Fugaku took Gua back to the Uchiha Clan Compound, while Hizashi took Neji back to the Hyuga Clan Compound.
The Third went straight to Root's underground headquarters.
"Where is Danzo? Tell him to come see me!"
The Third took a small puff on his pipe, exhaled the smoke, then immediately took another.
A nearby Root operative hurried off to fetch Danzo.
The Third strode right after him.
"Lord Third, perhaps you should..."
The Root operative tried to stop him.
The Third flew into a rage. "Is there anywhere in Konoha I can't go?! Is Root trying to declare independence?"
A chill ran down the operative's back. He could neither keep trying to stop him nor let him through.
The Third pushed the operative aside and strode down the passage.
Tap, tap, tap!
His footsteps echoed through the gloomy underground passages. The first impression the place gave was that nothing good happened here.
Tap, tap!
The Third stopped before a much wider doorway. The sight inside made his breath catch.
There were glass containers of every size, filled with an unidentified yellow liquid. Submerged in that liquid were all sorts of things that sent chills down his spine...
Eyes, arms, even heads, along with various unidentified animal organs, floated in the yellow liquid. The cold white light shining down from above made his skin crawl.
The Third slowly made his way through the glass containers. Occasionally, bubbles rose through them from the bottom.
Another turn.
The Third heard the faint clink of metal. He quickened his pace and rounded another corner.
An operating table came into view, with a white arm lying on it. Beside it, a worker in white work clothes used scissors to carefully snip away a large mass of attached tissue. He quickly returned the scissors to the