Chapter 13: Suspicious Sarutobi

Chapter 13: Suspicious Sarutobi

Konoha.

Hokage Office.

A meeting was being held at this moment, the atmosphere in the room being heavy.

"Hiruzen, you're too soft let me handle the situation at the border" said Danzo to Sarutobi sitting in front of him.

The friction between small countries has intensified even more recently, as some of the area at the border of Land of Fire was destroyed due to it.

"Danzo, I'm not afraid of those small countries causing chaos at the border but the other villages are looking at us like a prey, all they need is a reason to start a war, we can't waste our resources on small countries" said Sarutobi shaking his head.

"Konoha is the strongest village, what's there to be afraid of we can easily__"

"Stop it! Danzo I'm the Hokage I know what's best for the village" interjected Sarutobi giving no room for any more discussion.

"I know you are the Hokage already so don't say it anymore" roared Danzo in his heart.

Whenever Danzo hears Sarutobi saying "I'm the Hokage" his heart burns from jealously.

His dream has always been to be a Hokage but one wrong decision cost him the Hokage title.

During a mission, Second Hokage asked for someone to be the bait for others to escape from Kinkaku squad.

At that time Sarutobi presented himself and Tobirama Senju nominated him the next Hokage.

"If only I could back to that moment" Danzo thought in his heart with extreme regret.

Throwing these thoughts out of his mind, Danzo said to Sarutobi with angry tone

"Hiruzen! Your soft attitude will only harm Konoha" saying that Danzo stood up going back.

Knock....

"If I can get him I'll have an excellent Trump card against Sarutobi" thought Danzo excitedly.

But how could his thoughts be hidden from Old fox Sarutobi.

Sarutobi knew Danzo might use Kozuki one day against him if he got him, as he knew that Danzo's obsession with Hokage title was enough for him to even kill his best friend.

"Don't even think about it, the War may start at any time Konoha needs such genius I can't let you make him an emotionless puppet" said Sarutobi strictly pouring cold water on his hopes.

"Damn you!" Danzo was furious in his heart as he didn't expect to get rejected but suddenly had another thought "If I can't have him, then no one can"

Danzo had a cruel expression on his face as he said to Sarutobi.

"Hiruzen don't you find it suspicious he had such strength but he kept hiding it and you remember the spy four years ago he died from a sword and you know that Kid has the dream of being a swordsman".

As expected, after hearing his words, Sarutobi remembered the spy killed four years ago whose killer was never found.

"He's just a Kid, you are too suspicious Danzo" said Sarutobi as he couldn't believe a child of that could have any hidden motives.

You should know when Kozuki killed the spy he was only 5.

"I just told you my thoughts the rest is up to you" saying that Danzo stood up to leave.

"Once you're suspicious of someone Sarutobi, he'll never have a good end" thought Danzo as he knew he had succeeded in making Kozuki suspicious for Sarutobi.

As Danzo thought, after he left, Sarutobi called the Anbu and asked him to monitor Kozuki and took out Kozuki's file looking through it once again.

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Kozuki didn't know after he revealed his strength both Sarutobi and Danzo had gotten suspicious of him.

After parting with Minato and other's, he quickly arrived home and after talking a bath he fell asleep immediately a bit tired after the whole day.

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