After sparing Yakushi Nonō's life and confirming his suspicions about her intelligence-gathering through her reactions, she had no way to speak and could only nod or shake her head.
As an upstanding young man, since Danzo wanted to know the secret, he would let him know. Of course, part of it was false, and with Orochimaru's deliberate guidance, Danzo began researching the Radiation Element.
Uchiha Yū looked forward to him uncovering some secrets. When the time came, he could go to Root and reap the benefits.
After wrapping up matters at the hospital, Uchiha Yū arrived at the mission hall. There was a mission specifically intended for him.
[A high-ranking member of Dawn has been poisoned and requires a jōnin medical ninja.]
There were only a handful of jōnin medical ninjas in all of Konoha, and with the war having just ended, some wounded were still in the hospital. They simply could not leave.
"Yū? Are you taking a medical mission?"
Seeing Uchiha Yū holding the mission sheet, the clerk handling registrations kindly warned him:
"Although they promised there would be no fighting, things are very chaotic outside right now."
"It's fine. Just register me."
There was nothing the clerk could do. Uchiha Yū was a special jōnin and met the mission requirements. Once the registration was complete, he could leave the village.
All the procedures were legitimate. Even if anyone investigated, Shan Juhua would smooth things over behind the scenes. Dawn and Konoha were as close as could be now; the Third Hokage practically wished Dawn would move to Konoha and develop there.
After leaving the village, he put on a mask and headed for the rendezvous point Shan Juhua had provided.
In a small town in the Land of Fire, a group of bounty ninja drank