Naruto: Experience Pain, Start by Copying the Entire Shinobi World

In the deepest shadows of Konoha, in a secret room without any windows.

Danzo Shimura, leaning on his cane, listened quietly to the report from the Root ninja kneeling before him.

"...Ryoma Aburame failed his mission and has been captured alive."

"The root of the calamity of the tongue has been exposed."

With each word spoken by the reporting ninja, the temperature in the secret room seemed to drop a degree.

Danzo didn't speak, but silently turned around and looked at the huge mural on the wall depicting the First Hokage pacifying the chaotic world.

After a long pause, he finally let out a cold snort, the sound like the scraping of a rusty blade.

"waste."

His cane slammed heavily on the ground with a dull thud.

"Pass on my order: 'Root', immediately enter a state of complete silence. All external personnel must sever all communication and await further instructions."

"yes!"

The Root ninja vanished into the darkness in a flash.

Danzo was the only one left in the secret room.

He stretched out his unbandaged hand and gently touched his empty right eye socket.

Sakuya Sengen... Sarutobi Hiruzen... Namikaze Minato...

One name after another flashed through his mind, and finally, his hand stopped on the face of Hashirama Senju in the mural.

"Hiruzen, do you think you can protect him like this?"

"For the sake of Konoha, any unstable factors must be eliminated."

……

The third training ground was a complete mess.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's face was so gloomy it looked like it could be wrung out.

He didn't look at anyone else, but coldly gave orders to the secret service officers beside him.

"Take Aburame Ryoma back to the interrogation department and keep him under strict guard. No one is allowed to visit him without my order!"

"yes!"

Two members of the secret service carried the unconscious Aburame Ryoma and quickly disappeared.

Hiruzen Sarutobi's gaze swept across the entire arena, finally settling on Sakuya Chigen, his expression complex.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end it just turned into a sigh, and he turned and left with a group of Jonin.

What should have been a grand celebration of the rise of geniuses ended in an assassination attempt that nearly tore off all pretense of civility.

The villagers and ninjas who had been watching gradually dispersed, but the way they looked at Qianxuan had changed from initial contempt and curiosity to awe, sympathy, and a hint of barely perceptible fear.

Soon, only Minato Namikaze, Kakashi Hatake, and Sakuya Chigen, who stood in the center of the pit, his clothes tattered, looking like a beggar who had just crawled out of a stove.

"Qian Xuanjun".

Minato Namikaze walked over and handed him a bottle of water.

Qianxuan took it, unscrewed the cap, and took a big gulp before he felt the burning sensation in his throat subside a bit.

"Your secret technique... is remarkable."

Minato looked at him, his blue eyes filled with sincere admiration.

"I have never seen such an ingenious idea before: to exchange burning chakra for speed and power beyond the limits."

Qianxuan wiped the dust from the corner of his mouth, looking completely unconcerned.

"I have too little chakra. I have no choice but to resort to crooked methods and fight desperately."

He was only half telling the truth.

The principle behind the training mode is indeed as described, but his chakra reserves are no longer what they used to be.

"Thank you anyway, Jonin Minato."

Qianxuan looked at Minato, unusually serious for once.

"If it weren't for you, I might really be dead here."

Minato smiled, a smile as bright as sunshine, dispelling the lingering gloom in the arena.

"Protecting our fellow villagers is my duty. Besides, I believe you could have escaped even without my intervention, couldn't you?"

He pointed to the spot where Qianxuan had just transformed into Danzo.

"That transformation trick fooled everyone."

Qianxuan's eyelids twitched, but he didn't respond to the conversation.

"Speaking of which, the assessment can be considered over."

Minato extended an invitation.

"How about we go get some barbecue? Kakashi too, let's celebrate you two... well, you got through today."

After thinking for a long time, he could only use the word "smoothly".

Kakashi nodded silently to the side, which was taken as agreement.

Qianxuan shook his head without even thinking.

"No, I have some things to take care of at home, I need to go back right away."

Just kidding, there's a drunken ancestor lying in the house, who knows what will happen when she wakes up.

If we don't go back now, it will be too late once she demolishes the house.

After saying that, he waved to Minato and Kakashi, dragged his tired body, and limped towards home, his back view exuding an indescribable desolation.

Minato watched his retreating figure, lost in thought.

Kakashi walked to his side, looked at his shoulder which was still aching, and then glanced in the direction where Qianxuan had left, remaining silent.

Meanwhile, in the woods not far from the training ground, Shizune was holding Tun Tun, tightly covering the pig's mouth.

"Hmph! Hmph!"

Tun Tun struggled desperately in her arms, her little hooves pointing in the direction Qian Xuan had left, and she made anxious whimpering noises.

Silent's face flushed red and then turned pale.

She understood.

Tonton is saying: "It smells like Lady Tsunade! It's that man! He smells like Lady Tsunade all over!"

Shizune watched the receding figure, gritted her teeth, and made a decision.

She quietly released Tun Tun, pointed in Qian Xuan's direction, and lowered her voice.

"TunTun, follow him!"

……

The Hokage's office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi kicked open the door and slammed the Hokage hat he was holding onto the table.

"Danzo!"

A roar shook the windows.

His chest heaved violently, and the anger on his face almost solidified.

"What is he doing? Murdering a Konoha ninja in front of the entire village! Where does he put the Hokage's dignity? Where does he put the village's rules?!"

He was alone in the office, yet he seemed to be roaring at an unseen enemy.

He walked behind his desk, abruptly pulled open a drawer, and took out a scroll stamped with "Top Secret".

That was an order to remove and sanction the top leader of "Root".

Once he signs his name on this, he can legitimately and completely dismantle Danzo's dark empire entrenched beneath Konoha.

He picked up the pen, but his wrist was trembling slightly.

Just as the pen tip was about to fall.

A hoarse, magnetic voice, tinged with a lazy laugh, came from the shadows of the office.

"Teacher, getting so angry can shorten your lifespan."

Hiruzen Sarutobi froze, then abruptly looked up.

Orochimaru.

He was dressed in a plain-colored kimono, and his golden snake eyes gleamed eerily in the dim light. He had silently appeared in the office without anyone noticing.

"What are you doing here?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's voice turned cold.

"I've come to see you."

Orochimaru slowly emerged from the shadows, a faint smile playing on his lips.

"By the way, I advise you not to do anything foolish."

He glanced at the scroll on the table.

"Elder Danzo has indeed gone too far this time, but it would not be a wise choice to take action against him now."

"He's gone mad!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi roared angrily.

"He'll do anything for power!"

"That's precisely why we can't touch him."

Orochimaru's voice was frighteningly calm.

"With the four great ninja villages united, a great war is imminent. At this time, what Konoha needs most is stability. Purging 'Root' will only plunge the village into internal strife and give the enemy an opportunity to exploit."

Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent, the veins bulging on his hand holding the pen.

Orochimaru walked to his side, extended his pale fingers, and gently took the pen from his hand and put it back on the pen holder.

"Teacher, anger won't solve anything."

He paused, a glint of light flashing in his golden snake eyes, and lowered his voice even further.

"Instead of pursuing a failed conspiracy, we should quickly determine the candidate for the Fourth Hokage."

"War won't wait for us to finish dealing with these family matters."