Konoha: I, Uchiha, am brimming with positive energy

Chapter 47 Targeting Sakumo Hatake

There are many secret medicines in the ninja world, some of which can even damage the body's foundation to allow ninjas to make great progress.

Like Uchiha Sasuke, after going to see Orochimaru, he took many forbidden drugs that were harmful to his body. Many ninja clans also have similar forbidden drugs, and the most potent one is probably the Akimichi clan's Three-Colored Secret Medicine.

To enhance their strength, ninjas would devise various methods, and secret medicines were one of them.

Compared to health supplements, it's much simpler than secret medicine; it's just about restoring some physical strength and maintaining the body, which is why Ikemoto agreed immediately.

However, being a ninja, he obviously didn't know what Uchiha Yoichi wanted these medicines for. He only knew that this matter was not difficult for him, and that Uchiha Yoichi's reward was very generous, worth three S-rank rewards.

Jonin Ikemoto originally planned to just do some minor research, but since Uchiha Yoichi valued him so much and gave him such a generous reward, he couldn't afford not to take it seriously; he had to live up to his employer's expectations.

The next day.

Uchiha Yoichi went to see Elder Kenji again, explained the situation, and also planned to sell the medicine he had taken from the Shimura family.

The Shimura family originally planned to sell the medicine to Konoha Village. It's unclear whether Danzo and Koharu Utatane had agreed to it, but that's what the police found out during their interrogation.

However, Konoha Village can no longer receive them. Medicines are a scarce commodity in the ninja world and are always in high demand.

The medicine, worth tens of millions of taels, could potentially generate even more profit if sold elsewhere.

Kenji Uchiha nodded and told Yoichi Uchiha that he would send someone to handle the matter.

Then Kenji Uchiha asked again, "I just found out that the Shimura family has a warehouse base that they want to relocate. Although the goods inside are not as many as those confiscated in Konoha, there is still a lot of money. So I'm asking if you, Yoichi Uchiha, are planning to go and take a look."

Uchiha Yangyi readily agreed upon hearing this. If you were to ask who in Konoha harbored the greatest hatred for Danzo, it would undoubtedly be him.

Having been domineering in the village, he even dared to act domineeringly towards the Uchiha clan.

Although the Shimura family doesn't have many members, they still have some ninjas outside, so Kenji Uchiha plans to send two squads over to teach Danzo another lesson.

Most of the money the Shimura family earned from business was used to fund Danzo. After all, the Third Hokage couldn't possibly provide a large amount of funding to Root, and instead leave his Anbu unattended.

Danzo wants to develop Root, but he has to pay for it himself. However, Kenji Uchiha is obviously not going to give Danzo that opportunity!

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"Hiruzen!"

The door to the Hokage's office was violently pushed open with a bang. The person inside frowned and looked towards the doorway. Then, Danzo walked in with a gloomy face.

Behind Danzo were two other advisors, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu.

Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed inwardly, then said to Minato Namikaze beside him, "Minato, you can go down now."

"Yes, Lord Hokage."

Minato Namikaze had already received his mission, and since the rest was beyond his control, he left the Hokage's office.

After everyone left, Hiruzen Sarutobi lit his pipe and asked with displeasure, "Danzo, what's wrong with you now?"

"It's not me, it's the Uchiha clan! They're all rebelling now!"

Danzo's face was extremely grim. He slammed his cane on the ground twice, then almost roared at Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Another business of the Shimura family has been destroyed, and they even killed seven of my Shimura family ninjas!"

"Is that so?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi really didn't know about this. The Anbu had less than a hundred people in total, and half of them were needed just to collect intelligence on the ninja world. The rest were simply not enough to monitor all the ninja clans in the village.

"Was it done by the Uchiha clan?"

Danzo said with a grim expression, "Who else could it be but them? This is the Land of Fire, could it be the Cloud Ninja? Hiruzen, this is the second time!"

"Who told you to use that method? It was incredibly foolish! Now Shuo Mao is also very dissatisfied with you; you almost killed his son!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi, his face equally grim, rebuked Danzo, saying that he had entrusted Danzo with authority because he trusted him, only to have him do such a foolish thing.

Leaking the news to other ninja villages? If he hadn't forbidden the news from spreading, what would the Konoha ninjas think of them if it got out of the village?

"For an Uchiha..."

Danzo had intended to say that any method could be used to deal with the Uchiha, as they were simply an unstable factor; however, seeing that Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was also not good, he took back his words.

"This isn't the time for that, Hiruzen. If you can't stop the Uchiha, then I'll have no choice but to send Root!"

"Nonsense!"

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his fist on the table in anger and shouted, "Danzo, do you want to start a village feud?!"

Danzo retorted without backing down, "Even if it was internal strife, it was the Uchiha who started it first. Hiruzen, don't forget the Shimura clan has already lost forty-six men!"

In fact, Danzo didn't want Root to fight the Uchiha either. The Uchiha were too powerful now, with several hundred members in their security force. Although not all of them were radicals, they were still more powerful than Danzo's Root.

In terms of both the number and strength of ninjas, Root is no match for the Uchiha. If a fight breaks out, his efforts of more than ten years will be destroyed in an instant.

After hearing Danzo's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi also fell silent. If you calculate it that way, the Shimura family had indeed suffered heavy losses, although what Danzo did was incredibly stupid.

After both of them fell silent, Koharu Utatane interjected, "Hiruzen, the medicine the Shimura family bought last time was intended to be sold to the village as war reserves, but it was confiscated by the garrison a long time ago. When are they going to return it to the village?"

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked helpless and shook his head, saying, "Haru, let's not think about this anymore. I guess those medicines have already been sold by the security team. Fortunately, we should just buy new ones."

Hiruzen Sarutobi almost blurted out that he was glad he hadn't paid, but then he remembered that Danzo was right there, so he changed his words.

The loss is to the Shimura family, not the village, so Hiruzen Sarutobi wouldn't be that heartbroken; besides, the Shimura family had made a lot of money in the village before, so this wouldn't be enough to cripple them.

"I'll go talk to Fugaku and ask him to stop this. Danzo, you should also behave yourself for now. Root should not be active in the Land of Fire for the time being. Go investigate the Hidden Cloud Village instead."

"Xiaochun, you should buy the medicine again. Yan, you should make a trip to Daming Prefecture. It would be best if you discussed that matter with the Daming Prefecture yourself."

"That matter? Hiruzen, is it the Kumogawa Iron Mine in the Land of Rivers?"

After taking a drag of his cigarette, Hiruzen Sarutobi slowly said, "Hmm, the daimyo hasn't reached an agreement with the daimyo of the Land of Rivers and is preparing to have us handle this matter. I plan to send Sakumo on a trip there."

"Sakumo Hatake?"

"With his current high reputation, if he succeeds in this, wouldn't he surpass even me, a mere assistant to the Hokage? Besides, last time, Sakumo Hatake was with the Uchiha clan."

Danzo had a vague thought in his mind, his eyes were extremely cold.

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