Naruto: Choosing from Birth

"A: Clarify the facts. Reward: Chakra of all five natures and mastery of nature transformation."

"B: Explain that a traitor had emerged among the Uchiha Clan, and that this was a purge of traitors. Thank the two Root members for their support. Reward: S-rank ninjutsu, Lightning Release: Lightning Blade!"

"C: Expose Danzo's secret base, redirect the trouble, and turn the tables on him! Reward: Lightning Blade + Chakra of all five natures and their nature transformations."

Anything that could cause Danzo trouble and pile a few more crimes onto him—I'd do it even without a reward!

I choose C!

"We had originally followed the beverage shop owner, Maruyama Shota, to the ranch to purchase some milk."

"Then we discovered suspicious individuals and secretly followed them, only to find that they were conducting cruel human experiments."

"In order not to alert them, we planned to return to Konoha and seek reinforcements. But we were accidentally discovered, and they hunted us down all the way here."

"When we reached the area around this ranch, we finally had nowhere left to run, so we had no choice but to fight them to the death!"

"Poor Uchiha Dai Boku, a veteran of the Konoha Military Police Force and captain of Squad One in District One. To cover our retreat, he burned his life away and crushed more than ten of them in one stroke. Otherwise, by the time you found us, there would have only been a few corpses left."

"And these people looked very much like Danzo's Root members who attacked us last time."

Uchiha Cheng spoke vividly and emotionally, making everyone break into a cold sweat for them. Hadn't they seen that the entire ranch had been flattened?

Even Konoha could hear the tremendous noise caused by the battle.

One could imagine how intense the battle had been. Even an elder-level Uchiha had fallen. It was a pity that the dozen or so people he had killed by burning his life away had been reduced to dust along with the hill. Otherwise, they might have been able to trace their origins from the bodies.

Fortunately, weren't there still two corpses left here? Of course, the most important thing was to immediately investigate the enemy's secret base before they could relocate their target.

Sarutobi Daisuke, the leader of this Anbu operation, looked at the white masks with blue patterns on the two corpses and felt his heart skip a beat.

This... really does seem to be Danzo's Root organization. Although the mask design is different from before, it still looks somewhat similar.

"Then, Lord Cheng, could you send someone who knows the situation to lead us in investigating this secret base where they conducted human experiments, so those rats don't escape?"

Sarutobi Daisuke said respectfully.

"We're going too. The captain of Squad One in District One is dead, and the vice-captain and the others are injured. The Uchiha Clan has never suffered such a grievous loss."

Uchiha Hiiragi, captain of Squad Three in District Three of the Konoha Military Police Force, spoke viciously.

"No problem. I'll lead you there personally. Uchiha Dai Boku cannot have died in vain. We must catch them all in one net and leave none alive."

Uchiha Cheng nodded.

Uchiha Rinne, standing to the side, was utterly stunned. Hadn't Uchiha Dai Boku been the spy we killed? What was the vice-captain trying to do? And was he really going to take them to a nonexistent secret base?

But after seeing the look the vice-captain gave her, she immediately hid her expression with tact.

"Then leave two people behind to clean up the battlefield and guard the corpses. Everyone else, follow me to wipe out the secret base!"

Sarutobi Daisuke shouted.

"Yes!"

More than twenty Anbu followed in the Uchiha Clan's footsteps.

Claiming that he was worried about the unconscious Uchiha Yuto, Uchiha Cheng had a Military Police Force member carry him along to the secret base. He and Suzune had to remain within his sight.

Then, dozens of people instantly darted into the forest and rushed southeast toward the location of the secret base provided by the system.

After running for more than seven thousand meters,

a series of small hills came into view.

"This is the place. Their entrance is very well hidden. I suggest we plow this entire area with ninjutsu!"

"Good!"

At once, all kinds of Fire Release techniques flew out, followed by Water Release extinguishing the flames.

Sure enough, on an inconspicuous cliff face, they discovered a stone door concealed by vines.

"Charge!"

Boom!!!

They smashed the gate open with force.

The Anbu used all kinds of clones and poured in first!

"Who goes there?"

"Those who trespass into the secret realm without authorization die!"

Angry shouts rang out from within.

Then came the sounds of various ninjutsu and weapons clashing.

They left one-third of their forces outside to guard the stone gate while everyone else charged into the secret base.

At that moment, Uchiha Rinne was beyond shocked. What the hell? There really was a secret base? And there really were enemies inside?

Could it be that after fighting Uchiha Dai Boku for so long, I'd actually fallen under some massive genjutsu? Was what the vice-captain said the truth?

With the vast disparity in strength, the battle ended quickly.

They captured eight people in total!

Unfortunately, the moment these people lost their ability to fight and sensed that they might be captured, they immediately bit open the poison pills in their mouths and decisively took their own lives.

Sarutobi Daisuke's face darkened. This was indeed extremely similar to the Root organization's way of doing things. Others might not be familiar with Root, Konoha's dark side, but as an Anbu, he knew it all too well.

After all, Root was also a secret organization that trained Anbu, except it answered only to Danzo.

Moreover, Root had always remained hidden in the shadows. Aside from a few major clans such as the Uchiha Clan, Senju Clan, and Hyuga Clan, almost all ordinary small clans barely even knew that Konoha had such a secret organization.

This secret base had hollowed out the entire mountain, and it was extraordinarily spacious inside. All kinds of sophisticated instruments filled the hall.

Inside one transparent cultivation tank after another were human corpses...

In a small room deep within the hall, a group of refugees was imprisoned.

From their conversations, it could be determined that none of these refugees were from Konoha. They had likely been captured elsewhere.

He had never expected this place to truly be conducting human experiments.

This matter had to be reported to the Hokage immediately and left for Lord Hiruzen to decide...

PS: In the original story, the Third Hokage and Danzo had conducted experiments together for a period of time in order to study Hashirama Cells.

Later, due to the enormous costs, the lack of results, and other unspeakable reasons, the Third Hokage banned the experiments.

But Danzo continued the experiments in secret behind the Third Hokage's back and conducted live human experiments. Later, he even collaborated with Orochimaru. In the end, one successful case was achieved, resulting in the birth of Wood Release Yamato!

The next morning, Shimura Danzō, who had been away on business, received messages from both the Anbu and his own Root personnel. He hurried back to the village overnight.

As he walked along Konoha's streets, there were clearly far more early risers than usual.

"What happened last night? Did you hear it? There was suddenly this huge boom—my god, it scared me right out of bed."

"I heard it too. There even seemed to be a slight earthquake. I ran out of the house shirtless. You know, I like sleeping naked. I came out swinging my little bird around—it was so embarrassing, I wanted to kill myself."

"You people who were asleep don't know. I saw the far southeastern end of Konoha light up like daytime. It was probably those ninja lords fighting again."

Fragments of idle chatter entered Danzo's ears.

Suddenly, a hidden weapon flew at Danzo from the crowd by the roadside. With sharp reflexes, he flipped out a kunai and blocked it.

Smack!!!

The incoming hidden weapon was split in two!

Splat!!!

Its momentum did not diminish as it landed on Danzo's face, covering him in yellow and white while a fishy smell filled the air.

It was a raw egg!

What the fuck!

"The Big Bad Wolf who captured Little Red Riding Hood! Smash him to death!"

A naughty child by the roadside waved his arms and shouted. Then he turned around and reached into the vegetable basket beside his mother, who was shopping for groceries. There were half a basket of eggs inside.

Danzo's face darkened, and bloodthirsty light flashed in his eyes.

Hearing the child's shout, the woman turned around and was immediately startled. She quickly hugged the child and apologized to Danzo.

"I'm sorry, sir. My child mistook you for someone else. I'll help you wipe it clean."

"Mom, don't go over there! He's the Big Bad Wolf, he eats people! Little Red Riding Hood was eaten by him."

The crowd by the roadside noticed the commotion and gathered around. Then several more children screamed, "It's true! It really is the one-eyed Big Bad Wolf! Run!"

Danzo was completely baffled and had no idea what was going on. Seeing the crowd grow larger, he could not stoop to arguing with a child. He quickly wiped his face with both hands and viciously threw out one sentence: