It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Time goes back to the second Chunin Exam.

Konoha, the underground base of the Root organization.

The headquarters of the "Root" organization led by Danzo has a defensive barrier that is stronger than Konoha's village protection barrier, leaving invaders nowhere to escape.

But at this moment, the "root" barrier did not play the role it was supposed to play.

The invader ignored the barrier and appeared in front of Danzo.

Two masked Root guards immediately used their bodies to block Danzo, protecting him while preparing to fight the invader.

"No problem, Feng, take the root."

Danzo asked the guards to relax their vigilance with a nonchalant tone.

But Danzo's own eyes were fixed on the intruder, never leaving his gaze for even a moment.

"The entire Konoha is searching for you, yet you appear before me at this time... What are you planning to do, Orochimaru?"

Danzo called out the intruder's name.

In front of Danzo, there was this man with long black hair, a pale face and an unusually young appearance.

——It was Orochimaru who sneaked into Konoha and became one of the three ninjas who had already rebelled and left the village.

The reason why the barrier did not work was entirely because the person who invaded the "Root" headquarters was Orochimaru, who had worked closely with Danzo in the past.

Orochimaru's understanding of the underground base's barrier is almost the same as Danzo's.

"It was you who first asked the 'Root' hiding in the Anbu to monitor the ninjas in my village, so I came here 'asked' for it."

Orochimaru only took a quick glance at the guard Danzo called the Wind and recognized his identity before he joined the Root.

Orochimaru revealed the identity of another guard beside Danzo: "This guy is from the Aburame clan."

The mountain wind and the oil girl take the root.

"Does Sarutobi-sensei know that the Root members under your command are from a wealthy ninja clan in Konoha?"

Orochimaru stuck out an unusually long tongue from his mouth, swinging it in the air like a snake's tongue, his tone full of teasing.

Danzo remained silent.

Orochimaru wasn't really that interested in the answer, he just simply wanted to embarrass Danzo.

Let Danzo understand...where the two of them stand.

"Enough with the jokes - I'm just here to share information with you. You probably don't know this yet - Yakushi Kabuto is dead."

"Did you kill him?"

"I have no reason to do that. On the contrary, I think highly of him. He is talented and understands my thoughts very well. He can be used with ease..."

Orochimaru retracted his tongue into his mouth, "If there is anyone in this world who would regret his death, it would be me."

"So you suspect I killed him?"

Danzo looked directly into Orochimaru's eyes. He had indeed once caused Kabuto Yakushi, a spy who knew too much secret information, and his adoptive mother to kill each other in order to prevent Kabuto Yakushi from leaking the information to the enemy.

Orochimaru also knew about this situation.

But Orochimaru shouldn't be the kind of person who would appear in front of Danzo specifically for Kabuto Yakushi and call Danzo to account for his crimes.

Facing Danzo's question, Orochimaru did not respond to Danzo's words, but just continued to talk: "Before being killed, Kabuto told me a very interesting thing - the seal book guarded by the Hokage was stolen for a short night not long ago - and Kabuto died from the attack of the extraordinary 'flash body technique'..."

Before Orochimaru could finish his words, he was surprised to find that he was losing a lot of chakra.

Orochimaru raised his hands, and his originally pale skin turned purple.

This is the color of the poisonous insects of the Aburame clan who are good at controlling insects!

"You are still as untrustworthy as ever."

Orochimaru looked directly into Danzo's gloomy eyes, and as soon as he finished speaking, he turned into a ball of smoke.

"It's just a shadow clone..."

Danzo raised his eyes slightly and was not surprised that Orochimaru was a shadow clone.

Danzo pondered for a moment the information Orochimaru had told him in a roundabout way.

Orochimaru, who had been away from Konoha for a long time, might not have understood the value of this information, but Danzo had already unraveled it carefully and confirmed his own inference, which had been unsure before.

Combined with the information obtained from the action that I asked Shan Zhongfeng to carry out...

Danzo remained expressionless as he continued the conversation that had been interrupted by Orochimaru's appearance: "Go on, Feng."

"Yes!"

The mountain wind responded with a sound.

Yamanaka Feng was the "Anbu" ninja who was monitoring the three Sound Ninjas in the Forest of Death.

He told Danzo all the information he had obtained in the Forest of Death, no matter how big or small.

"At the same time that Team 10's Yamanaka Ino released the Heart Transformation Technique used on the Sound Ninja, I also used the Heart Transformation Technique to control her body, and used it to get closer to Uzumaki Naruto, the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki."

"I took off the Jinchuriki's clothes and carefully observed the wound on his abdomen. Although the Jinchuriki disguised himself well, his wound had actually been effectively healed by himself. It was just scary, not actually fatal... But for some reason, the Jinchuriki continued to pretend to be seriously injured."

Yamanaka Wind narrated how he came into contact with Naruto.

"The Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki has never been trustworthy. It's a pity that Hiruzen didn't understand this. Otherwise, I would have controlled the Nine-Tails two years ago! There wouldn't be so many troubles now!"

Just like Naruto has never forgotten being controlled by Kotoamatsukami two years ago.

Danzo will still remember the look in Naruto's eyes when he was rescued by the Third Hokage!

Danzo was only restricted in his actions by the Third Hokage, but he never let down his guard against Naruto!

Combined with Yamanaka Fuu's information, the information provided by Orochimaru...is of great value.

"Hmm... after you lifted the Heart Transformation Technique, did Yamanaka Inoichi's daughter notice anything unusual?"

Danzo confirmed with Yamanaka Feng again and again.

"She is not strong enough to realize that she has been possessed, and I gave her a self-suggestion before leaving her body - everything I did during the possession would be regarded by her as her own behavior."

Yamanaka Fuu's possession of Ino's body began the moment Ino released her mind-turning jutsu on Koto, allowing her spiritual power to return.

It was not until Yamanaka Feng used Ino's body to force Naruto's bloodstained clothes to tear off and observed Naruto's wounds that Yamanaka Feng lifted the Mind Transmigration Technique he had used on Ino.

"Feng, from now on your identity as an ANBU is over. You were discovered by Orochimaru while monitoring the Sound Ninja, and 'died' at Orochimaru's hands."

After assessing the situation, Danzo decided to let Yamanaka Feng give up his identity as an Anbu.

"Yes!"

Shan Zhongfeng had no objection to this, even though he had spent a lot of time and effort to successfully infiltrate the Anbu.

"I will arrange for you and Tone, who have never monitored the Nine-Tails before, to carry out other tasks." At this point, Danzo turned his head and looked at Tone, the Aburame who had been silent, and said, "Send a message to the others, let them recover - no! Strengthen the monitoring of the Nine-Tails!"

"Are you going to capture the Kyuubi again?"

"Jiraiya has returned to the village. Now is not the time to strike - I have other plans for the exact time."

The single eye that Danzo revealed was filled with gloom: "Hiruzen, I will let you know how wrong your choice was to favor the Nine-Tails!"

This murmur was just Danzo's own words.

Yamanaka Wind and Aburame Togen consciously ignored this sentence, as if they had never heard it.