N-A-A Chapter 37 What does it mean that Danzo became the 5.5th Hokage?
Chapter 37 What does it mean that Danzo became the 5.5th Hokage?
"During a mission, do you still have the mind to update your diary?"
In the Hatake clan's territory, Hatake Kakashi noticed an update to his diary at his desk.
As an elite Jonin, he doesn't go on missions as often as ordinary Genin or Chunin, because there aren't many missions that require elite Jonin to be deployed. Usually, the starting point is an A-rank mission, or even an S-rank mission, and these kinds of missions are rare.
Chunin and Genin, on the other hand, have to deal with a lot of trivial D-rank and C-rank missions, which often include tasks such as picking up trash and catching cats and dogs. They are exhausted every day and don't earn much money.
However, it is relatively safe.
In addition, he has already received a message from the Third Hokage that he will be the Jonin leading the new batch of Ninja Academy students, but it has not yet been announced who will be in charge.
However, Kakashi Hatake already knew what was going on.
"As expected, it's Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha, and that girl named Sakura." Kakashi Hatake already knew who it was.
He was well aware of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha; both of them had extraordinary backgrounds and were the focus of much attention.
The only girl with pink hair, Sakura, was someone he didn't know before. He had recently inquired a little about her and found that she was just another ordinary girl from a commoner family, but she was excellent in theory classes.
Although Sasuke Uchiha was first in his grade overall, he ranked second in theory classes, even behind Sakura.
"A genius who's first in his grade, a complete novice, and a commoner ninja who's first in theory—Konoha still prefers this kind of setup after all these years. Is it for balance?"
Kakashi Hatake pondered that this combination was strikingly similar to his situation back in Minato Namikaze's team.
The difference is that he was a genius back then, while Obito Uchiha was a perennial underachiever, and there was also Rin who was very talented in medicine.
Thinking about this, Kakashi Hatake felt a little melancholy.
However, this also confirms one thing: the updates in this diary are probably all true, and Kitahara Kaede may indeed be able to foresee the future.
But he never stopped keeping a diary, even during missions. What does that mean?
Is it possible that keeping a diary is beneficial to him in itself?
Kakashi Hatake instinctively thought of it, but then he quickly dismissed the absurd idea and opened his diary to read it.
The story begins with Kitahara Kaede cursing Danzo, which even startled Kakashi Hatake. Kitahara Kaede's diary is usually filled with humor and scathing remarks, so it's rare to see him so openly and vehemently criticizing Danzo.
However, after looking at the specific details, it seems to make sense.
Danzo actually wants to send the Root team to hunt down and kill Kitahara Kaede because of his contact with Naruto.
Kakashi Hatake had previously worked at Root, so he naturally knew very well what kind of place it was and what kind of killing machines it produced.
If it weren't for the Third Hokage pulling him out of the Root, he would probably be a ruthless killing machine by now.
Danzo has now specifically sent the Root Squad to kill Kitahara Kaede. Could it be that Kitahara Kaede really has some problem?
No, if Kitahara Kaede really has a problem, then it should be the Anbu that needs to be mobilized, not the Root.
In addition, he also knew very well that Danzo often used the Root Squad to do things he wanted to do.
He just didn't understand why Danzo was so sensitive about Kitahara Kaede's affairs. Judging from Kitahara Kaede's diary, Kitahara Kaede had some secrets, but he was definitely not a spy planted by other villages.
His secret is probably his ability to foresee the future, and the mystery surrounding this copy of the diary.
But with so many ninjas, who doesn't have some secrets? Doesn't Shimura Danzo have any secrets?
Moreover, if we follow this standard, then he might even become Naruto's teacher in the future, wouldn't that put him on Danzo's kill list?
Using the Anbu to ambush and kill ninjas from their own village without the Hokage's permission, Danzo was indeed being far too arrogant.
But did Danzo become Hokage?
This was a development that Kakashi Hatake had never imagined. It should be noted that Danzo Shimura and the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, were the same age. In fact, the Third Hokage had already retired once more than ten years ago. Although that time it was because of his poor performance in the war, as the person in charge, he chose to step down to give the whole village an explanation.
However, he was indeed nearing the end of his prime at that time.
Not to mention now, more than a decade later, the Third Hokage is already quite old. In recent years, there have been constant calls to select a Fifth Hokage as soon as possible. Everyone has realized that the Third Hokage is indeed old, and if a successor is not selected soon, no one knows when he might suddenly die.
If the Third Hokage was in this situation, then Danzo Shimura, who was the same age as him, was already considered extremely old in the ninja world, given the generally worrying life expectancy of the ninja world.
Especially for ninjas, it's not easy to live to old age.
Furthermore, Danzo had been in charge of the Root organization for many years and had not truly appeared in the public eye. He had never commanded a battle as the commander-in-chief and had no reputation in the village.
The third generation leader's principle in using this old friend was that he could give him power and status, but he shouldn't expect any prestige.
Furthermore, the very existence and establishment of Root has harmed the interests of numerous ninja clans, with countless members of these clans being taken to Root and trained to become ruthless killing machines.
How could the various ninja clans not have grievances? They just dared not provoke the Third Hokage, so they endured it.
If Shimura Danzo were to step forward and run for Hokage, aside from anything else, his age alone would be enough for the entire Jonin class to easily and openly reject him.
In addition, he doesn't have much prestige or enough achievements to show for himself, so why should he be chosen as Hokage?
Is he using people for live experiments based on his own methods?
Not to mention that the diary says Danzo became the 5.5th Hokage?
Why are there odd and even numbers? But since it's something Kitahara Kaede wrote in her diary, she has to believe it whether she wants to or not.
In other words, Danzo did indeed become Hokage in the future, but it's unclear why he's called the 5.5 Hokage. However, this speculation suggests that Konoha selected the Fifth Hokage, and Danzo becoming Hokage happened after the Fifth Hokage.
If the Fifth Hokage elected under the current circumstances were to serve until his retirement, and Danzo were to have the opportunity to succeed him, how old would he be?
A centenarian?