The ninja world was shaken!
After Shimura Danzō, Konoha's second-in-command and the man known as the Darkness of Ninjutsu, personally stepped forward and spoke of the Grass Ninja Leader's terrifying nature.
At once.
Countless ninja villages and ninja clans were stunned.
After all, who was Shimura Danzō?
He was a Konoha Hero active during the First Great Ninja War. Not one of the surviving older generation of powerhouses failed to know him.
Though he had seemed less active in recent years and his reputation had declined considerably, no one still dared to underestimate him!
Having been taught by both the First Hokage and the Second Hokage, he was also the close friend of Konoha's Strongest Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. There were even rumors that his strength was evenly matched with the Strongest Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi. If not for a small accident back then, perhaps he would have become the Third Hokage...
Shimura Danzō!
The Grass Ninja Leader had forcefully slain the Third Mizukage alone and led the mere Kusagakure to victory against the siege of the Four Great Ninja Villages, giving the Five Great Ninja Villages some understanding of his strength.
But no one dared take the words of the Darkness of Ninjutsu lightly.
Especially after word spread that Shimura Danzō had been the first among the Five Great Ninja Villages to discover the secret between Grass and Rain, then personally led troops in to investigate.
Truly worthy of Konoha's Darkness of Ninjutsu!
Few in the ninja world could rival his wisdom!
In particular, when Shimura Danzō was redeemed by Konoha, it was said that even the Grass Ninja Leader and the Half-God of the Ninja World had personally come to see him off.
Rumors had even spread within Kusagakure that the Grass Ninja Leader had personally said: of all Konoha...