An inconspicuous black shadow passed through the barrier silently, without attracting anyone's attention.
It was like a self-tracing arrow that phantomed through the main city and arrived at the edge of the Death Forest in just a few breaths.
A wide, seemingly infinite pit stretched downwards with its huge mouth squatting there, like a trap waiting for a rabbit.
Even the best jounin in the village would stay away during activities, as if this was some ominous place.
(Except for Metkai. He would deliberately run here, so at the request of someone, the Hokage gave an order not to go near this place.)
Their decision was completely correct, because here is the secret headquarters base of "Darkness in the Ninja World" Shimura Danzo, which is where the "roots" of Konoha lie.
The fast-flying black shadow stopped at the edge of the pothole. If you look closely, you will see that it is a dark bird with only an outline and a hollow body.
It looked at the bottomless hole and hesitated for two seconds. Then it moved and transformed into a small snake as black as ink, exploring downwards along the inner wall of the hole.
There is nothing where the sun can shine.
However, when it was submerged in the darkness that no one could see, wooden beams with talismans attached one after another stood here, guarding the secrets here.
The black snake kept sliding downward for two or three minutes before discovering the lights and buildings.
It followed the guidance of the light, bypassed the root ninja and swam inside, finally getting into the training area of the root tissue.
Each training room is divided into two floors, the inner and outer floors, and is a place where die-hard fans are cultivated from the roots.
At this time, in the training room No. 1 was a child about the same age as Yiyong.
He held a red-hot dagger and slowly pushed it into the other person's eye socket with an expressionless expression.
In the observation room separated by a layer of glass, a white-haired boy and a one-eyed old man were calmly listening to the shrill screams coming from inside.
The latter was leaning on a cane and nodded approvingly, seeming to appreciate the performance of the child inside.
"Xin, your brother is doing better in the torture subject than he was at your age."
Shimura Danzo said in a faint tone, "I am looking forward to his future performance. In comparison, your heart is too soft."
As he spoke, he turned his head and opened his half-closed eyes slightly: "However, there is nothing praiseworthy about being cold and ruthless to strangers. If the person threatening Konoha was his close relative, he would still be as decisive as he is today.
, only then can he truly meet Gen’s requirements—that is, a ninja without weaknesses. I don’t know how far he still has to go before this step.”
The white-haired young man named "Xin" immediately knelt down on one knee without saying anything: "If you need it, I will be happy to verify this myself."
"It's still a little early."
Danzo Shimura was very satisfied with his response, "But we still need to be prepared. The progress of the 'matsuri' is very fast. I believe that day will not be far away."
"yes."
As an intelligence officer with the ultimate secret, Xin knew very well that he was destined not to live long.
But if he could use his own death to gain the trust and importance of his brother from Danzo, then he would have deserved his death.
As soon as Xin stood up, the seemingly shapeless ink snake slipped in through the crack in the door of the training room.
After letting out a blood-curdling hiss, the black snake jumped into the air and pounced on Xin's neck as if it had found its prey.
But neither Danzo Shimura nor Nobu paid much attention to the snake's movements.
Xin automatically took out the blank scroll from his back and unfolded it, letting the ink snake pounce on the scroll, turning into a meaningless black pattern.
"Tang Zhiguo." Xin judged, "It is the information sent by the teacher."
After he made a mudra, the ball of ink immediately started to move like a colony of ants, forming a series of words that didn't look smooth.
Danzo Shimura did not read the content immediately.
He opened the door of the training room, walked out slowly, turned his back to the signal and gave the order: "You haven't seen each other for a long time, please send the sacrifice back first. I will wait for you in the office to interpret the content above."
"Yes." Xin lowered his head, but showed a kind smile like a parent about to see his child.
Although it seems abnormal to outsiders, in his eyes, in addition to looking forward to meeting his younger brother, he also feels grateful to Danzo.
Ten minutes later, the most heavily guarded place in the root base was in the office, which was covered with hundreds of talismans.
The letter unfolded the scroll, and while "translating" the code on it, he relayed it to Danzo.
"Last night late last night, Yunin Village was attacked by Kirigakure ninjas and evil cultists, resulting in nearly 600 deaths, nearly 2,000 injuries, and half of the village being washed away by the sea. But this attack ended up with Kirigakure in the end.
ended in failure."
The first sentence of the letter made Danzo Shimura's lips curl down in disdain.
If you avoid war and are not fully prepared, what's the use of making more money?
A place like Yunin Village, where there is so much entertainment and entertainment, dares to use the word "tolerance". It is really an extreme insult to the profession of ninja.
"Continue." Danzo Shimura calmed down.
"Yes. In addition to the Kirigakure who have been hiding in Yunin Village, they also sent twelve elite jounin, including the Black Hoe Raiga of Kirigakure's seven people, the leader of the Inkedaki Clan, the Inked Kakiha Whale, and two with
The Terumi clan members who have escaped from the blood realm, and a corpse vein. Among the evil cultists, the murderous demon Hidan that the teacher has been looking for has also been released."
"Yeah?"
Shimura Danzo's one eye burst out with a glimmer of light.
"It seems that all these years of waiting have been worth it."
Ever since he heard that an immortal murderer appeared in Yunin Village, Danzo sent Shin's teacher there to investigate.
But two years later, Nobu's teacher has become a senior member of Yu Ninja, but there has been little progress in this matter——
Most people in Yunin Village said that the guy named Hidan was dead and the evil cult had been completely eradicated. Only a few ninjas had doubts.
In order to find out this matter, Danzo arranged for Xin's teacher to secretly support the development and growth of the Evil God Cult, and gradually transformed half of the Yu-nin ninjas into believers. Only then did the hidden hard-core Evil God cultists appear and provide a lot of useful information.
clue.
Danzo Shimura had known for a long time that Kirigakure would take action against Yunin Village, and he even tacitly approved of it.
Their purpose was to take this opportunity to stimulate the believers to actively try dangerous and terrifying methods to release Hidan, and then Gen's ninjas would find an early opportunity to capture Hidan and bring him to Konoha for research.
After all, this is more exaggerated than Hashirama's cells, a truly immortal body.
"Although the one named Hidan can't die, his own weaknesses are very obvious. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been subdued by a mere Yunin last time, and there shouldn't be any difference this time."
Danzo Shimura's speaking speed increased slightly due to his excitement.
"Tell your teacher that no matter what means you use, you must keep the other party in your hands. As for the other failed Kirigakure jounin, let him find a way to transfer it to Gen's hands. So much information about Kirigakure
, very important to us.”
[Perhaps this time, I can save some face with that old Sarutobi.]
In the past few years, the Hokage didn't know what he was thinking, but he had been using various means to restrict the activities of his roots.
Under such pressure, the roots naturally failed to achieve much, their role became smaller and smaller, and their status became increasingly useless.
And this incident happened to be an opportunity——
Mizukage Yagura's operations over the years have always given outsiders a very confusing feeling, but the information about him has been well protected.
Danzo knew very well that as long as he could get the Kirigakure Jōnin, especially the Mikakami Whale who was loyal to Yagura, it would undoubtedly be a great harvest for Kirigakure's intelligence.
When the time comes, he might be able to take advantage of this achievement and bring Mito Kaden and Koharu to put pressure on the Hokage to gain more power for the Roots.
However, after the order was sent, the letter remained silent and there was no reply.
It wasn't until Danzo Shimura was a little surprised that he spoke again: "Danzo-sama, please report next... After what happened last night, whether it is the Black Hoe Thunder Fang, the Dried Kakiha Whale or the Corpse Vein
The ninjas are all dead."
Danzo Shimura had no time to be surprised, the letter added: "And Hidan we have been looking for, he is now someone else's prisoner."
"other people?"
Shimura Danzo saw that the cooked duck was about to fly, and his tone suddenly became stern, "Did someone from the Cloud Ninja Village interfere?"
"No, the one who killed them was a boy about ten years old, who called himself 'Tomioka Giyu' and was a tourist who entered Yunin Village last night."
When the letter was translated to this point, I was as surprised as Danzo Shimura.
"Although the teacher doesn't know the specific situation, it is speculated that after a dispute between the Inked Kakiha Whale and the Black Hoe Raiga, they were both injured, and then the child found an opportunity to kill him. The evil cultist named Hidan was more unlucky. He was killed
The shark of the dried Kakiha whale ate the torso. Although the head survived, it has now become the boy's trophy. The teacher once asked him for Hidan's head on behalf of Yunin Village, but he was sternly rejected...
"But considering that one of the leaders of Yunin Village was rescued by him, the teacher took a stand and did not insist on asking for it. It is reported that the other party is looking for a ship to the Kingdom of Water. It seems that there is something urgent. The people traveling with him
, there is also Gui Deng Shuiyue of the Gui Deng clan, who claims to be his disciple; in addition, there is a fox psychic beast beside him, which has no special characteristics except that it can talk. "
Xin paused and noticed that Danzo's lips were pursed tighter and tighter, and he was obviously in a very bad mood.
"The teacher's information says that although the opponent is young, he is proficient in swordsmanship, and the water escape ninjutsu he uses is very strong. Even if he killed the Black Hoe Raiga and the Gan Kakiha Whale by picking up the leaks, he himself is no less powerful than an average jounin.
Strength. Therefore, the teacher believes that relying on the manpower in Yunin Village to capture Hidan is not a good idea, and I hope you can provide some manpower support."
After saying that, Xin fell into a brief silence, wondering if his teacher had been contaminated by the evil cult and had gone crazy.
The Seven Ninja Swordsmen + the leader of the Ganshi Clan, what a vigilant person they are, how could they be picked up and killed by a child of about ten years old?
But speaking of water escape + sword skills, they are very powerful...
Could this "righteous hero" be the result of the transformation of Kirigakure's genius "Kiden Mangetsu"?
This can explain why Gui Deng Shui Yue follows the other party.
"You just said that the kid who killed Black Hoe Lei Ya is called 'Tomioka Yiyong'?"
"Yes." The letter was sealed again, and the ink on the scroll turned into a simple portrait again, "This is how he looked like in the teacher's painting."
[It looks familiar...it looks a bit like Uchiha Itachi.]
Danzo had never forgotten this Uchiha clansman whom he had placed high hopes on, and he remembered that face very clearly.
The corner of his mouth curled up subconsciously. Danzo seemed to have remembered something and searched among the files on the desktop.
"With the name Yiyong, I remember seeing one not long ago."
Soon, he found a record of Konoha's entry and exit from two days ago, spread it on the table and read it carefully.
——Two days ago in the afternoon, Uchiha Giyuu and Purgatory Anjurou left the village at the same time.
[If this righteous hero is that righteous hero...]
"If I kept rushing, I could barely reach Yunin Village last night."
In the column "Purpose of leaving the village", Uchiha Giyuu only wrote "travel", which looked like it was printed out.
"The time can probably match, then the rest..."
Thinking of this, Danzo found the backup copy of Giyuu's school files from the file cabinet at the back that contained the information of everyone in the Uchiha clan.
"The photos look similar.
"The age, about ten years old, also fits the description.
"While in school, I only participated in one practical class and defeated Purgatory Anjurou. The teacher's evaluation was that the level of physical skills far exceeded that of his peers. But this was three years ago... Considering that Uchiha only
Both Mizu and Uchiha Itachi are good at using ninja swords, and it's possible that Uchiha Giyuu is good at swordsmanship.
"Only for this water escape, there is no record in the school files."
Uchiha and Water Release seem to be a bit incompatible.
But in the blink of an eye, Shimura Danzo immediately thought of his old teammate Uchiha Kagami. He is one of the rare exceptions among that clan who is born with water-type chakra. In this way, it is not impossible for Uchiha Yugi to be able to escape through water.
I don't know whether it was out of hostility towards Uchiha or because Danzo only knew this Giyuu, but he felt that this third-year student who was not in the village was the person he was looking for.
Ignoring the confusion expressed in the letter, Danzo immediately asked: "Is there any other description of this brat?"
"Oh, here is the explanation. The target's facial features are very cute, but his eyes are dull, his face is expressionless, and he is taciturn. It makes people very uncomfortable when he speaks. He seems to look down on others and is very rude to adults."
The letter repeated the teacher's description verbatim: "All in all, it's quite annoying."
【That's correct.】
Shimura Danzo remembered that the year before last, Mito Monobu complained to him that Uchiha Fugaku had a very difficult son.
At that time, Mito Monobu took his grandson to buy New Year gifts, and met Uchiha Mikoto with her two young sons in the market.
The two adults had just exchanged a few words before one of Uchiha Mikoto's sons accused him of smiling too fakely, which made Mito Kadobu unable to get off the stage. However, Mito Kadobu, the jounin in charge of the village, couldn't tell which one was which.
Which one is Uchiha Sasuke and which one is Uchiha Giyu? We have to use the "particularly annoying" and "fairly cute" twins to distinguish...
Now, combined with the information from Nobu's teacher, Danzo Shimura can almost conclude that the kid in the information who picked up the leak in the Country of Yu and took Hidan as a trophy is this Uchiha Giyuu.
Look at the entrance photo on his file. Those eyes are like black holes. It’s absolutely okay to say that his eyes are dull!
【It’s Uchiha again!】
The one-eyed old man held the crutch tightly, "What on earth do they want to do by sending this child to the Kingdom of Water?"
[If this information is not exaggerated, it means that that clan has a genius far beyond Uchiha Itachi... What do they want to do by hiding Uchiha Giyuu? 】
It is clearly written in the Ninja School records that the mediocre Uchiha Sasuke was less than ten years old and already had a single pair of Sharingan.
But this Uchiha Giyuu was able to kill the Inked Kakiha Whale, but the file said he didn't open his eyes.
How can this be?
The more Danzo thought about it, the more suspicious he became.
[That old Sarutobi, as the principal of the Ninja School, didn’t you have any doubts? 】
The matter of Hidan being intercepted is no longer important.
What's important is that Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi had just returned from the Kingdom of Water. The latter immediately resigned from his position as a ninja, and turned around and sent Uchiha Giyuu, who may be more talented than Itachi, to the Kingdom of Water——
What's the conspiracy behind this?
Recalling that during the Third War, Uchiha's main opponent was the Mist Ninja, Danzo had already begun to hypothesize a possible huge conspiracy.
[Will there be any agreement reached? 】
He has always been afraid to view this clan with the deepest malice...
When Shimura Danzo read the files again and again and found that the relationship between the Nine-Tails Jinchuuriki and Uchiha Giyu was "very close", he wanted to take these things to Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately and remind him to be wary of Uchiha and not
I was confused by how the police force has gradually become gentler in the past two years.
But Shimura Danzo just raised his buttocks and immediately sat back down.
A very bold idea came into his mind.
[If this Uchiha Giyuu is really as strong as the intelligence says, would he already have the Three Magatama Sharingan? 】
According to the information, Itachi Uchiha opened his eyes when he was eight years old, and it seemed that he had double magatama.
If Uchiha Giyuu can become a rival to Purgatory Anjuro, he will only be stronger than Uchiha Itachi at that time, and the possibility of possessing three magatama is extremely high.
He subconsciously touched his bandaged right eye...
A lone Uchiha, suspected of being a three-magatama, was outside, which was a huge temptation for him.
[But, who is better to send there? 】
After pondering for a while, Danzo Shimura suddenly remembered someone!
"Is Orochimaru still in the Kingdom of Water?" He suddenly asked the letter.
"I don't know. But according to intelligence, his stronghold in the Kingdom of Water has always been taken care of by someone."
There was one thing the letter didn't say. The person responsible for managing Orochimaru's stronghold was also Gen's former intelligence officer.
"Then give it a try."
Although Orochimaru may not necessarily give him the Sharingan, Danzo can't think of anyone over there who can use it at the moment.
In addition, even if Orochimaru swallows the Sharingan and intercepts Hidan, as long as he can kill or make Uchiha Giyu disappear, and wait until the bad news comes that Uchiha Shisui was killed by Iwa Ninja——
With the temper of the Uchiha clan, they would never let go of losing two geniuses in a few days.
When Uchiha Enhuo died last time, wasn't the conflict between them and the village about to break out?
What's more, the one who died this time was the clan leader's genius son, and their greatest pride - Shunshen Shisui!
[If Hiruzen is not willing to be the one who lights the powder keg...]
Shimura Danzo opened a scroll, dipped in ink and began to write a letter to Orochimaru.
[Then let Uchiha himself be the one to beat the war drum! 】
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