Naturally, the little black man didn't get any answers to his four questions.

These questions cannot be answered, and any explanation would only make things worse.

So the Third Hokage's face was like a dye shop, with colorful expressions switching back and forth, and the fierce momentum was getting higher and higher, hitting everyone present like a raging wave.

Sarutobi Hiruzen displayed his power, making everyone present absolutely convinced that he was indeed the strongest ninja in Konoha Village and even in the ninja world.

The Konoha ninjas were all terrified and no one dared to look at the Hokage again.

The Anbu ninjas who had surrounded the area suffered the most. After hearing the four heart-piercing questions, they all became at a loss.

Even the ANBU captain who was in charge of the operation stayed where he was and did not dare to launch an attack.

If I really beat this dark and mysterious man to death, would people accuse me of murdering someone to silence him? That would be something I wouldn't be able to explain even if I opened my mouth!

After the Third Hokage's crazy outburst of momentum, they were frightened to the point of being weak in the feet and hands. They secretly swallowed their saliva and dared not move anymore.

The little black man is the shadow clone left behind by Uchiha You. He habitually uses transformation techniques to disguise himself as the most classic mysterious villain in his mind, just to confuse the analysis of the Third Hokage and the ninjas in his faction.

He was not disguised as an outsider, but a secret member of the Senju clan. After awakening the Wood Release, he came to demonstrate to the Third Hokage.

Although Tsunade is the only one left from the Senju clan in Konoha Village now, the bloodline of the Senju clan has not died out.

In the near future, Sarutobi Konohamaru, the grandson of the Third Hokage, has a playmate named Moegi, a little girl. As a civilian ninja without any surname, she awakened the Wood Release in the more distant future.

The naturally awakened Wood Release is the strongest proof that a ninja is of Senju bloodline, and is even more clear than the surname Senju.

The existence of this little girl is irrefutable evidence, sufficient to prove that the bloodline of the Senju has spread among the civilians of Konoha Village, and has perfectly merged with Konoha Village and can no longer be distinguished.

Uchiha You believed that this was Hashirama Senju's strategy, because this plan was an open conspiracy that could not be cracked even if everyone knew about it.

The continuation of the Senju clan was absolutely guaranteed. There was no need to leave behind a few ninjas responsible for surveillance, and there was no need to retain a secret power organization.

That's a stupid act of adding unnecessary details.

But this is not the case for those who believe in conspiracy theories. They will definitely suspect that the Senju clan has left behind some secret means, and therefore become suspicious.

Maybe Sarutobi Hiruzen will not take it to heart, but Shimura Danzo will definitely not let go of this clue, and his attention will be greatly drawn to it.

You can never win by competing with a conspiracy that is impossible to crack. The more you do, the more mistakes you make and the greater the losses.

In this way, the difficulty and trouble for Uchiha You to kill Shimura Danzo will be greatly reduced.

The Third Hokage was furious, his aura was so overwhelming that he dominated the entire place, suppressing the Konoha ninjas who were trembling in fear, except for Uchiha Yu who didn't care at all.

Because Uchiha You himself is already an absolute Kage-level powerhouse, and his shadow clones are not in any danger of life, how could he be suppressed by the Third Hokage's momentum?

Under the fierce glare of the Third Hokage, he put away his smiling expression and said seriously: "Sarutobi Hiruzen, it seems that you can't answer these four questions."

"Forget it. I don't expect you to answer today. Let's stop here today."

"But you have to remember that I will be watching you in secret. Don't let me find any evidence."

After saying that, the shadow clone disbanded on its own, and with a bang it turned into white smoke and dissipated with the wind.

"Shadow Clone Jutsu!" Utane Koharu said bitterly, "He is indeed a Konoha ninja."

She turned to the Third Hokage and said, "Huruzen, you don't have to care about what he says. You are the Third Hokage appointed by the teacher himself, and you are the best Hokage."

Mitomon En agreed, "Xiaochun is right. We have all seen your efforts over the past twenty years. You have done a great job. You don't need to care about your enemies' opinions."

The Third Hokage had calmed down by now. He sighed and said, "Well, what he said does make sense. I don't have the genius wisdom of my teacher. I can't lead everyone to defeat the enemy 'easily', so Konoha Village was besieged by the enemy."

"We sacrificed so many ninjas. I was 'wrong'..."

Utane Koharu and Mito Kado En started to persuade them, and after a lot of effort Sarutobi Hiruzen "regained" his spirits. He began to give orders to the Konohagakure ninjas to destroy the Wood Release Forest, and reiterated the gag order.

Everything seems to be over, but everything seems different.

At least when no one was paying attention, Nara Shikagamine's eyes became extremely deep.

But he was so careful that even his old friend the mountain chieftain did not notice anything unusual.

…

Uchiha You brought Miwa Masayo back home and happily prepared a lot of delicious food.

Especially the fresh octopus legs from the East China Sea and the dried small fish from the barrier lake that had just been retrieved, the two immortals ate with relish, their mouths full of oil.

When he was full, Uchiha You was suddenly stunned, and then burst into laughter.

"My shadow clone is even more arrogant than me. He actually fooled the Third Hokage and his men. It's really interesting."

Miwa Masayo was already full. She was lying on her back on the floor, snoring with satisfaction.

After hearing what Uchiha You said, she was stunned for a moment, and then asked: "You, the shadow clone you left in the woods is so powerful, meow?"

Uchiha You replied with a hint of doubt: "Perhaps because I don't have to worry about death, the arrogance in my nature is exposed more?"

"But I'm not that arrogant by nature, so I'm not sure."

"In short, tonight's operation was perfect. My Purple Mansion World gained powerful vitality, I also obtained Wood Release Bloodline Genkai, mastered the most lethal ninjutsu, and finally used a little trick to distract the attention of the Third Hokage Group."

Uchiha You paused and said seriously: "Next, it's time for Danzo to leave the stage of life."

Miwa Masayo agreed, "That's right, this guy is so annoying, meow. He always jumps out and does disgusting things. Let's find a suitable opportunity to kill him, and everyone will be very happy."

"You, should we strike him the next time he leaves Konoha Village, nya?"

Uchiha You shook his head and said, "No, after what happened just now, I changed my mind."

"I will take action in Konoha Village, right here in this village, and send him to the Pure Land."

"And by the way, create an extremely real piece of evidence, using his death to prove the existence of a non-existent ninja, a powerful Wood Release ninja."

"You, are you going to prepare another vest-nyan?"

"Yes."

"But you already have two vests, and you only used them once, meow. Is it really necessary to prepare another one, meow?"

"Well, I don't know either, but as for vests, the more the better..."

"You're not even sure, meow!"

"Well, it's not a big deal anyway. Just disguise yourself when you're causing trouble. A little effort in exchange for a backup plan, it's not a loss."

…

A few days later, Danzo Shimura returned in disgrace. He successfully assassinated the commander of the Iwagakure Ninja, but after killing him he realized that the man was not the real commander, but a substitute ninja.

He accidentally killed the enemy's Stand, which led to Danzo Shimura being completely exposed. He was chased for thousands of miles by the Iwagakure ninjas, and all the Root ninjas he brought with him were killed. Only he returned to Konoha Village alone.

But the most serious problem was not the loss of the Root, but the fact that Danzo Shimura had just killed someone and then triumphantly sent out a signal of success, leading to the Konoha ninja launching a full-scale attack.

The Konoha ninjas, who were full of hope, attacked the Iwagakure ninjas who were on high alert. The result was naturally predictable.

This devastating defeat wiped out all the capital accumulated over the past few months.

If the Iwagakure ninjas were not so bad at attacking and their Four-Tails Jinchuriki was desperately held back by Jiraiya, the losses of the Konoha ninjas would have probably increased several times.

The situation subsequently developed into a very dangerous situation. Only under the leadership of Jiraiya and at great sacrifice did the Konoha ninjas manage to repel the Iwagakure ninjas and retain the last bit of land control in the Rain Country.

Fortunately, there are still the Sand Village Ninjas in the Rain Country, which played a strong restraining role. In addition, the Cloud Village Ninjas held back the main force of the Iwagakure Ninjas, making them unable to launch a full-strength attack. This prevented the war from spreading to the Fire Country again.

Naturally, there must be accountability for such a heavy loss. The front-line commander was angrily removed from his post, and Shimura Danzo was ordered to reflect at home.

The prestige of the Third Hokage once again suffered a serious loss, because all the senior officials understood that Danzo Shimura would not be truly punished.

An unfair Hokage is not intolerable in peacetime. After all, everyone just loses a little money and is occasionally disgusted by Danzo.

But in wartime, this is hard to accept, after all, everyone is losing their own lives.

The Third Hokage himself has not realized it yet, but this is the third time he has fallen for the same mistake. The way the ninjas below look at the Third Hokage has changed.

The weight of respect was getting lower and lower, the proportion of suspicion and doubt was increasing, and Sarutobi Hiruzen's throne began to shake.

However, the achievements of Orochimaru and Jiraiya forced the Konoha ninjas to suppress their anger and maintain superficial respect, which also prevented the Third Hokage from detecting the crisis in time and continuing on the road to death.

…

On the ninth day after Uchiha You mastered Wood Release, he finally found Danzo Shimura in the secret base of the Root.

With a loud bang, Shimura Danzo slammed the document down on the desk and roared, "The Root has suffered heavy losses and must immediately replenish its combat power. Hand over the people to me. I don't want to hear your excuses!"

The ninja he scolded was an old man with white hair and beard. He was not afraid of Shimura Danzo at all, and even protested with a louder voice: "So what if the Root suffered heavy losses? Is the loss of our Shimura family small?"

"Danzo!! You are just lucky to be the disciple of the Second Hokage, and that's when you have the opportunity to display your talents! But look at what you have done? The Root suffered losses time and time again, and you have drained away the ninjas of the family time and time again. The Shimura family has been bled dry by you!"

"The interests of Konoha Village are higher than the interests of my family. My power has brought huge benefits to the Shimura family. The Shimura family must be loyal to Konoha Village. There is no room for bargaining!"

Uchiha You listened in amazement, he had never expected that Shimura Danzo had such a side to him.

He actually really cared about the good of Konoha Village and was willing to sacrifice the interests of his own family for the sake of Konoha Village.

He also sincerely believed that he was the best candidate for Hokage, and as long as he became Hokage, all would be well with Konoha Village.

Danzo Shimura finally overwhelmed his elders and forcibly removed two jonin and twenty chuunin from the Shimura family to join the Root.

This was simply a death sentence for the Shimura family, because there were only three jonin left in the Shimura family at this time, and the last jonin that even Danzo didn't want was this extremely old Shimura.

The old man was so angry that his face turned pale. Before he left, he roared: "You insist on doing what you want. If you have the guts, drag an old man like me into the roots, so that the Shimura family will not even have a jonin left. Let the Shimura family perish from now on!"

But Danzo Shimura remained indifferent. His will was firm and unshakable. After old man Shimura left, he recruited subordinates and continued to arrange the work of expanding the staff.

The Root ninjas who received the order couldn't help but ask: "Master Danzo, will the Yamanaka family and the Aburame family still hand over the people to me?"

Shimura Danzo, who was questioned, showed murderous intent and asked viciously: "How dare these two families disobey the order of the Hokage?"

"This is the Hokage's order. Do they want to be exterminated?"

The Root Ninja trembled, but still insisted and asked: "Sir, these two families have already had dozens of ninjas join the Root. Can't we draw people from other families?"

Shimura Danzo said disdainfully: "Humph, my Root is an elite organization. Not just any random ninja can join."

"Most of the elite ninjas can be trained by themselves and do not need to be supplemented from the outside, but the ninjas who can play a leading role can only be drawn from the ninja family."

"The ninjas of the Inuzuka family are too stupid, the ninjas of the Akimichi family are too dumb, and the ninjas of the Nara family are too slick. Only the ninjas of the Yamanaka family and the Aburame family are the most suitable for our roots. Who else should we look for if not them?"

"yes!"

"If they still dare to refuse with excuses, you can tell them that my Shimura family has sacrificed as many as 230 ninjas for the Root, and their two families combined are less than half of this number. See if they still have the nerve to refuse."

"Yes! Lord Danzo!"

[Steel-like loyalty, shit-like brains, and mysterious self-confidence, this is the real Shimura Danzo. 】

[I finally understand how terrible a stupid teammate can be.]

[No, Danzo Shimura is Sarutobi Hiruzen's stupid teammate, but he is the stupid leader of Konoha Village. How terrible.]

[The Uchiha family is the nest I chose, and Konoha Village is to protect the environment of the nest. I can't let him continue to harm Konoha Village. ]

[It is better to do it today than to wait for a day. Since we have encountered it today, let’s do it. 】

Uchiha You suppressed his murderous intent and waited for the right time.

In fact, he couldn't tell when the right time would be. Maybe it was when Shimura Danzo was alone, or maybe it was at dawn soon after. In any case, it was an opportunity that would make him feel comfortable.

Uchiha You just blended into the earth, less than ten meters away from Shimura Danzo, quietly listening to Shimura Danzo making one disgusting and cruel plan after another in an impassioned tone.

His murderous intent grew stronger little by little, while his murderous intent became quieter and more concentrated, without revealing a single murderous aura from beginning to end.

As time passed, Uchiha You unexpectedly sank into the void without realizing it. He was neither surprised nor happy, neither angry nor afraid. He was just like the quiet night sky, gazing at everything peacefully and quietly, yet unnoticed by anything.

Danzo Shimura's fingers trembled slightly, and he suddenly stopped talking, which surprised the Root ninja opposite him, but the strict discipline made him remain silent and wait for Danzo quietly.

Shimura Danzo rubbed his bandaged right eye, looked around in confusion, and muttered, "Strange, I clearly felt that there was some danger brewing, why did it slowly disappear?"

Uchiha You, who entered the state of bright moon night sky, clearly heard Danzo's mumbling, but he did not express any emotion. Instead, he looked at him calmly and continued to wait for the right opportunity.

Shimura Danzo's work was very busy. He quickly put aside his uncertainty and worked wholeheartedly, arranging one sinister and evil plan after another against the Konoha family. Even when he was in such a difficult situation, he did not forget to arrange personnel to strengthen surveillance on the Hyuga clan and the Uchiha clan.

"We must never relax our surveillance of the wealthy families. These wealthy families are parasites on Konoha. We must be vigilant against them at all times."

"We are short of manpower now, so we need to make proper arrangements and can't be as casual as before."

"The Hyuga clan is fine. The ninjas of the Hyuga branch are all slaves. We don't need to care about them at all. We just need to develop a few more branch ninjas to keep an eye on every ninja of the main family."

"The focus is still on the Uchiha clan. Not only the ninjas from the direct family should be watched, but also those from the side branches. This family is inherently evil, and you never know when a freak will pop up."

"Uchiha Yuu... stop for a moment. He just had a big fight with us. It's not suitable to keep an eye on him for now."

Hearing his own name, Uchiha You's state of mind of the bright moonlit night sky inevitably fluctuated, and his thoughts were like waves on the water, causing a few ripples.

[It turns out that the one who makes trouble gets the upper hand, which is a universal truth in all the worlds. Even a pervert like Shimura Danzo can't help but give in to me, haha. ]

Thoughts suddenly arose and disappeared, and quickly returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.

By daybreak, Danzo Shimura had finally finished the recruiting affairs. He rubbed his bandaged right eye again, closed his eye and rested for a few minutes, then got up and left his office.

Uchiha You's heart moved, and he had a clear feeling.

【The time is coming soon! 】