Thinking about the bounty, Rokuro shook his head and said to Hiruzen , "Fine, I'll listen to you, Lord Hokage. Can you give me my Jōnin flak jacket and identification now?"
Hiruzen gave Rokuro a rap on the head with his pipe. "You wish! One does not become a Jōnin just by risking one's life. You haven't done anything, yet you want to become a Jōnin? How is that possible? To become a Jōnin, you must perform meritorious service for Konoha, and the majority of Jōnin must agree before you can be promoted. Do you think you have those qualifications right now?"
Those rules!
Rokuro naturally knew them.
He was just saying it casually; his goal was simply to let Hiruzen know about his pride.
Now that his goal was achieved, Rokuro rubbed his head and pouted. "Fine then, I'll barely accept being a Chūnin!"
Hiruzen glared at Rokuro. "Impossible. Becoming a Chūnin also requires a specific number of completed missions. You haven't done a single mission, so you aren't qualified to become a Chūnin!"
Rokuro's face fell. "Do I still have to start as a Genin?"
Hiruzen snorted coldly. "Naturally. Did you think being a ninja was that easy?"
After lecturing Rokuro, Hiruzen thought for a moment and said, "There's still over a month until the New Year. After the New Year passes, I'll let you become an official Genin. If you want to do missions, you can do them then!"
Hearing this, Rokuro complained, "Why wait for the New Year? Can't I graduate right now? I can't be bothered to go to school anymore; everything they teach is just boring knowledge I already know!"
The reason for sending Rokuro to the Ninja Academy was to let him make a few good friends there and keep his heart rooted in Konoha Village.
But now!
It seemed that wasn't necessary.
Rokuro had a good impression of Konoha Village and had no intention of betraying it.
Since Rokuro didn't want to go to school, it wasn't a problem if he didn't.
Besides!
Rokuro was constantly pranking the little kids and teasing the young girls at school, causing chaos everywhere. It really wasn't appropriate to keep him there.
Hiruzen thought for a moment, looked at Rokuro, and said, "Alright, if you want to graduate, then graduate. However, I need to talk to Danzo about your situation first. Go report to the hospital for now. Once I have news, I'll send someone to find you. Is that okay?"
Rokuro was very satisfied!
His goal in going to the Ninja Academy had been accomplished.
He was already familiar with the "Konoha 9." Although their relationship wasn't extremely close, it was enough. Having the connection of being "classmates" gave him an excuse to find them in the future.
Moreover!
If he wanted to go to the Ninja Academy, he could go anytime.
Even as a ninja, he could go back and visit.
With his current status, as long as he didn't betray Konoha or do anything suspicious, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzo wouldn't do anything to him.
Let alone just wandering around the school.
"Okay!"
Rokuro agreed, then added, "Lord Danzo doesn't seem to be at Root these past two days. I originally thought about going to tell Lord Danzo first, but he wasn't there!"
Hiruzen froze, as if he thought of something. He frowned, then nodded and said, "I understand. He must be out on a mission. We'll talk about it when he gets back. I'll arrange for someone to take you to the hospital to meet the Head Medical-nin. Just listen to their arrangements!"
Having made things clear, Hiruzen summoned an Anbu.
He ordered the Anbu to take Rokuro to the hospital.
Rokuro didn't say goodbye to Hiruzen; he left the office pouting.
Looking at him!
He was very dissatisfied about not becoming a High Ninja immediately.
Hiruzen wasn't in the mood to care about Rokuro, because Rokuro's remark about Danzo not being at Root reminded him of the fact that members of the Uchiha Clan had left the village recently.
If the Uchiha clan members who went out could return safely, then Danzo wasn't the problem.
If the Uchiha members who went out disappeared, it was one hundred percent Danzo's doing.
Recently, Danzo had frequently mentioned the issue of the Uchiha Clan's rebellion to him.
And every time, he refused, not letting Danzo interfere in Uchiha affairs.
Now, it seems...
Danzo might have already taken action on his own.
If he captured those Uchiha clan members and tortured information out of them regarding the rebellion, Hiruzen would have to prepare to deal with the Uchiha Clan's revolt ahead of time.
Truly a troublesome autumn!
Konoha Village had finally won external peace.
Unexpectedly, internal instability had begun.
The Uchiha Clan...
Truly a clan born for turmoil.
Without war to suppress them, they sprouted other ideas.
The more he thought about it!
The more Hiruzen's head hurt.
He took out the files on the Uchiha Clan and began to look through them.
Recently, the Uchiha Clan had been frequently applying to leave the village for missions. This was obviously problematic, but he didn't want to declare that the Uchiha were rebelling, so he hadn't made up his mind to intervene.
But now!
It seemed he had no choice but to intervene.
If he didn't care...
Danzo would "care" for him.
He understood his old partner very well.
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