For Goku, he didn't care whether others believed him or not; even if no one in Konoha believed him, it didn't matter.
He was simply furious because he had seen Danzo's memories and was enraged by what this man had done.
Just like he had been to the Red Ribbon Army, the mutant lab, the dark wizard, and those cannibals.
So he attacked without hesitation, obliterating him with a single punch.
The man was not only so evil, but also so weak; he didn't even want to give him a chance to repent. If anyone tried to stop him, he would teach them a lesson too.
It was that simple.
He didn't understand or need to understand any of that—scheming, grand strategy, or political balance.
If he wasn't in a good mood, he'd just throw a punch. First, he'd block the punch, then he could talk about grand principles.
Seeing Danzo being smashed to pieces by Goku's single punch, everyone's pupils constricted.
They hadn't expected Goku to suddenly attack, let alone that he would smash Danzo to pieces with a single blow.
In their minds, even if Danzo was guilty of heinous crimes, at most he would be stripped of his power and imprisoned.
After all, he was a veteran of Konoha, the former Hokage's assistant, and now the leader of Root.
It was impossible to kill him outright.
"Your body, I'll take it!"
Just as everyone was in shock, Danzo suddenly appeared behind Goku, wielding a kunai and viciously thrusting it at Goku.
"That was close, I almost died."
Danzo couldn't help but feel a lingering fear.
When Goku appeared and read his memories, revealing the shady things he had done, he knew things were going badly.
Although he had two advisors to help him, allowing him to politically suppress Tsunade, he also had to guard against Tsunade losing her temper.
He knew Tsunade's temper; if pushed too far, she might attack him on the spot.
And at such close range, if Tsunade used her full strength, her monstrous punch, he would have a hard time catching it.
So when he saw Tsunade go berserk and smash the wall with one punch, he immediately activated Izanagi in secret, just in case.
Izanagi is a forbidden technique of the Uchiha clan, capable of at the cost of blindness, turning events that are unfavorable to oneself into nothing.
It only chooses to realize events that are beneficial to oneself.
Even death can be altered.
The activation time varies depending on each person's ability.
He had ten Sharingan eyes transplanted into his arm, plus Uchiha Shisui's right eye, making eleven.
Through the transplantation of the First Hokage's cells, he could use these Sharingan eyes to activate Izanagi, maintaining it for one minute each time.
Therefore, theoretically, he had eleven minutes of invincibility.
However, he wouldn't use Shisui's eye to activate Izanagi; in a life-or-death crisis, he would naturally use it to activate Kotoamatsukami.
In the current situation, wasting a Sharingan was within his acceptable range.
What he didn't expect was that before Tsunade's attack even arrived, Goku punched him and destroyed him.
If he hadn't activated Izanagi beforehand, he would be dead now.
But it was precisely because of this that he understood why even the elite Jonin of Root, when ambushed, hadn't been able to subdue Goku.
The difference in strength was simply insurmountable.
Even he hadn't reacted in time.
Fortunately, he possessed Izanagi, giving him ample time to wear down his opponent.
Furthermore, he had already devised a targeted battle plan.
"Bang!"
Danzo's body exploded again.
It was Goku's powerful backward elbow strike that struck Danzo's chest first.
Since he had read Danzo's memories, he naturally knew about Izanagi.
Therefore, Danzo's sneak attack wasn't unexpected, and he had been prepared.
Even if he hadn't known, Danzo's ki was so clearly visible behind him that he had already noticed it.
Moreover, even if he didn't retaliate and let Danzo use kunai, he couldn't break through the layer of ki on Danzo's surface. "This is indeed troublesome."
Danzo's figure reappeared, this time above Goku's head. He formed hand seals:
"Wind Path: Vacuum Waves!"
Invisible wind-path vacuum waves, capable of cutting through gold and jade, shot towards Goku, intending to riddle him with holes.
However, Goku simply raised his right hand and flicked the powerful vacuum waves a few times, deflecting them.
"Dodon Wave!"
Goku pointed at Danzo, and an incredibly fast Dodon Wave burst forth.
Danzo, unable to react, was instantly defeated once again.
The powerful Dodon Wave pierced through the basement ceiling, creating a large hole leading outside.
This time, the resurrected Danzo did not attack Goku; instead, he escaped outside through the hole.
He understood that if he relied solely on himself, even with Izanagi, he was no match for Goku.
At most, he would only die ten minutes later.
But fortunately, he wasn't alone; he was the leader of Konoha's Root, and a veteran of Konoha.
He could use Konoha's power to help him defeat Goku.
That was strategy; ninja battles were never just about brute force, but also about strategy.
After escaping the Hokage Building, Danzo immediately blew a special whistle, and the Root ninjas, who had been hiding nearby, emerged one by one.
When he was arrested by the Anbu, he had already planned ahead, secretly ordering all the Root ninjas to hide near the Hokage Building, awaiting his orders.
This was so that if a situation truly threatened his life, he would use force to save it first.
Because only if he lives can Konoha have a future.
"A rather interesting technique, but it just means he'll die a little later."
Watching Danzo escape through the hole he'd blasted, Goku gave chase.
A ninjutsu that makes someone virtually unkillable for a certain period was quite impressive.
However, this kind of ninjutsu was only effective against opponents of similar or slightly stronger strength.
If the difference in strength was too great, it would only mean being killed more often and dying a little later.
Therefore, improving one's strength was the key; everything else was secondary and shouldn't be wasted too much energy.
Just as Goku gave chase, the masked Root ninjas fearlessly attacked.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Goku kicked them all away, sending them flying.
However, he didn't kill them like he did Danzo, because he knew that many of these Root ninjas had been brainwashed and had their humanity erased from them since childhood.
They were pitiful people too.
So, severely injuring them and rendering them unable to fight was enough.
"A ninja from another village has infiltrated the village! Everyone, come to support!"
In the few seconds that Goku was intercepted by the Root members, Danzo didn't join the attack; instead, he shouted loudly.
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