CH 120

Hokage Tower, in Sandaime’s office.

In the face of the overbearing Koharu, Hiruzen kept a sullen face and said nothing.

He always feels that things are a bit weird, but the strange thing is that from the information he has so far, the truth seems to be exactly what Koharu said: Uchiha Fukken directed and acted the blackmail incident, Uchiha Shisui and Gekkō Kanpū deal with the aftermath!

“Hiruzen, the Uchiha Clan is already a big trouble for the village. We can just use this matter to weaken the Uchiha Clan!” Koharu continued to press.

Hiruzen continued to be silent.

“Are you worried about Gekkō Clan?” Koharu frowned, immediately snorted coldly and said, “Gekkō Kanpū may have been confused by Uchiha Shisui. And he is not to blame for the extermination of the village, but the Uchiha Clan is! You should be satisfied with this!”

Gekkō Clan is a staunch supporter of Sandaime, and Koharu, who is the Hokage’s advisor, naturally understands this, so she can barely accept to turn a blind eye to Kanpū.

“Uchiha Shisui and Gekkō Kanpū should be back soon, take them to see me immediately!”

Hiruzen finally spoke.

In the next instant, several figures sprang out of the office and quickly disappeared.

At the same time, in the shadows more than 100 meters away from the Hokage Tower, there is also a figure leaving!

…

“Danzō-sama, the Anbu has been dispatched!”

In the Root’s Headquarters underground, a Root’s Shinobi knelt down on one knee, and reported what he had just seen to the man in the dark with an emotionless voice.

The figure of this man is not very tall, but in the dark, he is like a devil from hell, his figure is infinitely magnified.

“You can go.”

Danzō said in a low voice.

“Yes!”

After that Root’s Shinobi left, Danzō walked out of the shadows with a sneer on his face, then he left Root’s Headquarters and walked towards the Hokage Tower step by step.

…

In front of Konoha’s gate.

As soon as Kanpū and Shisui came back, the Chakra fluctuations on their bodies were discovered by the Sensor Shinobi at the gate and they were pulled to the side to verify their identity.

The two took out their student ID cards to prove their identities, and after signing the letter, they entered the village smoothly.

“Should we go to see Sandaime-sama directly or to the Military Police Force next?” Kanpū asked.

Shisui smiled and said: “Let’s first go …”

Before Shisui could finish speaking, three Shinobi dressed in Anbu’s uniform appeared in front of them.

“Uchiha Shisui, Gekkō Kanpū!”

The leading Anbu said solemnly, “Hokage-sama asked for your presence immediately!”

Kanpū and Shisui look at each other, ‘For us to be called by the Hokage right after we came back, this doesn’t feel like an accident.

‘This ominous premonition…’ Kanpū immediately threw the blame on Danzō’s head.

‘The blackmail incident may have nothing to do with Danzō, but this time, it must be Danzō doing things!’

‘Otherwise, where would the face of Blame King Danzō be placed?’

Kanpū and Shisui followed the Anbu all the way to Hokage Tower, and then they were taken directly to Hokage Office.

In the office, there are only two people, a man and a woman, the man is short and thin, and the woman… is also short and thin.

“Hokage-sama, we have brought them.”

The leading Anbu disappeared immediately after speaking.

“Hokage-sama.”

Shisui bowed and saluted.

“Hokage-sama.”

Kanpū followed suit.

Koharu’s gaze swept back and forth between the faces of the two of them. She had been overbearing in front of Sarutobi Hiruzen before, but when the two arrived, she didn’t say anything.

Hiruzen glanced at her helplessly, then looked at the two of them kindly: “Shisui, Kanpū, come here.”

Kanpū and Shisui walked to the desk, and they’re only one desk away from Hiruzen. Kanpū glanced at Hiruzen, and saw that the other party still has black hair, and his eyes are bright. There are only a few wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and he didn’t look old.

“If I remember correctly, you two have applied for early graduation this year, right?” Hiruzen picked up his pipe on the ground and slowly puffed out the smokes.

“Yes, Hokage-sama.”

Shisui then said, “Hokage-sama, why did you suddenly summon us here?”

Hiruzen took two puffs from pipe before saying: “It’s about you two leaving the village. What did you do when you left the village?”

Shisui replied: “Hokage-sama, we are investigating the extortion incident of the important figure, Yasui Taro.”

Hiruzen nodded calmly: “What did you find after investigating.”

Shisui took out 300,000 ryō, put it on the desk, and said: “There is a small village near where big brother Fukken escorted the prisoner and was attacked. We found this money in the village.”

After saying that, Shisui glanced at Kanpū.

Kanpū had no choice but to take out the 200,000 ryō.

Shisui continued: “According to our investigation, the bandits who attacked big brother Fukken were from this village. After the death of those bandits, the prisoner disappeared. We suspect that he was caught by the Shinobi behind the village and blackmailed Yasui Taro. After that, the mysterious Shinobi distributed the blackmailed money to the old and weak women and children in the village.”

Hiruzen was silent.

Koharu can’t sit still anymore, and coldly snorted before saying: “Enough! Stop your lies! Anbu has investigated the truth of the matter!”

“The truth?”

Kanpū’s heart skipped a beat: ‘Here it comes, the old thief Danzō is about to make a move!’

Shisui looked Koharu strangely and couldn’t understand her words.

“The truth is, you were instructed by Uchiha Fukken to kill all the people in that village!” Koharu said coldly.

“What did you say?!”

Shisui was shocked when he heard this.

Kanpū also sucked in a breath of cold air: ‘The whole village was destroyed? So cruel!’

‘That’s right, this is definitely Danzō’s handwriting!’

Kanpū believes in him and does not accept any rebuttal!

“Impossible!” Shisui’s face was ugly, “When Kanpū and I left, the villagers were obviously still alive!!”

“Are you trying to shirk responsibility?” Koharu asked softly.

Shisui said solemnly: “Hokage-sama, please believe us, we haven’t killed anyone!!”

“Whether it’s what you guys have done or not, as long as Anbu interrogates it, the matter will be clear!” Koharu didn’t believe Shisui’s words at all.

Kanpū frowned: ‘This is indeed a good way to prove innocence, but it would be bad if I say something I shouldn’t have said during the interrogation.’

“Hokage-sama, this is a trap!”

Kanpū finally spoke out. He wanted to keep a low profile, but didn’t expect things to develop into this way, therefore, he can only…

“Sorry for appearing here without authorization.”

As soon as Kanpū’s tone fell, a gloomy voice came from outside the office.

The people in the room turned their heads to look, and saw a man with a bandage on his right eye walking in. His aura was very strong, and even the sky on the top of Hokage Tower was covered by a dark cloud (A/N: rendering the character’s importance).

“Danzō, why are you here?” Hiruzen’s face was obscured by the smoke, and his expression could not be seen.

“I heard about the extermination of the village, so I came here to mediate the matter!” Danzō walked slowly, his left eye lowered, and his gaze didn’t seem to look at anyone, but it seemed to cover everyone, “Please give me a face.”

“Mediation? What do you mean?”

Hiruzen asked.

Danzō raised his left eye and said: “I mean…”

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