The very first second he descended to the sixth underground level, Sahara Mizu's "Six Eyes" saw through Shimura Danzō's true identity.
There was really no way not to see through it.
Anyone with the "Six Eyes" activated who discovered a huge soul-form Shimura Danzō clinging to the back of another unfamiliar ninja like a monkey would probably have to take a few extra looks.
Paired with Shimura Danzō's old face, it was instantly enough to make one's eyes sting.
However, once he discovered this, the plan to cut the weeds at the roots that he had devised before entering the prison became a dead end.
Originally, Sahara Mizu had intended to make these Root ninjas stab out their own brains and kill themselves, then leave alone as quickly as possible.
Fortunately, in another cell on this same sixth underground level, he sensed the seal of the "Mutual Exploding Tag Engraving Technique" he had left on someone not long ago.
He expanded the Six Eyes' field of vision a little farther.
Eh!
When had Hiruko arrived?
At the same time, almost the instant he saw him, Sahara Mizu raised a finger in his heart.
He had come up with an exquisite idea.
Why did he have to kill Danzo?
Wasn't it because that old bastard stayed in the village all day with nothing to do except make trouble for him?
Since that was the case, why not give him something to do?
True, Hiruko currently carried little weight. He was merely a shady inventor researching some evil fusion Ninjutsu.
But if, as he dug deeper, Shimura Danzō gradually discovered that this was actually the direct culprit behind his current predicament—a man who had colluded with other villages, deliberately planted himself at his side, siphoned intelligence over the long term, misappropriated laboratory