41 Chapter 41: Danzo's List of Lies and Lost Roots

"Cough, cough!" The Hokage coughed twice, looked at Funan and said: "Funan, you still have something to do, go and do your work first!"

Funan immediately said: "It's okay, Hokage-sama, I'm not in a hurry. If you have something urgent, please take care of that first, I'll be waiting."

After the Hokage scolded Funan in his mind, he took a deep breath and then looked at him coldly and said: "Go and come back quickly, Funan. A shinobi as talented as you should be careful outside, it's not safe outside the village now."

"All right!"

Funan looked at the ANBU reluctantly, making him shiver.

Although the Hokage frowned, but in the end he didn't say anything.

What this ANBU said cannot be hidden at all. The other party will know it sooner or later, just don't know it in front of him.

They couldn't afford to lose that person. Furthermore, if Funan finds out, there will be waves again. Damn it, why didn't he leave the village earlier?

"Danzo!" After Funan left, the Third Hokage said that word through gritted teeth. He didn't even have to think about it to know that Danzo had done something again.

Otherwise, the Hyuga clan, the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, the Aburame clan, and the Inuzuka clan would not have such a big reaction.

'That damn thing, what on earth did he do!' Hiruzen scolded in his mind.

"Go, call Danzo over immediately!" Sarutobi Hiruzen let out a roar that shook the sky.

The ANBU were so frightened that they trembled and hurriedly used the Body Flicker Technique to leave.

At this time, Danzo had already received the responses from the Ino-Shika-Cho, Inuzuka, and Aburame clans. The letter firmly rejected his recruitment request and was accompanied by the signatures of all five clans.

The threat is self-evident.

Danzo was so angry that he tore the letter into pieces on the spot.

Danzo with a fierce look said: "Damn, these selfish guys, they are not worthy of being shinobi at all. They don't have the sacrificial spirit of shinobi. If Konoha trusts them, it will be destroyed."

He raised his head and looked at the shinobi in front of him. At this moment, there were quite a few shinobi gathered around Danzo, forty in total. It's a pity that there are only three jonin, and the others are all chunin. That was all the strength left in the Root.

"Too little!" Danzo was impatient.

In the past, Hiruzen has always restricted the development of the Root. He worked secretly for several years before he had nearly twenty jonin. He was about to put his plans into motion when he encountered Funan, and his group was directly wiped out.

"Uchiha Funan!" Danzo gritted his teeth, wishing he could bite Funan alive to death.

Now that the five clans have united, thwarting their recruitment plan. He was anxious.

[Swish!]

An ANBU appeared in front of him.

"Danzo-sama, Hokage-sama is waiting for you in the office!"

"Hiruzen is looking for me?" Danzo's heart moved.

Just in time, since the five clans have rejected him, he will now look for a way to get some people from Sarutobi Hiruzen.

Immediately, Danzo arrived at the Hokage's office, his staff clanging along his path.

"What the hell have you done?!" Danzo had just approached the office when he was greeted by a roar, it was so sudden that it almost made him drop his crutches.

"Hiruzen, what are you doing?" Danzo looked annoyed.

"What am I doing? That's what I want to ask you." The Third Hokage pointed at Danzo and shouted angrily: "Tell me, what did you do to those five clans to arouse so much resistance in them?"

"What can I do?" Danzo said coldly: "I just wanted to recruit some members of their clans. Didn't I show you the list?"

"That's it?" The Third Hokage looked suspicious.

"What else can I do?" Danzo continued to say coldly: "Hiruzen, let me tell you, these disobedient clans, we must suppress them forcefully and let them know the consequences of resistance."

"Absurd!" The Third Hokage categorically rejected Danzo's proposal.

Dealing with a shinobi clan like the Uchiha, who everyone dislikes, has already caused the entire village to be shocked. Do you still want to deal with the Ino-Shika-Cho clans and the others? You're thinking too highly of yourself.

Especially since those particular shinobi clans enjoy a good reputation within the village.

Thinking of this, the Hokage became more impatient.

The Ino-Shika-Cho clans were not like other shinobi clans; They were not only very influential, but also fervent followers of the Hokage. How could they choose to be against the Hokage at such a critical time?

Seeing this, other shinobi clans might wonder, "What's wrong with the Hokage? Why have the Ino-Shika-Cho clans betrayed him?" This would raise doubts about the Hokage.

It was a tremendous blow for the Hokage.

He was walking back and forth in the office.

The Uchiha were probably very happy right now. It wouldn't be strange, after all the division of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans with the Hokage faction was like the prelude to the fall of the castle.

Now, Hiruzen's main concern was not how to deal with the Uchiha but stabilizing his own position.

Suddenly, the Hokage stopped, looked at Danzo coldly and said: "Danzo, are the people you want from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans really just those on the list you showed me?"

Danzo said decisively: "Correct!"

"You bastard!" The Hokage shouted angrily, pointed at Danzo's nose, and shouted: "Danzo, I know you too well, you're lying. Get it out... get the real list out."

"Hiruzen…"

"In the name of the Hokage, I order you to take it out immediately."

Danzo moved his lips several times and, under the Hokage's indifferent gaze, handed over the real list.

Unsurprisingly, after seeing it, the Hokage was dazzled and almost fainted. In the original list, there were only a few people from the Ino-Shika-Cho clans, and the three clans combined did not exceed ten people.

The Hokage did some calculations and as his staunch supporter, Nara Shikaku should be able to agree to do him this favor, so he agreed. For this reason, he also deliberately crossed out several more sensitive names.

But what about Danzo's real list? In total, the number of members of the Ino-Shika-Cho clans exceeded fifty, and the weakest were all Chunin.

Hokage is in tears after reading this list.

How many jonin and chunin would the Ino-Shika-Cho clans have left in total? Danzo had practically taken the entire elite from them.

Danzo, you should simply become the Hokage. You're also taking away the leader of the Aburame clan...

Danzo, you are a ruthless person!

The Hokage, with his lips trembling, looked at Danzo and said: "What are you thinking? Do you have any enmity with me?"

'What the hell, Danzo, tell the truth, when did you betray me and join the Uchiha side? Do you dare to say that Ino-Shika-Cho and the other clans were not forced by you to change sides?'

'Nara Shikaku still has a very good temperament. If it were me, she would have come and punched you in the eye.'

Danzo's voice was low, but extremely determined, and said: "Hiruzen, everything I do is for Konoha."

Hokage sat helplessly at his desk, his expression a little dull. 'For Konoha again. Let me thank you on behalf of Konoha. I thank your mother!'

'Shimura Danzo, why are you so good? As a Hokage, I feel ashamed around you.'

After a long time, Hiruzen said in a hoarse voice: "You will be relieved of all your duties, Danzo. From today on, you will stay at home and think about your mistakes."

"Hiruzen!" Danzo said angrily: "You can't treat me like that. Also, what about the Root? What are you going to do with it?"

The Root was subordinate to the ANBU but was now completely independent and had become a massive entity that no one could ignore.

Now, it was in the process of reorganization and strengthening. Without Danzo, what would happen to the Root?

Hiruzen said calmly: "I'll let Koharu and Homura lead the Root."

"Those two?" Danzo laughed angrily. "Hiruzen, have you gone crazy? They will ruin the Root."

Danzo always ignored those two losers, he didn't even bother to belittle them.

"That's better than Konoha being destroyed by you."

Danzo opened his eyes wide: "What did you say?"

The Hokage said coldly: "Danzo, due to your reckless actions, the Root has lost many talented ninjas. Furthermore, you have created rifts between the Hyuga, Ino-Shika-Cho, Aburame, Inuzuka clans, and the Hokage faction."

"That's all you've done, isn't that destroying Konoha?"

"Haha..." Danzo couldn't help but laugh out loud and growled: "Now, all the mistakes are because of me, right?"

"It is not like this?"

"Yes, you are correct, Hiruzen." Danzo nodded slightly, looked deeply at the Third Hokage, and said: "What the Hokage said is correct."

Didn't Hiruzen know everything he had done? Of course he knows! He also gave a lot of help, including assassinating Funan.

'Now that things are out of control, everything becomes my responsibility.' Danzo complained in her mind. 'It's all because I'm not the Hokage! If I were the Hokage...'

Danzo turned around and walked out of the Hokage's office. When he saw the oncoming person, he paused slightly and showed a weird smile.

"Danzo-sama!" When the visitor saw Danzo, he quickly lowered his head.

Danzo was about to speak when the Hokage's voice came from the office behind him. "Shisui? Come in!"

"Yes!" Uchiha Shisui hurriedly walked into the office.

Danzo looked at Shisui's back thoughtfully, then turned and left.

"Hokage-sama!" Uchiha Shisui knelt on one knee in front of the Hokage and looked at the Hokage with respect.

Suddenly, his expression changed slightly, and he said: "Hokage-sama, you..."

To his eyes, Sarutobi Hiruzen looked tired, his face was pale, and his wrinkles were deeper than the last time he saw him a week ago. Compared to then, he looked ten years older.

"What's wrong?" The Third Hokage smiled slightly: "You don't recognize me anymore?"

"No, it's just..." Shisui lowered his head, his voice was extremely low, a little sad.

"You are such a good boy, Shisui." The Third Hokage rubbed his brows, sighed softly, and said: "Too many things have happened recently, alas."

Shisui slowly clenched his fists and said: "All these things that happened are because of Uchiha and are our fault."

"Yes!" The Hokage said directly: "Everything that happened was the fault of the Uchiha clan, but can only the Uchiha be blamed for all this? Danzo is to blame, and I am also to blame."

"How can we blame you?"

"Because I am the Hokage. That is the Hokage's responsibility." Sarutobi Hiruzen said that sentence with a firm expression.

Looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen like this, Shisui closed his eyes and said slowly: "We will not blame you, Hokage-sama. All of this is ultimately due to Uchiha Funan."

"Hokage-sama, I will kill him with my own hands!"

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"Oh, is there such a thing?" Funan was happy, and he looked at the people in front of him and said, "The Ino-Shika-Cho clans, are they actually causing trouble right now? And did they also involve the Aburame and Inuzuka clans?"

Tetsuhi said in a deep voice: "This is a good opportunity, should we do something?"

"No, we won't do anything!" Funan said directly without hesitation: "We will proceed as planned and ignore them."

Uchiha Shirayu frowned and said, "What about the Ino-Shika-Cho clans? Don't you care about them?"

"Why should they matter to me?" Funan said nonchalantly: "We originally considered the Ino-Shika-Cho clans as enemies, but now, they have chosen another path."

"They can join us, which only benefits us. Worst case scenario, they'll just go back to the way they were before."

Shirayu said in an unhappy tone: "Are you going out at a time like this?"

"Correct!" Funan lifted Shirayu's chin gently, and said smilingly: "I said it, the original plan does not change, no one is allowed to have objections."

Tetsuhi and others looked at each other and nodded: "Yes!"

Yashiro sighed at the side and said: "This is really a good opportunity. If we can take advantage of it..."

"There are plenty of opportunities." Funan directly interrupted Yashiro's words and said: "It is better to proceed steadily. The Uchiha clan cannot afford any mistakes now. No one is sure whether the incident with the Ino-Shika-Cho clans is a trap."

"Understood!"

"Where is the news I asked you to find out?"

"Here." Yashiro handed over a scroll and said curiously: "Sir, the Evil God Sect is just a small evil sect. Why are you interested in them?"

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