"Indeed, we cannot clash. I will secretly send people to investigate this matter."
Facing the suggestions of the two Advisors, the Third Hokage nodded in agreement.
He also did not want to have conflicts with other Ninja villages. Otherwise, the attack on Konoha by the Sand Ninja in collusion with Orochimaru would have been enough to start a war between Konoha and the Sand Ninja.
Although the two Advisors and Danzo are currently colluding, they still stand on the same side when facing issues concerning their beliefs.
In fact, he also understood that the reason Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane colluded with Danzo to force him to step down from the position of Hokage was mainly because he had stayed in the position for too long.
This led to their influence as Advisors becoming smaller and smaller.
However, one thing is certain: even though they collude with Danzo, if a new Hokage is chosen, the two Advisors will not possibly choose Danzo to take over.
Because Danzo represents the hawkish faction, if he becomes Hokage, the Fourth Shinobi World War could start in no time.
"I think it might be better to leave this matter for the new Hokage to decide!"
At this moment, Danzo let out a cold snort.
The Third Hokage heard this and did not get angry, just smiled:
"The selection of a new Hokage is not so easy to decide, and Tsunade, as one of the candidates, has not yet returned to the village. For now, I, this old man who is about to retire, will make the arrangements."
"Agreed."
"Agreed."
Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane nodded simultaneously.
Seeing this, Danzo stopped talking.
Li Chuan, who had been observing the few people, also gained a clearer understanding of the current situation among Konoha's higher-ups.
Why did he reveal the information about the Hidden Amegakure being connected to the Akatsuki to Konoha's higher-ups?
What he wanted was for Konoha to send some Ninja to secretly infiltrate the Hidden Amegakure to investigate, in order to attract Nagato's attention.
The Hidden Amegakure is shrouded in rain, so whenever a Ninja from outside the Hidden Amegakure infiltrates, Nagato will discover it immediately.
After that, it depends on Nagato's choice.
He wanted to see whether Nagato, after learning that Konoha is suspicious of the Hidden Amegakure, would choose to remain silent or choose to summon all Akatsuki members to attack Konoha?
He hoped for the latter.
That would be very beneficial for his subsequent plans.
After everything was made clear, there was naturally nothing left for Li Chuan to do. He and Asuma and others left the Hokage building and first went to the hospital to visit Kakashi, who had been severely injured by Itachi's Tsukuyomi.
Kakashi suffered mental damage, and the medical Ninja in Konoha Hospital had no good treatment methods. He could only lie there and wait for his mind to recover on its own.
At the same time, in the hospital, he also saw Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, who had rushed to visit after hearing about Kakashi's injury.
Through Naruto, he learned that Jiraiya would take Naruto out to train three days later, which was to find Tsunade to return and take over as Hokage.
Currently, the person the Third Hokage considers most suitable to take over his position is Jiraiya. As one of the Sannin of Konoha and the Fourth Hokage's Master, Jiraiya has made outstanding military achievements for Konoha.
Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane also approve of Jiraiya taking over the position of Hokage.
However, Jiraiya simply does not want to be Hokage, because if he wanted to, he could have been when the Fourth Hokage was being selected back then, instead of giving it to his student, Minato.
So now the second most suitable person is Tsunade, who left the village. She is one of the Sannin, the princess of the Senju clan, and the granddaughter of the First Hokage.
But Li Chuan knew that this time, Jiraiya would most likely return empty-handed.
In the original plot, Tsunade chose to return and take over the position of Hokage because of the Third Hokage's death, plus Orochimaru's attack on her, and finally seeing the shadow of her younger brother in Naruto.
But now the Third Hokage is not dead, and Orochimaru's arm has not been sealed, so he naturally won't attack Tsunade. Plus, when he met Tsunade before, he helped her clear all her debts.
Tsunade had extra money to continue gambling heavily in various casinos.
"Jiraiya and Tsunade are both unwilling to be Hokage. We can't let Danzo be Hokage, right? Should I consider my fourth disciple!"
After leaving the hospital, on the way back to his residence, Li Chuan thought to himself.
He definitely had to get the position of the Fifth Hokage.
Because as long as he becomes Hokage, all the Ninjutsu in the entire Konoha will be in his hands.
Moreover, with Konoha as a springboard, he can then seek other Ninja villages and finally establish a unified regime, developing and utilizing all the value that can be developed and utilized in this World as much as possible.
In the evening, in the Sarutobi clan's courtyard next to the Hokage building.
Li Chuan took out the Mangekyo Sharingan he had obtained from Itachi Uchiha.
Tonight, he was going to transplant this Mangekyo Sharingan into himself.
"Splat!"
A few drops of blood splashed out from his left eye socket, and Li Chuan very smoothly removed his left eye.
Because of his body's super healing ability, a new eye immediately began to grow after his left eye was removed. Fortunately, he controlled it in time.
He placed the Mangekyo Sharingan into the empty left eye socket, controlled his Chakra to connect with the eyeball, and the Mangekyo Sharingan quickly connected with the nerves in his eye socket, completing the transplantation.
Under normal circumstances, the Mangekyo Sharingan, due to its powerful ocular power, is a great burden to the user.
Therefore, most Uchiha clan Ninja are not known for their large Chakra reserves; most of the Chakra in their bodies is prioritized for the Sharingan.
And for non-Uchiha people who transplant a Sharingan, the burden will be even more severe.
Kakashi is an example. Because he transplanted Obito's Sharingan, most of the Chakra in his body had to be occupied by the Sharingan, which often led to situations where he didn't have enough Chakra.
But this drawback is almost negligible for Li Chuan.
Mainly because his physical constitution is too strong, and his Chakra reserves are frighteningly large. The Sharingan, even the Mangekyo Sharingan, is not much of a burden for him.
The only thing to worry about might be going blind from using it too much, as it is not an Eternity Mangekyo Sharingan.
There is no way around this point.
If he were an Uchiha and had awakened his own Mangekyo Sharingan, then even if it were not an Eternity Mangekyo Sharingan, with his body's self-healing ability, he would not go blind.
Just like Obito's Mangekyo Sharingan was also used frequently, but because his body was transplanted with Hashirama's cells, he also wouldn't go blind.
However, because he transplanted Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, which is essentially not his eye, the self-healing ability does not work.
Of course, this is just a small problem. He can solve this problem by waiting for Itachi to awaken his left eye to the Mangekyo again, or by waiting for Sasuke to awaken his eyes.
The transplantation was successful, and the Chakra connection was completed. With a thought, his left eye immediately transformed into a Three-Tomoe Sharingan, and with another thought, it transformed into a Mangekyo Sharingan.
"After adapting for a while, I should be able to try using Tsukuyomi and Susanoo."
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