Chapter 389: All the Blame Goes to Danzō
As a ninja of the same generation as Jiraiya, Tsunade, and Orochimaru, Hiruko still had a few tricks up his sleeve. His plan was detailed, his actions decisive. Plus, a few Root ninjas were fighting recklessly to complete the mission. They took advantage of the chaos to kill the Magnet Release ninja, Toroi, and then ran off with the corpse.
Danzō's side was also running. He ordered Sai to find Ino and the others.
The old schemer even gave Sai a clear order: drag Ino and the others into this. If necessary, Sai was to sacrifice himself to buy time for the Root ninjas to break through.
He thought it was a good plan, and Sai also carried out the order without compromise, but at this time, Ino and the others were long gone!
Sai ran headlong into Yugito Nii.
Sai's strength was not bad. If counted among the Konoha 12, he was also at an upper-middle level. But in front of Yugito, it wasn't enough.
In less than ten moves, he was knocked to the ground. Several Cloud muscle-heads swarmed up, holding his head, holding his feet. After being oppressed by a group of big men, Sai was captured alive.
Yugito could no longer turn a blind eye to the shadow clones in the room. She had to notify the Fourth Raikage, which led to the scene of the Fourth Raikage chasing Ino and the others.
Danzō's side, without Sai, had their plan to escape with the ink hawk foiled. There was no choice but to run on their two legs.
The mobility of the Cloud ninjas was more than a notch higher than that of the Stone ninjas. A group of Lightning Release ninjas, led by Darui, pursued them fiercely. They couldn't leave the Land of Lightning in a hurry. The king of blame had no choice but to lead the Root ninjas to rendezvous with Hiruko and then fight a guerrilla war in the mountains, looking for a chance to escape again.
Ino and the others successfully returned to Konoha.
Ino fulfilled her promise. After telling Rino, she first let Karui live at her house. Then she went to report the entire process of this mission to the Hokage.
"I don't know what Lord Danzō was thinking. Anyway, the Cloud Village was thrown into chaos by him. There was no choice; we could only run back first."
She spoke in the tone of an innocent person, making her position in the whole affair very vague. She was just an innocent bystander who knew nothing. Everything was caused by Danzō!
For this, she even showed the mission scroll Danzō had given her.
After Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura read it, they both nodded. This was indeed Danzō's handwriting, and also his way of doing things, regardless of anything else. All of you can be sacrificed for my, the old man's, goal.
There was already the hatred of Yahiko and Konan before. Now, with this matter, Jiraiya was furious and prepared to kill Danzō. Ninjas didn't need to talk too much about evidence; just casually pinning a crime of treason on him was enough.
Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura both raised objections. They wanted to know what treasure Danzō had gotten from the Cloud Village this time before making a decision.
Utatane Koharu was just purely greedy. Mitokado Homura had some sense of the bigger picture. He believed that at this time when war was imminent, it was really inappropriate for you, as the Hokage, to kill your own advisor without a second word.
Those who knew would say that you had long been displeased with him, that Danzō caused trouble everywhere and deserved to die. Those who didn't know would think that Konoha was afraid of the Cloud Village and was cutting off its own arm to sue for peace.
Mitokado Homura even more implicitly stated that you killing Danzō now was of the same nature as the Third Hokage handing over Hiashi Hyuga's corpse under the threat of the Cloud Village's envoy back then.
Back then, the Third Hokage didn't dare to fight and could only swallow the bitter pill in silence. Do we not dare to fight now either?
Internal conflicts and external conflicts must be distinguished.
Shikaku was extremely dissatisfied that Danzō had put his son in danger, but he also advised Jiraiya to wait a bit.
Even if you want to declare him a traitor, a criminal, you have to wait until he returns to the village, right? Ino and the others were extremely decisive and ran back all the way. The old man Danzō's life or death was still unknown, and it was unknown in which mountain cave he was eating rice balls.
Wait a little longer, see what the situation is, and then talk.
The Yamanaka family's ninjas were sent out to gather intelligence. Nekobaa's side also received a mission commission to find Danzō's whereabouts and, by the way, find out what exactly Danzō had taken from the Cloud Village.
Several major ninja villages were investigating. Akatsuki and the Kara organization also turned their attention to the Cloud Village.
In a secret base overseas, Obito was also discussing this matter with Zetsu.
"How did the Eight-Tails appear?" Obito didn't know that he was the second person to take the blame for this matter. At this time, he asked Zetsu with the confusion of a bystander.
Zetsu also didn't know what was going on. So many big and small things happened in the ninja world every day. He didn't have the ability to predict the future. Who could have thought that such a thing would happen?
He looked at Obito strangely. "Didn't you do it? The method looks very similar."
Obito shook his head. "It wasn't me, nor was it Itachi. Itachi's younger brother is still in Konoha, and Kakashi is in the Land of Rivers… The only one who can control the Eight-Tails with the Sharingan, I estimate… I estimate it's only Danzō."
Obito knew that Danzō had taken many Sharingan on the night of the massacre, but he felt that those eyes would have a hard time controlling the Eight-Tails, so he spoke very vaguely.
Zetsu went out to gather information. A day later, he came back again.
"Your guess is very accurate. The incident in the Cloud Village was indeed done by Danzō!"
Zetsu rambled on and on.
In this day and age, there is no wall that doesn't have a crack. Although C had issued a gag order to the Cloud ninjas, the news still leaked out.
Danzō had stolen the Cloud Village's village-guarding treasure, the Kohaku no Jōhei from the treasured tools of the Sage of Six Paths.
Zetsu and Obito's side had more information. Considering that Danzō had many Sharingan in his hands, and his own talent and ninjutsu skills were top-notch, it was reasonable for him to use the Sharingan as a non-clan member like Kakashi.
Using the Konoha blind date group to attract attention in the open, then controlling the Eight-Tails to create chaos, and finally stealing the Kohaku no Jōhei—the entire process of the crime was very clear.
Motive, ability, and plan were all in place. This matter was one hundred percent done by Danzō!
Danzō's true identity, the matter of the Sharingan—it was difficult for outsiders to accurately grasp the context. It was like looking at flowers in a fog. They couldn't understand the matter of the Eight-Tails, and the Cloud Village didn't explain.
But the theft of the Kohaku no Jōhei gradually spread.
Just looking at the incident where the Cloud Village forcefully tried to steal the Byakugan, you would know that their style had always been extremely domineering.
They usually had a lot of enemies, but they couldn't be beaten, so everyone could only endure it. Now that something had happened on your side, you're not going to let us have a good laugh?
The Kohaku no Jōhei had been circulating in the ninja world for over a thousand years. Everyone had some records of it. You reveal a bit, I add a piece of information, and the function of this treasured tool became known to everyone to a certain extent.
Many ninjas were shocked. What? "You call my name, and I answer," and I can be sealed away? Such a perverted ninja tool must be mine!
A large group of ninjas who brought their own food also joined the queue to hunt Danzō. Among them were even fierce people like Kakuzu.
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