Hearing Hiruzen's command, Shinji was stunned.
Is this like getting a pillow when you're sleepy?
Hiruzen looked at the stunned Shinji. He thought he was unwilling, and was about to speak when Shinji said, feigning difficulty, "Lord Third, Naruto is my student, so doing this is not impossible."
Hearing Shinji's reply, Hiruzen was a bit curious. He didn't speak, but the look in his eyes indicated that he wanted Shinji to continue.
"After all, you also mentioned Naruto's other identity. As a teacher, I have a necessary role in studies, so no matter who it is, I will teach everyone equally. But if it's about his daily life, I'm afraid it will attract criticism."
After speaking, Shinji said no more. After all, this was a fact. He currently didn't have the ability to directly eliminate Danzo, and if Danzo kept observing him from behind the scenes, not to mention taking Naruto and Sasuke as disciples, even his other actions would be known clearly.
Hearing this, Hiruzen's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the young man in front of him with an unreadable expression.
Shinji's words had made it very clear. It wasn't that he couldn't do it, but that he was afraid someone would have an opinion behind his back.
"Indeed, Shinji, you are very perceptive." Hiruzen chuckled, saying something with a hidden meaning.
Shinji put on a very respectful expression, then said with great difficulty, "Please forgive me, Lord Third, after all, I already sensed it when I went home last night."
"I originally thought it was a sudden accident, but during class today, I sensed that feeling of being watched again."
"Coupled with your visit, Lord Third, combining this information, even if I were duller, I would understand the reason."
Shinji finished, a wronged expression on his face.
In front of an old fox, unless you have the intelligence of the Nara father and son, it's better to speak with a mix of truth and falsehood. The credibility, on the contrary, would be higher.
Hiruzen took out his pipe, lit it, and took a deep puff.
The next moment, a figure with white hair and a mask appeared beside Shinji.
Shinji's hand flipped, and a kunai appeared, blocking in front of Hiruzen as he shouted loudly, "Who's there?!"
"Lord Third, please step back!"
The Anbu, who was about to kneel on one knee, paused, and Hiruzen behind Shinji was also a bit bewildered.
After a while, Hiruzen, smiling, patted Shinji, who was blocking him, and said, "Good child, don't worry, step back. This is my Anbu guard."
"Anbu?"
Shinji's face was full of a 'first-time knowing' expression. He scratched his head and retreated to Hiruzen's side.
The cat-faced Anbu, with cat-like ears and red markings on both sides, and a downward-curved mouth, then handed the bottle in his hand to Hiruzen. Immediately after, he disappeared with a Body Flicker Jutsu.
"Lord Third, I was impulsive." Shinji then spoke, an expression of slight panic on his face.
Hiruzen waved his hand, indicating not to worry, and then looked at the two insects in the bottle.
After a long time, he finally spoke, "Shinji, just do as I've instructed. I will arrange the rest."
"Yes, Lord Third." Shinji naturally agreed immediately.
As for how Danzo would retaliate against him later?
What a joke.
Unless Danzo wanted to betray Konoha or conduct a Konoha Crush operation within Konoha, he could only lie dormant temporarily.
And by the time he would act, Shinji was confident that he would have some self-preservation ability.
After listening to some matters Hiruzen wanted to entrust to him, Shinji bid farewell and left the office.
'This hurdle has been temporarily overcome.'
Shinji, with a natural expression, finally relaxed slightly inside at this moment, walking steadily towards the teachers' office downstairs.
He could more or less sense what Hiruzen was thinking in the office behind him.
Hiruzen's former strength could be said to have stood at the pinnacle of the Ninja World. Even if his strength had declined due to old age, the Hokage Guard Squad accompanying him were all top-notch.
He estimated that the insects following him had been discovered long before he haf entered the office.
By making it clear, he was also expressing it in an alternative way. He was willing to do things, but at least he needed some guarantee for himself.
As for finding others to do this, Iruka was probably out of the question. Otherwise, this homeroom teacher position wouldn't have fallen to him.
As for arranging other people, it would be a chain reaction.
Otherwise, in the original story, Naruto wouldn't have had such a miserable life.
Those advisors were not just decorations. For so many years, except for the year Minato took office, which broke their original balance, now it was just mutual restraint again.
Power truly disfigures people.
Shinji sighed a little. But in this world, power might not necessarily achieve everything.
The elders from the same generation as Hiruzen were sinking deeper and deeper into this quagmire.
When he walked into the teachers' office, it was already empty. Shinji looked up at the clock on the wall, it was almost half past five.
After tidying up his things, he was about to go home, and just as he was about to push the door open, the office door was pushed open, and Iruka, rubbing his nose, happened to walk in.
Seeing Shinji, he also looked surprised and said, "Shinji? You haven't gone back yet?"
Shinji lifted the things in his hand and said, "Hmm, I just came out of the principal's office and was tidying up my things, getting ready to go back."
Iruka said, putting his flashlight back in the cabinet, "Alright, let's go together. I just finished patrolling the school too."
Shinji leaned against the doorway, and glanced outside. Apart from the lights in the corridor, the school was almost completely silent.
After Iruka came out and closed the door, Shinji asked, "Have all the students gone home?"
"Yes, I must say, these little guys are full of energy. I just saw Shikamaru and Choji from your class on the rooftop."
"Oh? What were they doing?"
Shinji was a bit curious. After all, with Shikamaru's personality, he would probably go straight home after class.
How could he still be lingering at school?
Iruka spread his hands, a little helpless. "Shikamaru said his dad was on a mission, and only his mom was left at home, so he was afraid of being nagged if he went back and accompanied Choji to wander around."
Hearing this, Shinji had to admit that it really sounded like something Shikamaru would do.
Shinji nodded and invited Iruka, "Let's go. We're both cooking for ourselves at home, so why don't we eat out?"