The Land of Fire.
On the streets of Konoha.
A breeze brushed Hiruzen Sarutobi's wrinkled old face.
To meet Uchiha Cong secretly at home, he had specifically canceled his evening engagements and finished his official duties early that day.
Seeing the warm lights of his home from afar, the Third Hokage felt especially at ease.
"The wind tonight is quite boisterous."
Hiruzen Sarutobi casually plucked a leaf that had landed on his head, a smug smile appearing on his old face.
"Where leaves dance, the fire burns unceasingly."
"As long as I remain, the fire will continue to illuminate the village."
"Hahahaha!"
Watching the old man laugh like a lunatic outside his own front gate, Uchiha Cong, who was hiding in the shadows, broke out in goosebumps.
Was there something seriously wrong with this old fox's brain?
He laughed like someone whose bowels had finally moved after half a month of constipation. It was torture to listen to.
"You're here. Have you been waiting long? Why are you standing outside instead of going in?"
Seeing Uchiha Cong emerge from the shadows, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately put on the kindly smile of an elder and greeted him, his face glowing.
"Just got here."
Uchiha Cong suppressed his disgust and gave a muffled reply.
Hiruzen Sarutobi leisurely lit his pipe, a glimmer of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.
Just look.
Even a trusted subordinate personally trained by Uchiha Genya obediently came to my home on a single order, didn't he?
The Anbu haven't reported Uchiha Cong disobeying, which means my test is already halfway to success!
Everyone has a weakness.
With enough contact, I'm absolutely confident I can find this brat's weak spot and hold it firmly in my grasp.
Uchiha Itachi is a hidden pawn planted in the Konoha Military Police Force. Uchiha Cong can become a second one!
Even if I fail to turn him tonight, once news of his late-night visit to the Hokage's home reaches Uchiha Genya, the seed of suspicion will have been planted.
Over time, once he starts being ostracized within the Konoha Military Police Force, Uchiha Cong will obediently join the Hokage's camp sooner or later!
The Mangekyō Sharingan!
This is a forbidden power that even Uchiha Fugaku has never openly possessed.
As long as I can control Uchiha Cong, I'll effectively possess an ultimate weapon capable of intimidating the entire Uchiha Clan!
At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi had no idea that Shisui Uchiha had long since awakened his Mangekyō and even mastered an outrageous genjutsu like Kotoamatsukami.
All he could think about was how to brainwash Uchiha Cong.
"Hehe, don't be nervous."
Seeing Uchiha Cong standing silently with a stiff expression, Hiruzen Sarutobi patted him warmly on the shoulder.
"Since you were willing to come, that means we have some common ground. But it's windy outside. This isn't the place to talk."
"Come, let's go inside and have a proper chat."
Uchiha Cong stood rooted to the spot like a wooden post.
"What's wrong?" Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, somewhat puzzled.
"...Do we have to go inside?"
The expression on Uchiha Cong's face was quite a sight.
Even without going inside to look, he could guess what sort of shocking late-night domestic drama was unfolding in there.
He knew the potency of that bottle of potion all too well, especially combined with Biwako's ravenous state earlier and Danzo's halfhearted resistance.
The battle inside was definitely a hundred times fiercer than a Shinobi World War!
Seeing Uchiha Cong's awkward reaction, Hiruzen Sarutobi actually felt relieved.
This brat's hesitation at the door means that deep down, he still fears Uchiha Genya's tyranny and is terrified of being discovered visiting the Hokage's home late at night.
This is an entirely normal psychological reaction.
If Uchiha Cong had followed me straight inside without a word, I'd have suspected a trap instead.
Having reservations is a good thing!
"Relax. I only invited you over for a casual chat."
"Come inside already. At my age, you can't expect me to stand around with you in the cold wind, can you?"
Smiling, Hiruzen Sarutobi grabbed Uchiha Cong's arm and tugged him into the courtyard.
You chose this yourself, you old bastard.
Uchiha Cong narrowed his eyes, pretending he had no choice as he followed Hiruzen Sarutobi reluctantly toward the lit inner room.
Finally.
The moment Hiruzen Sarutobi pushed open his bedroom door.
All harmony and tranquility crumbled in an instant.
The kindly smile on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face froze.
Then came.
Bewilderment!
Shock!
Disbelief!
Finally, it all turned into towering fury fierce enough to blow the top off someone's skull!
Cuckolded!
So blatantly cuckolded it shone!
So glaringly cuckolded it hurt to look!
"Aaaah-!!!"
With a shrill roar that hardly sounded human, Hiruzen Sarutobi charged like a rabid dog, eyes bloodshot, straight at the adulterous pair frantically entwined on the sofa!
Click!
Standing in the doorway, Uchiha Cong reacted instantly, raising the Miniature Camera in his hand and pressing the shutter with the sofa squarely in frame.
"Tsk, this angle is absolutely perfect."
Glancing down at the image on the camera's screen, Uchiha Cong couldn't help shuddering.
In the picture, the man and woman were utterly lost in the moment.
Even though Hiruzen Sarutobi had already charged over like a rampaging rhinoceros!
Smack!
A heavy, powerful slap landed viciously on Biwako's face first.
The old woman saw stars from the blow, touched her cheek in bewilderment, then turned and recognized the person before her.
The next second.
Having regained a shred of reason, Biwako reacted as quickly as lightning.
She burst into loud sobs, threw herself into Hiruzen Sarutobi's arms, then extended a trembling finger and pointed straight at the disheveled Shimura Danzō!
"Hiruzen! It was him! That beast Danzo forced me!"
The guilty party was accusing him first?!
"That's fucking bullshit!"
Danzo was so furious he nearly spat blood on the spot:
"That wasn't what you were saying earlier! You kept saying I was a hundred times better than Hiruzen Sarutobi! You even said I was doing Hiruzen Sarutobi a favor!"
"You were moaning 'Darling Zo' over and over just now, and now you're turning on me?!"
Smack!
Another crisp, resounding slap!
This time, the enraged Hiruzen Sarutobi slapped Danzo directly across the face.
Fuck you!
His face twisted with rage, Hiruzen Sarutobi no longer had a trace of a Hokage's dignity.
He had specifically set aside his official duties and come home early to recruit Uchiha Cong. Who could have imagined he would stumble upon a scandal infuriating enough to cause a brain hemorrhage!
My wife cheating on me was bad enough.
But she actually dared slander me in front of an outsider, claiming I'm worse in bed than Shimura Danzō?!
This is going too far!
"My summoned beast is the Adamantine Staff! Even if I really couldn't perform, I still have all sorts of ninja tools and equipment to help! Since when did I need a one-eyed bastard like you to lend a hand?!"
Smack!
Hiruzen Sarutobi backhanded Danzo across his other cheek, his eyes scarlet, looking as though he wanted to devour him alive on the spot.
"Sarutobi! Have you gone insane?!"
After taking two slaps in a row, Danzo was thoroughly enraged too. Not caring about the scraps of cloth still hanging from his body, he leaped up, ready to strike back.
He was the one who'd really been wronged today!
That ravenous old woman Biwako was the one who'd thrown herself at me! What the hell did it have to do with me?!
The two old men, whose combined ages exceeded a hundred, had completely fallen out over an old woman and looked ready to turn the bedroom into a battlefield.
Just as they were about to come to blows.
A tall, straight-backed figure stepped between them, accompanied by a piercing shout:
"Stop!"
Uchiha Cong's righteous expression and indignant roar instantly brought both old men somewhat back to their senses.
But...
He wasn't there to play peacemaker!
"Lady Biwako! You just said yourself that Danzo used violence to force you, correct?"
Quick-witted since childhood, Uchiha Cong immediately seized on the key point and loudly asked for confirmation.
"Yes! That animal Danzo forced me!"
Biwako had no way to back down now. She could only insist she was the victim and pin all the blame on Danzo.
"Good! Since the facts are clear, the Konoha Military Police Force will absolutely be handling this case!"
Uchiha Cong abruptly straightened his back and fixed Danzo with a sharp stare:
"Shimura Danzō, you are suspected of breaking and entering and rape! In my capacity as a squad captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, I am placing you under arrest in accordance with the law!"
What fucking rapist?!
I was more wronged than Dou E!
Danzo's eyes turned red, his entire body trembling with anger. He wanted nothing more than to draw his Ninja Blade and chop this brat into mincemeat.
The Konoha Military Police Force?
Fuck!
Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind buzzed, and he instantly felt as though he had plunged into an icy abyss.
Only then did he remember that a squad captain of the Konoha Military Police Force was standing in the room!
If Uchiha Cong reported this scandal to the Konoha Military Police Force, within half a day the entire village would know that the illustrious Third Hokage had been thoroughly cuckolded by his best friend!
No! Absolutely not!
"Uchiha Cong, this is purely an internal misunderstanding. There's no need to... make a big fuss..." Hiruzen Sarutobi hurriedly spoke up, trying to suppress the matter.
"That's a fine suggestion, Lord Hokage, but I refuse!"
Uchiha Cong cut him off without hesitation.
"As a squad captain of the Konoha Military Police Force, I must enforce the law impartially! I will never allow any criminal to escape justice right under my nose!"
"Rest assured, Lord Hokage! I will make certain that you and Lady Biwako receive justice!"
"What's more, I'm doing this to uphold the village's rule of law! Allowing a beast like Danzo to run rampant would have an extremely harmful impact on Konoha's society! Scum like him must be punished without mercy!"
With that, he turned and stared at Danzo with uncompromising impartiality:
"Suspect Shimura Danzō, come back to the Konoha Military Police Force with me immediately for questioning!"
Rape, my ass!
Danzo completely snapped. Producing a kunai from somewhere, he thrust it straight at Uchiha Cong's throat, his face savage!
"How dare you! You'd even violently resist arrest and assault an officer?!"
Uchiha Cong flew into a rage.
The kunai was inches away, moving as fast as lightning. In his current physical condition, he had no time to dodge.
No! I absolutely can't disgrace Captain Xuanye!
The instant a searing pain shot through both eyes, Uchiha Cong seemed to grasp something.
The three tomoe in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced once again by the intricate, sinister Mangekyō pattern!
Clang!
A piercing metallic clash echoed through the room.
The expected tragedy of a kunai piercing his throat never occurred.
More shockingly, a layer of pitch-black chakra skeletal armor had appeared out of thin air around Uchiha Cong's body!
The Mangekyō Sharingan's ultimate defense-Susanoo!
Although it was only the initial skeletal form and didn't fully enclose his body, a mere ordinary kunai could never penetrate this absolute defense!
Without even taking time to experience his new power, Uchiha Cong gave a vicious grin and controlled the black chakra skeleton's huge hand, grabbing fiercely at Danzo!
"Get over here!"
In a single exchange, he had seized Danzo like a chick and held him firmly in midair!
Boom!
Controlling Susanoo, Uchiha Cong smashed through the load-bearing wall of the Sarutobi Clan's bedroom with one punch and charged straight out onto the street with Danzo.
As he sprinted across the rooftops, he bellowed at the top of his lungs, roaring louder than he ever had in his life:
"The Konoha Military Police Force is handling a case! All bystanders, clear out!"
"Shimura Danzō has been caught in the act of home-invasion rape by the Konoha Military Police Force!"
"Let me make this damn clear today! As long as our Konoha Military Police Force is here, we will never let Biwako suffer such inhuman torment for nothing!"
It was over.
It was all over.
He listened to the roars echoing through the streets.
Hiruzen Sarutobi's face turned ashen, and his legs gave way. He slumped onto the smashed sofa like a heap of mud, all light gone from his eyes.
Yet Biwako, lying beside him, gazed hazily at the ceiling, seemingly still savoring the unfinished storm from moments before.
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