So I Leave?

"Danzo, what exactly are you trying to do?" Mitokado Homura considered himself a man of high status. He might have had a little selfishness in him, but he would never sell out the village's intelligence.

"Of course, I'm doing this for Konoha." Even with the evidence against him, Danzo refused to change his tune.

Utatane Koharu likewise found Danzo's actions unacceptable. With a mocking look, she said, "Colluding with rogue ninja is for Konoha? Selling the village's intelligence is also for Konoha?"

Danzo held his cane in one hand and kept the other behind his back, making several subtle hand signs. Calmly, he said, "It seems I'll have to give you a reasonable explanation today."

"Of course you do, I..." Mitokado Homura stopped midway, his eyes suddenly widening as he looked at the Kunai buried in his chest. Shocked, he asked, "Koharu, you... why?"

Utatane Koharu did not answer. She merely looked at him with cold eyes.

"This is my explanation." Danzo walked up to Mitokado Homura and looked him in the eye.

"Homura, you and Hiruzen are both too soft. You actually allowed the Fourth Hokage to commit so many absurd acts. At this rate, Konoha will certainly be destroyed by your hands. Only by making this old man Hokage can Tobirama-sensei's will truly be inherited."

"You actually..." Mitokado Homura had never expected Danzo's ambition to be replacing Minato as Hokage, nor that he would truly strike at him without mercy.

Judging by Koharu's behavior, had she been hit by the Mind Body Switch Technique? Then she might also...

"During the Chunin Exams, the village was invaded. The Two Advisors were murdered by the enemy, and even the Third Star Shadow was seriously wounded. All of this was due to the Fourth Hokage's dereliction of duty!" Danzo continued talking to himself. "If this old man were Hokage, such things would never have happened!"

"You won't succeed." The light faded from Mitokado Homura's eyes as he collapsed weakly to the ground. At last, his lips moved, his voice nearly inaudible. "I never thought that even in death, I'd still cause trouble for Konoha. This senior really is unfit for the role..."

About three hundred meters outside the Shimura Clan's gates, Naruto looked at the three red dots inside Danzo's home on his mini-map, as well as the two green dots that had just disappeared, and fell into thought.

He had only sensed malice and assumed enemies were present, so he had rushed over to catch them. But judging from this, Danzo and his men inside had probably just killed two people?

Naruto looked at Danzo's front gate and really wanted to fire a Tailed Beast Ball at his house. But if he really did that, he would become a rogue ninja. Trading himself one-for-one with that bastard would be way too much of a loss.

As for sneaking in to investigate, Naruto had no confidence in his infiltration skills. It would be bad if he alerted Danzo and gave him more time to prepare.

Better go tell Dad first. How did that saying go again?

I just drive the car. Dad can figure out the rest.

Only after seeing that the situations on every battlefield had been settled did Minato return to his office. This incident would keep him busy for quite some time. Hearing Naruto's information, he asked seriously, "You're saying Danzo may have murdered two companions?"

"Yeah, but I don't have any proof." Naruto suddenly had an idea. "Right, Sai and the Sound Ninja Four are still alive, aren't they? We can interrogate them."

"Ibiki has already interrogated them. Sai has the Curse of the Root: Tongue Severing placed on him, so it may be connected to Danzo. We can't get anything out of him for now." Minato had naturally considered that as well, and continued, "As for the other four, they appear to be Orochimaru's diehard loyalists. No matter what, they refuse to speak. They even insist that Orochimaru isn't dead."

The Curse of the Root: Tongue Severing was one of Danzo's methods for controlling his subordinates. The cursed seal was placed at the root of the tongue. Whenever they tried to reveal any intelligence related to Danzo, their entire bodies would become paralyzed, leaving them unable to move.

Naruto casually offered a suggestion. "Maybe Old Mom can try to undo it, or we can just have someone from the Yamanaka Clan crack open his skull."

"'Crack open his skull' doesn't mean that..." Minato said. "Never mind. I already thought of that. We should have results soon."

Ignoring his dad's complaint, Naruto continued, "There's one more thing. I actually think Orochimaru might not be completely dead either."

"Why?" Orochimaru's corpse had been personally confirmed by Jiraiya and Tsunade. It was indeed the real body that had died, not a substitute faking its death.

Naruto thought for a moment. "A feeling? That man... woman... ahem, that guy had mastered core technology. I just feel that even if you beat him to death, beat him until not even scraps remain, and even seal away his soul, he could still pop out from some random corner and keep causing trouble. Right, don't the Sound Ninja Four and Anko have cursed seals on them? They might become his Revival method."

"I studied Anko's cursed seal before. In the end, it is merely an application of Sealing Technique and Natural Energy. I have already sealed it, ensuring that it cannot draw energy from Anko's body or absorb Natural Energy from the outside world. In other words, it can no longer serve any purpose.

"As for the cursed seals on the Sound Ninja Four, I will deal with them later as well. And if Inoichi can read any information about Orochimaru from their minds, I'll send people to clear out Orochimaru's bases."

As father and son talked, the office door was suddenly pushed open. Kushina stormed in furiously, dragging someone behind her with chains.

"Kushina? What is this...?" Minato asked.

Kushina clenched her fists, and her Red Hair showed signs of floating upward. "Don't know him, but he was definitely sent by Danzo. I'm going to beat that old bastard flat!"

"Don't act rashly," Minato hurriedly soothed her. "Tell me what happened first."

Kushina temporarily suppressed her anger and explained, "I was originally trying to break Sai's Curse of the Root: Tongue Severing when Sai was suddenly poisoned. Then I sensed this guy sneakily trying to run away. After I punched him, my hand started showing symptoms of poisoning too.

"Luckily, I found Tsunade Nee-san in time, and she helped me remove the poisonous insects. He seems to be from the Aburame Clan. Danzo must have gotten him from the Aburame Clan in Root's name before. Now that he has a guilty conscience, he sent him here to silence us!"

Naruto recognized this man. Aburame Torune, one of Danzo's loyal subordinates, could use nano-sized poisonous insects to destroy an enemy's cells. Once someone touched his body, they would be poisoned.

"How's your hand?" Minato immediately rose to his feet in concern.

"It's completely fine. There isn't even a scratch." Kushina spread her fingers and showed him.

Minato grabbed her hand and turned it over several times, only relaxing after confirming that she was fine.

Kushina pulled her hand back, her face slightly red. "Naruto's still watching."

"So I leave?" Naruto looked at his parents showing off their affection and found himself missing Hinata a little.