Konoha: Starting with Sage Mode.

Chapter 67 Mad Dog

"I never expected that this elite Jonin of the Yamanaka clan would be a member of Root. Danzo's infiltration of Konoha is truly remarkable. With Yamanaka Kumo, the hospital's security captain, Danzo has basically obtained all the hospital's intelligence."

Kirito stared at the door to the secret chamber, his face icy cold.

At this moment, the Kirito who emerged from the body of the death row inmate was naturally Kirito's White Zetsu clone.

With a skeptical attitude, Kirito, while breaking the seal on the death row inmate, took the opportunity to let the White Zetsu clone, which was hidden in his body using the Spore Technique, hide inside the death row inmate.

His caution once again helped him, leading him to unexpectedly discover who the real mole was who betrayed him.

Looking back now, if the mole was Yamanaka Fu and his backers, then this assassination becomes quite logical.

With the cooperation of Shan Zhongyun, the hospital's security captain, the most difficult problem of screening death row inmates when they are sent in will no longer be an issue. It will also be no secret that he uses death row inmates to practice palm magic. Death row inmates will definitely be delivered to him smoothly.

As for the fact that Ciyun suddenly received false information and that the illusions and chains on the death row prisoners would be broken, these were all minor matters to Yamanaka Kumo, who was proficient in sensory ninjutsu.

Because everything in the hospital was within the range of his sensory ninjutsu.

He also possessed the secret art of telepathy, a mountain technique that allowed him to command his subordinates without them noticing.

Judging from the conversation between the death row inmate and Yamanaka Kumo, it was indeed an assassination attempt by Sand Ninja, but the real mastermind was Root.

This Sand Village spy should have been exposed long ago and fallen into Root's control. The way they controlled the spy was naturally through his family.

When this Sand Ninja received an assassination mission from the Sand Ninja, he planned to use the Sand Ninja to eliminate him.

Unfortunately, Yamanaka was very careful when killing the death row inmate. After killing him, he deliberately lingered for a while before leaving, which prevented Kirito from having the opportunity to use his spiritification technique to capture the soul of the death row inmate and thus fully understand the entire process of the assassination.

"But it doesn't matter. Now the enemy is in the open while we are in the dark. Yamanaka, let me see how many spies Gen still has in the hospital."

The White Zetsu clone smiled slightly, then used the Mayfly Technique to burrow underground.

For his own safety, he will now keep a close eye on Shan Zhongyun, dig out all his secrets, and deliver a fatal blow.

If he had the chance to kill Danzo, the mastermind behind all of this, he wouldn't mind killing him.

Why would Root help the Sand Shinobi kill this Konoha genius?

The biggest reason, of course, was that Danzo planned to retaliate against Mito. Since he couldn't retaliate against Mito himself, he would retaliate against Mito's disciple.

What a mad dog.

Where is Danzo now?

Kirito had long remembered Danzo's soul aura, so he knew where Danzo was—deep within Konoha's prison.

However, Danzo has not completely lost power yet. Although he has been removed from his important positions such as Hokage advisor and Root leader, the martial arts ninjas of Root are still loyal to him, and he still has a lot of information on Konoha spies.

In order to keep this group of formidable martial arts ninjas in check and to obtain the list of spies in Danzo's possession, the Third Hokage had to make some compromises with Danzo in private, granting him certain privileges in prison.

Nowadays, the Root headquarters has almost moved to Konoha Prison.

Fearing assassination by enemies after losing power, Danzo now has a large number of Root ninja protecting him, like an old tortoise constantly strengthening his protective power.

Even if Kirito knew Danzo's location, he wouldn't find an opportunity to kill him.

However, there's plenty of time. Since Danzo has made a move against him, he will definitely not let Danzo off easily like Mito-sensei did, for the sake of the bigger picture.

He will then take the initiative to clip the other party's wings, ultimately leaving him all alone.

Danzo himself disregarded the bigger picture and tried to kill him, so why should he be asked not to kill him for the sake of the bigger picture?

Only a dead enemy is the best enemy.

As for the consequences, we'll talk about that after the enemy is dead.

Now Danzo and even the entire Root organization are Kirito's enemies.

. . .

Deep within Konoha Prison, in a cell where serious offenders are held, the originally cold and damp cell has been renovated and expanded, and its interior is arranged exactly like the Root Headquarters leader's office.

Danzo, with heavy shackles on his hands and feet, was reading a report from the battlefield in the Land of Rain as if nothing was wrong.

Now, his personal freedom has been restricted. In addition to the Root ninjas, there are also several powerful Anbu ninjas in the room. They are the eyes left here by the Third Hokage, closely watching Danzo's every move.

Suddenly, Danzo paused slightly in his work, then continued reading the next piece of information as if nothing had happened.

At that moment, Danzo heard the voice of a subordinate from the Yamanaka clan in his mind.

The art of mind-to-body transmission!

After his personal freedom was restricted and he was closely monitored by ANBU ninjas, Danzo used this ninjutsu to remotely control the actions of his subordinates.

Although the third generation was aware of this, they could not find any conclusive evidence and had no choice but to pretend they didn't see it.

"Lord Danzo, the assassination attempt has failed."

"Is the finishing touches done?"

"Ha, it's been completely taken care of."

"Intelligence on the target."

"Based on the fact that he can use the extremely destructive Bagua Palm, can release the Water Release: Water Clone Technique without hand seals, and can silently and quickly set up binding sealing techniques that are enough to trap a special Jonin, it is speculated that he has the strength of a Jonin."

"Tell Yun to wait patiently for my instructions. Suspend all operations now and continue to remain in hiding."

"ha."

The telepathic conversation ended there.

Danzo appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was utterly shocked and deeply regretted not having targeted the orphanage sooner.

It was astonishing that he possessed the ability to easily kill a special Jonin at the age of eight. Even the most talented person he knew back then, Uchiha Kagami, could not do such a thing.

Moreover, this is clearly only the tip of the iceberg of Kirito's strength, after all, Kirito is the one who received the true teachings of Mito Uzumaki.

"He's only eight years old. He'll only get stronger. No, I have to find a way to get rid of him as soon as possible. This kid is different from Mito. He's definitely not a good person. He's on good terms with the Uchiha clan and has the support of the Senju clan. He'll definitely become a major threat to my future as Hokage."

For the first time, Danzo felt pressure from an eight-year-old child and quietly made up his mind to eliminate Kirito.

Because of Kirito's genius, he had been paying attention to what Kirito did in the village and was very clear that Kirito had an extraordinary mind at a young age and had been secretly strengthening his own power.

This can be seen from Kirito's recruitment of disabled ninjas, his secret financial support for civilian ninjas, and his use of sealing techniques to turn the orphanage into a fortified stronghold.

This is an ambitious little devil.

Although he is still young, he has already grown fangs and claws. Anyone who dares to underestimate him will surely be in big trouble.

The moment his plot against Mito was discovered, his relationship with the Senju clan was destined to be irreconcilable. He had learned through intelligence that the battlefield in the Land of Rain would soon end, which meant that Tsunade would be returning soon. With Tsunade's protection, it would be even more difficult for him to harm Kirito.

Tsunade is now the flag bearer of the Senju clan and the princess of Konoha. She is also a powerful medical ninja who possesses both strength and beauty, and enjoys immense prestige in Konoha.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, she will be the next Hokage.

Once Tsunade takes power, Kirito will inevitably be highly valued by her. At that time, how should he conduct himself?

"Unfortunately, we failed to eliminate him this time. This assassination attempt will inevitably alert Mito and Hiruzen, making it impossible to strike him again in the short term."

Danzo frowned slightly and fell into deep thought.

Soon, a cold glint flashed in his eyes.

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(End of this chapter)