Yang Seal

Faced with Houka's blatant recruitment, Shizuki quickly made his decision.

"No problem, I can go to the Land of Snow. But before that, I have a few questions I'd like to ask you, Lord Houka!" Shizuki looked at him solemnly.

He needed to confirm just how great Uchiha Houka's ambitions were. If those ambitions extended to the entire Ninja World, then he would rather die than follow Uchiha Houka, lest he be implicated and bring disaster upon all of Takigakure.

"Ask away," Houka said. "I'll tell you whatever I can."

"There is a small ninja village in the Land of Snow—the Snow Ninja Village. Has that village already been subdued by you?" Shizuki immediately threw out the important question.

Houka shook his head. "No."

Shizuki relaxed slightly, then asked, "Why the Land of Snow instead of the Land of Fire? Are you planning to defect from Konoha?"

"That's a long story." Houka sighed. After a brief pause, he decided there was no harm in telling Shizuki. He recounted all the "excellent" things Danzo had done since the Tailed Beast Rebellion, leaving Shizuki utterly dumbfounded.

Colluding with Kumogakure of the Land of Lightning to launch a war against the Land of Fire?

Sending people to assassinate the Third Hokage in order to prevent Hiruzen Sarutobi from returning to power?

Colluding with Orochimaru to capture the village's ninjas for forbidden human experiments?

The mastermind behind the destruction of the Uchiha Clan?

Stealing the cells of the First, Second, and Fourth Hokage?

Th-This...

If this had happened in Takigakure, Shizuki would have slapped the bastard to death long ago! Would he have let him continue hopping around so actively?

"Lord Houka, did Lord Third Hokage really do nothing?"

Houka shook his head. "The Third is old. He's becoming more and more sentimental about