That scum, as lowly as crow droppings!
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Shimura Danzō!
Chapter 5: Some things only happen never-or countless times!
You inherently evil Uchiha brat!
Shimura Danzō stood on the top floor of the Hokage Building. Even the brightest sunlight could not dispel the gloom on his face.
Your treachery is plain to see! You're asking to die!
It was exactly as Uchiha Minamoto had deduced.
Shimura Danzō had indeed been pulling the strings behind what had just happened!
The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki was an extremely important "asset" to Konoha.
In everyday life, practically Naruto Uzumaki's every move took place under Anbu surveillance.
And Anbu knew Naruto Uzumaki's daily whereabouts.
How could Root, which was practically one with Anbu, not know as well?
Especially when that incident had happened right near the Hokage Building!
After receiving his subordinate's report that "an Uchiha was getting mixed up with the Nine-Tails," Shimura Danzō had eagerly crawled out of his gloomy underground quarters and immediately issued instructions-
Slap labels on them!
Slap every nasty label possible on the Uchiha!
Traitors! Insurgents! Fire extinguishers! Scheming opportunists! Tyrants!
Make the accusations as big as possible!
Among Shimura Danzō's subordinates was a young ninja from the Yamanaka Clan.
Yamanaka Fū was young, but proficient in the Yamanaka Clan's secret mental techniques.
Just now, Yamanaka Fū had used the [Mind Body Switch Technique] to control the mask shop owner's body and sling mud at the Uchiha.
Unfortunately, that Uchiha brat had reacted too quickly, leaving Yamanaka Fū little time to speak...
But regardless.
The "fact" that "the Uchiha controlled the Nine-Tails to attack the village" had finally been exposed to the world!
Hmph! Hiruzen! Let's see how much longer you can put up with this!
Shimura Danzō sneered.
He turned around and pushed open the door to the Hokage's office with his intact left hand.
The wooden door struck the wall with a loud bang.
Naturally, it also caught the attention of the office's true occupant.
"Hmm..."
Seated behind his desk, Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his eyelids and unhurriedly removed the pipe from his lips.
"Oh, Danzo?"
"Hmph! Hiruzen! You must have received the news already!"
Shimura Danzō's current anger might have been genuine, or it might have been an act.
"Those damned Uchiha are getting mixed up with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki again!"
"Mind your words, Danzo."
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook the documents in his hand. They contained personal intelligence on Uchiha Minamoto that he had asked Anbu to retrieve.
"The Uchiha are our comrades in the village, not our enemies."
"Hiruzen!"
Shimura Danzō's brow furrowed deeply. His anger was genuine now.
"Are you still unwilling to act?
"Let the Uchiha keep stirring things up until they spark an internal rebellion, throw the village into chaos, and cause a second Nine-Tails' Attack!"
"Then I'll simply perish along with you and the village!"
Shimura Danzō's loathing for the Uchiha Clan went back a long way.
Perhaps he had initially "inherited" that loathing from his teacher.
But as time went on.
Shimura Danzō's loathing for the Uchiha Clan had only deepened.
Especially after the Nine-Tails' Attack.
Shimura Danzō's attitude toward the Uchiha Clan had changed from simple loathing into something more complicated and negative.
Something like loathing, something like wariness, something like fear...
Having known him for years, Hiruzen Sarutobi naturally understood his old friend's negative attitude toward the Uchiha Clan.
"You're exaggerating, Danzo."
Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head noncommittally.
"The Nine-Tails' Attack won't happen a second time."
"Back then, the Fourth Hokage also believed the Nine-Tails' Attack wouldn't happen, but it did."
Shimura Danzō stood by his view.
"Some things only happen never-or countless times!"
Though he had no actual evidence.
Shimura Danzō simply believed that the Nine-Tails' Attack had been a man-made disaster orchestrated entirely by the Uchiha Clan!
It had absolutely not been some "natural disaster"!
Proving this was simple.
One only needed to look at where the Nine-Tails had first appeared that night to understand.
A Nine-Tails that had broken free of its restraints had appeared out of thin air inside the village, as though someone had specifically summoned it!
To deal with the inherently evil Uchiha, Shimura Danzō had once studied the relevant materials left behind by the Second day and night.
As a result, he had learned a particular piece of intelligence-
Madara Uchiha had once signed a Summoning Contract with the Nine-Tails and could summon and control this strongest Tailed Beast at will!
Although the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, could also "control" the Nine-Tails.
That was "control" in the physical sense, through sealing.
Madara Uchiha was different.
With the eternal Mangekyō Sharingan, toying with the Nine-Tails was as easy as playing with a dog.
One look, and it was subdued in an instant!
That was also why Shimura Danzō had adamantly refused to let the Uchiha Clan take part on the night of the Nine-Tails' Attack.
Who knew whether Madara Uchiha had left a Summoning Scroll for the Nine-Tails within the Uchiha Clan?
Konoha had already suffered devastating losses when the Nine-Tails' Attack broke out.
If the Uchiha Clan had joined in too, and then suddenly turned on them during the battle...
Then Konoha would have suffered far more than just "devastating losses."
The village might well have become a historical ruin that very night!
How could Shimura Danzō, who dreamed of becoming Hokage, allow such a thing?
Hiruzen Sarutobi set down the relevant documents and rubbed the space between his brows.
"So? What do you want to do?"
Thinking he had persuaded him, Shimura Danzō immediately laid out his grand plan.
"First, hand the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki over to me to train. Second, eliminate the Uchiha-"
"Enough!"
Hiruzen Sarutobi could not bear to listen beyond the first demand and cut him off.
"Naruto is a good child.
"And this Uchiha Minamoto is also a good ninja who loves the village and its people."
Shimura Danzō could scarcely believe his ears.
"Monkey, did Enma slap you so hard you lost your mind?"
Uchiha? Love the village? Love its people?
What kind of bullshit was that?
There had to be some unspeakable evil plan behind this!
"Danzo."
Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up his pipe again and tapped it against the desk, neither hard nor lightly.
"Rather than worrying about Naruto and the Uchiha, you should gather more intelligence from the north."
Ever since the Third Raikage had been worn down and killed by ten thousand Iwagakure ninja.
Had relations between Kumogakure and Iwagakure ever been peaceful for even a day?
Shimura Danzō had no intention of taking up that subject and went on speaking.
"Hiruzen, never mind the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki. Doesn't Uchiha Fugaku want to send his child into Anbu? Hand him over to me..."
"Uchiha Itachi will join Anbu."
Hiruzen Sarutobi's tone brooked no argument.
"He will become the best bridge of communication between the village and the Uchiha!"
Rejected time and again, Shimura Danzō was practically bursting with rage.
"Hiruzen! You'll regret this!"
"Danzo! I am the Hokage!"
Bang!
Shimura Danzō slammed the door and left.
Unperturbed, Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up Uchiha Minamoto's file again, his gaze unfathomable.
"Someone, summon Uchiha Itachi!"
Chapter 6: Naruto Uzumaki: When I grow up, I'm joining the Konoha Military Police Force!
Together with Izumi, Uchiha Minamoto headed toward the Konoha Military Police Force building, bringing the unconscious mask shop owner along.
Regardless of whether the seniors of the Fourth Division (Prison Management Squad), who specialized in intelligence interrogation, could later find clues on the mask shop owner and uncover the truth.
This evil villager, who had bullied an orphan, bribed a police officer, and spread rumors to stir up trouble, had already received the punishment he deserved!
Just now, [Heart of great love] had detected not only the effects of the [Mind Body Switch Technique], but its consequences as well.
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