Chapter 69: Let’s Recount Your Evil Deeds, Shimura Danzo
When Uchiha Ikeizumi’s voice rang out, Sarutobi Hiruzen immediately felt a sense of foreboding.
He stripped Shimura Danzo of his position right in front of everyone in Konoha, without giving Danzo any face, with a look of having torn off all pretenses, which was exactly as Hyuga Hiashi had said he planned.
This was the harshest method Sarutobi Hiruzen could think of.
And it could also incidentally appease Konoha’s bloodline limit ninja clans.
But unexpectedly, it couldn’t appease Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“Brat, what do you think you’re doing!?” Danzo glared viciously at Uchiha Ikeizumi with his sinister eyes. He hadn’t forgotten that over a dozen of his Root subordinates had all died at the hands of this evil Uchiha brat within a single day.
Even his summoned beast Baku was no exception—this was the loss that pained Danzo the most.
This was his strongest summoned beast, and also his partner of many years.
Losing Baku was equivalent to losing a massive fighting force!
But unexpectedly, Uchiha Ikeizumi ignored him completely, and said expressionlessly to Sarutobi Hiruzen: “Third Hokage, stripping Shimura Danzo of his position—is this your method of handling it?”
Sarutobi Hiruzen opened his mouth, but before he could say a word, Uchiha Ikeizumi added: “How utterly collusive, conspiratorial, and protective.”
Sarutobi Hiruzen’s old face immediately darkened. He hadn’t expected Uchiha Ikeizumi to curse him right to his face.
Fugaku also realized something was wrong: “Ikeizumi…”
“You’re too weak, Fugaku. In your eyes, are all the things Danzo did to the Uchiha Clan and to innocent civilians so easily forgiven?” Uchiha Ikeizumi also glanced at Fugaku.
He couldn’t even be bothered to say the words “Clan Head” or “Clan Leader.”
“And…”
Uchiha Ikeizumi continued: “What right do you have to forgive Danzo? What right do you have to make a big issue into a small one and a small one into nothing?”
A clear look of shock appeared on Fugaku’s stern face.
For some reason, Fugaku felt that the gazes of some clan members nearby had become a bit strange when looking at him.
……
A look of helplessness flashed across Kakashi’s face as he blended into the crowd of Konoha Anbu.
He knew that anything involving Uchiha Ikeizumi would absolutely not end so easily.
Especially when Uchiha Ikeizumi’s wings were growing ever stronger.
There were hardly any people left in all of Konoha who could control him.
Maybe…
If it weren’t for the Hokage bringing so many Anbu ninja with him, even the Hokage couldn’t control Uchiha Ikeizumi.
“…Hm?” Vaguely, Kakashi seemed to keenly notice some line of sight falling on him.
He turned his head and looked into the distance.
His eyes narrowed.
It seemed that on the rooftop of some distant building, he saw a human figure, but in the blink of an eye, that figure vanished.
“You’re quite perceptive, Kakashi…”
In the distance.
The Masked Man in his black robe, hidden in a patch of shadow, murmured in a tone tinged with hesitation and confusion: “Was that my imagination just now… For some reason, I feel like that guy Uchiha Ikeizumi also glanced over in my direction.”
But it was merely some confusion; back then, he had needed Teacher Minato’s protection to survive against Uchiha Ikeizumi.
But now, he believed himself to be in no way inferior to Uchiha Ikeizumi.
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“Shimura Danzo.” Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Uchiha Ikeizumi met Danzo’s angry and sinister gaze, and said expressionlessly: “The ‘evil’ on you is the most I’ve ever seen in Konoha. So much that it can’t be counted or exhausted.”
“For others’ petty thefts, they must be arrested and imprisoned for half a month as a warning. But you, having killed so many innocent people and committed so many evil deeds, what right do you have to stand here unscathed and barking madly?”
“You, whose evil deeds are too numerous to record on bamboo slips, why are you still alive in this world?”
Veins bulged on Danzo’s forehead; he knew he couldn’t stay silent any longer.
Now even that monkey had betrayed him, leaving Danzo with only himself to rely on.
Danzo gritted his teeth and said: “Brat! I merely picked up some Sharingan during the Ninja Wars! Stripping me of my position… is already the harshest punishment! Or does this brat just use so-called「Absolute Justice」 as an excuse to masquerade as a murderer?”
He struck first to gain the initiative, pinning a charge on Uchiha Ikeizumi.
But unexpectedly, Uchiha Ikeizumi showed no reaction, merely asking simply: “Is that so? Then how do you explain Shisui’s Sharingan?”
Danzo’s pupils contracted sharply, and the look in his eyes toward Uchiha Ikeizumi was filled with thick disbelief.
This evil Uchiha brat…
Could he really see through him?
The Uchiha Clan ninja surrounding Danzo with hostile expressions immediately erupted in shock; Sarutobi Hiruzen also showed a thoughtful and unusual expression; the Anbu ninja suspiciously stared at Danzo; the ninja from other clans and civilian ninja looked at Danzo with shock in their eyes.
Uchiha Shisui—this was a name etched into the memories of many, impossible to erase.
Unfortunately, heaven envied talent; as a genius of the Uchiha Clan, he had died young.
There had been all sorts of rumors about the cause of Uchiha Shisui’s death.
But no definitive answer.
Until now…
“Brat! Don’t slander me!” Danzo was getting anxious; he possessed Shisui’s ‘Kotoamatsukami,’ his greatest secret bar none. Even in battle with Uchiha Ikeizumi, he was reluctant to use that heaven-defying Sharingan ability.
Danzo clenched his teeth and said: “I did not kill Uchiha Shisui!”
Uchiha Ikeizumi took two steps forward, staring intently into Danzo’s eyes.
This gaze made Danzo feel somewhat uneasy inside.
He actually shifted his gaze away, not daring to meet Uchiha Ikeizumi’s eyes directly!
This left even Danzo himself finding it unthinkable.
How could he possibly fear this brat!
Uchiha Ikeizumi spoke in an indifferent tone, as if reading content only he could see: “One year ago. You schemed to frame Uchiha Shisui, gravely wounded him, and seized one eye. Such actions indirectly caused Uchiha Shisui to jump off a cliff to his death.”
Danzo nearly stopped breathing, cold sweat unconsciously beading in his palms.
—He had truly been seen through!!!
This time…
Even Fugaku, who had been trying to make a big issue small and a small one nothing, looked at Danzo in disbelief.
“Hatake Sakumo, how do you explain that?” Uchiha Ikeizumi did not dwell on “Shisui’s death”; he shifted the topic to a name no one present had expected.
This also made Kakashi, blended into the Anbu crowd, tremble all over.
Kakashi blankly turned his head to look at Uchiha Ikeizumi.
Hatake Sakumo… Kakashi hadn’t heard anyone in the village mention this name in many years.
“Years ago. You deliberately manipulated the village’s negative public opinion, arranged for your subordinates to slander Hatake Sakumo, causing him to be unable to bear the pressure of the negative public opinion and choose suicide.”
Danzo’s fingers trembled slightly.
His expression was as if he had seen a ghost.
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