Greatness From Small Beginnings Part 2

"So anyway! Let's continue!"

"Starting small, I'll first talk on my plan for the village before talking on how scale it to the entire world."

"!!!" Not caring for the surprise showed by his audience, Shiki continued calmly.

"First of all, since an utopian paradise without conflict is not only unachievable but also undesirable let's define what we'll be aiming for."

"What do you mean by that?" Interrupted the Hokage.

"What?"

"I get unachievable but why undesirable?"

"Simple! While too much conflict can bring about aimless destruction, no conflict at all will cause stagnation in society. Eventually even those purely good will rot away. In other words, too little is as bad as too much!"

"I will take questions at the end so don't interrupt me again please!" Not caring about the old man's reaction, Shiki continued.

"The village will have two leaders and before you ask I'm not planning on being either of them. One of these leaders will be the Hokage in charge of the village's official matters. The Hokage's job is to be the very example of a good and just ruler, protecting and looking over the village while inspiring trust and being someone to look up to and aspire to become."

"The second leader on the other hand, will be in charge of the village's dark side. Its underworld connections, unofficial missions and so on. It's their job to do the dirty work so that the Hokage can maintain an untainted image in any way shape or form."

Seeing the old man fall into thought, Shiki realized who he was thinking for the position and moved to prevent such thoughts.

"That position will not fall to Danzo and I will shed some light on why later."

Hiruzen wanted to say something but held himself back and decided to wait while Tsunade and Shizune kept to their position of observers.

"Next, scaling this system to a global scale. The general idea is that every Hidden Village will follow the same format as to how this will be achieved, it still requires some consideration but the plan is already in the works."

"Ultimately, I plan to establish at least two new Hidden Villages. One will be truly hidden and its goal will be to dominate at least most of the underworld, roping in the most prominent criminal organizations by hook or by crook all. All of the hidden leaders of the various Hidden Villages will form a sort of ruling council under that village's kage."

"As for the other one, Its purpose will be to serve as a paragon, a shining example for all other villages to follow. All official leaders, the Kages of the Hidden Villages will form a ruling council under that village's Kage."

"My ambition is to become these two kage and by doing so guide the conflict in the world to never go to far, hopefully leading to greater prosperity!"

"Quite a dangerous and unbridled ambition you have!" Claimed the Hokage while evaluating Shiki.

"Ambition and desire are what makes humans human. If my ambition ultimately benefits the world, why should I stop?"

Hiruzen paused at those words, comparing Shiki to one of his old apprentices.

'Same boundless ambition but the boy is right. Why stop when it benefits the world. I didn't become Hokage without making tough decisions in my life. In my old age I've become too afraid to rock the boat, trying to avoid war at all costs even harming some of the village's most valued members . . . Maybe I should bet on this young man's vision. It's still in an early stage but as long as there are people to support him and stop him from going to far . . .'

After a couple of more minutes of consideration Hiruzen gave his response.

"Fine! This old man will bet on your idea for the future of the world! What are the specifics to swear on?"

Tsunade had a smile on her face as she looked with praise to both her old teacher and her student. While Shizune was still shocked at such a colossal agreement being settled between the Hokage and a monstrous child that didn't at all act his age.

And so they both sweared utmost support for the idea as well as secrecy of the plan that was still in very early development and to not make along with some contingencies like how to handle succession of the hokage's seat and so on. Although simple, it ensured that none of them would go back on their word and give their all for the plan.

With that done, they started settle on more of the details. Hiruzen would provide materials and resources and Shiki would in turn produce various seals for Konoha's use, of course the production methods were strictly his. He also used some seals of a more questionable nature to gain favor in the criminal world all the while keeping the best stuff for his personal use and the use of the organizations he planned to create.

"Going back to earlier, to the matter of Danzo." Started Shiki, catching the full attention of the Hokage who was busy with hashing out some of the plan's specifics.

"Yes, why do you say he is not fitting for the role of leader in the shadows? This seems precisely where he fits best." Commented Hiruzen.

Tsunade was thinking of leaving with Shizune but this matter also caught her interest. While she had no love for the man obviously, she also though there was no one more fitting to wriggle around in the shadows like a worm.

"Fortunately, I have a great memory otherwise, I would have to procure a very large list of reasons."

"He was the ringleader of the Uchiha Massacre. While it can be said that was a necessary move. Danzo had been instrumental in driving the Uchiha to the point of planning a coup d'etat. This massively lowered the village's power while nearly inviting a new war and causing other villages to sense our weakness."

"He is still maintaining the Root organization despite being ordered to disband it. He didn't even bother to change the damn name!"

"He desecrated the corpses of the Uchiha removing their sharingan and keeping them for himself."

"Even before the coup, he stole the right eye of Uchiha Shisui and is walking around with it hidden under his bandages."

"He exhumed the remains of the First Hokage, Senju Hashirama to perform various experiments on innocent people using his cells."

"He regularly keeps contact with a criminal who is planning to destroy the village knowing this fully well. Orochimaru, perhaps you've heard of him?" Shiki added sarcastically in the end.

"But there's more!" Shiki continued not even letting anyone interrupt.

"He is aiming for the position of Hokage and since he believes you can't be removed from power while the village is at peace. He has been plotting numerous attempts to destabilize it."

"He wilfully ignored your order to not reveal Naruto's status as a jinchuuriki to the villagers. Not only leaking that information to everyone but also stating that he was the reason the Fourth hokage died thus drawing even more hatred towards Naruto."

"Should I keep going? I've compile the proof as well as how it was obtained in a special sealed scroll since even if you didn't take my offer, I would still bring this matter to your attention. Danzo must be eliminated, if you don't have the stomach to order the death of your old friend I'll do it for you. I don't mind!"

Shiki then explained how he spied on the Roots gatherings with his abilities and how he managed to penetrate the seals on Danzo's arm to reveal the secret of his multiple sharingan and implanted Hashirama cells.

Most of it was true. he cheated in the way that he already knew what he was looking for but he sensed powerful life aura and a peculiar combination on earth and water affinity in Danzo's right arm. After he retrieved the proof he gathered, Hiruzen was forced to admit that it had already gone to far.

Under the insistence and reassurance of Shiki they all decided to wait for a while longer to prepare for Danzo's capture so as to prevent all the members of the Root from going underground. Tsunade was quite vocal about "Dragging the old bastard out now!" after hearing what he did to the corpse of her grandfather but was eventually placated.

As for Shiki's position in the village, with the use of soul clones he decided to maintain two. One would be the basis of his underworld persona while the other would be standing in the light. Keeping with his theme, he went with the codename Reaper.

So Shiki was promoted to genin and would undertake both missions the Hokage thinks require his unique skills and participate in missions he decided to based on his own intel so long as the Hokage gave permission. Meanwhile, the Reaper would join the Anbu directly under the Hokage to perform more secretive missions and build up a merciless reputation.

With all said and done, Shiki returned home with Tsunade and Shizune who gave him a big scolding for how far he had gone to hide his true prowess.