Chapter 95: Fractured Alliances and Rising Tensions

Being watched by Torifu, Funan, and Shikaku, Koharu and Homura began to tremble a little.

Looking at the two shaking, Funan found it to be quite funny. He rolled his eyes and suddenly screamed at the two people. "Ahhhh!!!"

"Ah!!!" Koharu and Homura let out a piercing scream, sat down on the ground, and then ran away.

Torifu's jaw dropped. These are the Elders of Konoha?

Shikaku was also stunned. Before, these two Elders were quite imposing in Konoha.

Now they have fallen so low. It turns out that without Hiruzen's support, people become this.

Funan said with disdain: "Acting Hokage, these are your companions? Comparing them to the kind Hiruzen and the dark Danzo, tsk, tsk! They are a pathetic bunch..."

Torifu's face darkened and he interrupted: "Get lost!"

"Okay!" Funan turned and left.

"I, I..." Torifu looked a little dazed. 'I just wanted to scold Funan, but he left.'

"Acting Hokage, no need to say anything." Shikaku sighed and said: "It's meaningless. Funan won't listen to anyone. He has his own ideas."

Torifu hit the table hard.

The table was smashed!

"We can't let him do whatever he wants. Look how many times we've come close to fighting over his nonsense."

Shikaku smiled bitterly. This is his revenge!

Everyone knows what Uchiha and Uchiha Funan have endured in the past.

Now, we can only say that they are here to take revenge.

Shikaku sighed deeply. "Acting Hokage, I think our focus now should still be on Kumogakure. Their actions are a bit abnormal!" Shikaku's words were filled with worry.

Torifu also frowned, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "What do you think, I should send Sarutobi Hiruzen or Uchiha Funan out at this time?"

"Separate the two of them?"

"Yes!"

Shikaku thought about it and nodded. "Okay, separating the two of them is a solution."

Konoha is now a powder keg.

"Hmph!" Torifu snorted coldly and said: "This time, Sarutobi Hiruzen can't do whatever he wants like before. Have the Sarutobi clan send more people to help."

Shikaku also nodded heavily. "Just keep a good balance!" Shikaku said helplessly: "By the way, there is also the matter of money. I owed Funan so much before, and now I throw in another 10 million ryo. What should I do?"

Hearing this, Torifu was also in a big headache. After taking control of Konoha, especially the finances, he realized how chaotic they were.

Sarutobi Hiruzen and the Sarutobi clan no longer suck blood from the great Konoha tree, but even gnaw at the roots.

"Let Sarutobi Hiruzen pay." Torifu said coldly. "I have filled the previous hole but let them take out 100 million ryo!"

Shikaku thought about the current financial problems, and then thought about Funan's debt, and nodded with difficulty.

Fortunately, Funan was not pressing. Of course, this was largely because the Ino-Shika-Cho clans often sent money to the Uchiha.

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Sarutobi Hiruzen's office.

"Danzo, what are you doing?" The Third Hokage pulled the angry Danzo all the way and pulled him into the office.

They subconsciously ignored the strange looks of the people around them.

In large part, this was because, after holding positions of authority for a long time, they had become accustomed to instinctively ignoring many things.

For example, now. Two old men came into the office, pulling each other.

Immediately, the dazzling news began to spread.

"What did I do?" Danzo said angrily. "Uchiha Funan has started to target the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but what happened? Nothing happened."

'You even scolded me! Do you think I have forgotten the look in your eyes just now?' Danzo was very angry.

The Third Hokage sighed and said: "It's not that we don't want to investigate Funan, but the sealing team has already checked the Jinchuriki's seal, and it hasn't been altered."

"All that's happening now is the Nine-Tails itself fighting and hitting the seal. What can we do about it?"

And above all, the Uchiha are not easy to deal with.

Danzo said coldly: "Just do it, destroy the Uchiha, and then unite to face the outside world. Konoha will still be the strongest shinobi village."

"Do you believe what you said?" Hiruzen sighed and said: "Ino-Shika-Cho is estranged from us, and they are now openly our enemies. Do you think they will take care of the Uchiha for us? They are the ones who want the Uchiha to exist the most!"

Danzo still has a gloomy face. The reason for the Ino-Shika-Cho incident is still because of him.

[Knock! Knock!]

At this time, a rapid knock on the door sounded. The door opened.

Shikaku strode in and said: "Third Hokage, Danzo, there is an urgent military situation at the border. Kumogakure has sent 5,000 shinobi to the border."

"Damn it, Kumogakure!" Danzo said with a cold expression. "Have they forgotten how they kowtowed to Konoha? They deserve to be punished! Beat them, and they must be severely punished!"

After saying that, he looked at Hiruzen angrily.

In recent years, shinobi villages such as Kumogakure have become more and more presumptuous towards Konoha.

Why?

Because of Sarutobi Hiruzen's politics!

To put it nicely, it's for peace, but to put it bluntly, it's just fucking weakness!

"Do not be ridiculous!" Hiruzen scolded. "Danzo, can war start casually? Have you considered the consequences?"

He looked at Shikaku and said: "Shikaku, let's go to the Hokage's office. You go find Uchiha Funan, and other jonin and clan leaders in the village, and ask them to attend the meeting."

"Hokage has sent someone to notify them." Shikaku said in a low voice. "We should go to the Hokage's office first."

"Okay!"

After dispersing briefly, everyone gathered again.

Because the situation was urgent, they just had a brief discussion and went to the meeting room.

Representatives of all the clans and some civilian Jonin were present, filling the meeting room.

Shikaku even invited Sunagakure representatives.

Hiruzen, who saw this scene, looked at Shikaku with cold eyes. He didn't know about the arrival of the Sunagakure Investigation Team.

He understood that Hiruzen still did not want to enter into conflict and preferred to resolve the border problem peacefully.

But was that possible?

Konoha took the initiative to pressure Kumogakure and even joined Sunagakure.

Now that Kumogakure has just made a move, they immediately became cowardly.

This is simply becoming a joke to the entire shinobi world.

Everyone sat down quickly, and the atmosphere seemed a little solemn.

The senior shinobi obviously knew the content of the meeting. They looked at each other, and some couldn't help but discuss in a low voice.

However, a considerable number of senior shinobi were eager to fight. They had long disliked Kumogakure.

[Bang!]

"Hit him!" A loud roar rang out, startling many people.

Especially Hiruzen, who almost threw his pipe out. Because the person who roared was right next to him.

Torifu and others looked at Funan who was jumping up and down with a gloomy expression.

"Funan, stop messing around!" Hiruzen was so angry that his whole body was shaking.

"What nonsense are you talking?" Funan yelled: "They are directly provoking us, and you want to ignore it? Stop making a fool of yourself here, I tell you we must respond forcefully!"

Hiruzen couldn't help but say: "What do you mean by provoking? Kumogakure hasn't done anything like that!"

"Nothing?" Funan looked disdainful and said mockingly: "How did the twelve Jonin Uchiha die? Oh, by the way, they died at the hands of Orochimaru, the disciple of Sarutobi Hiruzen."

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, you are not cooperating with Kumogakure, are you? Kumogakure attacked the Konoha outposts, the Uchiha clan went to support, and Orochimaru immediately attacked us. Too much of a coincidence!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Hiruzen slammed the table in anger.

The Jonin sitting below saw that Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression was not right. The fact that this incident also involved Orochimaru was surprising to them.

"I'm talking nonsense?" Funan sneered. "Sarutobi Hiruzen, is Orochimaru your disciple?"

"Was he collaborating with Kumogakure to kill our shinobi?"

"Did you hold back when he escaped?"

"Damn it, if you held back, you'd be a beast. How many ANBU members died when they were chasing Orochimaru? Have you forgotten? They were all comrades from the same village!"

"You held back because you were soft-hearted, and sent the ANBU members to die? Damn, who gave you the right?"

"In your eyes, what is the ANBU?"

"I said, why didn't you send Sarutobi Shinnosuke to chase Orochimaru? As the captain of the ANBU, he should have taken the lead!"

"Are you kidding me?"

Hiruzen was so angry that he trembled all over. "You, you..."

The Jonin's expressions also changed. The more they listened, the more disillusioned they became with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Okay, let's not talk about the past, let's talk about the present!" Torifu interrupted.

Funan said coldly: "This is not from the past, it is from the present. At least, in this matter with Kumogakure, I don't want to listen to Sarutobi Hiruzen's opinion."

"Who knows if he's up to something behind all this? This guy is so bad!"

"Cough, cough." Torifu coughed twice, looked at Hiruzen, and then looked at the strange look of the Jonin. His heart skipped a beat, and he nodded and said: "Okay!"

Unexpectedly, there were not many people who objected. Including Danzo, they all shut up.

Hiruzen's heart was completely cold.

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