He didn't know about Danzo and Nebe, but that didn't prevent him from making such speculations about the people behind the scenes.

In fact, in the chess and card games he is good at, this is also a very classic and commonly used tactic by both sides.

The people behind the scenes wanted to take advantage of this to test and find out the cards held by the Hokage.

And Naruto must respond to this.

Shikaku glanced at Shikamaru.

"What's wrong, dad, you won't let me get involved, right?"

When Shikamaru saw Shikaku looking at him strangely, his heart suddenly tightened.

Although he has a good mind, he does not think that with his current ability, he can enter this level of political struggle.

"How is that possible? Although I am very optimistic about your future, this kind of thing is not something you can intervene in right now."

"Then you are..."

"Don't go out for a walk recently. Even if you go out, you should take the family guards with you."

Shikaku looked serious.

"so serious?"

Shikamaru was shocked.

"You don't know how dangerous this person is. When I first met Danzo Elder, I thought he was a very dangerous ninja. In order to achieve his goal, he will do whatever it takes. I don't think his next actions are limited to

Rumors, maybe then..."

Shikaku didn't say anything further, but with Shikamaru's mind, he quickly understood what exactly he meant.

——Use force to force the Hokage to submit.

If things evolve to that extent, it is likely to cause a civil war in Konoha.

"is it so serious?"

Shikamaru felt that this consideration was too unrealistic.

"When you sit in my position, you will understand how terrifying this person is. As a policy maker, you must take all circumstances into consideration to ensure nothing goes wrong. Moreover, force is also a way to demonstrate political influence."

But once force is used, it means that things have reached an irreconcilable point.

From the position of Konoha ninja, Shikaku hoped that Danzo would not go to that point.

However, he could not place his hope on Danzo's kindness.

"Next, I will stay at the Hokage's side and bring some of my clan members over to help. Remember to tell your mother later that I won't be eating at home these days. In addition, no matter what happens, there is no need to send anyone.

Come to me."

After Shikaku said this, he walked towards the end of the corridor and disappeared.

"Do you want this side to have a choice to protect itself?"

Shikamaru looked at Shikaku's disappearing figure and thought of the last sentence, 'No matter what happens, there is no need to send anyone to find me'... In essence, he was already considering the worst possibility.

For example, if the Hokage loses the political battle, the elder named Danzo becomes the Hokage.

The Nara clan's support for the Third Hokage is limited to those people Shikaku will bring over next.

However, once something happens to the Hokage, the Nara clan must take refuge in Danzo to ensure that the family will not be liquidated by the new Hokage afterwards.

The contract with the Sarutobi clan has existed since the Warring States Period, I'm afraid...

"It's such a troublesome adult game. Can't we just open it and say no? We have to make things so complicated..."

Shikamaru scratched his head and stood up. After Shikaku mentioned this, he was no longer in the mood to spend time leisurely here.

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"how is the progress?"

In the root base, Danzo looked at his subordinate standing in front of him and asked.

"It is proceeding according to the plan. The Anbu and the security forces are active. Not only that, the advisors also seem to be leaning towards the Hokage's side."

The root ninja replied.

"Don't pay attention to those two old guys. Our main opponent is the Third Hokage."

Although Danzo's face was very cold when he spoke, when he heard the word 'advisor', he could vaguely feel the deep disdain in his tone.

To him, the advisor's position at this time is no longer important. No matter who they support, they cannot change the current situation.

In fact, he hoped that these two old consultant friends would be less generous, so that he would have an excuse to get rid of the consultants as well.

It's a pity that those two people are very good at protecting themselves. It's a bit unrealistic to take this opportunity to kill them.

Moreover, the two of them will also need to appear later to help stabilize the situation.

Therefore, Danzo decided to let these two people go.

The premise is that the two consultants know how to advance and retreat, and do not touch his bottom line.

Even with his colleagues, he didn't want to get things done.

For the future of Konoha, he can kill even the descendants of the mirror and seize the opponent's Mangekyō Sharingan. Now he doesn't have to sacrifice these people.

On the contrary, if sacrificing these people can make Konoha a better place, he will not be stingy with the butcher knife in his hand.

"Then over the Pig, Deer, and Butterfly tribes..."

"They will make their own choices when it comes to trade-offs, and the same goes for other ninjas. Their family has a big business, and they often don't put their eggs in one basket. Ninjas who don't understand this principle have disappeared from the history of Konoha.

Already."

A smile appeared on Danzo's gloomy face, giving people an extremely terrifying feeling.

"Danzo-sama, see you clearly."

The root ninja lowered his head and said.

"Now, let's take the next step. It's time to end this boring farce."

"yes!"

The root ninja retreated.

Danzo was left standing alone, and then he turned around and walked towards the huge iron door that was originally open behind him.

"Next, it's my time..."

Only I can lead Konoha to be the strongest! Danzo’s face is firm and his eyes are as sharp as a knife.
Chapter completed!