Chapter 30: Hard Confrontation with Shimura Danzo

Shimura Danzo said: "You are the Hokage, but you are a retired Hokage. Do you think the naturally evil Uchiha will give you face?"

"Sarutobi Hiruzen, stop being so naive. Show some of your dominance!"

"You must tell them loudly that they must move immediately, they must hand over the planned number of ninja, and they must also go to the East Front to repel the Mist Ninja!"

Mitokado Homura frowned and said: "The Uchiha are still very strong. Such blind, heavy-handed pressure will only cause bigger problems."

Shimura Danzo felt smug inside, but on the surface, he said coldly: "Fine, for the sake of Konohagakure, I will endure this humiliation this time."

"If the naturally evil Uchiha refuse to contribute to Konohagakure, I will definitely assemble the Root ninja and fight to the death to exterminate the Uchiha Clan!"

Hearing Danzo say things that were increasingly excessive, Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't help but frown and say: "Danzo! You have gone too far!"

Danzo snorted coldly: "Everything I do is for the sake of Konohagakure!"

Having said that, he slammed the door and left!

Bang!!

The door:...

When Shimura Danzo was present, he was the only one targeting the Uchiha, but when he was not in front of his three classmates, they instead turned to be hostile toward the Uchiha together.

Mitokado Homura said: "Although Danzo's attitude is excessive, his vigilance toward the Uchiha is never wrong. The teacher's ideas are absolutely never wrong."

Utatane Koharu said: "Homura makes sense. We cannot relax our guard against the Uchiha, otherwise they will definitely do something."

Sarutobi Hiruzen: "What you say makes sense. We truly cannot indulge the Uchiha in their reckless behavior."

"We shall follow Danzo's suggestion and let the Uchiha ninja go to the East Front to deal with the Mist Ninja."

"Their Fire Release is countered by Water Style. I think Uchiha Fugaku should let more Uchiha ninja go to the front."

"I will immediately visit Uchiha Fugaku in person in my capacity as the Third Hokage. I believe he will give me this face."

Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura agreed simultaneously: "Lord Third Hokage is wise!"

History proved that Sarutobi Hiruzen completely countered Uchiha Fugaku; he used the "Will of Fire" and the excuse of protecting Konohagakure to persuade the Uchiha Clan to accept all the conditions.

But Sarutobi Hiruzen did not expect that while he had settled everything with the Uchiha Clan, Shimura Danzo had poked a hornet's nest at the Yamanaka Clan and taken a huge tumble.

Danzo had left in a hurry at the time because he was certain the Third Hokage would go to persuade the Uchiha in person.

He wanted to take advantage of the opportunity while Sarutobi Hiruzen was concentrating his Anbu and losing his ability to monitor Konohagakure, to seize the Aburame Clan and the Yamanaka Clan he had long coveted.

Borrowing Sarutobi Hiruzen's name, he intended to swindle the long-desired genius ninja from the two ninja clans.

Shimura Danzo first started with the Aburame Clan, successfully handling the reclusive Aburame Shibi and tricking ten Aburame children, led by Aburame Torune, into his hands.

When he arrived at the Yamanaka Clan aggressively, continuing to use the Third Hokage's order as an excuse, he specifically named geniuses like Yamanaka Fu, Yamanaka Chujiu, Yamanaka Sanya, and Yamanaka Genji.

"In the name of the Third Hokage, the ninja on this list are to leave with me immediately to become exclusive ninja of the Anbu Training Department and undergo secret training to become Anbu ninja!"

Shimura Danzo added arrogantly: "Yamanaka Inoichi, as the clan head, you wouldn't defy the Hokage's order, would you?"

Yamanaka Inoichi's expression was grave and gloomy, his clenched fists trembling uncontrollably, but he still issued the order to assemble his clansmen.

Soon, a group of eight or nine-year-old children arrived at the clan head's house; their parents all had gloomy expressions, and several mothers had already begun to cry.

Yamanaka Chujiu was the last to arrive, and seeing Shimura Danzo's arrogant appearance, he instantly felt his state of mind become obstructed.

Why is this damn thing so hateful?

I really want to beat him to death!

Yamanaka Chujiu's strength had greatly increased, and he had a fairly high degree of certainty that he could kill Danzo, so his killing intent toward him could no longer be restrained.

Especially since Shimura Danzo had come to his door today to conscript him as a Root ninja, Yamanaka Chujiu wanted to take action and kill him even more.

He closed his eyes and said to himself in his heart: "I cannot act now. If I act, I will harm my big brother, sister-in-law, and Ino."

"No need to rush to act. The war is about to start. Once I leave the village, I can kill Danzo however I want. No rush, definitely no rush."

Having finally controlled his killing intent, Yamanaka Chujiu had also accumulated a belly full of frustration.

The affairs of the Root could not be hidden from him; he knew that Shimura Danzo was bluffing and that he didn't have Sarutobi Hiruzen's order in his hands at all!

So Yamanaka Chujiu no longer hesitated, stepped forward with his head held high, blocked his younger siblings behind him, pointed at Shimura Danzo, and asked loudly:

"Jonin Shimura Danzo, where is Lord Hokage's order?"

Shimura Danzo narrowed his eyes and retorted: "You actually dare to ask me for an order?"

"My word is the order!"

Yamanaka Chujiu asked again without any courtesy: "Conscripting children from the Yamanaka Clan into the Root requires a formal order from the Hokage, written in black and white, and stamped with the Hokage's seal!"

"Jonin Shimura Danzo, you wouldn't happen to not have an order in your hand, would you?"

Shimura Danzo understood; his bluff had been seen through. The smug expression on his face froze, and the fierce light in his single eye could not hide the panic in his gaze.

A moment later, he shouted in a guilty rage: "You bastard!"

"You are merely a Special Jonin, yet you dare to question me, an Elder!"

Yamanaka Chujiu was completely unafraid and shouted loudly: "Konohagakure does not have the position of Elder!"

"There never has been!"

"Your only position, Shimura Danzo, is Konohagakure Jonin!"

Shimura Danzo was used to acting like a bully by relying on his status as an Elder, but after being rebuffed by Yamanaka Chujiu, he suddenly realized that Konohagakure really didn't have any position of Elder.

And if he were merely a Konoha Jonin, he could not rely on his status to suppress Yamanaka Inoichi.

So he subconsciously said: "I, I am the Hokage Assistant!"

Yamanaka Chujiu sneered and followed up by asking: "Whose Hokage are you the assistant to?"

Danzo answered without thinking: "Of course, the Third Hokage Sarutobi..."

Finally, he took the bait!

Yamanaka Chujiu interrupted Danzo's words and questioned him with an even louder voice: "The Third Hokage you assist?"

"Lord Third Hokage has long since retired. Since he is no longer the Hokage himself, he naturally has no authority to appoint a Hokage Assistant!"

"The Fourth Hokage does not have an assistant either, so the question arises: where did your Hokage Assistant title come from, and where did the Hokage's order you speak of come from?"

"Produce an official order, and we of the Yamanaka Clan will comply."

"But if you cannot produce an official order, we of the Yamanaka Clan can only conclude that you, Shimura Danzo, are falsely relaying the Hokage's orders!"

"For a Konoha Jonin to falsely relay the Hokage's orders—if it is not a sinister plot, then it is treason against Konoha!"

Yamanaka Chujiu raised his right arm high and shouted: "Ninjas of the Yamanaka Clan, ninjas of the Aburame Clan, this person's words and actions are highly suspicious!"

"Seize Shimura Danzo! Hand him over to Lord Third Hokage for judgment!"