Danzo heard something today that sent him into a towering rage.
"Five Root operatives, and two children killed four of you? And the only one who escaped was a useless fool like you?"
Danzo practically roared the words.
He had never seen such useless Root operatives.
This batch of Root recruits was utterly pathetic.
"Failing to bring back two children was bad enough, but you actually let them kill you instead? What good are any of you to me? Tell me!"
Danzo slammed his hand onto the armrest, his lone eye fixed on the Root operative with a vicious glare.
The Root operative knelt on one knee, cold sweat pouring from his forehead. He kept his head lowered, not daring to look up.
"Lord Danzo, please hear me out. That child was no ordinary child..."
"No ordinary child? You mean Kabuto? He's only at chunin level! He's one of mine-do you think I don't know his capabilities? What about your squad leader? Shin was a special jōnin! You expect me to believe Kabuto Yakushi could kill him?"
Danzo's voice was low, and he was already doing his best to suppress his anger.
He had just lost his composure. Now he had to calm down.
That was how the leader who controlled Konoha's shadows ought to behave.
"It wasn't Kabuto Yakushi. It was... Uchiha Gua..."
"What?"
The moment the Root operative spoke, Danzo was startled again.
"Uchiha Gua?"
"How could a little child possibly kill a special jōnin?"
"Shin was too careless. Kabuto Yakushi wore him down first, and when he faced Uchiha Gua afterward, he seemed to want to compete in taijutsu. But he was outmatched, and when he tried to..."
"Shut up! Just shut up!"
Danzo was utterly speechless.
A special jōnin had been killed by a six-year-old schoolboy,