From Demon Slayer: Thunder Swordsman

Although Sarutobi Hiruzen was a little senile and greedy for power, his crime did not deserve the death penalty after all.

It is naturally impossible for Hatake Tachibana to really kill him, but for a person like Sarutobi Hiruzen, if he is not turned into an ordinary person, it will be difficult for his desire for control over power to completely disappear, right?

In this case, Hatake Tachibana simply helped him become a completely old man, unable to use chakra.

The specific steps were that Hatake Tachibana used the method of Conqueror's Haki impact, and with his own huge spiritual body, he actively burst out a mental shock wave to disperse the Yintun Chakra in Sarutobi Hiruzen's body, which exceeded the limit of ordinary people.

It completely transformed him into an ordinary old Deng, who was healthy but had no extra mental energy to synthesize chakra.

However, this crude method of using one's own mental power had a great impact on Tachibana's own spirit body. Especially when dealing with a figure like Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tachibana now felt a deep sense of fatigue that he had not felt for a long time.

It was not until the early hours of the morning that Hatake Tachibana, walking in the air, returned home and fell into a deep sleep.

...

At noon on the second day, around nine in the morning, outside the room of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen in the capital of the Land of Fire.

Three elite jonin-level Hokage guards from Konoha Village had gathered outside Sarutobi Hiruzen's room.

Listening to Sarutobi Hiruzen's gentle breathing in the room, Guard A from the Sarutobi clan looked at Guard B from the Aburame clan who was on night duty last night and asked:

"Shirong, why hasn't the Hokage gotten up yet today? When did the Hokage go to bed last night?"

Before Guard B from the Aburame clan could reply, Guard C from the Nara clan took the initiative to reply:

"It was probably around midnight when I saw the lights in the room go out."

Hearing this, the guard from the Sarutobi clan sighed softly, and then said softly:

"The Third Hokage... is really overworked! He must have been busy too late last night and must be tired today. Let's be quiet and let the Hokage have a good rest."

...

This time, Sarutobi Hiruzen slept for a long time, but he didn't feel comfortable at all...

He just felt pain in his waist and back and his whole body felt heavy, as if there was a huge rock pressing down on him, making it hard for him to breathe.

It was not until almost noon that the three members of the Hokage guard team - A, B and C - finally came to their senses and felt that something was a little wrong.

Finally, they broke into the room on their own initiative and discovered the Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, who was sleeping on the desk with a frown on his face!

...

"Third-sama! Wake up!"

Seeing the Third Hokage who was in a coma and couldn't be woken up, the three members of the escort team were as anxious as ants on a hot pot...

However, the Hokage fell into a coma for no reason, and this kind of thing cannot be made public casually. What if the news leaked out and was known by other ninja villages...

Fortunately, before the three of them could come up with a solution, Sarutobi Hiruzen woke up on his own.

Feeling the chakra gradually dissipating inside his body, Sarutobi Hiruzen could only smile bitterly, his face looking gloomy.

"Hokage, what's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? Should we go back to the village first?" The guard from the Sarutobi clan asked softly.

Sarutobi Hiruzen closed his eyes and nodded without saying a word.

Upon seeing this, the three members of the escort team just looked at each other, and without saying goodbye to the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, they quickly left the place with Sarutobi Hiruzen and rushed back towards the direction of Konoha Village.

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However, at this moment, Hatake Tachibana had a refreshing sleep!

After washing up, Hatake Tachibana also took time to have lunch.

Immediately afterwards, he flew up!

Heading towards the southeast of Konoha Village, towards the edge of the village.

Only when they came to a deserted and dense forest did Hatake Tachibana stop.

And underground here is the base of the root!

At the same time, this is also where Danzo Shimura is at this time.

..

He kicked the big tree in front of him and broke it. Looking at the dark and deep tree hole in front of him, Hatake Tachibana didn't hesitate for a second and jumped in.

"Who is it!" The Root Ninja guarding the entrance of the base asked in a stern voice, while stabbing Hatake Tachibana with the kunai in his hand without mercy!

Lord Danzo has already made a rule that anyone entering the Root base must shout out the secret signal in advance!

Moreover, the code changes every day. Those who do not actively shout out the code are naturally invaders. The Root Ninjas will never show mercy to their enemies. Even if they are their own people, if they do not follow the rules, they deserve to die.

That's the style of the Root Ninja.

Hatake Tachibana ignored him and slapped him with a wave of his hand...

Just listen to a loud "boom"!

This Root guard ninja had been beaten into a puddle of mud by Hatake Tachibana, and was firmly stuck to the mud wall of the secret passage.

Chapter 46 Death of Danzo

In the lobby at the entrance to the underground first floor of the Konoha Village's root base.

At this time, more than ten masked Root ninjas had gathered.

...

Tachibana Hatake did not rush to take action. He just let his hands hang naturally on his thighs and calmly looked at the group of Root ninjas in front of him. However, the Infinite Perception System was firmly locked on Danzo Shimura who was still on the sixth underground floor.

As the number of Root ninjas reached twenty-four, a Root ninja wearing a fox mask took the initiative to step forward in front of Hatake Tachibana.

He asked in confusion: "Hatake Tachibana Jonin, why did you trespass into my Root base? As the captain of the Anbu, don't you know that our Root is a secret organization established in the village by Shimura Danzo with the permission of the Third Hokage?"

"And... you even killed one of our members! I don't know what your intentions are!"

Hatake Tachibana ignored him and just looked at the twenty or so Root ninjas in front of him who were on guard. The lightning in his pupils suddenly burst out!

In just a blink of an eye, Tachibana Hatake controlled this group of Root ninjas through illusion. The flow of chakra in their brain nerves kept them in place.

Then he calmly gave the order to the twenty or so people:

"From today on, there is no need for roots in the village. Go and call everyone here out. In ten minutes, I will flatten this place."

"Okay, Lord Tachibana." The twenty or so Root ninjas all answered Hatake Tachibana with empty eyes.

As these Root ninjas took action, Hatake Tachibana disappeared in the blink of an eye.

...

Underground level 6 of the Root Base, inside Danzo's private chamber.

At this time, Danzo Shimura was holding an unnamed scroll and reading it carefully. This scroll was exactly a copy of the "Book of Seals" left by his teacher, the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju!

Why did a photocopy of Konoha Village’s top-secret document, “The Book of Seals”, appear?

This was naturally copied secretly by Danzo Shimura by taking advantage of his position.

At this time, Shimura Danzo was also overwhelmed by the mysterious "Book of Sealed" in his hand...

It’s so damn complicated!!

The same thing happened to his long-dead teacher. Couldn't he have developed a few more forbidden techniques with less troublesome learning conditions? ?

Looking at the thick "Book of Seals" in his hand, Danzo could only smile bitterly.

Although there are many forbidden techniques, the sad thing is that he can only learn a few...

But at this moment, in this mysterious room where Shimura Danzo was supposed to be alone, another voice was heard:

"Danzo, this is difficult, right? How about showing me..."

As the words fell, Tachibana Hatake suddenly appeared beside Danzo Shimura and snatched the copy of the Book of Seals from his hand.

Danzo Shimura was caught off guard and could only stare blankly at the white-haired, blue-eyed young man standing beside him. Then Danzo Shimura reacted quickly and widened the distance between the two of them. He clasped his hands in front of his chest, ready to release ninjutsu at any time.

"You...you are Hatake Tachibana! Why are you here?" Shimura Danzo's heart sank, and he already had some bad guesses in his mind. He asked while guarding against Hatake Tachibana's sudden attack.

Hatake Tachibana calmly put the "copy" of the Sealed Book in his hand into his arms, and then he spoke:

"Well, old man, thank you very much. Before leaving, you gave me a copy of the "Secret Manual of Kung Fu". As for why I am here, do you still not understand?"

Hearing this unique name, Shimura Danzo immediately became angry. For so many years? Ever since he, Shimura Danzo, held a high position in Konoha Village, no ninja had dared to speak to him like this!

Shimura Danzo was furious, pointing at Hatake Tachibana and yelling:

"Hatake Tachibana! Do you still have respect for superiors and subordinates?! I am the advisor to the Hokage of Konoha! I am also the highest commander of the Root! Who are you? How dare you speak to me like that? You uneducated thing! Give me back the scroll in your arms!"

Hatake Tachibana just shook his head. People like Danzo still didn't understand!

Are you still thinking about using your so-called power to oppress him?

Well, but after thinking about it, Hatake Tachibana felt that this couldn’t be blamed on Danzo... After all, no one knew the true strength of this old man.

And he is not his good big brother - Hatake Sakumo, who has been completely brainwashed by the Will of Fire and will compromise and sacrifice for the stability of the village... selflessly devoting himself and so on.

Even though he has unmatched strength in the village, he is still being ordered around at will by these old men in the village.

...

Too lazy to argue with Danzo anymore, Tachibana Hatake disappeared from the spot in a flash!

In the blink of an eye, it appeared before Danzo's eyes.

There was no need to use Haki against Danzo. At this time, Tachibana Hatake, who still maintained his sage body, only controlled the sage chakra inside his body and wrapped his fist.

Immediately afterwards, an iron fist emitting a faint glow drew a graceful arc in Shimura Danzo's pupils like a meteor, and smashed hard into the old man's forehead!

"Four Symbols Sealing Technique!!"

However, at the critical moment, Danzo Shimura, a veteran strongman of Konoha Village, who had been prepared, also responded by activating the sealing technique that had been arranged in advance in his body - the "Four Symbols Sealing Technique"!

This jutsu is one of the few forbidden jutsu that Shimura Danzo can learn from the Book of Seals, and it is not too complicated. Well... because this jutsu was not created by the Second Hokage, Senju Tobirama, but was passed down in Konoha Village by the First Hokage's wife, Uzumaki Mito.

As for why the "Four Symbols Sealing Technique" was included in the Book of Sealing and considered a forbidden technique, Hatake Tachibana felt that it might be because it consumes a lot of chakra!

Anyway, with only one card's worth of chakra, it's impossible to use this technique.

In the anime, the Nine-Tails' chakra in Naruto's body was sealed by this technique. Even the Nine-Tails' chakra can be sealed, so you can imagine how powerful this technique is!

Danzo, on the other hand, used a clever trick and placed the Four Symbols Sealing Technique inside his body in advance so that it could be activated instantly at any time, thus eliminating the tedious skill reading time.

However, if Danzo wants to use such a trick, he has to frequently replenish the body's chakra with a large amount of chakra.

And precisely because of this tricky method, the Four Symbols Sealing Technique in Danzo's body was reversely developed into a method of using it that would allow him to perish together with the enemy - "Inner Four Symbols Sealing Technique!".

After activating the Four Symbols Sealing Technique, Danzo's body will absorb any objects within hundreds of meters around it into his body.

Of course, the cost of using this technique is equally huge, and that is - death!

In the anime, Danzo died from the Four Symbols Sealing Technique!

However, facing this Four Symbols Sealing Technique that was enough to seal the Nine-Tails' Chakra, there was no change in Hatake Tachibana's eyes, and his iron fist still smashed forward with great determination...

The pitch-black Bagua Seal appeared out of thin air, and attempted to block Hatake Tachibana's movements. However, as his fist came into contact with the Bagua Seal, a crisp "click..." sound was heard the next second!

The Four Symbols Sealing Technique, which was powerful enough to seal the Nine-Tails' chakra, was evaporated into nothingness again with a single punch from Hatake Tachibana's iron fists, which were emitting a faint glow.

Immediately afterwards, the pair of iron fists hit Shimura Danzo's head with all the force left.

"Bang..." The watermelon exploded and the dust fell to the ground.

The first generation Nabekage, the giant of Konoha Village - Danzo Shimura, died so plainly under the punch of Hatake Tachibana.

"Art fire escape ho fireball."

Controlling the fairy energy chakra in his body, Hatake Tachibana gently spurted out a very hot fireball from his mouth. The moment the fireball came into contact with Shimura Danzo's body, it turned his body into a human-shaped black dust.

After Danzo's death, the remaining Root ninjas caused some trouble, but they could not cause any trouble for Hatake Tachibana.

It only took a few minutes for Hatake Tachibana to clear out the root base here.

Immediately after all the surviving Root ninjas returned to the ground, Hatake Tachibana did what he said and controlled the strength of his punch, blasting the Root base into a big hole.

The previous root base had been completely pressed hundreds of meters below the ground by layers of thick soil, but that was not the end.

Looking at the deep pit in front of him, Hatake Tachibana rarely made a ninja hand seal.

"Earth Escape·Earth Flow Wall."

As the reading of the earth escape skill was completed, the deep pit in front of Hatake Tachibana was completely filled with the soil and stones he summoned.

After destroying the Root base, Hatake Tachibana took nearly a hundred Root ninjas who were controlled by his illusion and went to the Anbu base. He handed all these people over to his eldest brother, Hatake Sakumo for disposal.

Many of these Root Ninjas did not join voluntarily. Most of them were recruited into the Root by Danzo under various names without knowing their background. Then they were baptized with the "Seal of the Tongue to Eradicate Trouble" and brainwashing package.