Chapter 90: Cover Up
That's right!
For Shimura Danzo, rather than keeping a perfect Jinchuriki who hates the village, it would be better to destroy 'him'!
After commanding two subordinates, he moved towards Hokage Residence.
....
After a while.
Hokage Residence, in Conference Hall.
Sarutobi Hiruzen has been waiting in the Conference Hall for a long time.
Shimura Danzo was the last one to arrive.
As soon as Shimura Danzo arrived, he heard Utatane Koharu and Mitokado Homura saying that Sarutobi Hiruzen was not.
"Hey ~ Hiruzen, you are really reckless this time. How can you just let Naruto leave? Do you know if the news is heard by other Ninja Villages, how serious are the consequences?"
"Hiruzen, let's take him back. Now go and get Naruto back. Maybe it's not too late. He has beastized once, so it should not beastized again in such a short time." Utatane Koharu
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu are also very realistic.
There is no more demon fox. Now it is called Naruto.
With his hands on his back and his back turned on them, Sarutobi Hiruzen allowed himself to be preached by Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu. However, when Shimura Danzo arrived, his attitude and imposing-manner changed immediately!
He turned around, stared at three people.
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu forced back what they wanted to say.
"Are you finished?" Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at three people. "Now it's my turn to speak? I'm calling you here not to listen to your opinion! It's to inform you; anything about Naruto, I won't allow it!" Speaking of which, Sarutobi Hiruzen's eyes also clearly looked towards Shimura Danzo: "I won't let any news about Naruto go out! If I find out what's wrong, I won't keep my hands this time!" A series of warning words.
The atmosphere at the scene was indifferent.
At the same time, he also admitted that the few people present did have the ability to prevent 'some news circulated in Konoha'! That is to say, when Hatake Sakumo was involved in this incident, they were indeed cats weeping for the dead mouse.
[*TL note: the cat weeps for the dead mouse; the hypocritical pretense of condolence.]
"Hiruzen, this..." Mitokado Homura.
"Hiruzen..." Utatane Koharu.
Now that he has torn the merciful face in front of his old close friend, Sarutobi Hiruzen doesn't plan to say anything more and waves his hand: "Enough, you can go!"
Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu looked at each other somewhat helplessly and then left the Conference Hall.
Shimura Danzo's eyes narrowed.
Without speaking, he left Conference Hall as well.
...
On the other hand.
After receiving the order from Shimura Danzo, Shin and another powerful assistant immediately hurried to the direction where Naruto left and had no time to help the remaining Root member.
After a while, the two came to a jungle according to the traces left by Kyuubi.
That kind of 'obvious' clue was no longer there when they arrived. In other words, when Naruto came here, he had already returned to his human form and was on his way.
The two looked around for a week, trying to find traces.
At this moment, Shin found some traces not far away. In the same way, another right-hand man, equivalent to Shin strength, also found this trace.
However, just when he wanted to leave for the direction indicated by the trace, he was blocked by Shin:
"I'm not sure if the traces left by this are true or not. Just in case, let's split!"
Shin did not wait for this colleague to answer.
Seeing this, the right-hand man didn't even bother and turned and ran to another 'seemingly possible direction of Naruto's escape'. After all, everyone belongs to Danzo and is one of Danzo's most trusted people.
He didn't think much.
....
After Shin confirmed that the colleague had not followed, he stopped now and turned his head to look northeast. Silently curse in his heart: "Sai, I can only do it for you. It's up to you."
...
A few hours later, Root base.
Shimura Danzo sat on his throne.
In front of him, some people reported various messages to him: "This time the berserk of the demon fox caused the death of 4 Jonin and 7 Chunin Level members. There are more than 20 members who have suffered serious injuries and cannot recover in a short time. As for the Ninjutsu Scroll stored in the base, it was also destroyed a lot in this incident."
Shimura Danzo's expression is still very indifferent.
Not much time later, Shin and another capable assistant came back to Shimura Danzo, kneeling: "Lord Danzo, we have failed the mission."
The anger on his face flashed after hearing the news.
"Say, what the hell is going on!"
"Cough, cough, cough! Report Lord Danzo, we tracked to where the Kyuubi disappeared, but after that, no trace of Uzumaki Naruto was found."
Shimura Danzo narrowed his eyes and said coldly: "Didn't the demon fox is in your hand? How could it not be controlled in time?"
"Cough, cough! Lord Danzo, this is my negligence. When the demon fox went berserk, this subordinate did not stay near the cell. Please forgive me."
Shin didn't speak again.
Shimura Danzo did not continue to ask questions.
The scene was solemn.
Silence for a long time.
Shimura Danzo changed from the original tone of accountability to a peaceful attitude: "Okay. This is not to blame you. No one expected that the demon fox had already learned Sealing Jutsu. So meddlesome affection happened tonight. You are tired too, and you are also not in good health, go back and rest first."
Finished speaking, Shimura Danzo said to another right-hand man: "You stay."
The two complied at the same time, 'Yes!'.
.......
After Shin leaves, Shimura Danzo asked the right man: "What was the situation just now? Did you notice any abnormality in Shin?"
Naruto Uzumaki; the two consecutive problems were related to Shin, which made Shimura Danzo, who was suspicious by nature, wondering whether Shin was at fault.
This powerful assistant informed Shimura Danzo of the details of tracking Kyuubi without omission and in detail.
After hearing the news, Shimura Danzo thought about it for a moment and then asked: "Is Shin closer to a child?"
"Yes, Lord Danzo. That child's name is Sai." (I don't know what Sai is called at Root. It's convenient to name something.)
"How is his strength?" Shimura Danzo.
"Report Lord Danzo, Sai already has an outstanding strength."
"You go to see if the child named Sai is still in his original residence." After a pause, Shimura Danzo continued, "If he is not there, then let Shin disappear. If he is still... Then arrange them for ceremony as soon as possible."
"Yes!"