Ye Fan Rages in the Hokage's Office

"Danzo and Mitokado Homura... the three of them, they have no idea about this. This was entirely my decision."

In his panic, the Third Hokage almost let slip the truth.

"Heh, Third Hokage, I've already gathered plenty of evidence regarding this matter. I'm only here today to confirm it."

"The way Shimura Danzō and the others have acted is enough to prove that the evidence I possess is real."

Ye Fan sat with his legs crossed, his expression as dark as water. He was already eager to make a move against them.

But for now, he still had a few questions and needed to know the truth.

"Ye Fan, that matter really has nothing to do with them. This..."

"There's no need to say more. Regarding that matter, I can only get to the bottom of it all," Ye Fan interrupted the Third Hokage and continued, "I still have a few questions for you. These questions have nothing to do with the Uchiha Clan."

"Sigh, ask away!" The Third Hokage's expression was complex. He was worried that Mitokado Homura and the other two would bring trouble upon themselves because of that past incident.

He had personally experienced Ye Fan's strength.

When he fought Orochimaru in the Forest of Death, the Third Hokage already knew that Ye Fan's strength far surpassed his own.

Moreover, Ye Fan followed a path of overwhelming force, making him more than a notch above ninja of the same level who cultivated ninjutsu!

The Third Hokage felt that this matter was gradually slipping out of his control and becoming increasingly troublesome!

"Ye Fan! Always asking questions, what's with all these damn questions? Are you getting too big for your britches?"

Just as Ye Fan was about to speak, he was interrupted by the scolding of Utatane Koharu, a senior advisor of Konoha.

"Get lost! Get as far away as you can! This is Konoha's highest authority, not your backyard!"

"Silence!" The Third Hokage quickly shouted to stop her.

But the Third Hokage's shout did not make Utatane Koharu stop; instead, she became even more aggressive.

"Ye Fan, you orphan, don't think you can do whatever you want just because the Third Hokage is backing you!"

"You've asked so many questions, and you still want to ask more?!"

As Utatane Koharu's insults grew harsher, Ye Fan's expression turned colder and colder.

Ye Fan slightly raised his head to look at her, his icy gaze like a thousand feet of cold ice.

Utatane Koharu became more and more animated as she cursed, her words becoming increasingly venomous.

Suddenly, she felt a cold wind sweep past her, and a figure appeared abruptly.

"You old hag, I've tolerated you for a long time! I don't want to deal with you right now, but do you really think I'm afraid of you?"

Ye Fan cursed angrily and slapped Utatane Koharu across the face.

The immense force instantly sent her flying, smashing her heavily against the wall, where she remained embedded and motionless.

"Pfft..."

Utatane Koharu spat out a mouthful of blood, mixed with seven or eight teeth.

The side of her face that had been slapped immediately swelled up.

"Old hag, didn't your parents teach you not to interrupt when others are speaking?"

Ye Fan delivered another slap to Utatane Koharu's face.

This slap completely shattered her teeth, leaving not a single one intact.

The other side of her face also instantly swelled up, turning her into a complete pig's head.

"You... you... you dare to hit me!"

Utatane Koharu stared at Ye Fan in disbelief, completely bewildered.

Having held a high position for many years, she had always been the one to hit others. When had anyone dared to hit her?

And today, she had been beaten by a junior, feeling as though her dignity had been dragged on the ground and trampled.

"Hit you? I dare to kill you too, believe it or not?"

Ye Fan delivered another slap to Utatane Koharu's face, causing her to bleed from all seven orifices and completely faint.

"You damn woman, you're really made of the stuff for a blacksmith's shop, built to take a beating!"

"Ye Fan, you dare to hit a senior advisor of Konohagakure? You're asking for death!"

Upon seeing his old partner being beaten, Mitokado Homura's rage ignited instantly.

Immediately, Mitokado Homura quickly formed hand seals: "Water Style... Water..."

Before Mitokado Homura could even finish his water jutsu, Ye Fan rushed forward and unleashed a combo of slaps.

Just like Utatane Koharu, Mitokado Homura was also turned into a pig's head by Ye Fan, with not a single tooth left in his mouth.

Ye Fan stomped on Mitokado Homura's chest and glanced at Danzō, "Do you want to dance too?"

Danzō did not reply, his brows furrowed, and his heart filled with shock.

The other Konoha high-ranking officials, except for the Third Hokage, were all inwardly turbulent.

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were both Kage-level powerhouses, on par with the Third Hokage, veteran strongmen of Konohagakure. And they were instantly defeated?

The Konoha higher-ups were dumbfounded, unable to believe their own eyes, thinking they were dreaming.

The Anbu spokesperson exclaimed in shock, "Was that a shadow clone just now? Didn't Ye Fan not know how to cultivate ninjutsu? How could he just now..."

Nara Shikaku swallowed and said weakly, "That doesn't seem to be the Shadow Clone Justu. It seems his speed was just too fast, making our eyes unable to react, leaving afterimages in his wake."

"Afterimages? They were just afterimages?!" the Land of Fire Representative trembled all over, "How fast does he have to be to leave afterimages on the ground!"

Ye Fan's speed was completely beyond his imagination. He had never heard of anyone in the Ninja World whose speed could be this fast.

He believed that even the Raikage of Kumogakure wouldn't be a third as fast as Ye Fan!

Rather than believing it was afterimages, he would rather believe that Ye Fan could cultivate ninjutsu, and that it was a shadow clone!

Danzo saw Ye Fan's move in an instant.

Clearly, he too was startled by the speed Ye Fan displayed.

Someone who could move so fast as to leave afterimages in their wake was someone he had never seen before.

Even the Second Hokage back then couldn't achieve this level!

In an instant, Danzo understood something.

It seemed the people he sent to assassinate Ye Fan weren't killed by the Anbu.

Judging by the situation, it was highly likely that Ye Fan killed them himself!

"With this kind of speed, this kind of power, and harboring hostility towards the village, an Uchiha clansman is too dangerous!"

"I must eliminate him, no matter the cost, I must eliminate him!"

Danzo secretly made up his mind.

The stronger Ye Fan's displayed strength became, the more resolute Danzo's determination to eliminate him grew.

He absolutely could not tolerate such a ticking time bomb hanging over Konohagakure.

"Mitokado Homura, was it? You, with your useless bones, dared to try and kill me?"

"Don't say you can't do it now, even at your peak, so what?"

"In front of me, you'll always be nothing but trash!"

"Trash belongs in the trash heap!"

Ye Fan's foot, which was stepping on Mitokado Homura's chest, gradually tightened. Blood continuously flowed from the corner of Homura's mouth, and his breathing became faint.

"Ye Fan, stop!"

Seeing this, the Third Hokage, worried that Ye Fan would kill Mitokado Homura, quickly moved to intervene.

However, the Third Hokage was already an old man nearing his end, and he was also severely injured. How could he possibly catch up?

Just as Ye Fan's foot, with a slight exertion, was about to step on Mitokado Homura's chest again, Nara Shikaku used the Shadow Imitation Technique to restrain Ye Fan.

"Hmm? Is this what it feels like to be restrained by the Shadow Imitation Technique?"

Ye Fan looked at Nara Shikaku, who was sweating profusely and using all his strength to perform the ninjutsu.