Chapter 82: Kill on the Spot

The moment he saw clearly the text on the secret scroll,

Danzou's scalp began to tingle, and he exclaimed in shock, "Who is so bold as to dare attack Laboratory No. 9?"

He did not even have time to put on his coat, quickly leaving the Genbu Jidi and rushing in the direction of the Death Forest.

Is it the monkey?

During this period, he had been in close contact with the Daimyo of the Land of Fire, informing the Daimyo of Sarutobi's dirt as if counting his own family treasures, wanting to make the Daimyo waver and reconsider choosing the Hokage of Konoha.

These small maneuvers, naturally, could not escape the eyes of the Anbu and Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Could it be that this angered Hiruzen Sarutobi, causing him to take action against him?

Danzou knew very well,

once the data inside the laboratory involving human experimentation and Forbidden Jutsu research was made public, he would face a dire predicament.

His status as a high-level advisor would certainly be stripped, and if things went poorly, he might even be thrown into prison.

"Monkey, I don't believe you have the guts for this!"

Danzou disregarded his image, stepping on the tops of buildings and moving rapidly, while sneering repeatedly in his heart.

He understood this old friend of his too well,

especially in recent years, as he liked to play with power and balance, crafting his own image to be upright and magnificent.

Many things that could not see the light of day could not be handled by the other party at all without his help; if he were to be tripped up, there would be no one capable of filling his position in the short term.

So, is this a warning?

Danzou concluded it was Hiruzen Sarutobi's doing; he did not believe that anyone in the village besides the Hokage would dare to oppose him, a Shadow-level powerhouse who was both a high-level advisor and the leader of the Root.

Death Forest, Laboratory No. 9.

In the dark and damp narrow corridor, Sasuke walked forward with a gloomy expression, the ground littered with Root researchers who had been knocked unconscious.

"Does the village actually have such a filthy place?"

Inside the laboratory, Sasuke found a lot of research data, as well as human tissues and scraps of flesh soaked in liquid.

This inhumane scene made him feel physically nauseated.

The research data stated that these experiments were to develop a special agent capable of suppressing Shodai cells.

"To dare to desecrate even the remains of the Shodai Hokage, you really are bold beyond measure."

Sasuke had never had contact with Shimura Danzou, and it was hard to imagine that a high-level advisor revered by the villagers could actually do such things.

He realized things were bad.

He was not a fool without a brain; once the high-level advisor's dirt was exposed by him, there would be no good outcome for him regardless.

Before destroying the laboratory, he had to collect enough dirt and evidence to ensure his own safety.

Bang.

Sasuke kicked open the locked iron door.

This was a narrow room, with an experimental table illuminated by a lightbulb in the center, and shelves filled with bottles and jars on both sides.

"This room looks like it has been closed for a long time; was it because of the need to research the special agent that other research was temporarily stopped?"

Sasuke walked to the experimental table, his gaze suddenly freezing.

On the experimental table sat a solution bottle filled with a special potion.

An irregularly oval, pitted spherical object floated in the solution, and one could see that due to the passage of time, moldy tissue had already appeared.

A deformed eyeball.

Unlike the brown-black pupils of ordinary people, the center of this deformed eyeball glowed with a faint reddish hue and was covered in black spots.

It was exceptionally ugly.

But the peculiar color inexplicably reminded Sasuke of a very familiar Kekkei Genkai.

Sharingan.

Sasuke blinked, his originally pitch-black eyes instantly turning red, and three Sangouyu rotated rapidly.

He flipped through the organized research data.

He read page by page until the end.

Sasuke's expression shifted from confusion to coldness, and finally, it was filled with killing intent.

Following the content of the data, he walked to the left shelf, only to discover that the solution bottles on the shelf were densely packed with damaged, deformed eyeballs.

In the safest position in the center of the shelf, he took down the solution bottle that was slightly different from the others.

Inside floated a scarlet Sharingan.

One Tomoe.

The internal solution was clearly of higher quality than that in the other bottles, but because too much time had passed, it still could not prevent the eyeball from molding and decaying.

At this moment, this Sharingan was already covered in black mold spots.

According to the research data, this was a precious experimental specimen that Shimura Danzou had allocated to Laboratory No. 9 several years ago; these inferior, deformed eyeballs were all imitations developed through this specimen.

Boom.

Thick Black Flame ignited behind Sasuke, condensing into Black Flame incantations that draped over his body like Armor.

The killing intent in his eyes could not be suppressed, and he instantly smashed all the solution bottles on the shelf, glass and mucus shattering all over the floor.

"Shimura Danzou!"

Sasuke gritted his teeth, associating the time this Sharingan appeared in the laboratory.

It was shortly after Itachi Uchiha wiped out the clan back then.

Regarding what happened back then, could this old dog have participated in it as well?

Otherwise, why would there be a Sharingan!

Sasuke breathed heavily, swinging his long sword repeatedly, and the entire laboratory was set ablaze by the black Curse Flame, with papers flying everywhere.

"Sasuke Uchiha!"

The Root ninja, previously restrained by Black Flame Imprisonment, blocked the laboratory entrance, a cold voice emanating from beneath their mask.

"You have acted recklessly by trespassing into a forbidden area of Konoha; put down your weapons now and come with us!"

The Root ninja watched with wary eyes.

Although neither side had used their full strength during their brief exchange earlier, they had witnessed the Weirdness of Sasuke Uchiha's methods.

They absolutely could not be careless.

Sasuke suppressed the rage that was on the verge of erupting and asked, "Can you give me an explanation for the things inside this room?"

The Root ninja reprimanded him righteously: "Those are the village's precious assets and extremely valuable experimental data; you have burned them all, and your actions have already crossed Konoha's bottom line. Put down your weapons immediately, or you will be considered a traitor to the village!"

"A traitor to the village?"

Sasuke Uchiha pulled the copied research data from his pocket and sneered, "Shimura Danzo built a private laboratory in the Death Forest and conducted human experiments on fellow village ninja. I will present this evidence to the Hokage shortly, and I trust the Hokage will make his own judgment."

To ensure the precision of the experiments, there were detailed records for every item of data regarding the test subjects, including the Ninjutsu they mastered and their bloodlines.

Some of the techniques mastered by the ninja were all Ninjutsu unique to Konoha.

There were also secret techniques of small clans that only Konoha ninja possessed and kept from being spread outside.

"Kill him!"

The moment they saw the copied research data, the murderous gaze of the Root ninja could not be hidden even by their masks.

The next second,

Shuriken were fired out like a rainstorm.

"Trying to silence me?"

Sasuke's fury was sky-high, but he had not lost his reason; he held his long sword horizontally in front of him and swung, the Black Flame wrapped around the Blade carving out a wall of flame.

The scorching high temperature melted all the Shuriken that touched the flame wall, causing them to lose their momentum and fall to the ground.

Not a single one missed.

But the five Root ninja had already taken the opportunity to set up a formation, vaguely surrounding him as they pressed in.

"Sasuke Uchiha is suspected of being guided by ninja from another village, stealing classified Konoha intelligence, and destroying an important Konoha laboratory; he is to be executed on the spot!"

(End of this chapter)