"This is all thanks to our Hokage assistant, Danzo-sama!" Hiruzen said sarcastically. "He has attacked Ino-Shika-Cho many times, and in the end he even tried to dig up his roots. How could Torifu just sit back and wait for death."
Koharu and Homura glared at Danzo.
In response, Danzo looked at them with a cruel look, and in an instant, Koharu and Homura immediately shrank their necks.
"Hmph!" Danzo snorted. The next moment, he felt Hiruzen's cold gaze.
Danzo: "..."
After Danzo lowered his head, Hiruzen sighed deeply, with a sad look on his face. "The Hyuga clan has a problem. The Ino-Shika-Cho clans almost openly opposed us, the Aburame and Inuzuka clans are on Torifu's side. How can we face the Uchiha clan?"
"Hmph!" Danzo slapped his cane hard, and then his body froze.
Damn it!
His fingers had been cut off by that Fugaku beast. He had just bandaged it, but this time it seemed that he applied too much force and the wound split open.
Looking at the wound that was bleeding continuously, Hiruzen and the others were dumbfounded.
"Where's the medical-nin?" Hiruzen called an ANBU.
The other party immediately went out and called in the waiting medical-nin to treat Danzo.
However, medical-nin can heal injuries, but they cannot regenerate severed limbs.
"Just stop the bleeding." Danzo drove the medical-nin out impatiently, waved his hand and said boldly: "Leave it to me, Hiruzen, I will definitely let Uchiha..."
"Stop, stop, stop!" The Third Hokage quickly called a halt. He rubbed his eyebrows with a headache and felt his heart beating fast. He was getting older and couldn't handle such stimulating words.
Both Koharu and Homura had expressions that almost looked like they were about to cry.
"What do you mean?" Danzo said angrily. "Don't they trust me?"
The Third Hokage took a deep breath and said slowly: "Danzo, how many trustworthy subordinates do you think we have? Look how many have been sacrificed?"
Danzo looked disdainful. Of course he knew that many had been sacrificed.
The Root were almost destroyed. There were two or three kittens left at the base of Konoha.
"Don't worry, Hiruzen!" Danzo said coldly. "This time I will not enter into direct conflict with them. I will make them understand that Konoha is our Konoha, and the Uchiha only deserve to hide like mice in a corner."
...
Danzo left in a majestic and determined manner.
Koharu frowned and said: "Hiruzen, you are so brave!"
He actually believed in Danzo again and just ordered the ANBU to assist Danzo, which was considered a kind of surveillance.
Although the person taking the order was Shinnosuke, Hiruzen's son, this was still too dangerous.
Homura also nodded repeatedly.
In fact, the ANBU leader Shinnosuke was dispatched last time, and he was just monitoring Danzo secretly.
This time, everything was clear, the supervision was public.
But does it make sense? If Danzo wants to act recklessly, who can stop him except Hiruzen himself?
"Don't worry!" Hiruzen said calmly. "You have to believe in Danzo, he is our trustworthy companion!"
Damn it, that hand was trembling, and the pipe almost stuck in his eye. Do you also want to imitate Danzo and wear a bandage on your face?
"Okay!" Koharu sighed. "However, Hiruzen, we still need your help with the Funan issue."
"This is natural!" Hiruzen sighed deeply.
"What are we going to do with Shikaku?" Homura suddenly said. "The assassination of Uchiha Shisui especially involves Danzo. The village is still waiting for the result. If Shikaku really talks nonsense, we will be very passive."
"Aren't we passive enough now?" Hiruzen looked indifferent and said: "Don't worry, when I see Torifu, no, when I see Funan, Shikaku will naturally know what to do."
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Shisui woke up from his deep sleep, and the stinging pain in his eyes made him groan. He came to his senses and stood up in a hurry. 'Where I am...?'
With just a glance with his one eye, he confirmed that he was in his room.
Not far away from him, Funan was writing something with his head down. Next to him, Itachi was sitting quietly, but his expression was a little strange.
"Funan, Itachi?" Shisui breathed a sigh of relief.
"How do you feel?" Funan didn't even raise his head. "Danzo ripped out your eye. In the end, did you think Itachi was plotting against you?"
Shisui smiled bitterly.
"I'm very disappointed, Shisui." Funan wrote something calmly and said. "I've warned you several times, told you the methods they could use, and they still ripped out your eye. If it weren't for Itachi, you probably would have died there."
"Stupid!"
"You are so stupid!"
Shisui sighed and said: "If I told you that I wanted to die together with Danzo, would you believe it?"
"Of course I believe that, but that disappoints me even more."
Funan sighed and said. "Who is Danzo? If I wanted to, I would have killed him a long time ago. The reason I kept him was only because I was worried that I would completely anger the Hokage faction, and they would fight us to the death."
"You can also see my purpose. I just want to weaken the power of the Hokage faction step by step, and finally drive them out and let Uchiha stand firm in the village...why don't you use your brain?"
Shisui was silent and said: "How did you know that Danzo would attack me?"
"It's obvious." Funan said indifferently. "As long as you tell the Hokage faction about the Kotoamatsukami, they will definitely attack you. They will never allow Uchiha to have such power. No, except for themselves, they would not allow anyone else to have such power."
"Shisui, everyone is afraid. Who wants to be someone else's puppet."
"How about you?" Shisui suddenly said. "Are you afraid of the power of the Kotoamatsukami?"
"At first yes, but after awakening the Mangekyo as well, I'm no longer afraid." Funan raised his head, and the Mangekyo flashed in his eyes.
He glanced at Shisui. They communicated in the space of illusion, transmitting the secret of the Tsugihagi no Kokuo to Shisui.
"I understand." Shisui suddenly realized. "I remember there was a time when you rejected me a lot, then you went back to normal. Turns out it was because of Tsugihagi no Kokuo, this technique that neutralizes my Kotoamatsukami."
Now he understood why Funan dared to use Susanoo non-stop.
Funan smiled, took out a glass vessel and put it aside. Inside was Shisui's eye.
"Today we will schedule surgery to give you this eye back."
Seeing his recovered eye, Shisui felt surprisingly calm and said: "I don't need this eye."
Funan was surprised by Shisui's attitude.
"The clan must still have other spare eyes, right?" Shisui said calmly. "Give me a pair of ordinary Sharingan. The Kotoamatsukami will remain in your hands from today."
"No!" Funan shook his head and said: "A good child has a long memory, but a naughty child who is afraid is a child who refuses to change despite repeated admonitions."
The corners of Shisui's eyes twitched. After staring at Funan for a few times, he said helplessly: "I really don't want this eye anymore."
"Keep it, only you can make the most of this eye." Funan said nonchalantly. "With it, you are one of the most powerful people in Konoha. Without him, no one knows who you are."
Shisui said unconvinced, "Is it possible that I have become Shisui of the Body Flicker because of my eyes?"
When he became famous in the shinobi world, he had not yet awakened the Mangekyo.
Funan smiled slightly and said nothing.
Shisui is indeed very strong, but without the help of the Hokage faction, how could he become so famous?
To put it bluntly, the situation at that time was largely to suppress Funan.
Shisui also reacted quickly, and he understood when he saw Funan's smile.
He grunted angrily, stood up and walked to Funan: "What are you doing... ugh!"
Shisui opened his eyes wide.
Funan is not writing anything, but painting.
An abstract painting.
Shisui and Danzo, one on the left and one on the right, kneeling on the ground, begging for their lives.
When did he, Shisui, become equal to Danzo? The two of them were still kneeling together! Also, why do both of them in the drawing only have one eye?
One left and one right, very symmetrical!
Shisui sighed feebly.
Itachi was laughing on the side, looking at Shisui strangely, then looked at the drawing, nodding his head vigorously as if in agreement, which angered Shisui.
Just at that moment…
"Minister!"
"What's wrong?" Funan didn't look back.
"Hokage-sama invites you!"
"Um?" Shisui and Itachi immediately became nervous.
Funan waved his hand, smiled, and said: "I'm going to be rich again!"
"What's the meaning?"
Shisui said nervously: "If I call you at this time, is the Hokage going to attack you? Funan, you have to be careful."
Even though Shisui was unconscious, he knew that something terrible was definitely happening outside. When Itachi rescued him, he had a head-on conflict with Danzo. With Funan's temper, it might be a head-on conflict with the Hokage.
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