The Hokage, having traveled here, of course he'd unify the ninja world!

Chapter 110 Good Fortune

The Hokage's office.

They saw Jiraiya climb in through the window again.

The Third Hokage waved helplessly, signaling the Anbu to leave.

"How's the investigation going?"

With so many explosive tags placed in Konoha, the Third Hokage naturally had to investigate how they came to be.

Otherwise, what will we do next time?

The Hokage Rock where the Third Hokage once stood is still a hole, but few dare to mock him.

After all, Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled such a large number of combat personnel, who were clearly loyal to him personally.

If these people are indeed all members of the Sarutobi clan, as the Hyuga clan claims.

The Uchiha clan will have to relinquish its position as the strongest clan in Konoha.

After all, the Uchiha and Hyuga clans combined don't have as many members as the Sarutobi clan.

Jiraiya pulled out several explosive tags from his person and slammed them onto the table.

"These are undetonated detonators."

The Third Hokage was taken aback. He had the ability to leave explosive tags in Konoha, but how could he make such a basic mistake?

He picked up the explosive tag to examine it, and said with some surprise:

"Why are they detonating tags from twenty years ago?"

The development of detonators is quite rapid; the detonators from over twenty years ago are very different from those of today.

Jiraiya added, "It's not just the explosive tags from over twenty years ago, it's that they were installed more than twenty years ago."

"Some of them have become obsolete due to the passage of time, and the places we found were all inside the building's mezzanine."

"These structures must have been placed there during the construction process."

“I’ve investigated; at that time, we were fighting against Yangyan Village.”

"They had already signed a ceasefire agreement with us, but they were destroyed in a surprise attack by Takigakure Village."

"It's possible that it was set up by the trap ninjas from Kagerou Village."

"Right now, it's just a matter of being discovered and exploited."

The Third Hokage breathed a sigh of relief when he learned that it was installed back then.

It wasn't installed recently.

"Is the Hyuga clan connected to your disciple Konan?"

These detonators must have been set up beforehand, otherwise Xiao Nan wouldn't have been able to detonate them.

Jiraiya looked rather embarrassed, but at this moment he could only honestly answer, "I'm not sure."

"The Hyuga clan insists that the main family was unaware of the situation and that Mitsunobu was framing them before his death."

"Their reason is that after the branch family discovered the explosive tags, they all reported it to Hyuga Mitsunobu."

"As the only branch elder, Hyuga Mitsunobu suppressed all the reports and did not submit them."

"Now that Hyuga Mitsunobu is dead, there is no way to verify the facts."

"It's unclear what the details of the transaction between Hyuga Mitsunobu and Konan are."

"And, is this matter related to the Uchiha clan?"

That being said, Jiraiya intuitively felt that the Uchiha clan was involved.

However, he was unsure of his specific role in it.

The Third Hokage pondered for a moment:

"It must be related to the Uchiha clan, otherwise the Uchiha wouldn't be spreading rumors in the village during the day."

"But they remained inactive after nightfall."

Jiraiya also had a lot of headaches with the Uchiha clan, after all, the Uchiha clan used to be full of simpletons and reckless fools.

They didn't understand any of these intricacies at all; now the Uchiha have grown up.

Hmm, they've even gotten into military strategy.

They completely outmaneuvered the people of Konoha, and the Third Hokage's side also suffered quite a bit of losses.

Although the Third Hokage's Sarutobi clan had many members, they are now all exposed to the light of day.

Everyone now knows that Hiruzen Sarutobi is a man of deep thoughts.

Jiraiya, on the other hand, had no choice but to put aside the topic of the Uchiha clan and bring up another matter:

"The seal on Naruto's body is the Four Symbols Seal, which Minato improved. No one in Konoha has studied it yet."

"If we want to completely prevent Naruto from going berserk, the only options are to change the seal or find a solution from Tenzo."

The Third Hokage had high hopes for Tenzo and provided him with a large amount of training resources.

They spared no effort in nurturing Tenzo, hoping that if the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki went berserk, Tenzo could use Wood Release to seal him.

However, the result greatly disappointed the Third Hokage, as Tenzo's Wood Release was completely different from the First Hokage's.

Tenzo's performance during the Nine-Tails' rampage proved this point.

While it's not entirely useless, it's practically the same as trash.

"Change the sealing technique?" The Third Hokage slowly took a drag of his cigarette, his eyes filled with thought.

"The only sealing technique on par with the Uzumaki clan is that of the priestess lineage of the Land of Demons. Miroku will not leave the Land of Demons."

Jiraiya offered his suggestion but then left it at that, since he didn't have a better solution.

The decision on what to do rests with the Third Hokage.

"Old man, there's nothing much going on in the village now, I'd like to go out for a bit."

Jiraiya scratched his head and said somewhat guiltily.

The Third Hokage was furious:

"The village is in such a mess right now, with repairs everywhere, and you think you can just run away?"

Jiraiya smiled awkwardly; leaving Konoha at this time was indeed a bit inappropriate.

But he had reasons why he had to go out.

"The Uchiha have already sent people out to receive missions, so they probably won't stage a coup by force."

"Besides, your Sarutobi clan has so many people. Why would you need me?"

"I'll just go check what missions the Uchiha clan members who went to the black market have taken on."

The Third Hokage looked up at Jiraiya and said, "You want to go find Konan, don't you?"

"Uh……"

"Hahaha... Hahaha..."

After Jiraiya gave an awkward laugh, his eyes drooped when he saw the Third Hokage's gaze.

"Okay, I'm going to find Xiao Nan."

The Third Hokage smoked in silence, making Jiraiya feel extremely uncomfortable.

Just as Jiraiya was about to give up and leave, the Third Hokage finally exhaled all the smoke from his mouth.

"Go."

Jiraiya looked at the Third Hokage with some surprise.

The Third Hokage tapped his pipe on the table: "Danzo can't be touched now, but that doesn't mean he can't be touched in the future."

Jiraiya's eyes lit up: "Don't worry, old man, I understand!"

After saying that, Jiraiya jumped out of the window.

The Third Hokage and Danzo were always using each other while also being wary of each other.

Danzo made such a big mistake this time that the Third Hokage was considering whether to eliminate him.

Danzo had too many secrets about Root, and the Third Hokage was gradually losing control of it.

Although this was an opportunity to demote him to a commoner and strip him of his official position.

However, Danzo's strength was not affected much.

In order to appease Danzo, the Third Hokage even allocated funds to him.

However, this was merely a temporary measure for the Third Hokage; he had already begun to harbor murderous intentions towards Danzo.

It's just that the timing isn't right yet.

His Sarutobi clan members have been exposed, and the Third Hokage's methods need to be changed.

"If you make a move, do you think Danzo will survive?"

The Third Hokage asked, looking into the empty room.

"The roots are more tightly sealed than before, I can't get in."

"Unless he shows up outside."

The Third Hokage nodded, meaning that he definitely wouldn't survive if he stayed outside.

"The team heading to the Land of Lightning fell into a trap and was wiped out."

The voice was calm and composed: "I guess I'm just lucky."

The Third Hokage was also relieved; it was better to leave him in Konoha than to send him to his death in the Land of Lightning.

"You've read all the records about the Uchiha Susanoo, right?"

The voice responded, "Yes, although there's not much information, the weaknesses of Susanoo are also quite obvious."

“Apart from Fugaku, Itachi and Chiyo are young and have little combat experience.”

Hiruzen Sarutobi warned, "You need to be careful. The Uchiha might have awakened that eye technique called 'Amaterasu' this time as well."

"I know."

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