Chapter 108: 108. Confrontation On The Spot
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All the Konoha high-level officials were present. Sarutobi Hiruzen walked in front with a heavy face. Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu also looked solemn. On the contrary, Shimura Danzō, who had not been seen for a long time, remained the same as before, and his expression looked normal.
Uchiha Shikazan was already murderous when he saw Shimura Danzō. He gritted his teeth slightly but resisted the urge to move.
"Did something happen again?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked.
Looking at the corpses in the field and the look on Uchiha Shikazan's face, Sarutobi Hiruzen already had a bad premonition in his heart.
Ishigami Hara had asked Summoning Beast Bean to pass the message before, so Sarutobi Hiruzen naturally knew what happened to Uchiha Shikazan, but looking at the current situation, there seemed to be another hidden story.
"Hokage, please be patient."
While speaking, Ishigami Hara just asked, "Were these Anbu ordered by the Hokage-sama?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen nodded, his face solemn.
"What's the problem?" he asked.
Ishigami Hara shook his head but smiled, "It's no problem for me, but it's a big problem for the village."
While speaking, Ishigami Hara raised two fingers.
The next moment, among the more than ten Anbu, four of them trembled, and then their bodies were covered with dense spells.
Swish!
The rest of the Anbu quickly avoided, one by one protecting Sarutobi Hiruzen behind them, and their expressions when looking at Ishigami Hara were particularly vigilant.
"You guys get out of the way."
Sarutobi Hiruzen gave the order.
Although they didn't understand why, the Anbu also executed the order very well and immediately got out of the way.
Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at the scene, especially Uchiha Daiki who was carried by Uchiha Shikazan, and his brows were already furrowed.
Ishigami Hara walked forward leisurely, took off the masks on the four people's faces, and then—opened their mouths, their mouths were open and could not close.
Sarutobi Hiruzen walked over without Ishigami Hara saying anything, and when he saw the curse seals on the roots of the four people's tongues, his pupils shrank, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at Shimura Danzō.
"Danzō, why are there people from Root in the team I sent out? I need an explanation."
Not only Sarutobi Hiruzen, but also Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu turned their heads to look at Shimura Danzō.
Shimura Danzō remained silent, his expression unchanged.
"Don't worry."
Ishigami Hara waved his hand with a smile, and then said to the Anbu leaders, "Take out the seal scrolls."
Several Anbu couldn't help but look at Sarutobi Hiruzen, who waved his hand, and they hurried to do it.
In this way, the Anbu immediately did as they were told, and with the sound of bangs, more than 20 corpses appeared in the field.
The other corpses were placed on the four Root ninjas. Ishigami Hara didn't say anything, just raised his chin to the Anbu.
Immediately, an Anbu ninja came forward and searched the four, soon finding two seal scrolls on them.
Now, it was the Anbu's turn to look at each other. Before the mission, each had only brought one seal scroll. Each scroll was naturally enough to seal multiple corpses, but two scrolls were found on these four. There was clearly something wrong.
"Unseal!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a deep voice.
The department quickly followed the instructions, and there were more than 60 bodies in the field.
"Damn!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen felt a bit of a toothache seeing this scene. Although he didn't fully understand what had happened, seeing over 60 bodies wearing the same clothes, he couldn't deny the seriousness of the matter.
The key point was... after removing the masks from some of the bodies, Sarutobi Hiruzen could even call out their names.
"Yamanaka Takuto, Aburame Taniken, Katagiri Akira, Mizumatsu Ryuyuki..."
Sarutobi Hiruzen called out the names of six or seven people one by one, then turned and stared at Shimura Danzō, with a bit of anger in his expression. "Danzō, these are all on your Root training list. Tell me, why are these people here?"
Shimura Danzō looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen calmly and finally spoke. "Everything I do is for Konoha."
After that, he said no more.
Ishigami Hara smiled and said, "It's not that simple."
Then he patted Uchiha Shikazan's shoulder and said, "Please explain it to everyone."
Uchiha Shikazan couldn't wait any longer, having suppressed his anger for too long. If not for Ishigami Hara and Sarutobi Hiruzen, he would have attacked Shimura Danzō already.
He immediately recounted his team's experience with anger, focusing on what happened after the Anbu arrived, especially the fact that someone tried to swap bodies.
Ishigami Hara took out the scroll at the right time, unsealed it, and stepped aside.
"I have made it clear. These people took advantage of our team's return, intercepted us halfway, killed us, and deliberately wanted to seize our Sharingan. This matter cannot be let go!"
Uchiha Shikazan finally spoke. As he did, his Sharingan was already active, and a pair of scarlet eyes stared at Shimura Danzō, as if he wanted to kill him on the spot.
Sarutobi Hiruzen closed his eyes and took a deep breath to prevent himself from losing his composure.
At a time like this, with someone in the village doing such a thing, it was not good for him as Hokage.
"We will deal with these matters, but..."
Utatane Koharu just opened her mouth when her expression changed, because she was being stared at by Uchiha Shikazan, whose three magatama had connected into one without her noticing.
The next moment, the pale yellow half-body of Susanoo appeared in the field.
"Mangekyō!?"
Utatane Koharu subconsciously moved back to distance herself from it.
As someone who had fought in the First Ninja World War, she knew well about the ultimate pupil power of the Uchiha clan, and the half-body Susanoo in front of her was a manifestation of that power.
The Anbu immediately surrounded the high-level officials to protect them, though, whether intentionally or unintentionally, they left a gap around Danzō.
"Shikazan-kun, don't be so impulsive," Ishigami Hara said with a smile.
Uchiha Shikazan gritted his teeth. Though his anger was overwhelming, he dispelled his half-Susanoo with heavy breathing and closed his eyes for a moment before his Sharingan returned to its three-magatama state.
But no one could ignore his presence now. A Uchiha who had awakened the Mangekyō was already a special existence within the village.
"So, Hokage-sama, what is your opinion on how to deal with this?" Ishigami Hara asked.