Shimura Danzō was bound from head to toe with thick ropes, with a white cloth stuffed over his mouth.
As a result, Shimura Danzō could only lie on the ground with his eyes wide in humiliation, unable to utter a complete sentence beyond muffled "mmph, mmph" sounds.
"Orochimaru? You actually..." Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at the smiling Orochimaru before him and found himself at a loss for words.
One look at the scene made it clear: after Danzō fled back to his own stronghold, Orochimaru had ambushed him.
On one side was his close friend, his Bonds... Shimura Danzō!
On the other was his most beloved and proudest disciple... Orochimaru!
The situation truly left him helpless. He had originally planned to storm into Root and give Danzō a righteous lecture.
Who would have thought that, the moment he arrived at Root's entrance, he would find this situation?
"Is there something you wanted to say to me, Teacher?" Orochimaru looked at his teacher with a smile, feeling immensely pleased with himself.
After discovering that Shimura Danzō's heart had begun to fall into darkness and that he could no longer maintain his convictions, Orochimaru had made Danzō the subject of a psychological experiment.
Because of this, Orochimaru, who had kept a close eye on Danzō, had long discovered that the man had colluded with outsiders in an attempt to eliminate Uchiha Yuzhen and the Uchiha Clan.
When he discovered this, Orochimaru had been stunned by Shimura Danzō's idea...
After all, anyone with a brain would know that when someone with ill intentions joined forces with you to deal with a person you both wanted dead—
It meant that... the person you wanted to deal with was a troublesome opponent neither side could handle!
Then why did you think that joining forces would somehow