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Chapter 79 Deserves Death
Chapter 79 Deserves Death
"What do you mean?!" Shimura Danzo stared at Minato Namikaze with his only exposed eye wide open.
The Third Hokage and his two advisors were also taken aback, not expecting Minato Namikaze to choose this moment to attack Danzo Shimura.
Putting aside their good relationship with Shimura Danzo, the Nine-Tails' attack has only just ended, and Konoha is still recovering. It's not the time to deal with these things, is it?
"Shimura Danzo, as the leader of Root, you must know about our performance during the Nine-Tails' rampage, right?" Minato Namikaze asked, glancing at the Anbu Captain-Commander beside him.
The captain naturally understood what to do and laid the very large scroll he was holding on the huge conference table.
"This record details the experiences of all the villagers during the Nine-Tails' attack. Many were rescued by the Anbu, many by ordinary support ninjas, and even younger ninjas participated in the evacuation mission. But there are no Root ninjas in sight," Minato Namikaze said, looking at Danzo Shimura.
"Excuse me, Danzo Shimura, could you explain this?"
Danzo Shimura's face was very ugly. At that time, he naturally could not let his men go there and waste their lives. What did the lives of some villagers matter?
However, while that was what he truly thought, he couldn't say it at this moment.
"That's right. In this turmoil, our Uchiha clan also lost a lot of members, and I think the Hyuga clan suffered the same fate. May I ask where Lord Danzo is right now?" Fugaku Uchiha couldn't help but join in.
After a moment of silence, Hiashi Hyuga nodded. They had not only lost many ninja from other clans, but even a member of the main clan had been captured by outsiders this time!
At this moment, all the Jonin below and the heads of various clans were looking at the records on the scroll, which were very detailed. From this, it can be seen that Minato Namikaze definitely had the idea of Danzo Toshimura after the Nine-Tails' attack, or even earlier.
"What does all this prove? The root's duty is to protect Konoha in secret," Danzo Shimura said coldly.
"Protecting Konoha is the responsibility of every Konoha ninja!" Minato Namikaze retorted, then looked at everyone present and said.
"Everyone here has friends and clansmen who died in this Nine-Tails attack. Didn't they have any reason not to participate in this battle? But they all participated, and even used their lives to protect Konoha."
Minato Namikaze stared at Danzo Shimura and said, "They could also say that if they had preserved their lives, they could have contributed more to the revival of Konoha in the future, but they didn't!"
After Minato Namikaze finished speaking, everyone present undoubtedly thought of the friends and clansmen they had lost during the Nine-Tails' rampage.
Almost no one escaped unscathed, including the Third Hokage and his two advisors, all of whom nearly died from the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball.
Therefore, they couldn't help but focus their attention on Shimura Danzo.
If Minato Namikaze hadn't brought this up, they probably wouldn't have known about Root's actions. But now that they know, they immediately feel a strong sense of dissatisfaction towards Danzo Shimura.
Faced with so many disgruntled gazes, Shimura Danzo could only remain silent.
Then he said, "Even so, isn't it going too far to try and eradicate the root of the problem?"
"What is the point of an organization that can stand idly by while Konoha is in crisis?" Minato Namikaze asked rhetorically.
"The Hokage is right." Fugaku Uchiha openly supported Minato Namikaze at this moment.
His decision to allow Kakashi Hatake to keep Obito Uchiha's Sharingan was a gesture of goodwill towards Minato Namikaze, especially since Danzo Shimura was the guy he hated the most.
It's fair to say that the two advisors were both dissatisfied with and annoyed by the Uchiha clan. As for Shimura Danzo, he harbored naked hatred for the Uchiha clan. Before Namikaze Minato took office, Danzo would target them at every meeting.
Therefore, they will definitely not miss the opportunity to kick a dog when it's down!
"Uchiha—" Shimura Danzo gave Uchiha Fugaku a cold look, then said hatefully, "Hokage, instead of pursuing my responsibility, why not turn your attention to the Uchiha clan?"
"You know, the Nine-Tails was summoned within Konoha, and only the Uchiha clan can summon the Nine-Tails. Compared to me, who had no support, the person who caused this disaster should be even more hateful, right?"
"This has already been mentioned before." Minato Namikaze frowned.
"Isn't it just your guess that the man in black is Madara Uchiha?" Danzo Shimura retorted.
"Our Uchiha clan lost nearly half of its elite ninjas during the Nine-Tails' attack, and Madara Uchiha, who could summon the Nine-Tails, severed ties with us in the village long ago, when the First Hokage was still alive!" Fugaku Uchiha sneered.
"Heh, who knows if you guys had any secret contact with Madara Uchiha afterward?" Danzo Shimura said sarcastically.
"You!" Fugaku Uchiha glared at Danzo Shimura, something that simply could not be proven.
"Enough. I'll handle the Uchiha clan matter later. At least the Uchiha clan's performance during the Nine-Tails' attack was commendable. Now, the topic is you. Don't change the subject," Minato Namikaze said coldly.
"Hmph! Hokage, you'll regret letting the Uchiha clan run rampant like this sooner or later!" Danzo Shimura said angrily.
The Third Hokage exhaled a puff of smoke, sighing inwardly and feeling a touch of sadness.
He had actually sensed that Root hadn't intervened during the Nine-Tails' rampage, but now that the evidence was laid bare, he really didn't want to see his old friend come to this.
"Minato, Danzo was indeed at fault in this matter, but disbanding Root is probably not the right thing to do. Why not punish him by reducing the size of Root?" the Third Hokage finally said.
Minato Namikaze glanced at the Third Hokage. He wasn't surprised that the Third Hokage would speak up for Danzo Shimura. Otherwise, he would have been able to remove Danzo Shimura long ago based on the previous records.
Minato Namikaze took a deep breath and said, "Besides that, there are of course other things."
After he finished speaking, he instructed the captain of the ANBU to distribute the prepared documents, but he omitted Shimura Danzo.
Upon witnessing this scene, Shimura Danzo sensed something was amiss and immediately spoke up.
"I can accept the punishment of reducing the size of the root."
At this moment, he was considering cutting off his arm to save his life.
However, no one responded; they were all engrossed in the contents of the document. How dare the other party do such a thing?
He actually spreads remarks that seriously endanger the Fourth Hokage. What is he trying to do?
This is the opinion of the Jonin below, and there is other information in the documents of the Third Hokage and the two advisors.
That was about the comments regarding Kushina Uzumaki and Naruto.
The Third Hokage's eyes widened when he saw this. The Nine-Tails was a top secret of the village; how dare Danzo Shimura do that?!
The two consultants also silently looked at the documents in their hands, then exchanged a glance and saw the helplessness in each other's eyes before sighing.
As Shimura Danzo looked at the shocked people, his unease grew.
He suddenly thought of a possibility: could it be that the matter had been exposed?
Then I thought of the signal flares I'd used in the village before, and my heart sank.
He was well aware of the seriousness of the consequences if this were discovered.
Originally, he only intended to have his subordinates spread the statement to a certain scale and then stop, letting it spread freely afterwards.
The plan hasn't even been implemented for a few days yet, so how did the other party find out?
Looking at the huge scroll on the table, Shimura Danzo suddenly realized something: the other party had been investigating Root among the villagers.
Did he just happen to walk right into the line of fire?
He only felt that his vision was getting dark.
At the same time, I was also comforting myself, thinking that I was overthinking it, and that the other person might not have discovered that thing.
Minato Namikaze then looked at the Third Hokage and said, "Is Danzo Shimura's crime sufficient now?"
The Third Hokage opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word.
He ignored the village's crisis and stood by, even openly slandering the village's Hokage and leaking the village's core secrets. All of this left him speechless.
"Advisors, what do you think should be the punishment if someone commits such a crime?" Minato Namikaze looked at Homura Mitokado and Koharu Utatane.
They exchanged a helpless glance, then closed their eyes. Finally, Mitokado Homura said, "It's a capital offense."
Immediately, Shimura Danzo's eyes widened, staring at Mitokado Homura in disbelief, and he shouted, "What kind of joke are you playing?!"
As he spoke, he snatched the documents from Mitokado Homura's hands and began to read them himself.
The people below were also a little confused. Although Shimura Danzo's mistakes were indeed very serious, did he really deserve to die?
At this moment, they realized that perhaps the documents they had were different from the ones they had, and that some secrets that they themselves could not know were recorded in the documents held by the Third Hokage and the others.
Danzo Shimura finally saw the record he least wanted to see.
"This is fake! It's a document Minato Namikaze fabricated to try and bring me down!" Danzo Shimura shouted, then glared fiercely at Minato, saying, "You blond brat, how could you be so vicious!"
Minato Namikaze watched Danzo Shimura's performance, then ordered the captain of the Anbu to bring the two men up.
"Shimura Danzo, you should know these two people, right? This information came from them."
Danzo Shimura's pupils contracted when he saw them, but he still snorted coldly.
"Hmph, who are they? I don't know them!"
"Lord Hokage, they are members of our clan. They joined Root at Danzo Shimura's request." At this moment, the heads of the two middle-ranking clans below saw the people brought up, their eyes widened, and they spoke.
"Shimura Danzo, is there anything else you want to explain now?"
Minato Namikaze continued to look at Danzo Shimura, as if asking, "What other act do you want to put on?"