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The Third Hokage: "..."
Can't you just talk properly?
Tsunade forcefully pushed open the door. Looking at the Third Hokage who was sitting there smoking with a face full of impatience, smelling the smoke, she waved her hand in front of her nose with a look of disgust and loudly asked, "Jiji! What do you want with me?"
The Third Hokage saw the disgusted look in Tsunade's eyes and couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eye slightly.
"Bang!"
Hearing this, Tsunade immediately looked at the Third Hokage with a contemptuous face and said, "It's been half a month already. Didn't you know about it a long time ago? Why are you still asking me?"
Even his former favorite disciple, Orochimaru, had drifted further and further away from him over the years. He became obsessed with experiments, becoming more and more unscrupulous, and getting closer and closer to Tanzō.
This really gave him a headache.
Is it that this old teacher can't even lift a sword anymore, or have you, Tsunade, gotten too cocky?
Then, he sat down again, looked at Tsunade, and asked, "I heard that you recently took Uchiha Gen, a genius of the Uchiha clan, as your disciple?"
"Tch!"
But when he thought of Nawaki and others, a hint of guilt flashed in the Third Hokage's eyes, and his voice couldn't help but soften. Then, he helplessly asked, "I do know, but I still want to ask you. Also, I want to know about this Uchiha Gen."
"Actually, I'm quite surprised that you would take an Uchiha as your disciple."
After all, the Senju clan had always had a bad relationship with the Uchiha clan.
He immediately put out his tobacco pipe, spat out a puff of smoke, stood up, and opened the window to let the smoke out.
"At the same time, his learning ability and comprehension are extremely strong. He learns everything quickly."
"At present, he has almost mastered all of my Mystical Palm Technique!"
Speaking of this, Tsunade looked at the Third Hokage seriously and said, "So, Jiji, I'm warning you. He is a disciple recognized by me, Tsunade."
"I don't care what plans and underhanded tricks you have against the Uchiha clan. As long as I'm here, I definitely won't allow anyone to target him or do anything bad to him. Otherwise, don't blame me for turning my back on you!"
Speaking of this, Tsunade ignored the Third Hokage's darkening face, glanced at the wooden wall on the right, and then, looking at the Third Hokage with a cold glint in her eyes, said, "Warn that old thing Tanzō for me. If he dares to reach out to Uchiha Gen, I'll chop off his hand. Don't think I don't know anything about what happened to Nawaki and Dan back then."
"If it weren't for Konoha, and if Konoha weren't the painstaking effort of my great-grandfather and second-grandfather, I would have caused a huge ruckus and left long ago. Humph!"
After saying that, Tsunade turned around and left with a cold face.
Leaving the Third Hokage sitting there with a livid face.
"Sigh!"
After a long while, he let out a long sigh, picked up his tobacco pipe again, lit it, and then took a few puffs. He called out to the hidden door on his left, "Alright, come out! What are you still hiding for? Tsunade has already gone far."
"Creak!"
The next moment, the hidden door was opened, and Tanzō walked out from inside. With a gloomy face, he preemptively said to the Third Hokage, "Hiruzen, look at the good disciple you taught. He even dares to directly threaten you and me. Is he going to fly to the sky in the future?"
The Third Hokage gave Tanzō a sidelong glance and retorted irritably, "I don't need you to teach me how to educate my disciples."
"Don't you know exactly why she's like this?"
"Don't think you've been doing things unnoticed. Can't you tell what she's already found out?"
"And why did you target Nawaki back then?"
"Why did you send Dan to deliberately get close to Tsunade? What are you up to, Tanzō?"
Speaking of this, the Third Hokage was also extremely annoyed.
Why had his relationship with disciples like Tsunade become so strained? It was all because of Tanzō's meddling!
This old friend of his was really crossing the line more and more with his actions.
Obsessed with power and always coveting his position as Hokage, did he really think he didn't know?
But Tanzō didn't stop to think. With his character, did he deserve to be a Hokage?
Could he even be a good Hokage?
"Hiruzen, you actually blame me?"
Hearing this, Tanzō stared at the Third Hokage in disbelief and said angrily, "Who did I do all this for? Isn't it all for you?"
"All these years, if it weren't for me secretly establishing ROOT and handling so many things that couldn't be put out in the open for you, could you have sat firmly in the position of Hokage? Could you have achieved your current status?"
Tanzō's expression was exactly like that of a wronged little wife who had been stabbed in the back.
"Moreover, how many times do I have to say it? The matter of Nawaki has nothing to do with me, and the matter of Dan has nothing to do with me either. Those were all the results of his own self - determination. Don't pin the blame on me."
Just thinking about Dan made him furious.
This traitor. He was supposed to get close to Tsunade and help him gain control over Tsunade, but he actually chose to betray him for a woman.
Then don't blame him for getting rid of that guy once and for all.
"No one can betray me!" Tanzō roared in his heart.
Seeing Tanzō here trying to shift the blame and deceive himself again, the Third Hokage felt even more annoyed.
The evidence has been slapped right in your face, yet you, Tanzō, still open your eyes and talk nonsense, flatly denying it. This is just downright shameless!
But unfortunately, he still needed Tanzō and couldn't really have a falling out with him. How frustrating!
"Alright! Alright! Let's not talk about this anymore!"
The Third Hokage waved his hand impatiently and continued, "You heard what Tsunade said just now. She obviously values this disciple of hers very much. So stop having ideas about Uchiha Gen!"
"Rein in your tricks. Don't end up annoying Tsunade, getting yourself in trouble, and then blaming me for not warning you."
In the Third Hokage's opinion, it was fine for Tsunade to take Uchiha Gen as her disciple.
Ever since Kagami died, the Uchiha clan had been on the fringes of the village, seemingly in harmony but actually divided. The relationship between them and the village has been deteriorating.
This was not what the Third Hokage wanted to see.
He admitted that he did want to tame the arrogance of the Uchiha clan.
But he also wanted to bring the Uchiha clan under his control and make them completely submit to him and serve him.
After all, the Uchiha ninjas were indeed strong, with many geniuses emerging.
They were truly a useful blade.
For Konoha to establish itself in the ninja world, it currently couldn't do without the Uchiha clan.
Now, everything is fine. Uchiha Gen has become Tsunade's disciple, which means he is the Third Hokage's great-grand-disciple.
Moreover, Uchiha Gen is also the son of Uchiha Qianyi.
Uchiha Qianyi is a pivotal young figure in the Uchiha clan and also the deputy captain of the Konoha Security Force.
The Third Hokage wants to use Uchiha Gen as a link. On the one hand, he wants to ease the relationship between the Uchiha clan and the village.
On the other hand, it is also convenient for him to gain an opportunity to control the Uchiha clan.
"I seem to need to find an opportunity to meet this Uchiha Gen. After confirming that it's feasible, I will focus on winning him over, cultivating him, and brainwashing him."
"If the time is right in the future, I can also support him to rise within the Uchiha clan and help me gain control of the Uchiha clan."
The Third Hokage pondered to himself.
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"Don't just look at this 3 - year - old kid, but he has already mastered medical knowledge and theory no less than that of a Jonin in the medical class through self-study."
"Of course, it's just theory."
They used to be sworn enemies.
The two clans have been fighting for a thousand years.
In the Hokage's office,
Of course, these are not what he is considering. What he is really considering is the Mondai of the Uchiha clan.
"That child is really a prodigy!"
Hearing this, Tsunade folded her arms and said bluntly, "His talent in Mystical Palm Technique and medicine is unprecedented. He is much stronger than me."
She thought to herself what kind of sin she had done to accept such disciples.
Whether it's Tsunade or Jiraiya, neither of them is worry - free.