novelraw Chapter 108 Danzo: I won't take the blame!
Chapter 108 Danzo: I won't take the blame!
Tsunade strolled leisurely through the woods.
She claimed she was out looking for Hiruzen Sarutobi, but in reality, she was just taking a walk.
"Could this old man have followed in Jiraiya's footsteps and gone to the red-light district?"
Tsunade stroked her chin as she took a walk, lost in thought.
After a lifetime of hard work, Hiruzen Sarutobi, upon retiring as Hokage, believed that "I've fought my whole life, can't I enjoy myself?" So, it was reasonable for him to relax in the red-light district...
wrong!
Tsunade suddenly realized something.
She clearly told the Third Hokage and Jiraiya about Bai Mo, asking them to find a way to get some information from future Sasuke and Boruto.
Even the unreliable Jiraiya stopped thinking about going out to play and started seriously gathering intelligence.
How could the third generation, who cares more about the village, possibly go to the red-light district at this time?
"Um?"
Tsunade felt that she had stepped on something with a different texture.
Looking down, I saw a patch of blood that had congealed on a clump of grass.
Tsunade breathed a sigh of relief.
After these days of psychological adjustment while teaching Sakura and Ino medical ninjutsu, her hemophobia has gradually healed.
"How did blood get here?"
Tsunade frowned and followed the trail of blood.
As she walked, Tsunade stopped, her legs beginning to tremble.
On a rock is the spot where the last trace of blood appeared.
A leg was visible behind the rock.
Tsunade took a deep breath, walked over, and saw what was blocked by the stone. Instantly, her vision went black, and she fainted.
evening.
Sakura and Ino, who were waiting for their master Tsunade at the medical department, didn't see her, so they went to the Hokage's office to look for her, only to encounter Shizune.
Upon learning that Tsunade had also gone missing, Shizune quickly led the two of them to the woods outside the village.
"First the Third Hokage went missing, then Lady Tsunade went missing, could it be..."
Silent ran frantically through the woods, constantly looking left and right, searching for any trace of her, her face full of anxiety.
Fortunately, she soon saw Tsunade lying on the ground and rushed over.
"Lady Tsunade!"
Shizune checked Tsunade's condition and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she was not in any danger or even injured.
"ah!!!"
"What...what is this?"
Sakura and Ino followed, but the first thing they saw was something else that was some distance away from Tsunade.
"That is..."
Shizune looked in that direction and her pupils immediately contracted.
She now understood why Tsunade had fainted there.
I had barely recovered from hemophobia for half a day, and before I was even fully recovered, I witnessed the tragic death of a loved one.
The body of the Third Hokage, who died tragically, was collected and placed in a coffin, while Tsunade was sent to the medical department.
Since she was not injured, Tsunade quickly regained consciousness thanks to Shizune's treatment.
Tsunade suddenly opened her eyes and sat up in bed, showing no signs of weakness from her hemophobia.
"Who did this?!"
Tsunade clenched her fist.
"Lady Tsunade, the medical team has examined and analyzed the Third Hokage's body. Due to extensive gnaw marks from wild animals on the wounds, they can only confirm that the fatal wound was a piercing and destroyed heart. What exactly did the culprit use...?"
"It must be Danzo!"
Shizune was giving her report, but Tsunade didn't listen to a word she said. After a moment of distraction, she suddenly became serious, threw off the covers, and got out of bed.
"Eh! Lady Tsunade—"
Shizune watched in bewilderment as Tsunade stormed off from the medical ward, and hurriedly chased after her.
The entrance to the Root organization's underground base.
"Lord Hokage, do you need to speak with Lord Danzo? I'll go and call him right away..."
"Painful Heavenly Kick!"
"what!"
Without saying a word, Tsunade charged straight in.
The Root organization is best at using poison, which is completely ineffective against her.
Shizune rushed over with the Anbu, following behind Tsunade, only to see Root members lying sprawled on the ground.
"Danzo, you beast! You actually plotted to murder the Third Hokage!!!"
Tsunade kicked open the door to Danzo's room, where he was the leader of Root.
"?"
Danzo looked at the aggressive Tsunade and was puzzled.
Which instance was Tsunade referring to?
Was it the time Yamato was sent to assassinate someone, or the time he conspired with Orochimaru?
By bringing up past issues, is this new Hokage planning to use him as a scapegoat?
Danzo frowned: "Tsunade, don't make things up without evidence."
"I'm talking nonsense? The day the old man made me Hokage, didn't you show up? Didn't you tell him, 'Hiruzen, you'll regret this!'"
Tsunade angrily smashed the table in front of Danzo with a punch. "There are no enemies in the village right now, yet the old man is dead in the woods not far from the village. Who else could it be but one of our own villagers?"
"..."
Danzo remained silent.
"Group of my shadow, day you regret it"—isn't this a conversation they often have?
This can be used as evidence?
"Wait, you said Sarutobi is dead?!"
In Danzo's only exposed eye, countless emotions flashed through his mind.
There was sadness and grief, joy and happiness, and also regret and mockery.
Danzo and the Third Hokage were also a pair of star-crossed lovers who loved and hated each other.
"Who killed him?"
After calming himself down, Danzo asked coldly.
"Are you still pretending?"
Tsunade clenched her fist.
"If I wanted to be Hokage, I should kill you, Tsunade! What good would it do me to kill the retired Sarutobi?!"
Danzo's eyes narrowed, and he retorted in a cold voice.
"..."
Tsunade was speechless and took a step back.
Just then, Shizune arrived with the Anbu and helped Tsunade up.
"Sarutobi is pathetic. If he had died at Orochimaru's hands, taking Orochimaru down with him, he could have died a glorious death as a hero of Konoha."
But now? Silently murdered, the killer unknown, a death lighter than a monkey's hair.
Danzo chuckled, his tone laced with sarcasm.
There was also some resentment.
After all, if Hiruzen Sarutobi had died at Orochimaru's hands, he might have had a chance to become Hokage.
As a result, Hiruzen Sarutobi didn't die; he was directly chosen by Tsunade, and he didn't even have a chance to make a move.
Tsunade left Root's underground base somewhat embarrassed.
"Lady Tsunade, if you suspect Danzo was behind it, you can have the interrogation department question him."
Shizune supported Tsunade and offered advice.
"It wasn't him."
Tsunade looked fragile and slumped over, completely lacking the fierce aura she had shown just moments before.
Of course she knew it wasn't Danzo who did it, but she wanted to avoid the issue.
She was escaping a conclusion that, even though the killer was still unknown, was already clear—if she hadn't been talking to herself, then teacher Sarutobi would not have died.
If she hadn't tried to hide the news of Sasuke and Boruto's future arrival, she wouldn't have let her teacher and Jiraiya investigate, and this wouldn't have happened.
Even if she informed Bai Mo, who was in Konoha, even if Sarutobi had been stabbed in the heart, she could recover instantly, based on what she learned from Sakura about Bai Mo's methods for removing Hanabi's caged bird before leaving Konoha.
that's it.
Tsunade, who had just regained her fighting spirit a few days ago, has fallen into depravity again, staying at home drinking and sleeping every day.
Fortunately, in order to shirk her duties, she had already delegated the authority of the Kage to others, so that someone would handle the official business for her and Konoha would continue to operate as usual.
The death of the third generation could not be kept secret for long.
After the medical team could no longer detect any new information, they began to notify the family.
Konohamaru, who was in the village, was the first to know, while Sarutobi Asuma was not in the village, as he was on a mission with Choji and Shikamaru.
We can only send someone else to notify them.
"Please, Jiraiya-sama."
Shizune handed the mission scroll to Jiraiya.
"Let's go, kids."
Jiraiya's carefree expression vanished, and he turned back to look at the three-person team he had brought with him this time—Konohamaru, Naruto, and Boruto—with great seriousness.
He was given the opportunity to leave the village, but at the cost of his teacher Hiruzen Sarutobi's death and his friend Tsunade's downfall.