At the same time, the heads of various departments in Konoha and the heads of the Ninja Clans, large and small, gathered together.
They came to the special conference room of the Hokage Building to participate in this meeting.
With everyone present, they sat down and began to exchange pleasantries.
"Creak! ~"
The sound of a door opening rang out. The Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, wearing his haori and his Hokage hat, walked into the conference room.
Following behind him were the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, puffing on his pipe, the Hokage's chief strategist Shikaku Nara, and the Hokage Advisors Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu.
"Greetings, Fourth Hokage-sama. Greetings, Previous Hokage-sama."
A crowd of high-ranking officials stood up to salute the two Hokage.
Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand and took the first seat on the right side of the head of the table.
Homura Mitokado, Utatane Koharu, and Shikaku Nara also found seats and sat down.
Minato Namikaze smiled and raised his hand to greet everyone, then walked to the head of the table and set down his hat.
But he did not sit down immediately. Instead, he stood tall and said in a loud voice:
"I've gathered everyone here today because I'm sure you all want to know the reason."
"I don't like nonsense, and I don't want to waste anyone's time, so please take a look at these materials first."
After speaking, he nodded toward the corner. An Anbu figure appeared, carrying a large stack of papers.
The Anbu distributed the papers filled with writing to everyone present and then vanished.
The confused high-ranking officials began to read the materials in their hands.
Upon reading, they were instantly shocked!
"What? A mysterious person is going to attack Konoha?"
"The 'Nine-Tails Attack'? The enemy plans to release the Nine-Tailed by taking advantage of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki giving birth to attack Konoha?"
"Is this for real? Where did this information come from?"
"And it's someone from the Uchiha Clan? Clan Head Fugaku, does your Uchiha Clan have members lost outside the Village?"
In the conference room, everyone who had finished reading the materials was talking at once.
No one could remain calm. There was a lot of shouting, and some even directly questioned the head of the Uchiha Clan, Uchiha Fugaku, to his face.
The materials distributed to everyone were, of course, not the complete truth.
The names of Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito were omitted, replaced simply by a mysterious Uchiha clansman.
Naturally, there was no mention of Minato Namikaze's death or the Reaper Death Seal.
It simply told them that a Konoha spy had overheard some news.
A member of the Uchiha Clan lost outside the Village held a grudge against Konoha.
He planned to attack Konoha when the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki Uzumaki Kushina gave birth, which is when the Nine-Tails seal would be at its weakest.
He intended to release the Nine-Tailed and attempt to destroy the entire Konoha Village.
Although the most critical information was hidden, the news presented on the surface was enough to shock everyone!
Uchiha Fugaku looked at the materials with a grim expression, completely ignoring those who came up to talk to him.
"A member of the Uchiha Clan lost outside... who could it be?"
Since Minato Namikaze had called a general meeting of all high-ranking officials, the information released would certainly not be fake.
The moment Uchiha Fugaku saw the materials, he began to wonder which Uchiha member wanted to cause such a massive incident.
But he had no clue. Since he had become Clan Head, all Uchiha clansmen were recorded in the genealogy.
The bodies of those who died on the battlefield were brought back, and for those whose bodies couldn't be retrieved, their Sharingan were recovered.
"Could it be that Uchiha Obito?"
In his memory, the only Sharingan that hadn't been recovered was Uchiha Obito's eye.
One was with Kakashi Hatake, and the other was buried in the collapsed cave.
But on second thought, Uchiha Fugaku dismissed the idea. As the Clan Head, he knew very well what kind of person Uchiha Obito was:
"With just him, there's no way he could reach the level of threatening the Village."
While Uchiha Fugaku was lost in thought, Minato Namikaze saw that the conference room was about to descend into chaos and had to tap on the table:
"Bang! Bang!"
"Everyone, please be quiet!"
His voice finally brought silence to the conference room, and everyone looked at Minato Namikaze's face.
They expected the Hokage-sama to give them all a satisfactory answer.
"I can guarantee the authenticity of this intelligence."
"The enemy's attack is imminent. I hereby request everyone to fully cooperate with the Village's new defense plan and not to obstruct it."
"Anyone who obstructs will be charged with 'betraying the Village.' Does anyone have an objection?"
Earlier in the Hokage Office, Minato Namikaze had already reached an agreement with Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The 'Nine-Tails Attack' would be treated as Konoha's top priority, and any lack of cooperation could be handled forcefully.
With the will of two generations of Hokage, no one in the current Konoha Village could resist!
"A high-level meeting, and no one called me to participate?"
Suddenly, the door was pushed open, and a dark-faced old man with white bandages covering his forehead and half of his face walked in.
His face was gloomy, his expression cold, and he looked at everyone with an icy gaze.
"Danzo! Why are you here?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up, squinting his eyes as he asked.
"Why can't I come? I'd like to ask why no one called me to attend the meeting?"
"Is this your idea? Monkey."
Danzo Shimura asked coldly in return.
Then, he turned to look at Minato Namikaze, his eyes showing undisguised anger.
Minato Namikaze ignored him and instead sat down.
Shikaku Nara stood up understandingly and asked:
"Danzo Shimura, in what capacity are you attending this high-level meeting?"
"The high-level meeting gathers the Village's top leaders. What position do you hold?"
This question hit the nail on the head!
From the moment Danzo Shimura barged in, the various high-ranking officials present all showed a subtle excitement.
They were eager to watch the drama unfold.
After Shikaku Nara asked the question, everyone suddenly realized.
That's right!
Danzo Shimura is now just an ordinary Jonin. What right does he have to attend the meeting?
One must know that during Hiruzen Sarutobi's time, Danzo Shimura had immense power as a Hokage Advisor.
But after Hiruzen Sarutobi stepped down, the position of Hokage Advisor was automatically terminated.
A new ruler brings new courtiers!
Even Homura Mitokado and Utatane Koharu were no longer Hokage Advisors.
Their current positions were Minister of the Economic Department and Minister of the Medical Department, respectively.
What position did Danzo Shimura have?
Leader of Root?
Please, Root is a completely secret organization.
It was the result of infiltrating the Anbu, essentially a faction split off from within the Anbu.
On the surface, it has no official establishment!
Hearing this, Danzo Shimura's face became even more rigid, and killing intent could even be seen in his eyes as he looked at Shikaku Nara!
And Minato Namikaze, sensing Danzo Shimura's killing intent, made up his mind even more firmly.
Once he had a free hand, he would deal with Danzo Shimura immediately!