Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!!!
Amid a series of sharp whistles, Hiruzen Sarutobi led a group of Konoha Ninja down from the sky, landing in the ruins of the Uchiha Clan Compound.
"Is it over?"
Hiruzen Sarutobi glanced at Uchiha Fugaku's body on the ground, then fixed his gaze on the wooden stake piercing him. His brows lifted slightly.
Wood Release!
Was Danzo the one who killed Fugaku?
Had Danzo become strong enough to kill someone with the Mangekyō Sharingan?
His gaze shifted to Fugaku's bloodied eye sockets, and his brows knitted together.
If they could obtain a pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, the village might recover some of its strength. Outsiders couldn't bring out the Mangekyō's full potential, but in the hands of a Kage Level expert, it would still be a powerful trump card.
Instead, they had only gotten a corpse.
Just then, Shimura Danzo stepped forward and spoke impatiently.
"I killed Uchiha Fugaku on the spot. Of the more than one hundred Uchiha who stayed behind to cover the others' retreat, only a few escaped.
Hiruzen, what happened on your end?"
Hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression darkened. "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was captured."
"What?"
Shimura Danzo froze, then grew so furious his chest felt ready to burst.
He had never expected things to come to this.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki should have been his for the taking.
Instead, an outsider had taken the child away.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu beside him also looked grim.
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was a War Weapon. They couldn't bear the thought of it falling into an outsider's hands.
The only consolation was that the Jinchuriki was young, and the Nine-Tails was violent and difficult to tame. It would be hard for anyone else to make use of it.
Danzo hesitated. "Hiruzen, you couldn't stop the enemy