area51novel Chapter 9 I'll Make You Regret It, Konoha's Little Elder
Chapter 9 I'll Make You Regret It, Konoha's Little Elder
In the Hokage Building, the Third Hokage sat in his office, puffing on a cigarette, his brow furrowed as he looked at the secret intelligence on his desk.
Apart from the sounds of people smoking cigarettes and turning pages, the spacious office was completely silent.
Hurried footsteps sounded outside the door. Danzo, wrapped in bandages and leaning on a cane, had a deep, gloomy look in his eyes, exuding an aura of dominance.
It was as if he were the owner of the building.
"Shisui, promoted to Special Jonin at age 11, the Uchiha's number one genius. We must hold onto such a pawn tightly. I request that he be recruited into the Root organization!"
Before you see him, you hear his voice.
Danzo slammed the door open and walked into the Hokage's office, his perpetually sullen face unchanged.
The Third Hokage frowned at Danzo, pressed down on his pipe, and took a few deep drags.
"Shisui works for me in the shadows; it's none of your business to interfere."
Danzo narrowed his eyes beneath the bandages, revealing a cold smile:
"The dark area! Can the dark area control the water flow?"
"The Uchiha clan has the blood of rebellion flowing through their veins from birth. The police department overstepped its authority, radical factions rebelled, and there was the Nine-Tails incident! You know in your heart that the Uchiha will rebel sooner or later!"
A glint of light flashed in his eyes. "Give Shisui to me. I'll hone his skills. I'll make him the sharpest sword in Konoha, piercing the heart of the Uchiha!"
The third generation suddenly exhaled a puff of smoke, raising the volume by two notches:
"Ridiculous! Do you think the Uchiha clan are all fools? Don't they know Root's methods? Do you think they'll let you ruin the clan's most outstanding genius? Or do you think I'll let you run rampant in Konoha?!"
Danzo stepped forward, refusing to back down.
"The Uchiha clan, inherently evil, needs to be brainwashed and controlled to make them unconditionally obey orders. I'm doing this for Konoha!"
To make his point more convincing, Danzo pointed towards the Hokage Rock, his voice suddenly becoming louder.
"Lord Tobirama had already concluded: the Uchiha are a cursed clan and must be controlled!"
"Shisui, a genius of the Uchiha clan. As long as I let him join Root, I'm confident I can make him the sharpest blade in my hands, capable of completely subduing the Uchiha and eliminating all unstable factors for Konoha!"
Danzo's three-tomoe Sharingan, hidden beneath his bandages, slowly rotated, signifying the successful transplantation of the Sharingan and fueling his even greater desire for the power of the Uchiha clan.
If Shisui can join Root, then he will have the opportunity to access the Uchiha clan's secret ninjutsu through this number one genius and control the same power as Uchiha Madara!
By then, all of Konoha's problems will no longer be problems.
Under Danzo's wise leadership, Konoha will be great again!
"That's enough!"
The Third Hokage slammed his fist on the table, utterly enraged.
"Kumikage is Konoha's greatest enemy. Friction continues along the border between the two countries. Don't forget, the war is not over yet!"
"Kumikage Village has expressed its willingness to negotiate peace; wars always end eventually. We must first pacify our internal strife before dealing with external threats; the Uchiha are our greatest threat!"
Danzo remained unyielding, his tone somber.
With differing ideologies and neither able to convince the other, the third generation, in a fit of anger, unleashed his final, deadly move.
"Enough! I am the Hokage!"
"I will never agree to incorporating Uchiha geniuses into the Root during such a sensitive time! We need the power of the Uchiha clan to end the war!"
Faced with the third generation's exceptionally effective attacks, Danzo was utterly furious and trembling with cold.
The Third Hokage didn't understand himself at all, and didn't comprehend that he was doing all this for the sake of Konoha. He was utterly unworthy of being Hokage!
Short-sighted and foolish, not worth discussing anything with!
"Hiruzen, you'll regret this!"
boom!
He turned around angrily, slammed the door, and stormed off.
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Beneath the Leaf Village lies the Root organization's secret base, a long and dark passageway where only the cold white candlelight illuminates the patterns on the stone walls.
Danzo strode through the corridor and sat down on his own underground throne, leaning on his cane.
"grown ups."
Two Root ninjas knelt on one knee, presented a sealed report, and then fell silent, expressionless, like sculpted stone statues.
Danzo took the report, his fingertip tracing the sealing wax, on which was clearly recorded Uchiha Shisui's recent detailed movements—
Uchiha Shisui, 12 years old, Special Jonin, has awakened the three-tomoe Sharingan.
Known ninjutsu proficiency: Body Flicker Technique, Fire Release mastery, Wind Release, Lightning Release, Sharingan genjutsu, Shadow Clone Technique, Multiple Shadow Clone Technique...
He has never lost a fight against Jonin; his true strength is that of a Jonin.
Main life trajectory: Uchiha clan territory, Konoha Village, Hokage Building.
On September 3rd, the secret service was on duty, patrolling the village's outposts...
On September 12th, he was injured during a mission and went to the Uchiha Medical Center to recuperate and receive psychological counseling.
On September 14th, ... I went to the Uchiha Medical Center for psychological treatment.
October 3rd, ...psychological therapy.
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He participated in Uchiha high-level meetings on multiple occasions, but did not express any clear opinions, his stance is questionable, and he had a close relationship with the clan head, Fugaku.
Executed 21 Class A missions, 52 Class B missions...
"A genius Jonin of the Uchiha clan, who remained gentle even after awakening his Sharingan, his potential... is beyond imagination."
Danzo rubbed the words "Three-Tomoe Sharingan" with his fingertips, a greedy glint in his eyes beneath the bandages.
Three tomoe are not the limit of the Sharingan.
Such geniuses must be kept within the root organization!
"Who is providing him with psychological treatment?"
"Uchiha Eri's son, Uchiha Kazuhiko, is a genin who has not awakened his Sharingan and has no special talents. The psychological treatment he leads is merely talking therapy after putting the target into a light hypnotic state."
"Talk therapy..." Danzo chuckled, closed the report, and fell into deep thought.
Clearly, a Uchiha genin who only knows how to talk and heal is not worth his attention at all.
"Make contact with Uchiha Shisui and persuade him to join Root."
The ANBU ninja raised his head, his gaze beneath the mask calm and unwavering.
"Sir, the Third Hokage has clearly refused to allow Uchiha ninjas to join Root. Will our private contact anger the Hokage?"
"Offended the Hokage?"
Danzo sneered, his hand gripping his cane slowly tightening.
"He is Konoha bathed in sunlight, while I am Root in the darkness!"
He stood up, gazing at the leaves on the root tissue, his voice filled with fervor:
"What right does he have to be Hokage! The two branches and thirteen clans of Konoha bear the weight of my shoulders. The title of Will of Fire is not for Sarutobi to utter!"
He paused, then his eyes grew even more sinister.
"Tell Shisui that I have seen his talent, but the Konoha leadership is wary of the Uchiha. He is caught between the Uchiha and Konoha, and sooner or later he will become a victim of the struggle between the two sides."
"By joining Root, he will gain real power. I will support him wholeheartedly, not as someone to be suspected."
"Also, tell him the truth: the higher-ups have been secretly planning to weaken the Uchiha's power in the Anbu."
"If an Uchiha doesn't go to the Security Forces but instead joins the Anbu, not everyone will just sit idly by and continue to serve the Third Hokage, not even knowing how he died. Go."
"Yes." The two Root ninjas made no further moves, turning and disappearing into the shadows of the passage as if they had never been there.
Danzo stood alone by the candlelight, the report on the stone table rustling in the wind.
"Keep an eye on the Uchiha clinic and see what Uchiha Eri is up to."
"Yes."
The entire underground cavern fell into a deathly silence. He stared at the Leaf Village above him, his eyes flickering uncertainly.
"Sarutobi, you're too weak. You don't understand the Uchiha at all. The Uchiha are inherently evil, and I must control them!"
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