Konoha: From the moment I was adopted by Tsunade

Chapter 120 Hesitation Leads to Defeat

"I'm so angry!"

Danzo Shimura's eyes turned red.

It's not that I want to awaken the Sharingan, it's that I'm angry.

During this night of genocide, he was arguably the most diligent.

By falsely claiming Hiruzen Sarutobi's orders, they added a written exam to the Ninja Academy, delaying Sasuke Uchiha's dismissal time.

He also tacitly allowed all the Konoha police forces to have a day off, letting them go home, which gave Itachi Uchiha the opportunity to capture them all in one fell swoop.

At the same time, they also dispatched members of the Root Division to set up a barrier.

Even if one has no merit, one has still put in hard work.

But after a whole night, they still hadn't gotten a pair of Sharingan eyes.

Next, he had to take the blame and face questioning from Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Upon thinking of this, he immediately put on a mask of pain.

If Natsume were here, he would find this expression strangely familiar.

It's similar to the story of Chef Cao from my previous life who ate the Nine-Turned Intestines.

Orochimaru is slightly better.

His previous participation in the Uchiha Genius Tests earned him several pairs of Sharingan.

Furthermore, he possessed an experimental subject named Uchiha Shin.

He was not a member of the Uchiha clan, but a very special human being.

No rejection will occur when any tissue is transplanted into him.

The new arm that Orochimaru gave to Danzo Shimura was actually his own arm.

With the addition of advanced cloning technology, obtaining the Sharingan shouldn't be a problem.

However, obtaining the Mangekyou Sharingan may take an extremely long time.

Taking it directly would be quick and easy.

Unfortunately, all the operations failed.

Orochimaru believed that he was definitely incompatible with the Mangekyou Sharingan.

It's never a good thing when I encounter this.

Especially Natsume.

Orochimaru gradually regained his composure.

He has a backup plan, so he's not worried.

Only Danzo Shimura was seriously injured.

Without the Sharingan, he could not use Izanagi at will, and his strength was directly reduced by half.

He was reduced to a regular Jonin.

This was unbearable for him.

After all, he's going to become Hokage.

"Lord Danzo."

A Root member appeared, knelt on one knee, and reported, "We have counted the bodies of the deceased Uchiha clan members and found that about three hundred are missing."

"What did you say?!"

Danzo Shimura suddenly turned around, his face beaming with joy. "Where are they now?"

Three hundred people.

There is always a way out!

Even if there are many ordinary civilians among them, there must be at least a few ninjas, right?

It would be no problem to collect several pairs of Sharingan with three tomoe.

Orochimaru sneered inwardly upon hearing this.

The mysterious person must possess some terrifying methods to steal so many eyes in an instant.

How could you possibly leave 300 people for me?

Itachi Uchiha was brainwashed by the Will of Fire.

Danzo Shimura was blinded by the position of Hokage.

Two idiots!

"You can handle the rest yourself."

Orochimaru was too lazy to stay and face Hiruzen Sarutobi later.

"Don't forget your promise."

Danzo Shimura turned around and found that the person had disappeared.

He frowned.

This guy doesn't give him any face at all.

If it weren't for his human body skills, he would have killed him long ago.

"Based on the traces, it's possible it's at the Nanga Shrine."

The root member answered.

"I forgot about the Nanka Shrine."

Danzo Shimura's eyes lit up.

Orochimaru told him that Sarutobi Seinosuke's body was at the Naka Shrine.

This indicates that a significant number of Uchiha ninjas would remain in the area to guard it.

"Half of the Root members will stay behind to search for anything of value to the Uchiha clan, while the other half will come with me to the Naka Shrine."

Shimura Danzo immediately made arrangements.

"Lord Danzo."

Another Root member appeared, saying, "The Hokage is on his way."

Danzo Shimura was slightly taken aback.

To be honest, he was still a little flustered.

However, he then thought of Sarutobi Seinosuke, and immediately waved his hand, saying, "You all go first, I will follow later."

"Yes."

The two root members acted immediately.

They only obeyed Danzo Shimura's orders.

Even the Hokage couldn't command the others.

"Danzo!"

The person arrived before the voice.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was ashen, his anger barely contained.

As soon as he appeared, he demanded, "Look what you've done! I told you to wait for me, why did you act on your own?!"

"Hiruzen, hesitation leads to defeat."

Danzo Shimura said coldly, "If we had allowed so many Jonin to rebel, it would have caused unprecedented losses to Konoha. But now, without a single one of them being injured, I have perfectly dealt with the Uchiha clan."

"You bastard!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi pointed at the corpses in the distance and asked, "You keep saying it's for Konoha, so where are their eyes?"

I want to know too!

Upon hearing this, Shimura Danzo flew into a rage and said unhappily, "It was stolen by a mysterious powerful figure, not taken by me."

"Another mysterious powerful figure?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi laughed in exasperation and asked, "Can you tell the truth?"

My Konoha Village is one of the five great villages, and it's not a place where just any Tom, Dick, or Harry can come and go as they please.

Where did all these mysterious powerful figures come from?

Can't you come up with a better excuse?

Hiruzen Sarutobi was absolutely certain that Danzo Shimura had swallowed those Sharingan eyes.

After all, he had been eyeing this opportunity for a long time, and now that he had the chance, he naturally wouldn't let it slip by.

"It really isn't me!"

Shimura Danzo's tone was not one to repeat himself.

"Okay, let's pretend it wasn't you."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a deep breath and asked, "Where's Itachi Uchiha?"

"He killed all the members of the Uchiha clan and has already defected."

Danzo Shimura then delivered his prepared explanation.

"What?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi found it all absurd.

He initially thought it was a member of Root, but it turned out to be Itachi Uchiha.

But upon closer examination, the root of the matter simply doesn't have that capability.

Only Itachi Uchiha, with his Mangekyou Sharingan and his identity, was able to silently wipe out the entire Uchiha clan.

A hint of guilt flashed in Hiruzen Sarutobi's eyes.

Why bother?

He could probably understand Itachi Uchiha's thoughts.

What a good child.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's aged body appeared even more hunched.

With the Uchiha clan destroyed, Konoha has fallen into decline once again, and who knows when another ninja village might be plotting to cause trouble.

This is why he has always been unwilling to use force.

"Hiruzen, there's one more thing."

Danzo Shimura dropped a bombshell, saying, "When Root was searching for information on the Uchiha clan, they discovered that they had planned to kidnap Seinosuke, and he is currently at the Naka Shrine."

"What?!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi raised his head, his expression changing. "This is utterly audacious!"

Danzo Shimura thought to himself, "He was just looking guilty, but now he's finally not pretending to be a good guy."

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who could suppress him, was bad, not particularly bad, but to say he was good would be to underestimate Shinobu.

The number of ninjas who died at his hands was quite large.

"We'll see when we go to the Nanga Shrine."

Danzo Shimura raised his hand and said, "Given the Uchiha clan's nature, it's highly likely they kidnapped Seinosuke after he unleashed his Wood Release."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded silently.

He should have thought of this much earlier, but he didn't want to cause too much trouble at this time.

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