutobi."
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After a period of silence, Uchiha Seiryu and the other two who left were still silent, but Uzumaki Mito couldn't help but speak:
"Seiryu, do you know something?"