Konoha: The Soul King from the Uchiha Clan

Chapter 213 Furious

The vault in Danzo's residence wasn't too difficult to operate; the vault at Root was the more challenging to access.

Although the roots are located inside Konoha Village and underground, various measures have been taken to prevent infiltration, including a barrier.

After reviewing the diagram of the Root's structure, Uchiha Gen realized that ordinary methods were indeed ineffective in infiltrating the Root.

Fortunately, there was Orochimaru, a former vice-chairman of Root, who was a mole within the organization.

After carefully studying the structural diagram of the Root base, Uchiha Gen found a flaw that could be exploited.

With things looking promising, Uchiha Gen was able to rest peacefully.

The next day, I went to work and continued with my life as usual.

As night fell, Uchiha Gen began his operation.

It's impossible for the main body to act, and it's also impossible for the shadow clones to act.

Among the Root ninjas, there are sensory ninjas. If something were to happen and they were to remember the chakra traits, it would be disastrous.

Uchiha Gen used his Spirit Transformation Technique to investigate and indeed discovered the trail of White Zetsu.

He used half of his soul to kill White Zetsu using the Spirit Transformation Technique and then took control of White Zetsu's body.

Following the principle of starting with the easy and then moving on to the difficult, Uchiha Gen controlled White Zetsu to go to Danzo's mansion first.

The defenses of Danzo's mansion vault were completely ineffective in preventing the White Zetsu from infiltrating; he entered silently.

After cautiously probing and finding no traps, Uchiha Gen manipulated White Zetsu to open the boxes one by one, revealing neatly stacked banknotes.

"Danzo is quite wealthy."

With a sigh, Uchiha Gen used White Zetsu's chakra to imprint the Flying Thunder God seal on a box.

Uchiha Gen activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and appeared in the vault without anyone noticing.

Afterwards, Uchiha Gen used the Flying Thunder God Technique to move all the boxes of banknotes away, emptying them to the point that even rats would leave in tears, leaving not a single penny behind.

After dealing with this, Uchiha Gen immediately controlled the White Zetsu to sneak towards the back mountain, where he found a flaw in the barrier at the northwest corner of the Root base underground.

He formed hand seals and cast a spell, pressing his palm against the barrier. Mysterious black patterns spread like a spider web, instantly covering an area of ​​two meters in radius.

The barrier was not destroyed; only the area covered by the black patterns lost its ability to be perceived, so it would not alert anyone.

Uchiha Gen controlled the White Zetsu to pass through the barrier and headed straight for the location of the Root Treasury.

With the help of the mole, there was no need to bother finding the location; they arrived at the entrance of the root vault in the shortest distance and at the fastest speed.

Perhaps Danzo felt that the vault was very safe, so he didn't set up any special measures for the Root vault, while he did set up some special measures for the vault in Danzo's mansion.

Uchiha Gen manipulated White Zetsu to insert his finger into the keyhole. Chakra surged and wriggled in his hand, flowing into the keyhole like liquid.

The liquid then hardened, transforming into a key that perfectly matched the keyhole. With a gentle twist to the left, click! The vault door opened directly.

Entering the vault and gently closing the door, Uchiha Gen's eyes swept over the contents, a hint of surprise welling up inside him.

The number of money boxes was almost the same as the treasury in Danzo's mansion. Danzo was quite frugal.

If I remember correctly, the operating funds for the root system are allocated once a year.

It's almost the end of the year, and it's really rare to have so much money!

After checking for any traps as usual and confirming there were none, Uchiha Gen once again used White Zetsu's chakra to imprint the Flying Thunder God seal on the outside of the box.

Uchiha Gen's true form arrived in an instant and emptied the vault in no time.

He manipulated the White Zetsu back the way he came, erasing any trace of the barrier, and left without anyone noticing.

Uchiha Gen transformed the deceased White Zetsu into a soul-reaping messenger and sent him to seek refuge with Bai Yichang and Bai Erchang.

Then, Uchiha Gen summoned a giant snake and delivered Orochimaru's portion to it.

Uchiha Gen did not take the money box home, nor did he even enter the Uchiha clan's territory.

Instead, it was transported to a public forest on the outskirts of Konoha Village, so summoning the giant snake wouldn't attract attention.

After finishing his task, Uchiha Gen hesitated about whether to wipe out all the White Zetsu of Konoha Village...

In a short while, Uchiha Gen made his decision.

Sweep it all up, we must sweep it all up, let's take all the benefits first.

It's fine if it attracts Obito and the others' attention; it's hard to trace it back to him anyway.

We can't assume he did it just because we've been thwarted by him before, can we?

After this series of events, five more soul-reaping messengers went to find Bai Yichang, while Bai Erchang went to report for duty.

Obito and his crew have learned their lesson; in the past year and a half, they have only sent six White Zetsu to Konoha.

After finishing his business, Uchiha Gen went home, washed up, and went to bed for a long sleep.

The next morning, I went to work full of energy and immediately rewarded myself with a luxurious breakfast.

And you know what? Breakfast tastes better when you buy it with someone else's money than when you buy it with your own.

……

At nine o'clock in the morning, Danzo was calmly handling business in the Root Office.

As the saying goes, good news makes people feel great. The position of Hokage was within reach, so Danzo was in a very good mood.

Danzo had already planned to arrange for Root ninjas to campaign for his ascension to Hokage today, intending to let the people of Konoha know who he was and what made him great...

Suddenly, a series of urgent and piercing knocks sounded on the door.

Danzo frowned in displeasure. Who was this guy? His knocking was so rude.

Suppressing his displeasure for the time being, Danzo said in a deep voice, "Come in."

The door opened, and a Root ninja wearing a boar mask entered and knelt on one knee, saying, "Lord Danzo, something terrible has happened! The Root vault has been robbed."

"What?!"

"What did you say?"

"Say it again!"

So shocked was Danzo that he stood up from his chair, placed his hands on the table, and his pupils dilated.

"The root vault has been robbed."

"This morning you approved the third squad's purchase of ninja tools. When I went to the vault to retrieve the money, I found it empty, even the money box was gone."

"impossible!"

"Take me to see this quickly!" Danzo said through gritted teeth, his face contorted with rage and his eyes filled with ferocity.

"Yes."

Danzo arrived at the vault and stared at the empty room, where nothing was left. He was stunned and fell silent.

The Root ninja seemed to sense the rapidly decreasing air pressure in the vault, and involuntarily leaned slightly closer to the door.

"Immediately summon all the ninjas who entered or left Root yesterday and investigate them one by one."

Upon regaining his senses, Danzo immediately concluded that it was the work of an insider, and such suspicion was clearly reasonable.

"Yes."

"I will personally investigate you."

"Yes."

Soon, chaos erupted within the Root organization, with Danzo personally leading a rigorous internal investigation.

How strict are they?

They used ninjutsu to probe people's minds and memories.

However, it was of no use; none of the ninjas who had entered and exited Root yesterday had any problems.

Danzo was furious and expanded the scope of the investigation, requiring all Root ninjas except those on missions to be investigated.

However... it still didn't work at all...

Danzo then realized that it was done by an outsider.

He immediately ordered all Root ninjas within the base to recover the funds and apprehend the culprit.

Yes, it refers to all Root ninjas, not just those related to them. This shows that Danzo was extremely angry, the kind of anger that even physical methods might not be able to extinguish.

Danzo then lost interest in dealing with affairs, left Root, and returned home.

That's right, Danzo was prepared to use his own money to cover the shortfall temporarily.

Fortunately, it's the end of the year, so we can temporarily cover a small portion, and the shortfall will be plugged when the annual funding comes in.

It wasn't that Danzo was so noble as to use his own money to subsidize public funds, but rather that he had no choice but to do so.

If word got out that the vault right under his nose had been robbed, wouldn't he be a laughingstock?

Danzo has completely lost face!

Moreover, saving face is secondary; the most important thing is to have one's abilities questioned, especially at a time like this.

After such an incident, starting with Hiruzen Sarutobi and going down the chain of command, can anyone believe that Danzo can be a good Hokage?

For Danzo: Oh my god, this will affect my career!

Therefore, Danzo had no choice but to do so.

However, Danzo was unaware that more surprises awaited him, perhaps more than one...

I have something to do today, so I can only update two chapters. Please forgive me.

(End of this chapter)