Konoha's Hextech Ninja

"Voting will now begin."

Nara Shikagawa, holding the document, read aloud: "The punishments for Shimura Danzo are as follows."

"First, disband the Root organization, reorganize the ninjas, and after passing the tests, either join the Anbu or be dismissed as ordinary ninjas. Shimura Danzo will be stripped of all power, retaining only the position of Jonin."

"Secondly, Danzo Shimura led the Root out of Konoha to carry out an extremely difficult S-rank mission to atone for his crimes. Once he has made enough contributions, his crimes can be offset."

"third……"

"All Jonin, please choose the punishment you deem appropriate and hold a secret ballot."

After Nara Shikato finished reading, he ordered people to distribute paper and pens, and waited for the Jonin to vote.

Danzo Shimura stood still, his gaze sweeping over Kosuke Maruboshi, Tsunade, Sakumo Hatake, and Yatsuha Uchiha.

The reason they suffered such a huge loss this time was less because they underestimated the strength of Yagami Yoruichi and the others.

The main reason is that these people joined forces to exert pressure.

If it weren't for their status and position that forced Hiruzen Sarutobi to back down, that 'mishap' would have been nothing more than a trivial matter.

Just like countless times before, at worst I can just have a fight with Hiruzen Sarutobi and easily get away with it.

Even if it were just one or two people putting pressure on him, Danzo Shimura could forcefully resist, at worst sending out a couple of his men as scapegoats.

However, with four influential elite Jonin exerting pressure together, it's no wonder that Danzo Shimura was just a Root leader.

Even the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had to be taken seriously.

Otherwise, if things escalate further, it could undermine the authority of Konoha's leadership.

"Humph."

Danzo Shimura snorted inwardly, silently noting the matter down in his notebook, determined to retaliate tenfold when the opportunity arose.

……

One by one, the Jonin quickly wrote down their opinions and put them into the ballot box.

Nara Shikato continued to preside over the proceedings, tallying the results of each vote, and announced: "The number of votes for punishment one is the highest, with 225 votes."

"Based on the voting results, the village has decided to implement the following punishment: disband the Root, reorganize the ninjas, and after assessment, either assign them to the Anbu or dismiss them as ordinary ninjas. Shimura Danzo has been stripped of all his powers, retaining only the position of Jonin."

After Nara Shikahara finished speaking, he turned to look at Sarutobi Hiruzen.

"Since this is everyone's opinion, let's proceed accordingly."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Danzo Shimura and asked, "Danzo, what do you have to say?"

"Everything I did was for the village, and I have a clear conscience!"

Danzo Shimura, with an air of righteous indignation, moved his lips but ultimately did not utter the words, "Hiruzen, you will regret this."

"No matter what your reasons are, they are never an excuse to harm your child."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head and said, "I will have Kinjiro and Haru take over the handover between the Anbu and Root. After the handover is completed, you should go back and reflect on your mistakes. You are not allowed to leave the Shimura clan territory without my order."

Disbanding the Root organization and placing Shimura Danzo under house arrest—this was the 'punishment'.

For the crimes committed by Danzo Shimura, this punishment is far too lenient.

This was also intentional on Hiruzen Sarutobi's part.

The Jonin vote appears to be a way for everyone to decide on the punishment for Shimura Danzo.

However, the options for punishment were all determined by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Nearly three hundred Jonin could only be selected from within the framework set by Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Even if it gets heavier, it won't exceed the limit that Hiruzen Sarutobi can accept.

After all, we'll still need Shimura Danzo in the future, so we can't really kill him completely.

But Danzo Shimura was still very dissatisfied.

If he hadn't been held accountable and forced to resign by Tsunade and others, given the current situation in Konoha, how could Hiruzen Sarutobi possibly target himself?

Without him, with Hiruzen Sarutobi's abilities, it would have been absolutely impossible for Konoha to remain safe amidst the covetousness of numerous enemies.

"Hmph, when Konoha faces a crisis, you'll definitely need me to step up again."

"When the time comes, I will take back everything I've lost, two times over!"

With these thoughts in mind, Shimura Danzo left under the 'escort' of the Anbu ninjas.

"The Danzo incident has served as a wake-up call for us and deserves our deep reflection."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, pipe in hand, began his long-winded speech: "Next, I'll briefly mention a few points..."

Seeing this, many ninjas showed helpless expressions.

Listening to a leader speak is a painful experience in any world.

Especially when this leader's nonsense is long and tedious.

Chapter 96: The Idea Behind 'Clearing Out' the Rasengan

The Root organization was disbanded, and Shimura Danzo was removed from the Konoha leadership and placed under house arrest in the Shimura clan's territory to reflect on his actions.

This was definitely a big deal, but after the Jonin meeting ended, almost no word of it got out.

All influence was firmly controlled within a small circle centered around the two hundred-plus Jonin who attended the meeting.

At most, only those close to these Jonin can hear some rumors.

However, the impact on the overall situation in Konoha has already been happening quietly.

Under Tsunade's instructions, Yagami Yoruichi did not get involved in things that were beyond her capabilities.

He simply goes to school, trains, and goes on dates with Kurenai every day.

After synthesizing the [Demon Cutter], Yagami Yoruichi's chakra limit increased significantly, allowing her to create more shadow clones to accelerate her learning and training, thus making her main body a little more relaxed.

On one hand, it was to protect Kurenai Yuhi, and on the other hand, Yoruichi Yagami also enjoyed the time they spent alone together, spending almost the entire day together.

However, there wasn't much time for pure fun; it was only the short distance on the way home after each day's training.

The last days of this semester have passed by in the blink of an eye.

With the arrival of summer vacation and free from the 'shackles' of schoolwork, Yagami Yoruichi's training intensity has increased to another level. Every day, she creates more than ten shadow clones to train her chakra control and ninjutsu.

Not long after this intense training, a notification suddenly popped up on the system panel.

[Water Release: Water Rumble Waves, Proficiency Level: Mastery]

[Active skill bar unlocked.]

Yagami Yoruichi opened the system panel and saw the options for [Active Skills] and [Passive Skills] in the [Skills] section.

The latter still only has Ryze's passive skill, Arcane Mastery.

However, the "Active Skills" section contains all the ninjutsu that Yagami Yoruichi has learned so far.

Yagami Yoruichi opened the list to view it.

[Water Release - Water Chaos Wave (Master)], [Ninja Art - Shadow Clone Technique (Proficient)], [Water Release - Water Wall (Proficient)], [Fire Release - Dragon Fire Technique (Proficient)], [Rasengan (Proficient)], [Wind Release - Vacuum Blade (Proficient)], [Regeneration Technique (Beginner)], [Ninja Art - Needle Jizo (Not Beginner)], [Ninja Art - Chaotic Lion's Mane Technique (Not Beginner)].

There are a total of nine ninjutsu techniques: one mastered, five proficient, one beginner, and two not yet mastered.

The ninjutsu details page also indicates the mastery progress of this ninjutsu, accurate to 0.1%.

"It seems that apart from providing a more direct view of the progress in ninjutsu training, it's not very useful."

After examining the panel for a while and confirming that it only recorded her ninjutsu mastery and could not help her speed up ninjutsu learning or enhance ninjutsu power, Yagami Yoruichi quickly lost interest in it.

It's just a record of progress, so it's not entirely useless. At least it allows you to more intuitively understand how far you are from reaching the next stage of your ninjutsu.

According to Yoruichi Yagami's estimation of the ninjutsu she had mastered, when a ninjutsu is mastered to the point of being 'proficient', it can be of great value in actual combat.

A 'mastery' level of ninjutsu is enough to become the core combat method for most ninjas.

Even elite Jonin don't have a large number of 'proficient' ninjutsu.

As for what lies beyond the 'Mastery Level', Yagami Yoruichi had no idea, but judging from the 0.1% progress bar on the [Water Release: Water Chaos Wave] details page, it was clear that the Mastery Level was not the limit.

As for 'beginner level', it simply means that you have learned this ninjutsu, but there is still a distance to go before you can use it skillfully in actual combat.

Those marked 'Beginner' have not learned anything at all.

"Being able to see the progress bar can at least help me better plan my training time."

As Yagami Yoruichi thought to herself, she glanced at the progress bar of all the ninjutsu she had mastered.

The technique closest to the next stage is Shadow Clone Technique, which has reached '65.5% proficiency' and is just over 30% away from 'mastery'.

This technique is one of the ninjutsu that Yagami Yoruichi used most frequently.

Not only do they use it in battle, but they also frequently use it in daily life to speed up their learning and cultivation.

The more you use it, the more proficient you become.

"Mastery level should allow for better chakra allocation and reduced chakra consumption? Perhaps it also reduces the fatigue when the shadow clone dissipates? Even the most powerful shadow clone is still a shadow clone; it can't possibly produce some kind of heaven-defying effect, right?"

Without much thought, Yagami Yoruichi glanced at the progress of the other ninjutsu and added the Rasengan to his recent key training program, aiming to make it as proficient as possible.

Now that it's been confirmed that Minato Namikaze hasn't developed the Rasengan yet, it's natural to take this opportunity to "clean up" this ninjutsu so that it can be used openly in the future.

If they developed ninjutsu around the same time and completed it around the same time, it can only be said that their ideas overlapped, and both of them had the right to use and teach it.

If he waits until Minato Namikaze's development is complete and the 'copyright ownership' is determined, it will be difficult to explain why he would use the Rasengan in public.

As for how to explain the development concept of the Rasengan, Yagami Yoruichi also had a general idea.

Spin, compress, and then explode.

This is the most basic principle of the Rasengan.

It could be explained by the inspiration from water vortexes, with other ideas added during the development process.

Since I have Tsunade-sensei as my backer, I don't need to explain things to others in too much detail; as long as it makes sense, that's fine.

Next, we can take advantage of the process of 'developing' the Rasengan to whitewash this ninjutsu.

Kakashi Hatake, Inahisa Uchiha, Kurenai Yuhi, and others witnessed Yoruichi Yagami's development of the Rasengan, which is enough to prove that this ninjutsu was researched and developed by Yoruichi Yagami herself, rather than stolen from others.

Ideally, Tsunade could also participate occasionally.