Not long after the incident...
The Great Elder hurried over to Momoka Senju.
"Lord Momoka, Senju Takeshi has completely mutated and was taken away by Shimura Danzō. I'm afraid he can only become a miserable test subject from now on..."
Faced with the Great Elder's urgent report, Momoka Senju showed no intense reaction.
"Where there is light, there is darkness."
Momoka Senju raised her head and gazed at the sky.
Moonlight fell upon her dirty little face, adding a hint of mystery to it.
"The Previous Hokage, Tobirama Senju... was a man who possessed both good and evil. He ruled Konoha through those two sides..."
"..."
The Great Elder remained bowed, listening quietly.
Momoka Senju said, "The Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, inherited the Previous Hokage's 'good.' Naturally, someone must inherit his 'evil.'"
And the man who had inherited Tobirama Senju's dark side was Shimura Danzō.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shimura Danzō were two sides of the same coin—good and evil, light and darkness.
"If Shimura Danzō did not do it, someone else would..."
The implication was clear.
The village's darkness had always existed.
Without Tobirama Senju, there would still be Shimura Danzō.
Without Shimura Danzō, there would be Mitokado Danzō, Koharu Danzō...
That was reality.
Someone would always do the dirty work.
Someone would always bear the darkness.
This was a fundamental problem with Konoha's system.
As long as the ninja village called "Konoha" existed, such things would inevitably exist as well.
"Sayuri... Shimura Danzō seems to have recruited her..."
The Great Elder lowered his head and brought up another matter.
Momoka Senju said, "That was inevitable."
A dark space.
This was beneath Konoha.
Unknown to the people living peaceful lives above, there was a vast network of underground labyrinths here.
This was Shimura Danzō's lair.
It was also the