Escaping the Mist Ninja starts with backstabbing your teacher.

Chapter 280 The Trial of Danzo

"That's right, Obito's ultimate goal is the Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"Using the power of the Rinnegan and the Ten-Tails, we will drag all of humanity into a genjutsu world, creating a world without war, without suffering..."

A false peace without hatred.

"This goal sounds ambitious, but in reality, Nameless, you're already working on it."

"The Eight Thousand Spears System connects users through virtual helmets, allowing them to enter the Moon Reading Space."

"This is essentially a form of subconscious intervention, and it is highly similar to the underlying logic of Infinite Tsukuyomi."

"The only difference is that people can choose to live in reality or in the Tsukuyomi world."

"Obito needs the Ten-Tails, the Rinnegan, and the Gedo Mazo."

"We just need to continue upgrading the Eight Thousand Spears system and expanding the user base of the virtual helmet. One day we will be able to achieve synchronization of the collective subconscious across the entire ninja world."

"By then, Obito will find that the goal he has been pursuing for half his life has been achieved by me in a more efficient and controllable way."

"So, in a sense, his attempts to deal with me are now meaningless."

Izumikawa didn't care what Obito had done, and now, as time went by...

He became increasingly indifferent to the emotions he had experienced in the original storyline, and Shisui made him clearly understand what it meant to be a familiar stranger.

You know their lives, you know their experiences, and you sympathize with them.

But all of this is just what you know, what you feel.

To them, he was just a stranger, or even a rogue ninja from the Mist Village and an enemy of Konoha.

Different identities and different positions naturally shape one's stance.

So, with the passage of time, the emotions from the original work gradually faded in Izumi's heart.

What he wants now is very simple: immortality, to secretly control this world, to deal with future crises, and to protect his ninja world.

Simply put, I don't eat beef!

Obito has become an obstacle on his path and must be eliminated.

And his right eye, which possesses divine power, is also something he must obtain.

Hearing Izumi's words, Mumei slowly pulled the lollipop out of his mouth, a complex emotion flashing in his eyes.

"As for Black Zetsu, he wants to collect the tailed beasts, revive the Ten-Tails, and unseal Kaguya."

"You don't need to know all the details of this matter, but you do need to know one thing: I have collected most of the tailed beast chakra."

Izumi also mentioned Black Zetsu to Mumei.

Explaining this matter would be quite complicated, so he doesn't intend to explain further.

"The chakra of the One-Tailed, Two-Tailed, Three-Tailed, Four-Tailed, and Five-Tailed is in the sealing jar."

"All that's left is the Six-Tails and the Seven-Tails. Black Zetsu wants to revive the Ten-Tails, and so do I."

"Complete chakra, complete power, therefore the Ten-Tails is essential."

"Unsealing Kaguya and reviving her were just incidental."

"So Black Zetsu can be won over to our side and get him on our side."

"But before we can do all that, there is one prerequisite: we must be able to deal with Kaguya's power."

"A power that cannot be controlled by oneself, acting recklessly in the ninja world, is a great trouble for me."

No one likes war, and Izumikawa is no exception.

Enjoying a peaceful life, experiencing the culture brought by the times, and appreciating the brilliance of ideas are his greatest goals.

In short, anyone who tries to sabotage his retirement and retirement plans has to die!

"Anonymous, the first major version update for the virtual reality headset is about to be released."

"Update content: Added an anonymous communication platform. After entering the Moon Reading Space, users can choose to log in to the platform anonymously using a code name."

"For intelligence trading, ninjutsu exchange, and mission commissioning, the platform only provides rules and infrastructure and does not interfere with any specific transaction content."

"At the same time, we will open up some areas on the outskirts of the City of Bones as a pilot function."

"Users can use the helmet's deep dive mode to project their consciousness into a skeletal golem in a designated area and conduct anonymous face-to-face transactions within the City of Skeletons."

"The puppets are uniformly deployed by Wuming. The two parties in the transaction do not know each other's true identities and can only identify each other through the puppet number."

The nameless fingertips flew across the control panel, and several new chakra screens lit up simultaneously, displaying densely packed platform architecture diagrams, test area maps, and puppet number allocation tables.

"The platform architecture is ready. The emotion fluctuation monitoring module of the Eight Thousand Spears system can be directly connected to the platform as the basic algorithm for anonymous credit."

"But transactions require a common equivalent, and ninjas would not be willing to use their own village's currency to trade on anonymous platforms, as that would expose clues to their identities."

"Use the chakra battery." Izumi walked to the lab bench, took out a silver-cased chakra battery from the drawer, and held it in his palm.

The seal patterns on the battery surface gleamed faintly under the cool white light.

"Its energy density is hundreds of times that of ordinary explosive tags. It can be used as a puppet energy source, a source of energy for any future ninja tool research and development, or as an equivalent."

"From now on, all transactions on this platform will be priced using chakra batteries."

"Ninjutsu scrolls, intelligence, tailed beast chakra samples, and bloodline limit cell samples will all be settled using chakra batteries."

"This is itself a form of currency anchoring, and it is not affected by any of the Ninja Village's monetary policies."

Wuming raised an eyebrow slightly: "So you want to open a bank in the City of Bones, print your own money, and let the ninjas of the five great nations conduct anonymous transactions."

"If Danzo knew, he would probably say you are more dangerous than Madara Uchiha."

"Danzo will never find out. In a few days, it will be questionable whether he can even stay at the Root headquarters."

Izumikawa put the chakra battery back in the drawer, turned around and walked out of the laboratory, his white hair leaving a very faint afterimage in the dim light of the Kamui space.

"Before the platform officially launches, I need to retrieve a necessary item—the Flying Thunder God Technique."

"This technique has excellent spacetime teleportation capabilities. The simple Flying Thunder God Technique array is perfect for teleporting objects."

"I will go to Konoha and bring back the Flying Thunder God seal scroll."

"In addition, you can start preparing. Each ninja can actively provide chakra. Once a certain amount is reached, they will possess chakra battery digital currency."

"This currency can be used to exchange for chakra batteries and to purchase the instruments I'm currently developing in the Land of Snow."

"Therefore, the e-commerce system, according to the plan and system I gave you at the beginning, can also be launched simultaneously."

For currency to circulate, the items that can only be purchased with this currency must be useful.

While in the Land of Snow, he had the daimyo and his brother develop a chakra-driven device, which came in handy at this time.

The various daily necessities manufactured by the Daimyo of the Land of Snow can improve the living environment and enhance the quality of life.

His brother manufactured various engineering tools for construction, development, planting, mining, and transportation.

After explaining everything, Izumi left, preparing to go to Konoha again to find the Book of Seals during the village's mobilization and high-level meeting.

He desperately needed many of the secret techniques within, including the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Impure World Reincarnation.

On the other side, Konoha.

The atmosphere in the conference room of the Hokage Building was as heavy as the lingering smoke of gunpowder over the Naka River.

Koharu and Homura sat on one side of the long table, both with extremely unpleasant expressions.

Shikaku stood beside the Third Hokage, with a well-organized list of evidence spread out in front of him. The title page was densely marked with records of all of Danzo's overstepping his authority since the night of the Nine-Tails.

Danzo stood at the other end of the long table, leaning on his cane, his left arm wrapped tightly with bandages again.

The single eye coldly swept over everyone present, showing no sign of backing down.

The Third Hokage placed his pipe on the table and slowly stood up. His movements were slow, but when he raised his eyes to meet Danzo's gaze, there was no hesitation in his wrinkled eyes.

"Danzo, last night, Root erected a barrier to seal off the Uchiha clan's territory without the Hokage's approval. Yamanaka Fu led a team to raid the police department, causing heavy casualties among the Uchiha clan."

"Subsequent investigations revealed that the root cause had premeditated the explosion."

"This encrypted communication record shows that during your meeting with Shisui at the abandoned shrine before the Third Generation, you issued a standby order to the Barrier Team, and the timestamp completely coincides with the start time of the meeting."

"This was not a spur-of-the-moment decision; it was a premeditated overreach of authority."

Danzo tapped his cane lightly on the ground, his tone as cold and hard as iron: "The Uchiha hawk Inahisa has ordered everyone to stand by, Shisui is trying to lead the entire clan away from Konoha, and Fugaku has been hiding his Mangekyou Sharingan for over a decade."

"In this situation, a surprise attack at the root is a necessary preventative measure."

"You were in talks with Shisui at the time. If you had waited until the talks were over before taking action, the Uchiha hawks would have already breached the main gate."

"Necessary precautions?" The Third Boss's voice suddenly rose, and he slammed his hand heavily on the table, causing the pipe to roll to the ground with a crisp thud.

"You call this a necessary precaution? When Yamanaka Fu's sealing squad stormed into the police department, Inahi's meeting wasn't even over yet."

"When your assassination squad was clearing out the second Hawk team on the ridgeline, they hadn't received any combat orders from within the clan territory."

"This isn't prevention, it's an ambush. You struck before they could even make a move."

"And then you use their counterattack as a pretext for rebellion, is that what you call doing it for Konoha?"

Shikaku stepped forward and pushed another document onto the table. "These are the communication records that the Dark Side intelligence team extracted from the Root barrier ruins."

"Records show that the time stamp of Yamanaka Kaze issuing the raid order from the main gate was a full quarter of an hour earlier than the communication time when Inaho ordered all the hawks to stand by."

"In other words, the raid on the root had already begun before the hawks were officially mobilized."

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"Lord Danzo, your actions are not preventative, but rather an offensive."

Danzo narrowed his one eye slightly, but did not refute.

Xiaochun, who was turning over the dorm, picked up the communication record and scanned it from beginning to end. Her aged face was expressionless, but her fingers trembled slightly when she put the document down.

Mitokado Homura spoke directly, his voice hoarse and heavy: "Danzo, is this record genuine?"

Danzo stood at the other end of the long table, leaning on his cane. He remained silent for a few moments before slowly speaking, his tone still undisguisedly cold and hard: "It's true."

"I gave the order for the surprise attack on the mountain wind; whether Daohuo ordered the mobilization is no longer important."

"The Uchiha hawks' coup plan had already taken shape in a secret underground room in the police department several months ago, and Inahisa was just the executor."

"I was just a step ahead of them. If they had made the first move, the casualties at the main gate would not have been from the Uchiha Hawks, but from Konoha's Anbu."

"Enough." The Third Hokage stepped out from behind the table, the brim of his Hokage hat casting a deep shadow on his face.

But his voice was calm and powerful, every word carrying the decisiveness expected of a Hokage: "Danzo, you have done far too many things overstepping the authority of a Hokage over the years."

"In the Shisui defection incident, you sent people to ambush the ANBU Jonin, forged the mission handover form, and framed Shisui for defection at a high-level meeting."

"Last night you raised the barrier without authorization and launched a surprise attack, disobeying the Hokage's orders and refusing to stop the operation, causing heavy casualties among the Uchiha clan."

"Every single one of these actions is a serious provocation against the Hokage's authority."

"Over the years, I have been trying to balance the conflict between you and the Uchiha with a policy of appeasement, because Konoha really needs the power of Root."

"But after last night, I realized that you don't need a Hokage standing above you; what you need is someone who can pull you back when you lose control."

"As for me, as the Hokage, as your old friend, as the one who has always yielded to you every time you overstepped your authority, my tolerance for you has come to an end."

Danzo's gaze lingered on the Third Hokage's face for a long time.

He opened his mouth as if to say something, but in the end he just slammed his cane on the ground and let out a cold laugh.

"Is this the end? Sarutobi, do you think that stripping me of my power will bring the Uchiha back? That Shisui will come back to life? That Izumi will put down the bomb in his hand?"

"No! You are judging me here today only to use my crimes to cover up your own failures."

"You've been appeasing them for over a decade, you've been dragging things out for over a decade, and the Uchiha clan's problems have never been resolved."

"Now you're pushing all the blame onto me, and then you continue sitting in the Hokage's office pretending everything can be salvaged."

"This is your Will of Fire: always seeking accountability after the fact, always standing up for justice only after tragedy has occurred."

"As for those who are already dead, you will only burn an incense stick for them, bow your head in silence for a few breaths before the memorial tablet, and then continue to be your Hokage."

"Perhaps you are right." The Third Hokage's voice was very soft, so soft that only the person standing in front of him could hear it.

But his back was ramrod straight, without any hunchback. "I've dragged this out for too long and given up too much, but at least now, I'm not going to give up any more."

"From today onwards, all actions of Root must be reported to the Hokage's office for approval, and command of Root will be transferred to the Anbu for unified command."

"You are under house arrest in the solitary confinement room at the headquarters of the Dark Division, pending further investigation."

"Yama no Kaze is suspended from all duties and will cooperate with the secret service to conduct a full investigation into any irregularities that occurred during last night's raid."

"During the confinement period, the right to mobilize all members of Root belongs to the Anbu. No one may move a single Root soldier without the Hokage's approval."

"This is not a request, it is the Hokage's order."