Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 407 (Fourth update, please vote!) Answer me!
“Yamato, Root’s code name is A.” Uchiha Yu lightly traced a line across Yamato’s Adam’s apple with his kunai. “This is Root’s masterpiece! The only experimental subject to survive among the sixty infants who inherited Hashirama Senju’s cells!”

The Senju clan representative in the audience suddenly stood up!
Although the Senju clan has declined, it doesn't mean they're all gone from the village.

"Presumably, most of you here, either personally or through your immediate family, participated in the Nine-Tailed Fox rampage that night, right?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed something was wrong, but since he had already spoken, he didn't dare to interrupt.

The ninjas from the other ninja villages pricked up their ears to listen, just like passersby drawn by a storyteller's jokes!
"That night, the Nine-Tails appeared outside Konoha and caused great destruction. Our beloved Third Hokage personally led the team to capture the Nine-Tails."

"How admirable! Even though he's already retired, he still sets an example, as if he's afraid someone won't be able to carry on his legacy!"

Uchiha Yu's words were actually a veiled insult, but apart from a small number of people who could understand them, the vast majority of people felt that Uchiha Yu was just making a sarcastic remark.

"As we all know, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan can control tailed beasts. Our Hokage, being petty, suspected that the appearance of the Nine-Tails was related to the Uchiha clan of the village, so he listened to slander and did not send the Uchiha clan into battle."

"Later, the Fourth Hokage died, and a large number of ninjas in the village also sacrificed themselves. Only the Uchiha, the largest clan in Konoha, remained in their clan territory, allowing the villagers to point fingers and say that they were afraid of death."

"This is the first move in this game!"

Orochimaru licked his lips lightly, "An obvious palace intrigue tactic."

Hiruzen Sarutobi coughed lightly: "Kagekage! Please don't interrupt!"

Uchiha Yu laughed, "What, the Kazekage is reasonable, and you won't let him speak? Do you think everyone is like Konoha, silencing people?"

Danzo clenched his fist. "Are you done talking? Anbu! Take him down!"

"What's the rush?" Uchiha Ukunai slashed at Yamato's neck. "After the Nine-Tails battle, the village realized that it should vigorously develop methods to suppress and control the Nine-Tails, but Hiruzen Sarutobi doesn't trust the Uchiha clan."

"And so, a grand plan was born!"

"An artificial Hashirama Senju!"

The Senju clan members on the stage immediately held their breath, "Continue!"

Uchiha Yu gave a wicked laugh, "In those years, the village selected volunteers to conduct human experiments in order to implant Hashirama Senju's cells into their bodies, thereby mastering the Wood Release technique that could suppress the Tailed Beasts."

"But to put it bluntly, what human experimentation? It's just pure probability! They take villagers who can be discarded at will, put them on the operating table, torture them to death, and then discard them at will."

"In the end, there were almost no villagers left on the streets before our 'kind' third generation leader finally came to his senses and called a halt to the research."

The young boys looked at each other, trying to glean something from the eyes of the adults beside them.

The answers we got were surprisingly consistent!
"Of course, hearing this, you'll only think the village has taken a wrong turn."

"Here comes the point!"

"About twenty years ago? Danzo colluded with Orochimaru to conduct Hashirama cell transplantation experiments. After sixty infants from the Konoha orphanage were injected with the cells, fifty-nine of them turned into trees within three days!"

"Most of these are the remains of ninjas who sacrificed themselves for the village!"

"The ninjas have already become fuel to keep the Will of Fire burning! How could you even bring yourself to harm their descendants?"

"You're spreading rumors!" Danzo shouted helplessly.

"Is that so?" Uchiha Yu suddenly ripped open Yamato's collar, revealing a bark-like scar on his collarbone. "The traces of First Hokage's cell erosion. This is the only Wood Release child who survived back then. Should I confront the person involved?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's pipe clattered to the ground; the scroll that had tacitly approved the experiments years ago was still locked in the secret chamber of the Hokage Building. Uchiha U suddenly pulled Yamato towards the Sunagakure seats, "The Kazekage-sama should know very well, because he provided the experimental technology back then..."

He deliberately drew out his words, "It is indeed the defector Orochimaru!"

Orochimaru, disguised as the Kazekage, suddenly narrowed his eyes. He hadn't expected that Uchiha Uren would know such a top secret.

However, he was even more surprised to find that there were actually survivors behind that experiment.

"As for what the Third Hokage did after discovering the experiment?"

Uchiha U suddenly mimicked Hiruzen Sarutobi's hunched posture and said in an aged voice, "Danzo, stop. And then? Then he handed this only successful experimental subject over to the Anbu for brainwashing, named him 'Tenzo,' and continued to use him!"

"Those babies who died tragically? They're dead, so what! What's the point of holding them accountable? Is Danzo Arishimura's life important?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole audience was in an uproar!

It's truly inexplicable that they would target infants in the village!

No matter how great one's ideals and ambitions may be, one should not do such inhumane things to an infant!

This makes it hard not to wonder whether the village is protecting its residents, or whether the residents are constantly producing ninjas to protect the Konoha leadership.
"Konoha is so filthy!" muttered the Amegakure ninja.

"Haha, I knew Konoha wasn't clean. Behind the glitz and glamour, there's always this! We're better off with our Takigakure village, living a life of peace and tranquility!"

"Heh, although we Sunagakure are short of resources, we would never harm our own villagers, no matter how poor we are! Konoha is truly despicable!"

Seeing that the tide had turned in his favor, Uchiha Uchiha continued, "It was clearly Danzo who instructed Orochimaru to continue the research and provide the babies, but guess what? Orochimaru is being held accountable, while Danzo is completely unscathed!"

"The key point is that this matter has also angered Danzo. Danzo has formed his own private army that only obeys his orders, and he has planned to assassinate the Hokage! And the one who will carry it out is the ninja I'm holding hostage! The only lucky one among the sixty babies who wasn't devoured by Hashirama's cells!"

"Hahaha! You can't believe it! So many people sacrificed their lives in the village, and the final product ended up in Danzo's personal hands! What a load of rubbish about the village! How can those who died rest in peace!"

Uchiha Uchiha's words were all witty and insightful, leaving Danzo with no opportunity to refute him.

"Kakashi Hatake can attest to what I've said."

"Of course, it's okay if you don't want to admit it. After all, you could accept your father's suicide, so what else can't you accept?"

Kakashi was completely taken aback by those words, but he still nodded, "Yamato did indeed attempt to assassinate the Hokage, but I stopped him."

Now, it was Konoha's turn to be dumbfounded!

"Hehe." Uchiha Yu's strange laughter drew everyone's attention again. "Then there's no need to guess the consequences. Since Danzo is still standing safely next to the beloved Hokage, it means that he has forgiven Danzo again."

"The shadow of a village, assassinated, chooses to ignore it."

"Sarutobi, you old scoundrel!"

"Are you and Danzo Shimura in a romantic relationship?"

Uchiha Uchiha, mimicking the dragon turtle, quickly demanded, "Answer me!"

(End of this chapter)