The First Interest Payment

"No good!"

Cold sweat poured down Danzō's face, his pupils contracting sharply, and the hairs on his entire body stood on end.

The instant the sound rang out, Danzō didn't hesitate for a moment and immediately used Izanagi.

As soon as Izanagi activated, Danzō saw a hand pierce through his chest from behind.

Furthermore, that hand was clutching a heart that was not yet shattered.

Danzō turned his head and saw it was Ye Fan!

Looking at Ye Fan's calm, expressionless face, a sliver of fear arose in Danzō's heart.

He truly couldn't believe that Ye Fan was still completely unharmed after being hit by such a powerful Ninjutsu.

"Good reaction."

Ye Fan glanced at the heart in his hand that was slowly dissipating, a faint smile on his lips.

He understood that Danzō had activated Izanagi once again.

"Hoo... hoo... hoo..."

On the other side of the large crater, Danzō, having once again turned everything into a dream, gasped for air.

Danzō stared at Ye Fan's position a hundred meters behind him, the muscles in his face twitching uncontrollably.

Seeing the Third Hokage and the others, who were also completely unharmed like Ye Fan, Danzō gritted his teeth: "Did Ye Fan save them?"

"His speed is too ridiculous! He actually managed to outrun the shockwave from the explosion!"

Danzō was astonished, unaware that the Third Hokage and the others were even more surprised.

Even now, they hadn't fully grasped what had happened.

The moment the explosion occurred, they felt as if they were flying!

Jiraiya glanced at his slightly scorched hair and his face turned pale with shock.

Immediately after, a look of surprise and joy spread across his face.

"That brat Ye Fan, could he have learned Ninjutsu?"

"And it seems he's learned a flying Ninjutsu I've never seen before!"

He clearly remembered the moment before the large tree exploded, Ye Fan had carried them out by flying!

Ye Fan stood with his back to the Third Hokage and the others, his slightly messy hair dancing in the wind.

"Lord Third Hokage, the first person who labeled me as the Plague God, was it Shimura Danzō?"

Ye Fan's tone was extremely calm, so calm it was terrifying.

An extremely cold killing intent also spread outwards from him.

Wherever the killing intent passed, it seemed to drain all color from everything.

Sensing this aura he had never felt before, the Third Hokage was momentarily stunned, his mind going completely blank.

As Ye Fan asked again, the Third Hokage reacted, and as if possessed, he stammered:

"It was indeed him. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu also thought of that method after Danzō mentioned it."

After saying this, the Third Hokage realized what he had just done and quickly tried to speak again, to make excuses for Mitokado Homura and the others, to take all the blame upon himself.

"Heh heh." Ye Fan sneered: "Lord Third Hokage, you don't need to try so hard to take the blame. You will also pay the price for what you did back then."

"Jiraiya, take them and leave. Go back and suppress the rebellious ministers in Konoha."

"If this drags on for too long, many innocent people will die in this coup."

Jiraiya sighed, with no time to think about future matters.

He knew that what Ye Fan said was absolutely correct. If they lingered here, there would definitely be unimaginable consequences.

Besides the ninja, many ordinary people also lived in Konohagakure.

For ordinary people, a coup of this magnitude would be no different from a catastrophe, and they would be completely defenseless for a long time.

"Lord Third Hokage, let's go!" Jiraiya said.

The Third Hokage cast one last look at Danzō, one last look at his former comrade, and left first.

On the way back to the village, the Third Hokage's heart was filled with mixed emotions.

He knew that Danzō was definitely going to die this time!

However, he didn't have time to dwell on these thoughts. For him now, suppressing the rebellion in the village was the most important thing.

Danzō watched the Third Hokage and the others leave, realizing his plan had completely failed.

But he was powerless, completely unable to stop it.

Ye Fan's strength filled him with despair.

He, who had always considered himself the strongest in Konoha, felt like a three-year-old child in front of Ye Fan.

All the Ninjutsu he was proud of seemed useless when facing Ye Fan.

He felt like a clown, jumping around pointlessly, just a joke.

The Hashirama Cells he had painstakingly cultivated with countless hours of effort, and the Sharingan he had obtained, had lost their former brilliance before Ye Fan.

Danzō stared intently at Ye Fan, as if facing a deity, completely helpless.

No matter what method he used, he couldn't shake the young man before him.

"I can still use Izanagi nine more times. I must escape from his grasp!"

"There are still so many things waiting for me. I cannot fall here!"

Danzō desperately thought of countermeasures. At this point, he no longer hoped to defeat Ye Fan, only to escape from his clutches.

Danzō quickly untied the bandages wrapped around his head, hoping to control Ye Fan with the genjutsu Kotoamatsukami.

He pondered for a moment. The purpose of Kotoamatsukami was to protect Konoha, and Konoha was no longer solely in the Third Hokage's hands.

Perhaps Kotoamatsukami could truly influence Ye Fan, or at the very least, buy him some time to escape.

Ye Fan slowly walked towards Danzō, his aura growing colder and colder, and the surrounding environment instantly turned into a world of ice sculptures.

"Shimura Danzō, I don't care about the power struggles among you so-called Konoha higher-ups, nor do I want to."

"But why did you specifically have to call me the Plague God?"

"Actually, I don't care about the rumors from the Uchiha clan or the discussions behind my back from others in the village."

"But! Because of this, my parents paid the price with their lives! This is something I cannot forgive!"

"In the past, I didn't have the ability to protect my parents, which led to their deaths for my sake."

"Today, before they are resurrected, I will collect the first installment of interest for them!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Ye Fan's figure abruptly appeared before Danzō. He raised his hand and delivered a huge slap to Danzō's head!