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Chapter 52 Danzo's Plot: Heading to the Cloud Village Battlefield
root base.
Danzo never expected that Sarutobi Miroku would come.
He sat in the chair, quietly looking at the man standing in front of him.
The leader of the Anbu—Sarutobi Miroku, the eldest son of Sarutobi Hiruzen, means that something big is going to happen. Just now, Sarutobi Hiruzen was so hypocritical, telling himself not to do anything reckless, but what about now?
I have seen your attitude.
"Lord Danzo!"
Sarutobi Miroku had a very good attitude.
It was only because he knew that his old man needed the person in front of him to do some shady things, especially now that he was asked to get rid of Uchiha Hakumo. So who in the entire Hidden Leaf Village was the most suitable to do this?
The man before him was the only one suitable to do this, and Sarutobi Miroku had to admit it, he absolutely had to admit it.
"Speak! Hiruzen sent you here, what is it about?" Danzo didn't waste any words, telling Sarutobi Miroku to get straight to the point and stop with the nonsense.
"Uchiha Hakubaki should be eliminated."
"He is probably even more ruthless than the hawkish Uchiha. Such a person is too much of a threat to Konoha."
Upon hearing this, Danzo sneered, "I told you long ago that the Uchiha are a threat. Now you're scared, so why did you oppose my plan before? But why did Hiruzen change his mind and even ask me to take action..."
Originally, the plan was to have the Cloud Village take action, but now Hiruzen Sarutobi has suddenly changed his mind. It's not even half a day, let alone a whole day. So why is that?
This was very strange to Danzo.
Originally, Hakumoku's northward journey was headed towards Kumogakure, and Danzo supported this plan. However, Hiruzen Sarutobi opposed it at the time because of Tsunade.
However, he ultimately failed. But if this guy wanted to transfer Minato Namikaze over, it wouldn't be easy to kill Hakubaku Uchiha. And now he's changed his mind. It's really strange.
"Is there anything you're hiding from me?"
Danzo wanted to figure out that instead of letting the Uchiha clan perish in the battle against Kumogakure, he wanted me to take action personally. This was truly urgent.
So what made you change your mind?
Hiruzen, what have you found out?
Danzo was very curious about this.
Faced with Danzo's question, Sarutobi Miroku replied in a deep voice, "Lord Danzo, the Hokage's meaning is that Uchiha Hakubaku is extremely dangerous and it's best to eliminate him for now. He means it should be done cleanly and efficiently!"
"How many people can you bring?" Danzo knew he wouldn't get any information from Bai Mu, but he didn't mind taking action against him, because Bai Mu's eyes were very useful.
If that's the case, should I...?
No, that won't do. Let Ma lead the team.
Danzo had considered leading the team himself, but then he thought that if he did that, he would let his trusted confidante Ryuma Aburame lead the team. The elite of Root would be enough to deal with Uchiha Hakuma.
Sarutobi Miroku replied, "Four squads, including myself, seventeen people in total!"
Upon hearing this, Danzo pondered for a moment and decided it was feasible. He immediately nodded and said, "Alright, I will have Aburame Ryoma lead four squads, seventeen people each, to intercept and kill Uchiha Hakubaki together!"
He paused, then added, "You can figure out the specifics yourself. In short, don't expose anything. It's best to frame the Hidden Cloud Village, so it's best not to take any action within the Land of Fire!"
"Lord Danzo, aren't you going to take action?"
Sarutobi Miroku hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the question.
Danzo's face darkened, and he said coldly, "What I do is none of your business. Ryuma is enough."
"Then I'll go prepare." Seeing this, Sarutobi Miroku didn't say anything more, but said that he would go prepare and come back later.
Danzo certainly didn't want Sarutobi Miroku to come here frequently, so he immediately gave instructions: "You don't need to come anymore. Ryuma will come to find you."
"understand!"
……
Night.
At Tsunade's house.
White Shepherd appeared here.
He had a ninja sword tucked into his waistband.
He walked in slowly, and the courtyard was silent.
It was obvious that Tsunade had arranged for Shizune to wait there beforehand.
"Lady Tsunade is ready and waiting inside. Please follow me!"
As she spoke, she led the way, and Bai Mu glanced at the courtyard before following her.
In the living room, Tsunade lay on the sofa without any recollection of what was happening, her feet swinging back and forth, her toes, painted with red nail polish, full and round.
"It's time to go."
Bai Mu looked at her and said calmly.
"Yeah, I know, but you should still tell those two that they're still taking a bath!" Tsunade hadn't been drinking, so she was quite annoyed and gave a casual reply to Bai Mu's words.
It's really upsetting that they won't let me drink.
It's just a little alcohol, what impact could it have?
Ugh, so boring.
“Alice would do that, but Esdeath wouldn’t.” Bai Mu knew very well that Esdeath wasn’t very interested in taking baths; only Alice and Lizard liked them, so it was easy to guess who it was.
"Oh?"
Tsunade was quite surprised to hear this.
She glanced at Bai Mu and said softly, "That's absolutely right, so you really understand."
Bai Mu looked at her and said calmly, "You should make some preparations. We need to get to the front line as soon as possible. By the way, is our Konoha's main base on the front line located at the border between the Land of Fire and the Land of Hot Water, or is it within the territory of the Land of Frost?"
Tsunade pursed her lips and casually said, "Couldn't it be the Land of Waterfalls?"
Bai Mu shrugged and said, "At least the Land of Waterfalls has ninja villages, but the Land of Frost... is a small country within a small country. It can only be a battlefield between Konoha and Kumogakure. That's the tragedy of a small country."
"So you want to unify?" Tsunade asked softly, putting her feet down on the floor.
After all, Bai Mu's goal is far-reaching; he's eyeing the entire ninja world. So, isn't this so-called reform simply about unification?
In response, Bai Mu said softly, "You know very well that if you want peace, this is the most basic approach. Otherwise, we'll just keep fighting like this. This is already the third Shinobi World War. Do you think there might be a fourth one?"
Before Tsunade could answer the question, Bai Mu continued, "You know the answer. War is inevitable, it's just a matter of time. It should be a little later, maybe a few years, or maybe more than ten years, depending on how much the five great nations recover."
"Let's go, let's end this war first. I'm full of confidence now." Tsunade is now brimming with confidence. Thanks to the power of Wood Release, she is naturally not afraid of any Cloud Village.
If they come, I'll kill them.
"Okay, let's go."
Seeing this, Bai Mu didn't say anything, just smiled slightly, and then walked into Tsunade's bathroom.
Of course, before he even went in, Alice Lise came out fully dressed.
When she saw Bai Mu appear, her face immediately turned red.
"You got here so quickly?"
Just as Alice Lise opened her mouth, Esdeath appeared at the edge of the corridor, and Bai Mu saw her but didn't say anything, only uttering a single sentence.
"Well, let's go."
……
Haku, Tsunade, Alice Lisse, and Esdeath set off together and left Konoha Village.
Shortly after they set off, Sarutobi Miroku of the Anbu had already assembled four squads, which joined up with the Root squads. After exchanging greetings, they quickly followed.
Sarutobi Miroku and Aburame Ryoma, along with elite squads from the Anbu and Root, followed at a distance, prioritizing secrecy to ensure they would not be discovered.
As for whether or not we'll lose track of them?
Given the Aburame clan's reconnaissance capabilities, they would naturally not admit that the tracking had failed. Among the Aburame clan's insect-based secret techniques is a reconnaissance-type ninjutsu.
That's why they weren't in a hurry to follow behind, but kept a certain distance to avoid being discovered.
However, what Sarutobi Miroku and Aburame Ryoma didn't know was that their so-called covert operation was completely ineffective, something Hakubaki already knew perfectly well.
On one hand, Bai Mu's abilities allowed him to discover the group of trackers long ago; on the other hand, someone in the Dark Organization was passing on information because Bai Mu had planted spies within the Dark Organization.
Although Sarutobi Miroku had done everything he could to keep it absolutely secret, even the best-laid plans can go wrong, and the information was still leaked by a pawn secretly planted by Shirabu.
After learning the situation and discovering the chakra of Sarutobi Miroku and the others, Bai Mu naturally understood what was going on; they were trying to kill him.
If that's the case, then that old man Hiruzen Sarutobi is quite decisive. If it were only the Root members, then it could be that Danzo acted on his own. But if it also included the elite Anbu led by Miroku Sarutobi, then it must have been Hiruzen Sarutobi who gave the order...
Is it because of fear?
Bai Mu quickly learned of the situation and guessed that Hiruzen Sarutobi must be afraid of him, so he chose the simplest way to get rid of him.
However, they certainly won't make their move within the Land of Fire's borders, but rather outside of it, meaning they'll strike on the battlefield against the Hidden Cloud Village.
In this way, the blame can be shifted to Yunyin, which is a win-win situation.
If you lack strength, you're bound to suffer.
But Bai Mu is different, and...
It wouldn't be a bad idea to make a fuss about this.
Sarutobi Miroku's actions involve plotting to harm fellow village ninjas, but everyone knows who is behind him. So, what choice should Sarutobi Hiruzen make?
Wasn't it supposed to be the Will of Fire?
So, what crime did Sarutobi Miroku commit by leading the Anbu to assassinate the Uchiha clan leader during the war and attempting to frame Kumogakure?
That's interesting, that's really interesting!
Thinking of this, a smile unconsciously crept onto Bai Mu's lips...
Tsunade noticed this and wondered what Bai Mu was laughing about. The smile was too strange, so she couldn't help but ask:
"What's going on? What are you laughing at?"
Bai Mu smiled faintly, looked at Tsunade, and asked softly, "The Anbu has taken action, and not just the Anbu, but even the Root has been mobilized. Who do you think they're targeting?"