Danzo's Death, Root Renamed Uchiha

Sarutobi Hiruzen agreed with this statement.

The others also agreed.

But before Danzo Shimura could feel relieved, he panicked the next second.

The small cage that trapped him was constantly shrinking.

Scorching heat burned his fur and flesh, advancing towards his internal organs.

He felt like his entire body was melting, burning, and he let out a piercing scream.

"Hiruzen! Hiruzen!!!"

Danzō Shimura's desperate pleas finally made Hiruzen Sarutobi speak.

"Enough!"

"Jinghuo Uchiha!"

"Stop!!"

But Jinghuo Uchiha wanted to kill him, so how could he listen to him?

The golden flame cage continued to shrink, and a pungent smell of burning flesh emanated, accompanied by Danzo Shimura's screams, which agitated Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Jinghuo Uchiha!!"

"I told you to stop!!!"

"Do you want Konoha to go to war with the Uchiha!!!"

Jinghuo Uchiha's expression was calm.

His closed eyes, with a golden light within, were soul-stirring and intimidating as he looked at the enraged Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Then let's go to war."

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought Jinghuo Uchiha would be afraid, so he said what he had prepared: "Then why don't you quickly release him..."

He froze mid-sentence.

He stared blankly at Jinghuo Uchiha.

At this moment, he felt as if for the first time, he had no value to make the other party change his mind.

"Ah--!"

"Jinghuo Uchiha! Konoha will be destroyed by your hands!!!"

"I will not forgive you even if I die!!!"

Jinghuo Uchiha slowed down his movements towards Danzo Shimura, making Danzo Shimura's heart leap with joy, thinking Jinghuo Uchiha had been threatened by him.

But Jinghuo Uchiha's next words sent him plunging into an ice cellar.

"Don't be happy. I slowed down just so you could slowly feel the pain and die a little slower."

Then, he ignored Danzo Shimura's frantic curses, and the awe and fear of the surrounding ninjas.

He turned towards Hiruzen Sarutobi, his imposing presence like a rainbow, and said, "Hiruzen Sarutobi, as Hokage, you are still protecting Danzo Shimura after all the wicked things he has done? And you just threatened me with the entire Konoha? Are you playing favorites!"

As the words "playing favorites" fell, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart was struck hard, and his expression changed drastically.

Not only him, but even the ninjas beside him couldn't help but look at Hiruzen Sarutobi, as if they had been deceived, their eyes filled with shocking disbelief.

"No... no... Jinghuo Uchiha doesn't have the authority to execute... I... I..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly explained to the ninjas, but the ninjas he looked at turned away, and not a single one echoed his words.

The scene was silent, only his panic permeated the air.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face slowly filled with gloom and defeat.

The Uchiha clansmen behind Jinghuo Uchiha were so excited they wanted to clap.

"Shizuka is too amazing!"

Their eyes shone, and they all felt that it would be against natural law if Jinghuo Uchiha wasn't the Clan Head.

With such a Clan Head, why would the Uchiha not rise!

"Shisui! Quickly give up your seat to Shizuka!" This sentence was shouted excitedly in the hearts of all the clansmen.

Shisui Uchiha watched calmly, a faint smile on his face.

He had long been disappointed with Hiruzen Sarutobi, unlike someone else who was hiding in a corner doubting his choices.

Jinghuo Uchiha intended to torture Danzo Shimura slowly.

But Danzo Shimura couldn't bear the torment and chose to throw himself into the golden flame cage, committing suicide.

Before he died, he left these words: "Jinghuo Uchiha! I will not let you go even as a ghost!!!"

Jinghuo Uchiha narrowed his eyes.

[Quest Name: You thought I would let you off just like that?]

[Quest Content: Torture Danzo Shimura for one hundred days!]

[Quest Reward: Lava Style Chakra Mode]

Besides the new quest, there were also rewards for completing it.

[Quest You Know How to Scheme Complete, you have obtained Eternal Mangekyo.]

Jinghuo Uchiha felt a little relieved.

Losing his eyes wouldn't have a huge impact on him, but it was still a bit of a regret.

Now his eyes were back.

Especially since the Eternal Mangekyo allowed him to activate Susanoo without any cost, greatly boosting his combat power.

He was super strong now!

He even had a thought—"Should I take this chance to kill Sarutobi Hiruzen?"

After thinking, he decided to wait.

If he killed him now, Konoha would fall into chaos.

So, he closed his eyes, and the golden light, filled with pressure, fell upon the decaying Sarutobi Hiruzen, his voice filled with authority.

"From today on, Root will be controlled by the Uchiha Clan. Sarutobi Hiruzen, do you have any objections?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's lips were dry, and he instinctively wanted to object fiercely.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, he saw the ninjas around him distancing themselves and showing rejection. The words of refusal got stuck in his throat, and he didn't say a single word, lowering his head as if nodding in agreement.

That night, the Uchiha Clan became the master of Root.

The clan members of Konoha looked at their captured clansmen from Root, some wanting to speak but were pulled back by their clan heads.

Some were still unwilling, and the clan head angrily slapped them.

"Can't you see those clansmen have been brainwashed into only wanting to kill Jinghuo Uchiha!"

Their clansmen... were already ruined.

Sarutobi Hiruzen left.

The ninjas also left.

Only the people of the Uchiha Clan remained.

Their expressions were excited, their faces flushed. The pair of blood-red Sharingan, in the dead of night, no longer emitted only hatred, but a brilliant radiance.

"Shizuka, what do you plan to do with these people?" Uchiha Shisui asked.

Uchiha Shisui was referring to the people from Root.

Jinghuo Uchiha faced the more than forty Root members trapped in the golden flame cage. He could clearly feel their furious killing intent.

These people were all members of other clans. Now, the only person in their minds was Shimura Danzo, and they believed Shimura Danzo was their only hope.

Now that Shimura Danzo was killed by Jinghuo Uchiha, their rage was directed solely at killing Jinghuo Uchiha, to be buried with Shimura Danzo.

Facing these people, the easiest choice was to kill them all.

But that would alienate the families they had just brought closer.

"Have the people from each clan cooperate with us to remove the brainwashing. If the removal is successful, they will be returned to their clans."

Uchiha Shisui heard this answer and was a little confused: "Then how will Root be arranged?"

The Uchiha Clan already had the Police Force, and adding Root would mean they were completely short-handed.

"Except for important positions, the rest of the personnel will be transferred to Root."

Jinghuo Uchiha said, looking up to the front left: "Itachi, come out."

The surroundings suddenly fell silent.

Even his clansmen looked in that direction.

After nearly ten seconds, a figure slowly emerged from the darkness.