Listening to his undisguised dissatisfaction, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression also seemed a little awkward.
"If the Hokage-sama only wants to say this to me, I can stay in Konoha all the time, under your noses. If there's nothing else, I'll go back to sleep." Saying that, he made a gesture to stand up.
"Wait, Nikkan." Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped him, "It's just a small minority of people, you don't need to care about them."
Then he changed the subject and said, "I heard that you created a super S-rank forbidden technique, 'Judgment of Takemikazuchi'."
"Yes." Kifū nodded very lightly.
"You can write this technique in the 'Book of Seals'. In exchange, you can choose a forbidden technique that you want."
Kifū's forbidden technique seemed powerful, but in reality, it had many limitations. Magnet Release, weather conditions, and targets with weak mobility were all necessary factors.
Others couldn't learn his technique.
The so-called exchange of his forbidden technique from the Book of Seals was actually a reward in disguise.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was appeasing his feelings.
Kifū sat, looking into Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes, and finally nodded slightly.
"Okay."
In fact, the forbidden techniques in the Book of Seals were not very useful to him.
His talent was lacking. Even if he obtained a forbidden technique, it would probably take a super long time to learn, far less simple than corpse looting.
"There's one more thing. You are already a Jōnin now. I hope you can become a Jōnin team leader."
"Lead who? Asuma?" Kifū raised an eyebrow.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed softly, "In the last Sakamoto battle, you gave Asuma's name, and as a result, the Cloud ninja really put a bounty on him. Even after investigating his identity, because he is my son, they didn't withdraw the bounty.
Now there are not many people with the strength to be his guiding Jōnin, and you are undoubtedly the best choice.
Just consider it... a father's request."
Speaking of the Asuma bounty, Kifū also knew he had gone too far.
Who knew the Cloud ninja would be so stubborn, actually offering a bounty of 35 million ryō for a Genin.
Even Kakuzu was tempted. Who knew how many people in the underground bounty world were eyeing him.
This was his fault.
He had to accept the consequences of his mistake.
"Asuma and Kurenai Yūhi, right? Then I'll apply for one more person. If you agree, I'll accept this mission."
"Oh? Who?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was a little surprised. He thought he would have to waste some words.
"Shisui Uchiha." Kifū uttered this name.
"The Uchiha clan?" Hiruzen Sarutobi's brows slowly furrowed, pondering the deeper meaning of Kifū's choice of this person.
"That's right. Since it's in the form of a team, I hope this person will be the last member. If possible, I'll take this mission." Kifū made his attitude clear.
Hiruzen Sarutobi pondered.
He knew Shisui Uchiha, and he knew quite a bit.
As the descendant of his good friend Kagami Uchiha, Shisui Uchiha had shown remarkable talent in the Ninja Academy. Although he had only just entered the school, he already possessed the strength of a Genin.
He just didn't know where Kifū had learned about this person.
It would be a good choice for Shisui Uchiha to follow him.
With Shisui Uchiha's talent, with a little training, he could become a new great tree of Konoha.
"I thought you would want Maruyama Kifū. But it's okay." Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded.
He would arrange for Shisui Uchiha's early graduation tomorrow.
"That's fine. If there's nothing else, I'm going back to sleep." Stretching, Kifū stood up directly.
Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded and said nothing more.
Watching Kifū's slowly departing back, he narrowed his eyes, and a glimmer of light flickered in his deep eyes.
Kifū, who was gradually moving away, curled his lips after confirming that no one was watching.
"As expected of Hiruzen Sarutobi, an old fox."
Saying that some of Konoha's higher-ups questioned Kifū, and then saying that he suppressed them, was undoubtedly saying that he did not suspect Kifū's identity, but to some extent, he put pressure on Kifū.
Then, he used the forbidden technique as a gesture of goodwill.
Hit him with a hammer and then give him a sweet carrot.
Then, let him become Sarutobi Asuma's Jōnin team leader, firstly to make Asuma safer, and secondly to convey a message to the Konoha higher-ups who questioned him.
"Sarutobi Nikkan" is his nephew, Asuma's older brother, a ninja of Konoha, and a member of his Hokage lineage.
As for who it was being shown to.
It was probably Danzō, the Uchiha, and the Hyūga group.
"Who said Konoha is peaceful? Now that we're still at war, a group of people are already thinking about the Hokage's position. The Uchiha and Hyūga are far from being as well-behaved as they seem."
Kifū put his hands behind his head.
However, what does this have to do with him?
Let Hiruzen Sarutobi and the future Minato worry about it.
Chapter 148 Little Eight Gates
"Danzō can't die yet, at least not now."
Inside the morgue in a corner of Konoha.
Kifū sat in a rocking chair, receiving the memories transmitted back by the puppet.
Danzō was annoying, and at the same time, his various behaviors were disgusting.
But undeniably, his existence made the current Konoha more stable.
The Root organization was originally created to solve some things for Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was the Hokage, that were inconvenient to deal with in the Hokage's identity.
