Naruto: Starting from the Reincarnation of the Otsutsuki

Chapter 66 Forgive Me, Orochimaru

"well……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi rubbed his temples, his expression gradually becoming serious.

These are ultimately just speculations.

Konoha still has many things to resolve.

The first priority is to appease the Hyuga clan.

Thinking of this, he picked up the report about the Hyuga clan that Minato Namikaze had submitted two days earlier, and his gaze slowly darkened.

Hiashi Hyuga, you don't trust him at all...?

According to the report, the Hyuga clan's attitude towards the village is more nuanced than he imagined.

His words conveyed a sense of estrangement and wariness, especially towards Danzo.

"..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed softly, feeling both regret for Danzo being made a scapegoat and a headache for the Hyuga clan.

He restarted the crystal ball and observed Konoha Village once more.

Just as he expected, the Hyuga clan members were almost nowhere to be seen in the village.

On the contrary, the Uchiha clan, who did not have a good relationship with the villagers in the past, are now frequently appearing on the streets. Although they are still carefree, they are unusually active in maintaining order and investigating spies.

Apart from the few Hyuga clan members in the mission team.

Looking across the entire village, the only Hyuga clansman they could find strolling around was none other than Hyuga Aoran, who was sitting in Ichiraku Ramen, eating noodles with Uzumaki Kushina.

"..."

Looking at the scene in the crystal ball, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was somewhat ambiguous.

He wasn't concerned about Kushina's identity, nor did he suspect that Hinata Seiran had ulterior motives for approaching her.

After all, Kushina's control over the Nine-Tails is now close to that of Mito Uzumaki, and with the Anbu constantly watching her, there is no need to worry too much about her safety.

What he was truly concerned about was that the Hyuga clan had fallen to this state.

"I'm still not a very good Hokage..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi murmured softly, his expression complex.

The Hyuga clan clearly wanted to get closer to the village, but the village didn't trust them.

He wasn't oblivious to this, but there was still a chance to salvage the situation.

After a long while, Hiruzen Sarutobi recalled the relationship between Fugaku Uchiha and Minato, as well as Hiashi Hyuga's expectations for Minato, and finally made up his mind.

"Let's give the position of Fourth Hokage to Minato..."

But before that, I'll pave the way for you.

Hiruzen Sarutobi watched as Hyuga Aoran, who was walking towards the Hokage's office through the crystal ball, appeared.

"We're already at the Hokage Building... are you still watching us?" Hinata Seiran walked slowly into the Hokage Building. After registering his information, the feeling of being spied on finally disappeared from him.

"It seems the Third Hokage still values ​​the Hyuga clan quite a bit..." he thought to himself as he walked.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura's current attitude towards the Hyuga clan is just like their attitude towards the Uchiha clan in the original story.

The only difference is that Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo did not have such deep prejudice against the Hyuga clan.

Although they were quite annoyed by the trouble the Hyuga clan had caused recently.

However, the village's attitude can still be seen from the S-rank wanted notice issued to "Blue" by the Hokage Building.

The village did not want to completely break ties with the Hyuga clan, but still hoped that the Hyuga clan could stabilize again.

As for Hyuga Aoran, who was involved, he clearly knew that there had been a significant increase in the number of ninjas recently tasked with investigating "Ao".

However, in the eyes of the Hyuga clan, the primary blame must be placed on Danzo.

Do not……

It must be said that the blame has to be placed on Danzo.

Even if he didn't do it, in order to quell the resentment in the clan, the blame should be placed on him.

This is what Hyuga Hiashi told his clansmen.

Ao and his group can't handle it, but Danzo and his group can manage it if they try.

They keep talking about rebellion.

Ultimately, however, the Hyuga clan did not have that strength.

As a result, Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo Shimura did not take any real action other than monitoring the Hyuga clan.

"If Danzo knew that the Hyuga clan's Byakugan could fuse into a giant Tenseigan... things would probably be very different now, wouldn't they?"

Hinata Seiran shook his head, banishing the thoughts from his mind, and gently knocked on the door.

After receiving a response, he stepped into the Hokage's office.

"Lord Hokage..."

Seeing the child who immediately bowed to him, Hiruzen Sarutobi's satisfaction increased even more.

This was how it was at the Ninja Academy: respect the Hokage, help your classmates, honor your teachers, and always remember the Will of Fire.

As he grew up, he also understood the Will of Fire and never put the interests of his family above those of the village.

and...

"The main family members remain the same as before, while the clan head Hiashi still maintains his original attitude."

"But Lord Danzo did not give me any other tasks."

As Hyuga Seiran reported on the Hyuga clan and Danzo again, Hiruzen Sarutobi involuntarily raised his eyebrows.

If Hyuga Aoran hadn't reported to him, and if he hadn't been an unofficial member of Root, he would never have known that Danzo had been up to so many tricks behind the scenes.

But when Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the two advisors, he discovered that they also knew these things.

Ironically, he, the Hokage, became the last person to know the truth.

The darkness at the roots...

Even if it's just an unofficial staff member...

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head inwardly.

He didn't want a boy full of the will of fire to fall into it.

Thinking of this, a kind smile appeared on his face, and he slowly said, "Qinglan, I heard that you chose Jiraiya's ninjutsu from the ninjutsu library..."

"Have you learned it? If not..."

Snapped!

Before he could finish speaking, a single hair instantly transformed into a thousand strands, piercing directly into the wall.

"You... you've already learned it?"

But that's not all.

Hinata Seiran's hair changed rapidly, and Jiraiya's signature self-created ninjutsu were displayed one by one at that moment.

"That's... amazing..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi chuckled twice, his expression slightly complicated.

He originally wanted to take this opportunity to give Hinata Seiran some pointers, get closer to him, and send a signal to the Hinata clan.

Unexpectedly, the other party had already learned it all.

However, there are gains and losses.

If an A-rank or S-rank ninjutsu could be used to secure the safety of the Hyuga clan, then it would be worthwhile.

That's right.

Hiruzen Sarutobi hoped that Hyuga Seiran would become a bridge between the Hyuga clan and the village, rather than a thorn in the side of the Hyuga clan as Danzo had envisioned.

In this way...

It can both pave the way for the water gate and make the village better.

As for Orochimaru...

Hiruzen Sarutobi was momentarily dazed, but quickly regained his resolve.

Minato was clearly more popular than Orochimaru.

Forgive me, Orochimaru, next time.