Konoha, reported by the Fourth Hokage at the start.

Chapter 35 Danzo's Impatience

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Inside Laboratory Number One, Danzo arrived at Konoha immediately upon returning.

He carefully removed Uchiha Keisuke's pair of three-tomoe Sharingan eyes from the bottle and placed them in a nutrient capsule as tall as a person for preservation.

"That's not enough. I need more Sharingan."

Danzo glanced once more at the Sharingan inside the transparent glass capsule, then walked out of Laboratory One.

"My lord, the experimental subjects sent by the Hokage are in Laboratory Number Two."

Outside the laboratory, the Root squad leader who remained behind spoke to Danzo as he came out.

"Um."

Danzo nodded, gave a soft hum, and made no further reaction. He had no intention of going to Laboratory No. 2 and went straight back to his office at the Root Base.

For Danzo now, his most pressing concern is how to continue assassinating Uchiha clan ninjas in order to plunder more Sharingan eyes.

As for the secret the Third Hokage mentioned about the experimental subjects having immunity to genjutsu, it was very effective against the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan.

Danzo subconsciously touched his left eye, and then smiled.

Ha ha!

Immune illusion?

With this mirror's Mangekyou Sharingan, what is there to fear from mere Sharingan genjutsu?

Compared to the power of the Mangekyou Sharingan, the ability to be immune to genjutsu is simply not worth mentioning.

The power of the Sharingan is never an illusion.

Rather, it's the terrifying ability inherent in the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Danzo felt a surge of excitement as he recalled seeing that purple figure, taller than a mountain, from afar.

As long as he can maintain Kagami's Mangekyou Sharingan, he can maintain a strength that is on par with or even surpasses Hiruzen's.

Having great strength is the most basic and essential foundation for becoming Hokage.

His strength was the biggest guarantee that he could overthrow Hiruzen and become Hokage.

Nothing is more important than him continuing to possess the Mangekyou Sharingan.

However… feeling the constant stinging pain in his left eye, Danzo frowned instantly, his heart filled with anxiety.

Kagami's Sharingan is in greatcompatible with his body.

Even though he had sealed it with a sealing technique, he still couldn't stop the continuous damage to the Sharingan caused by the body's rejection.

Danzo could sense that his left Mangekyou Sharingan would be ruined in at most a year.

If he doesn't want to lose the Mangekyou Sharingan, he must resolve the issue of the Sharingan's rejection of his body.

Otherwise... he can only hope that using that forbidden Sharingan technique, which permanently destroys a three-tomoe Sharingan after just one use, will change the reality that the Sharingan is incompatible with his body.

However, that forbidden technique also requires many Sharingan experiments to find the secret technique residing in the Sharingan.

In short, regardless of which method he uses, he will need many Sharingan eyes to conduct experiments.

Therefore, Danzo currently needs to hunt down more Uchiha clan ninjas to obtain more Sharingan.

Back in his office, Danzo was quickly summoned to his office by one of the two deputies the Third Hokage had assigned to him.

"Who is the next target?" Danzo asked directly.

Sarutobi Hado, wearing the Root's distinctive mask and holding a notebook, was a junior member of the Third Hokage's clan and one of those sent to monitor Danzo. Upon hearing Danzo's words, he turned to a page in the notebook and said, "The Uchiha clan's somewhat famous genius brothers, Uchiha Luffy and Uchiha Ace."

The two brothers really humiliated the third generation back then, and the third generation specifically sought out these two brothers as the second target of the Root.

"Brothers?" Danzo frowned, then asked, "What's their relationship like?"

Sarutobi Hōwa replied, "We lost our parents at a young age and grew up relying on each other, so we must have a very good relationship."

Upon hearing this, Danzo frowned even more deeply.

"Then we'll have to act at the same time," Danzo murmured softly.

The closer the relationship between members of the Uchiha clan and their companions, the greater the shock they experience when they lose them.

Both Luffy and Ace Uchiha possess the three-tomoe Sharingan and are renowned as geniuses. If one of them is killed first, the other will inevitably suffer a severe mental shock upon receiving the news, giving him a slight chance of breaking through to the Mangekyou Sharingan.

This possibility... must be eliminated!

Danzo thought to himself.

Whether the Uchiha clan has the Mangekyou Sharingan or not makes a world of difference in their strength.

Even if Danzo could use Kagami Uchiha's Mangekyou Sharingan, he wasn't confident he could deal with an Uchiha who possessed the Mangekyou Sharingan.

Therefore, both Uchiha brothers must be killed at the same time.

This eliminates the possibility of the Mangekyou Sharingan being born.

He will also gain two pairs of three-tomoe Sharingan.

With a smirk, Danzo asked again directly, "When will the attack take place?"

The assassination attempt against the Uchiha clan was ordered by the Third Hokage, who currently does not trust Danzo.

Furthermore, the newly formed Root organization lacked the necessary intelligence capabilities, and Danzo needed the cooperation of the Third Hokage before he could take action.

Sarutobi Hōwa replied, "We'll start working on a detailed assassination plan after the two brothers have completed their five missions."

"No." Danzo frowned, displeased. "It's been too long. Hurry up."

Five missions?

After five missions, it will be at least six months later.

Kagami's Sharingan doesn't have that much time to wait.

Only by acquiring enough Sharingan sooner can we research ways to reduce or even eliminate the Sharingan rejection problem sooner.

"Lord Danzo."

Sarutobi Hōhō explained, "The information on Uchiha Luffy and Uchiha Ace is still incomplete. There aren't many records of the two brothers' actions, and there's no accurate information about their preferred ninjutsu. So we can only let the two brothers take on more missions and figure out their abilities before implementing the assassination plan. This way, we can ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"Twice." Danzo held up two fingers and said, "I'll only give you a maximum of two missions to gather intelligence."

"I'm sorry, Lord Danzo, I can't do it," Sarutobi Hadouken said, shaking his head.

"Hmm!" Danzo's eyes narrowed instantly as he stared intently at Sarutobi Hadouken. It had been a long time since anyone had dared to refuse him like this, except for Hiruzen.

"This is the Hokage's order." Facing Danzo's challenging gaze, Sarutobi felt immense pressure, as if he were being watched by a demon in the dark while washing socks. He felt a chill run down his spine and had no choice but to quickly invoke the name of the Third Hokage.

Little did Danzo know that mentioning the Hokage's orders only made things worse; his already aching heart ache even more.

The phrase "I am the Hokage" seemed to echo in my ears.

"Hiruzen's orders?"

Danzo was truly enraged that a mere junior member of the Sarutobi clan dared to use the title of Hokage to intimidate him. He angrily retorted, "Then how did Hiruzen do his job? Wasn't he constantly gathering intelligence on the Uchiha clan ninjas?"

"How come you can't even gather information on two Uchiha brats, and it takes you five missions? Do you even know how long five missions take?"

"Ah...you know what?"

Danzo stood up and sprayed Sarutobi Hado's forehead with water.

He didn't buy Sarutobi's explanation at all. In his view, the Third Hokage, as the successor to the Second Hokage's will, should have a firm grasp on the information of all the strong members of the Uchiha clan.

Instead of collecting them by assigning tasks when needed.

This will take a lot of time.

Moreover, he understands Hiruzen; he's not the kind of person who tries to cram at the last minute.

The information about the Uchiha brothers, Luffy and Ace, is definitely not as incomplete as that brat Sarutobi Hadouki said.

It won't take as long as five missions to collect it.

Faced with Danzo's attack and distrust, Sarutobi Hado had no words to express his bitterness, and said with a wry smile, "Lord Danzo, a powerful Uchiha clan member with the three-tomoe Sharingan is not so easy to kill."

"Without detailed intelligence, it's easy for unexpected things to happen if we try to kill a three-tomoe Sharingan user from the Uchiha clan in a short time."

"What if something unexpected happens..."

Sarutobi looked at Danzo, his words unfinished but his meaning clear.

If anything unexpected happens, no matter how well they conceal their identities when they act, the Uchiha clan will become wary.

And it won't take long for people to guess that they were behind it.

After all, they are the Uchiha clan, who once dominated the ninja world for hundreds of years alongside the Senju clan during the Warring States period. No one can underestimate their wisdom.

Therefore, every attack on Uchiha clan ninjas must be carried out with absolute certainty.

(End of this chapter)