As the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen chose not to interfere.
He understood very well in his heart.
Interfering was useless.
He could not stop the other party.
The so-called inquiry asking for permission now was just going through the motions; what he answered did not matter.
So many years had passed, and Sarutobi Hiruzen felt as powerless in front of Uchiha Lexon as he did a few years ago when Lexon condensed a Tailed Beast Ball and poised to attack Konoha.
There was absolutely no way.
Jiraiya... Tsunade... neither had returned during these years.
But even if they returned, it probably wouldn't make a difference...
Sarutobi Hiruzen thought so.
The reason he thought this was that Danzo, after being completely freed from the influence of "Kotoamatsukami" a year or two ago, had tried to pick a fight with Uchiha Lexon once.
He wanted to treat Uchiha Lexon the same way he treated Shisui.
And then...
The next morning, Danzo lay on a bed in the intensive care unit of the Konoha Hospital, in a near-death state.
After two days and two nights of treatment by the most elite medical ninja team in Konoha, he barely escaped the near-death state.
According to Danzo after he woke up, he was completely driven into a desperate situation at that time, no different from death.
He showed Sarutobi Hiruzen his arm, which had dozens of closed eyes.
Danzo explained that these eyes were all Sharingan of the Uchiha clan, and by expending these Sharingan, he used the "Ultimate Genjutsu" capable of reversing life and death dozens of times... Izanagi.
In other words, in front of Uchiha Lexon, he died dozens of times.
Danzo also said that he even used the final life-staking mutual destruction technique, the Reverse Four Symbols Sealing...
But the result was still like a weak ant facing an elephant, crushed at will.
Then Danzo himself didn't know why... he was only near death and didn't die completely.
But judging from the situation where Uchiha Lexon happily went to play games with Naruto the next day, he simply let Danzo go for some unknown reason.
Since then, Sarutobi Hiruzen's old friend Shimura Danzo, who was treacherous, incredibly sinister, and would not stop until he achieved his goal, seemed to have completely changed. He became like a normal elderly person, living a quiet life in a place with a decent environment.
He had completely withdrawn from the strife.
This incident not only changed Danzo but also made Sarutobi Hiruzen further realize the terrifying strength of this person, Uchiha Lexon.
Winning against his old friend Shimura Danzo wasn't too unexpected...
But...
That night, the fluctuations of their fight did not transmit to any other place at all, nor were they discovered by anyone.
This point made Sarutobi Hiruzen feel even more incredible.
Since being hit by "Kotoamatsukami", Danzo had specifically improved his resistance to genjutsu, so it was almost impossible that he was under a genjutsu.
Then the only result could be that the opponent was too powerful... so powerful that he kneaded Danzo at will, and even the sound and fluctuations of the battle were under his control.
"A squad needs three Genin. Naruto and Sasuke make two. The additional Genin to be added is named Haruno Sakura... a child from an ordinary villager's family. You don't have any objections, do you?" Sarutobi Hiruzen continued, puffing on his pipe.
"It doesn't matter." Lexon had no likes or dislikes regarding the character Sakura; bringing her along didn't matter.
"By the way, if I'm away for something, let Kakashi lead the squad I'm leading," Lexon said, turning around suddenly just as he was about to leave.
Today was the year the enemy Reincarnators would enter, and it was inevitable that some trouble would arise, so Lexon planned to let Kakashi lead the team when he wasn't around.
"You really are... sigh, alright." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought Lexon was looking for an excuse to slack off at any time, but even so, he nodded helplessly in agreement.
So, at this point, Lexon became the guiding team teacher for the three Genin: Uchiha Sasuke, Uzumaki Naruto, and Haruno Sakura, with Konoha Jonin Kakashi serving as the substitute teacher.
...
"Ah... I don't know who the guiding teacher is... I'm so curious..." Naruto walked back and forth restlessly in an open clearing.
"Don't be an eyesore there. The ninjutsu exam won't be tested again, can't you just wait quietly?" Sasuke, who gave off an aura of 'strangers keep away' at a young age and looked very cool, leaned against a big tree and spoke to Naruto with disdain.
'Sasuke... so handsome...'
Not far from the cool boy, a girl with short pink hair looked at him with infatuation.
Sasuke was very unaccustomed to this kind of fervent gaze; he shifted his body slightly, using the big tree to block her line of sight.
"What did you say! You jerk!" Hearing Sasuke's slightly mocking words, Naruto walked up to Sasuke indignantly and said, "You're just a tiny bit better than me! What's so great about that! I'll surpass you very soon!"
What he said was actually the truth. Now, the relationship between Naruto and Kurama was progressing day by day under Lexon's mediation, and it was no longer the dire state in the original work.
Therefore, he also received help from Kurama in ninjutsu training.
Currently, it was really because Naruto started too late and his brain's cleverness was limited that he was suppressed by Sasuke.
However... it was believed that after a period of time, Naruto catching up to and surpassing Sasuke would be an inevitable occurrence.
"How could you possibly catch up to Sasuke? Sasuke is a genius!" The girl infatuated with Sasuke, Haruno Sakura, spoke up for him before Sasuke could even open his mouth.
"I... I... I will become more powerful than him!" Naruto blushed and said loudly.
He had a crush on this girl named Haruno Sakura back in the Ninja Academy.
But Haruno Sakura seemed to like the more powerful Sasuke.
Therefore, he wanted to prove that he was no worse than Sasuke!
However, even if Haruno Sakura spoke up for Sasuke, Sasuke didn't spare her a glance.
He wasn't interested in these things right now.
He believed that what he shouldered was the mission of the Uchiha clan...
He absolutely had to... absolutely had to kill those two people...
Uchiha Lexon and Uchiha Itachi...
Everything else was not within the scope of consideration.
"Don't look so glum, okay?" Sasuke suddenly heard a teasing voice.
So his face, seeming to be frosted over, looked towards the source of the sound.
Immediately, seeing the guy wearing a cat face mask hanging upside down from the tree, Sasuke's handsome face instantly became even colder.
'What's wrong?'
'Did he recognize me?'
Seeing Sasuke's reaction, Lexon couldn't help but think to himself.
'That shouldn't be...'
'I didn't just change my voice... I even changed my aura...'
'He shouldn't have recognized me...'
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