Hokage Office.
After Shinji revealed a series of charges against Danzo, not only Hiruzen, but even Kakashi became serious.
After a long time, Hiruzen sat back down in his chair. His gaze, however, turned to Shisui, and he asked softly but powerfully, "Shisui, can you tell me about your specific situation?"
Seeing Hiruzen act like this, Shinji, who was nearby, silently praised him in his heart and slowly walked to Kakashi's side. After all, Anbu is directly subordinate to the Hokage, and Hiruzen didn't ask him to report directly.
Instead, having Shisui explain his matter first means that Hiruzen has taken this matter seriously.
Hiruzen wanted to know first, the information spoken by Shisui, a successor of the Will of Fire who was willing to choose to control his own clan leader for Konoha. And only this would allow him to correctly understand the information in Shinji's words that followed.
Shisui was silent for a while, then recounted everything he had encountered today, from beginning to end.
"Hokage-sama, it was my immaturity and lack of ability that allowed Danzo... to succeed in his sneak attack."
Shisui paused, only then not calling out the word 'sama'.
Hiruzen nodded gently, crossed his hands on the table, and looked at Shisui with eyes full of relief, saying, "No, Shisui, you've already done very well. Even though you knew Danzo was the culprit who harmed many geniuses in your clan, you didn't lose your composure because of it."
"Even, at the end of the matter, you were thinking of sacrificing your own life to not make things difficult for me. Doing so was a wrong decision, but..."
"This means that you are a true ninja. There are some aspects where I am not as good as you."
Upon hearing this, Shisui stared blankly at Hiruzen, speechless for a long time.
"Next, leave it to me, Shisui. After all, I am the Hokage, and the one who should stand in front of you the most. You just need to rest well now."
Hiruzen looked at Shisui with gentle eyes, then turned his head to look at Kakashi, who was beside him, and said, "Kakashi, take Shisui to the medical department. Next, Anbu will assign a small team to protect Shisui twenty-four hours a day."
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
Kakashi nodded in response, then immediately wanted to take Shisui down.
"Captain Kakashi, please wait a moment."
Seeing that Kakashi was about to leave with Shisui, Shinji stopped him.
"There are Root spies within Anbu. When arranging, I suggest it would be better to have the members of Team Six guard him."
Shinji pointed to Shisui, the meaning was self-evident. Don't let Shisui just get his eyes back only to have someone steal from his home, that would be a huge joke.
Moreover, Team Six's Anbu has Itachi, after all.
Shinji turned and looked at Hiruzen, whose gaze was already on him, and said, "Hokage-sama, I have recovered the other eye that Shisui lost."
After speaking, Shinji took out a scroll and formed hand signs to unseal it.
"Release!"
After a burst of smoke, on top of the scroll, appeared a pale right hand and a severed left palm.
Shinji pointed to the severed left palm that was still clenched and said, "Shisui's right eye is on this hand palm."
Hiruzen's gaze lingered on the pale right hand for a while, then he nodded and said, "Kakashi, go. Have the members of Team Six protect Shisui."
Having received Hiruzen's approval, Kakashi picked up the severed left palm and left the Hokage Office with Shisui.
As Shisui walked out of the office, he looked at Shinji with a worried expression.
"Shinji, bring it here for me to see." Hiruzen nodded and instructed Shinji.
"Yes, Hokage-sama."
Shinji nodded, picked up the pale right hand, and placed it before Hiruzen.
Hiruzen extended his right hand, disregarding the dozen or so bright red Three Tomoe Sharingan on it. Instead, he reached for the faintly visible human face on the right arm.
His voice couldn't help but tremble slightly. "First... Hokage."
Shinji didn't speak. He just stood quietly in front of the office desk, waiting for the Hiruzen.
When Hiruzen composed himself and looked at Shinji again, the usual smile was not on his face.
Instead, he looked at Shinji with a serious expression and spoke, "Shinji, next."
"You answer what I ask."
"Yes, Hokage-sama." Shinji nodded very calmly.
Just as Shinji and Hiruzen were speaking, the Sealing Squad was immediately dispatched to lay down a Fuinjutsu throughout the entire Hokage Building, a seal to prevent eavesdropping and escape.
Soon after, the door of the Hokage Office was pushed open.
Kakashi, who was standing guard at the door, looked up and, seeing that Hiruzen had opened it himself, he waved his hand. All the hidden Anbu received the signal and immediately appeared, kneeling on one knee outside the office, all bowing their heads, awaiting Hiruzen's instructions.
Hiruzen said indifferently, with a pipe in his mouth, "Kakashi, all Anbu members will be reviewed. Those with a Fuinjutsu on their tongues will be taken down immediately."
As soon as his voice fell, several of the Anbu members who were originally crouching immediately stood up, wanting to leave using the Body Flicker Technique.
Chidori!
In the originally quiet corridor, the unique attack sound of a thousand birds chirping echoed instantly. Immediately, a blurry figure moved quickly, accompanied by a deep blue current.
Several Anbu members who made abnormal movements were captured by the Chidori in Kakashi's hand, and were all controlled by the current, unable to move.
Whoosh—
Hiruzen gently exhaled a puff of smoke, just glancing at these Anbu.
"Notify all Jonin currently in the village to assemble immediately. Issue a level one alert. No one is allowed to go outside."
"Kakashi, go to the Uchiha clan and invite the Uchiha clan head to come over."
"Understood."
Kakashi nodded and handed the Root spy in his hand, who was already weakened, to Tenzō, who was waiting nearby.
Inside the Hokage Office, Shinji leaned against the doorway, watching everything happening in the corridor.
He couldn't help but exclaim, 'As expected of Kakashi, he really showed off.'
This move, Chidori, taking down several Anbu with considerable strength, deterred some people who weren't making moves. After all, Danzo couldn't have only arranged this few Root spies over so many years. However, it ends here.
Kakashi had only been gone for a little while when several figures rushed over.
Shikaku walked quickly, accompanied by Chōza and Inoichi.
Shikaku, who was walking at the front, glanced at the blackened marks on the corridor that had been 'baptized' by Chidori, and couldn't help but frown.
He had originally thought that Hiruzen had summoned all the Jonin at this time because other ninja villages were making moves. But according to this situation, it didn't seem like it. It seems there will be trouble.
(End of Chapter)
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