A deep worry appeared on Hiruzen's old face, as if he was sitting there as a sullen old man who was about to step into a coffin.

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People must never compromise on their own hesitation.

This was Danzo's most painful and regretful memory of that year.

Because of his momentary hesitation, he lost to his best friend Hiruzen in the battle for the Third Hokage, and missed out on the position of Hokage.

From that time on, he understood that when doing something, he must do it thoroughly without any hesitation or fear, and he must not look forward or backward.

People who are timid cannot accomplish great things.

Hesitation leads to defeat.

One compromise leads to the next compromise.

Therefore, Danzo, who broke this fate, always considered himself an excellent and powerful ninja.

Break the constrained destiny, carry out your will to the end, and abandon the hesitation and cowardice of the past.

To do something without hesitation or compromise with anyone is the way to be a ninja.

Because of this, he was able to gather so many ninjas to form the Roots and became the only pillar of support for all the ninjas in the Roots.

"Lord Danzo."

Heading to the forest on the eastern border of the Land of Fire, Ryoma Aburame caught up with him.

Along with Danzo, including himself and Ryoma Aburame, there were twenty-two people in total, and more than half of them were jounin.

In order to achieve victory on the Kumogakure battlefield, Genbe can be said to have come out with all their best this time.

Danzo turned his head slightly and looked at Aburame Ryoma.

"explain."

"News from the village."

Ryoma Aburame whispered.

"What's the final situation? Hiruzen, have you cleared the name of that brat named Naruto?"

Danzo asked.

Ryoma Aburame shook her head and said with a smile: "No, the Third Hokage did nothing and compromised our roots."

This is the first time that the roots have achieved the fruits of victory in a real sense.

Since the establishment of the Roots, it has been suppressed by the Third Hokage.

The counterattack was successful this time, thanks to the special identity of the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki, who used a strategy of suspicion to confuse the Third Hokage.

"Really? I compromised..."

Danzo said this.

Aburame Ryoma gave Danzo a strange look. He thought Danzo would be happy to mock the Third Hokage after hearing the news.

"Danzo-sama, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I just feel that Hiruzen now looks a lot like me back then."

The look in Danzo's eyes was very complicated.

Heartbroken, regretful, sighing, sad.

Only there was no sarcasm or excitement.

Aburame Ryoma fell silent and did not speak.

"What's going on over there Jiraiya?"

Danzo asked instead.

Naruto is the child of a disciple of Jiraiya. As a Sannin, he cannot remain indifferent in the village.

"According to the intelligence, we only know that on the second day of the incident, he got very drunk alone in the pub. In the end, he was carried back home by ANBU. He seemed to be very drunk."

Aburame Ryoma was so sad.

Hiruzen compromised on their roots, and Jiraiya compromised on his teacher. This pair of master and disciple was really interesting.

Is the inheritance of the Third Hokage a cowardly compromise policy?

Aburame Ryoma thought for a while, and thought of the talented Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato who died young. If he had not died in the battle of the Nine-Tails, he might not even have a chance to stand up.

That is a yellow flash that shows no mercy to the enemy on the battlefield.

No ninja who has fought with him would want to fight him a second time.

Even among the roots, there are many ninjas who admire him.

"It seems that Jiraiya is now just like Orochimaru, he is extremely disappointed with his teacher. Hiruzen... is old after all. Now he has become forward-thinking, and I have just switched places with me at that time. Orochi

Maru's defection had a greater impact on him than I expected."

Danzo knew that there was already a seed of fear that he had planted in Hiruzen's heart, and it would take root and sprout at any time.

Immediately, he changed the topic and the color in his eyes became sharp.

"However, his hesitation and compromise are a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for our roots. The more luxuriant a tree is, the deeper its roots will penetrate into the bottomless darkness. Since light has lost the meaning of its existence,
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