In a dark room.

The orange-haired ninja wearing an animal mask took a report, looked at it, and immediately said in a solemn tone: "The chiefs of the three tribes of Ino, Shika and Chou went to the direction of the Aburame and Inuzuka families."

"Are they joining forces?" the short-haired black ninja asked in surprise.

"After all, they are being asked to hand over the young clan leader, so naturally they won't be able to sit still." said the orange-haired ninja.

In addition to the two people in the room, there was an old man with short black hair and half of his face bandaged. He sat in the center of the room with a calm expression on his face, not affected by the sound of the two people's discussion at all. He was the Shadow of Darkness Danzo.

"Lord Danzo, the Ino-Shika-Chou families and the other major families are obviously planning to unite to fight against the Root. Should we give them a warning immediately to stop them from uniting?" said the orange-haired ninja.

Danzo shook his head and said, "No need. Their attitude is within my expectations."

His two subordinates were stunned when they heard this, not understanding what Danzo meant.

Danzo said: "Huruzen asked me to replenish my roots now, obviously he wants me to fight that old man Setsuna to death."

"You all know how strong Setsuna is. If we rely solely on the people at the root to push him forward, it will be like an egg hitting a stone."

"If the old man and the Root are gone, then so are they, but I am worried about Konoha."

"Setsuna is a madman with extreme thoughts and personality, and Hiruzen is a coward. If it weren't for me, Konoha would have been destroyed by the two of them." Danzo said slowly.

If someone who doesn't know Danzo's character hears him say this, they will definitely think that he is looking for an excuse because he is afraid of death. If someone who knows his character knows that he not only said this, but also thought this in his heart.

In his mind, Konoha can only become better by using his own way.

"Hokage-sama probably wants Danzo-sama to check and balance Uchiha. I'm afraid Hokage-sama will be unhappy if you do this!" said the short-haired black ninja.

Danzo said indifferently: "Checks and balances!"

"The premise of checks and balances is equal strength."

"If the major ninja clans of Konoha really agree to the conditions I have proposed this time and hand over their young clan leaders and enough jonin, I will risk my life to stop old Setsuna in Uchiha and prevent him from causing trouble."

"But it is obvious that the Konoha Ninja Clan will not devote all its strength to stand on our side."

"If the strength is not equal, then it's not to check and balance the Uchiha, but to die."

"We are the roots of Konoha. We can die for Konoha, but our death cannot be in vain." Danzo increased the strength of the hand holding the crutch slightly.

Dark Shadow! Pot Shadow!

It's a funny name. It seems that anyone can do this job, but in fact, it's just a sign of overestimation.

The average person who does Danzo’s job would not be Nabekage Danzo, but White Glove Danzo.

White gloves - throw away after use.

The blame that Danzo has to bear is getting darker and darker. Not only is he not dead after bearing the blame for decades, his position is becoming more and more stable. This is enough to show how capable Danzo is.

He did take the blame, but the prerequisite for taking the blame is that he can bear it.

"Whether we will do the dirty work this time depends on Hiruzen's determination." Danzo raised his head and looked blankly in the direction of the Hokage Building where Sarutobi Hiruzen was.

"What is Hokage's determination?" the black-haired ninja asked puzzled.

Danzo glanced at the black-haired ninja. This was the first genius Aburame Token whom he had forcibly taken from the Aburame clan. There were nano-sized poisonous insects growing in his body, and he was extremely powerful.

In Danzo's opinion, Aburame Tone was born to be a member of the Root, and he also planned to train Aburame Tone to be his successor, but he felt powerless when he felt his simple thoughts. "If Hiruzen can convince the ninja clan to fully support me, and go against Setsuna, and help Hiruzen to check and balance Setsuna, it is not impossible." When Danzo said this, he actually had the answer in his heart. He knew Sarutobi Hiruzen better than he did, and at this time he could already guess Sarutobi Hiruzen's choice.

"I'm afraid the third generation's personality wouldn't be so courageous." Shan Zhongfeng with orange hair said after thinking for a while.

Danzo looked at Yamanaka Feng with satisfaction and nodded: "Your analysis is very accurate. Hiruzen's cowardly character will indeed make such a choice."

Then he sighed and said, "Since you can't fight against Uchiha Setsuna with all your strength, just give in to him and don't challenge Setsuna's bottom line."

Danzo knew very well that without the full support of the Ninja Clan, this mission would definitely fail. If he failed, he would definitely be discarded as a white glove.

"So we're just going to sit back and watch the Uchiha continue to act so recklessly?" Aburame Tone asked in confusion.

Danzo said: "Setsuna is already in his seventies or eighties. Time is on our side and we can afford to wait. There is no need to easily provoke a civil war in Konoha for the sake of a temporary victory or defeat."

Before, Danzo decided to destroy Uchiha after analyzing intelligence, and found that the success rate of destroying Uchiha was as high as 90%. But now with the unstable factor of Wang Ming added into the mix, how could he be so stubborn as to fight to the death with Uchiha at this time?

If he really fights to the death, he will not be the Dark Danzo of Shadow, but the Stubborn Danzo.

Danzo's words were very tough, but in his actions he was flexible and could escape when he should and hide when he should.

In the Hokage's office, he always spoke harshly, but in the end he always said tactfully: "Huruzen, you will regret this."

When the Rain Country faced Nagato summoning the Outer Path Demon Statue, he moved really quickly.

During Orochimaru's plan to collapse Konoha and Nagato's responsibility to carry out Konoha's mission, which were two events that would ensure his certain death, he hid himself in the cave and didn't even show his shadow.

Faced with Sasuke's pursuit, he escaped without hesitation. If Obito hadn't blocked his way, he would have been able to return to Konoha safely.

"Master Danzo is right. Setsuna won't live much longer. We don't need to fight him to the death."

"but!"

"The Uchiha has now opened 14 pairs of Mangekyō, which is a very unstable force."

"From Itachi and Shisui, we can fully see that the record in the Nidaime's data that Uchiha will become mentally abnormal after opening the Mangekyō is an extremely correct judgment."

Danzo smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry about it!"

"There are 14 pairs of Mangekyō that were opened this time, including Uchiha Setsuna. There is no pair of brothers in the Uchiha family. Mangekyō is their limit."

"As long as it's not a spotted eye, the kaleidoscope is consumable."

immediately,

Danzo pulled out a report from the pile of documents on his desk: "Didn't the spies from the Land of Lightning report that the Raikage has decided to use military force against Konoha?"

"We can use the people of Kumokage Village to consume the power of Uchiha Mangekyo."

Shan Zhongfeng said: "After experiencing the night of genocide, I'm afraid no Uchiha will be willing to go to the front line for the village!"

Danzo said, "The Uchiha are still keeping the police department running, which means they still have feelings for the village."

"and,"

"The major ninja clans did not attack the Uchiha. Even if they were disappointed, they were disappointed with me and Hiruzen, not with the village.

Facing the provocation of the Cloud Country, the Uchiha's arrogant character will definitely not be able to resist going to the front line." (End of this chapter)