"Lord."
"The ANBU monitoring the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki has just discovered that Uchiha Haruko has made contact with him."
"Should we intervene?"
Root Headquarters.
A Root operative quickly reported.
Danzō, who was flipping through a scroll, suddenly turned cold!
"When did this happen?!"
"Where is the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki now?!"
Danzō asked quickly in a cold voice.
"Including the time it took for Root to discover and report, it's been about fifteen minutes."
The Root operative answered quickly.
"Moreover, accompanying the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki is the young heiress of the Hyūga clan's Main Family."
"The exact location... is temporarily unknown."
The Root operative's voice trailed off at the end, clearly lacking confidence.
The monitoring of Uchiha Haruko, that Root resident, had been put on hold after Uchiha Shisui went to Kirigakure...
If the Uchiha who contacted the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki hadn't been this Uchiha Haruko, Root probably still wouldn't have any information about Uchiha Haruko until Uchiha Shisui returned.
As expected.
Danzō's expression visibly darkened.
"Letting an Uchiha make contact with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki..."
"What are the ANBU even doing?!"
With a roar, the air seemed to freeze!
Danzō's single eye grew more sinister, his dangerous gaze made the Root operative not even dare to look up...
"What does the Hokage say?"
"Did he stop them in time?"
Danzō asked again.
"No, he didn't." The Root operative answered carefully.
"The Hokage-sama only resumed monitoring the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, there were no... orders to stop them."
"Ridiculous!" Danzō slammed his hand on the table, cursing angrily!
"Isn't the lesson from seven years ago enough?!"
"Sarutobi... to what extent are you going to indulge the Uchiha?!"
Seven years ago, the Nine-Tails attack, the identity of the mysterious man was still unknown.
Although the entire Uchiha clan was in Konoha that night, and he personally supervised, not letting go of any Uchiha clansman.
The fact remained that the Nine-Tails attack was clearly the result of a Sharingan genjutsu.
The Uchiha could never clear their name.
Danzō had never trusted this evil clan.
He was convinced that the Uchiha were involved in the incident seven years ago!
But what was laughable was.
This fact was acknowledged by the entire Konoha high command, but only that weakling who was the Hokage, continued to harbor fantasies about this clan!
Constantly indulging, constantly letting them off!
Now, even an Uchiha contacting the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki was allowed to go unpunished?!
"Immediately gather all Root combat personnel!"
"Immediately, take Uchiha Haruko into custody. If she resists, kill her on the spot!"
Danzō waved his hand, giving the order.
"Yes!"
The Root operative immediately felt relieved.
Having orders was better than staying here...
However.
Before he could leave to carry out the order,
Danzō's voice rang out again...
"Wait."
Danzō's single eye narrowed, seemingly thinking of something, his tone no longer as violent as before, but his whole person was even more dangerous.
As he spoke, Danzō sat back down in his seat, looking at the scrolls on the table.
They were reports from the Kirigakure front lines.
The war was still going on.
But Kirigakure, under the strain, was clearly nearing its limit.
However, it probably wasn't so realistic to expect the battle to end in the short term.
"Since the Hokage isn't taking action..."
"Then Root shouldn't take action for now."
Danzō said slowly, having already made a decision in his heart.
"Then... how should Uchiha Haruko be dealt with?"
"Should we just let her make contact with the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki, Lord?"
Seeing this, the Root operative breathed a sigh of relief and asked.
"Just leave it be..."
Danzō said without looking up.
"Even if we catch her now, it won't do Root any good."
As he spoke, Danzō's eyes grew colder...
Even if they caught Uchiha Haruko now, it would be useless before things had settled down.
Root couldn't accuse this Uchiha of betraying the village.
Under pressure from the Uchiha, with the weakness of that old partner of his, restoring her freedom was only a matter of time.
And what he wanted...
Wasn't an Uchiha who could be released at any time...
Danzō touched the bandages on his right eye, a flash of greed in his eyes.
"This eye..."
"It's long overdue to find a replacement for it..."
"Are you full?"
Ichiraku Ramen.
Qingchuan looked at the two children next to him.
Suddenly, he felt like a zookeeper.
Hinata's manners were impeccable.
She ate quietly, but seemed to finish quickly…
Naruto, with his wild eating style, only finished after Hinata had eaten.
However, with this comparison...
Naruto's situation was very obvious.
He was probably not full.
Or he hadn't had such delicious ramen in a long time.
After finishing, he even licked the bottom of the bowl...
"What a pitiful child."
Qingchuan sighed inwardly.
He was reminded of Little Sasuke, whom he had met earlier today.
Compared to the Uchiha clan's young master, Naruto... was severely underdeveloped.
A bowl of ramen was enough to highlight this kid's tragic childhood...
Third Hokage.
Is this how you fulfilled the Fourth's instructions?
Qingchuan sneered inwardly.
"If you're not full, you can order another one."
Looking at Naruto, who was still licking the bottom of the bowl, Qingchuan said slowly.
Hearing this, Naruto suddenly looked up, his eyes lighting up!
"Really?!"
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