Naruto: In Konoha Village, I awakened Wood Release at the start.

Konoha Village.

The Senju clan's stronghold.

"Thank you for saving me, Lord Chiba."

Fugaku Uchiha struggled to get up.

He didn't bother to brush the dust off his clothes and faced Chiba directly.

The once high and mighty clan chief now bent his straight back.

Chiba accepted the bow without hesitation.

He deserves the respect of Fugaku Uchiha.

Because if he makes a move, the opponent will die at Danzo's hands.

the other side.

Hiruzen Sarutobi stood not far away.

He looked at the empty pit and seemed to have aged ten years.

Danzo is dead.

Danzo Shimura, who had fought him for half his life, died without leaving a trace.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's old face was filled with grief.

A few murky tears even welled up in his eyes.

But what about his inner thoughts?

Hiruzen Sarutobi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Danzo finally showed some backbone before he died.

He was so focused on taking Uchiha Fugaku down with him that he didn't have time to expose him as the Hokage.

Those shady accounts hidden in the shadows of Konoha.

Those bloody deals that can't be exposed to the light of day.

Those dirty plans targeting the Uchiha clan.

All of them were buried deep underground with Danzo's death.

His glorious image as Hiruzen Sarutobi has been completely preserved.

Hiruzen Sarutobi turned around, his steps faltering.

He staggered forward two steps, as if he might fall at any moment.

Upon seeing this, Koharu and Homura hurriedly ran to meet them.

The two men, one on each side, tightly supported the highest authority in Konoha.

Hiruzen, please accept my condolences.

Xiaochun, who was turning over in her room, gently comforted her.

Mitomon Yan also sighed, and glanced warily at Chiba in the distance.

Chiba simply couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to these three veteran actors.

He looked around in a circle.

The clan leaders and elite ninjas of all the major ninja clans held their breath.

No one dared to meet Chiba's eyes.

This is the deterrent effect of absolute power.

"The show's over, everyone can leave now."

Chiba waved his hand, as if shooing away a swarm of insignificant flies.

Then.

He turned and walked towards the newly paved stone path.

Under everyone's watchful eyes.

Chiba walked into the Senju stronghold he had rebuilt using Wood Release.

The heavy wooden door slammed shut, completely cutting off all outside access.

……

The Hokage's office.

The strong smell of tobacco was pungent and acrid.

All doors and windows were tightly closed.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat in the large Hokage chair, puffing on his pipe one cigarette after another.

The atmosphere in the room was extremely oppressive.

"Hiruzen!"

"What are you thinking?"

"Chiba Senju publicly killed a Konoha elder today; this is blatant betrayal of the village!"

"He's too much of a threat; we must contain him!"

Xiaochun, who was turning over a new room, stood in front of the desk and slammed her hands on the table.

"Xiaochun is right."

"His Wood Release technique is too dangerous; that's the power of the First Hokage!"

"If this isn't controlled, the balance of Konoha will be completely destroyed!"

Mitokado pushed up his glasses and echoed the sentiment.

"Bang!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his pipe onto the table.

Sparks flew everywhere.

He suddenly raised his head and glared at his two longtime companions.

"limit?"

"Tell me, how do you plan to restrict it?"

"Are you going to restrict us with your mouths?"

"Who among you will deal with that wooden figure that's several hundred meters tall?"

"The Dark Side? The Root?"

"Are you two old bones going to do it yourselves?"

Xiaochun, who was switching dorms, was so rebuked that she took a step back.

She opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

The wooden figure that rose from the ground not only destroyed the old buildings of the Senju's headquarters.

It further destroyed the pride of these high-ranking officials.

That was an overwhelming force!

Faced with absolute power, any conspiracy or trickery appears pale and laughable.

"But……"

"We can't just stand by and watch him rise above the Hokage."

Mitokado swallowed hard.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"He is, after all, a member of the Senju clan."

"There are so many people in this village who remember the kindness shown to them by their ancestors!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed.

That's the most fatal thing.

Chiba not only has a large fist, but also controls the most fundamental laws of Konoha!

The greater good is on his side!

Once Chiba takes the lead and calls for action.

Those wavering civilian ninjas in the village will definitely side with him!

The office fell silent once again.

All that could be heard were the three people's heavy breathing.

"Hiruzen".

"Chiba is Tsunade's disciple."

"He is hostile towards us, but he should have some respect for Tsunade."

"Summon Tsunade back to the village immediately and have her control this monster!"

for a long time.

Mitokado gritted his teeth and made a suggestion.

"constraint?"

"What kind of personality do you think Tsunade has?"

"If she comes back, do you think she'll help us, or her only apprentice?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi let out a cold laugh.

He looked at Mitokado Homura as if she were an idiot.

Mitomon was speechless.

With Tsunade's fiery temper, if she knew about the dirty deeds the village had done over the years, she'd be lucky if she didn't tear down the Hokage Building.

"but……"

Hiruzen Sarutobi picked up the pipe from the table again and tapped the ashes on the edge of the table.

"Let's try anything, even if it's a dead end."

"Draft an urgent message in the name of the Hokage and send it out of the village overnight to find Tsunade."

"Even if her return is just a buffer, it's better than letting Chiba go completely insane."

Mitokado En breathed a sigh of relief.

He nodded quickly in agreement.

Having achieved their goal, the two advisors dared not provoke Hiruzen Sarutobi any further and turned to leave the office.

The door closed again.

The weariness on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face vanished instantly.

Instead.

It is an extremely cold and resolute decision.

He pressed the hidden bell under the table.

"Whoosh!"

Three members of the secret service, wearing animal masks, appeared instantly in front of the desk.

"Hokage-sama!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze was cold and sinister.

"Immediately mobilize all elite members of the Dark Guard to surround the Root's underground base!"

"Confiscate all files and scrolls!"

"Especially the lab records involving the First Hokage's cells and the Uchiha Sharingan!"

"Destroy them all!"

"We absolutely cannot let anyone, especially Chiba Senju, see these things!"

The dark force captain trembled.

He immediately bowed his head and obeyed.

"yes!"

The three members of the secret service disappeared in a blur.

Hiruzen Sarutobi leaned back in his chair, looking out at the gradually darkening sky.

Danzo is dead.

This blame must be forever welded to Danzo's coffin lid.

He would never allow even a drop of dirty water to splash onto his pristine white divine robe!

At the same time.

Uchiha clan's residence.

Zhi Shui, distraught, pushed open his own front door.

He walked straight into the inner room like a soulless shell.

"thump."

He knelt directly in front of Uchiha Kagami's portrait, tears welling up in his eyes without warning.

His proud Will of Fire.

He longed for peace in his village and for his family day and night.

Today, it has been torn to shreds!

Danzo's arm was inlaid with the eyes of his clansmen.

Danzo's eyes were like a kaleidoscope of his ancestor's mirror!

That was the elder he respected most!

The village's higher-ups are actually using the eyes of the Uchiha clan as consumables!

Is this what they call companions?

Is this what they mean by a bond you can entrust your back to?

Shisui clutched his hair, letting out a suppressed, beast-like wail from his throat.

"Brother Zhishui..."

A childish voice rang out from the porch.

The young Itachi Uchiha stood there quietly.

His eyes were far more profound than those of people his age.

There was no fear.

There's only a kind of curiosity that doesn't belong to this age.

"What happened?"

Itachi entered the room.

He knelt down beside Zhishui.

Shisui looked at Itachi.

This is his most beloved younger brother, and the genius he believes best understands the Will of Fire.

But now.

Shisui, however, did not know how to begin.

He gave a bitter smile, his fingernails digging deeply into his palms.

But he still slowly opened his mouth and told me what had happened that day.

From Chiba's Wood Release.

The Sharingan that covered Danzo's arm.

Then there's the kaleidoscope that belongs to Uchiha Kagami.

Itachi listened quietly.

He didn't interrupt, nor did he show any strong reaction.

But as Zhishui narrated...

Something was rapidly crumbling in Itachi's clear, black-and-white eyes.

A village?

High-level?

Is it justified to arbitrarily deprive another group of their organs and lives in order to protect one group?

Is this the price of peace?