Konoha's skies had gone dark after all

It had been a very long time since Shimura Danzō had been this angry.

He felt as though his lungs were about to burst with rage.

Even when he had clashed with Monkey over their ideals, only for Monkey to invoke his position as Hokage to overrule him, he had never been this angry.

Bastard. What an absolute bastard!

Teacher Tobirama had been right. The Uchiha Clan was a clan born evil!

"Tsk, tsk. Look how worked up you are."

Watching his expression, Uchiha Jin smacked his lips, a mocking smile spreading across his face.

"Why's your face as red as a monkey's ass? Hahaha, you're killing me."

Sometimes, lies did not hurt people. Often, the truth was the sharp blade.

"Bastard!"

Shimura Danzō finally snapped under the mockery delivered right to his face, preparing to form hand seals and kill this fellow with Wind Release.

Although he had not been to a battlefield in many years, his strength was still at the peak of Elite Jonin level.

With his powerful Wind Release ninjutsu, he still had a very good chance of winning.

If he had brought more men, his chances of killing his opponent would have been even greater.

"Not coming out?"

Uchiha Jin stopped paying attention to Shimura Danzō, who was preparing to attack in his fury. Instead, he dropped his smile and looked toward a corner.

"You've been watching for quite a while."

At those words, Shimura Danzō instinctively looked around.

His perception was not as strong as Jin's, so he had not noticed anything amiss at first.

Only after hearing Jin's words did he realize that several more people were present.

His expression instantly darkened.

He did not need to think to know they were people Monkey had sent.

Didn't that mean other people had seen that Uchiha brat mocking him to his face?

If word of this reached Monkey...

A fleeting flash of murderous intent crossed Shimura Danzō's eyes.

He really wanted to kill everyone who knew!

"Hehe, quite the keen perception."

A hoarse voice rang out in the darkness, and a deathly pale man with long hair falling beside his cheeks emerged from the shadows.

His golden, slit-pupiled eyes narrowed slightly, his tongue swept across the corner of his mouth, and a cold, chilling laugh rang through the empty street.

The newcomer was none other than Orochimaru, one of the Konoha Sannin!

Several Anbu wearing animal masks followed behind him.

Uchiha Jin raised an eyebrow at the red health bar above Orochimaru's head.

He could see the crimes Orochimaru had committed recently.

[Used the bodies of six Genin from Konoha to begin inhumane human experimentation.]

It was worth mentioning that the health bar above his head was not as dark as Hiruzen Sarutobi's.

How ironic!

"Jin, it certainly has been a while."

Orochimaru had served as a battlefield commander during the Third Shinobi World War, and he had been the one to report Jin and Shisui's outstanding battlefield performances to his superiors.

The two had interacted briefly.

"So it's Orochimaru."

Uchiha Jin's Three-Tomoe Sharingan stared into those golden, slit-pupiled eyes as he held his tachi pointed straight at Shimura Danzō.

"Are you here to stop me from fighting back?"

With his powerful mental strength, he had long since noticed their arrival.

Orochimaru and the Anbu had appeared on the street when he killed the first Root ninja.

That was also why he had provoked Shimura Danzō with words rather than attacking him directly.

After all, that fellow was one of the village's higher-ups.

If Jin attacked, those Anbu would definitely step in and take Danzō's side.

Since he could not kill Danzo, he might as well make him miserable.

"Jin, attacking one of the village's higher-ups isn't a wise choice."

Orochimaru spoke with a faint, ambiguous smile.

Although he understood that Shimura Danzō had started the trouble, this situation was not something he could make a decision on.

He needed to leave it to his teacher to handle.

"Well... as the commander of the Uchiha Konoha Military Police Force, am I supposed to just swallow it when one of the village's higher-ups tries to assassinate me?"

Uchiha Jin sheathed his blade and gazed at the crescent moon in the sky, looking forlorn.

"Konoha's skies have gone dark after all."

"A Hokage Advisor commits murder in the street, yet can't be brought to justice. In a village as vast as Konoha, is there still any place for ordinary ninja like us?"

Orochimaru: "..."

Why had he never noticed how good this brat was at pinning accusations on people?

In just a few words, he had painted himself as a victim with no means of fighting back.

Although the brat really was the victim, it was hardly as though he had no means of fighting back.

When Orochimaru first arrived, he had sensed Jin's intense intent to kill Danzo.

Only after Jin noticed their arrival had that murderous intent gradually faded.

In other words, if they had not appeared, this brat really would have dared to kill Danzo!

"Orochimaru, are you really going to help him do his dirty work?"

Uchiha Jin pointed at Orochimaru, looking utterly pained.

"So you lot really are all in it together. Here I am, the commander of the Konoha Military Police Force Troops, being bullied like this..."

"Bastard, shut your mouth!"

Shimura Danzō was already furious, and those words made him explode completely.

As if having four elites he had trained killed were not enough, he had also endured a barrage of verbal mockery.

And in the end, it was all his fault...

That born-evil Uchiha brat was an expert at twisting right and wrong.

His original intention had merely been to recruit Jin. If only the brat had known what was good for him.

How would any of what followed have happened?

By that reckoning, he was the real victim!

"You old dog, it's 'bastard' this and 'bastard' that. Who the fuck are you barking at?"

Uchiha Jin pointed right at Shimura Danzō's nose and let loose with abuse.

"I'll say it again. If you manage to become the Fourth Hokage, I'll cut my own head off and let you kick it around like a ball!"

Since there was no chance to kill Danzo, with Orochimaru and the Anbu ready to take his side,

he might as well launch another vicious verbal assault.

That would also let him vent his frustration.

It had been so long since he had cursed someone out. It felt fantastic!

"With that fucking face of yours and your body wrapped up like a rice dumpling, you're still dreaming of becoming Hokage?"

Uchiha Jin continued his relentless barrage.

"You're really cracking me up. Orochimaru, tell me, could someone who looks like him become Hokage?"

Orochimaru: "..."

He instinctively glanced at Danzo, whose mouth had twisted with rage, while maintaining an awkward but polite smile.

There were some remarks he could not respond to.

In truth, everyone knew that Shimura Danzō wanted to become Hokage.

That was very common in the village. Plenty of people dreamed of becoming Hokage.

As for their chances of succeeding, there was no need to elaborate.

Wanting to become Hokage did not mean one could...

Yet Uchiha Jin had brought the matter straight out into the open, not only mocking Shimura Danzō for dreaming but also attacking his appearance.

Orochimaru had imagined all sorts of reactions from the brat.

He simply had not expected him to hurl abuse like a shrew in the street.

The crucial thing was that this tactic was extremely effective against Shimura Danzō.

He truly had no answer to it.

The Uchiha clansmen he remembered were not like this!

This brat really was unusual.

No wonder his teacher kept bringing him up.

Shimura Danzō shook with rage, wanting to throw all caution aside, charge forward, and tear that foul-mouthed fellow's mouth apart.

The dream he had always cherished had actually been dragged out for public ridicule and humiliation.

His chest felt tight, and he was having a little trouble breathing.

"What the fuck are you shaking for?"

Watching his trembling body, Uchiha Jin continued his torrent of abuse.

He had to admit, watching Shimura Danzō practically hopping with rage felt wonderful.

The vocabulary of a Shinobi World native could not compare to that of an outsider from Zaun like him.

It was simply an attack from a higher dimension.

"Pfft!"

Overcome with rage, Shimura Danzō spat out blood.

Orochimaru: "!!!"