While the heavy hitters were making their moves, the various clans of Konoha weren't sitting idle either.
The clan leaders, after hearing the full story from their kids, had a pretty good grasp of what was going on…
Yamanaka Inoichi looked at his daughter with immense pride. Who would've thought his quiet little girl had snagged such a golden catch!
Was he about to become the father-in-law of the Fifth Hokage?!
Heh heh heh heh…
Just thinking about it was thrilling!
"Yamanaka Clan, listen up! Crush Danzo's rebellion!!!"
"Nara Clan, move out! Put down Danzo's rebellion!!!"
"Inuzuka Clan! Let's tear through those Root ninjas!!!"
"Aburame Clan…"
In the distance, Hyuga Hiashi, catching sight of his ancestor Hyuga Tennin, was practically vibrating with excitement!
"Hyuga Clan! Attack!!!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen's funeral turned into a massive brawl—Danzo's Root ninjas versus every ninja in Konoha!
Hiruzen watched the chaos unfold, growing anxious. This was his funeral, after all, and his coffin hadn't even been buried yet!
"Hey, hey, hey!! You ninja! Stay away from my coffin!!!"
"Damn it! Don't aim ninjutsu at my coffin!"
"Don't touch that! That's my tombstone!!!"
BOOM!
A random Fire Release jutsu came out of nowhere, blasting Hiruzen's tombstone to pieces…
"My tombstone's gone!!! Damn it!!!"
BOOM!
And then, out of nowhere, a Water Release jutsu hit!
Hiruzen's coffin exploded, and even the body inside was sent flying…
"Aaagh!!! My coffin!!!"
…
Danzo Shimura watched his Root ninjas losing ground, his anger boiling over.
A bunch of useless fools!!!
They couldn't even handle a group of dead people!
Looks like he'd have to take matters into his own hands!
Sure, it was just some kid, plus his old teacher the Second Hokage, the First Hokage, Uchiha Madara, and some guy who looked like an Uchiha…
A bit tricky!
But nothing he couldn't handle!
Facing Hirofumi Ito, Danzo rapidly formed hand signs!
"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!!!"
Ito Aoyama instantly appeared in front of Hirofumi!
"Wind Release: Vacuum Bullet!!!"
BOOM! The two jutsus collided in midair, creating a deafening explosion…
"Hirofumi! Fall back! Danzo's still strong. Leave him to me!!!" Aoyama shouted.
Hirofumi sighed, a bit helpless. Looked like his dad still didn't trust his strength…
But then—whoosh! whoosh! whoosh! whoosh!
Hashirama Senju, Uchiha Madara, Tobirama Senju, and Uchiha Izuna appeared right beside Hirofumi!
Tobirama glanced at Aoyama, then at Hirofumi…
"Danzo's my student! I'll handle this traitor myself!!!"
Aoyama froze for a second before quickly greeting the Second Hokage.
"Lord Second Hokage…"
Tobirama waved him off.
"No need for formalities!"
Then Hashirama jumped in!
"Tobirama! Let me take care of Danzo! I'm Hirofumi's teacher, after all! Someone's threatening my student, so I've got to step up and back him up, right?!"
With that, Hashirama unleashed his chakra with a boom!!!
A towering pillar of chakra shot into the sky!
WHOOSH!
Not to be outdone, Madara stepped forward!
"Konoha's gotten pretty interesting. And you, Danzo Shimura, you've got some guts threatening my student! You wanna dance?!"
BOOM!
In an instant, Madara's chakra erupted, his pillar of energy echoing Hashirama's!
And then, having gathered the remains of his body, Sarutobi Hiruzen joined the group…
"Teacher! Lord First! Senior Madara! I've made a lot of mistakes in the past, and Danzo's gotten worse because I let him slide…
Today, I'll personally uproot Konoha's rotten core!!!"
Hirofumi was dumbfounded. He'd planned to take down Danzo himself to show Konoha his strength, but now these guys were all jumping in to deal with Danzo…
What the heck? Was Danzo suddenly the hot commodity everyone wanted a piece of?!
Hirofumi glanced at Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, who had already gathered by his side. If he told Sasuke that Danzo forced Itachi to defect and orchestrated the Uchiha clan's destruction, Sasuke would probably jump in to kill Danzo too, right?!
Sigh… He just hoped Danzo's Root was loaded!
Otherwise, with all these people gunning for Danzo, he'd be the one losing money!
At this rate, Danzo would need to die ten or eight times to satisfy everyone. If Root's base didn't have at least five or eight billion ryo, he wouldn't break even!
Thinking about it, Hirofumi shot Danzo a resentful glare.
This damn guy!
Always causing trouble or taking the blame, and now everyone wants him dead! How much was this going to cost him in the end?!
Damn it! You naturally wicked Danzo Shimura!!!
With that thought, Hirofumi lost interest. Let them deal with Danzo's life. At least killing him once would let these guys vent some anger…
If they could kill him one less time in the future, that'd save him fifty million!
Still, Hirofumi spoke up to warn the group.
"Teacher, Lady Mito, Second, Third—Danzo's got a Mangekyo Sharingan, plus an arm full of Three-Tomoe Sharingans. And this sneaky old man can use Izanagi!
Be careful not to let him activate Izanagi, or those Three-Tomoe Sharingans will go to waste…
Keep them intact. They might come in handy. Orochimaru would probably love studying them, and who knows, they could be useful later!"
Hirofumi mainly wanted to warn them about Danzo's Izanagi. After all, each use wasted a Sharingan—what a shame if Danzo burned through them!
But, man, Danzo was something else. Using Three-Tomoe Sharingans like a substitution jutsu… what a guy!