Danzo Gets Played

The Land of Rice Fields was a small country bordering Konoha.

This nation had no ninja village and was a good place, isolated from the outside world.

After fleeing for many days and finally shaking off Homura Mitokado, Danzo entered a forest somewhere in the Land of Rice Fields.

Although the Third Hokage had said to spare Danzo, they still had to keep up appearances. More importantly, not every ninja could understand Sarutobi Hiruzen's orders.

Thus, Danzo had spent many days on the run.

He slid down against a large tree and dropped onto the ground, letting out a long breath. At last, he had a chance to catch his breath. So this is what it means to feel as though I've entered another world.

Looking at his surroundings, Danzo could barely control his emotions. He felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen had been his enemy in a past life and had continued screwing him over in this one, reducing him to such a state.

"I did it all for Konoha's interests!"

In Danzo's view, if Konoha wanted to survive and develop, it had to constantly provoke wars.

Only when the ninja world descended into chaos could Konoha open its bloody maw and devour everything.

Chaos was not an abyss, but a staircase upward.

It was the only path for Konoha to dominate the ninja world forever.

Sarutobi Hiruzen had clearly been given the chance to climb upward

, yet he only wanted to be a watchdog guarding the gate!

The gloomy smile on Danzo's face was especially pronounced.

Sooner or later, he would return to Konoha and reclaim everything he had lost.

"Hehe... Danzo, hailed as Konoha's shadow, has actually fallen to such a state. How sigh-worthy."

At that moment, an aged voice suddenly rang out from above.

"Who?!"

Danzo looked