"Danzo, calm down."
Renya noticed that something was off about Danzo's expression and instinctively tried to comfort him.
Although he didn't understand why his good friend was acting this way, he still soothed him out of instinct.
"Renya, I'm fine. Let's go find the Hokage first and understand the situation."
Shimura Danzo's gaze fell on the Fifth Hokage's stone statue on the Hokage Rock, his eyebrows lifting slightly.
Tsunade, huh.
He had thought that Renya's disciples were all uninterested in becoming Hokage, but he hadn't expected Tsunade to take the position of Fifth Hokage.
That worked out nicely—he could ask that girl about Konoha's situation…
Danzo really wanted to know who the terrorists that attacked Konoha Village actually were.
Once they returned to their original time, he could snuff out the danger in its cradle in advance.
No matter who it was, they were not allowed to threaten the village!
Seeing that Danzo had returned to normal, Renya couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
As long as his good friend hadn't changed, that was fine.
...
The two asked around along the way and eventually arrived at the temporarily constructed Konoha hospital.
They heard that during the enemy's invasion of Konoha, Tsunade had overused Katsuyu to heal people, exhausting her chakra and falling into a coma.
"Where is Tsunade?"
As Shimura Danzo entered the hospital, the aura he carried made it obvious at a glance that he was a big shot.
The medical ninja present looked at Danzo and Renya in surprise.
They didn't understand when the village had gained such a figure.
Someone who even dared to call the Hokage by name.
"May I ask who you are?"
A medical ninja stepped forward and asked cautiously.
Although they didn't recognize Shimura Danzo, judging from his presence and how he addressed the Hokage, they knew he was no ordinary person.
Renya stood behind Danzo and had no intention of speaking.
This kind of thing was best left to his good friend. Besides, he also wanted to see the Tsunade of this timeline.
No, wait—Tsunade was much older than him.
"You don't need to know who I am. Just take me to Tsunade."
Shimura Danzo had no intention of revealing his identity. Who knew whether explaining it would change the past?
To be safe, it was best not to reveal anything at all. Even if he had to say something, it should only be to a select few.
"Um…"
The medical ninja hesitated.
The identities of these two were unclear. Taking them to see the Hokage rashly was definitely against protocol.
If they turned out to be assassins, he would bear the blame.
At that moment, Renya took out the token representing a Hokage Advisor.
"Is this useful?"
Seeing the token clearly, the medical ninja immediately nodded solemnly.
"Please follow me, you two!"
Renya looked surprised and leaned toward Danzo, whispering,
"I didn't expect the title of Hokage Advisor to be this effective in this timeline."
He had thought this thing would be useless and was just trying his luck, but it actually worked!
Shimura Danzo: "..."
In reality, the medical ninja didn't recognize either of them. But upon seeing the Hokage Advisor's token, his doubts were dispelled.
The identities of the village's upper echelon weren't fully transparent; not everyone knew them.
It was possible they had been appointed during the Third Hokage's tenure…
After all, the current acting Hokage used to be a Hokage Advisor.
"We're here. The Hokage is inside."
The medical ninja brought them to the door. Renya directly pushed it open and walked in.
"Who are you?"
Shizune, who was keeping watch by the bedside, immediately stood up and questioned them when she saw the two barge in.
This was Tsunade-sama's recovery room, yet these two didn't even knock before entering.
They clearly didn't come with good intentions!
"Don't be nervous. We have no malicious intent."
As Renya spoke, he looked toward Tsunade on the hospital bed, her face pale.
There was no danger to her life—she had merely exhausted her chakra and fallen into a short-term coma.
"Who are you, and what are you doing here!"
Shizune didn't lower her guard because of Renya's words. If anything seemed off, she would immediately call for help.
"I came here only to understand what happened to the village, and why it ended up like this."
Shimura Danzo spoke in a deep voice. The commanding aura of someone long in power instantly stunned Shizune.
How did this person look even more like a Hokage than Tsunade-sama?
Under the pressure of Danzo's powerful presence, Shizune unconsciously explained the Akatsuki organization and Pain's invasion of Konoha.
By the time she reacted, she herself was stunned.
Why had she just told them all of that?
Renya already knew what had happened to the village, so there was no particular expression on his face.
Danzo, on the other hand, frowned deeply.
Akatsuki's plan to collect the tailed beasts—why did it sound so much like Uchiha Madara's "Eye of the Moon" plan?!
His intuition told him that Madara's hand was definitely behind this!
"Since Tsunade has fallen into a coma, who is responsible for the village's reconstruction?"
Shimura Danzo asked again.
"It's Shimura Danzo-sama… He is the village's acting Hokage. But yesterday he already left to attend the Five Kage Summit convened by the Raikage, so he isn't in the village right now…"
Seeing that the two didn't seem like bad people, Shizune told them everything she knew.
Perhaps they were a backup Tsunade-sama had prepared.
"I… Danzo, acting Hokage?!"
Hearing this, Shimura Danzo's expression turned strange.
It seemed that the him of this timeline wasn't completely useless after all.
At least he had managed to become acting Hokage. There was still some hope of officially taking the position.
Renya's eyes lit up. The plot had already reached the Five Kage Summit period.
Then the incident of Uchiha Sasuke accompanying the old man for a stroll was about to happen, wasn't it?
If he remembered correctly, Sasuke would wreak havoc at the Five Kage Summit and then hunt down Danzo.
Originally, it could have gone fifty-fifty, but because Uchiha Obito applied pressure from the side, Danzo was put under enormous strain.
In the end, he could only use a mutual-destruction tactic, which resulted in sealing an entire bridge.
Renya really wanted to go and watch the fun.
Anyway, the Fifth Hokage—no, the acting Hokage—had only set out yesterday. With their travel speed, it would take at least two or three days.
He could definitely make it in time!
Taking his good friend Danzo to watch this timeline's Danzo being forced to take a walk with a young man.
Tsk tsk, just thinking about it was interesting.
As for whether to step in and help at that time, that would depend on good friend Danzo's choice.
At this moment, Danzo had no idea what Renya was thinking.
Instead, he continued to learn from Shizune about what had happened in the village over the years.
Including, but not limited to, the Third Hokage's governance policies, the cause of the Fourth Hokage's death, and various other matters.
Of course, there were some things Shizune didn't know either, so she only gave a rough overview.
After listening to her explanation, Danzo fell into a daze.
This timeline differed greatly from the one they came from.
He subconsciously looked at Renya, only to find that there was no look of shock on his friend's face, as if he had already known everything.
"Normal. It's a parallel timeline, after all."
Renya had no intention of explaining and just casually found an excuse to brush it off.
Shimura Danzo: "..."
Well… when you put it that way, it did seem to make a bit of sense.
Parallel timelines—some differences should be normal, right?
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