Inside the laboratory, as soon as Tsunade entered the room, she saw dozens of corpses placed on the tables. Most of them were wearing masks, and their bodies were covered with wounds.
"What a tragic scene......." Tsunade said, and then came to the corpses to check them.
At this time, Wan'er also came to the laboratory.
"Lord Tsunade, did you call me for something?" Wan'er asked.
"Of course!" Tsunade nodded, and then waved to Wan'er: "Come over and take a look at the situation of these corpses."
"Yes!" Wan'er nodded and came to the front of the corpses. These days, Wan'er had been practicing medical ninjutsu, so she had a certain understanding of corpse contact and analysis.
Putting on gloves, Wan'er began to carefully check one of the corpses.
Tsunade crossed her arms and watched Wan'er's skillful movements, and couldn't help but reveal a smile.
"How is it, what did you find?" After a few minutes, Tsunade asked Wan'er.
"Hmm.... This corpse died from a sharp blade directly piercing through the heart. The deceased's face was full of shock and incomprehension. It seems that the person who killed him was very powerful, beyond his expectations." Wan'er directly stated her analysis eloquently.
"Not bad, not bad......" Tsunade nodded repeatedly, and greatly appreciated Wan'er's analysis: "What else?"
"Also..... The wound in his heart is very smooth and neat. The murder weapon looks very sharp." After thinking for a while, Wan'er continued.
"Little girl, it seems that your level is almost catching up with me." Hearing Wan'er say this, Tsunade was even happier, and then she restrained her expression and said: "There is only one weapon that can cause such sharp wounds, and that is the Kusanagi Sword!"
"Kusanagi Sword?!"
"That's right, that sword is the exclusive weapon of Orochimaru, one of the Sannin, and it's able to kill so many ninjas. It seems that there's no one else besides Orochimaru." Tsunade continued to say solemnly.
"But who are these ninjas who were killed by Orochimaru?" Wan'er frowned.
Just as the two were thinking, the Anbu ninja came to report again.
"Reporting, Lord Tsunade, after investigation, we didn't find any department in Konoha that has such a large-scale dispatch!"
"No?" Tsunade completely fell into deep thought. Could it be that they weren't Konoha ninjas? But judging from their clothes and decorations, they did look a lot like Konoha's......
"I know who these ninjas are!" At this time, a person came in at the door of the laboratory. He was old and hunched, and was leaning on a cane. He was Koharu Utatane, one of the Konoha elders.
"You know?" Tsunade looked at Koharu Utatane.
Ignoring Tsunade's words, Koharu Utatane walked directly into the room and looked at one of the dead ninjas.
"As expected, there's no mistake. This kind of mask and clothes are Danzō's subordinates." Koharu Utatane said.
"Danzō, huh?" Tsunade naturally knew this one of Konoha's elders.
"Then I have to ask Danzō carefully why he had a conflict with Orochimaru." Tsunade said, and then looked at the Anbu ninja: "Go and call Danzō here!"
"Yes!" The Anbu ninja accepted the order and disappeared from the spot.
"Orochimaru and Danzō, what exactly happened between them......" Tsunade pondered to herself.
......
In the evening, Kaoru, who had returned from the Root organization's base, came to his home, and prepared dinner, waiting for Wan'er's return.
Not long after, Wan'er also returned, and the two quickly began to eat.
"Where have you been these past two days, brother? You're only coming back now?" Wan'er asked while eating.
"I visited an old friend." Kaoru responded with a smile, and then changed the topic: "By the way, Wan'er, why do you look so uneasy?"
"A strange thing happened today." Wan'er said casually: "A large number of Konoha ninja corpses were found in the Land of Waterfall today, and after identification, they were Danzō's subordinates!"
"Is that so?!" Kaoru deliberately made a surprised expression, and then continued to ask: "Then what exactly is going on?"
"Judging from the wounds, it seems that Orochimaru did it." Wan'er replied: "As for the reason, it hasn't been clarified yet. Lord Tsunade asked the Anbu people to call Lord Danzō, but they couldn't find him no matter what. Lord Tsunade is a bit suspicious that Lord Danzō has already died in the Land of Waterfall."
Hearing Wan'er's words, Kaoru nodded. It seemed that although Tsunade knew about this matter, it was impossible to investigate it. As the newly appointed Hokage, she didn't understand too much about Danzō and "Root." And it was precisely in order to prevent Tsunade's investigation that Kaoru used Orochimaru's weapon, the Kusanagi Sword, to kill those Root organization ninjas, in order to prevent his involvement from being leaked out.
From before, the Root organization was led by Danzō alone, and others knew very little about it. Only the members knew about all the bases, and now, this organization would still maintain its original state.
Kaoru wanted to make this organization Konoha's darkness, and also his own darkness.
Three days passed quickly. During these three days, Kaoru spent most of his time soaking in the Root organization base, understanding the current situation of the Root organization and the confidential information inside.
In the evening, after eating dinner with Wan'er, Wan'er went to the Hokage Building as usual, and Kaoru's figure also came to the main base of the Root organization, an underground hall.
At this time, according to what Kaoru had said three days ago, all the members of the Root organization had arrived. Kaoru came to the high platform, and looked out. He found that there were nearly a thousand people. The heights of these people varied, and it seemed that there were many young children.
These ninjas were all wearing black clothes, wearing various Noh masks, and carrying ninja swords. They were arranged in an orderly manner, as if they were robots, standing in place like sculptures, and none of them made a single movement, only waiting for Kaoru to speak.
"Are these the ninjas of the Root organization? Each of them has been trained so perfectly." Seeing the quality of the Root organization ninjas, Kaoru nodded with satisfaction, and then he spoke, and said loudly:
"The era of the Root organization belonging to Shimura Danzō has passed."
"From now on, I, Uchiha Kaoru, will become the new leader of "Root"."
As Kaoru's words fell, nearly a thousand Root organization ninjas below all knelt down on one knee in an orderly manner at the first moment, held their right fists to their chests, and then shouted in unison: "Yes, Lord Uchiha Kaoru! From now on, we will only follow your lead!"
The neat and decisive voices gathered together, echoing throughout the hall. And Kaoru, who was high above, looked at the ninjas kneeling below, and their longing gazes and humble appearance, and a feeling he had never felt before suddenly welled up in his heart.
This feeling was different from the sense of power that his powerful strength brought him, and it was also different from the sense of worship when he was regarded as a hero of Konoha.
This feeling was as if with a wave of Kaoru's hand, there were countless ninjas willing to die for you, and with a wave of his hand, hundreds of lives were held in your hand. This was power!
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