Shimura Danzō stood in the shadows at the entrance to the clan compound, his gaze dark.
He had not stopped Uchiha Fugaku from leaving with his clansmen, allowing the large group of Uchiha to rush off to help fight the Nine-Tails' Rampage.
Tonight, the village was in chaos.
The Nine-Tails ravaged Konoha, and the earth-shaking roar of collapsing buildings drowned out every other sound. This was the perfect chaos he had waited years for!
Normally, Uchiha Jin was a once-in-a-century genius of the Uchiha Clan, an elite jonin of Konoha with tremendous prestige and countless military achievements. His actions were justified, his position unassailable, and Danzō could find no reason whatsoever to move against him.
But now...
In chaotic times, rules vanished, and disorder concealed crimes.
If he killed Uchiha Jin amid the chaos, he could blame everything on the Nine-Tails' Rampage afterward, without anyone ever knowing.
And once Minato Namikaze died, by all rights, he would be the village's next Hokage.
When that time came, even if someone suspected he had been involved in Uchiha Jin's death, he believed they would not dare say anything, given his position as the Fifth Hokage.
A vicious gleam of murderous intent flashed through Danzo's clouded eyes.
Since he could not stop the Uchiha clansmen from leaving, he would use this opportunity to kill that inherently evil Uchiha brat.
Of the entire Uchiha Clan, no one disgusted him more than Uchiha Jin.
The brat had killed his subordinates, killed his clansmen, and cursed him to never become the Fourth Hokage.
He had shown utter disregard for law and discipline, offense after offense.
Shimura Danzō wanted nothing more than to hack him to pieces.
In his eyes, however great Uchiha Jin's talent or extraordinary his movements, he was still flesh and blood.
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