To pay off the debt, become Hokage!

Uchiha Shigeka formed seals with his hands, a puff of smoke rose, and he disappeared into the huge pit.

......

Far away in Konoha, Uchiha Shigeka's shadow clone is reporting recent work to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Suddenly, he felt something in his heart, and his true self was calling him.

——This means that the original body successfully killed Danzo Shimura!

The shadow clone was happy for the original body in his heart, but his outward expression remained unchanged, with no emotion in his eyes, and he continued to talk to Sarutobi Hiruzen.

......

Chapter 225: What do you mean?

After finishing his work report to Sarutobi Hiruzen, the shadow clone returned to the office of the Konoha Police Department.

The shadow clone closed the door, opened the drawer on the right side of the desk, and took out a scroll tied with a rope.

The shadow clone untied the ropes, then formed seals with his hands, and pressed his right hand onto the scroll.

hum-

An inexplicable wave arose, and the word "Seal" appeared on the scroll. It flashed for a moment, then spontaneously combusted without wind and dissipated into ashes.

The seal had been broken, and the shadow clone pulled open the scroll, on which were drawn tadpole-like runes that formed a circle with the word "tong" written on it.

This is the scroll that Uchiha Shigeka had prepared long ago that seals the summoning technique.

The shadow clone mobilized the chakra in the body and found the chakra output information left by the original body from the limited memory, which had the same frequency and scheduling ratio as the sealing technique.

The shadow clone adjusted the chakra in his body and then slapped it with his palm.

"Psychic art!"

boom!

A puff of smoke suddenly appeared from the office.

Uchiha Shigeka, who had regained his original elegant and handsome appearance, appeared in front of the shadow clone.

Uchiha Shigeka stroked the crow in his arms.

After defeating Danzo Shimura, he teleported to the side of the Shinobi Crow in the forest.

Now, he has returned to Konoha through the scroll of sealing summoning technique that he prepared, summoned by the shadow clone.

The shadow clone saw Uchiha Shigeka and found that he had grown a little bit bigger than before he left - that was because Uchiha Shigeka absorbed the cellular energy of a Root ninja and made up for some of the consumption, and grew from a young boy to a boy with a horn.

"Main body, what's the situation?"

The shadow clone asked a question that was useless. He looked at Uchiha Shigeka with a smile. Seeing that he looked relaxed and calm, he knew that the original body would definitely get what he wanted on this trip.

Uchiha Shigeka chuckled a few times and said, "If I fail after all the preparations, I won't be able to come back with the face I have."

The shadow clone got the expected answer and smiled even more deeply.

Uchiha Shigeka came in front of the shadow clone and placed his right palm on his chest.

Reabsorbed by cells!

All the cellular energy allocated to the shadow clone was recovered, and Uchiha Shigeka grew rapidly, visibly to the naked eye, becoming taller and bigger.

The loose clothes gradually became fitted, and the face was no longer childish, but became mature and long.

boom!

The shadow clone turned into smoke and dissipated. Uchiha Shigeka stretched his waist, feeling the muscles all over his body tense.

"call--"

Uchiha Shigeka let out a long sigh, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, his posture was straight and he looked energetic.

"Okay, time to get back to the daily grind."

Uchiha Shigeka sat in the office chair, touched the soft black feathers of the Ninja Crow on the table, and buried himself in the files.

Killing Danzo Shimura made him feel good, but it was not a secret that could be announced to others.

Uchiha Shigeka remained calm. All he had to do now was to return to his daily life, hide his emotions, and quietly wait for the day when the news of Shimura Danzo's death would be known to the Konoha high-ups.

Former Hokage assistant, leader of the Root, and best friend and comrade of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen...

The death of Danzo Shimura will inevitably cause shock among the top leaders of Konoha.

Uchiha Shigeka's mouth curled up slightly, he was looking forward to the reactions of Sarutobi Hiruzen and others.

......

The days that followed were uneventful.

Uchiha Shigeka handled his work in an orderly and leisurely manner. In his spare time, he discussed medicine with Tsunade, had picnics with Uchiha Mikoto and Uzumaki Kushina, and guided the training of Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Obito, and Nohara Rin.

Everything was so normal, so normal that even Uchiha Shigeka began to feel strange.

Uchiha Shigeka stood in front of the office window, looking at the Hokage Building in the distance through the clean glass.

Almost a month and a half had passed since he killed Danzo Shimura.

Uchiha Shigeka thought that the news of Shimura Danzo's death would come in a few days, but he didn't expect that the news of death has not appeared yet.

Uchiha Shigeka thought, could it be that Danzo Shimura hasn't yet developed the Tongue-Based Evil-Extinguishing Technique?

Even if he didn't come up with the Tongue Root Suppression Technique, he must have had other confinement spells. Once Shimura Danzo died, those confinement spells lost their effectiveness... Didn't any of the Root Ninjas notice that?

Uchiha Shigeka shook his head. He had also studied and researched the sealing techniques, and the Root Ninja's confinement spell had definitely been broken.

But why the Root Ninjas haven't made any moves yet... Uchiha Shigeka doesn't understand either.

Besides, no matter how secretive the mission Shimura Danzo is carrying out, he will always have to keep in touch with Konoha.

There has been no news for such a long time. Aren’t Sarutobi Hiruzen and others anxious?

In fact, Sarutobi Hiruzen and others are not in a hurry.

The Root is an organization independent of Konoha and controlled by Danzo Shimura. It often has its own arrangements and acts alone.

Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered the Root to pick up the undercover agent planted in Iwagakure and obtain intelligence, but how to do it depended on Shimura Danzo's own arrangements and deployments.

Sarutobi Hiruzen trusts Danzo Shimura very much, and he will not take the initiative to ask about the progress of the mission or how it is done.

Sarutobi Hiruzen would not contact Shimura Danzo for everything, so as not to expose his whereabouts.

The two have been working together for many years, so naturally they have a tacit understanding with each other - when Danzo Shimura contacted Hiruzen Sarutobi, it meant that the mission was accomplished.

This is true in most cases, with things like seeking support and supplies being exceptions.

It was only a month and a half, and Sarutobi Hiruzen thought that Danzo Shimura had not contacted him, and he probably thought that the undercover agent planted in Iwagakure had sent him some important information.

——Danzo is probably planning to do something with the information.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smoked his pipe, shook his head and chuckled.

If it was a simple undercover support, there wouldn't be any news for such a long time, which would have prevented Shimura Danzo from contacting him. It could only be that he saw some profitable information and was preparing to do something.

As for Shimura Danzo's apparent act of acting on his own without informing Sarutobi Hiruzen... he didn't think it was inappropriate.

——Danzo could really harm him? What a joke, he was a close friend from childhood, a good brother in the trench.

Danzo Shimura's will of fire is not much worse than his.

It's all for the good of Konoha, and Sarutobi Hiruzen is happy to see it happen.

dong dong.

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

At the same time, a voice came from outside the door.

"Hokage-sama, I have something important to report."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was stunned for a moment, then said, "Come in."

After the person outside the door came in, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up and saw that the person was a ninja from the Root - he was familiar with this person.

The connection between Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo requires a middleman to transmit information, and this middleman has always been a Root ninja.

Sarutobi Hiruzen smiled and said, "Did Danzo send any news? What did the undercover intelligence say?"

The Root Ninja was stunned when he heard this, and asked in surprise and uneasiness: "Hokage-sama, you don't have any news about Danzo-sama either?"

The smile on Sarutobi Hiruzen's face froze.

"Huh? What do you mean?"

......

Chapter 226: Shimura Danzo is missing

On the day that Uchiha Shigeka killed Shimura Danzo, the binding spell on the Root ninjas was simultaneously lifted.

The confinement spell that had been working fine until now was suddenly lifted, causing the Root ninjas to panic and fall into a state of panic.

The Root ninjas all knew what the disappearance of the binding spell meant, but they did not believe it - they did not believe that the lord Danzo, who was revered as a god, would die.

So they played ostrich, believing that the disappearance of the binding spell was due to an error in the spell itself, and not because of any problem with Shimura Danzo.

It took the Root Ninjas half a month just to reach this consensus.

This period was a time of great confusion, with many people experiencing a collapse of faith and committing suicide out of grief.

The people who stayed behind were determined, and disagreements arose, causing civil unrest among the Roots.

One side firmly believes that Danzo Shimura is not dead, while the other side pessimistically believes that Danzo Shimura must be dead.

Among them, there are more Root ninjas who believe that Shimura Danzo is not dead.

They were numerous and powerful, and would not allow any talk about anything happening to Lord Danzo to be heard. They took drastic action to purge those pessimistic Root Ninjas, so that they could reach a unified consensus.

Afterwards, they took some time to contact Danzo Shimura.

After finding no results, the Root Ninjas could no longer sit still and all set off, scattering to search for the whereabouts of Danzo Shimura.

Until today, they have not found Danzo Shimura, which makes the Root Ninjas feel increasingly worried, and their firm belief begins to waver.

The Root Ninjas wanted to conceal the news of Shimura Danzo's accident, but now the power of the Root Ninjas alone is not enough to find Shimura Danzo.

In desperation, the Root Ninjas went to find Sarutobi Hiruzen.

boom!

Sarutobi Hiruzen slammed his palm on the desk, making a loud noise.

"Why didn't you inform me earlier!"

Something happened to Shimura Danzo a month and a half ago, and these Root ninjas didn't tell him until now.

Sarutobi Hiruzen's veins were throbbing and his forehead was aching.

For the first time, he felt that the Root's independence was a big problem, and Sarutobi Hiruzen should not have handed over the Root to Danzo Shimura in full authority.

Especially the Root Ninjas who had been brainwashed and disciplined by Danzo Shimura.

Without Danzo Shimura's consent, they dared not tell anyone else about the Root.

There is no other choice now, so I have to break the rules and ask Sarutobi Hiruzen for help.

"...Hokage-sama, please send some men to search for the whereabouts of Danzo-sama."

Without the Root ninjas saying anything, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately began searching for Shimura Danzo.

Something happened to Danzo Shimura, and as his close friend, Hiruzen Sarutobi was more worried than anyone else.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt panic and uneasiness in his heart and looked anxious.

——Danzo, please don't let anything happen to you...

Sarutobi Hiruzen hoped that Danzo Shimura was captured by the enemy instead of reporting his death in the end.

Sarutobi Hiruzen shook his head suddenly, dispelling the pessimistic thoughts in his mind.

But there was no news from Danzo Shimura for a month and a half, and no one saw him alive or dead... Sarutobi Hiruzen took a deep breath and gave the order with forced calmness.

......

"Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi Hiruzen was absent-mindedly thinking about something and did not respond to Uchiha Shigeka's voice.