Of course, it is not limited to Root.
There is also Uchiha Clan. Although Danzo may often make unfounded lies and deliberately do evil things, there are still times when he is trustworthy. Especially in today's special situation, Hiruzen Sarutobi does not want too extreme a scene.
However, today is obviously not Sarutobi Hiruzen's lucky day. As the saying goes, one wave comes after another, and we have just arranged the corresponding affairs and dispatched a group of Anbu to perform the corresponding tasks. The Anbu squad leader who was sent out before, Shadow, returned on time, and the news he brought back made the Third Hokage's expression instantly become ferocious and twisted.
"What are you talking about!? I found out at Orochimaru's house that forbidden human body research is being conducted in the underground laboratory!? And are they all missing people in the village!?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen stood up, leaned forward, looked at the shadow kneeling in front of him with very sharp and cold eyes, and said in a very unbelievable and extremely forbidding tone.
"Yes, Lord Hokage. After comparing the intelligence in Anbu, extracting cells from these corpses, and retaining some facial features, we can be 100% sure of this. Moreover, Orochimaru confirmed that he left home at 1 o'clock this morning. After searching for traces, he headed eastward. There is a high probability that he has left the village!"
The Anbu squad leader named Shadow is of course very aware of how important the information he reported is. It can be said that once this information is made public, it will 100% cause the entire village to be in turmoil!
Hokage's disciples actually captured and killed their fellow villagers and used them as materials for taboo human experiments. This is completely a heinous crime!
Therefore, Shadow did not dare to talk at all and could only use the plainest and shortest words to explain the facts.
How to deal with this one Legendary Sannin that Konoha is proud of must be decided by Third Hokage-Sarutobi Hiruzen himself!
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi, after learning this information, immediately contacted the previous series of taboo research and some special experiments involving Orochimaru, plus he had long known that Orochimaru was in some experimental fields It is related to Danzo, and then think of the strange behavior of Danzo in the disappearance case, especially the decisive action against the Uchiha Clan, which was the occasion to shirk all the blame for the disappearance case on the Uchiha Clan.
at this moment.
Sarutobi Hiruzen figured everything out.
'Orochimaru! Danzo!! '
The ever-changing expressions and the ups and downs in his heart showed not only the heartache for the disciple he valued most, but also the anger and annoyance for Danzo, his best friend. He really didn't expect that his disciple could be so crazy and his best friend could be twisted to this extent. This was a companion of his own Ninja Village!
And it also involves the problem of the Uchiha Clan!
At this time, in this node, Hiruzen Sarutobi understands everything. Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's Attack is hard to say, but the disappearance case was indeed framed, but as said before, it is meaningless to talk about it now.
Uchiha Clan has already broken up with the village.
Shōji has shown a power that can threaten the stability of the village. 'Mangekyō Sharingan' is the most taboo and evil power in the Uchiha Clan, and it is the source of power that can control Tailed Beast!
Even for this reason, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew very well that he and others could no longer reconcile with the Uchiha Clan, at least with the powerful adult members of the clan such as Shōji and Fugaku.
What's even scarier is.
From yesterday to today, Shisui Uchiha still did not come over to explain anything, which forced Sarutobi Hiruzen to adjust the threat level of the Uchiha Clan to another level, even though he now understands that all this is Danzo is causing trouble behind his back, but he has to follow this trajectory, unless Hiruzen Sarutobi is willing to take the risk and trust Uchiha Clan again, but this probability is no higher than when the sun rises from the west.
Even if Uchiha Clan has no bad record in the past, Sarutobi Hiruzen's character is 100% impossible to do this. He is not a person who will give up the initiative.
And the most important thing is.
From the basic point of view, Sarutobi Hiruzen also believes that Uchiha Clan is an "evil" person. It is just because he was confident that he could control everything and felt that his personal charm and ability could control Uchiha Clan in his own hands.
But now that this layer of film has been punctured, it all becomes meaningless.
"Immediately dispatch personnel to pursue the surrounding border areas, and be sure to conduct investigation as a small team! Once the trajectory is caught..."
Processing is necessary.
But when it comes to this moment, Third Hokage still has a trace of hesitation in his heart. It's not that he is still doubtful or anything. This is the reality that Chi Guoguo has put on the surface, but he really wants to take action against his disciple.
Third Hokage still couldn't bear it.
However, this life is very different from Original Work, a situation that is uncontrollable and gradually collapsing.
Thousands of thoughts went through my mind in that instant.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath, a look of determination showed in his pupils. "List it as S-Class Rogue Ninja, no matter life or death!"
Third looked at the squad leader Anbu in front of him and said in a cold voice.
"Yes! Lord Hokage!"
Shadow suddenly lowered his head in response, then jumped up and immediately disappeared from the spot, going to execute Sarutobi Hiruzen's latest order!
"Orochimaru..."
Explosive mentality.
Outsiders can't see this, but in fact it is already an uncontrollable wave of emotions in the heart. It must be said that Third Hokage is already nearly sixty years old. It is difficult for anything to move his face or even change his mentality drastically. However, this incident of Orochimaru really made Third Hokage's mood fall to the bottom.
He could never believe that the disciple he valued most in the past would do such a thing. Forbidden research was nothing at all. Even if it involved Lord First Hokage's Wood Release cells research, it was still Konohagakure's top research secret that had lasted for decades. But there was a premise here that you were not allowed to use your fellow Ninja Village companions as research materials!
The crime of killing innocent companions for no reason is a heinous crime in any ninja village.
What's more, Orochimaru obviously lasted for a long time, involving more than ten or more companions, because during the Third Shinobi World War period, there were already sporadic cases of strange disappearances that were very difficult to understand. However, it was during the war, and it was indeed an isolated phenomenon, and no one noticed it at all.
Third Hokage naturally didn't care.
Now it seems that all this was foreshadowed, and Third Hokage can definitely tell that there must be Shimura Danzō's intervention behind this series of events!
At that moment, Third Hokage had the urge to directly lead Anbu to question Shimura Danzō.
But it's just impulse.
Sarutobi Hiruzen knows better than anyone what is the most important thing in the village now. Even if the seriousness of this situation is caused by Shimura Danzō's random behavior, Sarutobi Hiruzen must suppress it.
This is the Third Hokage that Konohagakure is 'proud of' – Sarutobi Hiruzen.