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Chapter 195 Danzo is dead, and Hiruzen Sarutobi's brain has exploded! (Please subscribe and vote!)

"Um?"

In the Hokage's office, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was working, suddenly frowned. How could he not sense such powerful chakra?

As he rose, Hiruzen Sarutobi vanished.

When they reappeared, they were already on top of the Hokage Building, followed by four Anbu ninjas.

"Hokage-sama, it seems... to be Hide-sama's chakra!"

"A member of the ANBU ninja said with a slight hesitation."

"Could it be that an enemy infiltrated and was discovered by Lord Hideaki, resulting in such a powerful burst of chakra?!"

Another ANBU ninja exclaimed in surprise.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was solemn as he leaped forward and shouted, "Follow me!"

……

Seeing the giant wooden figure before him and the menacing wooden dragon, Danzo's expression changed drastically. He retreated several steps, shouting, "Hoshita Hideaki, are you going to betray the village?"

Swish swish!

One after another, figures appeared behind Danzo; they were none other than Root ninjas.

Hoshino looked down at Danzo and the others, saying, "This is a matter between Danzo and me. You may all leave!"

Behind Danzo, Ryoma Aburame, wearing a mask, hesitated for only a moment before retreating.

The other Root ninjas looked at each other and then retreated as well.

This made Danzo change color again.

Before this, he had no idea that he had lost control of the roots.

"You bastard!"

Danzo was furious: "Come with me and capture him!"

Ryoma Aburame said, "Lord Danzo, we are no match for Lord Hideaki."

"Moreover, Lord Hide is an indispensable presence in the village."

Danzo couldn't help but feel a surge of murderous intent upon hearing this.

These people he recruited into the Root, those he trained, are now betraying him.

hateful!

Danzo couldn't understand it.

Ryoma Aburame is one thing, but he was trained by Shu Hoshino.

But what about the others?

At most, he received special training from the Star Show.

However, Danzo was also well aware that there was no way to delve into this matter at the moment.

He must keep Xingxia Xiu under control, otherwise the root will completely get out of control!

Danzo immediately bit his finger and then formed a hand seal.

The Art of Spirit Communication - Baku!

A gigantic summoning beast appeared, its size no less than that of the wooden figure.

The dream tapir has an elephant-like trunk, protruding tusks, a donkey-like head, an ox-like body, and tiger-like limbs.

At Danzo's command, the Baku roared, its trunk rising to spew out smoke, and then it opened its huge mouth and inhaled at the wooden figure.

Instantly, the airflow reversed and surged towards the Dream Eater's mouth, thus sucking in the wooden figure and the Star Show above the wooden figure's head.

Danzo seized the opportunity to appear behind the wooden doll, leaping and speeding across its body to aim for the Star Show on its head.

"A trivial skill!"

Xingxia Xiu snorted softly, formed hand seals, and opened his mouth to shoot out a huge fireball, which was then stuffed into the mouth of the Dream Eater by the swirling wind.

The dream-eating beast let out a painful roar, then with a bang, it turned into smoke and disappeared.

At that moment, Danzo rushed onto the top of the wooden doll's head and completed the hand seals: Wind Release - Vacuum Wave!

Danzo opened his mouth and exhaled, and sharp streams of air, like ripples, crisscrossed and swept towards Xingxia Xiuxi.

Snapped!

Hoshino Hide clasped his hands together, and a black talisman behind him unfolded into a spell. Danzo's Vacuum Wave touched the spell and gradually disappeared, without hitting Hoshino Hide at all.

"Huh? It's the Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Danzo reacted, but before he could make a further move, his right arm was severed at the shoulder.

"what……"

Danzo's face contorted in agony as he let out a piercing scream, splattering blood everywhere.

Hoshino slowly turned around: "Danzo, all your attacks are worthless in front of me."

Danzo gritted his teeth, raised his left hand and untied the bandage on his head, revealing his scarlet three-tomoe Sharingan.

"I'm going to finish you off today!"

"Otherwise, you will surely bring disaster to the village!"

Danzo prided himself on being righteous.

Xingxia Xiu chuckled: "I should be the one saying that."

"However, aren't you overestimating the Sharingan?"

"To deal with me, you'd need at least the Mangekyou Sharingan, if you were using the Sharingan."

"Your three-tomoe jade pendant is completely inadequate!"

Danzo stared at Hoshino Hideaki, formed a hand seal with his left hand, took out a kunai, blew on it, and wind chakra attached to the kunai, forming a wind chakra blade. Then he rushed towards Hoshino Hideaki.

Seeing this, Hoshino immediately understood that Danzo had obtained Izanagi, the ultimate genjutsu.

Unfortunately, it was all in vain!

Before Danzo could reach Hoshino, the wooden dragon descended from the sky and bit him.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with his men. Upon seeing this scene, he was immediately shocked and shouted, "Shu, stop!"

The next moment, the wooden dragon bit down, and with a scream, Danzo was bitten in two by the wooden dragon's sharp teeth.

Snapped!

The corpse landed on the wooden figure's head, splattering blood everywhere.

Danzo is dead!

Hiruzen Sarutobi stopped on a Buddha statue and froze.

The Root ninjas, including Ryoma Aburame, who were watching from the other side, were also stunned.

Lord Hideyoshi killed Lord Danzo!

however.

At that moment, Danzo's body and bloodstains became blurred, except for his severed arm.

Meanwhile, Danzo, with his severed hand, appeared silently behind Hoshino.

"Die!"

Under the shocked gazes of Aburame Ryoma and the others, Danzo charged forward, and the Wind Release blade in his hand pierced through Hoshino Hide's back and emerged from his chest.

"Sir Xiu!"

Aburame Ryoma exclaimed in surprise.

Only then did Hiruzen Sarutobi realize what was happening: "Danzo, stop!"

He immediately lunged forward.

Hoshita Hide chuckled: "Third Hokage, Danzo isn't that easy to kill."

As soon as he finished speaking, his body rapidly turned to wood, becoming a wooden figure.

"Wooden Clone!"

Danzo snorted coldly and drew his sword in preparation.

Hoshino did not launch a sneak attack; instead, his figure slowly rose from the wooden dummy in front of Danzo.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi arrived with several ANBU ninjas and came to Hoshino Hide's side, shouting, "Stop immediately!"

Danzo roared, "Hiruzen, come with me and take him down!"

"If we let him grow any stronger, Konoha will be destroyed by his ambition!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned: "Danzo, stop fighting. Let's discuss this together."

"You are all fellow villagers, and I will not allow you to kill each other."

Hoshino Shu said calmly, "Third Hokage, Danzo obtained his Sharingan by killing his comrades."

"He also wanted to steal my cells to use on himself."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had already noticed that Danzo's right eye was a Sharingan, and his heart sank when he heard what Hoshino Hide said.

Danzo then sneered, "Hoshino-suke, you deliberately tricked me into using my Sharingan to suppress my Wood Release power, all for today, weren't you?"

"Don't forget, you also have Sharingan."

At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was extremely gloomy, and his mind was about to explode.

Hoshita Shu shook his head: "Danzo, I was carrying out the mission under your orders."

"They were already plotting to betray the village. I'm different from you; I didn't kill my own companions."

"On the contrary, it is you who have taken the eyes of your companions, and not just one pair."

"They also stole the Uchiha clan's ultimate genjutsu, Izanagi."

"At the cost of one three-tomoe Sharingan, I will turn all unfavorable outcomes into nothingness."

"But Danzo, how long can your technique last?"

Danzo's eyelids twitched violently: "How...how did you know?"

Then Danzo felt his right eye vision rapidly blur until he could no longer see at all.

Hiruzen Sarutobi and several Anbu ninjas watched as Danzo's right eye turned white.

Xingxia Xiu is absolutely right.

At that moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed an immense crisis.

The Uchiha clan already had a strained relationship with the village, and the exposure of Danzo's affair...

Hoshino Hideaki spoke up at the opportune moment: "Third Hokage, if the Uchiha finds out about this, I'm afraid there will be no way to undo it."

"Moreover, such a thing cannot be hidden forever."

"I encountered Fugaku Uchiha while on a mission in the Land of Grass. He was investigating the theft of his clansmen's eyes."

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately ordered a shroud: "Nothing that happened today must be revealed!"

The ANBU and Root ninjas nodded in agreement: "Understood!"

Hoshino Hide shook his head: "Third Generation, this won't solve the problem."

Sensing Hoshino Hide's murderous intent towards Danzo, Hiruzen Sarutobi said earnestly, "Hide, don't worry, I will restrain Danzo."

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"From today onwards, Danzo is relieved of his post as head of the Root Department, and you will take over the Root Department."

Given Hoshino Shu's strength, if Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't confident he could suppress him, then he could only do so as the Hokage.

"Third Generation Leader, the village needs to unite to cope with the upcoming crisis."

Hoshita Hide shook his head and refused Hiruzen Sarutobi, then said, "Besides, Danzo previously ordered me to assassinate you, the Third Hokage."

Danzo nearly vomited blood upon hearing this: "I didn't!"

"You bastard, this is clearly your own idea!"

Hoshino Hide scoffed, "Isn't it you who wants to become Hokage?"

"How could I possibly want to assassinate the Third Hokage? Tsunade is about to become my wife, and the Third Hokage is Tsunade's teacher. How could Tsunade possibly watch me assassinate her teacher?"

That makes sense.

Danzo's face darkened; he had no way to argue his way out of it.

He knew Hiruzen Sarutobi very well, and Hiruzen Sarutobi also knew Danzo very well.

Therefore, at this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi believed Hoshino Hide, but in reality, he did not take Danzo's attempt to assassinate him too seriously.

Hoshino Hideaki knew Hiruzen Sarutobi very well, so he couldn't let this matter go so easily.

Now that I've fallen out with Danzo, I should get rid of that old fox to prevent him from plotting against me.

Of course, Hoshino Shu wasn't afraid of Danzo, but he had other people around him.

Danzo is capable of using any means necessary; he has no bottom line.

They must die!

With a thought, the Wood Release spores embedded in Danzo's body immediately absorbed Danzo's chakra.

Danzo's expression changed drastically, and he immediately grabbed his right shoulder with his left hand.

At that moment, a tree began to grow rapidly from the wound on his severed arm.

The interstitial cells in his body began to go out of control.

"what!"

Danzo suddenly screamed as his body was pierced by vines, which then sprouted branches and leaves.

"Danzo!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was shocked; this scene was all too familiar.

Those who participated in the Wood Release experiment back then all looked this miserable.

Hoshino Hideaki said, "Without the suppression of the Sharingan, the First Hokage's cells went out of control."

Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately asked, "Can you save him?"

Although he knew that Hoshino Shu would never save Danzo.

But Hoshino Hideaki said, "I'll transplant the Sharingan into him right now."

"Ultimately, he couldn't adapt to the First Hokage's cells; the First Hokage's power was too great."

Danzo opened his mouth, wanting to accuse Xingxia Xiu of plotting against him, but as soon as he opened his mouth, wooden vines grew out of his mouth.

At this moment, Danzo was completely unable to move, and his life was on a countdown.

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a gloomy face.

Hoshita Hide said to the ANBU ninja and Aburame Ryoma, "You may leave."

Ryoma Aburame and the other Root ninjas left without hesitation, while the Anbu ninjas looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand, and the Anbu ninjas vanished in a flash.

Above the wooden figure's head, Hoshino Hide turned to look at Hiruzen Sarutobi: "Third Hokage, Madara Uchiha may not be dead."

He opened with a winning hand.

Hiruzen Sarutobi was so shocked that he couldn't speak for a moment.

A little confused?

Someone who's been dead for so long is saying they're not dead.

Moreover, he personally saw Madara Uchiha's corpse back then.

However, being the Hokage after all, Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately calmed down and put Danzo out of his mind. He looked at Hoshino Hideaki and asked, "Back then, when the First Hokage killed Madara Uchiha, the Second Hokage even brought Madara's body back to Konoha."

This was kept secret from the First Hokage, Tobirama Senju, but Hiruzen Sarutobi knew about it.

Hoshino Hide shook his head: "The ultimate genjutsu that Danzo used just now is enough to bring the dead back to life."

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned: "That illusion technique just now... the original corpse would disappear, it's impossible to fool both the First Hokage and the teacher at the same time."

"Sealing Technique!"

Hoshino Hideyoshi said, "The Uchiha's transcription seal can implant eye techniques in the eyes in advance and activate them at a specific time."

"Uchiha Madara did die at first, but after his body was brought back to Konoha, Izanagi was activated, he was resurrected, and then used shadow clones to replace himself."

"The First Shinobi World War broke out not long after the First Hokage died. The Second Hokage did not have time to study Madara Uchiha's body, so no one knew about it until now."

Very reasonable!

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked in a deep voice, "How did you find out? Could it be that you've already... with Madara Uchiha?"

Xingxia Xiu said, "We've indirectly crossed paths."

"In the Land of Grass, Fugaku Uchiha was being followed when he was investigating the person who stole his Sharingan. After he left, I captured that person."

"Although his brain is sealed off and he can't access information, that guy is very special. He's in a vegetative state and has first-generation cells in his body."

"Of course, that's not all."

"Tsunade and I traveled back in time using the dragon vein of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, and witnessed the battle between the First Hokage and Madara Uchiha, as well as Madara Uchiha's resurrection..."

"He also obtained the cells of the First Generation and cultivated a plant-like being called White Zetsu, which can quickly travel underground to gather intelligence."

Xingxia Xiu revealed everything, but concealed some truths.

For example, a parallel world can be described as the past.

Hiruzen Sarutobi believed it, even though he didn't believe Hideaki Hoshino, he believed Tsunade. His expression was very unpleasant: "Tsunade knows these things too."

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "We also roughly know where Uchiha Madara is hiding."

"However, there is still a big secret."

"Madara Uchiha may have awakened the Rinnegan!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was startled: "The Rinnegan, the legendary eye of the Sage of Six Paths?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "One of the three great eye techniques, known as the eye that can destroy and create worlds."

"At the Uchiha clan's Naka Shrine, there is a stone tablet whose contents can only be deciphered by those with the Sharingan."

"It is recorded that the Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, combined with the First Hokage's powerful Yang Release, can awaken the Rinnegan, then collect the nine tailed beasts, and become the Ten-Tails' Jinchuriki, thus enabling him to unleash the ultimate genjutsu called Infinite Tsukuyomi."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sensed something was wrong: "Infinite Tsukuyomi..."

Hoshino Hide nodded: "Yes, it's an ultimate genjutsu that can trap everyone in the ninja world in a dream."

Hiruzen Sarutobi had a sudden thought: "He... wants to destroy the ninja world?"

"Was Madara Uchiha's sudden departure from Konoha due to the contents recorded on the stone tablet?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Whether he wants to destroy the ninja world or not, we don't know, but Uchiha Madara is in the shadows now, and we don't know what he's plotting."

"I'm not confident I can handle him right now."

"In such a long time, I wonder how many three-tomoe Sharingan he has collected."

"Danzo could only last less than two minutes using Izanagi, but Madara Uchiha could definitely last much longer..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi sent chills down my spine.

He knew very well how terrifying Madara Uchiha was.

It might be even scarier now.

This……

Hiruzen Sarutobi's mind raced, and he suddenly realized: "So, the real reason you pushed Danzo to collect the Tailed Beasts was also Madara Uchiha?"

Xingxia Xiu nodded: "Not bad."

"Moreover, I want to become the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki first."

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed: "Kushina..."

Hoshita Hideyoshi said, "I've already figured out a way to solve the problem without hurting Kushina."

Hiruzen Sarutobi nodded, took a deep breath, and said, "I'll go back to the Hokage's office first. Bring Tsunade here."

Then he glanced at Danzo's corpse and said, "Prepare Danzo's body properly. I will announce that he was assassinated by the enemy."

Xingxia Xiu nodded, having no objection.

(End of this chapter)