"That kid's power is too dangerous. Convene a high command meeting immediately. We must bring him under our control!"
Danzo's sinister voice sounded especially grating in the smoke-filled air. An almost sickly fervor gleamed in his one exposed eye. To Danzo, how many people had died in Konoha or how many buildings had been destroyed did not matter at all. What mattered was that he had discovered an "ultimate weapon" even more perfect than the Sharingan or Wood Release.
As long as he could bring Shengu Xuan under his control and brainwash him into a killing machine that obeyed him alone, he, Shimura Danzō, could immediately replace Hiruzen Sarutobi and become Konoha's true ruler-even unite the entire Shinobi World!
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu, Konoha's two veteran advisers, were staring at the devastation of the destroyed Hokage Building, their brows tightly furrowed. Hearing Danzo's words, they exchanged a glance, each seeing deep apprehension in the other's eyes.
"Danzo, you're being too hasty. Hiruzen still hasn't recovered from his grave injuries, and the village is at its most chaotic. Isn't this an inappropriate time to convene a high command meeting?" Utatane Koharu pushed up the glasses on her nose, her tone somewhat hesitant.
"Foolish compassion!" Danzo slammed his cane against the ground with a dull thud. "Precisely because the village is at its weakest, we must act decisively! Didn't you see how terrifying that brat called Shengu Xuan was? He doesn't even have chakra, yet he could easily tear apart the Four Violet Flames Formation and instantly kill the former Hokage summoned through Impure World Reincarnation! If a monster who defies everything the Shinobi World knows isn't kept firmly under Konoha's high command's control, then should he go mad one day, the destruction he brings upon Konoha will be ten, a