The Shadow of Konoha

The actions of the Third Hokage were understandable and even worthy of praise in terms of the overall situation. After all, everything he did was for the benefit of the village and to maximize the interests of the village. However, to put it in a smaller way, when he treated the daimyo, he always felt like he was bullying a child.

Konoha is a military organization used to protect the Land of Fire, so the country has to allocate military expenses...Originally, Konoha's military expenses came from a part allocated by the Land of Fire and the other part raised by accepting various external missions. The difference is that now the Hokage asks the daimyo to give a little more, just a little. 80 million is really a lot.

As for the issue of the army not listening to the government after receiving military funds, that's nonsense. The Fire Nation has no way to impose any constraints on Konoha in terms of logistics, and has no checks and balances on Konoha in terms of power. So no matter who is the village chief of Konoha, they will do their own thing. How can they allow the daimyo to give them orders?

In short, the Third Hokage's trip to Daimyo Castle was a great success. Not only did he get the official appointment of Hokage, but he also took back the official appointment power of Hokage from the Daimyo. Not only did the military expenditure increase, but Konoha's military power and influence also extended to Daimyo Castle... Konoha will send twelve ninjas. So the question is, although those twelve ninjas are the Daimyo's guards, when it comes to choosing between the two, will they obey the Daimyo's orders or the Hokage's orders?

Although Daimyo deeply hated such "suggestions", he had no choice but to agree to it. It was his own fault and he had to swallow his pride even if it meant losing his temper.

After seeing the intelligence level of the Third Hokage, Hanyu decided to stay away from him in the future to avoid being cheated. Didn't you see that after the Fire Country Daimyo was used, he was thrown aside like a rag and ignored... After that, the Daimyo must have become more dissatisfied with Konoha, but what does it matter? Not to mention that the Hokage doesn't care about this kind of thing, even any ninja doesn't care about it.

After returning to the village, the Third Hokage was not in a hurry to return because the fighting situation on the front line was stable, and the "temporary guard" status of Hanyu and others was not lifted, so his team also stayed in the village temporarily... There was no need to reinforce the front line, so the Konoha ninjas did not need to gather on the border.

Hanyu had no idea what the Hokage was busy with in the village, but after a while, he learned from Sansho that in order to continue to strengthen the power of the Hokage, the Hokage decided to cultivate more direct troops (that is, Anbu), and for this purpose a new organization called "Root" was established in the village.

The Root is a training organization of the Anbu, so it is also the direct lineage of the Hokage, theoretically much more direct than foreign ninjas like Hanyu. This is not incredible, because even now, Shimura Danzo is also the direct lineage of the Third Hokage, so the Root was handed over to him...

In the future, a large part of the Anbu were promoted directly from the Root, and the Anbu were the force truly responsible for the safety of the Hokage, so of course the Hokage would hand it over to the person he trusted most.

As for whether Danzo and Root will grow astray in the future, that is a matter for the future. Even if they will grow astray in the future, they are still the force that the Hokage relies on the most.

Did the Hokage not understand the rotation system, or was Danzo already too powerful to be removed by the time he decided to do the rotation?

Anyway, as a ninja, how many people can he truly trust in his life? It is hard to say the exact number, and different people will definitely have different answers, but if we have to generalize, the answer is nothing more than two words...

not much.

That's why the Third Hokage would reuse Danzo.

As for the matter of Root, Hanyu just listened to it and didn't take it seriously. As long as Danzo didn't come to recruit him into the team, what did this matter have to do with him?

Taking advantage of the relative free time, Hanyu has more things to do, such as... further improving his combat effectiveness.

In the Wet Bone Forest, Hanyu is fighting a somewhat tricky opponent.

"Huh… So… This way of fighting is so disgusting?" Hanyu stared at his opponent, a little breathless. The continuous high-intensity combat training had made him very tired and embarrassed.

"Indeed, this fresh and unique way of performing jutsu will not only surprise enemies who encounter it for the first time, but may even take their lives directly." said Katsuyu lying on Hanyu's shoulder.

It completely agrees with Hanyu's point of view.

Because the person who was fighting with Hanyu was his own clone. At this time, Hanyu finally understood the feeling of being suddenly hit in the face by a mess of multiple techniques... In every sense, it was a very bad experience. In a nutshell, it was disgusting.

What about the basic law? Why don't you follow the basic law of ninja combat? Water escape mixed with fire escape, lightning escape on the body, and the seals are all connected together, why don't you go to the sky? As the original creator of this thing, Hanyu really wants to slap himself twice.

But what else can he do? He has to grit his teeth and stick to the training program he decided on.

"Go on." Hanyu exhaled slowly, steadied his breathing, and said so.

"No, I don't think so, Lord Hanyu. Your chakra can't hold on any longer, and... this kind of high-intensity training itself requires moderation. Too much is easy to break, and too much is as bad as too little." Katsuyu said to Hanyu.

As if to confirm its words, Hanyu's clone swayed in place, then disappeared with a puff...the chakra was exhausted.

Katsuyu had already reduced the upper limit of Hanyu's chakra bar, and now with his mana consumption rate doubled, wouldn't his chakra be consumed quickly?

Watching his clone disappear, Hanyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Really, he never wanted to practice with such an opponent again.

After finishing this high-intensity training, he returned to Konoha from the Wet Bone Forest.

By now, Hanyu had long been accustomed to the sense of spatial dislocation brought about by reverse spiritualism, and he no longer felt dizzy. He appeared directly in his room, and after taking a shower and cleaning himself, he entered a sage mode after over-expending his energy. But even at this time, he was holding a piece of paper in his hand, which was covered with messy scratches like a cat's claws.

Obviously, this is also a kind of training. I believe that he will be able to cut such paper effortlessly in the near future... Well, that's the wish.

Hanyu sat by the window, overlooking the crowd on the street below. Then, he suddenly realized that today seemed particularly lively. It was almost nightfall, but the number of people on the street not only did not decrease, but increased little by little... Everything looked a bit like the previous night tour in Daimyo Castle.

He wiped his face with the towel draped around his neck and muttered, "Is today a special day?"

"Master Hanyu..." His reaction was hard for Katsuyu to believe. "Today is New Year's Day."

"…"

Well, it turns out to be New Year's Day. Hanyu had indeed not paid attention to this day before.

So to speak, he has been in Konoha for a year. Strictly speaking, this is his second New Year spent in Konoha. Last year, due to the urgent war and the death of the Second Hokage, the village was very peaceful, but this year seems to be different, and people have begun to celebrate.

In terms of age, Hanyu is 16 years old in this life. At this age, Uchiha Madara had just opened his eyes; Hatake Kakashi remains youthful as always, and his strength remains at the level of a 12-year-old. So what about Hanyu? What kind of changes will he face in the days to come?

He himself was looking forward to it.

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