In the hidden area outside of Konoha Village, a certain base existed. The location was difficult to find, and it also had troublesome terrain, making it a challenging place to invade or visit, completely hidden from the sun, and perfectly suited for a villain to live.
"Danzo-sama!" 2x
Yes, this was the basecamp of the Root, the special squad of ninjas that worked in the darkness of the Konoha Village, and would give their everything, including their lives, to their master, Danzo Shimura.
"How is it?"
An ugly, frail elderly man with bandages wrapped all over half of his hand and half of his limb, with many complicated seals and wrapping around half of his body as he held his cane, watching two of his subordinates, came as they bowed in respect toward him.
"As expected, we found nothing."
"There was no trace. Nothing could be found."
"Hmm...."
Was he thinking too much?
Danzo wasn't sure why, but he felt a sense of forboding all of a sudden, and thought of that young man, who wasn't even a ninja.
Regardless, even if that young man wasn't a ninja, he was still a member of the Uchina!
And as a member of the Uchiha, Danzo believed that Shinra was evil!
If those evil creatures were weak, then it didn't matter, but Danzo knew well that he couldn't underestimate every Uchiha Clan member, since as long as they awakened their Sharingan, their strength would increase dramatically.
Shinra might be weak, and he also wasn't even a ninja, yet even so, his mind was sharp, especially in the area of business.
Frankly, if possible, Danzo wanted to get all the wealth Shinra had collected for his greater purpose, especially when his Root group needed quite a sum of money to manage.
Well, he didn't pay the members of the Roots since they were armed.
As weapons, it was normal for them not to have the will to seek money, right?
So, all of that wealth was for him to support many of his missions and experiments to grow stronger. Unfortunately, his three friends didn't understand his great purpose, thinking that they were all greedy for money!
"Hmph! When I become Hokage, I will erase all the rewards that are given for commissions!"
Ninjas shouldn't have wills; they were tools, so they didn't need anything except for food and other minimal needs, right?
Regardless of what Danzo thought, all the Root members were silent and agreed to what he had said.
Still, did Shinra die?
Or did he escape?
Danzo didn't know, but it had been a while since that accident, and even with the help of Uchiha Itachi, Uchiha Obito, Sarutobi, the Konoha Village, Orochimaru, and everyone else, they couldn't find Shinra.
Also, why did Shinra bring Mikoto?
Shaking his head, Danzo thought that Shinra was evil, but he didn't hate that part, especially when he knew how much hatred Shinra had toward Fugaku.
"They are all evil!"
Still, no matter what, Danzo believed that all the Uchiha had to die!
Only the dead Uchiha were the good Uchiha!
Unfortunately, Danzo wasn't strong enough to stop that insane bastard, who had killed all of his family, and even worse, that insane bastard had Uchiha Shisui's eyes, which contained the Kotoamatsumi ability, which made him able to change the mind of everyone.
A perfect mind control, who dared to fight it?
Fortunately, he also had this eye.
Rubbing one of his eyes that was covered in bandages, his follower came once again, but this time, they came with different news.
"Danzo-sama, Nono Yakushi has come."
"Bring her in."
"Yes."
As such, an order was given, and a beautiful, mature woman with a gentle and demure manner came to the base of the Root.
The woman's hair was light brown, shoulder-length, with clothes that hid most of her womanly features, whether it was her breasts or soft hips.
Still, facing this woman, Danzo's expression never changed, as expressionless as ever, except for Sarutobi Hiruzen, he had never thought of others as a human being at all.
"Danzo-sama."
While the woman was tense, she was able to hide her emotions and still appeared calm.
"Go and infiltrate the Iwakagure, Yakushi."
"I have told you that I have quit the Root."
Yes, the identity of the woman before him was Nono Yakushi, who was known as the Wandering Nun, a famous female ninja with high ability in spying, as she could infiltrate any place without being known.
However, she had retired, and at this moment, she was a caretaker for the Konoha village's orphanage and also one of the people with the highest positions within the Konoha Hospital. Besides her infiltration ability, she was also famous for her medical jutsu.
If it was before, Nono might not be able to refuse Danzo's order, as she was a member of the Root, but as she quit, which was amazing since the only destinations for the Root members to quit the organization were death, she could live in the sun once again, which made Danzo annoyed.
In his mind, Nono was a dangerous factor in the village as she held many secrets that shouldn't be known, and because of that, she had to die!
However, Danzo knew that it was impossible to kill her directly since even if he wasn't a good person, he still understood politics, and as his dream was to become a Hokage, he couldn't be too overbearing.
"....." Everyone.
Danzo knew that Nono would refuse his request, but he knew how to control this woman.
"If you do this commission, I will release Kabuto."
"Really?"
"Yes."
A ray of hope and excitement came to her face, Danzo nodded calmly as he snorted thinking that this woman had grown weaker and if this woman was caught by the enemy, then, without a doubt, she would blabber all the secrets of Konoha, so he knew that before all of that happened, he had to kill her!
Only when Danzo made up his mind to kill this woman with many conspiracies that he had made up inside his mind, a figure emerged from his back, seemingly coming out from the ground by swimming.
This should be an impossible feat, yet even so, the presence of this figure didn't seem to be noticed by anyone despite the fact that he had come out, but for Nono, who stood in front of Danzo, she widened her eyes as she saw this immense figure that held a large blade and then swept his blade over the neck of Danzo!
Slash!
"..."
No one reacted, and they were all stunned as they saw Danzo's headless body!
Still, even if Danzo was killed, it was impossible for him to die!
"Izanagi!"
While Danzo was startled, panicked, and even in fear, he used the secret jutsu of the Uchiha Clan, applied the illusion on reality to erase his death, and reappeared several meters away from his killer!
Yet, this figure moved even faster as he grabbed one of Danzo's eyes and plucked it out directly!
"ARRGGGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"
"DANZO-SAMA!"
As all the Root members were panicking, Danzo ignored all of them since his expressions turned fierce, ignoring the pain that came from his eyes being plucked as he stared at the figure, who killed him with ferocity, slight fear, and panic!
"RETURN THAT EYE! THAT EYE ISN'T FOR THE LIKE OF YOU!"
Yet, that figure ignored Danzo and looked at the eye on his mind with a smile as his Mangekyou Sharingan emerged, then said, "Usurp."
As his voice fell, the cursed eye that was feared by everyone was combined into one of his eyes and turned one of his Mangekyou Sharingan into Eternal Mangekyou Sharingan!