Underneath Konoha, a hollowed out space had a large number of structures built against the rock wall, and was connected to a large number of underground passages around it that led to nowhere.
This was the base camp of the Konoha Root Division.
In the office of the head of the Root Department, Danzo was currently looking at a piece of information that had just been compiled by his men, and he stared coldly at the person in the picture in the upper right corner of the information, and said with great dissatisfaction, "No wonder Hiruzen suddenly changed his words, it turns out to be the connection of this child."
As the Shadow of Konoha, no matter what happened in the village or outside the village, he would be informed as fast as possible.
Even if it was the playfulness between children, he would occasionally keep an eye on it.
As for the affairs of the Uchiha clan, it was even more so that he would find out about them, no matter how big or small.
The Uchiha were a clan that had to be watched out for, Danzo was always mindful of his teacher's advice.
Thus, the matter of the Uchiha clan's genius, Uchiha Chizuru, being defeated by an unnamed orphan quickly reached Danzo's ears.
Danzo had been in contact with the Uchiha clan since he was a child, and was well aware of the horrors of the clan; as a child, he was also a genius with high hopes from his family, but against Uchiha Kagami, who was even younger than him, he was left to be beaten by the hand of the Uchiha.
Although very reluctant, but the Uchiha clan's power must be recognized.
Therefore, he understood very well how difficult it was for a person of his age to defeat an Uchiha, not to mention that Uchiha Chizuru had already opened his Sharingan eyes, and had received the key training of the Uchiha clan a year ago.
In his opinion, Kirito, who was raised in an orphanage, was able to defeat Uchiha Chizuru, which was an impossible task.
But from this, it was clear that Kirito's talent was definitely no less than Uchiha Chizuru's, and even much more.
He had already ordered a full-scale investigation on Kirito, and learned that there was no problem with Kirito's origin, and also investigated that Kirito had fallen seriously ill a month and a half ago before he began to show a transformation.
According to the speculation of the professionals involved, Kirito's ancestors might have given birth to powerful Bloodline Limit ninjas, and the reason why he had fallen gravely ill was due to the awakening of his bloodline.
"Unfortunately, if I had asked Hiruzen earlier, this excellent pawn would have been mine."
Danzo sighed, his voice revealing deep regret.
Unsurprisingly, that good brother of his, Hiruzen, must have already focused on protecting Kirito, and definitely wouldn't let him have the chance to get his hands on it.
But never giving up is Danzo's strength, he stared tightly at Kirito's mugshot and smiled grimly, "I still have a chance, as long as there exists darkness inside this child, sooner or later, he will come to me, because only I can give him everything he wants, Hiruzen, you'll regret it."
Meanwhile, the Sandaime, who is staying up all night in the Hokage's office to approve documents, felt something in his heart and suddenly had the heart to snap and try to say, " I am the one who is the Hokage."
But Danzo, the good brother, was not there, no one to support the scene, the Sandaime suddenly felt tasteless, swallowing back the words.
Afterwards, he looked at the papers on his desk that seemed like they would never be finished, the wrinkles on his face deepened, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, revealing deep exhaustion.
Ever since the war started, he had pretty much stayed up late every day like this, and his whole being practically lived here.
Counting the time, it had been almost a month since he had taken a walk outside.
Sandaime stood up and stretched before taking his pipe and walking over to the window, smoking a cigarette while looking out the window at the village that was much more desolate than it had been before the war.
Before the war had even started, the village should still be relatively lively by this point in time, and even when he was here he could often hear the sounds of activity from the shopping streets.
Unfortunately, it had been a long time since he had heard this sound of activity at this hour.
Would have loved to hear it again sooner.
Sandaime's eyes suddenly became serious and he turned his head slightly, looking at the ANBU who had just appeared.
"Hokage-sama, a letter from the border."
The ANBU said, presenting a sealed scroll with both hands.
"Hard work."
Sandaime sniffed and immediately took the scroll into his hands before opening it up and reading it.
"That darn shorty, he likes to do this kind of robbing while the fire is still burning, pass on my order for a thousand reserve ninja, no, two thousand to go forward to the border bordering the Land of Fire and the Land of Grass for reinforcements."
The third generation read the scroll, eyebrows raised in exasperation.
"Ha."
The ANBU obeyed the order and used their Body-Flicker Technique to quickly leave.
"What an eventful fall, Konoha's two-front war is already very strenuous, and now the Iwa-nin are also on the move, Sensei, the burden you've left me is really heavy ah ..."
Waiting for the dark ninja to leave, the Sandaime was suddenly filled with sorrow.
Now another two thousand ninjas were drawn forward to the border to support, the village's defense force is even weaker, I just hope that there won't be any accidents because of this.
"Konoha's young shoots, ah, grow up early."
Sandaime sat back in his chair again, took out a bunch of already passed application forms for admission from a drawer, then looked at them one by one once again, and finally drew twelve out of them and sighed.
In front of him, the old generation of Konoha ninjas had pretty much withered away, the ninjas of his generation had also been killed or injured in the last great war, and among the new generation of ninjas, it was only his three disciples and a few individual ninjas from the smaller ninja clans that were somewhat noteworthy.
Overall, Konoha's major ninja clans, with the exception of the Uchiha, are all declining in strength, and it's been a long time since there was a powerful ninja that could stand on their own.
At this rate, what should the future of Konoha be like.
"Was my choice wrong?"
The Third Generation couldn't help but reflect on the policy of suppressing the ninja clans and supporting the civilians that he had implemented after taking office.
Soon enough, his eyes became resolute again.
He was right, because Sensei could not be wrong in his choices.
He would continue to carry out Sensei's will.
Once the power of the shinobi clan became too strong, it would inevitably threaten the position of the Hokage, shake his rule, and cause the village to fall into a crisis, just like the current Uchiha, who had become a hidden danger to the village.
"Uchiha, when will you guys understand the will of Lord Hashirama ah, why have you been unwilling to take the initiative to integrate into the village?"
The Sandaime thought of the Uchiha, and inwardly felt both regret and scorn.
On the other hand, on Kirito's way back to the orphanage, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, and when he saw the person's face clearly, he instantly took a few steps back with caution and quickly took out a small knife from his pocket and hid it in his hand.
The person who suddenly appeared was none other than the middle-aged man, Uchiha Kari, who he had seen protecting Uchiha Chizuru in the afternoon.
"'Uncle, what's the matter with you? By the way, is that person alright."
Kirito flashed an innocent smile at Uchiha Kari and asked carefully.
"Chizuru, Uchiha Chizuru, that's the name of the lady, please keep it in mind, Kirito Tosaka, and also, this is a challenge that Miss Chizuru has given you, take it."
Uchiha Kari said with a slight frown.
After saying that, one thing was thrown out by him and shot towards Kirito at high speed.
It was so fast that Kirito almost didn't see it clearly with his current eyesight, he eventually managed to catch it, it was a small scroll.
After Kirito managed to make use of something, he was about to say something to reject it, but Uchiha Kari had already made a seal before turning into a cloud of smoke and disappearing, it was obvious that what had come was just a shadow clone jutsu.
At the same time, a new scroll appeared on the ground.
"Uchiha's people are really some powerful psychopaths, I haven't even agreed yet."
Kirito spat, suddenly in an upset mood as he saw Uchiha Kari force him to take the challenge and then leave immediately.
He was beginning to somewhat understand why there were so many people in the village who hated the Uchiha's, so much hate from one person, how much more hateful it would be to have a group of people like that.
Character determines destiny, and the Uchiha had long ago planted the roots of extinction.
After the end of the Warring States era, the ninja clans that could not be integrated into the collective were destined to turn into dust and be swept into the dustbin of history.