Uchiha Yongcheng Arrives

As Qingcheng made his escape, he glanced back at Tsunade and thought, "You're still the one I like most, even if you're trying to kill me. I love your wild, untamed spirit. Why can't you understand how I feel?"

Qingcheng was immensely relieved. "Good thing I transferred some of my memories to her, otherwise I'd be digging a hole to escape right now, and she might even chase me all the way back to Konoha."

Qingcheng patted his chest, a look of relief on his face. "That was a close call, almost died in the Land of Hot Water. I hope Tsunade likes what I left behind. Maybe I can try it again sometime. I'd trade Uchiha Madara and Uchiha Obito's five hundred years of life for it."

Qingcheng was also planning to visit the black market in the Land of Hot Water. There were exchange houses, and even weapons and Ninjutsu for sale, provided you had the money.

Meanwhile, back in Konoha, in the Hokage's Office, Danzo had been restrained by Kakashi and others. Kakashi and Shisui were colleagues and had a very good relationship.

Kakashi also genuinely disliked Danzo, so when he went for Danzo's eyes, he didn't hold back. He plunged his fingers directly into Danzo's eye socket, and with a squelch, a crimson Three-Tomoe Sharingan was clutched in Kakashi's hand.

Danzo, held down by over a dozen Anbu ninjas, his eyes bloodshot, stared at the Kotoamatsukami eye that had been gouged out. His face contorted with pain and fury. He said in a crazed voice, "Hiruzen, you indecisive fool, you don't deserve to be Hokage! You'll drag Konoha into the abyss!"

Qingcheng looked at Kakashi as he approached and said with a smile, "Kaka-bro, thank you for your righteous eye-gouging." He then extended his right hand and took Shisui's Mangekyo Sharingan.

Kakashi heard Qingcheng's words and calmly replied, "Clan Head Qingcheng, my name is Owl, not Kaka-bro."

Qingcheng looked at the Sharingan in his hand, a smile on his face. He thought, "When my main body arrives and finds out I dug out Danzo's eye, he's going to die laughing."

Then, Qingcheng's Shadow Clone looked at Kakashi again and said seriously, "This Clan Head understands. Then, please, continue, Brother Xiao, and open up that beast Danzo's arm. There are many more Sharingan there, all belonging to my Uchiha Clan members."

The Third Hokage looked at the frenzied Danzo and sighed inwardly, "If only I had been more decisive back then, you wouldn't have gone down this path, and the Uchiha Clan wouldn't have been wiped out."

The Third Hokage then let out another sigh, "Ah… I'm truly getting old. If Minato were still here, it would be so much better."

Qingcheng's Shadow Clone then tempted Mitokado Homura, "Konoha's darkness, letting someone like Danzo lead, is harming Konoha. I believe only the righteous Advisor Homura is most suited for this position. He will, as always, protect Konoha."

Qingcheng's Shadow Clone had astutely noticed that Mitokado Homura wanted to climb the ranks and become an advisor with real power, not just one who talked big. So, he immediately began to incite him.

He wanted to break apart the Konoha Elders' relationships, ideally leading to a power struggle.

Mitokado Homura, upon hearing Qingcheng's words, replied with a serious expression, "Clan Head Qingcheng, you truly have excellent foresight to recognize this old man's righteousness. I am indeed such a selfless person."

Mitokado Homura then looked at Danzo's miserable state and thought to himself, "Once Danzo falls, I can become the Root leader. That would make me second only to the Hokage, above everyone else."

Mitokado Homura then spoke up, "Open up Danzo's arm! How dare he desecrate the First Hokage's remains? I, Mitokado Homura, will be the first to object! I will never tolerate evil!"

A flicker of reluctance crossed Utatane Koharu's eyes. She said with a serious expression, "Danzo, you still chose this path. Power has consumed you."

Kakashi, hearing Qingcheng and the others, walked directly to Danzo's right side, grabbed Danzo's arm, and unraveled the bandages wrapped around it.

Beneath Danzo's bandages was an iron brace, and inside the brace was a sealing jutsu. Kakashi immediately released the seal on Danzo's iron brace.

Danzo instantly became anxious and shouted, "Don't open it! It's a sealing jutsu inside, it will go berserk!"

Seeing Danzo's fear, Qingcheng immediately reprimanded him, "Old dog, are you afraid of the day sunlight pierces through the darkness? I'll send you to meet the God of Asura right now!"

With that, the Shadow Clone raised the Three-pronged Kunai in his left hand, preparing to inject Chakra, and shouted, "Lín Bīng Dǒu Zhě Jiē Zhèn Liè Zài Qián! Uchiha Yongcheng, step forward and take care of this beast for me!"

The Third Hokage was immediately alarmed and cried out in a panicked voice, "Qingcheng-kun, please calm down! We, the Konoha higher-ups, will give the Uchiha Clan an explanation and will not let the deceased Uchiha Clan members be wronged!"

Qingcheng looked at the stunned Third Hokage and said seriously, "What the Third Hokage says is reasonable. I shouldn't disturb my father's rest. What if it's easy to summon a god but difficult to send him away? If he decides to exterminate the Shimura Clan, I won't be able to stop him."

Qingcheng added, "If he turns on the Sarutobi Clan, that would be troublesome. When my father appeared in my dream, he was very displeased with the Sarutobi Clan."

"The Sarutobi Clan during the Warring States Period was just a small follower of the Senju Clan. Now they've become Konoha's strongest clan. My proud and violent father wouldn't tolerate that at all."

As Qingcheng finished speaking in one breath, he shivered, adopting an expression that suggested his father was very dangerous.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was utterly stunned upon hearing this, and said in a panicked voice, "Yongcheng-kun has truly changed too much. He wants to wipe out other ninja clans the moment he acts. Perhaps he no longer possesses the Will of Fire."

Qingcheng heard this and said seriously, "He's been dead for so many years; if he had any Will of Fire, he's probably forgotten it by now. Now that he's the God of Hellish Training, what he wields is the Will of the Asura God."

The Third Hokage immediately asked, "What is the Will of the Asura God?"

Qingcheng said seriously, "It means if someone so much as touches a single hair on me, I'll annihilate their ninja clan in return. Otherwise, my Dao heart will be unstable, and I could very well fall into the demonic path."

The Third Hokage was greatly startled, saying in astonishment, "What a terrifying will! To destroy another family for just a single millimeter!"

Utatane Koharu also asked nervously, "What happens if one falls into the demonic path?"

Qingcheng earnestly misled them, "Then they become a hellish demon god, killing any living person they see, disowning all relatives, and even absorbing the blood of the living—that's the mark of falling into depravity."

Utatane Koharu said in horror, "This world has truly become unrecognizable to me. It's too terrifying!"

Mitokado Homura then added, "Qingcheng-kun, your father is a double-edged sword. Don't ever summon him, or else he might fall into depravity later and become a hellish demon god, even taking you out!"

Qingcheng simply shook his head and said seriously, "You don't have to worry about that. After he falls into depravity, the blood of a loved one can awaken him."

The Third Hokage, Utatane Koharu, and Mitokado Homura all breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Qingcheng's words.

Qingcheng added, "However, during the time he's in depravity, it might be troublesome. Even a dog passing by would get seven or eight stabs."

Qingcheng's Shadow Clone continued to spout nonsense, "I don't know if the current Konoha can withstand my father, whose Dao heart is unstable."

The Third Hokage immediately grew anxious again, then said to the Anbu ninjas, "Hurry up and unseal Danzo! I, the Hokage, will personally judge this person who harmed a fellow villager!"