Chapter 31 I, Danzo, am the one who truly deserves to be Hokage!
Fugaku also saw Souji, his expression changed slightly, and then he chuckled:
"Mr. Mochizuki? What a coincidence!"
"It's quite a coincidence. I never expected to run into Mr. Uchiha in the secret vault."
"I'm just here to buy a support ninjutsu..."
Fugaku Uchiha didn't say much about it, but smiled warmly and said:
"We went through the great battle in the Land of Rivers together, and it's fate that we've met again here. I'd like to invite Mr. Mochizuki to have a drink with me tonight. Would you do me the honor?"
"Want a drink?"
Souji looked at Fugaku with a strange expression.
While it's true that the Uchiha clan is full of lunatics, it's not to say that none of them have any emotional intelligence.
Just like in the original story, Sasuke broke away from Orochimaru and even knew how to form a Hawk Squad.
People from the Uchiha clan simply don't easily respect others, not that they have no contact with others at all.
Fugaku Uchiha suddenly wanted to deal with him... The reason was probably because he saw that he was strong and had remarkable results every time he made a move, and more importantly, he had also clashed with the eldest son of the Hokage.
On the surface, the Uchiha clan is on par with the Hyuga clan, a top-tier ninja clan in Konoha. However, anyone with even a little status knows that the Uchiha have always been suppressed by the Hokage.
On the surface, they are accepted, but in reality, they have never been able to get close to the Konoha leadership.
He is so powerful, and he has clashed with the eldest son of the Hokage.
They may never be on good terms again. My situation is somewhat similar to that of the Uchiha clan. It is worth getting in touch with him and seeing if I can become an ally.
The commander quickly understood everything in his mind.
The problems of the Uchiha clan are bigger and more important than those of the Hyuga clan, and they will have to be dealt with in the future.
It would be good to make contact with them now. After thinking about it for a while, Souji nodded slightly.
"Since Mr. Uchiha has invited me, I must have this drink."
"Then let's meet at Guyue Pavilion tonight."
The two quickly arranged a time and place, and then Fugaku left.
The commander didn't think much of it. He went to the counter, explained his request, paid 300,000 ryo, and easily obtained a copy of the ninjutsu scroll for the Kunai Shadow Clone Technique.
300,000 taels may sound like a lot, but the reward for completing an S-level mission starts at a million taels, and even an A-level mission can easily be worth hundreds of thousands.
In addition, when he was a librarian, he hardly spent any money, so the chief has quite a bit of money, and taking out 300,000 taels is no problem for him.
For ninjutsu of rank B or above, if you teach it to someone from Konoha, both of you need to make a record and pay the fee for the technique.
If the other party is not from Konoha, you can report and pay the fee on your own.
The female chunin at the counter briefly explained the rules.
Ninjas often teach ninjutsu to others in private, depending on the situation. It is not uncommon for them to teach ninjutsu to non-Konoha ninjas, such as Jiraiya, who taught it to Yahiko, Nagato, and Konan.
According to the rules, these techniques cannot be easily taught, especially to outsiders who are not villagers of Konoha.
However, most ninjutsu are semi-public and are available to various ninja factions.
As long as it does not involve important secret techniques, it is acceptable to teach them, report back, and pay a fee.
It's not a big deal if you don't even bother to teach. If you teach a junior in Konoha, you might be discovered, but if you teach an outsider, it's impossible to trace. It all depends on the individual.
The commander put away the scroll and was about to leave.
Suddenly, I saw several people walking in from outside.
The two leaders were not young; they were Mitokado Homura, the advisor who managed the secret vault, and Danzo, who controlled the 'Root'.
The two men looked rather unwell, with expressions as if everyone owed them millions of taels of silver.
In Konoha, the only person who could displease these two is probably the Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. It's likely that some conflict has just occurred among these Konoha high-ranking officials.
Mitokado Homura completely ignored Souji's presence and walked on his own, while Danzo casually glanced at Souji as he passed by.
However, he did not stop, only glanced at it, and continued with a few guards into Mitokado Homura's office in the secret vault.
"What was so special about that young man just now?" Mitokado Homura asked Danzo, keenly aware of Danzo's presence.
"I heard that he achieved considerable success in the war in the land of rivers..." Danzo replied slowly.
"So what?"
"nothing..."
"Hmph! Instead of wasting your time on the trivial matters of a young man, you should be thinking more about how to persuade Sarutobi to take the initiative against both the Kumogakure and Kirigakure factions!" Mitokado Homura sneered, dissatisfied.
"Now that we know both sides are eyeing us covetously, why don't we just take the initiative and strike?
Why do we have to let the enemy slowly choose their moment to strike?
How can we be so passive?! Sarutobi is getting more and more cowardly as he gets older!"
"..."
Danzo, holding his cane, closed his eyes and listened quietly.
As a long-time rival who had been openly and covertly competing with Sarutobi for many years, he knew very well that such an important matter could not be easily changed by the other party's mind, so it was better to ignore such complaints.
However, it's true that Sarutobi became more cowardly as he got older.
To stand by and wait for the enemy to make a move? That would be utterly foolish!
If I were in charge of Konoha... I would have already launched a direct attack on the other four great ninja villages!
Konoha ninjas have always been the strongest in individual combat among the five great ninja villages. With so many elites, what is there to fear?
It turns out that the teacher's choice of Sarutobi was a mistake.
I, Danzo, am the one who truly deserves to be Hokage!
Danzo ignored Mitokado Homura's words, his mind still preoccupied with his long-held obsession.
Seeing Danzo's appearance, Mitokado Homura narrowed his eyes, also feeling disdain.
That old man is ambitious but incompetent; all he does every day is plot how to bring down Sarutobi, and he's becoming more and more obsessed.
Even if the teacher had chosen Sarutobi back then, the result would have been the same if his generation had held a Jonin trust vote.
Whether in terms of combat strength or temperament and vision, he is inferior to Sarutobi in every aspect. Does he really not have any self-awareness?
If Sarutobi hadn't been so stubborn and needed pressure from his peers to persuade him, he wouldn't have bothered with that old man Danzo!
...
The commander-in-chief had no particular thoughts about encountering those two.
I'm not qualified to do anything to the high-ranking figures in Konoha right now, so there's no point in thinking about it too much.
Souji found a place and briefly looked at the ninjutsu scroll.
The content was no different from the ninjutsu knowledge he had obtained from the system, so he didn't need to put in any more effort to practice it.
There are eight hand seals to be formed in total, in the order of Ox-Dog-Dragon-Rat-Dog -Boar-Snake-Tiger, and the hand seals must be formed within 4 seconds.
This technique involves using chakra to construct a replica of the target object, known as a shadow clone.
Unlike a ninja's own shadow clones, which only possess 10% of the original's power, these simple object shadow clones are completely identical to the original target object.
Read 20++Advanced chapters ahead at p4treon.
Patreon.com/Tanji_Fanfics
(ಥ_ಥ)
End of this chapter...