Naruto: Son of the Earthshaker

Muttering to himself.

Then, Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath, suddenly exhaled a smoke ring, and a hint of coldness appeared on his face.

Even if the Uchiha clan couldn't afford to lose face, could the opinion of the Hokage be easily rejected? !

Boom boom boom!

At this moment, a ninja at the door knocked on the door and respectfully reported to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Hokage-sama! Ishigami is here."

"Let him in."

Hearing Ishigami's name, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression relaxed slightly and he put his pipe aside.

After entering the Hokage's office, Ishigami just glanced around briefly without looking around. He walked straight to Sarutobi Hiruzen's desk and saluted gently.

"Hokage-sama!"

"No need to be polite, get up."

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled amiably and asked, "How has life been in Konoha these years?"

"fine."

In fact, Ishigami really wanted to add that it was a good thing he didn't die.

But I still held back.

However, Ishigami finally said: "In fact, Hokage-sama should have a complete understanding of how I live."

"Um."

Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded slightly, with a hint of appreciation in his eyes.

He had summoned Minato Namikaze before.

From these two simple sentences with Ishigami, it can be seen that Ishigami's mentality is the same as that of Minato Namikaze.

Although they are only eight or nine years old, they can think like adults.

In this way, he wouldn't need to talk to Ishigami in the same way as he would talk to a child.

"I understand. After all, you come from another village, and conflicts often arise between villages... Especially in recent years, there have been wars everywhere."

"Your village was directly attacked and destroyed by the Sand Village in the Wind Country, one of the five major ninja countries."

Having said that, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Ishigami and found that Ishigami's expression was extremely calm from beginning to end, without any emotional fluctuations. After nodding secretly, he continued.

"It just so happened that the ninjas from our Konoha Village were nearby. After a battle with the Sand Village, they rescued the only survivor from the war and brought you back to Konoha."

"Children from other villages will encounter difficulties and oppression in all aspects in our Konoha. I know all the grievances you have suffered in Konoha."

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Ishigami with a kind look on his face.

"In the future, nothing like that will ever happen again."

Listening to Sarutobi Hiruzen's words, Ishigami understood in his heart that this was just Sarutobi Hiruzen's simple attempt to win him over.

What this sentence actually means is that you don't need to care about the past. From now on, you are a member of Konoha.

"Thank you for your care, Hokage-sama."

Ishigami responded softly, with a hint of gratitude on his face at the right time.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled happily, stood up from his chair and walked to Ishigami's side.

"Although I have suffered a lot of injustice in Konoha, at least... in our Konoha, we will not be affected by any war, right?"

"Um."

Ishigami nodded gently.

Indeed, compared to the small ninja villages in the ninja world, where people live in fear every day and are insecure about their future, even if the treatment in the big ninja villages is bad, at least they don't have to worry about being affected by the war, becoming homeless, and displaced.

"Let the past be the past."

Patting Ishigami's shoulder, Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled kindly.

"You performed very well yesterday. I saw a very exciting battle."

"You have great talent, and your intelligence is not inferior to those adults at all. Now you are actually an outstanding ninja."

At this point, Sarutobi Hiruzen paused for a moment.

His tone changed slightly, and he continued: "But..."

"You have great talent, but you still need time to grow. You are still a little immature in every aspect right now."

"I hope that you can settle down in the coming time, continue to practice, accumulate experience, and you will surely shine with your own light in the future."

There was something strange about what Sarutobi Hiruzen said, as if he was hinting at something.

To Ishigami, this was undoubtedly equivalent to telling him directly that he was still too young and should practice diligently from now on.

But the question is... where is the environment for honest practice? !

In less than three months, his life-and-death duel with Uchiha Han would begin.

After a brief thought, Ishigami guessed Sarutobi Hiruzen's intention and asked, "Hokage-sama, do you want me to give up the life-and-death duel with Uchiha Han?"

There was a slight glimmer of admiration in Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes. His words were a bit roundabout, but Ishigami still reacted so quickly.

"Yes, that's what I mean. Although you are excellent and outstanding, there is still a big gap between you and Uchiha Han now."

"So this life-and-death duel..."

Just as he had said this, Sarutobi Hiruzen was suddenly interrupted by another voice.

"Sarutobi, this life-and-death duel cannot be stopped!"

The voice was calm, with a hint of peace, yet also a hint of indifference.

At the door, the Hokage assisted Danzo, with an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes, and walked in steadily step by step.

"Danzo."

When he saw Danzo coming over, Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart sank and his brows frowned.

" Ishigami is just a child. How can such a life-and-death duel count?!"

"Sarutobi, I only know that the rules are that no matter who the two parties are, once they apply for a life-and-death duel, one party cannot veto it unilaterally. Even if you are the Hokage, you cannot break the rules."

Danzo looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen with a calm expression, but there was an inexplicable light flashing in his eyes.

Since Sarutobi Hiruzen is unwilling to let go and unwilling to hand over Ishigami to him for training, he will not simply watch Ishigami become Sarutobi Hiruzen's right-hand man.

Unless Sarutobi Hiruzen is willing to hand Ishigami over to him.

"Rules are also established by people. What if I want to abolish them?" Sarutobi Hiruzen snorted coldly.

As the Hokage, he is always superior to Danzo in the original work, so how could he not guess Danzo's intention?

It was understood almost instantly that Danzo just wanted to force him to give in so that he could get Ishigami.

"Then, I won't agree to it."

Danzo stood there calmly and said, "If you want to change the rules, you must get the unanimous consent of the Elders Council. I think not only me, but even Menyan and Xiaochun will not support you changing the rules so easily."

"you..."

Seeing this, Sarutobi Hiruzen's expression suddenly became ugly.

The life-and-death duel is a tradition that has been passed down from the Warring States Period. It was abolished by the first Hokage, Hashirama Senju, and then resumed by the second Hokage, Tobirama Senju.

Within a village, there are always complicated power conflicts, such as the major families.

Where there are disputes, there will be conflicts.

In the end, some irreconcilable contradictions always develop.

Such an irreconcilable conflict cannot allow the two sides to directly go to war within Konoha, but it cannot be suppressed forcibly either.

If we suppress it by force, it will turn into riot sooner or later!

Senju Tobirama's philosophy is completely different from Senju Hashirama's. He believes that people's hearts need to be restricted by rules and all conflicts must be handled in an orderly manner.

So after succeeding the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju continued the ancient tradition of the Warring States Period and re-introduced the rule of life and death duel to resolve some irreconcilable internal conflicts.

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