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Chapter 40 Danzo: Hanzo is dead? What does that have to do with me!

A ninja dog carrying a scroll appeared outside Konoha Village.

The seal on the scroll in its mouth was a unique pattern belonging to one of the Dark Divisions, 'Root'.

Upon discovering this situation, the Root members responsible for observation on the outskirts of Konoha knew that something serious must have happened, and hurriedly took the scroll out of the ninja dog's mouth.

"It's a message from Lord Terai!"

Upon discovering the markings on the scroll, he prepared to present the information to Danzo.

Just then, a figure suddenly appeared, glanced at the scroll, and asked in a deep voice, "Shijiu, what happened?"

"Lord Ryoma?"

Shi Jiu paused for a moment, then said respectfully, "It's an urgent message from Lord Terai. Something may have happened in the Land of Rain. I was just about to present it to Lord Danzo."

"Land of Rain"

Longma muttered to himself, a cold glint flashing in his eyes.

"The situation is urgent, please forgive my rudeness, Lord Ryoma."

Shi Jiu hid the scroll, stepped over Ryoma, and headed to see Danzo.

However, after taking only two steps, he felt a sharp pain in his heart.

puff!

Shi Jiu looked down and saw a hand piercing his heart.

"Lord Ryoma?"

Shi Jiu, whose heart had been pierced by a punch, had dilated pupils and slowly turned around, his eyes filled with disbelief: "Why...why did you betray...Lord Danzo?"

"You don't need to know."

Ryoma swiftly withdrew his hand, coldly uttered a single sentence, and then turned his gaze to the ninja dog.

betray?

No, he was only temporarily blinded, and is only now discovering the true light.

"Woof! Woof!"

The ninja dog sensed danger and attempted to escape.

Unfortunately, a swarm of parasitic insects swarmed out and devoured it, leaving only bones.

After dealing with everything, Ryoma leisurely wiped the blood off his hands, took out the scroll from Shijiu's corpse, opened it and glanced at it briefly, a cold smile curling at the corner of his lips: "Hmph, as expected, Lord Zongyue was right, the rats in the sewers can only play these tricks."

Although he doesn't know the details of that Uchiha girl's situation, he will clean up her tail for the sake of Lord Munezuki.

The next moment, the reel was completely devoured by the parasites.

"Lord Zongyue, with me, Ryoma, here, no one can harm you!"

Longma silently cleaned up the scene, removing all traces, and then disappeared as if he had never been there.

Hokage Building.

At this moment, the Third Hokage was frantically dealing with documents.

The political problems left behind by White Fang's death, as well as the recent probing attempts by various ninja villages, have left him feeling physically and mentally exhausted.

But just then, an urgent message from Tsunade was delivered to her office by the Anbu.

Upon opening the scroll and glancing at it, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt his blood pressure spike and almost fainted.

"Danzo!!!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's forehead veins bulged as he slammed his hand on the table, roaring with bloodshot eyes, "Go! Bring Danzo here! Now!"

"Yes, Lord Hokage!"

Hearing the angry roars coming from inside, the secret agents outside the door exchanged glances and fell silent, trembling with fear.

The usually mild-mannered Third Hokage is surprisingly terrifying when he gets angry!

Soon, Danzo stepped into the Hokage's office with a face full of doubt.

Snapped!

As soon as he entered, before Danzo could even speak, a scroll was thrown in his face.

"Hiruzen, have you gone mad?!" Danzo's eyes were filled with malice, his facial muscles contorted, as he ripped the scroll off and roared, "What are you doing?!"

"What am I supposed to do?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi gave a cold, sarcastic laugh: "Look what you've done, Danzo!"

Danzo's eyelids twitched suddenly, a bad feeling creeping into his heart. He bent down to pick up the scroll from the ground, his eyes quickly scanning it.

He hadn't even read a few lines before he nearly spat out a mouthful of blood.

"How dare you, Danzo!" Hiruzen Sarutobi, still furious, glared at him fiercely. "Secretly colluding with Hanzo to assassinate my village's Jonin, and then using the power of Root to join forces with the rebel Akatsuki organization to assassinate Hanzo, the leader of Amegakure—truly impressive, Danzo!"

Slander! He's slandering me!

Danzo was incredibly frustrated, his old face flushed red, and veins bulging on his forehead: "You're talking nonsense! Don't you dare slander me, Hiruzen!"

"I slandered you?" Hiruzen Sarutobi was even angrier, slamming his fist on the table and glaring at him. "Look at yourself! Is there a single thing written here that wrongly accuses you?"

Danzo's lips twitched, but he still stubbornly argued, "I admit, I did have Hanzo kill that Uchiha brat, but I never intended to kill Hanzo!"

"You didn't kill Hanzo? Fine, then tell me, who killed him?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi crossed his arms, looking at him with an "I'm not going to listen to your excuses" attitude: "Is it Tsunade? Or Uchiha Munetsuki? Or just those few Akatsuki brats?"

"I"

Danzo felt a lump in his throat and almost choked to death.

He wanted to say something in his defense, but the problem was that he wasn't clean in the first place.

Originally, I only wanted to kill that Uchiha brat, take his Sharingan, and study that so-called genjutsu.

But now, things are really messed up. Hanzo is dead, and this blame is inexplicably being pinned on him.

This is like smearing mud on your crotch; even if it's not shit, it's still shit!

"Anyway, I didn't do it."

Now that things have come to this, Danzo can only put on a shameless act, stubbornly refusing to admit anything: "I'm doing this for the good of Konoha. Your methods are too naive, Hiruzen!"

"Danzo, don't forget, I am the Hokage!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi slammed his fist on the table in anger, his voice rising eighteen octaves, spittle practically flying onto his face: "Look at what you've done! How dare you lay your hands on Amegakure! Do you want to start a war? Do you even respect me as Hokage?!"

"Hiruzen, this matter is not that simple."

Danzo took a deep breath, knowing that now was not the time, and calmly said, "Give me some time, I will find out the truth about this and give you an explanation."

"You don't need to explain yourself!"

Still furious, Hiruzen Sarutobi sneered repeatedly: "You should start thinking about how to give Tsunade an explanation."

"Tsunade?"

Danzo frowned, but wasn't particularly concerned: "What explanation do I need to give her?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sat back down in his chair, lit his pipe, took a deep drag, and slowly exhaled: "Just half an hour ago, Tsunade officially notified Konoha Hospital and all ninjas within the medical system that they are no longer allowed to treat any member of 'Root', or they will be stripped of their medical qualifications."

Danzo, who hadn't cared about the threat before, broke out in a cold sweat upon hearing this: "Hiruzen, you... she's openly targeting Konoha's Anbu!"

Konoha can lack ANBU, but it absolutely cannot lack medical ninjas.

In today's Konoha Village, over 90% of the medical ninjas have received guidance and instruction from Tsunade.

Although there are other medical ninjas besides Tsunade's faction who can use medical ninjutsu, they are ultimately a minority and their efforts are simply insufficient.

Seeing his discomfiture, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt a strange sense of satisfaction.

Let's see if you dare to be arrogant again!

"Hiruzen, are you just going to stand by and watch?"

Danzo gritted his teeth, trying to salvage the situation: "No matter what, Root is for Konoha. Tsunade's actions are weakening our own power!"

"Oh, now you know to ask me?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled smoke and said calmly, "I can't interfere in this matter. After all, it was Tsunade who created and perfected the entire medical system of Konoha. In the past, she was unwilling to use this power, but now you have completely angered her. Even I am far less important to those people than she is."

Perhaps it was her usual carefree attitude that made many people subconsciously overlook Tsunade's hidden political power.

Just like Danzo, he forgot the most important principle.

That is, whatever you do, never offend a doctor, or you'll be in big trouble!

Danzo broke out in a cold sweat. He finally realized just how enormous and terrifying this power, which he had previously overlooked, would be once mobilized!

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