Danzo's Ambition

"Really?"

"That would be perfect—"

"Li has always wanted to become an excellent ninja!"

The girl with her hair in a bun wasn't questioning how the man in front of her dared to judge Tsunade; instead, she was relieved that her teammate was being healed.

"What a caring friend!"

The man slightly raised his eyes, gazing at the girl sitting on the veranda bench, and softly asked, "And what is your dream?"

"I used to want to become a legendary female ninja like Lady Tsunade."

Tenten looked up at the hospital ceiling and said weakly, "But I don't have the talent to become a medical ninja, nor can I learn to drink and gamble like Lady Tsunade. I originally thought that mastering ninja tools would allow me to become a female ninja like Lady Tsunade— "

However, this Chunin Exams made her realize the gap in skill once again.

I am just an ordinary person.

I am so far behind those geniuses.

In the past, whenever she saw Rock Lee and his genius teammate Neji Hyuga, she would witness firsthand the frustrating gap between ordinary people and geniuses. However, she was able to adjust her mindset and strive to find a path that suited her.

But·

In the recent selection competition—

She lost to Temari female ninja from Hidden Sand Village.

However, the girl was only depressed for a short while before she quickly cheered up. She was more worried about the future of her teammates than about her own.

"Plum--""

Tenten, the sunlight fell once again on the Operating Room door.

Oops.

The Operating Room door opened.

Tsunade Earth Flow, as if she had just completed a minor surgery, and she had become just like Shirou Emiya of the past.

"A minor issue."

Tsunade saw Tenten walking towards her and casually waved her hand, saying, "Just rest and recuperate for the rest of the time."

"Is Li alright?"

A look of joy flashed across Tenten's face as she clenched her fist and looked at Tsunade with a touch of admiration. "As expected of Lady Tsunade!"

"Mmm-h..."

Tsunade was already immune to such praise. She waved her hand and sat down next to Shirou Emiya, grabbing a glass of water from beside the chair and gulping it down. She then began discussing Rock Lee's condition. "I just saw a brand new case today. That kid's body also has some kind of damage from using a forbidden special technique. Young people these days really go all out."

"Write it down."

Emiya Tsuchihara spoke casually as well, "I observed it when I took that little guy into the Operating Room just now. That gate-sealing technique opened up some of his acupoints, but he hasn't opened enough acupoints yet, but it has already damaged his body—"

Tenten started to get a little curious.

The girl noticed that Tsunade and the man seemed to be having a lively conversation, which made her curious about the identity of the man who had just been speaking.

Konoha's Sannin, one of the Tsunade Konoha—

How could he be so respectful to others?

And·

The other party has excellent eyesight!

It was astonishing that he could tell at a glance that Rock Lee had used the Eight Gates, and he even seemed to know a great deal about the Eight Gates!

"How lucky!"

Holding the water glass, Tsunade praised Rock Lee's luck and remarked on how she herself had a glass of water right after surgery, "I just finished a grueling surgery, and someone has already prepared a glass of water for me."

"Speaking of which—..."

"Over at the Chunin Exams— "

When Tsunade got to this point, she tried to change the subject again. "Well, never mind, let's not talk about those unhappy things. Lord Shirou doesn't like ninja fighting—"

"Someone has brought a message."

Shirou Emiya lowered his head and casually said, "It seems that news of Orochimaru came from the Chunin Exams— "

Whoosh!

Tsunade!

The woman, who had just undergone surgery, immediately took off her white coat and left the hospital with a furious expression!

She couldn't just stand by and do nothing about Orochimaru's matter!

Now she's going to find Jiraiya, who's in charge of the Chunin Exams, Jiraiya ask him about Orochimaru. She will absolutely not forgive Orochimaru for stealing the Crystal Coffin!

"Lady Tsunade!"

Shizune saw Tsunade's departing figure and quickly chased after her, wanting to ask about Rock Lee's subsequent medical needs and arrangements, "The patient is still..."

"I'll take care of the rest."

Shirou Emiya slowly stood up from his chair.

"Huh?"

Tenten stared blankly at Shirou Emiya.

"Ah?"

Shizune looked at Shirou Emiya, who had taken over the task, and her eyes filled with joy and gratitude. "I couldn't be more grateful."

"This doctor seems a bit strange—"

Tenten, he whispered something to Rock Lee.

"Hey, hey, hey—"

Shizune quickly pressed down on Tenten's head and whispered, "This person is the most outstanding medical ninja in the Shinobi World, even more skilled than Lady Tsunade. Moreover, he is the person Lady Tsunade admires the most!"

"Ah?!"

Tenten's eyes were filled with disbelief. Could it be that Lady Tsunade, whom she had admired since childhood, was actually admiring this man in front of her?

How-

I've never heard of that before!

The Chunin Exams selection tournament was still sending a steady stream of wounded to Konoha Hospital, including Hyuga Clan Hinata Hyuga, the young lady of the Hyuga clan, and Genin like Ino Yamanaka Sakura Haruno...

They were really risking their lives for this exam.

After all, for these kids, being promoted from Genin to Chunin is indeed an honor that surpasses their peers.

After Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha finished the selection tournament, they visited a patient at Konoha Hospital. They also took the opportunity to brag to Shirou Emiya Sasuke their advancement to the third round of the exam and invited Shirou Emiya to watch it.

"Sasuke and I will definitely win!"

Naruto Uzumaki's fighting spirit remained high.

"I still have a month to train hard."

Sasuke Uchiha wasn't entirely confident. He reached up and touched the back of his neck, still feeling the burning sensation.

Besides visiting their classmates, they had another purpose for coming to Konoha Hospital.

That is, he hopes that Shirou Emiya can help him solve Orochimaru's Curse Mark problem. The existence of this Curse Mark energy prevents Sasuke Uchiha strength.

The entire Konoha Village

Only Shirou Emiya was truly skilled in Curse Mark.

Once the Curse Mark is broken...

Sasuke Uchiha was confident that he could win.

Furthermore, during this month-long preparation period, his team leader Jonin Kakashi Hatake, and Naruto Uzumaki's teacher Jiraiya, will conduct a month-long special training for them.

After all, the opponents they are facing are really strong.

Shirou Emiya raised his fingers and placed them on Sasuke Uchiha's neck, a wisp of warm Chakra landing on the Curse Mark.

"It would be a lot of trouble to deal with it."

Shirou Emiya observed the changes in the Curse Mark on the back of Sasuke Uchiha's neck and said softly, "Let's try fusing my Curse Mark onto this Curse Mark first."

As the Chakra fell, the Heavenly Cursed Seal planted by Orochimaru weakened.

When Shirou Emiya's fingers left Sasuke Uchiha's neck, a black, spiked ring appeared outside the Heavenly Cursed Seal on the back of his neck, as if it were a cage or iron lock encasing the Heavenly Cursed Seal.

"It doesn't seem to hurt as much anymore."

Sasuke Uchiha stroked his neck, feeling a faint coolness that calmed his mind and relieved him of his fear of Orochimaru's Curse Mark.

The time that follows...

It was he and Naruto Uzumaki worked hard to train and become stronger within a month.

Perhaps because the third round of the Chunin Exams was really quite dangerous, Jiraiya taught Naruto Uzumaki a Ninjutsu called Rasengan, Kakashi Hatake taught Sasuke Uchiha a Lightning Release Ninjutsu called Chidori.

The other Genin all worked very hard.

Only Pain, the Genin from Hidden Rain Village, didn't care.

Because Pain's strength was enough to overturn the entire Miyō, and his self-destruction was not some Chunin Exams, the only problem was that they had been targeted by Jiraiya, which forced the Nagato trio to temporarily postpone their plan to assassinate Shimura Danzo.

Same.

This has led to another problem.

Konoha was always on guard against Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha, and also had to monitor the ninjas of Hidden Rain Village, so that they wouldn't have enough energy to be wary of another village that wanted to cause trouble.

Hidden Sand Village.

This village, which chose to surrender to Konoha during the Third Shinobi World War, has been trying to break free from its alliance with Konoha and liberate itself from a nearly subordinate alliance.

In order to achieve this goal, the Fourth Kazekage Rasa of Hidden Sand Village, Rasa, spared no expense and even colluded with Orochimaru!

This ninja village, one of the Five Great Nations, has finally decided to participate in this momentous event that is destined to shake the Shinobi World.

Within the Kamui Dimension.

This is where Obito Uchiha and Orochimaru plotted their scheme.

Because they might be under Black Zetsu's surveillance on ordinary days, it's not safe for them to communicate anywhere in the Shinobi World, so they can only continue their conspiracy in the Kamui Dimension.

"The power of Hidden Sand Village is of little use."

Obito Uchiha on Hidden Sand Village and didn't think the power of the Fourth Kazekage Rasa, could be of much help in this major event. In fact, the more people involved, the more trouble it would cause.

"They're just being used."

Orochimaru already had his own plan in mind, and he didn't care about the weak defenses of Hidden Sand Village: "Konoha's defenses are getting tighter and tighter, Jiraiya and Tsunade are keeping a close eye on things."

"This time-""

Obito Uchiha narrowed his eyes, still somewhat uneasy. "Using the power of the three Hokage..."

Are you sure you can handle Shirou Emiya?

"Certainly-"

"Although that important figure is very powerful—"

Orochimaru licked his lips, brimming with confidence in his plan. "But his power doesn't exceed our understanding—"

Based on the current situation, Shirou Emiya's total Chakra is roughly equivalent to that of a Kage-level character.

If Shirou Emiya enter Sage Mode or Cursed Seal Mode, the quality of his Chakra might be significantly improved, but it would still be within a controllable range.

As for Shirou Emiya's Rinnegan, according to Obito Uchiha's intelligence, Orochimaru also knew a lot about the Rinnegan's abilities, but it still didn't exceed their predictions.

The only trouble

Perhaps it is Shirou Emiya's unlimited Ninjutsu.

However, this kind of unlimited Ninjutsu is not a big problem in the face of the strength of the three Hokage. The First Hokage Impure World Reincarnation, was responsible for fighting against Emiya Tsuchihara, while the Second Hokage and the Fourth Hokage were responsible for looking for an opportunity. The probability of them defeating Emiya Tsuchihara was not low.

"As for Nagato—."

"If it's as you say..."

Orochimaru brought up another problem they needed to face. "So now Nagato's power may have surpassed Shirou Emiya's."

"I will find an opportunity to deal with Nagato."

Obito Uchiha was very confident in his Kamui Mangekyo Sharingan. He stroked the other ordinary Sharingan in his eye socket and said coldly, "Don't worry, Nagato won't cause any trouble. No matter how strong he is, he can't do anything to my Kamui— "

Moreover...

He still had Izanagi card.

This ultimate Genjutsu, which transforms all unfavorable factors in battle into dreams, is enough to give him an opportunity to resolve Nagato's threat!

However, Izanagi is no secret.

Because Konoha also has another threat, an old man who also wants to get rid of Nagato and uses the ultimate Genjutsu Izanagi as his trump card in battle.

A pitch-black underground base.

Shimura Danzo was stroking his Ninja Blade.

News came from some of his former subordinates who had been planted in the Anbu.

A team of Amegakure performed well in the Chunin Exams; their strength was clearly far superior to that of Genin. However, two of them gave up the third exam. This team of Amegakure may have some kind of conspiracy against Konoha.

Therefore·

The Anbu were also ordered to monitor the Hidden Rain Squad.

Without needing to guess, Shimura Danzo knew that the squad must be Nagato, the very same Salamander Hanzo's Rinnegan!

Conspiracy-

What conspiracy—

It was nothing more than a plot to assassinate him and carry out his revenge.

Shimura Danzo wouldn't place all his hopes for protection on Sarutobi Hiruzen and the others; he had personally witnessed the power Nagato displayed during that bloody siege.

But this is Konoha after all!

Based on Shimura Danzo's assessment of the strength of both sides, the outcome of the battle between Nagato and Sarutobi Hiruzen, along with other Konoha High Command, was...

The final outcome will most likely be a lose-lose situation.

Then...

That couldn't be better!

Shimura Danzo narrowed his eyes and heavily sheathed his Ninja Blade!

Whether it's the Rinnegan or the position of the Fifth Hokage of Konoha...

If Nagato clashes with the Konoha High Command, he might be able to take them all for himself this time!

Despite the current complex situation, with Orochimaru and Obito Uchiha missing-nin to use Konoha's siege of Nagato to obtain the Rinnegan, Shimura Danzo believed he would be the ultimate victor!

"It's time—"

After bandaging his face, Shimura Danzo left the shady Root Base with his two bodyguards. He was going to visit his two old friends Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura.

Now··

It's time for me to come out of retirement.

Four years have passed since the Night of the Uchiha Clan Massacre, Shimura Danzo has been stripped of his power and forced to remain unemployed at home.

Now that Konoha Village is facing trouble and even danger at any moment, he, as the former Hokage Assistant, cannot stand idly by.

At least-·

We also need to put on a show.

At the very least, he needs the support of two old friends for his future comeback.

After all, a terrifying storm is about to erupt in Konoha.

Shimura Danzo believed he would survive the storm, and that his life would reach its peak after it passed. Eleven Sharingan on his arm supported his ambition.

In addition, he also has one on his eye socket.

"This time."

"Hiruzen will definitely die."

"I hope Jiraiya and Tsunade also die in this storm."

Shimura Danzo gazed at the four Face Rock atop the Hokage Rock, his sinister eyes slowly darkened. "At that time, I will be able to sit securely in the highest position in Konoha— "