"Torifu, don't mess around. Who wants Ino-Shika-Cho to be wiped out?"
"Ino-Shika-Cho is an important pillar of the village. It's not like I don't know that!"
Danzo's expression was furious, but his voice became calm, almost gentle. "You know perfectly well what state the Uchiha are in right now. Everything I've done has been for Konohagakure."
"Bullshit!"
Torifu Akimichi sneered. "If something happened to the Uchiha, it was because you people pushed them into it. Did you really think that, just because I retired, I stopped knowing anything? If I were in their place, after everything you've done to the Uchiha over the years, I'd have beaten the shit out of you long ago."
"Danzo, treat everyone else like fools, and sooner or later, you'll become one yourself."
He looked at Danzo mockingly. "The reason you kept pulling people from Ino-Shika-Cho to deal with the Uchiha and send them to their deaths was actually because of me, wasn't it?"
"This..."
Shikaku Nara stared at Torifu Akimichi in surprise.
What was this about?
How could Danzo constantly taking members from Ino-Shika-Cho have anything to do with Torifu Akimichi?
"Uncle Torifu, what's going on?"
Torifu Akimichi pointed at Danzo's nose and cursed, "Back when this bastard was the Second Hokage's guard, I beat him up plenty of times. He's getting back at me."
Shikaku Nara froze. That had happened?
"Stop spouting nonsense!" Danzo slammed his hand on the table in fury. "I'm telling you, Torifu—"
"Don't give me that crap!" Torifu Akimichi cut him off coldly. "You were a worthless little punk back then. You weren't that capable, but your temper was huge. I beat you up so many times that I lost count. Dare you say you don't hate me?"
"You, you..."
Danzo trembled from head to toe in rage.
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