Naruto, this is called Kuuga, not White Zetsu

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Seto Chihiro sighed, put his hands in his pockets, and looked at the lights above his head: "Even in such a powerful Konoha, will such a scene of comrades killing each other happen?"

"Don't be so sad. Although this speculation accounts for a large proportion now, it still does not mean that Danzo is the mastermind of this incident."

To be honest, Nara Shikaku didn't quite believe what he said.

He knew what kind of person the Hokage's assistant was. A few months ago, he went to the Nara clan to ask for people. If he hadn't been in a high position and was not in charge of Konoha's medical system and Konoha's military advisor, he would not have been able to avoid the tragic fate of his clan members.

That kind of inhumane curse and brainwashing method was ostensibly for the confidentiality of village information, but when the control method of the curse was only controlled by the root leader, its nature changed drastically.

"I have now successfully activated the secret technique on Aburame Ryoma's body, but in order to affect Aburame Ryoma's bugs, I also need to make him speed up the flow of his own chakra." Aburame Shiwei stood up.

Seto Chihiro looked at him: "Do you need me to fight him? I still have a lot of Nine-Tails Chakra in my body."

Kakashi was stunned for a moment, and then his eyes turned into dead fish eyes: "Let me go, I don't want you to mess up the surrounding buildings."

"Oh, then I'll leave it to Captain Kakashi."

At the same time, Aburame Ryoma suddenly felt something was wrong with his body. The parasites in his body suddenly became repelled by his chakra. It was only a small part, but it showed that he could no longer control the current situation.

But when exactly was it? I have never come into contact with the target.

At this time, Aburame Ryoma was still thinking about what went wrong. He was about to discard these insects and pass the information he got to Lord Danzo, but suddenly a dull voice sounded behind him.

"Are you wondering what happened to the parasites in your body?"

This is the voice of Aburame Shiwei!

Aburame Ryoma's face changed. He didn't know when, but his back had been covered with insects. These creatures that used to be his companions now made him feel creepy.

"Secret Technique. Insect Jade."

A group of insects flew out from his sleeves, and the dense crowd looked terrifying, but the person standing in front of him was the chief of the Aburame clan, who was much stronger than him in the ability to control insects.

"..."

Aburame Zhiwei looked at the insects slowly flying towards him and simply waved his hand. The black insects around him turned into a sea of ​​insects and suddenly rushed towards the 'Insect Jade'. After wrapping up the Insect Jade, it turned into a black shock wave, which hit Aburame Ryoma against the wall with undiminished power and then firmly fixed him.

"As expected of the Aburame clan leader, he is not even a little bit inferior to you in terms of the ability to manipulate insects... But don't you know that attacking a Root member at will can have serious consequences?"

Aburame Ryoma seemed like a different person. He no longer maintained the coolness he maintained in front of Danzo, and asked questions all over the place as if he had lost his mind.

"If you let me go now, I won't pursue your actions because of your status as the leader of the Aburame clan. How about that? Do you want to put me down?"

"Ryoma, your method of stalling for time is still so despicable."

Aburame Shiwei put her hands together, and blue chakra suddenly burst out of her body, turning into a light blue gauze: "Ninja technique. Insect Trick Technique!"

"This is...?"

Aburame Ryoma looked at the ground beneath his feet in disbelief, and it transformed into a sea of ​​insects, with another Aburame Ryoma surrounded by it in the center.

Aburame Shiwei controlled the bugs to transport the clone to her eyes: "Although the real Aburame Ryoma has lost consciousness, I still want to know how you have been doing these years."

"I will not reveal all my information."

As soon as he finished speaking, the clone turned into a tornado and attempted to make a final struggle, but was completely swallowed up by the insects on the ground.

Kakashi, who had just arrived at the scene, narrowed his eyes as he looked at the scene in front of him: "You're lucky. It seems that you don't need me to help you now?"

Things became a little simpler after that, because the fight between the two did not attract other Root members except for scaring passers-by. After moving Ryoma Aburame to the interrogation department, Kakashi called Yamanaka Inoichi and Yamashiro Aoba, and asked them to invade Ryoma Aburame's consciousness in order to obtain all the information in Ryoma's mind.

"Don't worry, Shino, I just want to get the information in his mind, and I won't cause any substantial damage to his brain."

Yamanaka Inichi patted his old friend on the shoulder, asking him to leave everything to him, and he didn't seem to worry at all that he might make any mistakes.

"Haiyi..." Lu Jiu laughed awkwardly.

"Don't worry, I am very confident in my skills."

"No, what I want to say is, this is Zhiwei."

"..."

The smile on Yamanaka Inoichi's face suddenly froze. He waved his hand as if he didn't hear anything, went to the interrogation room, and walked towards Aburame Ryoma who was lying on the bed. Yamashiro, who was standing beside the bed, nodded slightly to the man in front of him.

The interrogation did not last long, barely ten minutes, when two men walked out of the interrogation room and told everyone a piece of information that made them feel uneasy.

"A ninjutsu has been planted on Aburame Ryoma. We have no way of getting any information about Danzo from his mind. Every time we try to spy on Danzo's movements, this ninjutsu will force Aburame Ryoma to be unable to move. However, we have also gained something. We have found out that the members of the Root will have a big action tonight, but we have no idea what the specific action is."

Seto Chihiro raised her eyebrows.

The Seal of the Tongue can be said to be a curse seal that all Root members have except Danzo. It is used to restrict Root members from leaking information about Danzo himself. Once there is someone who wants to leak information about Danzo, the person who has the curse planted on him will trigger the seal and become unable to speak or move.

But...

Isn't this kind of curse too useless? If the other party suddenly slanders Danzo, the person who is cursed won't even be able to explain.

"Now it seems that Danzo does have a big problem..."

"Uh... can you guys tell me what happened?"

Yamanaka Inoichi was a little confused. He was called here suddenly. He was supposed to tutor his daughter in the family's secret skills at home, but before he finished tutoring, Chihiro Seto was brought here.

"I'm sorry, Haiyi, this matter concerns the safety of Konoha, I can't tell you the whole story."

Nara Shikaku rejected Yamanaka Inoichi's request without hesitation, and then used the same tone to tell the two not to spread what happened today, and then let the two leave the interrogation room.

Seeing this scene in front of you, Yamanaka Inoichi left after saying something like "remember to bring him with you if you need him" and left. You have not seen Shikaku look serious many times before, and this kind of thing happened right now, most likely it was because of the relationship with Danzo.

What he is most concerned about now is a tribesman named Shan Zhongfeng.

It is obvious what will happen to Feng when Ryoma Aburame of the Aburame clan is subjected to such a dangerous ninjutsu.

The Yamanaka clan had joined the ANBU before, but this was the first time they joined the Root. Besides, it was Danzo himself who came to ask for people, so he couldn't refuse.

Now it seems that it would have been better to refuse.

"So, are we going to arrest the man called Danzo now? I am willing to use the power of the Nine-Tails to lead the charge."

Kakashi felt inexplicably irritated: "Chihiro, don't be so extreme. The power of the Nine-Tails is still very harmful to you."

"Kakashi, there is no time to delay any longer. Danzo may have discovered that Ryoma has been captured by us."

Shikaku looked troubled, then looked at Seto Chihiro: "How much chakra do you have left in your body? If you were to face about 20 special jonin now, how confident do you think you are?"

He doesn't know the true level of the Root for the time being, but judging from today's Root members, apart from Aburame Ryoma, there are at most 20 special jonin.

[Chakra: 4260+126824 (Shadow)]

Although she didn't know how the system calculated the shadow's chakra, Seto Chihiro felt that even without using the Nine-Tails' chakra this time, she could defeat everyone in the Root except Danzo.

"If it's just a Wood Release like before, there won't be any other problems."

Kakashi's face turned green, and he hurriedly explained: "No, no, no, you don't need to release that scale of Wood Release. When the time comes, I, Shikaku, and Shiwei will target Danzo, and the rest of the people will be left to you. You just need to stop them. After we get rid of Danzo, we will come to support you."

After saying that, Kakashi seemed to want to explain why there were only four people, so he added: "The former Hokage assistant joined forces with Orochimaru to destroy Konoha. If this matter were known by other people in the village, it would cause a devastating blow to the current Konoha."

"Captain Kakashi, there should actually be five of us."

Kakashi looked at Seto Chihiro in surprise: "Five, did you just tell Yamanaka Inoichi everything?"

"No, it is very likely that Lord Jiraiya has already taken action against Danzo."

Kakashi and Shikaku widened their eyes, but Zhiwei remained calm.

"..."

In the morning, the sky was covered with dark clouds.

Less than an hour after it cleared up, the sky became overcast again. The hardworking villagers of Konoha were putting the clothes they had just hung up into the room while complaining about why the sky had become dark again.

But little did he know that it was not only the sky of Konoha that darkened, but also Jiraiya's heart.

[Konoha 48th year...Rain Country...Akatsuki organization...hindering Konoha's interests in Rain Country...]

[In the 59th year of Konoha... Hanzo of the Salamander reached an agreement with the Root... to kill the leader of the Akatsuki organization...]

[In the same year...it was confirmed that Akatsuki leader Yahiko had died...it was confirmed that Akatsuki was destroyed]

Jiraiya's hands were shaking constantly, and his eyes showed many emotions, including doubt, despair, but more importantly, why...

My own disciple died... He died at the hands of Konoha, whom I loved the most...

"No, Konan... Konan is still alive! Akatsuki... Rain Country..."

Just at this moment, the sound of a cane hitting the ground was heard outside the room. Jiraiya came back to his senses, pursed his lips, listened to the footsteps getting closer and closer, his eyes full of murderous intent.

Chapter 68 Shadow

Jiraiya? Why is he in my office?

Danzo Shimura looked at the white-haired man in front of him, his pupils shrank suddenly, his heart was instantly filled with uneasiness, and even his breathing stagnated.

"Jiraiya, trespassing into the Root leader's office is a capital offense. Didn't the monkey tell you that?!"

"Death penalty? Is this a death penalty for Konoha or the Root? You are not even the assistant of the Hokage now, what qualifications do you have to convict me!"

"I will tell you directly now whether I have convicted you or not." Shimura Danzo's questioning voice was unusually cold.

However, the lifeless look and undisguised murderous intent in the eyes of the man in front of him poured a bucket of cold water on his heart which was filled with desire. The desire in his heart gradually disappeared, and he was more concerned with the judgment of the situation in front of him.

To be honest, there was nothing noteworthy in the office, and the contents were all prepared to fool Sarutobi Hiruzen. Most of them were the achievements of the Root and the corresponding tasks completed. Except for Orochimaru himself, even his subordinate Ryoma Aburame did not know that Orochimaru had any connection with him.

Jiraiya didn't come to the Root earlier or later, but chose to sneak into the Root at this time. He must have come to investigate something thoroughly. It is very likely that he knew about the matter between him and Orochimaru.

Did Orochimaru take the initiative to reveal their secret? Why?

Danzo Shimura thought of the huge amount of funding he gave to Orochimaru every year, and also thought of how he tipped off Orochimaru every year to help him avoid Konoha's pursuit, and his heart was filled with dissatisfaction and resentment.

But he still did not take the initiative to attack Jiraiya. It was not that he was afraid of Jiraiya. Although the other party was in his prime and was known as one of the Three Ninjas, he still did not qualify.

It is very likely that Jiraiya appeared here because of the monkey's instructions.

The Golden Horn and Silver Horn will need to be released at night, so it is better to conserve chakra now to avoid affecting the battle at night.

"Jiraiya, it was Hiruzen who asked you to come here to investigate me. Although breaking into the Root is a capital crime, if it is Hiruzen's order, then your coming to investigate the Root is nothing wrong." Shimura Danzo waved his hand, signaling the two Root members beside him to put down their weapons.

At this time, the Root ninjas had already occupied the corridor. After hearing the voice of Lord Danzo, they rushed over instantly. Even though the other party was Jiraiya, one of the Three Ninjas, it did not prevent them from taking a vigilant stance.

To them, the will of Lord Danzo is the will of the Root and the will of Konoha. To be against Lord Danzo is to be against the Root and Konoha.

Konoha can do without anyone else, but it must have Lord Danzo.

"No, the old man just asked me to protect Konoha and to guide the training of the Anbu members. It's not good that I haven't been back to Konoha for many years, so I can't tell the difference between Anbu and Root."

Jiraiya shook his head and laughed. The murderous intent in his eyes had completely disappeared. If it weren't for the stiff expression on his face, he would have been no different from usual.

"So you came to the wrong place. Konoha is your hometown, and I am your elder. Even if you came to the wrong place, there is no need to give me such murderous eyes, right?"

"Hahaha, it's been years since I last saw you, so I can't recognize you. But the old man asked me to guide the Anbu members, so I won't bother you anymore. I'm leaving now."

"Walk?"

Shimura Danzo slowly picked up the cane in his hand, and when he saw Jiraiya approaching him, he sneered, "Have you really come to the wrong place, or are you planning to investigate Orochimaru?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the cane hit the ground heavily, and under Jiraiya's incredible eyes, a long knife quickly pierced his body.

Looking at Jiraiya lying on the ground, Danzo couldn't help but frown.

Easy, too easy in fact.

At this moment, Jiraiya on the ground suddenly turned into a pile of smoke. Danzo's pupils shrank suddenly, and he disappeared from the spot the next second.

"Ninja Technique. Toad Oil!"

"Fire escape. Fire bullet!"

The yellowish-brown oil turned into a river that surged out of the room and hit the root members at the door heavily. Several root members were immediately washed away, while the root members at both sides of the corridor were not affected much. However, as the flames rose, no one dared to step forward.

Danzo Shimura's face was so gloomy that water seemed to drip from it. He quickly formed seals with his hands, spit out a huge wind technique from his mouth, and rushed straight to the office of the Root leader. The fragile wall was shattered by the powerful wind technique like a hot knife through butter.

Fire splashed everywhere, and the oil stains on the ground were affected by the wind escape, igniting other rooms in between, making the dark space instantly bright.

"Jiraiya, you openly attacked Konoha's top brass. Are you planning to betray Konoha?"

In response to Danzo's questioning, the pink toad's stomach disappeared instantly, and Jiraiya appeared in the same place with an expressionless face, holding a pile of white documents in his hands.

"I think the old man is really blind to let a guy like you become a high-ranking official in Konoha."

"Where there is light, there is shadow. It is precisely because of my existence that Konoha can live so peacefully in an era without war!"