The dazzling red and white clothes were exactly what Danzo was familiar with and had always wanted to wear.
So, the plan failed?
Looking at the man in the robe pushing the door and then turning his eyes to the young and familiar face, Danzo's heart suddenly twitched, and his originally straight back instantly became extremely hunched.
Sure enough, it was a failure.
On the other side, Yuki strode in and said in an undisguised cold tone, "Danzo, aren't you surprised and regretful that I didn't die?"
At this moment, the atmosphere in the room became particularly oppressive.
In the end, he endured. After a few breaths, Danzo suppressed the trembling in his heart and forced himself to keep calm. "Why do you say that? I have been grounded at home all this time, so I don't know anything about the outside world. If there is any misunderstanding, just say it clearly."
Seeing Danzo's reaction, Yuki smiled coldly and said, "Li - Four Symbols Seal, Elder Danzo is really good! I wonder when the Root has trained such a powerful four dead soldiers?"
"Li - Four Symbols Seal? I don't understand why the fourth-generation head would say that. The list of names at the Root is clear, and there is no such person at all."
At this point, Danzo could only deny it.
Even if everyone could guess the result, as long as there was no conclusive evidence, he would not be in danger as an elder of Konoha.
As long as he did not die, everything was possible.
Seeing this, Yuki naturally understood what Danzo was thinking.
He sneered and said, "In the form of darkness, you keep saying that you have contributed to Konoha. I didn't expect you to be a coward for your own selfish desires. Danzo, you have disappointed me!"
If Danzo shouted "for Konoha" and tore off his clothes, using the Li-Four Symbols Seal to die together with him, he could still think more highly of the other party.
But now, this old man had the posture of watching his allies when he attacked!
Danzo wanted to retort, but he didn't want to waste any more words. He directly said: "The Four Symbols Seal is a high-level seal in Konoha, but there are enemies to deal with the Hokage. It is a very important matter! Only a few of Konoha's higher-ups have the qualifications to control the former, and the ones who have the ability to cultivate the Death Soldiers and have a powerful intelligence network to assassinate the Hokage are only the Anbu and Root. The Anbu is my people, and there are no Death Soldiers, so the biggest suspect is Root!"
"Although there is no direct evidence, a major suspicion is a major suspicion. Before finding enough evidence to fix this case, Root will stop working, and its personnel will temporarily be sent to the Anbu. As for you, the elder with the same major suspicion, before you can prove your innocence, the ban on foot will be extended infinitely, and no one is allowed to visit!"
After that, Yuki waved his sleeve, not interested in listening to Danzo's quibbling anymore, and turned to leave.
However, just as he was about to leave the room, he suddenly thought of something. He turned around and looked at Danzo with eyes full of killing intent.
"Danzo, I would be very happy to see the famous Ninja's dark minions interrupted, imprisoned in this small room forever, and become the clawless tiger watched by the outside world for the rest of his life."
"I think this will be a good punishment for you. Of course, you can also ignore my orders and go out without permission. In that case, I will be very happy to kill you personally! At that time, no one else will have anything to say!"
When he finished speaking, he had already left, leaving only the room full of silence.
The winner was the king.
As the loser, when he saw Yuki appear, Danzo had already accepted losing everything and was waiting for his future determination.
It was not that he had not experienced this in his previous confrontation with Hiruzen.
However, when the last words of Yuki, especially the words "the tiger without claws," echoed in his ears, no matter how much he comforted himself, his heart was still as difficult to describe as a dye workshop.
Regret?
Danzo sat in place for a long time.
...
Walking out of Danzo's house, Yuki reached out and waved.
An Anbu immediately appeared before him and said respectfully, "Lord Hokage!"
"The number of people monitoring Danzo has doubled. In addition, add the White-Eyed Ninja to the team. I need to know what Danzo has done every day." Yuki ordered.
Previously, because Danzo had only been grounded for a year as a small punishment, his position as an elder was still there. In the end, when Yuki sent people to monitor him, he could not treat him like a criminal, so his strength was a bit lighter, which gave the other side's men an opportunity.
Now, he would no longer be so indulgent.
Not only would he have to strictly monitor every move of Danzo in the future, but he also had other plans for his group of Root members.
As the loyal Root members of Root, even if they were removed from the seal of tongues, they would still continue to secretly pledge loyalty to each other because of years of brainwashing.
Therefore, temporarily stopping the operation of Root was just a temporary measure to merge these into the Dark Group.
After that, Yuki would make arrangements.
...
It had been three days since Yuki returned to Konoha.
During this time, the news of his own assassination naturally spread throughout Konoha.
The ordinary villagers knew he had killed more than thirty Ninjas. After all, the twenty or thirty corpses he brought back could not be faked.
As for the more dangerous assassination, the Four Symbols Seal only spread among the officials of Konoha, the Ninja Clan, and some of the officials.
In the end, this was a matter of infighting in Konoha, and it was not good to spread it out.
Including Yuki, everyone had a tacit understanding that this matter was limited to a few people, and they hid it from ordinary people.
Of course, hiding it did not mean that Yuki would not retaliate for this matter.
The news of Danzo and Root's merciless punishment had already spread among the Ninjas.
For this reason, the two consultants of Konoha, Homura, and Koharu, who rarely visited before, could no longer sit together today.
"4th Hokage, there is no evidence of the assassination, so punishing Danzo elder like this is a bit out of line, right?"
In the Hokage's office, Homura asked Yuki.
As a Konoha consultant team member, Danzo had the most power among all the elders.
However, now that the latter had lost everything, he would be placed under house arrest. This made Konoha's consultant team, which was gradually becoming worse under the influence of Yuki's more and more power.
Therefore, whether it was for public or private, Homura and Koharu had to work hard to see if they could pull Danzo up.
Even before they came, they had specially called for Hiruzen to retire, but the latter did not agree.
At this moment, in the face of Homura's question, Yuki, who was dealing with the documents, just looked up and said,
"Only the higher-ups of Konoha have the right to read the Four Symbols Seal. If it isn't Danzo, then is it you?"
Homura was shocked and quickly waved his hand to deny it: "How could it be me? As a consultant of Konoha, I can't assassinate the Hokage!"
"That's right, Elder Homura, and Elder Koharu, you naturally wouldn't have such a motive. But what about Danzo?" The corners of Yuki's mouth curled up. He smiled coldly and said, "As old comrades-in-arms who have known each other for dozens of years, I believe you all know well what kind of person Danzo is."
Homura and Koharu were silent.
It was because they knew that they were so against the rules of Yuki that they did not complain much about passing the punishment of the program, and Hiruzen was not even willing to show up.
The only thing the two wanted to do now got this old friend up.
As for Root, they had already given up.
Apart from the matter of power, Danzo had worked with them for decades and greatly contributed to Konoha.
As old people, they did not want to see the other end of their life as a sinner.