Root Is Gone Too

Utatane Koharu heard Qingcheng's words, a hint of reluctance appeared on her face. She thought to herself, "Danzo has ultimately taken this step. If I had opposed it more vehemently back then, would Danzo have ended up differently?"

Upon hearing Qingcheng's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi thought to himself, "Danzo, it's all because I was too cowardly. If I had been more assertive, you certainly wouldn't have died such a tragic death."

As Shimura Danzō, Hiruzen Sarutobi was deeply saddened to hear of Danzo's tragic death.

However, Uchiha Qingcheng, who killed Danzo, was simply too wicked. The Third Hokage didn't know how to appease him for a moment, so he could only say, "Qingcheng-kun, I'll have Aiji arrest all the Root ninjas who participated in the beating of you and hand them over to you. What do you think?"

After saying that, the Third Hokage looked at Qingcheng with a kind expression, indicating that this matter really had nothing to do with him, and that he and Danzo had not made any promises.

Seeing this, Qingcheng thought to himself, "As expected, these thousand-year-old foxes are either demons or monsters. Where does their kindness and friendliness come from? If a person in a position of power is kind and friendly, then they are most likely an idiot."

Take Hashirama Senju for example. Although he was openly known as the God of Shinobi, he was actually a complete fool who couldn't handle government affairs at all. Without Tobirama Senju's assistance, Konoha's various administrative tasks would have been a complete mess.

Furthermore, Hashirama was addicted to gambling, and Tsunade's talent for always losing at gambling stemmed from the First Hokage.

However, it cannot be denied that the First Hokage was truly kind and approachable; he was wholeheartedly devoted to the village.

The Fourth Hokage was also a gentle person. Unfortunately, he was just a puppet Hokage who never actually handled any political affairs or held any real power. He always followed the Third Hokage around, under the guise of "learning from me for a while."

This led to the Nine-Tails Attack, the deaths of Minato and Kushina, and the return of the Third Hokage, though in reality, power remained with Third Hokage.

Unlike Naruto and Kakashi, who immediately handed Naruto the reins of power upon his ascension to the Seventh Hokage, Kakashi returned to being the same Naruto who only enjoyed watching "Make -Hatake Five-Five Icha Icha Paradise," continuing to slack off and Tenten pushing Naruto's wheelchair.

Therefore, Qingcheng still needs to give this hypocrite a good slap in the face.

With a serious expression, Qingcheng said directly, "There's no need to capture Root ninjas anymore. I wiped them all out, and I destroyed Danzo's lair. I discovered many unknown secrets inside."

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage was immediately shocked and exclaimed in astonishment, "Qingcheng-kun, you wiped out Root ninjas! That's seven or eight hundred Root ninjas!"

Upon hearing this, Mitokado Homura's face was filled with surprise. He said in shock, "All the Root ninjas have been killed. Doesn't that mean I, the Root leader, am out of a job?"

Utatane Koharu, was also full of surprise. She heard Qingcheng's nonchalant words, which were as simple as crushing seven or eight hundred ants.

Upon hearing the Third Hokage's words, Qingcheng immediately replied with a serious expression, "Third Hokage, what are you saying? There are only seven or eight hundred Root ninjas, but there are clearly over a thousand."

Qingcheng continued to curse, "Over the years, Danzo has been using the huge sums of money you gave him to recruit Root ninjas from orphanages and various ninja clans. You don't even know the basic information about Root ninjas, do you?"

Upon hearing this, the Third Hokage was filled with shame and immediately said, "The Root incident was indeed my fault. If I had discovered that Danzo was secretly forcing others to join the Root ninja, I would have stopped him immediately."

Upon hearing the Third Hokage's words, Qingcheng countered, "You should know about that Danzo at the Root Base, carrying out their so-called 'Third Hokage Bloody Mist Village Training Program,' right?"

Qingcheng rebuked again with a stern expression. "Let those children kill each other. Only those who survive can become Root ninjas. Don't you know that? If you don't know anything, why do you keep transferring huge sums of money to Shimura Danzō?"

Qingcheng then said sternly, "I remember there was a huge sum of money, over eight billion. Even if you are the Third Hokage, you can't take the village's money and squander it like that. Especially Shimura Danzō, who used this money to strengthen the Root ninjas and then turned around and harmed the people in the village."

Qingcheng shouted sternly, "What crime should Hiruzen Sarutobi? It was all your doing to condone Danzo's Danzo. The annihilation of my Uchiha Clan Shimura Danzō orchestrated by Uchiha Itachi, who then had Itachi carry it out!"

Qingcheng directly opened the Sealing Scroll, took out the tube containing the Sharingan, and placed these densely packed eyes in the Hokage's Office.

Qingcheng spoke up again, scolding, "These are all Sharingan that Danzo out. Third Hokage, don't tell me you didn't know!"

Everyone was shocked, staring at Qingcheng in disbelief.

Mitokado Homura said with a look of surprise, "That jar of Sharingan, all Danzo, is just too evil."

The Third Hokage, his face contorted with bitterness and shame, said, "Clan Chief Qingcheng, I am truly sorry for this. It was indeed my dereliction of duty. Please allow me to explain."

The Third Hokage, true to his old fox nature, began to smooth things over again, saying directly, "Danzo said that the Hidden Cloud Village was going to launch Ninja World War and would be the first to declare war on our Konoha, which is why I gave him so much funding to quell the war."

Looking at Hiruzen Sarutobi's forced explanation, Qingcheng thought to himself, "What war? He just failed to seize the Byakugan, forced Hyuga Hiashi to his death, and then used someone else's corpse to make peace with the Hidden Cloud Village."

But just then, a large, red-haired man walked into the Hokage's Office. Seeing the tense atmosphere, he said directly, "Kagami Uchiha, calm down."

Yamanaka Torifu then said with a serious expression, "Hiruzen is indeed responsible for these things, but your loud outburst in the Hokage's Office is not good for Konoha. Tell me your demands!"

The Third Hokage looked at the person who walked in and said directly, "Torifu, you've arrived. Do you know about Danzo's matter?"

Torifu Akimichi nodded, and said with a serious expression, "Of course I know. I never imagined he had fallen to such a state. If the village continues like this, it will definitely fall apart."

Qingcheng saw that the newcomer was Torifu Akimichi and thought to himself, "This person has never harbored any hatred towards the Uchiha Clan, so it's not advisable to retaliate immediately." He then said, "My request is very simple: the Third Hokage must submit a letter of repentance and admit that he will not persecute other clans again."

Qingcheng further emphasized, "And the huge sum of money they gave to Root must be borne by the Sarutobi Clan, otherwise I will summon Uchiha Yongcheng and wipe out all these bastards."

The Third Hokage looked embarrassed again, thinking to himself, "It seems I've been called a beast and a bastard a lot. This is just too much, but since someone has caught me red-handed, I can't really retaliate right now."

Some of the Anbu Ninja were completely bewildered when they heard Qingcheng swearing again, and even treating the Third Hokage like an outsider.