Chapter 34: Leaving an Heir for the Shimura Clan
In reality, Uchiha Itachi was also Danzo's target for annihilation.
He would use the condition of sparing Uchiha Izumi to threaten Qianye into annihilating everyone in the residential district except Uchiha Izumi.
This included Uchiha Itachi.
Afterward, Uchiha Itachi would kill Uchiha Izumi, and Qianye would inevitably engage him in a life-and-death battle.
Regardless of who emerged victorious, he would dispatch people to eliminate the survivor.
Even if Uchiha Itachi was stronger and achieved the final victory, he could still use Uchiha Sasuke to control Uchiha Itachi.
He could even cultivate Uchiha Sasuke into a sharp sword for his Root.
A sharp sword that would help him ascend to the position of Hokage.
Thus, the Uchiha Clan and the truth behind them would completely vanish into the dust of history, never to exist again.
And he, Danzo, would become the greatest hero in protecting Konoha.
He would not only eradicate the Uchiha, Konoha's cancerous growth, but also acquire a room full of Sharingan.
Why wouldn't he?
This was Danzo's true innermost thought at this moment.
Just as Danzo was immersed in his beautiful fantasy, a Root Ninja suddenly appeared behind him, whispering a few words into his ear.
Danzo calmed his excited emotions, waved his hand, and after the Root Ninja retreated, he said to Uchiha Itachi, "Itachi, if there's nothing else, you may leave. Remember, I do not wish for anyone to know you were here."
"Yes." Leaving only that sentence, Uchiha Itachi put on his mask and disappeared from the courtyard.
Danzo turned and entered the house.
Soon after, Qianye, led by the same Root Ninja, arrived at the small courtyard.
Qianye had already sensed Uchiha Itachi's Chakra but did not expose him. Standing outside the door, he respectfully said, "Danzo-sama, you wished to see me."
"Come in." Danzo's voice, calm and devoid of emotion, came from inside the door.
Creak, the door opened in response.
Qianye walked in and saw Danzo sitting in a grand armchair, slowly sipping tea.
Seeing Qianye's arrival, Danzo put down his teacup and directly got to the point, "Qianye, you must already know about the Uchiha Clan's impending rebellion, correct?"
"Yes, Danzo-sama, I have already reported it to Hokage-sama. He will resolve this issue peacefully." Qianye replied respectfully. He would not believe the Third's nonsense; regardless of the outcome, he would take Uchiha Izumi away tomorrow night.
Seeing this, a trace of instinctive disgust arose in Danzo's heart. The wound on his left arm, which had long since healed, began to throb faintly.
From Qianye, he actually saw the shadow of Uchiha Shisui from the past.
The same naivety.
The same damnable nature.
Not worth regretting his death.
"This civil war is inevitable. At that time, the entire Uchiha Clan will be executed under the charge of rebellion. Including Uchiha Izumi."
Danzo spoke the words he had prepared.
"No... impossible... Hokage-sama promised me he would protect Izumi."
Mirror Flower Water Moon quietly released, Qianye displayed extremely agitated and bewildered emotions, yet calmly sat down next to Danzo, looking at the latter as if he were looking at a clown.
Taking in 'Qianye's' reaction, Danzo secretly gloated, continuing to subtly persuade the air, "Don't mind how good the Third sounds; when it comes down to the crucial moment, he will still choose the Village without hesitation. The Village cannot accommodate a rebellious Uchiha. Unless..."
Upon hearing this, 'Qianye' very sensibly pleaded with Danzo, "Please, Danzo-sama, show me a clear path."
Danzo's lips curled slightly, and he picked up his teacup, "It's simple. The most direct method is the most effective. As long as the rebellion is nipped in the bud, you won't have to worry about Uchiha Izumi being affected."
"Then what should I do?" Qianye knew Danzo was treating him as the second Uchiha Filial Son.
Quick as a flash, before he drank it, he added some Mother and Child River Water to his tea.
The Mother and Child River Water takes some time to take effect.
After Danzo drank it, he didn't notice anything amiss and continued, "You now have two choices before you.
Will you stand with the Uchiha and perish with your lover, or will you only save your lover and assist the Village in killing all the Uchiha to nip the rebellion in the bud?"
"Of course, if you do that, you will become a rogue Ninja. You won't be able to stay in the Village any longer."
"But at the same time, you will have protected Konoha. And saved your lover's life."
"Ninja all need to make sacrifices. If the Uchiha Clan is allowed to rebel, the Village will fall into civil unrest, and other countries will certainly take the opportunity to invade Konoha. The harm it brings will be a hundred times greater than the Nine-Tailed Fox Incident."
"Qianye, as a spy for both Konoha and the Uchiha, no one is more suitable to bear this important responsibility than you. Are you willing to accept this mission? To eliminate the Uchiha, this scourge, for the Village."
"I'm afraid the biggest scourge is you!" Qianye secretly grumbled in his heart, controlling the Mirror Flower Water Moon illusion to display an extremely bewildered and hesitant expression.
Lowering his head, his eyes obscured by shadow, he revealed a look of being swayed by Danzo and on the verge of turning dark. "Danzo-sama, if I kill all the Uchiha, will I be able to protect the Village? Protect Izumi?"
"Yes." Danzo gave an affirmative answer. He secretly gloated in his heart, thinking that Fujiwara Chiye's inner darkness had been guided out by him.
"Does Hokage-sama know about this?" Qianye continued to ask.
"The Third has no need to know. He has fully entrusted this matter to me to handle." Danzo began his daily scapegoating.
At crucial moments, Danzo still loved the Third very much.
You are the wind and I am the sand... Bah, you are the leaf bathed in sunlight, and I am the Root protecting Konoha... I will bear all the darkness...
"For the Village, for Izumi, I am willing to accept this mission, but with my personal strength alone, I'm afraid I won't be enough to eliminate the entire Uchiha."
Qianye stood up and put on his mask again. Originally, he just wanted to simply take Uchiha Izumi away from Konoha and had no intention of participating in the struggle between Konoha and the Uchiha.
But now this fox had set his sights on him, and that guy, the Third, had implicitly agreed.
He was not Uchiha Shisui, nor did he have any sense of belonging to Konoha.
Since Danzo and the Third had set their sights on him and treated him as a disposable pawn, there was no need to be polite with them anymore.
These two old bastards keep talking about clan extermination, so if that's the case, then I, Fujiwara, will exterminate the Shimura Clan and the Sarutobi Clan, and let them taste what clan extermination feels like.
As for the Mother and Child River Water, it would be considered leaving a trace of an heir for the Shimura Clan.
Of course, the Sarutobi Clan would also be prepared, after all, one couldn't show favoritism.
"You don't need to worry about the Police Force; someone will take care of it." Danzo said, "You only need to work with Uchiha Itachi to eliminate the civilians in the Uchiha residential district and commercial street. He has also accepted this mission, on the condition of protecting his younger brother."