Upon hearing Danzo's unrestrained words, everyone in the command center exchanged bewildered glances, their faces showing utter speechlessness at Danzo, as if he were a complete idiot.
Everyone stared intently at Shimura Danzo with the look of utter disbelief, as if questioning his intelligence.Even Tsunade had lost the will to continue arguing with him; what was the point of arguing with an idiot!
Akimichi Torifu, who was sitting in the main seat, was so angry at his former comrade that he almost spat out a mouthful of blood.
His eyes widened, staring at Danzo in disbelief, inwardly cursing: [Seriously, Shimura Danzo, are you really stupid or just pretending?How can you say such things so easily?]
After unconsciously uttering those words, Danzo Shimura suddenly realized how foolish and ridiculous his words had been.
Tsunade would betray the village?That's utterly absurd!He was both annoyed by his slip of the tongue and extremely embarrassed.
Seeing Danzo's embarrassed state, Akimichi Torifu sighed helplessly, slowly put down his teacup, and said to Danzo, "Danzo, there's nothing for you to do here for now.You should leave and not cause any more trouble."
Although his tone was relatively mild, his dissatisfaction and annoyance were obvious.
Danzo was filled with shame and anger, feeling that he had completely lost face, but he remained stubborn and refused to back down.
So he said to Akimichi Torifu, who was sitting in the main seat, "Torifu, you're too weak!I'm trying to give you advice out of kindness, but you won't listen to me.You'll regret your decision sooner or later!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Danzo didn't give Akimichi Torifu any chance to respond and turned to leave the command center.
Akimichi Torifu looked astonished, thinking to himself, "Dude, can't you see I'm trying to help you out?Why don't you appreciate my kindness?"
"You'll regret this," my foot!I'm not Hiruzen Sarutobi.Why are you playing these "you regret it, I'll retaliate" tricks?Do you think I'm going to put up with this?If you don't care about dignity, then don't be.
Akimichi Torifu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger.He called out to Danzo, "Wait a minute, Danzo."
Upon hearing Torifu's words, Danzo stopped and turned around.He assumed that Akimichi Torifu had heeded his advice and wanted to send troops immediately.So, although he pretended to be expressionless, he was actually overjoyed inside.
However, Akimichi Torifu's next words were somewhat different from what he had expected.
Akimichi Torifu said, "Danzo, based on my observations, I have discovered some obvious flaws in our camp's intelligence gathering efforts."
"Therefore, I am now ordering you, in my capacity as the frontline commander, to be the head of the intelligence gathering unit and to lead your subordinates to immediately penetrate deep into the Land of Rain to gather intelligence on Amegakure."
Upon hearing this, Danzo Shimura was dumbfounded.
[What?They're sending me deep into the Land of Rain to gather intelligence?This is practically suicide!Akimichi Torifu, you bastard, don't you know how dangerous the Land of Rain is right now?Hanzo of the Salamander is notoriously powerful; his strength is not something an ordinary person can contend with!Sending me to the Land of Rain is just sending me to my death!]
"No, I absolutely cannot go!I haven't become Hokage yet, my dream hasn't come true!If I die like this, what will happen to the village?The village will never have a chance to become strong again!Yes, everything I've done is for the village, to make the village stronger!"
However, the reality is ironic.Those ordinary ninjas, for the sake of the village, did not hesitate to carry out those dangerous missions, even at the cost of their own lives.
But when it came to him, he was a completely different person.He kept saying he was doing it for the village, but when faced with real danger, he valued his own life more than anything else.
He would never easily give up his life unless he was absolutely forced to.
This is what is known as "scapegoating"—such double standards, such hypocrisy.
However, despite his reluctance, Shimura Danzo, as a subordinate, dared not easily disobey the orders of the commander-in-chief, Akimichi Torifu, since the orders had already been issued and military orders were as firm as mountains and military law was merciless.
Ultimately, he reluctantly accepted the order and led his men on a journey to the Land of Rain to gather intelligence.
Watching Danzo's retreating figure, the impatient Tsunade could no longer suppress her worries and hurriedly asked Akimichi Torifu, "Grandpa, are you really comfortable letting Danzo go to gather intelligence?" Her voice revealed obvious distrust and anxiety.
Upon hearing this, Akimichi Torifu's eyes widened in surprise: "How is that possible!"
"Although I am old, I am not so senile as to be that confused.The reason I sent Danzo to carry out this mission was mainly to have another channel to obtain intelligence.After all, more sources of information mean more security."
As he spoke, he turned his gaze to Jiraiya and continued, "Jiraiya is still in charge of intelligence work.If Danzo can obtain some useful intelligence, we can compare it with Jiraiya's intelligence and verify it against each other.This will ensure that the information we obtain is more accurate and reliable.If Danzo doesn't get anything, then we won't suffer any loss."
"Get him out of here quickly, don't let him interfere with your work!He can't offer any decent opinions, all he does is flaunt his seniority and put on airs, he's annoying to look at."
Akimichi Torifu waved his hand and said to the young men below, "However, you don't need to be afraid.Leave him to me."Alright.He's my peer, and he's not qualified to put on airs or act superior in front of me.You two continue your discussion; I'll go to the local hospital to visit the wounded first.
...
As we ventured deeper into the land of rain, the torrential rains began to fall incessantly.
From the border to the heart of the Land of Rain, the rain grew heavier.Although Konoha and Amegakure had declared war on each other, a large-scale conflict had not yet broken out.
Apart from a large-scale clash a few days ago, during which Konoha suffered a minor setback due to insufficient intelligence, the two sides have otherwise been probing each other using surprise attack teams.
The clashes were particularly fierce in the intelligence field, with various intelligence teams battling it out in the muddy and damp Land of Rain.Gathering intelligence, intercepting intelligence, counter-interception of intelligence, and even ninjas from other villages taking advantage of the chaos—the casualty rate of intelligence teams skyrocketed.
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