Naruto: I Borrow from the Future

Chapter 98 The Unknown Uchiha, Orochimaru's Empty Promises

"Nonsense!" Danzo immediately retorted.

He definitely couldn't reveal that the mysterious masked man had broken into his Root base and taken away a Sharingan.

Moreover, he still doesn't understand this matter.

Why did you only take one?

Why didn't he take all three Sharingan eyes he kept at the Root base with him when they were clearly kept together?

"Danzo, tell me everything you know. A powerful stranger suddenly appearing in the village and easily defeating you is a threat to the entire Hidden Leaf Village," Hiruzen Sarutobi advised.

"Yes, Elder Danzo," Minato Namikaze echoed.

The actual situation is still uncertain.

Especially now that Danzo claims that the mysterious masked man is a member of the Uchiha clan, given the conflict between the two sides, we cannot simply believe Danzo's one-sided story.

What is certain now is that the mysterious masked man must actually exist—Danzo wouldn't cut off his own arm to frame the Uchiha, would he?

But aside from that, he still didn't know whether the mysterious person was actually an Uchiha, what his purpose was in going to the Root base, or why he clashed with Danzo.

Left with no other choice, Shimura Danzo had to omit the details of stealing the Sharingan and recount the story in detail again.

He highlighted his possible speculations about the mysterious person's abilities.

"All the Root ninjas who arrived at the first stop were caught in genjutsu, and that guy definitely showed his Sharingan right in front of me. He must be from the Uchiha clan!"

"As for the abilities that guy showed later, whether it was invisibility ninjutsu, some special space-time ninjutsu, or even a Mangekyou Sharingan eye technique, I can't be sure," Danzo said with a dark face.

After he finished speaking, everyone in the Hokage's office fell into deep thought.

Hiruzen Sarutobi suddenly looked at his disciple: "Orochimaru, where were you at that time?"

"I was at the Root base, but I didn't even notice it at the time," Orochimaru said, his expression unchanged, as if he had been prepared. "Besides, the battle should have ended quickly; by the time I arrived, that mysterious person had already left."

He had no intention of telling anyone what the mysterious man had said!

However, he was also curious as to why the mysterious masked man had clashed with Danzo. With that guy's abilities, he could have easily left undetected.

"Aoya, Fugaku, what do you think?" Minato Namikaze asked, casting an inquiring glance.

Qingye shook his head, neither confirming nor denying, and said, "It might be a Mangekyou Sharingan eye technique; no one can say for sure."

"I don't know much about the Mangekyou Sharingan either." Fugaku Uchiha continued to keep his knowledge to himself.

"It might be you, Uchiha Aoya!"

Danzo Shimura pressed on again: "No need for explanations, you've definitely awakened the Mangekyou Sharingan! But we still don't know what your eye technique is!"

Are you doubting me?

"So what if it is?!"

laugh!

The katana is drawn.

A chilling glint flashed, and Qingye immediately pointed his katana at Danzo, his face cold as he said, "If it were me, you wouldn't still have the chance to stand here and continue talking to me. If you doubt me, I wouldn't mind cutting off your other arm for that mysterious man!"

"When I went to the Land of the Sea, I was inexplicably ambushed by the head of the Kirigakure Hozuki clan. They clearly knew I would be there at that time, and I still haven't settled that score with you!"

"You're spouting nonsense!" It would have been better if this hadn't been mentioned, because just thinking about it made Danzo's already bad mood even worse.

He never did such a thing!

When Ryoma Aburame reported this matter to him, he even went to investigate, wondering if any of Root's subordinates had secretly leaked information about Uchiha Aoya to Kirigakure behind his back.

Although he felt it was unlikely that his subordinates would do such a thing, it was indeed in line with the way their organization operated.

But everyone who asked them said they had no idea.

Then this matter has absolutely nothing to do with him!

It's one thing for him to take the blame for Hiruzen Sarutobi, but don't even think about pinning the blame on him for something so baseless!

"Alright, alright, everyone calm down." Hiruzen Sarutobi looked exasperated. "A mysterious powerful figure has only just appeared in the village. Shouldn't we avoid infighting among ourselves at a time like this?"

"Danzo, don't spout nonsense without evidence!"

"Aoya, I've also investigated the matter you mentioned. Danzo has also conducted his own investigation, and it's indeed unrelated to him."

"Self-investigation?" Uchiha Yatsuho and Uchiha Yakumi almost burst out laughing. It would be a miracle if Danzo could find any results by conducting a self-investigation.

At this moment, Minato Namikaze tapped the table lightly, drawing everyone's attention: "Everyone, let me first share my thoughts."

"The intelligence team received a strange message recently. It is said that there are rumors in Kirigakure that the previous Third Mizukage was controlled by a mysterious Uchiha using genjutsu."

"Of course, this information hasn't been fully confirmed yet. But I wonder, if it's true, could these two be the same person?"

"Is it possible that there is still an unknown Uchiha outside of Konoha in the ninja world?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression changed: "Minato, is this information reliable?"

"I've already sent my secret service in to investigate," said Minato Namikaze.

Now, Shimura Danzo also began to have doubts.

Although he was very unhappy that Minato Namikaze had become the Fourth Hokage, he believed that Minato's word was still reliable—unlike himself.

Could it really be an unknown Uchiha?

"In that case, once the Anbu has found out the results, I will immediately notify Elder Danzo." After saying this, Minato Namikaze looked at the Uchiha clan and said, "When Clan Chief Fugaku goes back, he should also conduct a self-examination and compile a list of those who have gone missing and whose fate is unknown throughout the clan's history, so that it can be verified later."

Downstairs at the Hokage Building.

As Danzo Shimura watched the departing Uchiha chuckle and say they were going to celebrate, his anger grew even stronger.

That damned Uchiha!

The Uchiha clan of Konoha deserve to die, and the Uchiha clan outside of Konoha also deserve to die!

After returning to his Root base, Orochimaru quickly came looking for him again.

"I don't have any more funds to give you right now!" Shimura Danzo felt annoyed whenever he saw Orochimaru.

"Heh, Danzo, do you really want to be one-armed for the rest of your life?" Orochimaru smirked. "Regarding the transplantation of the First Hokage's cells, I've recently had some new ideas. If we could—"

Danzo was stunned after hearing this, not even considering the future prospects that Orochimaru had painted for him.

"Orochimaru, are you insane?"

After a long while, Danzo finally came to his senses and said incredulously, "Going to kidnap orphans from the Senju lineage for experiments? When it gets out, you'll have no choice but to defect!"

"As long as you don't get caught, that's fine, right? Besides, Danzo, don't tell me you haven't secretly targeted members of the Uchiha clan," Orochimaru said calmly.

How can they be the same?!

Danzo's face was dark.

He only dared to occasionally scheme against a lone Uchiha during a mission, and he did so as to leave as few traces as possible, for fear of being caught red-handed.

However, conducting human experiments is definitely not something that can yield results from just one or two subjects!