I rely on myself

Chapter 137: The Great Plan of Extermination

In the Hokage Building, Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Hokage, is still handling government affairs in his office. At this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen is worried while handling the work at hand.

Ever since he and Danzo had a disagreement a few days ago about how to deal with the Uchiha clan, the two parted ways unhappily. Danzo started to act alone. He had a bad feeling, but there was no good solution.

Firstly, the Root is nominally the training base for the Anbu, but in reality it is a department directly under Danzo personally. Even if he gave orders as the Hokage, the other party would not accept them.

Secondly, as the village's advisor, even Danzo cannot stop the other party's actions as long as the other party does not make any serious mistakes. After all, as the hidden blade of Konoha, the Root often needs to do some shady actions, so it is basically assumed that they have special rights of action.

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt uneasy in his heart, and at the same time he had no good idea of ​​how to deal with the problem of the Uchiha clan.

"I hope nothing happens. Konoha can't stand any turmoil now."

Contrary to expectations, just as Sarutobi Hiruzen was sighing, a faint explosion was heard. Although it was very faint, as the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen certainly missed the sound. He immediately turned his head and looked out the window, only to see a cloud of smoke rising in the suburbs of Konoha. At the same time, as if the first explosion was a signal, there were subsequent explosions one after another, and smoke continued to rise in many places.

Sarutobi Hiruzen, who saw this scene, widened his eyes and said, "That direction is the Uchiha clan. Are those movements a battle? Could it be that Danzo did something?"

Thinking of this, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not hesitate and immediately shouted, "Someone come!"

Suddenly, several ANBU members appeared in the Hokage's office, which was originally occupied by only Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Seeing the appearance of the Anbu, Sarutobi Hiruzen was not surprised at all, and immediately ordered: "Immediately notify all the Anbu teams on duty to gather and follow me to the Uchiha clan's residence. At the same time, arrange for personnel to evacuate the people around the Uchiha clan for refuge, quickly!"

After hearing Sarutobi Hiruzen's order, several Anbu members responded and immediately began to act.

Looking at the ANBU members who left, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked towards the direction of the Uchiha clan again, and couldn't help but whispered: "I hope it won't be too late. What do you want, Danzo?"

At this time in the Uchiha base, battles were taking place everywhere. Needless to say, one of the parties was the Uchiha clan, and the other was the members of the Konoha Root.

Originally according to the agreement with Uchiha Itachi, the members of the Root were only responsible for monitoring the situation from the outside and maintaining the barrier to prevent the situation inside the Uchiha base from leaking out.

But for some reason, the plan that was originally going smoothly suddenly turned wrong. First, Uchiha Itachi was discovered and started fighting with the enemy. Then, as if as a signal, many people from the originally quiet Uchiha clan suddenly appeared and attacked the barrier as if they had been prepared. Because it was too sudden, the seal was broken at the moment when the Root could not react, causing the movement of the Uchiha base to be transmitted to the outside.

In order to prevent anyone from the Uchiha clan from escaping, the Root had to go up to fight. However, they found that those Uchiha members who suddenly appeared were all well prepared, and the battle became stalemate for a while.

"what is going on?"

In a forest where one can see the whole view of the Uchiha settlement, the Root leader Shimura Danzo is now very confused. The plan was going very smoothly before, and Uchiha Itachi also quietly assassinated many Uchiha clan members. But suddenly the situation reversed, not only was Uchiha Itachi discovered and entangled, but the barrier originally used to cover up the movement was also broken, and many people from the Uchiha clan suddenly appeared to flee, forcing the Root members to go forward and fight.

The battle was now getting louder and louder, and had affected the surrounding areas, and although no one had arrived yet, Danzo could already imagine that the Third Hokage and the Anbu were on their way.

In response to Danzo's doubts, the Root member standing behind him answered: "Although the details have not been investigated clearly, it is believed that someone in the Uchiha clan knew about our plan tonight in advance, so they arranged people in advance to launch a counterattack. This is why we were caught off guard and the barrier that was originally used to cover up the situation was broken, causing the matter to get out of hand now."

Listening to his subordinates' reports, Danzo couldn't help but fall into deep thought. Hearing that the plan had been leaked, the first person Danzo thought of was Uchiha Itachi, but he quickly rejected it because he was very familiar with Itachi's situation, so he understood that the other party would not be the one who leaked it.

After all, the other party has already agreed to be the executor of the Uchiha clan extermination plan and has already taken action. How could it be considered as leaking the information to the Uchiha clan? Isn't that a contradiction?
What's more, the relative he cares about most, his younger brother Uchiha Sasuke, is still on Konoha's side. If Uchiha Itachi betrays him, he can attack him at any time, so it definitely cannot be him.

So the question is, who leaked the information to the Uchiha clan? Danzo racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

At this time, the subordinate behind him suddenly said: "Master Danzo, now that the plan has been leaked, what should we do next?"

After hearing his subordinates' questions, Danzo put aside his doubts, thought about it, and quickly made a decision.

"Since it has been exposed now, there is no need to keep it hidden. Order all members of the Root to start hunting down members of the Uchiha clan. No one should be spared. Oh, and the Sharingan must be recovered. This power can only be mastered by me."

"Yes!"

After listening to the instructions of their leader, the root members left and began to pass on the orders.

Looking at the Uchiha bases where fighting sounds were seen in many places, Danzo Shimura muttered to himself in a gloomy tone.

"Teacher is right, the Uchiha is an evil clan, so they must be eliminated. This is the best thing for Konoha!"

As Danzo's order was issued, the members of the Root no longer just passively fought back, but began to take the initiative to attack and massacre members of the Uchiha clan.

The Uchiha clan, which was already at a disadvantage, was now even worse off. A large number of its members were slaughtered, regardless of gender, age or status, all died at the hands of the Root.

Moreover, anyone who had opened the Sharingan had their eyes removed. Looking at the bodies of many clansmen who had fallen down with empty eyes, the Uchiha clansmen who were still resisting were of course extremely angry, and fought harder to kill the enemies, but it was just a drop in the bucket for the current battle situation and was of no help at all.

(End of this chapter)