A late spring rain suddenly fell.
The third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, carried a black stick and walked slowly to a river.
The Minagawa River is a large river that surrounds Konoha.
The Sarutobi clan and the Shimura clan were separated from each other. When they moved into Konoha, it was here that Sarutobi Hiruzen met Shimura Danzo for the first time.
From then on, the two formed a lifelong bond, which lasted for decades through ups and downs until today.
But... this kind of close friendship may come to an end today.
Sarutobi Hiruzen never doubted that Danzo could escape from the Roots. The Roots were the lair that Danzo had been running for twenty years. As long as he was at the Roots, he would definitely be able to escape.
But where will Danzo go after escaping
This is the only place!
Danzo will be here waiting for Sarutobi Hiruzen.
And Sarutobi Hiruzen also needs Danzo to give him an explanation.
It's just that too many things have happened recently. Since the end of the Third Ninja War, Konoha has been in turmoil and turmoil.
So Sarutobi Hiruzen was not in a very good mood, or in other words, very bad.
He was holding the Vajra Ruyi Stick that the ape demon had transformed into, and had a murderous look on his face. No matter how you looked at it, this conversation was not going to be too gentle.
Sure enough... Danzo sat alone by the river, looking at the rapids of Nanga River, silent.
His condition looked extremely bad. He was dressed in bright red and the original color of his clothes could no longer be seen clearly.
Sarutobi Hiruzen's heart suddenly trembled. This was the first time he saw Danzo in such a miserable state.
His hand holding the black stick also began to turn white.
Danzo was in this state, of course, just pretending.
He had been sitting on the ground recovering his chakra. He seemed to be covered in blood, but in fact he had no injuries at all.
You know, Izanagi can restore the state to the initial stage of the Sharingan record.
Every time I die, it is really miserable.
But Danzo recovered using Izanagi.
The only weakness he had was that he had used too much chakra and the soles of his feet were weak, but he was definitely not injured to this extent.
Danzo did this on purpose.
Transplanting the Sharingan and Wood Release was already a heinous crime, but Hiruzen Sarutobi was the Third Hokage after all. If Danzo wanted to stay in the village, he had to impress him.
Even if he dies openly afterwards and is active in Konoha in a behind-the-scenes capacity, that is still Konoha!
Danzo's fundamental power is the root. As long as he still controls the root, then he is pretending to die. What does it mean
Seeing his old friend walk in, Danzo wiped the blood on his face and said "weakly": "You're here, Hiruzen."
"Do you remember this river?" Danzo began to play the emotional card.
"Of course I remember, this is the place where we first met." Sarutobi Hiruzen replied.
Many years ago, at this time, a careless young man unbuttoned his pants and drank water here... ahem, it was a squirt gun.
He turned to a young boy who was staring at him with a playful smile and said, "Duanzo, you can't pee as far as I can."
"Fart!" Danzo blurted out subconsciously, and then he also unbuttoned his pants and made an arc.
But the arc was not too far away and landed directly on his feet.
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Sarutobi Hiruzen was in a daze for a moment, but the memory of that year was still so clear.
But after a moment of confusion, he raised his stick and hit Danzo.
Danzo just resisted casually, and the monkey demon stretched out a hand from the stick and grabbed his neck fiercely.
"You want... to kill me...?" Danzo asked intermittently.
"How dare you mention that when you were a kid, tell me if the mirror's eyes were in your hands!
The mirror has saved you so many times, how dare you..." Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice became louder and faster.
"Say it!"
"Hurry up and say it!!"
The strength of the monkey demon's hand became stronger and stronger, leaving Danzo speechless at all.
But Sarutobi Hiruzen still asked: "Say it!"
"Hurry up and say it!"
"..." Danzo felt a little blurry and almost out of breath.
If he hadn't been speechless, he would have wanted to curse: "Made, you're mentally retarded!"
You grabbed my neck, what do you want me to say
Just when Danzo was hesitating whether to use Izanagi to escape his life first, Hiruzen Sarutobi realized what he was doing and quickly asked the monkey demon to let go of his hand.
"Cough cough cough..." Danzo collapsed on the ground and coughed violently.
"Hurry up and explain, otherwise I don't guarantee that I will kill you with my own hands!" the Third Hokage said coldly.
Danzo explained: "When something happened to the mirror, I was the first to arrive. The Uchiha clan was about to arrive, so I had no choice but to take off his eyes. For what reason, don't you understand?"
"Uchiha-san is going to become the leader of the Uchiha clan at that time. If the eyes of the mirror fall into his hands again, how will Uchiha resist? I am doing this for the good of Konoha."
Danzo immediately threw the pot to the dead man.
"Jing's death has absolutely nothing to do with me!"
"What about the Sharingan?"
"I secretly saved these after the ninjas of the Uchiha clan died in battle. I have never killed a ninja from a village. Am I that kind of person?" Danzo said solemnly.
"Then why do you want a transplant?" asked the Third Hokage.
Danzo sighed.
"Remember when Fugaku attacked the village? I investigated him after that and found out that he had joined an organization called Akatsuki.
This is not the point. The point is that the leader of Akatsuki has the Samsara Eye. "
Sarutobi Hiruzen stared into Danzo's eyes and asked after a while, "How many other things are you hiding from me?!"
"That's all I know." Danzo said quickly.
"The reason why I did so much is to resist the Akatsuki organization.
The Samsara Eye is an eye that only the Immortals of Six Paths have. Since they are attacking the village, I must protect the village. "
Sarutobi Hiruzen was silent again.
His intuition told him that Danzo was not telling the truth, but at this time, Sarutobi Hiruzen did not want to distinguish or pursue the matter.
He just wanted a reason, a reason that could convince him to let Danzo go.
Now, he's found it.
"Danzo, after all, you have transplanted the Wooden Sharingan and Kyou's eyes.
I should kill you both emotionally and rationally... But after so many years, I won't kill you, but I will declare you... a traitor. "
"Hiruzhan, I can fake death..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand to stop his words.
"Go and join the Akatsuki organization. From today on, you are the village's spy and the village's eyes in the Akatsuki."
Danzo: "..."
"As long as you complete your mission, I will ensure that you can come back safely and restore your reputation."
After the Third Hokage finished speaking, he turned and left.
Danzo's face was gloomy and uncertain until Sarutobi Hiruzen disappeared, and he laughed loudly and said: "As expected of Hiruzen! As expected of the Third Hokage! As expected of the teacher's most proud disciple!"
Three times in a row, this middle-aged man, who is worthy of being a high-level official in Konoha and will soon become a "rebellious nin", has a laugh that is crazy, desolate, and extremely tragic.
The sky was covered with dark clouds and it was pouring rain.
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