Hearing this, Danzo was so excited he nearly jumped out of bed.
He knew Sarutobi Asuma was pregnant.
He was certain Chiya had done something to him.
Before the Sarutobi, Uchiha, and Shimura clans were wiped out, he had summoned Chiya as well, though he had no idea what the other man had done to him.
But after that, his abdomen had begun to swell and ache for no apparent reason. He had also developed nausea, dry heaving, drowsiness, and other symptoms usually experienced only by pregnant women.
After the clans were wiped out, Danzo had immediately called in Root Division medics to examine him.
The results were exactly the same as Sarutobi Asuma's.
There was a little house inside him.
And a little one inside that house.
Though he didn't know what Chiya's purpose was,
whether it was just a cruel joke or revenge,
Danzo had ultimately decided to give birth to the child, determined to ensure the Shimura Clan had an heir.
But he had never imagined such a pleasant surprise.
The child had been born.
But the house was still there.
Did that mean he had the potential to turn the Shimura Clan into a Wood Release clan?
"Lord Danzo, the baby is healthy. Have you thought of a name for her?" Just then, the words of Yamanaka Fu, a Root Division jonin, interrupted Danzo's thoughts.
Danzo looked at the baby and thought for a moment. "Let's call her Shimura Xianghuo. This child will be the next Hokage after me."
When his second child was born, he would name him Shimura Xiangying.
As for the third, he'd have to think carefully.
How about Shimura Aizhan?
Chiya had no idea that Danzo's child had inherited a weakened version of the First Hokage Cells. Even if he had known,