The Blame Kept Getting Dumped on You

After leaving the Bounty Office, Uchiha Feng did not run into any of the clichéd incidents of being targeted.

Anyone who could walk out of that building had proven their strength and status. These bounty hunters were the best at avoiding danger.

Selling the contracts for the Uchiha Clan's shops in Konoha this time would definitely make Konoha realize that there were still survivors from the Uchiha Clan.

Moreover, this survivor held no ordinary position within the Uchiha Clan. Otherwise, he would not have possessed such intelligence and inherited assets.

The information revealed through this would lend credibility to the intelligence he had sold.

All that remained was to wait for the reactions of the various ninja villages. He hoped they would not disappoint him.

When Uchiha Feng returned to the inn, he changed back into his original appearance.

Standing before the mirror, he examined himself closely.

In the mirror, the pupils of the delicate, handsome young man suddenly began to spread. In the end, two black tomoe formed in each eye, while the whites of his eyes turned scarlet.

While investigating intelligence at the Bounty Office and confirming the Uchiha Clan's tragic fate once more, he had noticed an abnormal change in his eyes. Waves of stabbing pain and warmth had continuously surged into them.

At that moment, he realized that his bloodline limit was about to awaken!

To awaken the Two-Tomoe Sharingan upon first opening his eyes would have made him a genius even within the Uchiha Clan. But now, the Uchiha Clan was gone.

He would use these eyes of the Uchiha Clan to watch Konoha rot and collapse.

Just as Uchiha Feng awakened his Sharingan,

the intelligence he had released truly began to take effect.

Whether it was the information about Uchiha Itachi or Uchiha Shisui, neither could be separated from the unique abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan.

Judging from Uchiha Itachi's series of acts slaughtering his own clan, it was difficult to say that he had not fallen under the genjutsu of Kotoamatsukami.

This time, the Bounty Office truly made a fortune.

This single piece of intelligence cost two million ryo, already the reward for an S-rank mission. And there were still more revelations to come.

Even Konoha had no choice but to spend money to purchase it, to determine whether the information it revealed contained anything they had overlooked.

Uchiha Feng could get a share of all of it.

At the same time, cooperation between the Bounty Office and the nobles of the Land of Fire was underway.

The land deeds for Konoha shops sold by Uchiha Feng all became bargaining chips for the Land of Fire's nobles to gain control over Konoha's economy.

Konoha's shops had originally been controlled by the ninja clans that had participated in founding Konoha and establishing the Land of Fire. Now, Uchiha Feng had given the Land of Fire's nobles sufficient reason to meddle in the shops within Hidden Leaf Village.

The various clans that had originally planned to swallow up the Uchiha inheritance felt as if they had eaten shit.

Not only had they failed to gain any benefits from the Uchiha Clan's extermination, but others had reaped the fruits instead, while their own interests had also taken a blow.

Caught in the tug-of-war between the daimyo and the Hokage, Konoha had no choice but to acknowledge the legitimacy of those holding the land deeds. Once certain matters were brought into the open, they could only proceed gradually.

Hidden Leaf Village depended on the Land of Fire's finances for support. After the end of the Second Shinobi World War, the system of ninjas carrying out missions had yet to fully mature.

At that moment, a confrontation was taking place inside the Hokage's office.

"Hiruzen, this isn't what we agreed on! Why has even Root been disbanded?" Shimura Danzo suppressed his anger. Being made to take the blame was humiliating enough, and now his authority was being revoked as well.

The reason he had been able to stand above the other three Hokage advisors, even contending with the Third Hokage at times, was because Root was a military force under his command.

"Danzo, only a Kage may command the Anbu. Your Root was merely a branch of the Anbu. There is no longer any need for it to exist."

The Third Hokage set down his pipe and picked up the intelligence report the Anbu had purchased from the Bounty Office. Frowning, he showed no concern for Danzo's resistance.

With Danzo's methods, he was nothing more than someone who could take the blame for him.

What he truly cared about now was the information behind this report.

"You're tearing down the bridge after crossing it!" Danzo's voice abruptly rose. That wasn't what you said when I was taking the blame for you.

Back then, he had affectionately called him an old comrade. Now, he simply called him Danzo!

"Take a look! This is the latest intelligence the Anbu has gathered regarding the Uchiha Clan. Just how many things are you still hiding from me!"

The Third Hokage tossed the intelligence report in his hand to Shimura Danzo, then picked up his pipe and began puffing out clouds of smoke.

Yet in secret, he carefully observed Shimura Danzo's reaction.

Danzo angrily picked up the report with his intact hand and began reading it with an unconvinced expression.

"Where did this come from?" Danzo's face darkened. His already gloomy expression became even more sinister.

Now he understood why the Third Hokage was so wary of him.

Some of the records in the intelligence report were astonishing!

Controlling the village's Kage? He did not have that ability! He only had one eye!

But he knew this was another huge pot of blame being dumped on him! Sarutobi Hiruzen, who always had him take the blame, should understand that!

"Intelligence from the Bounty Office! At present, eighty percent of it can be confirmed as true. As for the remaining twenty percent, that depends on you."

The Third Hokage narrowed his eyes, exhaled a cloud of smoke, and looked at Shimura Danzo.

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Shimura Danzo could not bear that gaze and immediately protested loudly. "Hiruzen, we planned this together. You should know that! How could it have been because Shisui controlled us?"

Shimura Danzo looked at the Third Hokage, hoping for his support.

"But Shisui is dead!" The Third Hokage cut off Danzo's words. He no longer wished to hear his explanation.

Some dangers had to be strangled in the cradle.

The Third Hokage continued looking at Danzo.

"Sigh, Shisui's eye is in your possession now, isn't it? Let's verify it." The Third Hokage tapped the desk, finally setting down the pipe in his hand. "Kakashi, come in!"

Tap, tap~

Kakashi and a ninja from the Hyuga Clan pushed open the door and entered, bringing along a ninja dressed in prison clothes.

"Hiruzen, it seems you still don't trust me." Danzo's face was already dark enough. Such thorough preparations meant this was a trap prepared long ago, just waiting for him to step into it!

"Hypnotize him using Shisui's eye!" Ignoring Danzo, the Third Hokage issued an order. "Kakashi, Hinata Ten, activate your eyes and observe. If anything unusual happens, go to first-level alert."

Outside the Hokage's office, Anbu ninjas had also been assembled to prevent any accidents. Members of the Hyuga Clan had been summoned as well.

"Hiruzen, you really are cautious." Danzo sneered. The faint movements around him also caught his attention. Sarutobi Hiruzen was still that petty man who trusted no one.

With that, Danzo removed the bandages wrapped around his eye, revealing that scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan.

Shimura Danzo's presence instantly rose to another level, even making Kakashi feel pressured.