Just as Mitsusuke was parading the Root members through the streets, two Anbu members appeared before him: "Mitsusuke, Hokage-sama wants to see you in his office. Just hand over the people in your hands to us..."
Tossing one end of the rope to the Anbu, Mitsusuke brushed off non-existent dust from his hands and strolled leisurely towards the Hokage Building.
When Mitsusuke arrived at the Hokage Office, he saw Danzo with a dark, sour face, as if someone owed him a fortune.
Ignoring Danzo, Mitsusuke went to Hiruzen Sarutobi's side, skillfully packed the pipe with tobacco, and handed it to him.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Mitsusuke but still took the pipe.
After lighting the pipe for Hiruzen Sarutobi, Mitsusuke lit a cigarette for himself and smoked leisurely.
"Enough," Danzo couldn't take it anymore and suddenly shouted, startling Mitsusuke so much that his cigarette fell to the ground.
Picking up the cigarette from the ground, Mitsusuke looked at Danzo with an unfriendly gaze: "What the hell are you shouting for! You scared the crap out of me. Do you think this is your Root? Barking whenever you want."
After Mitsusuke finished scolding Danzo, there was a deathly silence in the Hokage Office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi and Danzo both looked at Mitsusuke. Danzo didn't expect the other party to dare curse at him, and Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't expect his clansman to be so bold.
Looking at Danzo's venomous gaze, Mitsusuke got even angrier. He pointed at the other's nose and cursed: "Don't you damn well look at me with that one eye. Believe it or not, I'll turn you from a One-eyed dragon into a Cross-eyed dragon."
Cough, cough!!!
Hiruzen Sarutobi also snapped back to reality at this time and quickly coughed twice to cover the embarrassment. At the same time, he scolded Mitsusuke: "Suke, how can you talk to the hokage assistant like that! You're becoming more and more undisciplined. Go home first! I'll look for you tomorrow."
"Hiruzen, you're being too indulgent with him. This is no longer just a matter of disrespecting Konoha higher-ups; he is already suspected of betraying the village. We can't let him be like this anymore. I propose that he be detained, and I will..."
Before Danzo could finish, a playful voice came from behind him.
"Danzo, have you ever been kicked at the speed of light?"
Boom!!!
After a dull thud, an old, large hand steadily blocked Mitsusuke's leg.
Mitsusuke tilted his head and smiled: "Old Man, your strength is pretty good! I was prepared to kill Danzo; I didn't expect you to step in."
Letting go of Mitsusuke's leg, Hiruzen Sarutobi's expression was a bit unnatural. He was shocked by the power of Mitsusuke's kick just now.
If he hadn't stopped Mitsusuke in time, Danzo might have gone down to see his great-grandmother.
At this moment, Hiruzen Sarutobi was happy inside. His clan had finally produced a true genius. However, he feigned anger on his face: "Mitsusuke, you actually dare to attack a Konoha higher-up in the Hokage Office. Do you still have me, the Hokage, in your eyes?"
"No."
Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned. He gave Mitsusuke a way out, but the other party actually didn't give him face.
While Hiruzen Sarutobi was dazed, he heard Mitsusuke say: "Hokage-sama, I keep my respect for you in my heart, not in my eyes, and certainly not on my lips. I believe that is true respect."
Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was still thinking about how to gloss over the matter, felt his anger vanish without a trace upon hearing the other party say he was kept in his heart.
At this time, the one-eyed Danzo also reacted and immediately roared: "Mitsusuke, you actually dare to attack me! This is betraying the village! I will..."
Danzo stopped halfway through his sentence, afraid to continue, because Mitsusuke was pointing a finger at him, and a dangerous light was radiating from that finger.
Danzo knew about the incident at the Anbu training ground. He had heard from the Anbu informant that Mitsusuke had fired a Laser beam, comparable to a small Tailed Beast Ball, with astonishing power. He wasn't confident he could take the attack.
As for that Forbidden Technique, it couldn't be used in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Seeing Danzo shut his foul mouth, Mitsusuke retracted his ability: "Danzo, in the past, if you didn't provoke me, I couldn't be bothered with you. This time you actually targeted me. Do you really think no one dares to touch you?"
"To actually dare to send people to spy on me, I don't know who gave you the courage. Was it that right hand of yours that's neither human nor ghost, or that right eye hidden under the bandages that gave you confidence?"
"Come on, show them. Let's have a go. If I don't beat the crap out of you, I'll consider you've emptied your bowels."
Since they had already fallen out today, Mitsusuke didn't need to save any face for the other party.
"Don't dare to move?" Mitsusuke threw the half-smoked cigarette butt at Danzo's feet, his tone becoming even more arrogant: "Do you want me to give you a one-hand handicap? No? Two hands then. If that's still not enough, I'll even give you a leg. How about that?"
"Suke," Hiruzen Sarutobi called out to Mitsusuke: "What do you mean by that? What's going on with Danzo's right eye and right hand?"
Mitsusuke didn't answer Hiruzen Sarutobi immediately, but instead lit another cigarette for himself.
This time it wasn't that he wanted to smoke, but that he had scolded so satisfyingly that he let slip some things he shouldn't have said.
He smoked to stall for time, giving himself time to consider how to answer Hiruzen Sarutobi's question.
While Mitsusuke was considering how to answer, Danzo was so shocked that his mouth hung open, and he stumbled back two steps. How could this brat know his secret?
After taking two puffs of the cigarette, Mitsusuke said: "Old Man, when I awakened my ability, there was an additional ability: Perception."
"My Perception is different from the ability of a Sensory Ninja; I can perceive a person's physical condition."
"I've encountered our hokage assistant a few times before. Every time, he was full of malice toward me, so I used my ability a bit. I found that his right eye is perfectly intact, and there's a very overbearing yet dark aura on his arm. That's why I said what I just did."
After hearing Mitsusuke's explanation, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked back and forth between him and Danzo before saying: "Suke, go home first. Today's matter ends here. Danzo won't harass you again."
Since Hiruzen Sarutobi had spoken, Mitsusuke didn't intend to keep tangling with Danzo and turned to walk toward the door.
As he passed Danzo, Mitsusuke said disdainfully: "Someone who doesn't even have a solid foundation actually wants to fight for the position of Hokage. How overconfident."
"If I wanted to be Hokage, I would challenge the Old Man head-on. But you don't even have the courage for a direct battle, only capable of playing some underhanded schemes. The Second Hokage was quite accurate in judging people; he didn't let you become Hokage, otherwise Konoha would probably have disbanded by now!"
Seeing that his old friend's emotions were a bit off, Hiruzen Sarutobi quickly said: "Suke, stop talking."
Mitsusuke turned back and shrugged at Hiruzen Sarutobi, then turned to leave. Just as his right foot stepped out of the Hokage Office, he said in a warning tone: "Danzo, this is my final warning. Don't provoke me, or the Old Man won't be able to protect you."
"At the same time, you'd better hope the Old Man lives to be a hundred. Otherwise, given the things you've done, once the Old Man dies, it'll be a mercy if the clans of Konoha don't chop you into mincemeat."