The sudden appearance of Danzo Shimura was already very surprising, and what he said made Tsunade and the two advisors even more confused.

Tsunade was the first to speak and asked, "What exactly are you planning, Danzo?"

Danzo Shimura came forward slowly and answered calmly, "Since no one denies that we have the power to suppress the Jinchūriki, why can't we take a longer-term view? It would be better if the Jinchūriki came to Konoha, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to make use of this opportunity? Shigeaki Nanabi, what qualifications does Takigakure have to own a tailed beast? Since they acted carelessly, don't blame us if something goes wrong!"

Danzo's attitude, especially his last sentence, stunned the three people present.

"So you have your eyes on the Nanao..." Utane Koharu finally understood Danzo Shimura's plan.

Mitomon En was silent for a while, then looked at Danzo's gloomy face and asked, "The matter of the tailed beasts is of great importance. If we really try to snatch them, will it attract interference from other villages? Our allies will also have concerns!"

"Even if they interfere, so what? Who among the five major ninja villages will stand up for Takigakure? We let the One-Tailed Shukaku from Sand Village go, but we had to return it due to the situation. But what is there to be afraid of about Takigakure?"

"You think too simply, Danzo. Being too radical will isolate the village."

Although the tailed beasts are very tempting, they are too sensitive and can lead to war if you are not careful.

Tsunade felt even more headache watching the two elders arguing with Danzo.

The Fifth Hokage, who had too many troubles to deal with, didn't like the three elders telling him what to do, and now the heated debate was even more annoying.

"Tsunade, there is one thing you need to understand..." Danzo didn't want to get too entangled with Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu. Tsunade was still the one who made the decision. As long as he and Tsunade agreed, it would be almost possible to execute it.

"The Tailed Beasts are no longer a matter for one village or one country. The Sand Village's One-Tailed Beast, Shukaku, was nearly snatched away a few months ago, and the village's Nine-Tailed Jinchūriki is still under the protection of Jiraiya. The fact that Takigakure can possess a Tailed Beast is a legacy of history, as well as the result of the mutual restraint between the major countries. The declining Takigakure is unable to resist the Akatsuki organization from taking away the Jinchūriki. Rather than letting others abduct it, it would be better to hand it over to us!"

Although we know that Danzo Shimura is making excuses, his righteous words are indeed hard to refute. Taki Shinobu is indeed incompetent, but this is not a decent excuse.

Looking at the three old faces staring at her, Tsunade finally said: "Let the Takinin candidates take the exam normally and be more vigilant. But if the tailed beast gets out of control, capture it immediately, and make a decision on the follow-up actions depending on the situation. That's it."

The meaning was very clear. If everything went well, just pretend not to know. If something went wrong, Takinin would be the culprit.

"You are indecisive." Danzo said, turned around and walked out, "Tsunade, if we don't have enough manpower to deal with the tailed beasts, the Root can provide support."

"No need!" Tsunade flatly refused, "We can still handle one tailed beast, you should just do your own thing!"

With Danzo Shimura's departure, there were only three people left in the office.

"Now that we've made the decision, let's do it. If you need anything, you can let us know. I'm an old man, so I can still be of some use."

Tsunade's previous actions would definitely not be approved of, but considering the ownership of Nanao Shigeaki, it is worth taking the risk.

"The orphan of the Uzumaki family is called Karin, right? If something unexpected happens, can this little girl be trusted?"

"I didn't accept her just to make her a Jinchūriki!"

"Don't let your emotions get the better of you, Tsunade. We all know that there are some things you can't avoid!"

After the discussion, the two advisors stood up and prepared to leave: "The security work is very stressful. If there is a shortage of manpower, you can trust Danzo's people. Don't worry that he will do something wrong. We will keep an eye on him."

"Then you go ahead and do your work. We'll leave first."

Tsunade was the only one left in the empty office, holding her chin with her hands and looking worried.

…

The next day, the weather was pretty good. At the Konoha training ground, this was the first time that Mizuki and his clones worked together to practice.

"Finally, did you decide to cultivate other attributes?"

The scattered water and wood shadow clones sat cross-legged on the ground, deepening their understanding of the changes in the properties of earth attribute chakra.

"What made you decide to pick up a method you had abandoned long ago?"

"No reason, because I'm relatively free these days, and it's not a bad thing anyway." Shuimu shrugged and answered indifferently.

I was very busy in the past and could not spare much time to practice this method which could not solve the hidden dangers of the body but was purely a means to enhance combat effectiveness.

"That's fine, it's one more skill, maybe it will come in handy someday."

At this moment, the clone was speaking while inputting chakra into the formation pattern under his feet, supporting a huge barrier that completely covered the area where Shuimu was practicing, so as to avoid being disturbed but also not wanting to make too much noise to attract attention.

The main body sat obediently in the carefully arranged soul-gathering formation, the glow of the formation barrier constantly flowing over the body.

With so many shadow clones, it was even more spectacular than when Uzumaki Naruto practiced the Rasenshuriken. A lot of the chakra accumulated in the Breathing Technique was consumed. In this situation, a simple concentration technique was definitely not enough. A soul gathering formation was needed to protect his spirit from damage.

Speaking of spiritual practice, it is actually quite boring, especially when two people who know each other well are together. They can't find any new topics to talk about and really have nothing to say.

"Speaking of the memory and experience return feature of the shadow clone, I have an idea." The clone suddenly spoke up: "We have been tirelessly looking for a way to synchronize the main body and the clone in real time, but honestly, do you think this is really easy to do?"

"Why not?"

The clone thought for a moment and replied, "To put it simply, a computer with poor performance will freeze if it runs too many programs at the same time. If it runs them one by one, there will be no problem. Our use of the mind-concentrating technique and the soul-gathering array is equivalent to temporary overclocking to improve performance. Using them too frequently will cause huge damage. In the final analysis, it is actually because the computer's performance is not good enough that this situation occurs..."

"Is this statement reminding me that even if we find a way to synchronize memories in real time, our brains won't be able to handle such a large amount of information?"

"That's exactly what I mean!" The clone nodded, "It's impossible for us to keep maintaining the Breath Containment Technique or the Soul Gathering Array. It's meaningless!"