Shikaku let out a frustrated sigh. "This just got infinitely more plicated. Entering the Land of Iron without authorization could be seen as an act of aggression. And he had set a hidden base there; we have to take care of that first."
"Yes, that base in itself could damage Konoha's eore than all other bases bined," Hiruzen said, no longer letting his mind be trolled by emotion.
"I reend sending Shisui for that mission, obviously not alone, but a group of highly agile jonin led by Shisui should be able to deal with that base swiftly," Fugaku suggested.
"Good idea. We have an ANBU squad full of jonin-level ninja and some more highly agile jonin from other squads on standby. Lord Third, we should send all of them to that base first. sidering their mobility, all of them should return in 3 days at most, so they could haher situations as well after this one," Shikaku added.
"Fugaku, call Shisui to my offiow. Other bases be handled by other ninja. Everyone else, go back to your s. We will send a message if we need your assistance. Fugaku, Shikaku, Inoichi, and Hiashi Hyuga, e to my office," Hiruzen said. The situation was so critical that there was no more time for meetings.
Everyone nodded and did as asked. In such times, the orders from the Hokage were absolute. Not having to do anything from the shadows was actually very helpful for Hiruzen. Now he could employ thousands of injas for handling this issue.
In just 5 minutes, all four were in Hiruzen's office.
"Inoichi, how many Root ninjas are present in that Root base in the Land of Iron?" Hiruzen asked.
"That base is the most guarded one, protected by 40 Root ninjas. Ten of them are jonin, and the rest are in. The base also has 50 stists and around 100 captives – some civilians, some ninjas, and some samurai. Apparently, Danzo was trying to find some way to make civilians as powerful as ninja using ninja blood, and also how that teique affects samurai. So far, there have been no signifit achievements," Inoichi reported.
'That insane bastard. Not only did he set a hidden base in the Land of Iron, but he was also experimenting on samurai. I don't even know whether to sider him brave or foolish,' Shikaku thought, a se shared by all five ninja present in the office.
"Shikaku, how many ninja do we o send for handling the Land of Iron base?" Hiruzen turo Shikaku for the pn.
"sidering the general level of strength of Land of Iron samurai, I'm sure the Root ninja pced there are not the top strength of Root. Since we're already sending Shisui, ae jonin, I think sending just 8 more jonin-level ninja should be able to hahat base. Sihey will have all of the information and a of surprise, they should be able to manage. I also think we should send a jonin specializing ih-reted jutsu. We will have to remove every trace of the Root base and any e of that area with Konoha," Shikaku said.
"We will also need a Hyuga jonin. Byakugan range will e in handy during this mission," Hiruzen added.
"I will arrange ae jonin as fast as I , Lord Third," Hiashi said, maintaining a noble-like attitude as the leader of the noble of Konoha.
"We would need many more than just one Hyuga ninja, Lord Third. I mean, one for every base is the bare minimum," Shikaku pointed out.
"I uand, Shikaku. I will send every in and above ninja for those missions to ANBU Headquarters. You hahe assig of the missions to them. I just hope they will be pensated by the vilge for their trouble," Hiashi said.
Even though he was angry at Danzo for what he had doo Konoha shinobi, especially Hyuga ninja, since all of them were from the Branch family and their Byakugan were destroyed, there was little Danzo could have dohat's why Hiashi didn't have the same level of hate for Danzo as Fugaku and the Uchiha in general. He wasn't going to give his ninja for free, even if he wouldn't take advantage of the situation. There was no way he was going to spend money for this.
"Don't worry, Hiashi. They will be paid acc to the difficulty of the mission," Hiruzen assured.
Shibi and Fugaku still didn't ask for any moary reward; just getting rid of Danzo was enough for them.
"I expect you two will do the same?" Hiruzen asked Fugaku and Shibi.
"Yes, Lord Third. I will also send all of the avaible ninjas to ANBU Headquarters," Fugaku said. Sihe Uchiha were responsible for vilge security, he couldn't send many Uchiha all of a sudden for missions, but Fugaku still had quite a reserve of jonin he could deploy.
Shibi also agreed. After that, they went toward their s.
"What do you think will happe?" Hiruzen asked.
"After we take care of this whole mess, the cil will start pointing fingers at you too, Lord Third. As you know, you had given way too many powers to Danzo and covered up for him many times. If you had taken a against him before, many lives could have been saved. Though those cims will not affect your position other than redug your reputation among the s, we hahat for civilians and civilian ninja by pg all of the bme on Danzo," Shikaku said.
"You also think it was my fault, right?" Hiruzen said, leaning ba his chair and taking a puff from his tobacco pipe.
"With all due respect, Lord Third, yes. I know Danzo was important for the vilge, but you had fiven him way too many times and had given him more power than necessary, like making it pulsory to join Root if asked and not requiring him to share information about his anization pletely. These were the main reasons Danzo had the ce to do those reckless stunts," Shikaku said.
(A.N: Kind of like how Naruto wa Sasuke back even when he went rogue and killed so many ninjas... friends)
"I think you're right. I am not fit for this position anymore and should pass it on now," Hiruzen said with a sigh, exhaling smoke.
"I don't see that happening unless Lady Tsunade or Master Jiraiya agree to take this position," Shikaku said with a smile.
"Let's hahe situation at hand first, and then we discuss other things," Hiruzen said, and Shikaku nodded his head in agreement.
(A.N: The story will not have Kaida for some time, sinext chapter will have some high level shit where a genin ’t get involved, but they will be iing for sure ^~^)
