Chapter 235: Rumor Of Slashing A Tailed Beast Ball With A Sword
In the Hokage Building, Hiruzen Sarutobi was still working overtime handling documents.
Seeing Danzo enter, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked: “Did Root lose two people?”
“Yes. With the killer’s strength, he could completely destroy the corpses, yet he deliberately left the corpses for me, trying to put pressure on me.”
Danzo placed a scroll in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the scroll. It was the Second Hokage’s notes, recording his evaluation of the Uzumaki Clan’s secret jutsu, Tongue-Cutting Flower Seal.
He didn’t understand why Danzo brought this out, but he patiently continued reading:
This is the sealing jutsu that best matches Anbu. It can control a group of puppets who only know obedience using sealing jutsu, without considering Anbu’s loyalty;
Due to its characteristic of erasing emotions being too cruel, it was listed as a forbidden jutsu by the Uzumaki Clan;
Only if the purpose is absolutely noble can such dark means be used. After thinking it over repeatedly, I still didn’t request this forbidden jutsu from the Uzumaki Clan Head;
Konoha is developing rapidly and temporarily doesn’t need such extreme means;
Konoha Anbu are ninjas who use dark means to bring light to Konoha. Ideals are enough to drive them to action; there’s no need for means like the Tongue-Cutting Flower Seal.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi finished reading, he looked up and asked: “What’s this about? Are you saying you want this sealing jutsu?”
Danzo nodded and said:
“Absolutely loyal subordinates require years of cultivation.
No one will offer me absolute loyalty the first time they meet me.
My subordinates have died or been injured one after another, and I can’t replace them in a short time.
Root’s strength cannot drop this much in a short time. I must quickly fill 10 positions.
I want to see the Uzumaki Clan’s Scroll of Seals and obtain this forbidden jutsu.”
B was Aburame Ryoma, such a good subordinate, who died inexplicably in the Land of Whirlpools.
D was his own nephew Koh Shimura, who died at the Land of Fire Border.
These subordinates were all ones he had spent years cultivating, and now they were all dead.
“Uzumaki Clan’s Scroll of Seals? Impossible.” Hiruzen Sarutobi said:
“I asked Senju Hanaki last time. The Senju Clan’s and Uzumaki Clan’s Scrolls of Seals are both in Tsunade’s hands.
Senju Hanaki is nominally the Clan Head, but she only handles miscellaneous and trivial matters.
The Senju Clan’s true decision-maker is the strongest one, Tsunade.
Even I can’t get the Scroll of Seals from Tsunade.”
“Tsunade is a stubborn, arrogant, spoiled stupid woman. Of course it can’t be obtained by asking; measures must be taken.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi said: “Danzo, don’t do anything too excessive to Tsunade. She’s different from others.”
Danzo pretended not to hear and turned to leave the office.
He came to notify Hiruzen Sarutobi, not to seek his agreement.
After returning to Root, Danzo summoned C: “C, any results from monitoring the Senju Clan, Sakumo’s Group, and Uchiha Clan?”
“Sorry, Lord, nothing yet. All three sides are very quiet, with no time to commit the crimes.”
“Did I ask Root to come apologize to me? It must be one of the three! Keep investigating!”
He then summoned G, H, I, and J.
“You four, create a trap to lure out that killer. You must kill him!”
“Yes!”
Danzo Shimura had never been as angry as he was at this moment.
Someone was actually targeting his forces to kill. If not for Aburame Ryoma’s death, Danzo Shimura might even have suspected Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Every time Yoru entered Anbu, he sighed that Anbu’s tranquility was truly comforting.
Danzo still hadn’t traced it back to him. The Ninja of Darkness wasn’t that great after all.
After leaving Anbu, Yoru wore a mask and sneaked through Konoha’s night.
A drunk staggered out of an izakaya, found an alley, looked around to make sure no one was there, and prepared to relieve himself.
He thought to himself, better not get caught by the Guard Department’s Uchiha; ruining Konoha Village’s appearance would mean a fine.
The sound of urine splashing—only a man who had been drinking knew how refreshing it felt for his bladder to go from full to relaxed at that moment.
Suddenly!
A pair of Sharingan flashed in the darkness!
He was so scared that his urge to urinate vanished; he held it halfway and ran off immediately.
Running out of the alley, he saw two villagers coming from the opposite side, and only then did he feel a bit of safety.
“Heard about it? White Fang Lord went to Hidden Cloud Village and fought the jinchuriki. White Fang Short Sword slashed and burst the legendary strongest tailed beast attack, the Tailed Beast Ball!”
“Nonsense. I heard White Fang Lord went to the Land of Lightning’s Kyoto, stood on Kyoto’s walls, and slashed three Tailed Beast Balls with one strike!”
“Impossible, that’s too exaggerated. A Tailed Beast Ball is a terrifying attack that can destroy half a village—how could one strike take out three?”
The drunk’s head was foggy and he wanted to catch up and ask if White Fang Lord was really that powerful, but when he turned his head, the two villagers had vanished into some alley.
He headed to the second izakaya for tonight’s second round. At the table, he started bragging:
“You know what? White Fang Lord stood on the walls of the Land of Lightning’s Kyoto and slashed five Tailed Beast Balls with one strike!
You know Tailed Beast Balls? That’s the tailed beast’s strongest attack! One could destroy all of Konoha!”
The others didn’t believe it and said: “Then wouldn’t White Fang Lord protect five Konohas with one strike? You’re exaggerating too much.”
In the darkness, Yoru closed his Sharingan.
Two Tomoe Sharingan’s genjutsu was still very effective against ordinary Konoha villagers.
Every night, he implanted genjutsu in at least 5 people, making them boast about Sakumo Hatake in the village.
The effect was good. This kind of bizarre story that boosted pride was extremely popular with the villagers.
Yoru had an Anbu identity, so appearing anywhere was reasonable, and he did it extremely secretly.
If asked, it was just collecting village intelligence for the Hokage.
Over ten days later, Konoha Village was full of legends about Konoha’s White Fang.
The only regret was that some drunks had low standards, and their bragging knew no bounds, eventually turning it into Konoha’s White Fang slashing dozens of Tailed Beast Balls with one strike.
The bragging inflation was too severe. Yoru regretted not keeping the first version of the rumor more grounded, so it wouldn’t be this outrageous now.
One morning, Yoru was summoned by the Third Hokage.
Entering the Hokage’s Office, he saw the usual three: Hiruzen Sarutobi, Orochimaru, Danzo.
Hiruzen Sarutobi sat behind the table, Orochimaru stood beside him, able to see the scrolls on the desk at any time.
It was said Orochimaru stood there for an entire day, only having time at night to go back to his experiments.
Power was the best elixir; Orochimaru didn’t find standing a day tiring at all.
Anyone entering the Hokage’s Office would understand that the Third was grooming Orochimaru.
Danzo sat on the sofa, pondering something unknown.
Hiruzen Sarutobi said: “Fox, rumors about Sakumo Hatake have appeared in the village. What do you think?”
He jumped straight to such a sensitive question for Yoru.
As if Yoru was involved…
Fortunately, Yoru was long accustomed to Anbu’s emotion-erasing mindset, with no ripples in his heart. He said:
“Hokage, the rumor-spreaders are terrible at it. The rumors get more fake the more they’re spread. Any ninja can tell truth from falsehood just by listening.
Slashing dozens of Tailed Beast Balls with one strike—that’s absolutely impossible.”
