Hatake Sakumo pulled out his silver-colored short sword from behind.
It's made of chakra metal, and only a tiny amount of chakra is needed to make it extremely sharp.
"Are you planning to kill yourself with this knife?"
A voice sounded outside the door.
Hatake Sakumo slowly raised his head, looking in the direction of the person with his eyes like a dead fish.
A man with a cane walked in.
"Back then, I gave you this short knife, not for you to use it to kill yourself today."
Hatake Sakumo released his hand holding the dagger.
The short knife made a "ding" sound and was inserted into the wooden floor.
"How? What I said back then is still valid, Gen. You are welcome to join us at any time."
The person who came was none other than the shadow clone of Shimura Danzo.
In order to save chakra, I even use crutches when walking, which can reduce the amount of chakra consumed in terms of physical energy.
"Danzo-sama, I'm so grateful that Danzo-sama comes to see me now. But isn't Danzo-sama afraid of offending Hokage-sama?"
Danzo showed a confident smile.
"Hiruzhan and I are not enemies. He just wants power, and I don't fight with him. There is no hostile relationship between us."
Hatake Sakumo thought about it and realized that he was right. Although Danzo's power had shrunk a lot after the Third Generation came to power, a skinny camel was bigger than a horse. Danzo was not a false Hokage.
"So, what about Kakashi? Will you join too?"
Hearing this, Danzo's happy mood had already flooded his face. Hatake Sakumo was already planning to join "Gen".
However, Danzo thought carefully about Kakashi Hatake, the future 50-50 Hokage, the Sixth Hokage.
If Kakashi Hatake is absorbed into his roots now, Kakashi Hatake will have no chance of becoming the Sixth Hokage.
"Kakashi, thanks to his good fortune, I will arrange your departure. As for Kakashi, I will send someone to protect him secretly."
Hatake Sakumo lowered his head and thought for a while, then said something leisurely.
"Then... just arrange for me to kill myself and leave."
Hatake Sakumo attracted Danzo's attention during the first chuunin trial, and "Root" extended an olive branch to all those selected by Danzo, including Hatake Sakumo.
Some joined, some refused.
Even those who joined, some are now "dead" in various ways and continue to stay in the "root", while some have broken away from the "root" and returned to the embrace of Hokage.
The current "roots" are not as dark as in the original work, but there are also places that are more evil than in the original work.
For example, Danzo has made countless improvements to the "Tongue-eradicating Seal".
Not only has the Flying Thunder God mark been added, but various sealing and anti-sealing techniques have also been added.
Even those ninjas who have broken away from their "roots" and have lifted the "Seal of the Tongue's Root" would not know that they have other deeply hidden sealing techniques.
According to Danzo's understanding: You can break away from your "roots", but you will never allow those who were once your "roots" to become your enemies.
Therefore, as long as those ninjas who have withdrawn from the "root" dare to draw their swords against Danzo, Danzo only needs a seal to remove the hidden seal in the opponent's body, and it will "boom" and become very exciting.
…
Three days later, after taking Kakashi Hatake shopping, Sakumo Hatake "committed suicide" at home.
From then on, "Gen" also gained a silver-haired ninja, codenamed "Shiro Yaksha".
The rumors about Hatake Sakumo disappeared instantly after Hatake Sakumo's death.
Ignorant people don't know the impact of this carnival of rumors and gossip that they are participating in. Many people even don't know who Hatake Sakumo is. Everyone is discussing and saying bad things about him, but they don't say anything.
Seems unsociable.
Human beings are social animals, and not being gregarious will bring various discomforts. Many people have obviously not participated in the matter, but in order to avoid being unsociable, they add jealousy to express themselves and say that they are the same as everyone else.
Just like in elementary school, the teacher asks what is 2+3.
The first classmate said it was equal to 4, the second classmate said it was equal to 4, and the third classmate also said it was equal to 4.
The teacher asked questions one by one. When asked about you, I clearly felt that it was equal to 5, but when I stood up and saw that the whole class said it was equal to 4, I couldn't help but choose 4.
This is not a cognitive error. Even if you say it is equal to 4, you still think it is equal to 5.
The fundamental reason is that they are afraid of being isolated, not fitting in, and feeling uncomfortable.
Therefore, the common people avoided that kind of discomfort, but forced Hatake Sakumo into a desperate situation.
Now that this incident has passed, the person who led the topic has guided the topic in other directions.
As for the "Hatake Sakumo" everyone was talking about yesterday, who is that? Is it important? It's not important. Anyway, there is a new topic today. If you don't participate, you will be out of place.
Everyone in Konoha thought that Hatake Sakumo had committed suicide at home.
Only one person guessed the truth.
That is Sarutobi Hiruzen.
After Hatake Sakumo "committed suicide", his body was inspected by personnel arranged by Sarutobi Hiruzen.
It is indeed the corpse of Hatake Sakumo, no matter in terms of appearance, appearance, chakra in the body, or aura.
More scientific methods such as blood comparison were also conducted.
All evidence proves that this is the body of Hatake Sakumo.
However, Sarutobi Hiruzen knew that this was not the case.
When Hiruzen Sarutobi first became Hokage, he was very envious of Danzo's "roots". Later, he learned from the mouths of ninjas who had escaped from his "roots" why Danzo had such a high degree of control over his "roots".
"The seal that eliminates the root cause of tongue trouble".
Sarutobi Hiruzen does not have such a seal, but he is Hokage, he is the Third Hokage.
Therefore, Sarutobi Hiruzen first reorganized the ANBU, and everyone was sealed by Danzo, thereby completely controlling the ANBU.
Even if some people in ANBU are not loyal to themselves, it doesn't matter. Their lives are in their own hands, and they are enough to be used as tools.
As for Hatake Sakumo, he has joined ANBU and should have a seal on his body.
A seal that only Sarutobi Hiruzen knows about.
However, there was no such thing on Hatake Sakumo's body.
No matter what the truth is, it is no longer important to Sarutobi Hiruzen. Sarutobi Hiruzen only knows that someone was involved in this incident.
Moreover, he was able to participate in the attack while avoiding all the surveillance of the ANBU.
After thinking about it, there is only one person in Konoha who can do Shimura Danzo.
In the following years, Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation in Konoha increased.
Sarutobi Hiruzen, who controlled the power of public opinion, manipulated the people at his fingertips.
In the past few years, Sarutobi Hiruzen never came to Danzo again.
Danzo also lives in seclusion and keeps a low profile.
Until one day.
The Third Ninja War suddenly broke out.
The Kingdom of Thunder gathered enough strength to launch a war against the Kingdom of Earth.
The elder of the Kingdom of Wind disappeared mysteriously.
The Kingdom of Water has trained the first batch of "Seven Ninja Swordsmen", preparing to show force to Konoha and take over the Kingdom of Fire.
None of this has anything to do with Danzo.
Just at the same time.
The shadow clone of the Kingdom of Rain sent urgent information.
Deep underground in Konoha, in a secret base.
Danzo stood in front of a wall.
On the wall, a huge LCD screen is fixed.
Inside, it is the scene of the Land of Rain.
In the Land of Rain, the miniature camera is fixed on Danzo's shadow clone.
This is the equipment that Danzo has equipped "Root" in the past few years. Every "Root" has a secret base.
In the picture, hundreds of kilometers away, a huge figure stood there.
Danzo's shadow clone is working hard, not in a hurry, and is approaching that direction.
In the secret base, Danzo looked at the huge figure in the picture and murmured to himself: "The Heretic Golem..."