Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 346 Tsunade, I am the Hokage (Happy Chinese New Year)

Tatata!

The sound of hurried footsteps echoed through the underground base passageway at the root.

The Fifth Hokage, Tsunade, along with two Hokage advisors and elders, and a team of Anbu guards, hurried over, their faces grave.

"Hokage-sama!"

The Root ninjas waiting outside Danzo's office saw Tsunade arrive and, as if seeing their pillar of support, quickly made way for her.

Tsunade took the lead and arrived at the door. As she looked inside, her already serious expression instantly became even more serious.

On the desk, Danzo's head faced the door, his right eye hollow, from which some bright red blood was still seeping.

Beside the table on the ground, a headless corpse lay in dark red blood.

"Has the scene been disturbed?" Tsunade asked.

"No." The Root ninja guarding Danzo answered, shaking his head. "After Lord Danzo was discovered, the scene was brought under control and there was not much impact."

Tsunade walked in, followed by Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu. The two of them froze when they saw Danzo's empty eye sockets facing them on the table.

"Danzo..."

The two murmured softly, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Such a treacherous Danzo actually died, and in fact, he died in his own office at the Root underground base.

who is it?

Who killed Danzo?

Amidst their anger, an unspeakable fear also quietly crept into their hearts.

If the killer could silently murder Danzo in the Root base office surrounded by multiple barriers and Root ninjas, then he could also kill them silently.

The two elderly people, who hadn't lived long enough, clearly didn't want to follow in Danzo's footsteps.

"Tsunade, you must find out who killed Danzo!" Koharu Utatane said sternly, her tone commanding.

Mitomon Homura also said fiercely, "That's right. The murderer was able to sneak in here and kill Danzo without anyone noticing. It's too dangerous. We must find this murderer."

Tsunade ignored the two old men and women and focused on checking the surroundings of the room, but there were very few traces. Apart from Danzo's corpse and the two handprints on his head, there were no other traces at all.

It's too difficult to pinpoint a killer based solely on handprints.

"Have you found anything?" Tsunade asked the ANBU ninja who had followed her.

This ANBU ninja, wearing a black and white dog-face mask, was an expert in chakra sensing, especially residual chakra sensing.

Danzo died not long ago, so the chakra left behind by the murderer should still be there.

However, the masked ANBU ninja shook his head and said, "No trace of other people's chakra was found."

Upon hearing this, Tsunade's mind sharpened, and she looked at the other ANBU ninja, asking, "And you?"

This ANBU ninja is a member of the Inuzuka clan. Not only is his nose more sensitive than a dog's, but his ninja dogs are even more powerful, able to detect the most subtle scents.

Logically speaking, this is a secret room with poor ventilation, and Danzo has just been killed. The scent left by the murderer should be the strongest, so it's impossible that he couldn't smell it.

But the reality is that this office only has the scent of Danzo and the Root members; there is no other human scent in it.

The ANBU ninja looked at his ninja dog, who shook its head at him. He then looked at Tsunade and shook his head, saying, "I didn't detect any unusual scent."

"How could there not be?"

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were shocked.

Is there any chakra left?

There was no odor residue!

It was again within the root base, surrounded by multiple barriers.

If it weren't for the fact that every Root member had been marked with the Tongue of Calamity, making it impossible for them to betray Danzo, both of them would have believed that Danzo was killed by Root ninjas.

But that's absolutely impossible.

The Tongue Trouble Seal is comparable to the curse seal of the Hyuga clan, and there is no way to undo it unless Danzo dies, in the current situation.

Everyone in the entire Root organization absolutely obeys Danzo's orders.

It was precisely because of the seal of the tongue that Danzo was able to maintain firm control over Root after Tsunade took office, leaving Tsunade with no way to deal with it.

Therefore, it is impossible for Root members to betray Danzo.

But if it wasn't a member of Root, then who could have silently infiltrated this place and killed Danzo, almost instantly, with Danzo having no power to resist?

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu glanced at Tsunade instinctively, then shook their heads slightly.

Even Tsunade couldn't do that.

"What do you two old men mean?"

Tsunade didn't miss their glances, and she glared at them angrily.

"What kind of time is this to be thinking about infighting? You two old geezers, get out of here if you have nothing to do."

The original intention of bringing these two old guys here was to use their experience and familiarity with Danzo to see if they could find any clues about the murderer.

Ironically, the clues to the murderer led her to this place.

Tsunade felt like burying those two old guys alive.

"How dare you speak to me like that, Tsunade!"

"We are advisors and elders, and your seniors."

Tsunade retorted, "You still remember you're advisors and elders? Don't forget, I'm the Hokage!"

Ah...this!

Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu were speechless after being rebuked, especially by the line "I am the Hokage," which made them realize the anger Danzo felt when the Third Hokage was still alive.

But there's nothing we can do about it; that's just how Naruto is.

The two remained silent, but how could they leave in peace without going out and finding the murderer who killed Danzo?

"Those two old geezers!"

Tsunade snorted lightly, too lazy to say more, and turned to the Root ninja who had just reported, asking, "Has the Root barrier been triggered?"

"no."

"Where's the fighting going?"

"no."

Tsunade frowned; there was nothing there, only two hand seals.

What methods did the killer use to get in?

There was no sound or chakra left after killing Danzo. Could it be a powerful genjutsu?

Tsunade looked at the hole in Danzo's right eye on the table.

As a powerful medical ninja, Tsunade hadn't seen Danzo many times, but she could still guess from the chakra in Danzo's right eye that it was the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

Danzo's right Sharingan was gouged out by the murderer. The murderer's target was the Sharingan, which likely meant they possessed powerful genjutsu.

With that in mind, Tsunade went to Danzo's corpse, untied the bandages on Danzo's right arm, and unlocked the restraining mechanism.

Little did I know, the moment I opened it...

Boom!

A surge of violent chakra erupted, and a large tree suddenly grew from Danzo's right hand, piercing through the roof and reaching the next floor.

Tsunade stepped back, her eyes cold as she stared at Danzo's corpse. The others, witnessing this, all lowered their heads.

Koharu and Homura, feeling guilty, turned their heads away, unable to look.

"The bastard who blasphemed my grandfather deserved to die!"

Tsunade cursed inwardly, then resumed her search for clues.

Ten minutes later.

The only thing Tsunade was certain of was that the handprint belonged to a man, and that he was probably quite young. Apart from that, there were no other clues.

"Take him to the interrogation room of the Dark Guard!"

Tsunade instructed, "Since no useful clues can be found at the scene, there is only one way left."

Search Danzo's memories to see how he died.

Soon, Koharu Utatane and Homura Mitokado left Root with Danzo's head and body, heading towards the Anbu base.

Tsunade stayed behind to handle the resettlement of the Root members before heading to the Anbu base.

Happy Chinese New Year! Wishing everyone a peaceful and healthy new year.

(End of this chapter)