Uchiha You moved very quickly, emptying the secret room almost without any distinction.

First of all, Uchiha You firmly believed that everything here was a treasure and there was no need to divide them into classes carefully.

As a high-ranking official who has been in power for more than 20 years, Danzo Shimura must have handled countless amounts of money and treasures. The things he collected in this secret room and placed together with Hashirama's cells are definitely priceless treasures.

Secondly, Uchiha You knew that he didn't have much time left and the Third Hokage would be here soon.

As a high-ranking official of Konoha Village, Danzo Shimura must be monitored while in the village, and his location and life status must be constantly confirmed to ensure that a person dies for several days without being discovered.

This is an important knowledge that the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village taught to the entire ninja world at the cost of his own life and the start of the Third Ninja World War.

So he had to be quick, otherwise he would be blocked by Sarutobi Hiruzen and lose a lot of spoils in vain.

Moreover, Uchiha You was thinking of making things difficult for Sarutobi Hiruzen again, so that he could not suppress the reappearance of Wood Release through simple operations and gag orders as he did a few days ago.

After all the things he has done, Sarutobi Hiruzen's reputation must have suffered a blow.

In order to achieve this goal, he gave up many pairs of Sharingan, even a pair of Three-magatama Sharingan.

…

Today was a sunny day, and the sun shed its warm rays upon the earth, but it soon turned into a scorching heat wave, causing all who went out to curse and walk in the shade of trees as much as possible.

The Third Hokage was worried. He stood in front of the window of the Hokage's office smoking. Behind him were Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu. They were all waiting for Danzo Shimura to convene a high-level meeting of Konoha's F4.

Mitomon En was getting a little impatient waiting, and he couldn't help but complain, "What's wrong with Danzo? Why hasn't he come yet?"

Utane Koharu also frowned. She guessed with some worry, "Shimura Danzo is often late, but he was late for too long today. Was there an emergency that delayed him?"

Mitomon En disagreed. He said, "Tsk, what kind of emergency could be so urgent that it has a higher priority than our meeting?"

"If it was such an urgent matter, how could we not know about it?"

Utatane Koharu thought this made sense, so she stopped helping Danzo explain and looked at Sarutobi Hiruzen silently.

The Third Hokage took a puff of his cigarette, sighed, and then said helplessly: "Wait a little longer, the reappearance of Wood Release must be kept secret. If I can't report it to the Anbu, Danzo may not take it seriously."

"He just got back last night, and he has a lot of things to do. Let's wait a little longer."

Suddenly, there was a burst of hurried footsteps outside the door. Someone rushed over regardless of everything, and the Anbu sentries along the way did not stop him.

This shocked the three senior executives, who knew that something big must have happened.

Sure enough, the person who pushed open the office door and barged in was actually a Sarutobi clan ninja from the Sealing Class. He looked panicked and even terrified as he said, "Hokage-sama, Shimura Danzo-sama's life data has been reset to zero!!"

The Third Hokage's pipe fell to the ground with a clatter. Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu stood up quickly. They both found it hard to believe this information.

For a moment, the Hokage's office was extremely quiet except for the breathing of the Sealing Squad ninjas.

Mobilization, emergency mobilization.

Although Danzo Shimura lost to Chiyo, Ebizo and the Third Kazekage of the Sand Village, and also lost to the rising star Huangdi of the Iwagakure Village, he is indeed an undoubted Kage-level ninja.

Danzo was surrounded by a large number of Root ninjas, and the Konoha Village was heavily guarded during the war. How could he actually lose his heartbeat in the village!

How powerful would the enemy be to be able to assassinate Danzo in Konoha Village?

Or maybe this person is unexpectedly familiar with Konoha Village?

Maybe the one who did this was a family in the village?

(Uchiha Fugaku: Slander, it's groundless!)

In short, mobilize people first, firstly, to have enough strength to deal with possible powerful enemies, and secondly, to take the opportunity to confirm where the top ninjas of each family are.

Fortunately, none of the mobilized ninjas were absent, so it should not be a family in the village causing trouble.

Uchiha You mingled in the crowd, looking at the more than 200 jonin around him, secretly marveling at the powerful strength of Konoha Village.

The Third Hokage, wearing combat attire with armor attached, briefly stated the reason for the call, then waved his hand and led the jonin straight to the secret base of the Root.

When everyone approached the desolate forest in the northeast of the village, Uchiha You felt the Wood Release creation he left behind, and then he quietly lifted the seal he had set, allowing the Wood Release Ninjutsu that had been activated long ago to unleash its power normally.

Suddenly, there was an ups and downs as big as the sea, and the earth was shaking so violently that a group of senior ninjas had to use various means to maintain their balance.

Suddenly, an extremely thick tree root tore through the earth and arched out from deep underground, with new buds sprouting from the roots one after another.

The new buds quickly grew taller and thicker, unfolded more branches and leaves, and quickly became a giant tree that blocked out the sun.

At the same time, more tree roots arched out of the ground, stretched out their bodies, and grew dense leaves, forming a huge cool shade.

Almost in the blink of an eye, the desolate grove turned into a dense forest.

The Konoha ninjas were all dumbfounded, each of them staring in amazement, their mouths wide open and unable to close.

They are all jonin, how could they not recognize that this is the legendary Wood Release, and a Wood Release ninjutsu that can crush them.

Everyone's face turned red with excitement.

The Third Hokage was filled with misery. He cursed the damn Wood Release Ninja in his heart. This time he could no longer hide it.

A Wood Release Ninja appeared again in the Ninja World, but this Ninja stood against the Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen suddenly realized that the base of his power seemed not so stable.

Something must be done to divert people's attention!

Mito Kado En received Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze and he immediately shouted, "Quick, hurry up and save them, that is the Root base, and it is full of Konoha's ninjas!"

The experienced jonin quickly came to their senses and rushed to the place where the big tree sprouted. A huge hole had been exposed there, and they could even vaguely see someone underground.

The Konoha Jonins who were rushing in the front suddenly stopped after seeing the specific scene. They even stopped their companions behind them to prevent them from rushing down.

The scene underground was so weird.

A man was hung on a thick tree trunk, with blood pooling at his feet. However, most of the blood came from a huge pile of corpses next to it. There were at least hundreds of corpses in white coats, piled up into a small hill.

The blood, which had turned sticky and black, continued to flow down from the mountain of corpses, causing even the experienced ninjas to feel their scalps tingling at the sight.

"Look, everyone, look over there, is that a child?"

On the other side of the pile of corpses, the bodies of children were neatly laid out, with flat tree trunks beneath them and their bodies carefully covered with white cloth.

However, part of the bodies of these children were deliberately exposed. The strange bodies, which were a close combination of flesh and plants, were particularly conspicuous against the white cloth.

No, it's dazzling.

Some of the jonin were already gritting their teeth; they were all the elites of Konoha Village, and a true fool would never be able to reach the level of jonin.

The corpses dressed as researchers were piled up unceremoniously, while the deformed and grotesque bodies of children were carefully placed. Combined with the large jars and various instruments, operating tables and other equipment all over the floor, the situation was very clear.

This is a laboratory where Wood Release human experiments are conducted, and they use living children for live experiments.

Someone discovered this place. This person was very angry. This person became even more powerful and killed all the people involved in the experiment. This person even used Wood Release Ninjutsu.

There is no doubt that this was done by a ninja who had awakened his Wood Release Kekkei Genkai. He discovered that someone was doing such cruel Wood Release human experiments, so he rushed into the laboratory in anger and crazily slaughtered everyone.

Reasonable, very reasonable.

But all the jonins took a deep breath, this was the Root Base, and it was the Wood Release Ninja who broke into the Root Base.

The Wood Release Ninja and the Konoha Village are facing off. What should they do?

Soon, the hanging body was recognized as that of Danzo Shimura, and then it was discovered that 13 children had survived, and the emotions of the jonin became more and more agitated.

When the jonin found specimen jars labeled "Senju Hashirama" from the ruins, a number of Sharingans, and more flesh and blood specimens of sacrificed Konoha heroes, their anger could no longer be contained.

People have empathy and imagination. When the senior ninjas saw their predecessors being treated like this, they would naturally think: Will I be treated like this after I die?

A consensus was formed - Danzo Shimura should die!

It’s a pity that Danzo Shimura is dead, and his death was quite tragic.

The jonins' anger had no one to vent on, so they naturally turned their anger towards the Third Hokage.

The prestige accumulated by the Third Hokage over 20 years has not yet collapsed, and the angry eyes of the senior ninjas have not yet looked directly at Sarutobi Hiruzen, but the glances of more than two hundred pairs of eyes still made Sarutobi Hiruzen tremble all over.

The sadness he had felt when he saw Shimura Danzo's tragic death was long gone, replaced by anger that he had been left with such a terrible mess.

Damn it, Danzo Shimura!

However, as the root ruins were cleared, more and more shameful things were exposed. Especially after a hidden underground cemetery was discovered, the mood at the scene got out of control.

A large number of corpses of young ninjas were excavated. The corpses that had not yet completely decayed included those of all the members of the ninja clan, not to mention the many corpses that had decayed into bones.

At least hundreds of jonin were digging with tears in their eyes. Their eyes were redder than the Uchiha family's Sharingan. Finally, someone glared at the Third Hokage and growled, "Hokage-sama, do you know these things?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was so panicked that he almost jumped out. He shook his head desperately to deny that he knew anything about it. He even burst into tears and denounced Danzo as a villain for doing such a heinous act without telling him.

"I am guilty! I failed to protect the children in the village. I failed to discover Danzo's evil deeds in time. I am guilty!"

The superb performance slightly eased the emotions of the jonin, and at least no one shouted the words "Third Hokage abdicate" on the spot, otherwise the Third Hokage would have had to abdicate on the spot.

But such a big thing obviously couldn't just let it go, and the long-overdue Jonin meeting was held that afternoon.

There was no need for the Hokage to call and organize, the jonins organized themselves.

During the war, the number of Konoha jonin has increased to nearly five hundred, and there are only more than two hundred jonin left in Konoha Village. However, when they are completely united, they will be able to bring down the Hokage.

But, time is very magical. After only six hours, this special existence among the Jonin got rid of the influence of emotions and changed his mind.

The patriarchs of the ninja clan and the leaders of the Konoha Village departments were all jonin who held actual power. Their political nature overwhelmed their humanity. They quickly exchanged interests with the Third Hokage and quickly reached an agreement.

At the afternoon's Jonin meeting, the Third Hokage made the most profound self-examination, severely criticized Danzo Shimura's ugly behavior, and proposed a plan to completely liquidate the Root and the Shimura family.

The Third Hokage passionately declared that he was also guilty, but for the victory of Konoha Village and for the ninjas fighting on the front line, he had to continue to serve as Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen was so excited that he burst into tears and choked up as he said, "As the Hokage, I failed to discover Danzo's problem in time, causing Konoha Village to suffer such serious damage. My crime is unforgivable."

"Although I cannot put down the Hokage hat immediately due to the war, I know that I have committed an unforgivable crime. Once the war is over or eased, I will immediately step down as Hokage and hand over everything to the Fourth Hokage!"

After making a promise to abdicate after the war, with the cooperation of the privileged jonin, the jonin conference passed a resolution to trust the Third Hokage, and finally overcame this major crisis.

The meeting ended, and Uchiha Yuu followed the cursing clan leader and left the venue with the Uchiha elders.

Yes, the Third Hokage exchanged interests with almost all the ninja clan leaders, but bypassed the Uchiha clan, leaving Uchiha Fugaku hanging in the air.

The Uchiha clan has over thirty jonin, but there are only 14 jonin in the village, including Uchiha Yuu.

After the Third Hokage had exchanged interests with everyone, he naturally didn't need to care about the Uchiha Clan. And when the vote came, everyone voted for confidence, only the Uchiha Clan ninjas opposed it, which made the Uchiha Clan seem out of tune with everyone.

Although the Third Hokage gave up huge benefits, his sophisticated political manipulation completely destroyed the feelings of solidarity among the senior ninjas.

Most of the jonin discovered that their clan leaders or department leaders were not in agreement with themselves, and that the Uchiha family was different from everyone else. Suspicion and distrust immediately diluted the hatred.

Even the dissatisfaction with the Third Hokage was replaced by dissatisfaction with the clan leader and leaders, and the idea of ​​forcing the Third Hokage to step down was no longer considered.

Uchiha Fugaku was deeply hurt, and Uchiha Setsuna was so angry that he cursed loudly, but it seemed like he was just in a state of impotent rage.

Everything is back to normal.

…

Uchiha You said hello to Elder Uchiha Yuichiro and Elder Uchiha Ryunosuke, then returned to his home on his own.

He took off his shoes after entering the room, greeted Sanlun Yashi, hugged her intimately, and took out a dried fish to comfort the tabby cat.

Then Uchiha You entered his basement with a cup of hot tea. When he opened the door, he saw a dark face.

It's not that his face is dark, but the man's expression is too sour, so his face looks dark.

Uchiha You ignored the bad mood of this person. He made seals with his hands to cancel the Sharingan's Shadow Transmigration Technique that reflected what he saw and heard in the basement, and then asked with a smile: "How is it?"

"Hmph, this shadow-shifting illusion is quite interesting. Did you develop it?"

"Ah? You actually mentioned that. Hey, now that you're talking about that, I'm really excited."

"This jutsu is actually still very imperfect. Currently it can only display what I see and hear. It cannot be added to other ninjas. It also has a huge distance limitation."

"You want to give it to other ninjas, and you want to break through the distance limit... You kid, you actually want to use this technique on the battlefield?"

"That's right, you are worthy of me. The original purpose of my developing this technique was to use it for frontline ninjas. This way, we can get rid of the multi-level ninja army structure, achieve a seamless connection between the front line and the headquarters, and better adapt to the way ninjas fight."

"That does make sense. It seems like you have a lot of battlefield experience, so you're pretty good. Well, let me think about it. If I want to let other ninjas who don't have the Sharingan use it, I can consider starting with Yintun Chakra and simulating the operation of the Sharingan..."

"Oh, that's great. I didn't know you could do this..."

Uchiha You excitedly took out his notebook and wrote down the ideas proposed by the other party one by one. While recording, he made a preliminary arrangement and planning, and added his own inspiration, gaining a lot.

The more Uchiha You discussed with this person, the happier and more excited he became. Before they knew it, more than an hour had passed and the framework of a new technique had taken shape perfectly.

At some point, the only sound left in the basement was the rustling sound of writing. That was Uchiha You checking some key data. The time when inspiration strikes is very precious, and he has to try his best to complete more work.

When Uchiha You stopped writing, the man opposite sighed deeply and said sadly: "It would have been better if you were born 20 years earlier."

Uchiha You smiled and said, "It's not too late to be born 19 years ago. For me, it's never too late."

"It's different. It's different for Konoha Village. You can't be the Hokage now."

"Haha, Orochimaru, the disciple of the Third Hokage, is the most suitable and outstanding successor to Hokage. I won't interfere."

"But I think you are the most suitable candidate for the Fourth Hokage..."

"Well, I helped you see the current situation of Konoha Village, and you helped me improve my ninjutsu. We don't owe each other anything, and don't try to trick me with your words."

"Besides, you don't have much time, Master Senju Tobirama."