Chapter 12: Danzo Takes the Blame

In the Hokage building, several Konoha high-ranking officials ran directly to the office, looking at Sarutobi Hiruzen smoking a cigarette with an angry look on his face, and roared loudly: "Danzo must give me an explanation for this matter."

Utatane Koharu said seriously: "Hiruzen, what's going on between you and Danzo? Why is there a terrorist attack on the village? Why did this Shimura Ken accuse you?"

Mitomon En immediately objected: "You should give the villagers of Konoha an explanation. It's true that you often visit the women's bathhouse."

Danzo also entered the office, and seeing that everyone was present, he said with a gloomy face, "Shimura Ken's matter has nothing to do with me. I did not instruct him to carry out a terrorist attack."

Mizushimon Yan asked directly: "Then why did he shout that Danzo should stand and Hiruzen should die? Why did he detonate the detonating talisman and cause so many civilians to be injured?"

Utatane Koharu immediately agreed: "Those civilians have already filled up the hospital, and the injured don't have any beds, so they are lying outside the hospital."

Danzo said angrily: "It may be that Uchiha's fault. They provoked Shimura Ken. We only need to kill a few people to calm the anger of the civilians."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said seriously: "Who do you want to arrest? You must take full responsibility for this incident. You can't wait to become the Fifth Hokage, but you use extreme methods and make us Konoha's top leaders a joke."

Danzo said gloomily: "Huruzen, you want Sarutobi Asuma to become the fifth Hokage. His strength is not enough to intimidate other ninja villages, and will make Konoha the target of public criticism."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said in a low voice: "This is not a problem you should worry about. I will hand over the position of Hokage to the right person."

Danzo's eyes widened, and he thought to himself, "Huruzen, you are hypocritical, and you have been blinded by power. It is best to hand over the village to me. For Konoha, I can do whatever it takes."

Sarutobi Hiruzen knew this old friend too well. Seeing the gloomy Danzo, he knew what he was thinking and warned him immediately: "Danzo, I am the Hokage. You have gone too far this time. I will tell all the villagers that it was you who instigated the Shimura clan to attack me."

Danzo was very angry and yelled: "Huruzen, you are weak and are no longer fit to be the Hokage. I will protect the village in my own way."

Mitomon En directly retorted: "Danzo! Hiruzen is the Hokage, how can you go against Hiruzen's orders?"

Utatane Koharu also spoke up immediately, proving her presence by saying directly: "The village needs peace. The Uchiha clan has just been exterminated. If we don't handle this well, the major ninja clans will become alienated from Konoha, and the authority of our top leaders will decline."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a serious face: "Danzo, if you do not accept my order, I will stop all the financial resources of the Root and disband all the Root ninjas."

This is not the same as before, when Sarutobi Hiruzen openly said he would disband the Root, but secretly continued to allocate funds to the Root, allowing Danzo to continue to serve as the root of Konoha."

So when Danzo heard about the funding and disbanding, his expression became a little more honest, but his face was still full of anger. He thought to himself, "If I had raised my hand earlier, I would have been the Third Hokage. It's all Hiruzen's fault for competing with me. He is hypocritical and is the most suitable person to be the leader of the Root."

With a cold snort from Sarutobi Hiruzen, "Danzo, did you hear my order? If you don't take responsibility, I will immediately stop everything about the Root Ninja, including increasing the number of Root Ninja."

Danzo replied with a gloomy face, "I will take care of Hiruzen, but the expenses of the Root cannot be stopped. Konoha needs the Root."

The daily expenses of the Root Ninjas are huge. Daily training, daily necessities, scientific research, lurking in various ninja villages to steal intelligence all cost money. The Shimura clan cannot afford to maintain this huge machine, and they all rely on Konoha to support it. "

When Danzo heard that the funding was going to be stopped, Sarutobi Hiruzen caught his weakness and immediately said, "I will take care of this matter and won't cause you any trouble."

After saying that, Danzo immediately walked out of the Hokage Building and headed towards the Shimura family, leaving behind a vicissitudes of life for the Konoha high-level officials.

In the Shimura clan's residence, the clan leader, Shimura Daisuke, yelled at his son Shimura Ken, "Look at the trouble you caused to Danzo-sama. Now all of Shimura Ken's family has been executed."

Shimin also spoke in fear, and said in panic: "Dad, you are Danzo's cousin, you can't save me at all."

Shimura Daisuke said with a serious face: "Danzo-sama is merciless. I hope Shimura Ken and his family can calm the captain's anger, otherwise we will all be in danger."

When Danzo entered the Shimura clan, all the Shimura clan members were surprised and shouted, "Danzo-sama,"

Danzo did not reply, but walked to the main hall, looked at Shimura Daisuke who was teaching his son a lesson, and said coldly: "What is going on with Shimura Ken?"

Shimin looked at Danzo with a gloomy face and said with fear: "Reporting to Danzo-sama, I don't know what happened. I just saw him shouting, 'Sarutobi Hiruzen must die, and Danzo-sama must live.'"

Danzo cursed angrily, "You sent him to the school, why haven't those two Uchiha died yet."

In August, a group of Shimura clan members, upon hearing Danzo's scolding, were all sweating profusely, and were trembling with fear at the vicious Danzo.

Everyone in the Shimura family knows that Danzo is ruthless and never hesitates when killing people. It is very likely that someone will die this time."

Danzo said in a serious tone: "You must announce to the public that this incident is completely false. It was all done by Shimura Daisuke on his own initiative. Now I have punished him."

As soon as the voice fell, all the Shimura clan ninjas shouted, "As you command, Master Danzo." After that, all the Shimura clan ninjas saluted and ran towards the street, not daring to delay at home.

Daisuke Shimura had a serious expression on his face and said calmly, "Master Danzo! I know what to do. Then he took out a kunai and cut his neck."

The current head of the Shimura clan died immediately. For Danzo, the head of an ordinary jonin committed suicide in public, which was not a serious matter.

Danzo said with a gloomy face: "Shimura Kumano, you will be the chief of the Shimura clan. You must keep an eye on these idiots and don't cause any more trouble for me."

An elite jonin in his forties with a capable face said tremblingly, "I understand, Danzo-sama."

Shimin was already terrified, seeing his father, who had just taught him a lesson, commit suicide in public. He was filled with fear, and said to Danzo with a terrified face: "I know I was wrong, Danzo-sama, and I will never do this again."

A group of Shimura clan ninjas began to spread the word on the street: "We are the Shimura clan ninjas. What happened this morning was caused by the clan leader, Shimura Daisuke, who took it upon himself to have Shimura Ken detonate the detonating talisman in public. The clan leader, Shimura Daisuke, has committed suicide out of fear of punishment. Don't believe what they said this morning."

Konoha's Anbu also began posting notices, saying that the suicide with the explosive talisman was the work of the Shimura clan, who deliberately spread rumors about the Third Hokage in an attempt to discredit him.

The mastermind has been severely punished. I hope all villagers will be informed and not to believe the rumors. The Shimura family will bear all the expenses of this incident."

A group of villagers began to run out to eat melons and look at the Konoha announcement. They all said, "I knew that someone must be doing something wrong and deliberately slandering the Third Hokage."

Some civilians had already planted a seed of doubt and said, "This matter is definitely not that simple. Shimura Daisuke must have been pushed out as a scapegoat."

The explosion talisman incident in the morning is still getting more and more serious in the village. The discussion is very loud, and the means are very terrifying. They directly tied the explosion talisman to their bodies and died together with the Sarutobi clan. "

Qingcheng took advantage of the noon to go to the Konoha cemetery to pay tribute to the Uchiha clan members who died, as well as his mother and sister. "