Chapter 269 Danzo’s Heir

When reporting the details of the mission, Uchiha Itachi spoke in great detail, but Danzo didn't listen very seriously.

A jounin who betrayed Konoha was not worth mentioning at all. Even if he had the strength of an elite jounin, he would not be able to make much of a splash in front of Konoha's huge military power.

In comparison, he was more concerned about Uchiha Itachi, and he eagerly wanted to train Uchiha Itachi into an outstanding subordinate and become a sharp blade in his hand against Uchiha.

Itachi Uchiha is the son of Uchiha Fugaku, the leader of the Uchiha clan, and he is also an unscrupulous genius.

In less than half a year, Uchiha Itachi graduated from the Ninja School, breaking the record left by Kakashi, and even aroused the jealousy of the leading Jonin during the mission.

Itachi's leading jounin at the time refused to apply for the chuunin exam for Itachi, citing the lack of overall strength of the team.

It was him who applied for Itachi's qualification to participate in the Chunin Exam. In the end, Itachi did not disappoint him. He defeated all the heroes in the Chunin Exam, crushing all the candidates with his absolute strength and becoming the first place in the exam.

Since then, Uchiha Itachi has been under his influence.

Finally passed the mission assessment and became a root ninja under his command.

After listening to the mission report, Danzo said to Uchiha Itachi: "You did a good job on this mission. You solved a potential threat to the village. If he escapes to the enemy country, a lot of important information will definitely be leaked."

After a pause, Danzo asked pointedly: "By the way, Itachi, how does it feel to kill a rebel nin with your own hands?"

Itachi was silent for a while, and then said: "Danzo-sama, I don't know what it feels like. He is obviously a comrade in the village, why would he choose to betray the village? What happened to him."

"In the process of getting along with him, I saw that he was a gentle Jounin of Konoha. He was full of warmth whether he was towards his companions or his family."

"I think he must have had some compelling reason to betray the village."

"Every ninja who betrays the village has a compelling reason..."

After pondering for a while, Danzo said solemnly:

"But it is the Hokage's job to understand the reasons behind these. Our roots are the sharp blades that protect Konoha. We do not need to know the past of the traitors, nor do we need to enlighten them. We only need to deal with the ninjas who threaten Konoha."

“This is the mission of Roots and what you need to learn and practice in the future.”

After hearing these words, Itachi fell into silence again. He felt that what Danzo said was very reasonable. There was no need for ninjas to understand how a traitor became a traitor.

From the moment the other party chooses to defect, it doesn't matter what they have experienced in the past.

Seeing Itachi lost in thought, Danzo raised a faint smile. Those words he just said were the experiences he had summed up during his decades as a ninja, and they were also words from the bottom of his heart.

Only by telling his true thoughts can he win the trust of a genius like Uchiha Itachi.

From the first time he met Uchiha Itachi, Danzo had this idea in his mind. He wanted to train this maverick genius Uchiha, who had ninja thinking at the age of six, to become his heir.

Inherit your own root will and your own overall view.

After pondering for a long time, Itachi bowed to Danzo, and then said: "Thank you, Lord Danzo, for reminding me. Does Lord Danzo have any tasks that I need to perform?"

Danzo glanced at Itachi Uchiha and said: "There is no mission for you to perform for the time being, but I hope you can study the Will of Fire well and not go astray like the other Uchiha."

"Also, report to the root early tomorrow, Ryuma Ninja will issue a mission to you."

"Yes, Lord Danzo..." After saying this, Itachi exited the room, turned and walked towards the dark passage, and soon disappeared.

After Uchiha Itachi left, Danzo showed a meaningful expression.

He could see that Uchiha Itachi did not completely believe in his ideas, but as long as Uchiha Itachi was still in the root, he could not get rid of the influence of the root.

Sooner or later, he will be able to assimilate Uchiha Itachi and let Uchiha Itachi deal with Uchiha.

The Uchiha are an inherently evil clan, and their mere existence has brought many unstable factors to the village.

Madara Uchiha in the first generation period, Setsuna Uchiha in the second generation period, and even the mysterious masked man in the fourth generation period all brought great trouble to the village.

After the Night of the Kyuubi, Shisui awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan and became a serious problem for the village.

Although Shisui is now very close to Sarutobi Hiruzen, who knows whether Shisui will change his temperament drastically, suddenly control the young jinchuriki, and start another ninja war in the village.

Instead of worrying all day long, it would be better to deal with the Uchiha threat in advance.

If I take the initiative to attack Uchiha Shisui, what is the probability of victory? After getting Uchiha Shisui's Mangekyō Sharingan, he should have the power to become Hokage.

However, ideas are ideas, and it is impossible for him to take action against Shisui before he is absolutely sure.

The crime of attacking fellow villagers was very serious. Even if he attacked Uchiha, that old monkey Sarutobi Hiruzen would use his own opportunity to push himself to the edge of power.

The top priority is to slowly cultivate Uchiha Itachi, so that Uchiha Itachi can slowly backfire on Uchiha.

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When Uchiha Itachi left the root base, it was already dusk.

It is a good thing for him to be recognized by Danzo and become a member of the Roots. From today on, he can finally enter the Roots.

After meeting the most hostile Uchiha ninjas in the village, I learned what they thought of their family.

This is very helpful in resolving conflicts between the family and the village.

However, after leaving the root base, he gradually came to his senses. Danzo's words just now seemed very reasonable, but in fact they were affecting his concept of ninjas and distorting his three views.

What's even more fatal is that he actually agrees with Danzo's philosophy.

He also had the idea of ​​living in the darkness to protect the light, and this idea had already existed before he went to ninja school.

Unknowingly, Uchiha Itachi had returned to his clan.

At this time, an Uchiha female ninja wearing a ninja uniform was walking towards him. The Uchiha female ninja said to Itachi: "Itachi, it turns out you are back, and a clan meeting is about to be held. , do you want to go over right away?”

"By the way, one more thing. I also passed the graduation exam and officially became a ninja. We might have the opportunity to perform missions together in the future."

Uchiha Itachi glanced at the lively girl in front of him and nodded: "Let's go there together, Izumi."