Chapter 392: Appointment Order of the Hokage Building
It took Jiraiya and Tsunade several minutes to digest the news brought by Kakashi, and they could not calm down for a long time.

No one expected that so many things would happen in the village on the eve of the Fifth Hokage election. First, Orochimaru attacked Tsunade, who was the Hokage candidate, and almost killed her.

It was later discovered that another candidate, Danzo, had colluded with Orochimaru, and chose to commit suicide after the truth was revealed.

After sorting out all the clues, Jiraiya and Tsunade finally realized that the intrigues in the village over the years were probably more cruel than they had imagined.

In order to become Hokage, the Uchiha clan mobilized almost all of their strength, but were brutally suppressed in the end.

Not only were most of the clan members murdered by Uchiha Itachi, but the surviving Uchiha ninjas also became puppets of Danzo Shimura, and became Danzo's claws to attack the Third Hokage.

In order to obtain the position of Hokage, Danzo took the initiative to attack Shisui, deliberately intensifying the conflict between Uchiha and the village, and prompting Uchiha to finally raise the rebellious temperament.

After dealing with the Uchiha, Danzo turned his attention directly to the Third Hokage.

By joining forces with Orochimaru and Rasa to launch the Konoha Destruction Plan, he successfully killed the Third Hokage and took the initiative to ask to participate in the election for the Fifth Hokage.

What is even more frightening is that after Konoha's collapse plan, Danzo still kept in touch with Orochimaru.

A few hours ago, he was still using Orochimaru as a weapon to seize the position of Hokage.

Hokage is the leader who protects Konohagakure. Only those who are loved by everyone can become Hokage. If he gets to the top through conspiracy and darkness, what can Danzo get even if he becomes Hokage?

Neither Jiraiya nor Tsunade could understand Danzo's thoughts. Perhaps they were not the same kind of people.

After collecting his gradually scattered thoughts, Jiraiya said to Kakashi: "Since Danzo has been killed, take us to the Root base to have a look."

Kakashi nodded and immediately stood in front to lead the way.

A few minutes later, the group arrived at the Root Base. As they walked into the Root Base, they soon saw many Root Ninjas with their masks taken off.

Due to Danzo's death, the Tongue-Severing Seal of these Root Ninjas was lifted and they could speak freely. They also looked up at Jiraiya and Tsunade.

Jiraiya saw some familiar faces and was filled with shock.

Afterwards, under the guidance of Uchiha Root Ninja, he visited the entire Root base and gained a basic understanding of the situation of the Root organization.

After the night of the Uchiha clan extermination, the Third Hokage stopped financial support to the Root.

On the surface, this limited the size of the Root's personnel and the power of Danzo, the Root's leader, making Danzo a powerless elder.

But in fact, the Root organization took advantage of the opportunity of the Third Hokage stopping financial support to complete the destruction and reconstruction.

It completely got rid of the restrictions from the Third Hokage and became an organization within the structure of Konoha Village, but completely independent of Konoha Village.

By now, the Root Organization has grown to include hundreds of people.

Among them are most of the original members of the guard team, as well as a large number of civilian ninjas who were absorbed by the Root organization. These people are active in various positions in Konoha and have become one with the Konoha Ninja Village.

After listening to these reports, Jiraiya and Tsunade looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.

What on earth have the three generations of teachers been doing all these years? They are totally unaware of the development of the root organization, or have the three generations of teachers known about the expansion of the root organization but are powerless to do anything about it?

Whether it is the former or the latter, it shows that three generations of teachers have lost control of the village.

At this moment, the two of them were actually somewhat relieved that Danzo did not use the power of the Root organization to deal with them. Otherwise, even if they could join forces with Konoha's senior ninjas to suppress Danzo, Konoha would still be divided due to serious internal strife.

Konoha can no longer bear such losses today.

Gradually recovering from the shock, Jiraiya and Tsunade began to consider another serious problem, which was how to deal with the Root organization left behind by Danzo.

Labeling Root ninjas as traitors and putting them on the wanted list is obviously not a good idea.

But if the Root organization is allowed to continue to exist, anyone who becomes the Fifth Hokage will be uneasy, and no ruler will allow a force that can threaten him to exist around him.

And the most crucial thing is how to deal with the Uchiha ninjas within the Root organization.

Before Uchiha Night, the Uchiha were an unstable factor in the Konoha Village, but now they have become the object of sympathy for many of the jonin.

It was too cruel that an entire clan was massacred and all the ninjas became puppets and tools.

It was so cruel that even the Blood Mist Village next door felt inferior. After all, only a village where the Will of Fire was born could have such pure darkness.

If they continue Danzo's approach, they will undoubtedly become the next Danzo.

Konoha can no longer withstand the destruction of another Danzo. In this critical time, they must unite together to make the Will of Fire shine again.

How to manage root organization?
After thinking hard, Jiraiya thought of a suitable person and said to Tsunade: "Tsunade, I have an idea about how to deal with the Root organization."

Tsunade looked at Jiraiya and motioned for him to continue.

Jiraiya nodded and expressed his thoughts: "Tsunade, the Root Organization cannot be disbanded yet. Most of the Root Organization ninjas are poor people who were destroyed by Danzo, including the Uchiha group."

"You make a lot of sense..."

As a descendant of the Senju, Tsunade naturally harbors a certain hostility towards the Uchiha, believing that the Uchiha are not very reliable and are always prone to going to extremes because of the Sharingan.

But in this matter, Uchiha was undoubtedly the biggest victim, even more than the third generation teacher.

After a pause, Jiraiya continued, "Since the Root cannot be disbanded for the time being, and a ninja village is needed to manage it, I think Uchiha Shisui is the best candidate for the next Root leader."

"I don't agree!" Tsunade shook her head subconsciously to express her denial.

Jiraiya sighed softly, then explained, "Tsunade, I know it's risky to let an Uchiha take the position of leader of the Root, but Shisui is different from the other Uchiha. He is filled with love and the Will of Fire."

"Shisui once took the initiative to reveal Kotoamatsukami's secret to others, proving his position and that he is a ninja worthy of our trust. We cannot doubt him like Danzo did."

"Besides, we must give an explanation to these Uchiha who were persecuted by the Hokage faction."

"If the Uchiha's normal demands cannot be met, similar things will continue to happen in the Konoha Village in the future, and all the previous lessons will be in vain."

Tsunade hesitated, but still shook her head and said, "Have you forgotten Kotoamatsukami?"

Jiraiya nodded, and then said: "Kotoamatsukami is indeed very terrifying. He was able to control Shisui for several years and made him a loyal dog of Danzo, but Kotoamatsukami has disappeared in the ninja world with Danzo."

Hearing this, Tsunade's expression eased a lot and she began to think seriously about Jiraiya's proposal.

Jiraiya saw through Tsunade's thoughts and immediately brought up the examples of the First and Second Hokage. Even during the reigns of these two Hokage, they still gave the Uchiha clan considerable benefits.

……

The next morning, a notice was issued in the Hokage Building. The notice announced that the leader of the Root Organization, Shimura Danzo, had launched a rebellion last night. Under the suppression of Jiraiya, Tsunade and other Konoha high-level officials, a conspiracy was prevented from breaking out.

The vacancy of the elder left by Danzo's arrest was taken over by a high-ranking member of the Root.

After seeing this announcement, the entire Konoha Ninja Village was in an uproar and sparked a heated discussion. Some people suspected that this was a power struggle that broke out within the village, while others were concerned about whether Konoha’s future would affect them.

After all, unlike ordinary ninjas, Danzo is a disciple of the Second Hokage and an elder who has served the village for decades. Even if he has no merits, he has worked hard for half his life.

If even Danzo betrayed, who else in the entire Konoha Village would not betray?

Just when the Konoha ninja thought that the matter would continue to escalate, the Hokage Building was unexpectedly calm. Two advisory elders, Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En, appeared and personally recounted Danzo's crimes.

With the endorsement of these two elders and confirmation that Danzo was dead, everyone finally felt relieved.

Danzo is dead and that's it. After the death of the Third Hokage, there is no need for Danzo to continue living. All the older ninjas in the village have heard of Danzo's reputation.

As long as the village can be stable, they don't care.

However, the high-ranking member of the Root organization who took over Danzo's position attracted a lot of attention, because this high-ranking member of the Root organization was named Uchiha Shisui.

The Konoha ninjas are no strangers to Shisui's name.

But didn't Uchiha Shisui disappear several years ago? How did he suddenly become a high-ranking member of the Root Organization and take over Danzo as the new leader of the Root Organization?
Did something unspeakable happen? It makes people very curious.

After a while, several Genin got some fragmentary information from the Jonin who participated in last night's operation. After piecing the information together, they knew the whole story.

Danzo actually attacked Shisui, forcing the Uchiha to embark on a coup.

After Uchiha Itachi attacked the Uchiha clan, Danzo secretly gathered many unconscious Uchiha and controlled them to become puppets of the Root.

Danzo was actually involved in the sabotage of the Chunin Exam not long ago.

After the news spread thoroughly, it spread uncontrollably in all directions, and different ideas were born in the minds of different ninjas.

For the Ino, Deer, and Chou clans, Danzo's death had little impact on them.

They successfully supported the next Hokage, and as long as Konoha did not fall, their status would not change.

Danzo's death did not have much impact on the Hyuga clan.

After so many vicious incidents, the Hyuga main family no longer dared to treat the Hyuga branch family excessively, and even had plans and programs to abolish the caged bird.

For ordinary ninjas, it doesn't have much impact.

Who is Danzo? They had never come into contact with him before. Compared with these major events in the ninja village, they cared more about whether the next commission was difficult and whether the reward was generous enough.

Soon, the news reached the ears of the members of Class 7.

Sakura was surprised to hear about Danzo's downfall, but she didn't know much about Danzo, so she just lamented that the village's top leaders had experienced another internal struggle.

Naruto took advantage of the training to pull Sasuke to a hidden place, and said with a smile: "Sasuke, it seems that your brother has completely defeated Danzo. The next step is that you Uchiha can return to the ninja world."

Sasuke nodded, but his expression was not too happy.

The culprit who ordered the attack on Uchiha has died, but the ninja who actually did it is still living freely outside the village.

Naruto saw what Sasuke was thinking and said seriously:

"Sasuke, are you still planning to go to Orochimaru? There is no need for you to take such a big risk. Your parents and relatives are still alive."

Sasuke looked at Naruto and said, "That's true, but I can never forgive him for what he did. I must kill him to vent my hatred."

"Naruto, don't you hate the masked man who killed your father? Don't you want revenge?"

Hearing this, Naruto's face seemed to be covered with frost, and the whole person was like a beast about to explode. He spoke in a low voice:
"Of course I remember, but I don't have the ability now."

Sasuke snorted coldly, and then said: "Then you have to hurry up, the masked man is also Bai Ye's enemy. If you can't grow up quickly, the masked man may be killed in advance."

After saying that, Sasuke himself wasn't in a good mood either.

He and Naruto faced the same dilemma. They never worried about their own revenge. They were worried that their enemies would be killed before they could take revenge.

Naruto curled his lips and said, "Let's go early, don't die there, I also want to find a suitable teacher and hone my strength."

"I don't need you to remind me. I'm leaving today."

Sasuke responded calmly before disappearing into the forest.

……

In the root tissue base.

After the death of Danzo, there were actually not many changes within the Root organization, nor were there any serious impacts.

The leader of the Root organization is still Shisui, but the previous Shisui was using the identity of Danzo.

All the Uchiha ninjas who held important positions in the Root were well aware of this. Even the few old ones who remained from the Danzo era would not speak out and go to Jiraiya to inform on him.

After all, they knew clearly.

The Root organization, which has extensive connections and great influence in the Konohagakure, is just a subsidiary organization of another huge organization.

Jiraiya, Tsunade, and the two advisory elders might be able to shake up the Root organization.

But they were unable to shake the Akatsuki organization behind the Root organization, which ruled over half of the Ninja Continent.

After reaching the cell deep in the Root base, Shisui opened the door and looked at the Third Hokage who was living a retirement life in the cell. Shisui left a scroll.

The Third Hokage picked up the scroll, which was actually a statement of appointment.

It records that according to the discussion in the Hokage Building, Uchiha Shisui will replace Shimura Danzo and become the new leader of the Root organization.

The moment he saw Shisui was about to become the leader of the Root, the Third Hokage froze in place.

Uchiha Shisui raised the corners of his mouth slightly, forming a confident arc. The contest between the Hokage Building and the Uchiha Guard ended with the Uchiha infiltrating the Hokage department.

(End of this chapter)