Naruto: Help Madara rejuvenate and launch a counterattack on Konoha

As Danzo was thinking this, a silver-haired child wearing round black-rimmed glasses, a light green short-sleeved shirt, and silver hair suddenly rushed in and knelt down before Danzo.

"Lord Danzo, please don't harm the people in our orphanage. I'll be your test subject."

The Root ninjas around Danzo quickly grabbed the silver-haired child, preparing to drag him away and dispose of him.

Suddenly, a pale green chakra light emanated from the silver-haired child's hand.

Danzo was somewhat surprised and called out to the Root members, "Wait, let him go!"

"yes!"

Danzo asked the young child, who could already perform medical ninjutsu, "What's your name?"

"My name is Kabuto, Yakushi Kabuto!"

That year, Kabuto, a war orphan from Kikyo Mountain, was rescued from the battlefield by Nono and adopted as her son, who gave him the surname "Yakushi".

Nonou taught Kabuto medical ninjutsu. Kabuto was very talented and learned medical ninjutsu at a young age.

Kabuto follows Nonou to treat ninjas on the battlefield in order to obtain funding for the orphanage.

But the two of them couldn't support so many people on their own, so Nono returned to Root to work for Danzo again in exchange for funding to run the orphanage.

Later, Madara Uchiha was resurrected, and the situation in the ninja world changed drastically. Various doomsday theories and theories of national subjugation spread, and the prices of goods in the towns surrounding the orphanage skyrocketed.

Dou and the children in the orphanage couldn't afford to eat, so they had to beg every day.

Because the Land of Rain was completely sealed off, Danzo's Root organization could not find any test subjects, so he turned his attention to the wild humans around Konoha.

The people from the Root Group lied to the children at the Nonou Orphanage, saying that if they went there, they could eat their fill and even go to school.

When Dou and the others heard that they could eat and drink for free and even earn extra credits, they came along.

They were indeed well-fed, and Root would take one of them away each day, saying they would teach them ninjutsu and train them to become Konoha ninjas.

The children in the orphanage all wanted to go, because ninjas were the mainstream in this world.

Becoming a ninja means you won't be bullied and you can even achieve upward social mobility.

But Kabuto keenly noticed that the children who went there never came back. After an investigation, he discovered that the children in the orphanage had been used as victims of Root's human experiments.

To protect his companions, Kabuto stepped forward and became the test subject for Root's human experiments.

Danzo stroked his chin: "Yakushi?!"

Danzo thought of his spy who had infiltrated Amegakure—Yakushi Nonou.

A person nearby revealed, "This child is the shrine maiden's adopted son! His medical ninjutsu was also taught to him by the shrine maiden."

Kabuto listened attentively to their conversation and then deduced that the priestess was the headmaster's code name in Root.

He asked anxiously, "Do you know where the dean is? Where did he go?"

Danzo said in a low voice, "Your headmaster is infiltrating a dangerous village to complete a difficult mission."

Kabuto analyzed the situation: "Is it Amegakure? Lord Danzo, are you sending the headmaster to Amegakure to spy on Madara Uchiha?"

Danzo looked at Kabuto with some surprise, having deduced from just a few words that Nono had been sent to Amegakure to carry out a mission.

This kid is a born ninja!

Danzo did not answer.

Kabuto had already gotten the answer from Danzo's silence, and he was filled with despair: "Why, why send the Dean to a place like that?"

Go to Amegakure, to gather intelligence at Madara Uchiha's place. That's the base of the ultimate boss of the ninja world.

Once you go, it's basically a given that you won't be coming back.

Danzo spoke of his dark theory: "Ninjas are tools, tools that must be completed no matter what the mission is."

"Only in this way can we protect the village and the country!"

Kabuto, somewhat angrily, pressed on, "Since the director is a hero for protecting the Land of Fire, why did you capture us all for human experimentation? Don't you know the orphanage is run by the director?"

Danzo remained silent, but the Root ninja beside him shouted, "You all went begging for food, and it was Root that gave you a meal."

"And this is your chance. If the experiment succeeds, the survivors will become Danzo's confidants."

Kabuto slammed his fist on the ground, his heart filled with despair. This place called Root was filled with darkness and had no humanity whatsoever.

He glared angrily at Danzo: "Lord Danzo, what kind of human experiments are these? They've already killed five people from our orphanage."

Danzo said, "Fuse Orochimaru's cells!"

Kabuto was startled: "Lord Orochimaru?!"

Danzo looked at Kabuto: "You know Orochimaru?"

Kabuto nodded: "I treated him before. Lord Orochimaru took a liking to my medical ninjutsu and wanted me to be his subordinate, but I didn't agree."

Danzo sneered, "Orochimaru really doesn't act until he sees the benefit!"

Kabuto kowtowed before Danzo: "Lord Danzo, please spare the people from the orphanage. I will be your test subject."

Danzo gave Kabuto a choice: "Kabuto, I'm giving you a choice: join my Root organization, don't worry about this, and let people who have nothing to do with you be your test subjects."

Danzo saw Kabuto's talent; he had medical ninjutsu and such a sharp mind—he was born to be a spy ninja.

After Nono is decommissioned, her adopted son can take her place.

It would be a waste to use them as experimental subjects in a field with an extremely high risk rate.

Kabuto shook his head: "Please, Lord Danzo, grant my request. I will never abandon my brothers and sisters!"

"..."

Danzo paused for a moment, then said, "Alright, arrange the fusion experiment for him!"

"yes!"

The researchers at the root gave Dou a pitying look before going to prepare for the cell fusion experiment.

Kabuto took off his clothes and asked Danzo one last time, "Lord Danzo, if the experiment on me is successful, can you bring back the Dean?"

Danzo nodded: "Yes, as long as you can fuse with Orochimaru's cells, I'll bring Nonou back!"

Dou immediately perked up.

Researchers injected him with an anesthetic, and he fell into a deep sleep.

Danzo put aside the matter of fusing Orochimaru's cells and went to his office to handle other matters.

"Take a picture of the pharmacist and send it to the priestess, telling her to find a way to kill Uchiha Ryougo, or else kill her adopted son!"

"yes!"

"The Uchiha clan was behind the spread of rumors about Uchiha Ryou's defection, and the Uchiha clan was also involved in the resurrection of Uchiha Madara, which deepened the ninja world's impression that the Uchiha were the root of trouble."

"yes!"

Danzo gave instructions one by one, and finally handed a document to Aburame Ryoma.

"Ryuma, give this document to Hiruko and have him deliver it to Ryuchi Cave for Orochimaru. Tell him it contains information about Madara Uchiha's Rinnegan and that Orochimaru should come up with a solution as soon as possible."

"yes!"

After giving all the instructions, Danzo stayed alone in the darkness, uttering low, gloomy words.

"Uchiha—"

A member of Root rushed in, somewhat anxiously: "It's terrible, Lord Danzo! Lord Jiraiya has taken Uchiha Shisui as his disciple!"

"Nani—"

……

The Uchiha clan booked out the entire Konoha barbecue restaurant to celebrate Jiraiya accepting Shisui as his apprentice.

Shisui offered Jiraiya a cup of tea and respectfully addressed him as "Teacher."

Jiraiya laughed heartily: "Alright, alright, Shisui, I don't have much to teach you, but if anyone bullies you in the future, tell your teacher and your senior, Minato."

Shisui looked at Minato, who nodded gently at him.

Minato approved of Jiraiya taking Shisui as his disciple.

At the time, only Elders Koharu and Yan disagreed, but Jiraiya insisted on taking Shisui as his disciple.

The Third Hokage also agreed.

The political significance of Jiraiya taking Shisui as his disciple outweighed the practical significance. Jiraiya was a disciple of the Third Hokage and one of the village's legendary Sannin.

His status was only below the four high-ranking officials, and most importantly, he was a member of the Senju faction.

As long as one is within the lineage of the first and second generation masters, then one is considered a member of the Senju school.

Jiraiya accepting Shisui as his disciple signifies that the Senju lineage truly accepted the Uchiha clan.