Ch. 87. Sandaime and Danzo each have their own plans. [2]

Danzo looked at the disappearing figure of Hiruzen, his heart filled with anger:

- "Am I not suitable to be Hokage? Hiruzen, do you still have the nerve to say this?"

- "Look at how weak Konoha has become under your incompetent leadership over the years?"

- "He is timid even in try to killing a Mizuki. Such a person is not suitable to be Hokage at all?"

- "I am the most suitable person to be Hokage. Only I can lead the village back to its peak. Only I am the hope of the Fire Country."

His ambitions expanded even more under the stimulation of Hiruzen.

　　After leaving the Hokage Tower and walking back to his base, Danzo was filled with dissatisfaction.

　　By the time he returned to base, a decision had been made:

- "Mizuki has no heartfelt feelings for Konoha. The key is that he is not weak. He has already surpassed half of the jounin."

- "Keeping such a person would be too harmful to Konoha."

- "The Chunin Exam is coming soon, and we have to deal with Orochimaru's plan to Crush Konoha. Hiruzen may have given up on killing Mizuki. At most, he will send Mizuki out of the village on a long-term mission before the Chunin Exam."

- "But it's not safe!"

A glint flashed in Danzo's eyes:

-"Since we can't kill him, there is only one way to control him."

- "After the Chunin Exams are over and Hiruzen is killed by Orochimaru, I can control Mizuki to continue destroying Konoha, and then I will kill him myself."

- "That way, my reputation in the village will reach its peak, and my enthronement as the Godaime will be confirmed."

He raised his hand to cover his bandaged right eye with a smile on his face.

　　This eye is finally going to be put to great use.

　　Danzo waved his hand to summon a Root-ninja and ordered:

- "Go, ask Mizuki to come here to meet me!"

　　Root-ninja:

-"Yes!"

And immediately left.

　　At the same time, the Hokage's office building, Third Hokage walked into the mission hall and ordered:

- "Bring me the latest mission authorization letter."

　　Iruka immediately brought the power of attorney, and Sandaime flipped through it, locking in a task.

　　Protect the caravan heading to the Country of Tea, mission level C.

　　Third Hokage:

- "Iruka, leave this task to Mizuki, inform him to pick it up and set off early tomorrow morning."

Iruka responded:

- "Yes, Lord Sandaime!"

Looking at the back of Sandaime leaving, he was filled with worry.

　　He guessed that this was another plan of Sandaime against Mizuki.

　　It's a pity that he is just an ordinary chunin and has no right to speak. He can only watch the life and death of his friends.

　　Sandaime returned to the office, wrote a note, rolled it up, put it in a thin bamboo tube, and stuffed the bamboo tube tightly with a stopper.

　　Holding the bamboo tube, he walked to the window sill.

　　On the windowsill, a crow looked sideways at Sandaime.

　　Third Hokage tied the bamboo tube to the crow's leg and said:

- "Go!"

The crow croaked twice, fluttered its wings, and flew away into the distance.

　　At this time, Mizuki was practicing magic at the Eighth training ground. [Demonic Illusion: Death Mirage Technique].

　　The training object is a little squirrel in the tree.

　　The poor squirrel was pulling at a pine cone, trying to get out the pine nuts.

　　Suddenly, there was a trance in front of my eyes. The pine cone turned into a snake and instantly entangled the squirrel, getting tighter and tighter.

　　The squirrel struggled wildly and opened its mouth to scream, but to no avail.

　　It only felt that its body was getting tighter and tighter, its breathing was getting more and more difficult, and it was almost suffocating.

　　Suddenly, the scene changed, the snake was gone, and the pine cone was still a pine cone.

　　But the little squirrel's eyes were dull, he was unsteady on his feet, and fell to the ground with a "plop".

　　Falling under Mizuki's genjutsu, it was frightened and fainted.

　　Mizuki:

- "Little squirrel, I'm sorry!"

He felt very guilty and sorry for this little squirrel.

　　It's innocent!

　　Mizuki:

- "As compensation, I decided to give you lots of delicious food!"

He ran to the tree, picked a lot of pine cones, and piled them around the little squirrel.

　　When he thought about the little squirrel waking up and seeing so many pine cones around him, he was so happy that he couldn't help himself. The guilt in Mizuki's heart immediately disappeared a lot.

　　Mizuki:

- "Still not proficient enough, then find another practice target!"

He looked around and quickly zeroed in on another squirrel not far away.

　　As his eyes locked, the little squirrel also looked towards Mizuki, his eyes full of resistance and fear:

- "Don't come over here!"

　　Mizuki:

- "Hey, don't worry, I will be very gentle!"

Just as he was about to take action, suddenly, a masked ninja appeared and jumped in front of Mizuki in a few steps.

　　Mizuki frowned:

- "Root-ninja?"

He not knowing what this Root-ninja wanted to do when he stood in front of him.

　　Root-ninja:

- "Mizuki, Danzo-sama wants to see you, please come with me!"

　　Mizuki curled his lips and said:

- "No time!"

　　Root-ninja was stunned and said:

- "Danzo-sama comes to you, how dare you refuse?"

　　Mizuki dug his ears with his fingers and mocked:

- "I'm not a Root-ninja, why should I listen to Danzo?"

- "Okay, I'm annoyed when I see you Root-ninjas. Get out of here and don't disturb my practice."

　　The Root-inja was angry, but he didn't dare to take action.

　　Root-ninja began to threaten:

"Don't you have to ask Danzo-sama to come to you in person?"

　　Mizuki said coldly:

- "I told you to get out, you don't understand human language, right?"

　　The next moment, he stared at this Root-ninja and activated the [Demonic Illusion: Death Mirage Technique].

　　For a moment, the Root-ninja fell into fear, his eyes widened and his body stiffened.

　　But in just one second, the Root-ninja got rid of the control of the genjutsu.

　　Root-ninja:

- "Mizuki, you dare to use genjutsu to attack the ninjas in the village. Do you know what this is?"

　　Mizuki chuckled:

- "I'm just sparring with you, and I didn't hurt you. What's your name?"

- "Of course, if you continue to stay here and complain, then I don't mind letting you experience the surprise of being killed by me."