“What in the world is Danzo up to?!”
Before Danzo even returned to Konoha, news of Root's annihilation of the Grass Village had already reached the Third Hokage's ears.
This hero of the Shinobi World finally displayed some of the presence expected of a Hokage.
The office desk, which had been painstakingly repaired, almost shattered under his slap.
“Koharu, Homura, you two come here! Danzo actually dared to massacre a village!”
“The Shinobi World has been unstable for years. The Cloud and Stone villages have been making trouble, deliberately causing friction on the border! Danzo knows this!”
“What is he trying to do? Does he want to ignite a war and plunge Konoha back into flames?!”
Danzo is the biggest hawk in Konoha, everyone knows that.
It’s hard not to suspect that he did this intentionally.
As for the news that Danzo massacred the village for a girl named Uzumaki Rena, the Third Hokage didn't believe a word of it!
After all these years as friends, who knows Danzo's character better than him?
What, he's trying to get justice for the Uzumaki orphans?
He’s just after the Grass Village’s resources!
“Don’t worry, Sarutobi.”
Tsunade Koharu calmly took a sip of tea, calming him down. “Didn’t Danzo publicly declare that this was his personal action, unrelated to Konoha? Furthermore, even if a war breaks out, Konoha wouldn’t necessarily lose.”
“Yes.”
Mito Homura chimed in, “Times have changed. When the previous Hokage died, Konoha was facing a generation gap. The number of strong shinobi in the village was limited. However, after all these years of our governance, talented shinobi keep emerging.”
“Whether it's Sakumo or the Sannin you trained, they are all powerful shinobi who can stand on their own. Besides, doesn't Danzo control the Wood Style? Since this incident started because of him, if war really breaks out, we'll just let Danzo take Root to the front lines!”
Hearing this, the Third Hokage nodded slightly in agreement.
Danzo is indeed ruthless, cunning, and ambitious.
He has many flaws.
But he’s not completely useless.
At least he’s somewhat loyal to Konoha.
He won't hold back on the battlefield.
But the problem is............
Danzo wants to be Hokage!
If he achieves great merit, it's the Third Hokage who will be in a difficult position!
Can he really just step down and let Danzo take over?
“Forget it, we’ll discuss this when Danzo comes back.”
After much thought, the Third Hokage still felt that the massacre of the Grass Village couldn’t be easily dismissed. He had to teach Danzo a lesson!
So, he deliberately changed the topic.
He brought up something else.
“Have you investigated what happened to Root recently?”
The office suddenly fell silent.
Tsunade Koharu and Mito Homura exchanged glances, then took out a document and placed it in front of the Third Hokage.
“We've indeed uncovered some results, but.............. Sigh! It’s not easy for us to say, you should see for yourself, Sarutobi.”
“What's going on? It's not easy to talk about?”
The Third Hokage frowned and picked up the document to read.
There wasn’t much writing on it, just a few sentences.
But these few sentences made the Third Hokage’s frown even deeper!
Ten minutes passed after he finished reading the document before he spoke again. “Sacrifice? And using shinobi as sacrifices? How could Danzo do such a thing?”
“We don’t know either.”
Mito Homura shook his head, “Root shinobi are all implanted with the Tongue Curse Seal, we can't get useful information out of them.”
Tsunade Koharu continued, “However, based on our analysis, it's highly likely that Danzo’s Wood Style is connected to this sacrifice! We suspect that Danzo came into contact with beings from beyond this world!”
“Beings from beyond this world?”
The Third Hokage muttered to himself, suddenly realizing something, “You mean.............. the 魍魉 of the Land of Ghosts?”
This world of shinobi is actually pretty interesting.
Chakra and technology coexist. They have refrigerators and radios, but shinobi are still using cold weapons to fight each other.
Even if shinobi look down on hot weapons.
What about the farmers?
They are still living in an agrarian society with a simple life, it's just absurd.
And it’s not just the absurd social structure, this world itself is absurd!
Before chakra emerged, there were various "gods" in the Shinobi World.
Of course, they were not true gods, but just hermits who mastered the use of natural energy.
For example, the Great Toad Sage, White Snake Sage, and Slug Sage from the Three Great Holy Lands.
Apart from hermits, there are also Dragon Veins that can travel through time and space in the Shinobi World.
As well as some strange and wonderful alien species.
The 魍魉 sealed by the Land of Ghost's witch is one of them.
And the evil god that Hidan worships is also likely an alien species, a demon from another world.
“If that’s the case, then it's going to be troublesome...............”
The Third Hokage sighed heavily, not even bothering to smoke.
Everyone present knows what the Land of Ghosts is like.
Because of the undying 魍魉, even the five great nations stay away from this small country.
The reason is simple.
The shit in the toilet might not kill you, but it's disgusting!
Regardless of its strength, the 魍魉's undying nature alone is disgusting enough.
No one wants to see a demon who wants to rule the world suddenly jump out of their backyard one day.
But Danzo actually colluded with a demon?
Damn it!
The Third Hokage could tolerate Danzo's shady activities, even tolerate him using Root shinobi to assassinate him.
But he can't tolerate Danzo cooperating with such a dangerous entity!
‘Danzo, Danzo, how did you become like this?’
‘Just for the position of Hokage, you don't even care about Konoha's survival anymore?’
At this moment, the Third Hokage was heartbroken and truly disappointed in his old friend.
At the same time, he was also highly nervous.
In his opinion, the so-called "god" that requires human sacrifice is definitely not something good!
It belongs to the kind that must be eliminated!
Even if it can't be killed, it needs to be sealed!
“Oh right, Sarutobi.”
As if recalling something, Tsunade Koharu said timely, “That female shinobi who was sacrificed is still alive. Her name is Yakushi Yuno, she worked for Root.”
“She is now the headmaster of the orphanage on the outskirts of Konoha.”
“Do you want to see her?”
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