Ch. 44. Sandaime's continuous calculations. [1]

　　In the office, Third Hokage smoked his pipe and frowned in deep thought:

- "When he deliberately didn't take a "Scroll of Seals", I realized that this person is extremely deep."

- "But I didn't expect that he would hide his great strength from everyone. For so many years, he was willing to be an ordinary chunin, and even became an assistant teacher with extremely poor treatment in the school."

Sandaime took out Mizuki's file and looked at it carefully.

Since becoming a ninja, Mizuki has performed more than three hundred missions.

　　There are 128 B-level missions involving combat.

　　Third Hokage:

- "He performed mediocrely in all 128 combat missions, and never showed his hidden strength in any one of them."

- "Such scheming is terrifying!"

He was deeply shocked.

　　Among the people he had seen, no one except Mizuki could hide his strength to this extent.

　　He continued:

- "It shows that he has never felt a sense of belonging to Konoha."

- "Danzo is right, if you continue to let him live, Konoha will definitely be damaged."

The eyes of Sandaimw were filled with murderous intent.

　　Third Hokage:

- "As for fabricating evidence and killing... the jounin in the village are not easy to fool. Konoha is in a state of decline. If I step down, no one will take over."

- "Of course I can't do this kind of thing."

- "Danzo, it's up to you."

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

　　Third Hokage:

- "Come in!"

A staff member from the mission hall walked in and said:

"Sandaime-Sama, Tazuna, the master bridge builder of the Land of Waves, came to the village to issue a mission to escort him home."

- "After investigation, it was discovered that Tazuna had something to hide."

- "He issued a C-level escort mission, but after investigation, it was found that this mission will most likely involve combat and should be classified as B-level."

- "But he can't get more mission bounties, so he can only ask Sandaime to make the decision."

　　Third Hokage's eyes flashed, and he said:

- "Are him the bridge builder of the Land of Waves? Well, I understand."

- "The Country of Waves is very poor, so it's normal that they can't pay. However, the Country of Waves has good relations with Konoha, so this mission is tentatively classified as C-level."

- "In addition, I will personally arrange the personnel to receive the task."

After the staff left, Sandaime were left in the office.

　　He took out a document and looked at it carefully.

　　As an island country, the Country of Waves relies entirely on shipping to develop its economy. However, the merchant Gato monopolized the waterway, causing the country of Waves to become impoverished. Now the only way out for the Country of Waves is to build a bridge to the land and break Gato's monopoly.

Tazuna is a famous bridge builder. He came to Konoha to issue a mission and wanted to find someone to protect him in building bridges.

　　Gato will never allow the bridge to be built successfully and will send people to kill Tazuna.

　　Third Hokage:

- "The Intelligence Department has detected that Zabuza, an S-class rebel ninja from Kirigakure Village in the Water Country, was hired by Gato as a thug."

　　Zabuza, one of the Seven Blades, nicknamed "Demon of the Hidden Mist", has elite Jonin level strength and is famous in the ninja world for his [Silent Killing Technique].

Sandaime smiled.

　　He had already thought of a way to kill Mizuki.

Third Hokage:

- "Let Mizuki take over the task of protecting Tazuna. When we get to the Land of Waves, we will definitely face Zabuza."

- "With Zabuza's strength and methods, Mizuki is definitely no match. Letting him die in Zabuza's hands is a very good plan."

- "To say the least, even if he is lucky enough to survive, his strength will be exposed. Then the villagers will realize that he has an ulterior motive, and they will even directly label him as a spy from another village."

After making the decision, Sandaime immediately started making arrangements.

　　At the same time, Danzo, who returned to his Root's, looked increasingly gloomy:

- "When you destroyed the Uchiha, you said you couldn't suppress them with force, but you hinted at me to take action. In the end, I was forced to order Itachi to exterminate the clan."

- "It's like this again today. He says he can't force his hand, but his eyes want me to kill Mizuki immediately with my Root's."

- "It's like this every time. You behave bright and majestic, and you are kind in the eyes of the villagers. It's me who does all the bad things and takes the blame."

- "I've had enough!"

Danzo was furious and his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.

　　After cursing for ten minutes, he finally calmed down.

　　During this silence, a strange smile appeared on his face.