- A nukenin attack in the center of Konoha would still attract the attention of foreign spies, but one thing could be hidden behind another," the Senju head nodded, "I'm all for it.
- That makes sense," Aburame raised his voice.
Following the heads of Konoha's noble clans, everyone else present, including the civilians, supported the proposal.
- It is unanimous," Sarutobi summarized, "that the sentence be carried out immediately upon the conclusion of the meeting and in the presence of the clan representatives.
He himself was not going to be present at the execution, trusting his subordinate completely and not wanting to see the last moments of his old colleague.
- What will happen to Anbu Ne, Hokage-san? Will the unit be disbanded or reformed? - Shenesu Nara suddenly inquired, casting a sharp glance at the village leader.
Slightly relaxed, the clan heads picked themselves up, staring questioningly at Sarutobi.
- Root will be restructured after all ninja will be checked for loyalty to the village, after which some of the operatives will be transferred to them to restore the number of personnel and this Anbu unit will fully focus on intelligence and counterintelligence, - Hiruzen was forced to answer, although initially he was going to hold back this information for a while.
- Who will be appointed as the new commander of the unit? - Hatake voiced a general question.
- Jiraiya will temporarily take over the position," Hiruzen realized that it would be impossible to do more than that. There would be many applicants for such a tasty position, and the clans wouldn't let them approve a student for the position permanently. - That concludes the Council meeting.
Only a very few people learned of the one-eyed bastard's death, but fortunately I was among them. Shenesu was personally present when Danzo was executed right in his cell, before being certified by the regular prison iryonin that it was indeed the condemned man, and afterward and burning the body on the spot.
Whatever surprises Shimura had prepared in case of his death, they didn't work in the special chakra-extracting chamber created to hold particularly dangerous shinobi.
Sighing with relief after my uncle's story, I put a bold check mark in my mind against the name of the man who was not only dangerous to me and my family personally, but was also one of those patriotic idiots who had undermined Konoha's military might in an attempt to realize his own vision of the Great Village.
He also created a decent amount of enemies for the said village when he eliminated imaginary and real threats to its existence without a second thought. Given that this fanatic hasn't made his major mistake yet, I wonder how things will go in one small rainy country in the coming years?
Sending a shadow clone over there to check it out is a bit pissy, given the eyes of one half-breed, but it seems I'm going to have to do without it - it's vital that I know the disposition of forces for the Third Shinobi World War, which is just around the corner.
Though... who knows when it will start, given that the main provocateur is dead? In any case, there is time before it starts, and I intend to devote it to strengthening myself and my family, since I don't believe in the likelihood of all my women sitting in the rear.
That's why I have five kage bunshins busy around the clock studying Hishi Hyuga's inheritance, even though I feel it's sacrilegious not to do so in person - it feels like scolding a shrine. It seems that without noticing it, I've become deeply imbued with the local way of thinking and had to literally force myself to use all available options.
However, there was so much information that even with the Yamanaka technique, I spent about four hours in meditation every day to organize the knowledge in my head.
Comprehension and application were out of the question. Nevertheless, taking care of other things and using the clones allowed me to get some much-needed time to visit the lab.
A moment of disorientation and I was in a completely different place. Stepping off the portal slab onto the floor and up against the wall, I used a chakra-formed key to open the stone door and walked down the corridor to the holy of holies of the complex.
- Boss," the five residents of the lab turned to me almost simultaneously, 'it's been a while since you've looked at the results,' said the kage bunshin, who was the head of the lab, frowning slightly, "if it weren't for the regular clones every few days supplying food and chakra, you'd think you'd forgotten about us.
- Actually, someone expressed a desire not to bother you," I waved my hand lightly, "Besides, the Hyuga were handed old man Hishi's notes, and that's reason enough to postpone the visit.
- What? They did? Boss! - The clones exclaimed almost simultaneously, making pleading expressions on their faces.
- Okay, okay, I'll share," I rolled my eyes.
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