Just as Gekko Chizan turned all the Root members into crystal.
About one kilometer away from him, beside a tree trunk, a Root member wearing a mask suddenly woke up.
He immediately sprinted toward the village, his speed so fast it was jaw-dropping, all of his chakra attached to his feet to boost his movement.
By the time he ran back to the village, Gekko Chizan had only just begun sorting through Danzo's criminal evidence.
The Root base—Danzo had occupied this place for a very long time.
This operation could be said to be Danzo's final struggle. If he could keep Gekko Chizan here, he would still have a chance. Otherwise, he had already prepared for the worst.
"Danzo-sama..."
"How are things progressing?"
The Root member shook his head. Seeing this reaction, Danzo's heart sank.
This operation had mobilized all of Root's elites, ye
t they still failed to keep Gekko Chizan?
It seemed this brat had truly grown into a second Konoha's White Fang—no, he was even harder to deal with than the Konoha's White Fang.
"Order everyone to retreat. Withdraw from the village."
"Danzo-sama, where are we retreating to?"
Danzo understood that once those classified documents were dug up, he would definitely be held accountable.
The current Hokage was no longer Sarutobi Hiruzen, but Namikaze Minato. That man would absolutely not turn a blind eye to everything he had done, even if his original intention was for the sake of the village.
Not to mention the two people beside Namikaze Minato—Gekko Chizan had a grudge against him, and as for the Uchiha, there was no need to even mention it. They would definitely take the chance to kick him while he was down.
"Leave the village. Retreat toward the Daimyō's residence."
"The Daimyō's residence?"
Danzo nodded. This was something he had planned long ago. If the village truly pursued him, then in order to survive and find a chance to reclaim this power,
He had only one path to take—that was the Daimyō's residence, which had formed its own independent ninja force.
With his qualifications and experience, going to the Daimyō's residence would absolutely earn him heavy use. At that point, with the Daimyō's backing, he would still have a chance to return to Konoha.
"Hurry and prepare. Mobilize all remaining Root personnel."
"We must act before Gekko Chizan and Namikaze Minato can react."
Danzo clearly understood how severe the current situation was—there wasn't a single moment to waste.
...
On the other side, Gekko Chizan spent quite some time and finally finished organizing all the remaining documents.
"Hoo, this is really exhausting."
"I never thought organizing documents would be this troublesome. No wonder every Kage has to get themselves a secretary or assistant."
"If I had to do this alone, I'd really die from exhaustion."
Looking at the stacks of documents piled up in front of him to his own height, Gekko Chizan couldn't help but sigh at how hard it was to be a Kage.
Lifting the files in one go, he directly vanished from the base with Flying Thunder God.
As for the Root ninja sealed outside in crystal, after he brought these things back first, he could just have people carry them all back later.
"Hey, Minato, I'm back."
Covered in dust and grime, Gekko Chizan used Flying Thunder God to arrive directly at the Hokage Building, though this time he didn't crash through a window.
Mainly because this pile of files was too big—breaking a window would be a bit troublesome.
"Chizan, how did it go?"
"Here, got them. Though it was a bit of a detour."
Gekko Chizan placed the stack of files, about as tall as himself, in front of Minato, then explained how Root had ambushed him.
After listening, Namikaze Minato's face was filled with gravity.
Danzo, knowing his own situation, was preparing to gamble everything. Killing Gekko Chizan would be equivalent to cutting off one of Minato's arms.
The key point was that he had dared to attack his own people so openly—he wasn't even pretending anymore.
"What about those Root members?"
"Don't worry, I didn't kill them. I just sealed them all with Crystal Release. We can send people to carry them all back later."
Namikaze Minato nodded, then immediately gathered a small group to begin reviewing Danzo's documents.
Before long, Shinnosuke, Nara Shikaku, and Fugaku arrived at the office.
"Everyone's here?"
"Then let's start together."
Everyone who came to this office was someone Namikaze Minato trusted the most. Only with them together could everything be ensured without fail.
"Hey, calling me here so urgently is just to read documents?"
"I'd rather go back and get some sleep..."
Nara Shikaku looked at the huge pile of documents, and his whole body instantly collapsed. He was lazy!
And besides, he was clearly on break—why was his vacation being interrupted?
"Shikaku, stop dawdling. I'll make up your vacation later."
"Hurry up and get all of this sorted."
Namikaze Minato joked, then personally threw himself into the document organization.
Sarutobi Shinnosuke was even called over without wearing a mask, not to mention Fugaku.
Very quickly, the five of them began analyzing the tower of documents in front of them.
At first glance it was fine, but once they really looked, the expressions of the four aside from Gekko Chizan changed at lightning speed.
"Damn it! This kind of thing... human experimentation?"
"So many people died—why didn't I know about this?"
The report in Namikaze Minato's hands was about human experimentation. Looking at the shocking lines of data on it, he was on the verge of exploding.
Not just him—the others were the same.
"Alright, you all know what kind of person Danzo is, don't you?"
"What you're seeing is just the tip of the iceberg."
"Look at this—First Hokage cell cultivation project. Hmph, this proposal even has the previous Hokage's signature on it!"
"Hey, Shinnosuke, won't you have to go back and give him a good scolding?"
Gekko Chizan tossed a report to Shinnosuke, who showed a trace of helplessness on his face.
He knew about this project, and quite a few people had even been sent to the research institute by him. But later, because too many people died, this project had clearly been terminated.
"Heh heh, where is that bastard Danzo..."
"Targeting the Uchiha... seizing the Sharingan..."
"He must die!"
Whether by coincidence or not, the report in Uchiha Fugaku's hands was actually related to their Uchiha clan.
It clearly stated that Danzo had abused his authority to tamper with the bodies of Uchiha clansmen, digging out quite a number of Sharingan.
During the war, the Uchiha had suffered massive casualties. They originally thought all of them had fallen on the battlefield—never did they expect to be stabbed in the back by their own village.
"Sigh, I expected darkness—after all, the title 'darkness of the ninja world' wasn't earned for nothing."
"But I really didn't expect it to be this severe."
"Hokage-sama, these reports... are you planning to move against Root?"
Nara Shikaku really couldn't take it anymore. He threw the report onto the floor and looked at Namikaze Minato with a heavy expression.
He wanted to know what his Hokage was thinking.
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