12 The real Hiruzen Sarutobi

{The third Hokage's pov}

Placing down my pen and resting my back against my throne I turn the chair to look at 'my' village. The number of hardships I had to go through to reach where I am right now is incalculable. From tricking the first and second Hokage to teach me and tutoring under Tobirama so that I can have a shot at becoming the Hokage.

I still remember the last time I met Tobirama when he sacrificed himself for the future of Konoha. The poor man didn't even know that I was the one that hired Kinkaku and Ginkaku to get rid of him. It was one of my proudest moments after all not every man can say they tricked the genius who created multiple techniques that could change the outcome of the battlefield and if he lived longer then he would have created even more dangerous techniques.

from the Shadow Clone Jutsu to the Flying Thunder God and even the technique I fear the most the Edo Tensei. Those are just his most notable techniques, he created multiple S-Rank water style jutsus. He even did so much research on kekkei Genkais and even studied the make-up of tailed beasts.

Anyways the past has already left us and now I need to focus on the second shinobi world war and kill any genius I can't control and those that are already strong will have to 'accidentally' perish in combat. I plan to get rid of Nawaki Senju and Dan Kato the so-called future Hokage candidate, in no way in hell will I let a brat like him take MY seat after working decades to acquire it.

I need to make their deaths at the near end of the war so that they can be useful to me in the war and also to use Tsunade as much as I can before she falls into depression. I am sure she will abandon the village afterward, I know so because I am her 'SENSEI'.

Anyways let's have a 'look' at Konoha's future leaves that shall burn for its prosperity, 'MY PROSPERITY' in the coming war. taking out my treasured crystal ball that was a product of Nidaime-Sama's failed experiment that I completed after his death after all the experiment has so much potential and I was right, with it nothing in Konoha can escape my eyes.

Injecting my chakra into the crystal ball. I first have a quick look over the entirety of Konoha before focusing on the children's playground and trying to sense anyone worth manipulating. Suddenly I sense a small surge of chakra that quickly disappeared in the playground. Looking around the playground until my eyes landed on a handsome, light purple-haired child that looks around five-years-old.

He doesn't look or dress like he is from any clan meaning he is either a civilian or an orphan. Hmmm looks like he is going somewhere. let's see what secrets you are hiding boy. I focus the Magical ball on his chakra and zoom in so that I can get a better view. as I see him running I get amazed at his speed for a five-year-old child to run at chunin level speeds is unheard of. My eyes harden as a suffocating aura emerges from my body. "The boy has only two outcomes, it's either death or becoming a slave for me".

Since he is not from a clan and is still young the chances of me manipulating him as I like will be easy however there are many exceptions so I need to keep a close eye on him. returning my eyes on the ball I start to see the kid doing physical exercises and from his movements, I can see he is not just training blindly.

'Hmm, he seems to be mumbling something' so I zoom even more on his face to read his lips and the more I hear the more my previously frowning face changes into a full-blown smirk. 'it would appear I don't have to kill another genius'. good, now I have two top-level pawns to play with. His talents remind me of Minato Namikaze, He is a boy I found not too long ago using the same methods as this boy. Minato even has the same mentality. If it were not for their difference in appearance I would say they were twins.

As I see the boy finish his training and go back to the orphanage, I remove my chakra from the Magic ball as the view in it gets hazy before disappearing altogether. 'So he is an orphan, even better than being a civilian, I can now brainwash him as I like not that it mattered even if he had ninja parents I would still get him under my control because this is 'MY' village'.

"Anbu" I lightly call out as two phantoms appear before me and kneel confront of my disk. 'Ahhhh no matter how many times people kneel in front of me it still feels as intoxicating as the first time it happened when I just got my positions as the Third Hokage'. "I want you to follow this boy's every move. I want to know everything" I ordered while giving them a description of the boy. "Yes lord third but if I may ask why are we following him".

'Who does he think he is questioning my order, if he thinks just because he is from the Hyūga's main clan he can question my orders then he is dead wrong' although I am thinking like this I just smile in my usual grandfatherly way before saying " I think he is some sort of spy from one of the other hidden villages, of course, this is just my hypothesis so don't appear in front of him or try to hurt him in any way am I clear" I say with dead seriousness in my voice. After getting my massage they shunsin away from my office to complete their mission.' now how shall I punish that damn arrogant Hyūga'.

{Two months later}

The Anbu that is kneeling before has already accomplished his mission of following the kid and thanks to the Hūyga brat I even got how much chakra he has and I got to say he surprised me with his monstrous amount of chakra for a five-year-old. Anyways the arrogant hūyga got in an unfortunate accident and now is a crippled mess with his eyes damaged.

After watching the boy for a month more. I finally decided to meet him face to face or at least I will face him as I will transform into a different old man. Taking my precious smoking pipe with me I head in his direction.

When I was just a short distance away from him I suddenly felt his gaze land on me ' Hoh even his senses are good' I appear in front of him to see his first reaction. His reaction didn't disappoint as his smile is full of naivety that will make it even easier to brainwash him. "Ya hungry old man, come I will share on with you". he says will waving a fish in the air.

Smiling in my usual grandfatherly way I even didn't put much effort into my acting as he is just a child. "Thank you, child" as I took his charred piece of fish from him and as I am eating his disgusting fish I ask him in fake curiosity "What is your name and what are you doing here in the middle of the forset kid".

"Oh me I am fuji an orphan, I come here to train as the orphanage is no place to train." He says with a happy expression." Ohh and why do you train instead of playing with kids your age at the playground" I say although already having a concrete answer in my mind

"I train because I need to become strong enough to protect my family," He says as determination fills his eyes. tilting my head slightly I ask him in confusion " but didn't you say you were an orphan what family are you talking about kid" If his answer turned out to be what I think it is then the boy is already brainwashed and is offering himself on a silver platter.

"no-no old man you got it all wrong my family is the entirety of Konoha," he says while waving his hands around as if telling me how wrong I am about my thinking.' perfect hehe hahaha perfect this is perfect it would seem the rest of my life will be secured with those two acting as my puppets, one will be the next Hokage while the other will become the Anbu commander. the village will be my own for the rest of my life' I couldn't help but feel my lips rising in glee but I suppress it and continue on having a conversation with him trying to gain more info on his personality. thirty minutes later and I got all I needed so I got up to go and to go and face my internal enemy

my damn paperwork.