The Shopkeeper of Konoha

Aoto had the eyeball in his hand, and his palm was covered in blood. Although it appeared to be an ordinary eyeball, he knew it wasn't. Aoto was also aggressively preventing himself from throwing up after seeing all the blood and gore around. The blood around was already riveting but the eyeball took the trophy for sure.

His expression was as rigid as always, but he was undoubtedly having a hard time dealing with the situations. Danzo and the other two were simply envious of Aoto.

"Aoto Yamazaki. You have no idea of what you have done." Danzo gritted his teeth and said.

"Why? Still working with the Izanagi jutsu?" Asked Aoto. This made Danzo look at Aoto like he was watching some kind of monster. Aoto had always known that the covered eye was a Sharingan eyeball. To be sure the eyeball he was removing wasn't merely a dud, he had also run it through the system. Of course it was not Shisui's as that hadn't happened yet. Maybe he got it during the 3rd great ninja war or due to his secret assassination on an Uchiha.

Genjutsu was just one of the many applications for sharingan, among many others. Izanagi, however, was among the most potent jutsu since it allowed the user to alter reality itself. By enabling the user to change the reality in which they died and construct a new one in which they are still alive, this jutsu is typically used to keep the user from dying. But because it was regarded as a prohibited jutsu, it also had disadvantages. The Izanagi comes at a massive price and takes away the light of the eye that it was cast from.

Danzo desired to eliminate the threat posed by Aoto and create a reality in which he was liberated from these restraints using the Izanagi. He only had a small number of Hashirama cells implanted in him, but that was enough to give him brief control over reality. Danzo was perplexed by this a first, but Aoto's remarks made him fearful of him for the first time.

After reading Aoto's report, he was aware that he had never previously interacted with any jutsu and was unaware of their history. This young person didn't even attend a ninja academy. It was fine to be aware of typical Sharingan. Him taking away his eye was also fine as he assumed that Aoto didn't know of the eye that he had hidden but Aoto knowing about the fact that he had Sharingan implanted upon him and knowing that he was trying to do Izanagi was a major red flag.

"How... How do you know of Izanagi?" Danzo was forced to inquire.

"Ask Orochimaru, if you are so desperate for the answer. Honestly speaking, I would love to kill you here. You are a cancer to Konoha. However, doing so would put me at odds with the Hokage, which is not a luxury I can't currently afford." Aoto answered, dumping all of his fabrications onto one of Konoha's greatest offenders. Danzo realized right away how this individual knew so much about him.

His eyes, the Izanagi.. Only thing he couldn't understand of how easily Aoto was able to overpower them. He was sure that even Orochimaru himself wouldn't be able to train someone to that degree in his lifetime since Danzo had labeled Aoto as a spy of him in his mind. Aoto then proceeded to free the three of them.

Seeing this all of the three were surprised. They first intended to respond negatively but ultimately restrained themselves. Danzo needed medical attention in order to recover. And there was no point in it. Aoto had wiped the floor with them in a few minutes.

Danzo wanted to threaten Aoto but he was smart enough not to do it. He was already grateful that Aoto had decided not to kill him here as he thought for the first time in his life that he would die. But he was undoubtedly going to exact vengeance. Since his business was the only thing he held precious, he would use politics to destroy it.

"I advise you to cease thinking about getting even if you are considering it. It wouldn't take a second for me to take this eye and go to talk with Fugaku Uchiha. He would love to know how an eye that is the property of Uchiha landed on someone from the roots. You wouldn't want a civil war in Konoha right now, would you?" Added Aoto. He smiled as innocently as he could, defying the enormous threat he had just made.

Hearing Aoto's threat, Danzo, who had already grasped the crutch in his hand, nearly collapsed to the side.

"You wouldn't be able to prove that it is taken from me. Nobody would take you seriously."

"Are you a moron? Your blood is in my hands, and I work as a doctor occasionally. I could demonstrate that it is your blood in a flash. And the Uchihas would trust me as they already don't trust you."Added Aoto.

Danzo was unable to respond to Aoto's statements since he was at a loss for words. He got the point now. Just so that Aoto could demonstrate his might in front of him, he had left the Anbu to return and call him. He had all the angles thought out from the get go and went for his eye. Aoto's principal goal was that.

"You're shrewder than you let on, Aoto Yamazaki. You learned a lot from Orochimaru." Danzo remarked before turning to leave, but Aoto stopped him once more and stated before he could jump from the roof.

"Shikuro will not be a member of Anbu anymore and nor will anyone from the Aburame clan will ever join the roots again." It wasn't a question, but rather a statement from Aoto. Shikuro, who was following Danzo in silence, trembled when he heard Aoto mention his name. How could he know about him if he didn't say his name aloud?

What in the world was happening?

Danzo whirled around and glared venomously at Aoto. He had just lost his Sharingan, and now Aoto was invading his territory as well.