All of Konoha Was Shaken! So Xia Yu Was This Strong

"Ah..."

Danzo let out a muffled, agonized cry.

It was not because his eye hurt.

It was heartache.

He had never expected Xia Yu to pull something like this so suddenly.

And Xia Yu had moved so fast that he had not given Danzo even a moment to use the remaining Sharingan in his arm to activate Izanagi and change the situation.

Shisui Uchiha's eye changing hands again was already a done deal.

Ibiki Morino failed to react in time and exclaimed in alarm, "Xia Yu? What are you doing? Torturing him for information is my job! You...!"

Before he could finish, Xia Yu opened his palm, displaying a bloody Sharingan before everyone. "I'm taking back what rightfully belongs to my Uchiha Clan. That's not going too far, is it?"

"..."

Everyone fell silent, their gazes toward Danzo gaining a few more shades of disgust...

Then Xia Yu swiftly cut off Danzo's arm as well.

Danzo did not resist. His face was filled with despair, and he could not even feel the pain.

With Shisui's eye gone, his lifeline had vanished, and his heart had died along with it.

In this lifetime, his dream of becoming Hokage was all but over...

The day's events came to a temporary close with Danzo's arrest.

Aside from a handful of villagers who slept in, most people in the village knew about it. It had even become everyone's opening topic whenever they met.

"Hey, did you hear? Uchiha Xia Yu summoned that blue giant!"

"Huh? Stop joking. You think I don't know how strong Xia Yu is? He can't even make a decent ordinary clone..."

"I'm not joking! It's true! My Jonin father told me. He saw it himself!"

"That's right! Xia Yu really did it. I can vouch for it too!"

"My god! Did you see that blue giant? It was cool as hell!"

"I always thought Xia Yu was just a womanizing pervert who used his looks to fool innocent girls like us. I never imagined he'd be so strong. He's practically making me wet~"

"I've made up my mind. I'm going to have his children too! He's taking wives and concubines to rebuild the Uchiha right now. I have to take part in this great, moving path to revival. The Uchiha family can't do without me!"

"Shoo, shoo! I got here first. Get to the back of the line!"

"Hey! Have you big-breasted, brainless fangirls all gone mad? Willingly offering your bodies to a man with a thousand wives and concubines? There's something seriously wrong with your heads!"

"You lousy man, what are you barking about? You're just jealous! Instead of barking here, hurry up and check the front of the line! Your older sister got here before I did. She's waiting in line right now!"

"What????"

Women were different from men. They loved novelty or contrast in their lives, finding such feelings exciting. The same unchanging routine day after day could not hold a woman's heart.

Previously, their impressions of Xia Yu had consisted only of labels like "a handsome face," "a womanizer," "a useless loser," and "a creature ruled by his lower half."

Today, however, they finally understood that Xia Yu was actually that strong!

That intense sense of novelty and contrast, paired with his absurdly handsome looks, left them utterly unable to resist.

"Uchiha Xia Yu is a man without flaws!"

"Marrying into the Uchiha can't wait! If I can bear Xia Yu's children, my life will have been worth it!"

These words had practically become slogans they passed from mouth to mouth.

In Konoha, most women, married or unmarried, were talking about Uchiha Xia Yu's astonishing performance the night before.

The men, meanwhile, regardless of age, were all talking about one name: Shimura Danzō.

"I heard Lord Danzo was arrested. Apparently, it came out that he'd sent assassins to kill Xia Yu."

"No, no, no. The version I heard was that Xia Yu cuckolded Lord Danzo. Lord Danzo couldn't take it and went to kill him himself, only to get taken down by Xia Yu instead!"

"What? He cuckolded Lord Danzo? I remember Lord Danzo's wife being over fifty. Tsk, tsk... That's Xia Yu for you. He could even bring himself to do that."

"You're overthinking it. Xia Yu did it with Lord Danzo's concubine..."

"Stop, stop, stop. Shut your mouths already. What imaginations you have! What nonsense are you all spreading? This is how rumors start! Let me make this clear: Xia Yu was the one who went looking for trouble with Danzo. Apparently, it was for revenge. Danzo's entire right arm was covered in Sharingan from the Uchiha Clan, packed close together. That's why Lord Hokage had Danzo locked up."

"Huh? Could that mean... the Uchiha Clan Massacre had something to do with Danzo? Otherwise, where could he have gotten so many Sharingan?"

"Who knows? Let's wait for the official word. Whether or not Danzo had anything to do with the night of the massacre, he must have hurt members of the Uchiha, and quite a few of them at that!"

"Sigh... I always respected Danzo. I never thought he'd be so ruthless toward our own people in the village. I really misjudged him."

"But that Xia Yu really knows how to bide his time. He clearly had the strength, yet he kept presenting himself as a lecherous loser. Looks like he wanted everyone to let their guard down around him, then find the right moment to take his revenge once and for all! If Danzo wants to turn things around this time, hmph, it'll be harder than reaching the heavens..."

"Tsk, tsk... Xia Yu's a real man. He knows when to bend and when to stand tall, a man who can endure humiliation and shoulder a heavy burden! I even called him a pretty boy once. Only now do I realize I was the clown all along."

"If only I were part of the Uchiha Clan. I could fight side by side with Xia Yu, and most importantly, devote a lifetime's worth of my essence to his great undertaking of rebuilding the Uchiha~ I'd be willing even if it worked me to death!"

"You're not exactly subtle about your little scheme! Just say you want that many women too! Why pretend? You want to become part of the Uchiha, don't you? Easy! Go have your mother remarry. I happen to have heard Xia Yu likes married women..."

"Get lost!"

"Hahahaha..."

Although all sorts of rumors and truths were now spreading enthusiastically throughout Konoha, with the various versions bearing no relation to one another, every villager had reached the same conclusion.

Danzo's name and standing were utterly ruined.

Uchiha Xia Yu's image, meanwhile, had undergone a complete transformation for the better.

This was also what gave Hiruzen Sarutobi the biggest headache.

It looked as though clearing his old friend's name was basically hopeless.

Once the people's support was lost, any effort would be wasted.

This was a disgrace to the Konoha High Command.

All he could do now was salvage the high command's dignity as best he could.

Knock, knock, knock...

A series of knocks interrupted Hiruzen Sarutobi's thoughts.

"Ahem... Come in."

Shikaku Nara pushed the door open and entered.

"Lord Hokage, I'm here to seek your approval. We're ready to formally begin interrogating Danzo."

"All right, understood. Let's go. I'll come with you."