Preparations on Both Sides!

Back at the Hokage's office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat directly behind his desk, picked up the pipe on it, and began puffing away furiously.

Danzo stood to one side, leaning on his cane as he paced back and forth.

"Hiruzen, the Uchiha have already slipped out of our control. We must find a way to purge them as soon as possible."

Hiruzen took a deep drag from his pipe, exhaling clouds of smoke.

"And what solution do you have? You saw Senya Uchiha's strength yourself. He won't be easy to deal with."

"More importantly! I never expected that Senya Uchiha would realize the Police Force's true authority! What do you expect me to do about that? That was compensation given to the Uchiha by Lord Hashirama and Teacher Tobirama out of their guilt over the Hokage position!"

"Most importantly, you sent people to act! How could you let your tracks show? Now we've lost both the lady and the army! We have no choice but to swallow this loss, whether we like it or not!"

Hiruzen stared at Danzo with an expression of utter disappointment.

Feeling Hiruzen's gaze, Danzo first flared with anger, only for his scalp to start tingling a moment later. He instinctively clenched his buttocks.

Hiruzen's gaze felt like that of a resentful wife.

Suppressing the turmoil in his heart, Danzo once again considered that idea Hiruzen had forbidden many times before.

"Hiruzen, at this point, I'm afraid we must use the power of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki and sealing techniques."

Hiruzen frowned and began considering whether it was feasible.

"The Scroll of Seals contains forbidden techniques left behind by Lord Hashirama. It cannot be used except in an emergency."

"As for the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, there is no need to use a Jinchuriki for an internal village matter. You should understand that the Uchiha are retaliating so madly only because of what your Root did. This has nothing to do with Konoha."

"Handle Root's affairs yourselves!"

Having said that, Hiruzen raised his pipe again and puffed away.

Danzo gritted his teeth in fury after hearing this!

"Hiruzen, you should understand that I am another you, the one who operates in the darkness. Think carefully!"

"Once my Root is eliminated by the Uchiha, every shameful thing you have done will be exposed!"

"Besides, every document bears your written orders. It's all recorded there in black and white!"

"I can do without the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, but you must give me the sealing scroll! Otherwise, Senya Uchiha's retaliation will be a dead end for me! And if I die, don't think you'll get off easy either!"

Hiruzen's utterly unyielding attitude forced Danzo to resort to threats and pressure him into submission.

Hiruzen took another deep draw from his pipe, but accidentally inhaled the smoke into his lungs.

He broke into a violent coughing fit.

Hiruzen let out a sigh.

Whether out of old comradeship or because of Danzo's threats, Hiruzen ultimately nodded. He agreed and took Danzo into the secret chamber to retrieve the sealing scroll.

After obtaining the sealing scroll, Danzo was overjoyed.

Hmph, Hiruzen, you hypocritical old bastard. In the end, I still got my way.

Don't tell me you didn't know the sealing scroll contains the Four Symbols Seal and the Eight Trigrams Seal.

Now, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki will be mine for the taking...

Meanwhile, at Senya's home.

Senya sat at the table, leisurely sipping the tea in his cup.

Fugaku sat opposite him, truly feeling as though he were sitting on pins and needles, as if ants were crawling all over him. His fingers kept tapping against the tabletop.

Earlier, he had said quite a bit while confronting those two idiots. After using Susanoo, nearly half the Chakra in his body had been drained.

This was all the Chakra in his entire body, not his usual available Chakra reserves.

Most ninjas normally only had access to around one-third of their total Chakra. Only at moments of life-and-death crisis would their bodies unleash their hidden potential.

Generally, only Kage-level ninjas or taijutsu masters could freely control all the Chakra in their bodies.

Seeing Senya acting as though nothing had happened, looking completely at ease, Fugaku could no longer hold back and chose to speak.

"Senya, we've completely fallen out with Danzo and Hiruzen this time. What are you planning to do next?"

Senya calmly took another sip of tea.

"Why are you in such a rush? You're like the King of Hurry-Up."

"Relax. That old bastard Hiruzen won't dare do anything. The moment I displayed the third stage of Susanoo, he could no longer afford to turn against us."

"Only that scheming old bastard Danzo will keep acting. All we need to do is wait for him to make his move."

Fugaku was somewhat baffled after hearing Senya's words.

"What do you mean, King of Hurry-Up? I'm talking to you about something serious."

"Hiruzen was ready to give the order to attack back then. Don't tell me you didn't notice. You weren't just chopping down Root ninjas for fun."

Fugaku drained the tea leaves from his cup in one gulp. At that moment, he felt incredibly smart, as if his intelligence had improved and he had seen through everything!

Senya glanced at Fugaku's confident expression and sighed.

Sigh, following a genius like me has indeed improved this guy's intelligence, but only a little. He's evolved from a single-celled organism into an ape. I shouldn't have expected too much from Fugaku.

"It's precisely because he gave up on attacking then that he will never attack again. Understand?"

"This time, he brought almost all the Anbu directly under the Hokage."

"Ordinary jonin can no longer threaten me. No matter how many there are, they are no more than ants to me. Didn't you see what happened to the Root ninjas?"

"I attacked the Root ninjas to make Hiruzen understand that principle and fact—to make him stop overestimating himself and coming to me to die. Got it?"

After hearing Senya's words, Fugaku suddenly looked enlightened and nodded repeatedly.

"So next, we just need to notify the Hyuga, Ino-Shika-Cho, and Jiraiya."

"And wait for Root to make its move?"

Hearing that Fugaku had finally guessed the next step correctly for once, Senya finally felt a trace of accomplishment and was deeply moved.

This idiot can finally think like a human being! Calling him an ape was underestimating him. Fugaku is now a normal person with sound intelligence!

"That's right. You'll handle the Hyuga and Ino-Shika-Cho. Leave informing Jiraiya to me."

Having understood the arrangements, Fugaku turned and left. After all, it was getting late. Recently, the sparks of love between him and Mikoto had been rekindled, and he was thinking of giving Itachi and Sasuke another little brother or sister.

Only after Fugaku left did Senya begin working out the next stage of his plan.

He raised his head and looked at the moon outside the window.

Jiraiya, I may have to wrong you a little next. This can't be considered selling out a teammate—it's simply what the plan requires...

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