He was in Konoha, and his domineering aura was overflowing.

Red bean rice cake, strawberry daifuku, dorayaki, three-color takoyaki...

The various desserts piled up into small mountains were disappearing at a rapid pace.

It was swallowed into my stomach with pleasure by the fifty strings.

Sugar makes people happy.

Hinata Mizuki held a small bowl of red bean rice cake soup and sipped it slowly.

"Hmph, life in Konoha is so comfortable." A sarcastic voice came from behind.

Without turning his head, Wuxian replied in a flat voice, "Isn't life in Yanyin Village comfortable? Don't you want a comfortable life? Oh, I forgot you haven't beaten the legendary doubles king."

Old Zi choked, then sat down at the table next to him with a groan.

Hinata Mizuki looked warily at the strange, unfriendly old man who had suddenly appeared.

And that headband, is it from Iwagakure Village?!

How come the ninjas from Iwagakure are in Konoha? Are they enemies of Isogen-kun?!

The little girl reached into her small handbag at her waist and pinched ten explosive tags inside.

As Wu Shixian once taught: When in doubt, use overwhelming force.

It was also mentioned that ninjas are all fragile, and if they encounter someone who can't be killed even with overwhelming firepower, they simply surrender. Such characters are unlikely to kill weaklings who give up resistance.

With a sweep of his senses, Fifty Strings 'saw' the dark forces that were secretly surrounding Old Purple.

No one would feel comfortable letting a Jinchuriki, a dangerous individual, run amok, especially since the Jinchuriki of the other four ninja villages besides Konoha have all gone berserk.

Igarashi could also guess why the Konoha leadership allowed Rōshi to roam freely in Konoha instead of imprisoning him.

It's almost impossible to pry information out of a ninja of Roshi's level, and obtaining it from their brain using secret techniques is too difficult and could easily lead to their death.

The special feature of Jinchuriki is the Tailed Beast. After the Jinchuriki dies, the Tailed Beast automatically enters the resurrection process and randomly spawns in the wild.

Konoha has no chance of taking down the Four-Tails.

The already powerful Konoha, possessing the strongest tailed beast—the Nine-Tails—and then acquiring the Four-Tails, instantly became the strongest era since Hashirama Senju's death.

No ninja village would sit idly by, and it's unlikely that another full-scale war will break out. It's quite possible that the four ninja villages will join forces to punish Konoha.

Whether to use Old Purple to extort a huge sum of money from Iwagakure or face the encirclement of the four great ninja villages, this question is not difficult for Naruto.

Old Purple was quite annoyed by the unfriendly stares from the Konoha people coming and going inside and outside the shop.

"If it weren't for your strange ninjutsu, how could I possibly be here?"

"Feeling frustrated? That's good." Isogen chuckled, without even glancing sideways.

"How could someone as unsuccessful in life as you understand this feeling? Well, I overestimated you."

"So, Mr. Jinchuriki, who is discriminated against in his own village, has he come up with an excuse to make amends?"

Old Zi's face darkened.

As the saying goes: there is no harm without comparison.

As an important fighting force in Iwagakure, what was his life like in Iwagakure since childhood?

Discrimination, contempt, insults, and occasionally someone will give you a date.

In contrast, consider the 'same kind' of Konoha.

discriminate?

The moment the idea crossed my mind, it was violently suppressed by the Uchiha Police Department. The Anbu? Just keeping watch.

It is only at this time that the police department and the secret service will unite.

"So you Jinchūriki are really boring. You're clearly being manipulated, yet you keep working your lives for others, calling it fame and power. Haha."

"Purely despicable!"

"You brat!" Old Zi's eyes blazed with fury, and he gritted his teeth. "Don't go too far!"

Looking at him like this, Wu Shixian sneered: "You look much better to those who were targeting you back then."

Knowing that Old Purple, who was being watched by the Anbu, took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "Ninjas are people who endure. What happened in the past is just a passing cloud."

“Tsk tsk tsk, I’m sure the one who suffered discrimination as a child didn’t think this way.” Isogen shook his head and sighed softly, seemingly feeling sorry for the child who had been bullied since childhood.

"If that child saw his future self protecting the people who bullied him, he would probably cry."

Click.

The bamboo skewer in Lao Zi's hand broke, and his face turned ashen, as if the sky had darkened.

Not far away, several members of the secret service exchanged glances, all feeling a pang of unease.

"Has he always been like this?" asked one of the ANBU members who was unfamiliar with Isogen.

"More than that, he is 20% responsible for the state of Konoha as it is now."

"Jinchūriki." A ninja couldn't help but say, looking at the usually silent Rōshi, "I've heard that the jinchūriki of other ninja villages grew up in terrible environments."

"That's not normal. Other ninja villages don't have sealing techniques as powerful as Konoha's. Tailed beasts will go berserk, and this situation will definitely occur over time."

When Konoha is mentioned, everyone seems to share a sense of honor and shame.

Compared to other ninja villages, Konoha is far more advanced.

Let's not worry about whether it will happen in the future, because it doesn't happen now.

Lao Zi was in a state of dejection at this time.

A ninja is a person who endures.

But ninjas are human too!

As I grew up, the meaning behind all the events I experienced in my childhood became clear.

They just treat people like dogs and train them, and then they're taught not to resent the villagers because the villagers are innocent.

Am I not innocent?!

Am I innocent?

Was it my choice that I was chosen as a Jinchūriki since I was a child?

How many Jinchūriki become Jinchūriki voluntarily?

Do you really think everyone is like Mito Uzumaki, the first Jinchuriki of the Tailed Beasts in Konoha, the God of Shinobi, who can suppress the Nine-Tails on his own?

In his excitement, there were faint signs of chakra flowing through his body, but it was suppressed by the sealing technique of the Konoha Barrier Team before it could officially begin.

Isogen remained calm.

In later generations, Rōshi died at around fifty years old, while it took him forty years to fully master the power of the tailed beasts.

No one would believe that Old Purple was a dog from the neighboring Inuzuka family who voluntarily became a Jinchūriki.

As I always say: To practice the will of a hegemon requires a flexible mind; not everyone is suited to being slapped directly... that would certainly feel great.

Old Purple is in his prime, and with his fiery temper and recent conflict with Onoki, this is the perfect time to add fuel to the fire.

If ordinary words can't stir your nerves, what about you, the one who was bullied since childhood?

As for whether doing this is too unethical...

Morality? What bullshit morality? It was lost 20,000 years ago.

In this world, only the will of the overlord reigns supreme over everything!

【Today you have once again demonstrated the will of a hegemon, unleashing ultimate power!】

Congratulations on obtaining...

At the entrance, Danzo, who looked like an ordinary, eyeless, greasy old man, walked into the shop.

First, he glanced at where the 50th string was, and then looked at Old Purple.

He was slightly taken aback.

The actual situation was somewhat different from what he had imagined.

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Chapter 63 Danzo: Hiruzen ~

In his imagination, the hot-tempered Four-Tails Jinchuriki would face off against Isogen Yoka, who led to his capture, and a fierce and intense battle was bound to break out between them.

But what appeared before him was the carefree Yuka Goku, as if the dejected Four-Tails Jinchuriki was covered by dark clouds.

According to information, the Four-Tails Jinchuriki is a hot-tempered person, and when faced with the choice between temporarily encountering an accident and trusting the information from Root, he chose the latter.

"The Four-Tails Jinchuriki is such a fragile person, huh." Danzo probed.

Lao Zi only glanced at him and then ignored him.

Although he had never met Danzo, anyone who reached a certain level would know about the infamous Dark Lord of the Ninja World.

There's no point in talking to these stinking rats hiding in the gutter.

Unaware that he was being watched from the shadows, Danzo calmly sat down opposite Isogen and Hyuga Mizuki.

Isogen wrapped his right arm around Hinata Mizuki's neck, covering her eyes.

"Don't look, there's something ugly."

Hinata Mizuki nodded obediently.

Danzo snorted inwardly, realizing that he and this brat were indeed incompatible.

But that's alright. Let's try to get him to join the roots on his own. If that happens, even Mito-sama won't have much to say.

The moment the idea popped into his head, Isogen stretched out his left hand with a look of disgust.

"No way, don't even think about working with me."

"...I've come to talk to you about something." Danzo's face darkened, and he suppressed his desire to recruit Isogen, instead turning the conversation to Rōshi.

"You've fought against Jinchuriki, so you should know how powerful these terrifying beings are."

"I don't feel anything."

If Ichigo truly felt that way, then even if it were Roshi, who had already achieved perfect coordination with the Four-Tails, he wouldn't have seen through it. As for him now...

In numerical terms, having a Yin-Yang attribute of over 100 is considered a preliminary step into the Kage level, but just over 100 is Kage level, and 999 is also 100.

The current Old Purple is still quite 'immature' in many ways, except for his appearance. He truly reached the Kage level thanks to the power of the Tailed Beasts.

Even Danzo, with his shrewdness, was quite dissatisfied with being interrupted time and time again.

I am the Dark One of the Ninja World!

The peace and tranquility of Konoha, a vast land of the Land of Fire, rests on my shoulders!

After a two-second silence, he revealed his true intentions and spoke directly: "The explosion technique you developed can greatly enhance the combat power of ninjas, which is a great benefit to the village. If you have the village in your heart, then contribute it, and the village will give you a satisfactory reward."

Wow.

Fifty strings were greatly surprised.

So you really know how to give things away.

Oh, no, it's the village that gives it to him; this old man still wants to get something for free.

However, the treatment he offered was probably his biggest act of self-reproach.

After all, for an ordinary person to be approached by Danzo demanding contributions from Konoha, it would be a waste not to be exploited and completely drained of their resources.

As for why he was treated preferentially, it was naturally due to the prestige of a powerful noblewoman behind him.

Therefore, the answer from the fifty strings is...

“Daga, Koutouwalu.”

Danzo's gaze darkened: "Contributing to the village can lay a solid foundation for becoming Hokage in the future, and this is for the sake of Konoha!"

He emphasized the last two words.