"Wood Release: Deep Forest Emergence!"
Accompanied by Shimura Danzo's hands swiftly forming hand seals, the large amount of chakra in his body quickly transformed into Wood Release Chakra.
Boom! Boom!!
Centered around Shimura Danzo, numerous trees continuously broke through the ground and rapidly grew, forming a small forest.
"Although it's still not as good as the first Hokage, it should be enough to deal with Sosuke." Shimura Danzo looked at the hundreds of towering trees around him with a satisfied grin.
After more than twenty days of cultivation, his progress in Wood Release was not minor.
This gave Shimura Danzo a feeling that he is one in a million Wood Release genius.
It's not that Shimura Danzo is narcissistic, but this is simply the reality.
If it wasn't his own talent, could it be because of "Uchiha Madara's" experiments?
That would be too illogical, why would "Uchiha Madara" be so kind as to help him enhance his power.
Shimura Danzo now had an inexplicable confidence, feeling that even if he didn't have the Ninja Sect inheritance and the Rinnegan, if he kept cultivating for another year, he could surpass Sarutobi Hiruzen in strength.
Of course, Shimura Danzo would still not miss out on the Ninja Sect inheritance and the Rinnegan, the more good things, the better.
After the cultivation ended, Shimura Danzo returned to the Root Base, summoning all the Root Ninjas in Konoha.
There were only six days left until the scheduled date for the ambush, and all of Root's forces in other places had already been arranged to the Land of Rain, leaving only the Root Ninjas in Konoha on standby.
"Lord Danzo, everyone has arrived and is ready to execute the mission at any time." A Root Ninja reported to Shimura Danzo.
"You give this to Mokgetsu." Shimura Danzo nodded, took out a Scroll, and handed it to the Root Ninja.
The safest option was to give the mission to Mokgetsu just before departure, but Shimura Danzo was worried that waiting too long might cause unforeseen issues.
Anyone else would be fine, but this time it was about his own safety, he couldn't afford to be careless.
Next, Shimura Danzo selected the weakest newcomer to guard the Root Base, and then ordered the Root Ninjas to leave the village in batches and head to the Land of Rain.
As for Shimura Danzo himself, he did not leave immediately but went to the Hokage Building instead.
In the coming days, he wouldn't be able to appear in Konoha, so before leaving, he wanted to make an appearance in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen one last time.
He's been doing this constantly over the past few days, appearing in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen every four to six days to maintain his presence.
Shimura Danzo walked to the door of the Hokage Office, and just as he was about to push the door open and enter, his hand stopped in mid-air.
Knock, knock, Shimura Danzo knocked on the door of the Hokage Office.
After all, they were old classmates and comrades-in-arms for so many years, thinking about what he needed to do in the future, Shimura Danzo felt he should show Sarutobi Hiruzen some respect now.
"Come in." Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice rang out from inside the office.
Shimura Danzo pushed open the wooden door and walked into the Hokage Office.
Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Shimura Danzo with a glance of surprise, when he heard the knock, he thought someone was coming to report a mission, not expecting it to be Shimura Danzo.
"Danzo, what's the matter? If it's about that previous issue, there's no need to mention it." Sarutobi Hiruzen put down the document in his hand and asked.
While knocking is a good habit, it was Shimura Danzo after all, and Sarutobi Hiruzen always had a sense of no good deed goes unpunished.
"Of course not." Shimura Danzo was a little displeased seeing that his rare courtesy did not receive a good response.
"It's after working hours now, I just wanted to see if you've finished your work, if you have, I'd like to invite you to have a drink." Shimura Danzo said flatly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen showed an expression of surprise, even more surprised than hearing Shimura Danzo knock on the door.
"The work is mostly finished, but are you sure you want to invite me for a drink?"
Although Shimura Danzo was not born poor, and with his decent strength, he was not short on money-making ability, Shimura Danzo was inexplicably frugal.
Sarutobi Hiruzen had never seen Shimura Danzo treat anyone to a meal.
This was rare among ninjas, who generally had high incomes and often treated friends to meals after completing missions.
Compared to the cost of Ninja Tools and Cultivation Elixirs, treating someone to a meal was hardly expensive.
"If you don't want to drink, then forget it." Shimura Danzo turned to leave with a dark expression.
"I'll drink, of course, I'll drink." Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed with a cheerful smile.
If someone else invited him, Sarutobi Hiruzen would probably feel lazy to go, but with Shimura Danzo inviting, Sarutobi Hiruzen felt he must go once.
Considering the implications, the two did not eat at a shop, but instead had someone buy drinks and side dishes to eat at Shimura Danzo's house.
"Why did you think of inviting me for a drink today? Just to be clear, no discussing work over food." Sarutobi Hiruzen picked up a skewer from his bowl and leisurely said.
Shimura Danzo's actions were somewhat unusual, and Sarutobi Hiruzen thought he might be trying a different approach to get his proposal passed over the table.
"I just felt like inviting, so I did." Shimura Danzo said flatly.
Previously, his reason for not inviting was simple, he didn't want to spend money on others, besides, Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others weren't short on money.
As for why he decided to invite today, Shimura Danzo was also a bit unclear, he just had a sudden impulse to treat Sarutobi Hiruzen to a meal.
Seeing that Shimura Danzo seemed to be genuinely inviting him for a simple meal, Sarutobi Hiruzen put down his unfinished skewer and raised his cup.
"It's been so long since I became Hokage, it seems like I've never had a drink with you and Honoo." Sarutobi Hiruzen sighed.
Sarutobi Hiruzen was appointed Hokage during a crisis, and for a long time after becoming Hokage, he was so busy that he rarely went home, let alone have a meal with friends.