This Is Retribution

Utatane Koharu would have been better off saying nothing. The moment she spoke, Hiruzen Sarutobi's heart sank, and he silently cursed.

Sure enough.

Genkawa Uchiha showed no regard whatsoever for the fact that everyone present was part of the village's upper leadership. With one hand, he lifted Shimura Danzō off the ground again and held him high.

"What do you want to say? That I should let this old dog go?"

Genkawa Uchiha sneered at Utatane Koharu, then turned to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"What does the Third Hokage say? Is that your attitude too?"

The facts proved that when someone had no attachments and possessed the power to suppress everyone else, there was only one word to describe them.

Invincible.

Whether it was Utatane Koharu or Shimura Danzō, they both retained old habits of thought when facing Genkawa Uchiha.

They thought Genkawa Uchiha was like everyone else in the village—that he would be intimidated by their status and position, that he would obey their orders.

But unfortunately, if anyone in the Ninja World saw through those rules most clearly, it was Genkawa Uchiha. He simply did not care.

"Put Danzo down, child."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed. Too many things had happened tonight, and every one of them pained him. Seeing his old comrade hanging from Genkawa Uchiha's hand like a lump of rotten meat made him feel even worse.

As Hokage, he knew Shimura Danzō's intentions better than anyone.

Especially now, when the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, was dealing with the Nine-Tails, with no telling what the outcome would be. If more trouble broke out here, it would naturally be no good for Konoha.

The corner of Genkawa Uchiha's mouth curled up. "Since everyone's here, I'll ask properly."

As he spoke, he threw Shimura Danzō directly at Hiruzen Sarutobi's feet.

"This old dog made a move on me when I was six. Don't tell me you didn't know about it. You all saw the outcome of that incident too."

He gave a cold laugh.

"This time, this old dog used the Nine-Tails incident to persecute me again. What, do you think I'm easy to bully?"

Shimura Danzō was covered in injuries. Several of his ribs were broken, his whole body was stiff and unable to move, and blood had soaked his forehead, making him look utterly pathetic.

He was, after all, the leader of Root and someone from Hiruzen Sarutobi's generation. He was naturally no weakling.

The reason he was in this state was because Genkawa Uchiha had tampered with his body.

It was simple. Just now, Genkawa Uchiha had injected a little Natural Energy into his body.

It was not much, but it was enough to ensure the man could not move.

Besides settling a personal grudge, Genkawa Uchiha had also intended to test something.

And that test had indeed uncovered something real.

Shimura Danzō had already begun modifying his own body. He had Hashirama Cells within him.

Perhaps not many, but the power of Hashirama Cells required special methods to balance. Therefore, Shimura Danzō must also have Sharingan within him.

The two had formed a delicate balance.

Under those circumstances, the Natural Energy Genkawa Uchiha had injected was not enough to render a normal person unable to move.

Yet Shimura Danzō had been affected.

That could only mean the fragile balance in his body had been disrupted by that small amount of Natural Energy.

Knowing the situation well, Genkawa Uchiha naturally understood everything.

Once Genkawa Uchiha finished speaking, Mitokado Homura, Utatane Koharu, and the others immediately wore extremely ugly expressions.

Those words were no different from pointing at their noses and cursing them.

But Genkawa Uchiha was different.

He was from the Uchiha Clan, yet an outlier even within the Uchiha Clan. On top of that, he was an orphan who had never received a proper Will of Fire education at the Ninja Academy. That Will of Fire routine did not work on him at all.

And they had no way to deal with Genkawa Uchiha.

The Nine-Tails from just now was proof enough.

He would blow himself up at the slightest disagreement. Who could endure that?

"Nothing to say?"

Genkawa Uchiha stepped forward. The surrounding ninja immediately tensed. Some drew their Ninja Blades, while others took out ninja tools.

But Genkawa Uchiha acted as though he had not seen any of it and stared directly at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Third Hokage, let me show you something good."

With that, he arrived before Shimura Danzō and, under the latter's furious and alarmed gaze, directly tore off the bandages covering half his face.

"Stop!"

Mitokado Homura shouted and stepped forward, intending to stop him.

Though he did not know what Genkawa Uchiha wanted to show them, based on his understanding of his old teammate Shimura Danzō, it definitely would not be anything good.

But Genkawa Uchiha had already lifted Shimura Danzō's right eyelid.

The entire scene fell silent.

Everyone saw the eye inside Shimura Danzō's right socket. Its iris was blood-red, and three tomoe rested upon it.

Sharingan!

Mitokado Homura froze.

Utatane Koharu's already grim expression darkened further.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was heavy at that moment.

Genkawa Uchiha showed no mercy and directly dug that eye out of Shimura Danzō's socket.

"Hehehe, you all saw it, didn't you? I want to ask, where did this eye come from? The Uchiha Clan couldn't possibly have given it to him, could they?"

He spread open his hand. His palm was covered in blood, and the eyeball lay quietly in it.

After doing that, Genkawa Uchiha took out a roll of bandages from his ninja tool pouch, wrapped up the eyeball, and put it away.

"Now, I need an explanation."

Genkawa Uchiha spoke again.

The atmosphere at the scene was heavy with silence.

Logically speaking, after having his eye gouged out alive, Shimura Danzō should have been in unbearable pain. No matter how well he endured it, he should have made some sound.

But Shimura Danzō did not.

He seemed to have lost all feeling and made no sound.

Yet his twisted face showed that the pain from having his eye dug out was real. For some reason, he simply could not make a sound.

"What did you do?" Utatane Koharu hurriedly asked.

She was naturally referring to Shimura Danzō's current condition.

Of course, she also intended to change the subject and avoid the important issue.

But Genkawa Uchiha ignored her and merely looked silently at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

"Go invite Clan Head Fugaku here," Hiruzen Sarutobi finally said.

"Yes!"

An Anbu ninja immediately accepted the order and left.

"Hiruzen!"

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu's expressions changed slightly.

But Hiruzen Sarutobi merely sighed and waved his hand.

"Treat Danzo."

An Anbu ninja immediately stepped forward and used the Mystical Palm Technique on Shimura Danzō.

It would have been better if he had not treated him. The moment he did, something went wrong.

"Aaaahhhhhh!!!!"

Shimura Danzō suddenly opened his mouth and let out a miserable scream, appearing to be in extreme pain.

The Anbu ninja was startled. Thinking Shimura Danzō could not bear the pain, he increased the strength of his treatment.

Unexpectedly, that only made Shimura Danzō scream even louder.

The Anbu ninja hurriedly withdrew his hand, and the pale green glow of the Mystical Palm Technique vanished.

Shimura Danzō abruptly stopped screaming. His face remained twisted, but he fell silent again.

"This..."

It was not only the Anbu ninja who was alarmed. Hiruzen Sarutobi also noticed that something was wrong.

Genkawa Uchiha sneered inwardly.

The already fragile balance had been broken once the Sharingan was gouged out.

The Hashirama Cells within Shimura Danzō had not yet gone berserk, which clearly meant he still had some other method temporarily suppressing them.

Under such circumstances, using the Mystical Palm Technique to treat his injuries counted as interference from foreign chakra, further disrupting the balance.

And with Natural Energy still lingering in his body, Shimura Danzō could not move. Naturally, the pain was directly amplified.

"This is retribution."

Genkawa Uchiha laughed heartily.