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Chapter 7 Danzo, This is a Slander!
The gate to the Root Base was smashed open, and Danzo Shimura rushed out.
This ninja, who had always been hidden in the shadows of Konoha, had completely lost his usual composure at this moment.
His single eye was bloodshot, and his breathing was rapid; this was a huge challenge for him.
This is not just about his status, it's a matter of life and death.
The light outside was blinding to him; it was the enormous curtain of light overhead that turned night into day.
The scene playing on the screen was the one where he ordered Naruto's execution.
His old face looked particularly ferocious under the gaze of tens of thousands of people, and Danzo wished he could disappear into the ground.
The area was already surrounded by villagers, many of whom were just there to watch the spectacle.
The crowd that used to avoid him like the plague now looked at him with strange eyes, as if he were a wolf in sheep's clothing.
We cannot admit it, we absolutely cannot admit it.
Once this is confirmed, his decades of work in Konoha will be completely ruined.
He will never have the Hokage throne, and he won't even be able to keep his current position.
"Turn it off! Turn it off now!"
Danzo roared at the Root ninjas behind him.
But the light screen is suspended hundreds of meters in the air and has no physical form, so there's no way to turn it off.
Danzo took a deep breath, and his chakra began to gather.
"Don't believe it, it's fake!"
He roared, his voice amplified by chakra, drowning out the murmurs of the crowd.
"This is an illusion created by the enemy country, a conspiracy by the Hidden Cloud Village. They're sowing discord among us. Don't you believe us? We are the pillars of Konoha. Without us, Konoha will surely be invaded!"
Danzo waved his arms, pointing to the scene in the sky.
"I have dedicated my life to Konoha, how could I possibly do such a thing? The footage is composited, don't be fooled."
"The Uchiha clan has colluded with foreign enemies and is attempting a coup—that's a fact! I'm protecting the village!"
A brief commotion broke out in the crowd. After all, Danzo had long held considerable power, and the reason of an enemy country's conspiracy seemed quite reasonable.
"Could it really be an illusion?"
"Kumakuya has always been eyeing us covetously..."
"I knew it! How could the Third Generation Lord condone the killing of infants?"
Some villagers began to waver; their minds were not so easily corrected, and they still preferred to believe the higher-ups in Konoha and Danzo.
Danzo noticed this change in emotion and sensed that something was amiss.
As long as we insist it's an illusion and muddy the waters, we can suppress any rumors that follow with force.
"Where are the Anbu?!"
Danzo pressed his advantage and shouted sharply.
"Evacuate the crowd immediately! Seal off the scene! Find the perpetrator and kill them without mercy!"
Several bewildered ANBU ninjas were about to step forward.
The Illusionary Dojo.
Roy sat behind the counter, watching Danzo's furious face on the monitor.
"They're really pushing their luck, trying to mess with me, and they're quite stubborn."
Roy picked up his teacup, took a sip, and looked calm.
"An enemy plot? An illusion?"
"Fine, since you want to be hammered, then let me show you what it means to ask for a hammer and get hammered."
He selected a file.
[Secret Talk on the Eve of Extermination.mp4]
Editing mode: On.
Key highlights: the silence of the three generations and key lines.
"Play".
Roy pressed the button.
The outside world at this time.
Danzo struggled to control the situation and was about to have the crowd dispersed.
The scene in the sky suddenly changed; the burning Uchiha clan territory disappeared.
A dimly lit office appeared out of nowhere, a place everyone recognized.
The Hokage's office.
In the very center of the image, kneeling is a young ANBU member, Uchiha Itachi.
"Lord Hokage, Lord Danzo."
The weasel's voice was filled with despair.
"I am willing to bear all the blame, personally execute my clansmen, and even become a rogue ninja."
"I have only one request..."
"Please spare Sasuke's life."
The entire audience erupted in uproar.
Danzo just said that the Uchiha clan is colluding with foreign enemies.
In the current scene, Itachi is kneeling and begging for his brother's life, even promising to kill all his clansmen.
This is hardly collusion with foreign enemies; it's clearly being driven to a dead end.
But that's not the most fatal thing.
The most lethal one is the person sitting behind the desk.
Hiruzen Sarutobi.
The camera gave the Third Hokage a close-up shot.
He listened to Itachi's request, but just kept smoking.
This implies knowledge and tacit approval; he may have known about Danzo's plan all along, or even been part of it.
Hiruzen Sarutobi moved his pipe away and simply said something.
"Danzo, make it cleaner."
The villagers, who had just believed in the enemy country's conspiracy, were completely dumbfounded.
If Danzo is considered a bad person, people can accept that.
After all, Danzo had always been in charge of dirty work and had done many regrettable things, so his reputation was already bad.
But the Third Hokage? He was the pillar of Konoha, the symbol of light.
He is also the inheritor and promoter of the Will of Fire, as stated by this giant himself.
Do it cleanly. Do what cleanly? Slaughter, exterminate the entire race?
Is this something a human being should say?
"You're kidding..."
An old man slumped to the ground.
He participated in the Fourth Shinobi World War and always regarded the Third Hokage as a god.
"Sandaime-sama...how could it be..."
"He agreed? He really agreed?"
"Was all that talk about protecting our companions and the village just a lie?"
If even the Hokage is an accomplice, then what justice is there in this village?
The villagers felt increasingly uneasy and angry; this was a trampling of their lives and dignity.
Justice being defeated by evil is utterly ridiculous.
"Hiruzen Sarutobi!"
Someone in the crowd called out the Hokage's name.
"Explain yourself! What exactly happened?"
"Danzo lied! The Third Hokage also lied!"
"Is this the Will of Fire? The will to kill all your comrades?"
Rotten eggs flew out of nowhere, hitting the Root gate and the Hokage Building in the distance.
Public sentiment was agitated, and the situation spiraled completely out of control.
Danzo stood there, his face deathly pale.
It's over, completely over.
This not only killed him, but also dragged Hiruzen Sarutobi into the mess.
Who is it? Who has such abilities?
How could they obtain such top-secret footage and broadcast it live throughout the entire village?
Aside from spies from an enemy country or an internal traitor, he couldn't think of anyone else who could have done this.
No! That's not right, there's still a possibility.
Danzo's single eye spun wildly, scanning his surroundings.
A massive fluctuation of chakra was emanating from a corner of the commercial street.
That location is a small shop called Illusion Dojo.
A few days ago, the intelligence department reported that a strange shop had opened there, but nobody took it seriously.
So that's where the root of the problem was; Danzo's eyes turned incredibly venomous.
Explanations are useless, and attempts to clear one's name are even less effective.
Since your reputation is already ruined, there's no need to pretend anymore.
Let's cut off the source and kill all those in the know; history will still be written by the victors.
He looked at the Root ninja behind him.
These are all assassins controlled by him using curse marks.
They have no emotions and only obey orders.
"Roots, obey my command."
"Locate the source of the chakra: that shop on the corner of the shopping street."
"Charge in! Kill everyone inside, no matter who's there or how many there are!"
"Destroy all that equipment! Leave no one alive!"
Dozens of dark figures vanished from the spot like ghosts.
They charged straight at the small shop, which was still lit up, with menacing intent.