Chinya responded between the lines to Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen naturally caught the undertone in Chinya's words.
He ignored Chinya's implication, set down his pipe, and said, "We suspect someone helped Uzumaki Miyuki desert Konoha. Chinya, since you're Miyuki's friend, do you have any leads? For example, who might be suspicious?"
Chinya replied, "Helping Miyuki desert Konoha? I remember Miyuki doesn't have many friends. If I had to name the most likely suspect for helping her leave Konoha, it would probably be me."
Hiruzen narrowed his eyes slightly as he looked at Chinya and asked, "Then… was it you?"
Chinya answered with an innocent expression, "Do you really think it could be me, Third? If I wanted to help Miyuki escape, why would I leave Naruto behind? I should have no problem taking both Miyuki and Naruto with me, don't you think? Don't you believe I'm capable of that, Third?"
Koharu Utatane and Homura stared coldly at Chinya.
This arrogance was too much—it was practically declaring that all the ninja in Konoha were inferior to him.
But… there seemed to be no way to argue against that.
Hiruzen now had no desire to continue this conversation with Chinya. He needed to make immediate arrangements, so he said, "I naturally trust you, Chinya. The matter of Miyuki's desertion has been classified top secret. Officially, we will announce she was kidnapped by unknown ninja. We'll need to discuss this further. You may leave for now."
Chinya nodded and said, "Understood, Third. Then I'll go to the Anbu Base to pick up Naruto."
Danzo's pulse quickened. He shot Chinya a piercing glare.
Hiruzen also fixed Chinya with a threatening stare. "Didn't I say you weren't allowed to take Naruto away?"
Chinya replied casually, "Why wouldn't I be allowed to take Naruto? The Fourth is in a coma, and Miyuki fled Konoha after suffering intolerable treatment. How is a child not even one year old supposed to survive?
Since Kushina and Miyuki were close friends and from the same clan, isn't it only natural for Naruto to be raised by the both of us?"
Before Hiruzen could respond, Danzo immediately stepped forward.
Hiruzen had been about to agree to let Chinya take Naruto, but now this annoying guy suddenly got involved—it was unbearable for anyone.
Mainly because Danzo had been tricked by Chinya too many times; he couldn't afford to let such a tempting opportunity slip into Chinya's hands.
Danzo roared angrily, "Chinya, besides you, there's no one else who could've helped Miyuki flee! Your goal is to assist Miyuki in deserting Konoha, so you can legally adopt the young jinchuriki, control the jinchuriki, and ultimately manipulate Konoha itself—am I right?
Naruto will never be handed over to you. Abandon this hope forever!"
Chinya didn't acknowledge Danzo at all. Instead, he turned directly to Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura and asked, "What about the three of you? Do you share Danzo's view?"
Hiruzen, Koharu, and Homura continued staring silently at Chinya, their expressions grim. There was absolutely no chance they would hand Naruto over to Chinya.
Chinya's lips curled slightly as he suddenly erupted with powerful chakra.
Chinya entered Sage Mode. A dragon horn sprouted from his forehead, scales covered his body, and a layer of azure Sage Chakra enveloped his entire form.
In an instant, he appeared right in front of Danzo, violently grabbed his head, and forcefully slammed him into the ground.
The immense strength caused the ground to instantly crack, half of Danzo's body buried within.
Danzo glared at Chinya with eyes nearly bulging from fury, quickly forming hand seals to counterattack.
[Wind Release: Air Slash!]
Danzo inhaled deeply, preparing to expel a wind blade from his mouth toward Chinya.
Chinya activated Mangekyo Sharingan. Because he was already in Sage Mode, the pupils of his Mangekyo Sharingan had a vertical slit at their center.
[Wanju!]
Danzo's ninjutsu was immediately disrupted.
Immediately afterward, Chinya began delivering punch after punch directly into Danzo's face.
This sudden assault caught Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado completely off guard.
Hiruzen bellowed angrily, "Stop! Chinya! Are you also going to betray Konoha?"
Chinya paused his punches. While in Sage Mode, Chinya's strength rivaled Tsunade's monstrous power. If Chinya had gone all out, Danzo might've been dead by now.
Lifting Danzo up by the head, Chinya turned to face Hiruzen. "Betrayal? I'm simply telling the Third that if I wanted to take control of Konoha or the Jinchuriki, it wouldn't require so much trouble. I could just kill all of you here right now.
Do you really believe you could stop me if I decided to kill you all here? Kill you and take over as Hokage? No one would dare oppose me after that given my prestige."
Chinya's pressure surged once again, causing Hiruzen Sarutobi, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado to show expressions of horror.
They hadn't expected Chinya to become this powerful. Just his presence was enough to make them tremble in fear.
Chinya coldly said, "Third, I don't have time to play your messed-up political games. You people are so short-sighted. If you had firmly quashed those rumors from the beginning, Miyuki, Minato Namikaze's wife, wouldn't have left Konoha. Even if she wanted to leave, for Naruto's sake, she would've stayed to continue serving Konoha.
But how did you act instead? That idiot Minato Namikaze actually sacrificed his own child for this Konoha, turning his son into a Jinchuriki while himself falling into a coma.
And what have you done? None of you appreciate Minato Namikaze's sacrifice, planning instead to turn Naruto into an emotionless war machine. I'd love to see the look on his face when he wakes up and finds out everything you've done."
Chinya ripped away the bandages wrapped around Danzo's right eye, smirking coldly at the Sharingan revealed there. "Is the eye working well for you? I told you so many times: don't provoke me, don't provoke me. Why wouldn't you just listen?!"
Chinya directly dug out Danzo's Sharingan eye from his right socket.
"Ahh!"
The excruciating pain of having his eye forcibly removed caused Danzo to cry out uncontrollably.
Before Danzo's very eyes, and in front of Hiruzen and the others, Chinya crushed the extracted Sharingan between his fingers.
Chinya flung Danzō aside like garbage and said to Hiruzen Sarutobi, "Perhaps you still don't believe I can wipe Konoha off the map..."
With a single punch, Chinya caved in the wall beside him. The sheer force caused half of the Hokage Tower to begin collapsing.
Konoha's Anbu moved in to assist but were halted by Hiruzen's sharp command.
Hiruzen fixed a grave stare on Chinya. The presence Chinya radiated now was indistinguishable from the Madara Uchiha he had once faced.
Chinya smirked slightly. "It seems the Third is starting to understand. I am a man of my word. Long ago, Mito Uzumaki told me never to raise my hand against Konoha first — and I honored that request. But if Konoha chooses to stand against me, then that promise is nullified.
If you're going to speak of Konoha's favor toward me, then the name Crimson-Eyed Asura alone should say it all. That title was bought with my blood and near-death sacrifices for Konoha.
Now then, I think everyone has cooled down. Can we have a reasonable discussion? Or... shall we end negotiations here?"
A faint smirk tugged at Chinya's lips as he locked eyes with Hiruzen Sarutobi, waiting for his choice.
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