Chapter 97: Danzo in Action

Above Konoha.

An inconspicuous black shadow silently passed through the barrier without attracting anyone's attention.

It was like an arrow that automatically tracked itself. In a few breaths, it passed through the main city like a phantom and came to the edge of the Death Forest.

A wide, deep pit that seemed to extend infinitely downwards opened its huge mouth and squatted there, like a trap waiting for a rabbit.

Even the best jonin in the village would stay away from it when they were active, as if this was some ominous place.

(Except Might Guy. He would deliberately run here, so at someone's request, the Hokage ordered him not to approach this place.)

Their decision was completely correct, because this place was the secret base of Shimura Danzo, the "Dark Ninja World", and the "root" of Konoha.

The black shadow flying at high speed stopped at the edge of the pit. A closer look revealed that it was a black bird with only an outline and a hollow body.

It hesitated for two seconds as it stared at the bottomless hole, then moved and turned into a small snake as black as ink, exploring down along the inner wall of the pit.

There was nothing where the sun could shine.

However, when it sank into the darkness that no one could see, wooden beams with talismans on them stood there, guarding the secrets here.

The black snake slid down for two or three minutes without stopping, before it discovered the lights and buildings.

Following the guidance of the lights, it bypassed the Root ninjas and swam inside, and finally entered the training area of ​​the Root organization.

Each training room is divided into two layers, inside and outside, and is where the Root cultivates diehards.

At this time, in the No. 1 training room, there was a child about the same age as Yiyong.

He held a red-hot dagger and pushed it slowly into another person's eye socket expressionlessly.

In the observation room separated by a layer of glass, a white-haired boy and a one-eyed old man were listening to the shrill screams coming from inside in a peaceful mood.

The latter, leaning on a cane, nodded approvingly, seeming to appreciate the performance of the child inside.

"Shin, your brother is better at torture than you were at your age."

Shimura Danzo said in a faint tone, "I am looking forward to his future performance. In comparison, your heart is too soft."

As he said that, he turned his head and opened his half-closed eyes slightly: "However, there is nothing to praise about being cold and ruthless to strangers. If the person threatening Konoha is his closest relative, he can still be as decisive as today, which truly meets the requirements of the root-that is a ninja without weaknesses. I don't know how far he has to go to this step."

The white-haired boy named "Shin" knelt on one knee without saying a word: "If you need it, I am happy to verify this myself."

"It's still a little early now."

Shimura Danzo was very satisfied with his response, "But still be prepared, 'Sacrifice' is progressing very fast. I believe that day will not be far away."

"Yes."

As an intelligence officer who knows the secrets of the root, Shin knows very well that he is destined not to live long.

But if his death could help his brother gain the trust and importance of Danzo, he would have died for a good cause.

As soon as Xin stood up, the ink snake, which seemed to have no size, came in from the crack of the training room door.

After a creepy hiss, the ink snake leaped into the air and pounced on Xin's neck as if it had found its prey.

But neither Shimura Danzo nor Xin paid much attention to the snake's actions.

Xin automatically took out a blank scroll from his back and unfolded it, allowing the ink snake to pounce on the scroll and turn into a meaningless black pattern.

"The Land of Hot Springs," Xin judged, "It's the information sent by the teacher."

After he made a hand seal, the ink immediately moved like an ant colony, forming a series of words that didn't seem to make sense.

Shimura Danzo didn't look at the content immediately.

He opened the door of the training room, walked out slowly, and gave the order with his back to the signal: "You haven't seen each other for a long time. Send Ji back first. I'll wait for you to interpret the content above in the office."

"Yes." Xin lowered his head, but showed a kind smile like a parent about to see his child.

Although it seemed very abnormal to outsiders, in addition to the expectation of meeting his brother, there was also gratitude to Danzo in his eyes.

Ten minutes later, in the most heavily guarded place of the Root Base, in the office with nearly hundreds of talismans pasted on it.

Xin unfolded the scroll, "translated" the code on it, and relayed it to Danzo.

"Late last night, the Tang Ninja Village was attacked by the Kirigakure Ninja and the evil god cultists, resulting in the deaths of nearly 600 people, nearly 2,000 people injured, and half of the village was destroyed by the sea. But this attack ended in the failure of Kirigakure."

Xin's first sentence made Shimura Danzo's lips curl down in disdain.

What's the use of making more money if you escape from war without making adequate preparations?

A place like the Yugu Village, which is full of debauchery, actually dares to be named "ninja". It is really an extreme insult to the profession of ninja.

"Continue." Shimura Danzo restrained his expression.

"Yes. In addition to the Mist Ninja who has been hiding in the Yugu Village, they also sent twelve elite jonin, including Kuroko Raiga of the Seven Hidden Mist, the chief of the Hoshigaki clan, Hoshigaki Hamabi, two members of the Terumi clan who have the Boiling Release Kekkei Genkai, and a Shikotsu. And among the evil god cultists, the murderous demon Feidan that the teacher has been looking for has also been released."

"Really?"

A gleam of light flashed from Shimura Danzo's single eye.

"It seems that all these years of waiting are worth it."

Ever since he heard that an immortal killer appeared in the Yugu Village, Danzo sent Shin's teacher to investigate.

But two years later, Shin's teacher has become a senior member of the Yugu Village, but there has been no progress in this matter -

Most people in the Yugu Village said that the guy named Feidan was dead, and the evil god cult had been completely eradicated, and only a few ninjas had doubts.

In order to find out the truth about this matter, Danzo arranged for Shin's teacher to secretly support the development and growth of the evil god cult, and gradually converted a small number of Yugu ninjas into believers, which made those hidden hardcore evil god believers appear and provided a lot of useful clues.

Shimura Danzo had long known that the Kirigakure would attack the Yugu Village, and he even acquiesced.

They wanted to take this opportunity to stimulate the believers to actively try those dangerous and terrifying methods to release Feidan, and then the Root ninjas would find an opportunity to capture Feidan and bring him to Konoha for research.

After all, this is more exaggerated than Hashirama's cells, a true immortal body.

"Although the guy named Hidan can't die, his own weaknesses are obvious, otherwise he wouldn't have been subdued by a mere soup ninja last time, and this time should be no different."

Shimura Danzo's speech speed slightly accelerated because of his excitement.

"Tell your teacher that no matter what means, you must control the other party. As for the other failed Kirigakure jonin, let him find a way to transfer them to the hands of the Root. So much information about Kirigakure is very important to us."

[Maybe this time, we can save some face from that old guy Sarutobi. 】

In the past few years, I don't know what the Hokage is thinking, and he has been using various means to restrict the activities of the Root.

Under such suppression, the Root naturally did not make any achievements, and its role became smaller and smaller, and its status became more and more useless.

And this incident happened to be an opportunity-

The operations of Mizukage Yagura over the years have always given outsiders a very confusing feeling, but the information about him is well protected.

Danzo knew very well that if he could get this Mist Village jonin, especially Hoshigaki Nami Kujira who was loyal to Yagura, it would undoubtedly be a great harvest of intelligence for the Mist Shadow.

At that time, he might be able to use this achievement to bring Mitomon En and Utatane Koharu to put pressure on the Hokage and gain more power for the Root.

However, after the order was issued, Xin remained silent and did not respond.

Until Danzo Shimura was a little surprised, he spoke again: "Danzo, please report the next thing... After the incident last night, whether it was Kuroko Raiga, Hoshigaki Wave Geki or the Shikotsu Ninja, they were all dead."

Danzo Shimura had no time to be surprised, and Xin added: "And the Hidan we have been looking for, he is now a prisoner of others."

"Others?"

Danzo Shimura saw that the cooked duck was about to fly away, and his tone suddenly became stern, "Did the people of the Cloud Village intervene?"

"No, the one who killed them was a boy about ten years old, who called himself 'Tomioka Giyuu', and was a traveler who entered the Hot Spring Village last night."

When Xin translated to this, he was as surprised as Danzo Shimura.

"Although the teacher is not clear about the specific situation, it is speculated that after Hoshigaki Wave whale and Kurochu Raiga had a dispute, they were both injured and the boy found an opportunity to kill them. The evil god cultist named Feidan was unlucky. His torso was eaten by Hoshigaki Wave whale's shark. Although his head survived, it has now become the boy's trophy. The teacher once asked him for Feidan's head on behalf of the Yu Ninja Village, but he was sternly rejected...

"But considering that one of the leaders of the Yu Ninja Village was saved by him, the teacher did not insist on asking for it. It is reported that the other party is looking for a ship to the Land of Water, and it seems that there is something urgent. He is traveling with the Hozuki clan's Hozuki Mizuki, who claims to be his disciple; in addition, he has a fox summoning beast beside him, which has no special features except that it can speak. "

Xin paused and found that Danzo's lips were getting tighter and tighter, and he was obviously in a very bad mood.

"The teacher's intelligence said that although the opponent is young, he is proficient in swordsmanship and the water ninjutsu he used is very strong. Even if he killed Kuroki Raiga and Hoshigaki Pokugei by chance, he has the strength of an ordinary jonin. So the teacher thinks that relying on the manpower in the Yu Ninja Village to forcibly snatch Fei Duan is not a good idea. I hope you can provide some manpower support. "

After saying that, Xin fell into a brief silence, wondering if his teacher was polluted by the evil god cult and went crazy.

The Seven Ninja Swordsmen + the head of the Hoshigaki clan, what a vigilant person, how could he be killed by a child around ten years old?

But speaking of water ninjutsu + swordsmanship is very powerful...

Could this "Giyuu" be the result of the transformation of the genius "Mangetsu Hozuki" of Kirigakure?

This can explain why Hozuki Hozuki is with the opponent.

"You just said that the little ghost who killed Kuroki Raiga is called 'Tomioka Giyuu'?"

"Yes. "Xin made a seal again, and the ink on the scroll turned into a simple portrait again, "This is what the teacher drew him like."

[Looks a bit familiar... Looks a bit like Uchiha Itachi.]

Danzo has always been obsessed with this Uchiha clan member who he once placed high hopes on, and he remembers that face very clearly.

The corners of his mouth curled subconsciously, and Danzo seemed to remember something and searched in the files on the desktop.

"I remember seeing someone named Giyuu not long ago."

Soon, he found a record of Konoha's entry and exit from two days ago, spread it on the table and read it carefully.

- Two days ago in the afternoon, Uchiha Giyuu and Rengoku Kyojuro left the village at the same time.

[If this Giyuu is that Giyuu...]

"If you keep going, you can barely reach the Yugu Village last night."

In the column of "Purpose of leaving the village", Uchiha Giyuu only wrote "travel", which looked like it was printed out.

"The time is probably right, then the rest..."

Thinking of this, Danzo found the backup of Giyuu's file at school from the file cabinet at the back that contained the information of all the Uchiha clan members.

"The photo looks very similar.

"Age, about ten years old, also fits the description.

"During the school, I only participated in one practical class and defeated Rengoku Kyojuro. The teacher's evaluation was that my physical skills were far beyond those of my peers. But that was three years ago... Considering that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi are both good at using ninja swords, it is possible that Uchiha Giyuu can use swordsmanship.

"Only this water escape technique, there is no record in the school archives."

Uchiha and water escape technique, it seems a bit incompatible.

But in a blink of an eye, Shimura Danzo immediately thought of his old teammate Uchiha Kagami. He is a rare exception in that clan who is born with water attribute chakra. In this way, it is not impossible for Uchiha Giyuu to know water escape technique.

I don't know whether it is out of hostility towards Uchiha or because Danzo only knows this Giyuu, he thinks that this third-year student who is not in the village is the person he is looking for.

Ignoring the puzzlement expressed by Xin, Danzo immediately asked: "Any other descriptions about this kid?"

"Oh, there is an attached description here. The target has cute facial features, but his eyes are dull, his face is expressionless, and he is taciturn. When he speaks, it makes people uncomfortable. He seems to look down on others and is very rude to adults. ”

Xin repeated the teacher’s description word for word: “In short, he is quite annoying. "

【That's right.】

Shimura Danzo remembered that two years ago, Mitomon En complained to him that Uchiha Fugaku had a very difficult son.

At that time, Mitomon En took his grandson to buy New Year gifts, and ran into Uchiha Mikoto with her two young sons in the market.

The two adults had just exchanged a few words when one of Uchiha Mikoto's sons accused him of smiling too fake, which made Mitomon En embarrassed on the spot. However, Mitomon En was in charge of the village's jonin, and he couldn't tell which was Uchiha Sasuke and which was Uchiha Giyuu, so he had to use "particularly annoying" and "still cute" to distinguish the twins...

Now, combined with the information from Nobu's teacher, Shimura Danzo can almost conclude that the kid who picked up the leak in the Land of Hot Water and took Feidan as a trophy in the intelligence is this Uchiha Giyuu.

Look at the enrollment photo in his file. His eyes are like black holes. It is absolutely correct to say that his eyes are dull!

[Another Uchiha! ]

The one-eyed old man tightly grasped his cane. [What exactly do they want to do by sending this child to the Land of Water? ]

[If this information is not exaggerated, it means that the clan has a genius far superior to Uchiha Itachi... What do they want to do by hiding Uchiha Giyuu? ]

The records of the Ninja School clearly state that the ordinary Uchiha Sasuke was less than ten years old and already had a single and a pair of Sharingan.

But this Uchiha Giyuu was able to kill Hoshigaki Kujira, but the file said that he did not open his eyes.

How is this possible?

The more Danzo thought about it, the more suspicious he felt.

[That old man Sarutobi, as the principal of the Ninja School, did not have a single eye. Have you ever doubted it? 】

The fact that Hidan was intercepted is not important now.

What is important is that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi have just returned from the Land of Water, and the latter immediately resigned from his position as a ninja, and sent Uchiha Giyuu, who may be more talented than Itachi, to the Land of Water——

What conspiracy is behind this?

When thinking about the Third World War, the main opponent of Uchiha was the Mist Ninja, Danzo has begun to assume a huge conspiracy.

[Will they reach an agreement? ]

He has always been willing to consider this clan with the deepest malice...

When Shimura Danzo read the archives again and again and found that the relationship between the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and Uchiha Giyuu was "very close", he wanted to take these things to Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately to remind him to be vigilant against Uchiha, not He was confused by the gradual docility of the guards in the past two years.

But Shimura Danzo had just raised his buttocks and immediately sat back in his original position.

A very bold idea came to his mind.

[If this Uchiha Giyuu is really as strong as the intelligence said, would he already have a three-magatama Sharingan? ]

According to the intelligence, Uchiha Itachi opened his eyes when he was eight years old, and it seemed to be a double-magatama.

Uchiha Giyuu was able to become a rival of Rengoku Kyojuro, so he would only be stronger than Uchiha Itachi at that time, and it is very likely that he has three-magatama.

He subconsciously touched his bandaged right eye...

A lone Uchiha who was suspected to have three-magatama outside was a huge temptation for him.

[But who should I send over? ]

After pondering for a while, Shimura Danzo suddenly thought of someone!

"Is Orochimaru still in the Land of Water?" He suddenly asked Xin.

"I don't know. But according to intelligence, his base in the Land of Water has always been managed by someone."

There was one thing Xin didn't say. The person in charge of Orochimaru's base was also Gen's former intelligence officer.

"Then give it a try."

Although Orochimaru might not give him the Sharingan, Danzo couldn't think of anyone there who could be used.

In addition, even if Orochimaru took the Sharingan for himself and intercepted Hidan, as long as he could kill or make Uchiha Giyuu disappear, and then wait until the bad news of Uchiha Shisui being killed by the Rock Ninja came -

With the temper of the Uchiha clan, they would never give up after losing two geniuses in a few days.

The last time Uchiha Enhuo died, wasn't the conflict between them and the village on the verge of breaking out?

What's more, this time, the one who died was the genius son of the clan leader, and their greatest pride - Shunshin Shisui!

[If Hiruzen is not willing to be the one who ignites the gunpowder barrel...]

Shimura Danzo opened a scroll, dipped it in ink and began to write a letter to Orochimaru.

[Then let Uchiha himself be the one who beats the drum of war!]

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