But now, Konoha needs stability.
With Danzo dead and the Root organization leaderless, Konoha's strength will be weakened to some extent, making the already strained troop deployments even more difficult.
Moreover, in the ongoing Rain Country battlefield, Danzo, in his pursuit of stability and merit, had deployed all Root members.
Tsunade, suffering from hemophobia, is indeed less suitable for command than Danzo.
There's also something else.
It's about what might happen in the future.
The Rock ninja betray the alliance of the three great hidden villages, ally with Konoha, and launch a surprise attack on the Cloud Village's rear in the Land of Lightning, leading to the death of the Third Raikage.
This is what happened in the original story.
Kaze doesn't know if his intervention will prevent this event from happening.
But he anticipates that the possibility of it happening is still very high.
After all, in the original story, the Cloud ninja's strength wasn't weakened as severely as it is now.
The Battle of Karasuma resulted in 1,600 casualties, including Shadow Assistant Dodai and the Two-Tails Jinchuriki.
If he were the Third Tsuchikage Onoki, seeing the Cloud ninja in such a state, he would definitely be more tempted.
The Rock ninja and Cloud ninja have a significant amount of animosity between them.
And the only person who could facilitate the alliance between Konoha and the Rock ninja is Danzo, whose Root spies are spread throughout the ninja world; only he can contact and persuade the Third Tsuchikage.
Cunning people always think alike.
Of course, now is definitely not the time.
If Konoha were to contact the Rock ninja now, they might be killed upon meeting the Third Tsuchikage.
Compared to attacking the Cloud ninja's rear, defeating Konoha would obviously yield greater benefits.
This requires an opportunity.
And that opportunity is Minato Namikaze, the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, which will be recorded in the annals of the ninja world and repeatedly recalled by later generations.
Minato Namikaze, single-handedly, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to instantly kill fifty Rock ninja jonin who were preparing to launch a surprise attack on Konoha's rear from Kannabi Bridge.
Just as Kaze directly shattered the Cloud ninja's morale in the Battle of Karasuma, Minato Namikaze in this battle also shattered the Rock ninja's morale.
Subsequently, Danzo seized the opportunity to intervene and facilitate the alliance between Konoha and the Rock ninja.
This is Danzo's role, a role that, to some extent, can end this war.
So even if Kaze is wary of him, he cannot kill him at this time.
"Forget it, even if I wanted to kill him now, I might not be able to; the Root ninja are all machines and would fight to the death for Danzo's safety, and Sasori's puppets might not be able to kill him."
Kaze pulled out a cigarette.
He lit it silently.
After chatting with Hiruzen Sarutobi for a while, his nicotine cravings flared up.
The stimulation of nicotine will make his thoughts clearer.
"Becoming the team leader for Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Shisui Uchiha was planned from the beginning."
Kaze knew that once he displayed his strength, he would be entrusted with the task of being a team leader, just like Minato Namikaze.
He guessed that Hiruzen Sarutobi would have him take Asuma, and Kurenai Yuhi would come along with him.
So, he thought of Shisui.
Shisui Uchiha's talent is beyond doubt, not necessarily weaker than Itachi Uchiha; if he has the identity of Shisui Uchiha's teacher, then he will have the Uchiha clan behind him in the future.
This is a necessary factor for him to gain a foothold in Konoha in the future.
Just like Tobirama Senju, no matter how much he hates the Uchiha clan, he would still take in Kagami Uchiha.
Minato Namikaze's team also has Obito Uchiha.
"Although leading three little guys will be more troublesome, the Mist ninja won't launch a full-scale attack, so it's a good opportunity to train them, and they will soon become good assistants."
In Konoha, relationships are important.
Asuma represents the Hokage, Shisui represents the Uchiha, and Kurenai Yuhi represents some small families like the Yuhi clan.
Such as the Yamanaka clan, Mitarashi clan, Gekko clan, etc.
Don't underestimate these small families; they are one of the most important foundations of Konoha.
"It's a bit annoying; in Konoha, you can't avoid infighting and factional struggles."
Where there are people, there is competition and there are factions.
A bad choice of allegiance can easily lead to the loss of many things.
"I should relieve some stress by looting corpses."
Looting corpses is always satisfying.
The victory in the Battle of Karasuma has allowed him to harvest too many corpses.
Jonin have become his standard, and he looks down on chunin now.
That's how inflated he is.
Three corpses emitting rich yellow light dots are placed in front of him, two are Konoha jonin, one of whom is even a member of the Hyuga clan, and the other is a Cloud ninja jonin.
They should all be elite jonin in life.
"Hyuga, I wonder what it will give."
Looting corpses.
The usual nine consecutive touches, directly looking at the harvest.
When the yellow light dots on the three corpses dissipated, two items had already quietly appeared in the item bar.
Obviously, today's luck is not good; one jonin corpse failed to yield anything even after three attempts.
