I rely on myself

Chapter 132 Uchiha Clan

"This is roughly the detailed process of the mission."

After listening to the mission report of Anbu Captain Hideki, even the Third Hokage couldn't help but feel troubled by this.

From Yin's report, it can be basically confirmed that Lin Yuan's strength has firmly reached the Kage level, and he is a Kage-level powerhouse with all-round attack, defense, and speed.

It would certainly be a good thing if Lin Yuan was a ninja loyal to the village. After all, he might not be the strongest, but he was destined to be the most difficult ninja. He did not have any obvious weaknesses. The only way to defeat him was to use a more powerful force to break through head-on.

But the problem is that the other party is not necessarily a ninja loyal to Konoha. Although he is born a civilian and has no inheritance, he possesses such powerful strength and is very low-key. At the same time, his interpersonal relationships in the village are very weak.

If possible, Sarutobi Hiruzen would certainly like to believe what Lin Yuan said, "I just don't want to think about it", because if this is true, it means that Konoha has a new Kage-level strongman, and he is the kind who is not greedy for power.

But as the Hokage in charge of Konoha, Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly could not believe that this was the reason why the other party was hiding himself, and he suspected more that the other party was planning some conspiracy.

After thinking for a long time, Sarutobi Hiruzen still couldn't figure it out, so he put the matter aside and said to the ANBU captain Yin: "Okay, Yin, your report is very good, you can leave first."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

After responding, Yin disappeared without a trace with a "swoosh". Only the Third Hokage and the intelligence officer, Yakushi Nono, were left in the office.

At this moment, a figure pushed the door open without knocking. It was Danzo Shimura, one of Konoha's consultants. Seeing the other party's appearance, neither Sarutobi Hiruzen nor Yakushi Nono showed any surprise.

After walking in, Danzo said directly: "It seems that I have arrived at the right time. Then without further ado, Yakushi, please tell me the information you have collected about the Hidden Mist Village."

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

After responding, Nono then told the information he had collected and explained everything that had happened in the Hidden Mist Village during this period. He emphasized that the Hidden Mist Village implemented a cruel rule and persecuted ninjas with bloodline limits.

Many ninja clans have been wiped out by the Hidden Mist Village, including big clans such as Mizunotsuki and Kaguya. As a result, many ninjas in the Hidden Mist Village planned to rebel, and the Hidden Mist Village adopted a policy of seclusion, and its contact with the outside world weakened.

Soon Nono finished telling the intelligence he had collected about the Hidden Mist Village. Danzo nodded and said directly, "That's enough, Pharmacist, you can leave now."

"Yes, Lord Danzo."

Hearing this, Nono left immediately. Sarutobi Hiruzen looked at Nono leaving and couldn't help but sighed: "He is an excellent intelligence officer. Danzo, what's his name?"

"Hmph, all ninjas belonging to the Root have given up their names. His code name is Yakushi."

"I see. What a pity."

"Let's not talk about that anymore. Now that we have obtained the information about the Hidden Mist Village, what do you think we should do with it?" Danzo changed the subject. As a partner and rival for so many years, how could he not know the intention of Sarutobi Hiruzen's question just now? Wasn't it because he saw Nono's outstanding ability in gathering intelligence and wanted to recruit him under his command? That was why Danzo raised other questions here.

"But Nono has too much information, and as a ninja, I can't give up my kindness. Even if I have the orphanage as leverage, it's not safe in my hands. It seems like it's time to take some measures."

Thinking of this, a hint of ferocity flashed across Danzo's only exposed eye. Of course, this scene was not noticed by anyone.

After hearing Danzo's question, Sarutobi Hiruzen fell into deep thought. After a while, he spoke up: "Is there still no way to stop it?"

"How long are you going to hesitate? The evil Uchiha clan can no longer be dragged on. For the sake of Konoha, we should destroy them as soon as possible."

Seeing Sarutobi Hiruzen's hesitation, Danzo's heart was filled with anger, and he couldn't help but shout, "Have you forgotten what the teacher said? The Uchiha are an evil clan, and we must never take them lightly. I suggested taking action against them several times before, but you stopped me. As a result, they are ready to rebel now, and you are still hesitating."

Listening to Danzo's words, although Sarutobi Hiruzen was very displeased, he also understood that what the other party was talking about was exactly the current situation of the Uchiha clan. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but think of someone.

"If only Shisui were still here."

Hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's sigh, Danzo couldn't help but touch his bandaged right eye. That was the Mangekyō Sharingan that he had taken from Shisui from Sarutobi Hiruzen's mouth.

Uchiha Shisui, a genius ninja of Konoha with the title of 'Flash-body Shisui', was from the Uchiha clan, but he was one of the few who was not bound by narrow-minded indigeneity.

He has a strong will of fire and is willing to devote everything to Konoha. He is also one of the few people who can gain the trust of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

At the same time, he opened the Mangekyō Sharingan at a young age and possessed his own eye technique called 'Kotoamatsukami'.

Its effect is to manipulate others at will without their knowledge, and to permanently and completely change a person's thoughts and will. Its power is so great that it requires a cooldown period of more than ten years each time it is used, but even so it is enough to be called the 'strongest illusion'.

It was precisely because of the power of this eye technique that brought disaster to Uchiha Shisui. After Danzo knew about Shisui's eye technique, he did not trust the Uchiha mentality and at the same time became greedy for "Kotoamatsukami", which led him to attack Shisui and finally took one of Shisui's right eyes.

"So what do you want to say now? Shisui died two years ago." Danzo put down his right hand as if nothing had happened.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked up at Danzo and said, "So Shisui's death may have something to do with you. I remember that on the day Shisui died, the Root seemed to have some action."

"Nonsense, I only mobilized the Root to take action that day in order to prevent any mishaps from happening to the Uchiha clan."

Although he did attack Shisui, Danzo was confident enough that he would not be discovered, because the people who followed him at the time were all subordinates he trusted. Not only were they all loyal, but each of them also had a curse mark placed on them by him, so they would never leak any information.

Therefore, when Danzo refuted, he did not show any guilt. Seeing this, even though Sarutobi Hiruzen had some doubts in his heart, he could not say anything further, after all, he did not have any evidence in his hands.

(End of this chapter)