Obito Uchiha's Clever Scheme, Danzo Passes the Blame

Thud!

As Shisui Uchiha walked toward Shimura Danzō step by step, Obito Uchiha suddenly fell from the sky inside the Kamui Dimension and slammed into the ground.

"Ah..."

Obito Uchiha sucked in a sharp breath and sat up painfully, cold sweat pouring down his forehead.

"He was fast. No wonder he managed to cripple Danzo in just a few days. He really did have other trump cards we knew nothing about!"

"What a mess. I told you we shouldn't have gone back so soon. Look at you-your body nearly got split in half."

White Zetsu emerged from the ground and spoke with a grin.

At his words, Obito Uchiha turned to inspect the injuries on the half of his body without White Zetsu, and his expression darkened.

Indeed, if half his body hadn't contained White Zetsu, giving him exceptional regenerative abilities, he would probably have already bled to death on the spot.

Even so, he wouldn't be able to travel freely around the Shinobi World for a while.

"Cough, cough... Although I suffered an unexpected injury, it's still within acceptable limits."

"Besides, we gained quite a bit from this trip."

As he said this, Obito Uchiha's eyes filled with confidence.

"After this encounter, at least I won't give Senju Ye a chance to get close to me the next time we meet."

"And unless something unexpected happens, that old bastard Danzo should be about to expose Konoha's Orochimaru by now."

Exactly!

Although Shisui Uchiha and Senju Ye had appeared midway through and completely disrupted his original plan,

while dodging Shisui Uchiha's Spiral Sword, he had already used the dust obscuring everyone's vision to approach Danzo and tell him how to escape his predicament.

In short, amid everyone's curses, Danzo was probably already betraying Orochimaru in front of them all.

Orochimaru, a disciple of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and one of the Konoha Sannin.

In the end, he would still defect from Konoha and become one of the powerful fighters on their side!

"Heh heh heh... Senju Ye, I hope you can plunge Konoha into even greater chaos."

While Obito Uchiha was thinking this, Shisui Uchiha had already reached Shimura Danzō on the other side.

The surrounding Konoha ninja and civilians, who had finally recovered from their shock, wore expressions of disbelief.

"My god, did you see that? Even Shisui Uchiha, the greatest genius of Konoha's Uchiha Clan, couldn't deal with that enemy, but Lord Senju Ye took care of him in an instant! He nearly killed him outright!"

"As long as we follow Lord Senju Ye, any enemy will crumble! Lord Senju Ye is the strongest!"

"Exactly! But did anyone else feel that the speed Lord Senju Ye just displayed seemed even faster than the Uchiha Clan's Body Flicker Shisui?"

"It did seem that way..."

Hearing the people around them, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the heads of the various clans silently nodded in agreement.

Indeed, Senju Ye had been incredibly fast!

Absurdly fast!

The speed Senju Ye had just unleashed was undoubtedly greater than Shisui Uchiha's.

But on further thought, if Senju Ye's teacher really was the First Hokage, there should have been nothing unusual about him learning some advanced speed-enhancing support ninjutsu from the Second Hokage.

With that thought, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the clan heads glanced at the cheering people around them and sighed inwardly.

They knew that from the moment Senju Ye drove off the enemy none of them could handle, his prestige in Konoha had risen yet another level.

If this continued, his name would likely resound throughout all of Konoha.

It wasn't even impossible for him to become Konoha's Fifth Hokage!

While those around them were thinking this, two Uchiha ninja, at Shisui Uchiha's signal, hauled Shimura Danzō up and forced him to kneel before him.

He seemed to realize the predicament he was in and sensed that Obito Uchiha's presence had vanished.

To save his life, Shimura Danzō hurriedly lowered his head and begged for mercy.

"Y-you... you can't kill me. I'm... an elder of Konoha's Elder... Council."

"If you spare me, I'm willing to surrender all authority over Root. I only ask that you let me live!"

The man who had previously called himself Madara Uchiha had just told him that as long as he publicly betrayed Orochimaru, he still had a chance to survive.

And as long as he survived, with Root under his control and the help of that man claiming to be Madara Uchiha,

they could coordinate from within and without, giving him a chance to rise again.

He would have a chance to turn Senju Ye into the next Minato Namikaze, dying "accidentally" during some incident!

"..."

Seeing Shimura Danzō's wretched state, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the heads of Konoha's various clans simply watched coldly. Not one of them stepped forward to speak on his behalf.

Shimura Danzō was now the target of everyone's wrath. He was essentially finished, and whether he could even survive the night remained uncertain.

Offending the terrifyingly powerful Senju Ye to save him wasn't worth it.

But just as Senju Ye placed his right hand on the sword hilt at his waist in full view of everyone, ready to draw it,

Shimura Danzō abruptly bowed his head and slammed his forehead into the ground.

Bang!

"Don't kill me! Don't kill me! If you spare me, I can tell you a secret none of you know!"

A secret none of them knew?

Hiruzen Sarutobi and the others, who had shown little interest in whether Shimura Danzō lived or died, now had a subtle gleam in their eyes.

Who wouldn't want something valuable for free?

With that thought, Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke first.

After all, he had served as Hokage for many years and understood very well what everyone present was thinking.

"Ahem, Lord Senju Ye, a criminal like Shimura Danzō will have to be dealt with sooner or later anyway. Why not hear what he has to say?"

Sure enough, after Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke, the clan heads chimed in one after another.

"The Third Hokage is right."

"I agree."

"Indeed, we might as well hear what secret this criminal has to reveal. There's still time to deal with him afterward..."

Shisui Uchiha had long since anticipated the reactions of those behind him.

In fact, he had deliberately given Shimura Danzō a chance to speak.

Because both he and Orochimaru needed just such an opportunity!

"Go on. Speak."

Seeing that he really had been given a chance, Shimura Danzō spoke as he repeatedly knocked his forehead against the ground, his voice sounding utterly miserable and forlorn.

"Actually... actually, I wasn't the mastermind behind the experiments using the First Hokage's cells!"

"It was Orochimaru!"

"Don't get agitated! Don't attack! I have evidence! I really do! The evidence is at Root Headquarters. If you don't believe me, you can take me there to find it! It's true!"

"..."

Heh. The show had begun.