Yan Yin's Fame, Villages Shaken

At this moment, inside the council chamber of the Hokage Building in Konoha.

Danzo, missing both legs and seated in a wheelchair.

He was using his left hand to laboriously push himself toward the three members of the Sarutobi faction.

His face filled with resentment, he roared.

"Look!"

"Look at this, this is the Uchiha Clan! This is the consequence of your indulgence, Hiruzen!"

Danzo slammed a document onto the table with force.

The paper clearly recorded that the Land of Fields had openly accepted the Uchiha Clan and recognized the legitimacy of the newly established Flame Hidden Village!

Seeing such news, it was no wonder Danzo was furious and incensed.

"We already know..."

"You know? And you're still sitting here?"

"What is this? This is a blatant provocation against Konoha!"

"The defected Uchiha Clan has built their own Flame Hidden Village, and they even want to ride on the heads of Konoha!"

"How can this be allowed? It is nothing short of a humiliating disgrace!"

Danzo became more agitated as he spoke, even wanting to stand up to lash out.

As a result.

His hand slipped, and he nearly fell from his wheelchair.

Only then did he remember that his legs were gone...

"Danzo, your legs..."

Mitokado Homura, standing to the side, asked with good intentions.

"Oh? Oh!"

"I am fine, that is not what we should be considering right now!"

Danzo steadied his body, his face gloomy, and continued resolutely.

Utatane Koharu, standing nearby, spoke up and asked directly: "Then what do you want to do?"

"Notify the other major ninja villages and join forces. Destroy this 'village of traitors' at the fastest possible speed!"

Danzo clenched his fists and proposed without mercy.

In his view.

Only by using the most brutal methods to slaughter all the defected Uchiha clansmen, and by grinding that brat Uchiha Natsume into dust, could he vent the pain and humiliation in his heart!

"No!"

Sarutobi rejected it directly.

"Why?"

"To tell you the truth! The village currently cannot afford a major war!"

"How could that be?!!"

"Hiruzen, are you still going to indulge the Uchiha Clan?" Danzo roared.

Third Hokage Sarutobi paused and explained:

"On the night the Uchiha Clan defected, the village's Vault was also robbed..."

"Preliminary suspicions point to the Uchiha defectors as well."

"And now, with only the remaining money in the Vault, even if we could barely support a war, the village's economy would regress by over a decade or even collapse afterward..."

"Not to mention contacting the other major ninja villages to help us mobilize troops for battle."

"Konoha cannot even afford the massive expenses that would follow!"

Hearing this, Danzo was suddenly stunned.

Having been in the medical ward for treatment these past few days, he was indeed unaware of the theft from the Vault.

It was enough to show that Sarutobi and the others had done a very thorough job of keeping this matter secret.

"Bastards! These damned traitors actually stole from the Vault!"

"However, it is merely a sum of war funding."

"We can simply borrow from the Land of Fire's Daimyo!"

Danzo, unwilling to give up, offered another suggestion.

To this, Sarutobi sighed even more deeply.

"You know that serving the noble bureaucrats of the Land of Fire is a thankless task to begin with."

"Many similar missions have been assigned to the ninjas of the Uchiha Clan."

"Because of this, the Land of Fire holds a rather favorable view of the Uchiha Clan."

"It is said that there is even a genin named Izumi Uchiha who is highly regarded by the Daimyo's wife."

"So much so that the Land of Fire has already classified this matter as an internal conflict within the Uchiha Clan. They do not agree with the village launching a direct war!"

"And they certainly won't provide funding for it."

"If the village insists on going to war, they will significantly cut next year's financial aid to the village!"

Hearing this, Danzo was dumbfounded.

He never expected that the Daimyo Mansion of the Land of Fire would take such a stance!

Those corrupt officials were truly too cowardly!

"Could it be, could it be that we are really going to let those traitors continue to run rampant?"

"Danzo, calm down!"

"Hiruzen and I have already discussed this matter. We will do our best to dispatch the remaining ninjas of the Uchiha Clan to hunt down those traitors."

"You don't need to worry too much about this. Just focus on recovering from your injuries!"

Danzo froze, then realized what they meant.

"You want the Uchiha Clan to kill each other?"

"Aren't you afraid that the Uchiha ninjas you send out will never return?"

Danzo questioned loudly.

At the same time, he kept another concern to himself.

In his view, among the remaining Uchiha ninjas, there was almost no one capable of defeating that terrifying brat, Uchiha Natsume!

Even Itachi would likely fall short!

Sending those small fries to pursue him was nothing more than throwing sheep into a tiger's den.

"Danzo, we have our own arrangements!"

"Don't forget, that night, it was because of the rash actions of you and the ninjas of Root that Uchiha Natsume was able to escape!"

"Koharu, you..."

Danzo's face flushed red, feeling a deep sense of humiliation.

In his heart, he cursed, thinking that if this old hag Koharu had to face the Susanoo of that brat Natsume, she would probably be cut down in a single blow.

She wouldn't even have the chance to stand here and reprimand him!

"Danzo, Koharu."

"Enough! No more arguing..."

Sarutobi shouted, stopping the two of them.

Hearing this, Utatane Koharu gave Sarutobi some face and backed down slightly.

"I understand."

She then signaled to Mitokado Homura:

"Homura, let's go inspect the Vault."

"Very well."

"Also..."

"Although we cannot wage a full-scale war, those rebels are indeed too arrogant."

"For the sake of the village's reputation."

"Hiruzen, you must urge the Uchiha ninjas within the village to hunt down those traitors as soon as possible..."

Before leaving, Utatane Koharu urged him once more in a deep voice.

Sarutobi hesitated for a moment, feeling a pang of reluctance in his heart.

But he still had to agree:

"Fine, I will arrange it as soon as possible!"

Afterward, Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura left the conference hall, leaving only Sarutobi and Danzo behind.

"Hiruzen, you shouldn't be so indecisive!"

"Using the Uchiha Clan to deal with those traitors will never succeed!"

"You know the strength of that brat, Uchiha Natsume..."

"If we continue to let him grow, the entire village will face the crisis of collapse!"

Danzo stared at Sarutobi and roared.

Hearing this, Sarutobi was also enraged.

"Danzo! What about you?"

"Who do you think is responsible for us reaching this point?"

"Going behind my back to order Itachi to massacre the entire Uchiha Clan?"

"Are you truly doing this solely for Konoha?"

"Must you be so radical?"

"Coveting the Sharingan of their clan is your true objective, isn't it?!!"

Danzo was startled.

"Hiruzen... you saw everything?"

"Hmph! That evil arm, and those blood-stained eyeballs. Did you think I couldn't see them?"

"Danzo, you are already at such an age, yet you are still obsessed with those crooked, evil paths?"

"The Will of Fire! It cannot be carried by those sinful eyeballs on your arm!"

Sarutobi cursed angrily; it was clear he was truly furious.

Danzo's heart shook once more.

He naturally knew that transplanting the Sharingan in this manner was by no means the righteous path.

However, he was already at such an advanced age.

His physique, spirit, chakra... and everything else, just like Sarutobi's, were on the decline.

It was difficult enough to barely maintain the strength he had in his youth.

Let alone further improving his power.

Driven by necessity, he had resolved to walk this path, collaborating with Orochimaru and extending his demonic claws toward the Uchiha Clan, who possessed the Izanagi Technique.

"My affairs are none of your concern!"

Danzo roared, waving his hand stubbornly.

"Danzo..."

"Sigh!"

"In any case, you are not to interfere with the matters of the Uchiha Clan any further!"

Sarutobi said with rare seriousness.

"Very well!"

"Hiruzen, I can stay out of the aftermath regarding the Uchiha Clan. But you must hand over the Nine-Tails jinchuriki to me!"

"That is impossible!"

"You should know that the brat Uchiha Natsume has awakened the Mangekyo Sharingan!"

"And the Mangekyo Sharingan can forcibly break the seal within a jinchuriki. Once he succeeds, he will control the Nine-Tails once again."

"Do you want to see a repeat of the Nine-Tails Incident from back then?!!"

Danzo shouted righteously.

He could no longer count on collecting more Sharingan in the short term.

Therefore, he had no choice but to set his sights on the Nine-Tails jinchuriki, who possessed immense power.

"I will strengthen the surveillance on Naruto; I will never let the tragedy of that year repeat itself!" Sarutobi replied, gritting his teeth.

Clearly, that night seven years ago had always been a deep pain in his heart!

"Hiruzen!"

"Danzo!"

Soon, intense arguments between the two erupted once again within the meeting hall.

The guards outside the door were already accustomed to this.

After all, the Third Hokage and Danzo would engage in their 'flirtatious bickering' every few days.

There was no need to intervene; it would be over soon.

Just like that.

When it was learned that the defecting Uchiha had established a new village and settled in the Land of Fields.

Apart from Konoha, which attached great importance to this news and was arguing incessantly over it.

The other four great ninja villages also attached great importance to this.

After all, it went without saying.

The Uchiha Clan was a family that possessed one of the most famous Kekkei Genkai, the Sharingan.

Even if only half of their clansmen remained, they could not be underestimated.

They were absolutely comparable to the overall strength of many smaller hidden villages.

Such a force could not be ignored.

War?

Peace?

Or turning a blind eye?

Every major hidden village would inevitably have to make a decision.

Of course, at this very moment, a certain Iwagakure in the Land of Earth.

They were still busy and dizzy from the major incident of the Vault being robbed and Kitsuchi being seriously injured.

They had no time to deal with this problem for the moment.