Just when the civilians of Land of Waves began to receive a large amount of basic living supplies from merchants to their great surprise, Kakashi finally returned to Konoha with a wounded man and two lost disciples.
After sending Sasuke to the hospital, he immediately went to Hokage Building to report his experience during the mission.
In particular, the focus is on telling the mysterious man wearing a Root Organization mask and a pair of Two-Tomoe Sharingan, as well as the conversation between himself and the other party, even the details.
In addition, there is also the rampage of Nine-Tails Jinchūriki Naruto Uzumaki.
After listening to these contents, the expression on Third Hokage's face suddenly became extremely solemn. After thinking for a long time, he asked, "Do you think those two attackers are really Danzō's people?"
"I don't know! But that guy's Sharingan is definitely real! Although he only has two magatama, he can use various eye skills very skillfully. If I go all out, I may not be his opponent at all." Kakashi replied without thinking.
"When did Danzō have so many elites under his command..." Third Hokage frowned subconsciously.
He was not surprised by the assassination of Sasuke.
Because as the initiator and culprit of the Uchiha Clan Downfall incident, Danzō has always wanted to completely cut off the bloodline of this family and make it disappear from the ninja world forever.
But the problem is that the people of Root Organization are not conjured out of thin air, but are recruited from the existing ninjas in the village and selected from adopted orphans.
Although Operation Root is very secretive, Naruto was still able to obtain some information.
This is why the two have fought for decades, and Danzō has always been the loser.
But now, the old opponent suddenly has several trump cards that are enough to threaten him. It's strange that Third Hokage is not nervous.
And since the incident of Naruto stealing Scroll of Seals, his reputation in the village has plummeted. Many people who originally supported Naruto now either fall into the arms of Danzō, or choose to remain neutral and wait for the good show.
After all, although absolute fairness can never be truly achieved, it must still be acceptable on the surface.
But Naruto directly showed a scroll full of forbidden techniques to a genin, and also asked him to learn Multiple Shadow Clones, without holding him accountable afterwards. This kind of naked favoritism and double standards will make any ninja who still has some expectations for the village feel angry.
In addition, only a handful of people know Naruto Uzumaki's true identity, and they are prohibited from speaking out, so the impact naturally becomes even worse.
It can be said that at the moment, Third Hokage has done his best to keep his position, and he has no ability to investigate whether Danzō really sent someone to assassinate Sasuke.
"Hokage-sama, if there is nothing else, I will leave first."
Kakashi is undoubtedly very aware of Third Hokage's difficult situation and knows how sensitive Sasuke's identity is.
Not only Danzō wants to kill Sasuke, but those ninjas who participated in the Uchiha Clan Downfall operation also don't want him alive.
As for innocence...
Sorry!
No one cares!
Aren't those who knew nothing about the rebellion, but all their families died along with them, not innocent?
"Yeah! Go ahead!"
Third Hokage nodded helplessly.
On the other side, Danzō also got the news that Kakashi and Team 7 had returned to the village. After getting Sasuke's injury report, he couldn't help but sigh, "Is it only less than one millimeter short of piercing the heart? This Uchiha remnant is really lucky."
"Sir, I also heard that Nine-Tails Jinchūriki immediately went berserk after witnessing Sasuke Uchiha's chest being penetrated, and even increased the number of Tailed Beast Cloak's tails to four at one point." A Gen ninja reported truthfully.
"Oh, forget it, let's leave it like this for now. Our current focus is Konoha Collapse Plan of Orochimaru. As for the remnants of Uchiha, let's just let him live a little longer." Danzō sighed with regret.
Just as Allen expected, he did not take his anger out on anyone because of the failed assassination.
After all, this was the most successful assassination attempt against Sasuke since Itachi's "defection", and it even almost succeeded.
"Understood! Our people are already Readiness, just waiting for Chunin Exam to begin." The root of the ninja raised his head, showing extremely fanatical eyes.
In his eyes, only Danzō can lead Konoha out of the current cowardly situation of being tolerant, and return to the power and glory of First Shinobi World War, WWII and Third Shinobi World War that swept the entire ninja world.
Danzō nodded with satisfaction. "Very good! Remember to inform Allen to pay more attention to Orochimaru's movements. That guy will not act according to the plan honestly."
"Please rest assured! We have sent two elites to deliver the message. No matter what Orochimaru is planning, it cannot escape our control." Gen's ninja assured firmly.
After saying this, he quickly walked backwards and disappeared into the darkness, leaving Danzō alone in the entire secret room.
Feeling surrounded by darkness and loneliness, this old man who had already fallen into evil ways gently touched his eyes under the bandage and murmured to himself in a voice that only he could hear, "Maybe after I become Naruto, I should use it to completely turn that child into a chess piece that is completely loyal to me. Only in this way can I safely leave Gen to him to manage."
Shisui Mangekyo Sharingan's Kotoamatsukami is Danzō's biggest trump card, and it is also the reason why he dares to use Allen, a dangerous element.
When he thought that his dream would soon come true, he couldn't help but laugh, and the more he laughed, the crazier he became.
Fortunately, there is no second person here, otherwise those Root Organization ninjas who regard him as a god would probably think that their leader has a mental problem.
Of course, no one knows whether Danzō is crazy or not, but Medical Ninja and the nurse in the hospital are really going crazy.
"Get out of the way! I want to be discharged from the hospital!"
Sasuke Uchiha jumped up from the bed like crazy, wanting to leave this disgusting place.
"Sasuke! Calm down! Although the wound on your chest is very lucky not to pierce the heart, it will take a few days to heal." Sakura quickly comforted him.
"Shut up! I've had enough of feeling weak! I have to become stronger! Try my best to become stronger!"
Obviously, this near-death experience severely stimulated Sasuke's most sensitive nerve.
In particular, Karin looked almost as big as himself, but he possessed overwhelming power. He easily pinned the three of them to the ground and rubbed them repeatedly. Even the proud Sharingan couldn't clearly see the other's movements.
If he continued to waste his time like this, let alone avenge his dead relatives, he would not even be able to catch up with Itachi's progress.
Just when Sasuke was about to make a scene in the hospital ward, Kakashi finally walked in from the door and said in a rather lazy tone, "That's enough! Just lie down and rest. I promise you, I will teach you Chidori's technique when the injury heals."
"Chidori?" Sasuke instantly recalled the powerful ninjutsu flashing with lightning in his mind, and immediately asked excitedly, "Really?"
"Yes! I promise." Kakashi gave an affirmative reply.
"Then it's a deal!"
"It's a deal!"